CAPITAL MARKET REGULATIONS

• Department: Law
• TR 10:40 a.m.-noon
• 3 points

Engaging Non-State Armed Groups: Lessons

Engaging NonState Armed Groups

Over the past decade, the number of civil wars globally has increased dramatically, driven by a proliferation of non-state armed groups, often supported by illicit transnational networks. The rise of civil wars has meant conflicts are not only harder to resolve via traditional forms of diplomacy, but more likely to relapse; in fact, 60 per cent of the conflicts that started in the 2000s have relapsed within five years of their resolution. As an organization created to prevent wars between states, the UN has struggled to meet the challenges of today’s conflicts, particularly when it comes to engaging non-state armed groups. At the same time, the UN is often uniquely positioned to make contact with armed groups that may be blacklisted by key member states, and it is often UN peace operations that are best placed to implement strategies to address the various threats they pose. What are the origins of the growth of today’s form of non-state armed groups and why have they increased in relevance in recent years? How has the rise of rebel and so-called “terrorist” groups affected the character of war today, and what implications does this have for conflict prevention and management? What challenges (and opportunities) do non-state actors pose to traditional forms of conflict resolution, and what can be learned from the UN’s experiences in places like Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali? Drawing on a mix of academic literature, case studies and first-hand accounts of those involved directly in UN-led operations in the field, students will explore these questions and grapple with the very real predicaments that face today’s mediators and peacekeepers around the world. By the end of this course, students will have a firm grasp of the core theories and concepts that drive UN engagement with non-state actors, how the UN and its partners have developed strategies in asymmetrical and complex environments, and an experience of the difficulties of applying principles to reality. This course will be of interest to those wishing to pursue academic research on the UN, scholars of critical studies of international relations, and also those hoping to build a career in conflict resolution and management.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Adam Day
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• 1.5 points

CAPSTONE: NETWORKING & SUSTAINABILITY

CAPSTONE: NETWORKNG & SUS

• Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• SU 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark A Whitlock
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• 3 points

MUSEUM ANTHROP:HIST & THEORY

This course will consider museums as reflectors of social priorities which store important objects and display them in ways that present significant cultural messages. Students visit several New York museums to learn how a museum functions.

• Department: Anthropology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

Global Economic Governance

This course aims at familiarizing students with major issues surrounding global economic governance, exploring both the issues that are subject to current debates (or have been in the past) as well as the institutional questions involved. “Global economic governance” is understood in a broad sense, and thus includes not only global but also regional frameworks, and both formal institutions as well as informal groupings of countries (such as the G7/8 and the G20) and rules of international transactions that have been left to bilateral agreements or are under the domain of national sovereignty but do have global implications. “Economics” is also understood in a broad sense, to include social and environmental issues. It will start with four general lectures that will place the debates on global governance in relation to those on globalization, and will give a first look at the objectives of international cooperation, the historical evolution of the current governance and typologies of the different rules, organization and governance structures that have been created at varied times. It will then deal in detail with major topics related to the architecture of international cooperation and both formal and informal governance structures. This will include a look at a specific case of the interaction between regional and global governance in finance and trade. It will end with a recapitulation of reform proposals in light of the global economic developments in the 2008-2016 period, and the political economy of global reform.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Jose A Ocampo
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• 3 points

PROFESSIONAL RESP IN CRIM LAW

• Department: Law
• W 6:20 p.m.-9:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Peggy M Cross
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• 3 points

GLOBAL RE INVESTING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Shawn T Amsler
  Info
• 1.5 points

NUCLEAR MEDICINE PRACTICUM

Practical applications of nuclear medicine theory and application for processing and analysis of clinical images and radiation safety and quality assurance programs. Topics may include tomography, instrumentation, and functional imaging. Reports.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Klaus A Hamacher
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• 3 points

PROF RESP-TRANSACTIONAL LAWYER

• Department: Law
• T 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven Tepper
  Info
• 2 points

