MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERIN
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Vijay Vedula
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James Hone
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Kristin Myers
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Jeffrey W Kysar
CULPA: 9
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Vijay Modi
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Qiao Lin
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Matei T Ciocarlie
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Michael J Massimino
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Michael Burke
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Sunil Agrawal
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Sinisa Vukelic
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Bianca N Howard
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Harry West
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Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy
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Hod Lipson
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Instructor:
Karen Kasza
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MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Instructor:
Mary Boyce
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MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERIN
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Instructor:
Homayoon Beigi
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Instructor:
Chaoqun Dong
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MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Instructor:
Adrian Buganza Tepole
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MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERIN
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Instructor:
Anthony Genova
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SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT STUDY
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Seth Cluett
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INDEPENDENT STUDY
- Department: Oral History
- W 5:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Destry M Sibley
Info - 3 points
SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP
Only for masters students in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics who may need relevant work experience a part of their program of study. Final report required. May not be taken for pass/fail or audited.
SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP
SUPERVISED INTERSHIP
Only for masters students in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics who may need relevant work experience a part of their program of study. Final report required. May not be taken for pass/fail or audited.
- Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
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Instructor:
Klaus A Hamacher
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FIELDWORK
Only for BMEN graduate students who need relevant work experience as part of their program of study. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.
- Department: Biomedical Engineering
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Instructor:
Clark T Hung
CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info - 1-2 points
FIELDWORK
May be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 total points may be used for degree credit. Only for Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics graduate students who include relevant off-campus work experience as part of their approved program of study. Final report and letter of evaluation required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- 1-2 points
SENIOR HONORS THESIS WORKSHOP
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 and the director of the departmental honors programs permission. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.7 in all required major courses, including calculus and statistics, prior to enrollment. The honors thesis seminar is a year-long course, beginning in the fall semester and ending in the spring semester. Students who have been approved to enter the workshop will be registered for both semesters by the department during the first two weeks of classes; 3 points are earned per semester. This workshop may only be taken by students applying for departmental honors, and it also fulfills the economics seminar requirement for the economics major and all joint majors. Students must see the director during mid-semester registration in the spring to discuss their proposed thesis topic, at which time they will be matched with appropriate faculty who will act as their thesis adviser. Students will meet their adviser over the course of the year at mutually agreed upon times. A rough draft of the thesis will be due during the first week of February in the spring semester, and the final draft will be due three weeks before the last day of classes. Please note that for those joint majors that require two seminars, one in economics and one in the other discipline (i.e. Political Science), the economics senior honors thesis seminar only fulfills the economics seminar requirement.
- Department: Economics
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lena Edlund
CULPA: 8 Info - 3 points
SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
- Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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Instructor:
Ralph Ghoche
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Shourideh Molavi
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Kathryn Spellman Poots
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Instructor:
Wael Hallaq
CULPA: 9
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Instructor:
Hisham Aidi
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
- Department: Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies
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Instructor:
Isabelle C Levy
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FIELDWORK
Only for ME graduate students who need relevant off-campus work experience as part of their program of study as determined by the instructor. Written application must be made prior to registration outlining proposed study program. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited. International students must consult with the International Students and Scholars Office.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Instructor:
Michael Burke
h-index: 22 Info - 1 points
WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
WORKPLACE COMM IN ENGLISH
English communication proficiency is important for academic achievement and career success. Columbia Engineering provides English communication instruction for students who would like to improve their communication skills in English. In a small group setting (15-20 students), enrollees will obtain opportunities to interact with the instructor and fellow classmates to improve communication skills.
- Department: Engineering
- R 3 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hyoseon Lee
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ORIENTATION
This course is a no-credit class designed to start providing critical material to incoming QMSS students overthe summer to help prepare them for the coding demands of the program. We will post links, exercises andresources for students to work on before they start their classes in the Fall of 2018.
- Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
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CURATORIAL COLLOQUIUM
The Curatorial Colloquium is taken in the second semester of study and is required for the completion of the M.A. in Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies. The course introduces students to the history, theory and practice of object collection and display as well as to exhibitions such as Documenta and the various international biennials. The course is designed to allow for guest presentations on particular issues by curators and museum professionals, just as it draws on the expertise and participation of Columbia faculty. The aim is to develop students critical thinking and for them to learn directly from leading practitioners in the exhibition and display of modern and contemporary art. In addition to department faculty, curators from MoMA, the Whitney, the International Center for Photography, and other institutions regularly participate in the colloquium.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Janet L Kraynak
Info - 4 points
CHINESE LINGUISTICS & PEDAGOGY
This course describes the morphological, syntactic and phonological structures of Chinese language within the framework of the functional grammar. The focus is placed on the “mapping” of linguistic forms and their semantic and pragmatic functions. Pedagogical suggestions on how to teach these structures are also provided.