PRE-DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

PRE-DEVELOPMENT & DEVELOP

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 3 points

ORAL PATHOLOGY

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• Instructor: Elizabeth Philipone
  h-index: 11 Info
• 0 points

Mainstreaming Gender in Global Affairs

Mainstream Gender- Global Affr

This course introduces students to gender mainstreaming, gender analysis and intersectionality as theory and method, as well as the associated set of strategies, tools and skills applicable to international and public policy contexts. Through a combination of empirical research, structural theorizing, social critique, and case studies, students will become acquainted with the global dimensions of feminist organizing and policy-making necessary for working in a variety of specialty policy fields such as education, public health, international finance, sustainable development, peace and security, organizational management and economic development.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Kristy Kelly
  h-index: 3 Info
• 3 points

Gender and Livelihoods

The humanitarian sector has been stretched and overwhelmed by the confluence of intersecting events - the largest numbers of forcibly displaced persons ever recorded, larger and more frequent natural disasters, intractable conflicts, and limited resources that are unable to meet even the basic needs of those affected. This requires a radical rethink of how humanitarian work is conceived and delivered. Humanitarians must shift from delivering aid to promoting self-reliance as soon as possible to reduce vulnerability and allow for the re-targeting of resources to the greatest need. Changing gender roles and norms in contexts of conflict and displacement provide new opportunities to promote self-reliance and gender equality. The course will assess the changing contexts and implications for the future of humanitarian work with a focus on the research and practice work Professor Buscher has undertaken in humanitarian and post-conflict contexts for the past twenty years including a focus on urban displacement, livelihoods and youth, gender, and protection. The course will address the effects of conflict on livelihoods, how livelihoods can be re-vitalized during population displacement, how promoting economic self-reliance underpins all other humanitarian work, the impact on the protection of women and men, and how these programs are prerequisite for and can be linked with post-conflict recovery and development. The impact of conflict, displacement and livelihoods on gender, gender norms, and gender power relations will be addressed throughout.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Dale Buscher
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• 1.5 points

FUNDS MANAGEMENT + CAP RAISING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael G Clark
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1.5 points

THE ART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL

THE ART OF THE DEVL PROPO

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian P Loughlin
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• 3 points

MUSIC SINCE 1900

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. Investigation and analysis of styles and techniques of music since 1900, carried out in part through individual projects. (Prior to Spring 2008, the course was titled 20-Century Styles and Techniques.)

• Department: Music
• T 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: George Lewis
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia h-index: 18 Info
• 3 points

HEALTH PHYSICS PRACTICUM

Radiation protection practices and procedures for clinical and biomedical research environments. Includes design, radiation safety surveys of diagnostic and therapeutic machine source facilities, the design and radiation protection protocols for facilities using unsealed sources of radioactivity – nuclear medicine suites and sealed sources – brachytherapy suites. Also includes radiation protection procedures for biomedical research facilities and the administration of programs for compliance to professional health physics standards and federal and state regulatory requirements for the possession and use of radioactive materials and machine sources of ionizing and non ionizing radiations in clinical situations. Individual topics are decided by the student and the collaborating Clinical Radiation Safety Officer.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Peter Caracappa
  h-index: 12 Info
• 3 points

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS LAB

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
• M 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• W 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Charlotte M Rodriguez
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• Instructor: Ian E Nicholson
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• Instructor: Adam F Lubinsky
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• Instructor: Meghan M Taylor-Steshyn
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• 0 points

Modern Urban Terrorism

This course will focus on contemporary urban terrorism, as it is most relevant to New York City and other Western urban centers. While the course will touch upon a variety of different types of terrorism like white supremacist terrorism among others, the primary focus will be on violent Islamist terrorism (al-Qaeda/ISIS). The first part of this course will be more theoretical starting with a historical perspective, methodology on how to approach to problem, the importance of ideology and the evolution of this wave of terrorism, including the role of the Internet. In the second half of the course, several case studies relevant to New York City and other important Western cities will be analyzed. Finally, the course will end with a discussion of disengagement from terrorism and group project which allows study of a variety of different terrorist campaigns against urban environments.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Mitchell D Silber
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• 3 points