Prerequisites: CHNS G5000x. This course is designed for graduate students who have successfully passed Course I (G5000) and who are permitted by the Department to take this course, which entails working as a teaching assistant in the Chinese language program. In addition to coordinating closely with his or her mentors and the course coordinator, the student TA has to design and teach first year drill sessions, team-teach with his or her mentors, and do other teaching-related assignments.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MWR 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lening Liu
CULPA: 9 Info - 3 points
METHODS IN AMERICAN STUDIES
Conceived in the 1920’s and 1930’s, American Studies sought to make a synoptic account of the “national character.” Since the 1960’s, the field has turned towards a focus on various forms of inequality as the dark side of American exceptionalism. This course surveys the development of the field’s current preoccupations, covering a range of periods, regions, groups, and cultural practices that present productive problems for generalizations about U.S. identity. We begin with the first academic movement in American Studies, the myth and symbol school—and think through its growth in the context of post-WWII funding for higher education. We then move on to a series of debates centered at intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. We’ll close by examining the historical background of protest movements built around the identitarian concerns about rape culture and mass incarceration.
- Department: Ethnicity and Race, Center for
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew Sandler
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION
- Department: Engineering
- MTWRF 2 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
- T 1 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
- W 1 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hyoseon Lee
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RES SKILLS/MTHDS-INT/WRLD HIST
In the first semester a series of workshops will introduce the field of international history and various research skills and methods such as conceptualization of research projects and use of oral sources. The fall sessions will also show the digital resources available at Columbia and how students can deploy them in their individual projects. In the second semester students will apply the skills acquired in the fall as they develop their proposal for the Masters thesis, which is to be completed next year at the LSE. The proposal identifies a significant historical question, the relevant primary and secondary sources, an appropriate methodology, what preliminary research has been done and what remains to be done. Students will present their work-in-progress.
- Department: History
- F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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THEORY AND METHODS II
The main purpose of this course is to acquaint students with different theories and methodological approaches to reading and interpretation of texts. This course may not be taken as Pass/D/Fail.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sudipta Kaviraj
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Political Violence in 20C. Europe
Political Violence 20C Eu
In the twentieth century, Europe became a site of extreme and extensive forms of political violence. This course will explore the main typologies of violence––driven by political motives and exerted by state and non-state actors––that emerged in that period, from both a historical and a theoretical point of view. The main goal of the course is to think critically about a set of substantive questions such as how people transformed political adversaries into enemies to be physically harmed; why some conflicts resulted in the killing of massive numbers of civilians; what were the social consequences of violence; and whether it is possible to observe patterns to violence’s occurrence in modern Europe.
The course proposes a multi-disciplinary approach that bridges History, Political Science, Sociology, and other fields of study that investigate this phenomenon. The course will locate political violence within its specific historical, geographical, and cultural contexts; shed light on the dynamics of radicalization, escalation, and de-escalation; and examine perpetrators’ individual as well as collective experiences. In addition to interpretative frameworks, the course will discuss a number of empirical cases, including the Armenian genocide in Turkey, paramilitarism in Italy, the civil war in Spain, and terrorism in Ireland and Germany.
- Department: Modern European Studies
- W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Luca Falciola
Info - 4 points
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
Students will be introduced to the fundamental financial issues of the modern corporation. By the end of this course, students will understand the basic concepts of financial planning, managing growth; debt and equity sources of financing and valuation; capital budgeting methods; and risk analysis, cost of capital, and the process of securities issuance.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Stephen Hurley
Info - 3 points
Topics in Technology Career Paths and In
Topics in Technology Career Paths and Industry
is a discussion series where faculty, alumni, and industry professionals share their experiences navigating careers across the technology landscape.
This series offers a look at how the program’s curriculum translates into real-world skills and professional opportunities. Explore how the courses, projects, and experiences shape thinking, support building technical and professional toolkits, and launch impactful careers in technology.
Students will examine a range of career paths, gain insights into industry trends, and engage in conversations that connect classroom learning to practice.
- Department: Technology Management
- W 8:10 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Shahryar Shaghaghi
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Quant Methods for Climate Applications
Quant Methods-CLMT Applic
Required course for students in the Climate and Society MA program. An overview of how climate-societal and intra-societal relationships can be evaluated and quantified using relevant data sets, statistical tools, and dynamical models. Concepts and methods in quantitative modeling, data organization, and statistical analysis, with applications to climate and climate impacts. Students will also do some simple model experiments and evaluate the results. Lab required. Pre-requisites: undergraduate-level coursework in introductory statistics or data analysis; knowledge of calculus; basic familiarity with R programming language.
- Department: Climate School
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jason Smerdon
CULPA: 4 h-index: 47 Info - 4 points
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
PROFESSIONAL COMM IN ENGL
- Department: Engineering
- R 1 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
- W 3 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hyoseon Lee
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MATERIALS & PRACTICES-ART HIST
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Frederique Baumgartner
CULPA: 3 Info - 4 points
CORPORATE FINANCE
Prerequisites: BUSI PS5001 Introduction to Finance/or Professor Approval is required Students will learn the critical corporate finance concepts including financial statement analysis; performance metrics; valuation of stocks and bonds; project and firm valuation; cost of capital; capital investment strategies and sources of capital, and firm growth strategies. At the end of this course students will understand how to apply these concepts to current business problems.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
John D Van Ness
Info - 3 points
Regional Climate science and forecasting
Regional climate & foreca
Effective climate adaptation requires the wise application of climate information to decision making on an everyday basis. Many decisions in society are at local scales, and regional climate information considered at appropriate scales and in appropriate forms co-developed by scientists, forecast providers and users is central to the concept of climate services. Students will build an understanding of the dynamics of climate variability and change at regional and local scales, along with the sources of modern climate information used to help manage climate-related risks and adapt to climate change. This includes hands-on Climate Data Analysis and proactive Risk Analysis using historical climate data, real-time monitoring, climate forecasts, and climate change projections.
- Department: Climate School
- T 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew Robertson
Info - 3 points
PROFESSIONAL&WORKPLACE COMM IN ENGLISH
- Department: Engineering
- F 10:40 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hyoseon Lee
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MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II-DISC
Corequisites: ECON GR5215 Discussion Section for Economics MA Course Microeconomics Analysis II.
- Department: Economics
- R 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Sangjun Park
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MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II-DISC
MICROECNMCS ANALYSIS II-D
Corequisites: ECON GR5215 Discussion Section for Economics MA Course Microeconomics Analysis II.
MASTERS COLLOQUIUM
- Department: English and Comparative Literature
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Instructor:
Rebecca Kastleman
Info - 4 points
ANALYSIS OF FILM LANGUAGE
- Department: Film
- T 2 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Annette Insdorf
CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
MODA THESIS PREP
The MODA Thesis Prep is a required course for MODA students who plan to commence their thesis in the Fall of the following semester. The course introduces students to the fundamentals of an MA thesis; the process of identifying and developing an appropriate topic; the distinctions between a written/scholarly, or an exhibition-based thesis; formulating a proposal; and an introduction to the research and writing process that will be undertaken during the thesis year. As a central aspect of modern and contemporary art historical writing is determining one’s methodological approach––i.e. the “how” of the argument––during the course of the semester, key methodologies used in modern and contemporary art history will be reviewed, helping students to identify an appropriate approach to pursue with their select topic.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Janet L Kraynak
Info - 3 points
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II-DISC
- Department: Economics
- T 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Piper Wang
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MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II-DISC
MACROECNMCS ANALYSIS II-D
- Department: Economics
- T 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Korok Dasgupta
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PhD Fieldwork: Bridgin Theory & Practice
PhD Fieldwork: Theory & P
The Fieldwork Elective: Bridging Theory and Practice is designed to provide
PhD students with the opportunity to integrate theoretical knowledge gained in their academic program with hands-on, real- world experience. This elective aims to enhance students' practical skills, professionalism, and industry readiness.
Throughout the duration of this course, students will engage in an internship, co-op, or employment opportunity, where they will be tasked with projects and responsibilities that correspond to their academic pursuits. This hands-on experience is invaluable for gaining insights into industry practices, developing professional networks, and acquiring practical skills that are highly sought after in the job market.