Conflict Resolution

This course introduces the study and practice of conflict resolution, offering students a broad conceptual framework for more specific strands of study offered by CICR. It also aims to show how ideas about conflict resolution can cast light on individual conflicts and peace initiatives. The majority of classes focus on thematic issues and debates, but these are interspersed with classes concentrating on individual conflict situations, to allow students to link theory and practice. Students will be tested on both their grasp of the main themes of the course and their application to specific situations.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• 3 points

COMMERCIAL FINANCE

• Department: Law
• MTW 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Ronald Mann
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• 4 points

THE BLUES EPISTEMOLOGY

Music invents socialities and ways of being in the world through its creation and play by communities who respond to various systems of dispossession as well as unique experiences of love and joy. It forms and is formed by new thought and new practices, in the process building alternative stories, archives, and possibilities that remain dynamic, even if rooted. This class will focus on the histories and present of the “Blues epistemology,” which geographer Clyde Woods theorized as a method of reading and analysis that brings race, culture, geography, and political economy together. We will track the epistemology’s origins, performance, and impact throughout various literatures and pay particular attention to its relation to the Blues sounds and Blues people who conceived of it and to whom it continues to call.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Shana Redmond
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• 4 points

Writing About War: Seeking Narratives in

This course will teach students how to extract compelling and precise narratives from the fog of war. We will learn about the mechanics of covering conflict and politics of war- and peace-making. We will read accounts produced as journalism, policy analysis, advocacy, literature and philosophy. Students will produce original reported narrative writing about conflict, which they may try to place for publication. The skill set cultivated by this class will help anyone write about violent conflict (which includes its prelude and aftermath), whether they plan to do so for a reporting-driven NGO like Human Rights Watch or Freedom House, as a policy analyst, or as a journalist writing for print, broadcast, or new media. Please look at examples of prior student work at thanassiscambanis.com/sipa

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Athanasios Cambanis
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• 3 points

AMAZONIA SEMINAR

Course addresses the assumptions upon which community-based conservation and development projects are based, their successes and shortcomings within the context of history and the environment.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez
  h-index: 32 Info
• 3 points

PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY I

• Department: Epidemiology
• R 5:30 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Silvia Martins
  h-index: 58 Info
• 3 points

PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

• Department: Epidemiology: Exec Master Program
• Instructor: Silvia Martins
  h-index: 58 Info
• 3 points

LIT/RES-LAT AMER/CARIB STUD I

• Department: Latin-American & Carib RS
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Gustavo S Azenha
  h-index: 6 Info
• 4 points

Microeconomic Analysis for International

The objective of this course is to provide the students with the analytical tools used in economics. This course is the first part of a one-year sequence and focuses on microeconomic theory. At the end of the semester you will be able to understand the basic conceptual foundation of microeconomics and how microeconomic analysis can be used to examine public policy issues. The approach of the course is analytical, but you will also be required to discuss concrete applications. Finally one objective of the course is to serve as an introduction for more advanced or specialized economic classes.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• MW 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• MW 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• TR 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• R 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• F 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Wouter R Vergote
  CULPA: 15 Info
• Instructor: Emanuele Gerratana
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

TRANSLATION WORKSHOP

LIT TRANSLATION WRKSHP

• Department: Writing
• R 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• W 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Susan Bernofsky
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• Instructor: Jeremy Samuel
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• 3 points

Statistics for Biological Sciences

Stats for Biological Scie

This course will make students familiar with basic concepts and practices in statistics. In a series of hands-on computer exercises of increasing complexity, student will learn the basics of the R language, and use it to perform various types of data analysis. The applications will be drawn from functional genomics. No prior computer programming experience or statistics knowledge are assumed.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Harmen Bussemaker
  Wikipedia h-index: 43 Info
• 2 points