- Department: Biomedical Informatics
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Instructor:
Soojin Park
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Shalmali Joshi
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Instructor:
Raul Rabadan
Wikipedia h-index: 72 Info - 1-12 points
ECONOMETRICS II-DISC
- Department: Economics
- W 4:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
- T 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Pablo Mones Pazo
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Valentin E Winkler
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Markets and the Economy
- Department: Business Economics
- F 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
- F 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
- S 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
- S 3:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Conor Walsh
Info - 1.5 points
OPTIONS AND FUTURES
The course seeks to familiarize students with the basic derivatives (futures and options contracts). Both have played a role in the markets for many-many years (before the emergence of modern derivative markets in the 70s). Following the beginning of standardization at CBOE (1973) we have witnessed a dramatic growth in options markets and options are now traded on many exchanges around the world (CBOE, PHLX, NYSE etc.) Huge volumes of options are also traded over the counter (OTC), particularly on foreign exchange and interest rates. Many options are traded daily in the markets on a wide array of underlying assets from commodities to financial instruments (stocks, bonds, indexes, currencies, futures etc.) to… weather! The appearance of exotic options has driven volumes even higher in the OTC market providing investors with even wider possibilities for customizing risks borne and hedging against risks.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ted Jastrzebski
Info - 3 points
Climate Change and Disaster Management
Climate Change Disaster M
As climate related disasters continue to grow, the impacts of climate change and sustainable development on disaster threats and vulnerabilities are increasingly pronounced. Many of those in the field of disaster management are having to contend with increasing frequency and severity of disasters. Concurrently, disaster risk reduction and response frameworks are struggling to meet the challenge of 21st century disasters. At the same time, the field of disaster research is generating new insights into how the built environment, social structures, and ecological dynamics are intersecting to set the stage for disaster vulnerability, and thus can be better engineered for resilience. As this field continues to evolve, many who many not necessarily identify as disaster managers are also increasingly involved in disaster management in some capacity. With this, the dynamics of disaster risk reduction and disaster management are essential in working with communities and negotiating development activities in ways that are inclusive of a broad range of values, goals and incentive structures.
- Department: Climate School
- T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jeffrey Schlegelmilch
Info - 3 points
CINEMA HIST I:BEGINNINGS-1930
- Department: Film
- W 2:10 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jane Gaines
CULPA: 4 Info - 3 points
INTRO TO THE MATH OF FINANCE
Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 , or their equivalents. Introduction to mathematical methods in pricing of options, futures and other derivative securities, risk management, portfolio management and investment strategies with an emphasis of both theoretical and practical aspects. Topics include: Arithmetic and Geometric Brownian ,motion processes, Black-Scholes partial differential equation, Black-Scholes option pricing formula, Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes, volatility models, risk models, value-at-risk and conditional value-at-risk, portfolio construction and optimization methods.
- Department: Mathematics
- MW 7:40 p.m.-8:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mikhail Smirnov
CULPA: 16 Info - 3 points
MANAGING HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE ORGANIZAT
Students will gain an overview of major concepts of management and organization theory, concentrating on understanding human behavior in organizational contexts, with heavy emphasis on the application of concepts to solve managerial problems. By the end of this course students will have developed the skills to motivate employees, establish professional interpersonal relationships, take a leadership role, and conduct performance appraisal.
- Department: Human Capital Management
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- M 8:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Aaron S Wallen
CULPA: 1 h-index: 5 Info - 3 points
Banking and Technology: Financial Servic
This course offers students a strategic and applied framework for understanding the transformative impact of financial technology (FinTech) on the global banking and financial services industry. Through case studies, industry analysis, and collaborative projects, students will explore how traditional banks, fintech unicorns, big tech firms, and non-bank financial players are reshaping the competitive landscape.
The course traces the evolution of fintech across core sectors, including payments, lending, and capital markets, while examining the rise of disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, open banking, and digital currencies, including CBDCs, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized finance. Students will also analyze the regulatory and governance challenges emerging from rapid innovation in financial services.
Emphasizing strategic thinking, leadership, and applied analysis over technical specialization, the course culminates in an individual research paper and a team-based final project. It is designed for students aspiring to leadership roles in the evolving global digital financial ecosystem.