Archaeometallurgy in Ancient China

Archaeomet in Ancient Chi

The development of complex societies in ancient China is considered to be closely related to the production and use of metals. This course investigates the origin, development, and significance of metal objects and technology in ancient China. Through lectures, discussions, and hands-on exercises, students will be introduced to the process of metal production (especially bronzes), the scientific approaches to investigate them, and how archaeometallurgical research contributes to the understanding of ancient societies.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Qingzhu Wang
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• 4 points

LOCAL ANESTHESIA

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• Instructor: Jennifer P Bassiur
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• 0 points

MODERN GEOMETRY

Manifold theory; differential forms, tensors and curvature; homology and cohomology; Lie groups and Lie algebras; fiber bundles; homotopy theory and defects in quantum field theory; geometry and string theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: John W Morgan
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4.5 points

INTRO ORAL/MAXILLOFACIAL SURGY

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• Instructor: Bridget Ferguson
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• 0 points

Sino-African Relations in History and Pr

Since the 2000s, China-Africa diplomatic and economic relations have accelerated rapidly; however, links between them are not new. Since pre-colonial times, there have been flows of people, goods, and ideas; at times more intense than others. In recent years, China and Africa have renewed their relations at many different levels. From political engagement to increased trade and economic relations, and perhaps more importantly, to increased contact between ordinary Africans and Chinese. What are the implications of contemporary Sino-African engagements? Is China’s economic activities in Africa representing a ‘new scramble for Africa’ and China’s ‘neo-imperialism?’ What are the differences between Chinese and Western approach in Africa? How to understand African agency in the continent’s asymmetric relationship with global powers? Is China a development model for Africa? Are Chinese people racist? How much soft power does China have in Africa?
This course explores both historical and contemporary linkages between Africa and China in political and macro-economic realm, as well as socio-cultural aspects. This course invites students to see how various interests impact the ways in which ‘China-Africa’ is framed; and to explore these engagements by sector, by individual African country, and vis-à-vis concerns about racism, labour issues, and China’s increasing environmental footprint in Africa. This course aims for students to develop and understanding of not only China’s impact on Africa, but also how African actors actively shape their relations with China as well as with other global powers.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Yuan Wang
  h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

MODERN STATE/COLONIAL SUBJECT

MODERN STATE& COLONIAL SU

On the development of legal thought on the colonial subject. Focus on the American Indian in the New World, post-1857 India, indirect rule in post-Mahdciyya Sudan and South Africa, and Israel/Palestine

• Department: Anthropology
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Mahmood Mamdani
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia h-index: 57 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS I-DIS

• Department: Economics
• M 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Suneil Parimoo
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• 0 points

MATH METHODS FOR ECONOMISTS

Prerequisites: multi-variable differential calculus, linear algebra and basic real analysis. Introduction to the mathematical techniques needed for the study of economics and econometric methods. Topics include the vector spaces, Hilbert spaces, Banach spaces, linear transformations; optimization theory, and linear differential and difference equations.

• Department: Economics
• T 6:10 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Elliot B Lipnowski
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• 4 points

CREATING A PLAY

The goal of the Fall Semester is to create a rough draft of a one-act play or the first act of a full-length play. The first four weeks will be devoted to writing assignments - both in class and outside - to stimulate the identification of personal themes, interests or questions that can inspire a story. This rest of the semester will be dedicated to crafting a draft that reflects conscientious investigation. The Spring Semester will provide the opportunity for each student to hone her/his play through further drafts into a finished work. Students will serve as dramaturges for each other. The semester will end with presentations of the completed plays. Each presentation is the responsibility of the author.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• R 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Leslie Ayvazian
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• 3 points

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

SCIENCE FICTION POETICS

• Department: Writing
• F 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Katrine O Jensen
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• 3 points

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

BORDERLANDS

• Department: Writing
• T 1:10 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kimberly W Traube
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS I

Corequisites: ECON G6410 and the director of graduate studies' permission. Introduction to probability theory and statistical inference.

• Department: Economics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• 4 points

COMPARATIVE POLITICS SURVEY I

This is the first course in the two-semester sequence surveying covering foundational research in comparative politics across the developed and developing world. The course is designed for Ph.D. students preparing for comprehensive exams and who intend to conduct research relating to comparative politics, and has two core objectives. The first objective is to expose students to a range of arguments organized around questions motivating major research agendas in comparative politics. The second objective is to expose students to processes of theorizing, hypothesis formation, and testing and to strengthen students’ analytical skills in evaluating and critiquing political science research. It should go without saying that these two classes cannot exhaustively cover the many important works, topics, and methodologies in the field. The Fall semester of this sequence will primarily focus on citizen-level and politician-level behaviors, while the Spring semester will focus on more macro-level institutions and applications of the building blocks covered in this course. However, it is not necessary to take the classes in a particular order.

• Department: Political Science
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Victoria Murillo
  h-index: 37 Info
• 4 points

Surrealism

Surrealism has attracted the attention of Frankfurt School theorists and Feminists alike, often much of it negative. It has been a thorn in the side of art historians and modernists who find its claim to originality and formal innovation baffling. This course will explore those puzzles through the movement’s most important traces, both visual and textual.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Rosalind Krauss
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

MACRO-ECONOMETRICS

Prerequisites: ECON G6411 and ECON G6412. The goal of the course is to equip students with basic econometric tools to analyze problems in macroeconomics and finance. This is not a theory course. The emphasis will be on implementation.

• Department: Economics
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Serena Ng
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia h-index: 52 Info
• 3 points

Global Health and Public Policy

Global Health & Public Policy

This course will provide students with an overview of the most important health challenges in low and middle income countries. Student will gain insight into the burden of disease on vulnerable populations and how interventions have evolved to tackle them. We will discuss international strategies and programs that promote human health, and will review both best practices and pitfalls of Global Health implementation programs. Specific areas of focus will include disease profiles, technological interventions, health systems design, and key stakeholders in the global health arena. Following this course, students will be able to understand the broad scope of health challenges and think strategically about solutions.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 3 points

PROGRAM EVAL IN SOCIAL SVCS

• Department: Social Work
• W 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• W 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• W 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Amy Werman
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• Instructor: Prema L Filippone
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• Instructor: Matthew B Feldman
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• 3 points

CONFLICT-LAWS/JURISD:NATL/INTL

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• TR 1:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Henry P Monaghan
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• 3 points

INTRO-THEORY OF ELASTICITY I

Analysis of stress and strain. Formulation of the problem of elastic equilibrium. Torsion and flexure of prismatic bars. Problems in stress concentration, rotating disks, shrink fits, and curved beams; pressure vessels, contact and impact of elastic bodies, thermal stresses, propagation of elastic waves.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 9:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
• Instructor: Kristin Myers
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 25 Info
• 3 points

SECURITIES REGULATION

Prerequisites: L6231 This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• MWR 11 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: John C Jr Coffee
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• 3 points

INTRO-THEORY OF ELASTICITY II

Analysis of stress and strain. Formulation of the problem of elastic equilibrium. Torsion and flexure of prismatic bars. Problems in stress concentration, rotating disks, shrink fits, and curved beams; pressure vessels, contact and impact of elastic bodies, thermal stresses, propagation of elastic waves.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

Communicating in Organizations

A survey course that explores aspects of day-to-day managerial communication, presentations and high-profile moments, as well as interpersonal communication. The course uses many teaching techniques: short lectures, individual and group exercises, videotaped presentations, role-plays, case discussions, video clips, and writing assignments.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Joann P Baney
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• 3 points

FEDERAL COURTS

• Department: Law
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: James A Kent
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• 4 points