Delivered in person over seven weeks, this 1.5-elective course is open to graduate students across the School of Professional Studies and other Columbia University programs. There are no specific competencies, prerequisite knowledge, or prior coursework in the discipline required to enroll.
- Department: Technology Management
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Richard Goldberg
Info - 1.5 points
Proseminar
Proseminar is designed to offer beginning MA and PhD students an overview of (i) the major sub-disciplinary areas that are gathered under the umbrella term ‘classics’, making it a fundamentally interdisciplinary field of enquiry, and (ii) the diverse methodologies that are standardly applied in many subfields of classical research and publication.
- Department: Classics
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- F 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Elizabeth K Irwin
CULPA: 7
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Instructor:
Katharina Volk
CULPA: 7
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ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP
This course introduces students to important conversations within and about oral history through a series of curated public events.
This semester our events will explore how oral history lives in places and communities around New York City through a series of place-based events, curated in collaboration with partners around the city.
We meet approximately 6 times/semester.
- Department: Oral History
- R 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Amy A Starecheski
h-index: 5 Info - 1 points
Special Topics: Ethics and Technology in
This 1.5-credit onsite graduate course examines the ethical dynamics shaping contemporary technology management as innovation, regulation, and societal expectations rapidly evolve. Drawing on globally recognized perspectives and frameworks in responsible AI leadership and governance, the course explores how ethical considerations inform strategic decision-making across the technology lifecycle, from human-centered design to enterprise-scale digital transformation. Students critically analyze emerging challenges in artificial intelligence, data stewardship, collective decision-making systems, and value alignment, with attention to governance models, institutional accountability, and evolving regulatory frameworks. An emphasis is placed on evaluating the economic, social, and sustainable implications of technologies to strengthen ethical leadership discernment and strategic risk evaluation. The course equips students to critically navigate the ethical complexities of technological progress while aligning innovation with institutional values, societal responsibility, and long-term organizational integrity in a rapidly evolving global landscape.
- Department: Technology Management
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Francesca Rossi
Info - 1.5 points
Social Impact: Business, Society & the E
Soc Impacts: Bus, Soc & E
The Social Impact: Business, Society, and the Natural Environment course explores the relationship between corporations, society, and the natural environment. Specifically, it examines the ways in which governments, (for-profit and non-profit) organizations, and investors (fail to) have positive impact and manage issues where the pursuit of private goals is deemed inconsistent with the public interest.
- Department: Climate School
- T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Caroline Flammer
Info - 3 points
ORAL HISTORY THESIS
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- Department: Oral History
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Amy A Starecheski
h-index: 5 Info - 4 points
Climate Mobility
It is widely accepted that climate factors can and do affect human mobility, though the degree of their influence varies depending on local contexts. In the case of population displacement, rapid onset climate extremes have a relatively direct impact on mobility, and for longer-term migration climate factors also have been shown to play a role, often mediated by more direct drivers. There is a growing recognition that underlying institutional and structural factors (i.e., root causes) shape the way the climate stressors impact local migration decision-making, and that cultural proclivities and inequitable access to resources, markets, and political power structures often set the stage for ensuing migration flows (domestic and international). In many low income settings the donor and development assistance community are grappling with these complex nexus issues as they seek to develop policies and programs that reduce the potential for distress or mass migration. Responses to date generally fall into four categories; 1) those that address the livelihood aspects of climate migration -- e.g., by improving the prospects for local adaptation; 2) those that seek to facilitate mobility as an adaptation mechanism; 3) those that resettle people in new locations and offer migrant protections; and 4) those that seek to mitigate the impacts of those movements, including environmental impacts, on receiving communities. In high income settings, responses to current and potentially increased immigration from developing countries tends to fall into two camps: a resurgent nationalism with measures to prevent or deter migration versus more migrant-friendly policies that seek to protect migrant rights while acknowledging responsibility for historic greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, high income countries are facing climate impacts of their own such as sea level rise, riparian flooding and massive fires that have displaced thousands and prompted managed retreat from at-risk areas. All this has brought to the fore questions of equity and climate justice as marginalized populations everywhere are often disproportionately affected and least compensated. This interdisciplinary course focuses on the social, demographic, economic, political, environmental and climatic factors that shape human mobility, while addressing the legal categories of international mobility (e.g., migrant versus refugee). We explore underlying drivers of the various types of migration – from forced to voluntary and those forms in between – in ord
- Department: Climate School
- R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alexander M Desherbinin
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DATA ANALYSIS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Prerequisites: One semester of undergraduate statistics The data analysis course covers specific statistical tools used in social science research using the statistical program R. Topics to be covered include statistical data structures, and basic descriptives, regression models, multiple regression analysis, interactions, polynomials, Gauss-Markov assumptions and asymptotics, heteroskedasticity and diagnostics, models for binary outcomes, naive Bayes classifiers, models for ordered data, models for nominal data, first difference analysis, factor analysis, and a review of models that build upon OLS. Prerequisite: introductory statistics course that includes linear regression. There is a statistical computer lab session with this course: QMSS G4017 -001 -DATA ANALYSIS FOR SOC SCI
- Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mike Z He
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ADV ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES
This course is meant to train students in advanced quantitative techniques in the social sciences. Statistical computing will be carried out in R. Topics include: review of multiple/linear regression, review of logistic regression, generalized linear models, models with limited dependent variables, first differences analysis, fixed effects, random effects, lagged dependent variables, growth curve analysis, instrumental variable and two stage least squares, natural experiments, regression discontinuity, propensity score matching, multilevel models or hierarchical linear models, and text-based quantitative analysis.
- Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
- F 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Gregory M Eirich
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Post-Disaster Recovery: Housing/Economic
This course is designed as an elective to the Climate and Society Master of Arts degree program. The purpose of this course is to prepare those entering the climate policy and practice workforce for addressing these challenges and solutions by providing an overview of the fields of economic and housing recovery within the context of climate change and climate driven disasters.
- Department: Climate School
- R 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
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STRATEGIC STORYTELLER
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a deep and broad understanding of stories and how they can be used in strategic communication. Drawing from a wealth of evidence-based and field-tested work on storytelling from both local and global contexts, students will learn why stories tend to be so powerful and—with a focus on the written, performed, and transmedia aspects of storytelling—gain experience in telling stories to achieve organizational objectives. Your skills will be sharpened through lively seminar discussions, storytelling exercises, workshop-style coaching, and presentations and on-camera practice. By the end, students will walk away with a new mindset and a host of strategies that can be immediately implemented in their everyday work.
- Department: Strategic Communication
- T 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Kevin Visconti
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Strategic Thinking
Politics involves a complex interaction of competing interests. For practitioners, it is crucial to understand how efforts are met with responses, and predicting those responses is critical to designing successful strategies. Game theory is the formal mathematical analysis of strategic interaction across the social sciences. This course provides a general theoretical language to the theory of games, examining the intentional thought process of rational actors in strategic environments. Students will acquire tools for understanding the dynamics that lead to the success of a political campaign or policy-making effort. Course topics include two-person games, dynamic games, bargaining, and signaling. Students will also examine a variety of cases.
- Department: Political Analytics
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael Ting
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INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING
Students will learn fundamental marketing concepts and their application. By the end of this class you will know: the elements of a market, company strategy, how to identify customers and competition, the fundamental elements of the marketing mix (product, price, placement and promotion) how to research consumer behavior, and pricing strategies. Students will have extensive use of case study projects. Please note that there are separate online and in-person versions of the course, and the modalities offered may vary by semester. Be sure to check the modalities of the sections offered and enroll in the correct modality for your situation.
- Department: Strategic Communication
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Young Mi Park
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Instructor:
Andrew Blum
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COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
This course is about cost-benefit analysis and the economic evaluations of policies and projects. Cost benefit analysis (CBA) consists of a comprehensive set of techniques used to evaluate government programs. It is now routinely applied in such program areas as transportation, water projects, health, training and education, criminal justice, environmental protection, urban policy and even in the international arena such as foreign direct investment. Many of the techniques of CBA can also be applied to private sector decision-making. The objective of CBA is to determine whether the benefits of a particular program, policy or decision outweigh its costs. The techniques used to determine this are sometimes quite simple, but on other, increasingly frequent occasions are highly sophisticated. Sophisticated cost benefit studies are based on a framework that utilizes the basic concepts of economic theory. In addition, statistical and econometric analyses are often needed to estimate program effects from diverse available data. The course has two parts: methodology and practice. The goal is for students to be practically adept to undertake an independent cost-benefit analysis.
- Department: Sustainability Management
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alexander Heil
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Instructor:
Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou
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