Beyond Crises in Latin America Finan

Latin America is much more than a series of economic crises that have regularly punctured the region’s growth path. But a full understanding of the region requires grappling with the recurrent crises of the past two and a half decades. This seminar will focus on the region’s three largest economies by examining three pivotal moments: Brazil’s crisis of 2003, Argentina’s crisis of 2001 and Mexico’s peso crisis of 1994 and then using each of the historical episodes as a basis to analyze the current outlook in each of the economies—Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. We will examine each episode with particular focus on the perspective of institutional investors as well as the role that financial markets played in precipitating the crises and in shaping the economic aftermath. The instructor has spent more than two decades on Wall Street working closely with institutional investors as well as policy makers in the region in his capacity as chief Latin American economist and will draw on his experiences as students revisit three major turning points in the region and explore the current outlook in the region’s largest economies. The course is designed to allow students in a small class setting to apply the macroeconomic theory they have learned in previous courses both to probe three pivotal turning points in the region as well as to analyze the current economic outlook in the region’s largest economies. A special focus will be placed on how research is conducted in financial institutions along with the perspective of a financial markets practitioner. Guest lecturers, including institutional investors, will also be invited to provide students with an opportunity to learn from financial market participants who are grappling with the macroeconomics issues being explored in class. During each session, the instructor will summarize the main ideas on the policy issue or case study of the day as well as guide the class in a discussion of the topics.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Gray Newman
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• 3 points

SMALL-SCALE MECH BEHAVIOR

Mechanics of small-scale materials and structures require nonlinear kinematics and/or nonlinear stress vs. strain constitutive relations to predict mechanical behavior. Topics include variational calculus, deformation and vibration of beam, strings, plates, and membranes; fracture, delamination, bulging, buckling of thin films, among others. Thermodynamics of solids will be reviewed to provide the basis for a detailed discussion of nonlinear elastic behavior as well as the study of the equilibrium and stability of surfaces.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO TRANSPORTATION PLAN

Prerequisites: A4404: or the instructor's permission Discussion of major issues in transportation at several levels, from national to local, and covering the economic, political, and social implications of decision-making in transportation. Current topics and case studies are investigated.\n \n

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel Weinberger
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• 3 points

Conflict in the 21st Century: Rethinking

After a long period of decline, conflict is again on the rise. We need to better understand the causes of that reversal, and we must adapt our strategies and tactics for conflict prevention and conflict resolution. The course will help students develop a conceptual framework for the understanding and resolution of contemporary conflicts, but it will be taught from a practitioner’s perspective, with a strong emphasis on case studies. When possible, practitioners who have been involved in the resolution of conflicts will contribute to the discussion of case studies. Each class discussion will be structured by specific questions which will confront students with conceptual, operational and ethical choices.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jean-Marie Guehenno
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• 3 points

RECOMBINANT RENAISSANCE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Rakatansky
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• 3 points

THE ECONOMICS OF LABOR I

Prerequisites: completion of 1st year graduate program in Economics, or the instructor's permission plus passage of the math qualifying exam. Introduction to labor economics, theory and practice.

• Department: Economics
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Sandra Black
  Wikipedia h-index: 43 Info
• 3 points

MILITARY URBANISM

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Victoria Sanger
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• 3 points

Beyond the Casebook

• Department: Law
• 0 points

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS

Introduction to optical interconnects and interconnection networks for digital systems. Fundamental optical interconnects technologies, optical interconnection network design, characterization, and performance evaluation. Enabling photonic technologies including free-space structures, hybrid and monolithic integration platforms for photonic on-chip, chip-to-chip, backplane, and node-to-node interconnects, as well as photonic networks on-chip.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Keren Bergman
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 69 Info
• 3 points

LAW OF THE WTO

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• MW 8:40 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Petros C Mavroidis
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• 4 points

Human Rights Research and Reporting

Human Rights Research & Report

In the global context of the rise of anti-rights populism, human rights activism requires increasingly sophisticated approaches on the part of human rights activists. Technological developments have enabled new kinds of cybersurveillance and other threats to human rights; as well as new methodological approaches for documenting human rights violations from geo-spatial analysis to open source investigations. Emerging areas of work from disability rights to a growing focus on economic and social rights has created demands for new approaches to identifying, documenting and rights violations. The seasoned human rights activist needs quantitative skills as well as the ability to sensitively interview victims and witnesses or assess a morgue report. An ever more hostile environment for human rights with “fake news” deployed as rebuttal by autocrats – as well as the possibility of creating “deep fakes” through artificial intelligence - has intensified the stakes for research and the need for rigor. This course seeks to introduce practical skills of a human rights investigator: how to identify and design a research project, how to conduct the research, and how to present compelling findings and principled but pragmatic recommendations to the public, media and advocacy targets. There will be a strong emphasis on practical engagement, and students will be expected, in group work, to develop project concepts and methodological approaches to contemporary human rights problems. Each week, they will review and discuss in class new reporting from human rights investigations by journalists and human rights activists. They will also hone their writing skills to present human rights findings in a clear, concise and compelling manner, whether in internal memos, press releases, or detailed public reports. Guest speakers from diverse parts of the global human rights movement will present their experiences and advice.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Iain Levine
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• 3 points

Int'l Humanitarian Law & Human Rights in

Int Hum Law & Hum Right in War

This course introduces students to international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights law (IHRL) applicable in wars with specific references to humanitarian policies and humanitarian action. Participants will advance their understanding of working for IHL/IHRL civil society organizations, international organizations, the media and for political, social and humanitarian institutions in light of the actual challenges to the application of the law for wars. As parties in recent wars have deliberately made the violation of rules their policy, options and mechanisms to enforce and develop the rules are one of the foundations of the course. The course examines challenges to IHL/IHRL posed by inhuman treatment of prisoners, bombarding civilians, use of child soldiers, starving cities, fighting terror groups, threatening the use of nuclear weapons, polluting the environment and cyber warfare. How can law control fighters in the way they attack enemy soldiers and civilians? How can rules be implemented and enforced, and which institutions can be used to control fighters? What rules protect persons when they are prisoners or detained in war? What weapons and their use endanger civilians unlawfully? How can humanitarian assistance be delivered and what law protects humanitarian workers? What new law do we need to limit cyber warfare and the use of drones? Questions will be explored by references to actual conflicts such as the conflicts in Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Ukraine.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Horst Fischer
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• 3 points

SUPERVISED TEACHING ASSISTANCE

Prerequisites: permission of the faculty member who will direct the teaching. Participation in ongoing teaching.

• Department: Psychology
• 3 points

Quantitative Analysis I for Internationa

This survey course introduces students to the fundamentals of statistical analysis. We will examine the principles and basic methods for analyzing quantitative data, with a focus on applications to problems in public policy, management, and the social sciences. We will begin with simple statistical techniques for describing and summarizing data and build toward the use of more sophisticated techniques for drawing inferences from data and making predictions about the social world. The course will assume that students have little mathematical background beyond high school algebra. Students will be trained on STATA. This powerful statistical package is frequently used to manage and analyze quantitative data in many organizational/institutional contexts. Because each faculty member takes a somewhat different approach to teaching this course, students should examine each professors syllabus to understand the differences.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• M 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• F 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan S Yang
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• 3 points

PLAYWRITING I

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Rogelio Martinez
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• 3 points

Quantitative Analysis II for Internation

Prerequisites: SIPA U6500 This course is the second semester in the SIPA statistics sequence. Students conduct a major research project, which will serve as an important vehicle for learning about the process and challenges of doing applied empirical research, over the course of the semester. The project requires formulating a research question, developing testable hypotheses, gathering quantitative data, exploring and analyzing data using appropriate quantitative techniques, writing an empirical research paper, proposing policy recommendations, and presenting findings and analyses.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Harold B Stolper
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• 3 points

SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH

• Department: Social Work
• R 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: In Young Lee
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• Instructor: Prudence W Fisher
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• Instructor: Jarron R Magallanes
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• 3 points