Yeshiva College Syllabi -- 2021 - 2022 courses (past versions for reference ONLY)

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ECO1221: Money and Banking
(2012-01) Kisina, Irina
Course description: This course serves the purpose of introduction to the money and banking field. The first step in understanding money and banking will involve an introduction of main players in the world of finance and a study of basic framework for understanding how the financial system works. Next we will focus on financial market and the role they play in the financial system. We will discuss the recent financial crisis and how free approach to the business of banking had contributed to the current recession. Lastly, we will look at the goals and institutional structure of central banking and explore the money supply process.
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ECO1501: Public Finance
(2013-09) Grivoyannis, Elias C.
Course Objectives: In this course students will learn the theory of social balance, personal and corporate income taxes; sales and property taxes; current economic thought on taxation and public debt, expenditure analysis on energy, transportation, housing, education, pollution control, poverty, and quotas; externalities, public goods, public choice. Prerequisites: (ECO 1011 or 1011H or 1041 or 1041H) and (ECO 1011 or 1011H or 1041 or 1041H); Satisfies a Social Science requirement only for students who were on campus prior to April 2012. For students on campus starting April 2012, this course can be used toward major or elective requirements only.
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ENG0010/0011 - ESL: Intro to College
(2014-01) Silbermintz, Norma
Written and spoken English for non-native English speakers, focusing on the fluency, clarity, and correctness of language. Thematically related discussions, essays, presentations, and trips focusing on the international students acculturation to American college life. Required for all entering non-English dominant international students who do not place in Eng 1101.
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PHI1011: Intro to Philosophy I
(2014-09) Johnson, David A.
People study philosophy because they want to know the answers to certain important questions such as those mentioned below. Philosophy usually fails in its attempts to answer them, but people keep returning to it because there is no other path to wisdom about such matters. (There is something to be said for knowing what doesn’t work; and the study of philosophy greatly enhances the critical powers of the mind.) We will be concerned with such questions as the following: (i) Does God exist?, (ii) Is there such a thing as human free will, and, if so, what is its nature?, (iii) Is human free will compatible with perfect Divine foreknowledge?, (iv) Is human free will compatible with determinism?, (v) Are there moral truths, and, if so, how do we know what they are?, (vi) What is the nature of truth?, (vii) What is the nature of infinity?, (viii) What is the nature of probability?, (ix) What is the nature of knowledge?, (x) What is the case for, and against, skepticism?, (xi) Do the things around you exist? (Answer: No.), (xii) Are we physical objects?
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ECO1421: Econometrics
(2015-09) Hadavand, Aboozar
Course Description: This is an introduction to specification, estimation (simple and multiple regression analysis), and hypothesis testing. After reviewing the Gauss-Markov assumptions, the course departs from those assumptions and includes heteroskedasticity, serial correlation, and errors in variables, conditions under which simple regressions such as standard least squares are not the best estimators. **See "Learning Objectives" below...
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ECO 2801: Auctions and Market Design / ECON 5115: Market Design
(2016-01) Hashimoto, Tadashi
First note that this course is jointly offered to graduate students in Master of Science in Quantitative Economics and undergraduate students in Yeshiva College; undergraduate students are also expected to follow rigorous mathematical treatments of economic theory. This course introduces basic results in market design, a subfield of microeconomic theory where researchers propose desirable and often practical solutions to allocation problems in reality. Due to such a practical nature of this topic, students should become able to propose appropriate solutions by themselves to various allocation problems. We first study allocation problems with monetary transfers. To familiarize students with the analysis of incomplete information models, we initially focus on a seller facing a single privately informed buyer. We then turn to the main component of this part: multiple privately informed buyers, or auctions. We first study the classical, stylized theory of auctions. We then depart from the classical framework and observe what kinds of practical and theoretical difficulties arise and how successfully current attempts deal with these difficulties. As applications, we will discuss Dutch flower auctions, M&A auctions, oil and gas lease auctions, US treasury bill auctions, spectrum auctions, and internet advertising auctions (as in Google and Bing). The second part of this course covers allocation without money. We start from the matching problem (aka the marriage problem) and its solution concept, stable matching. After reviewing the applications of stable matching, we compare it with alternative approaches, such as top trading cycles. We will discuss applications including medical residency match, school choice, course allocation, and kidney exchange.
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MAT 1412: Calculus I
(2016-01) Li, Yan
First semester: limits, continuity, derivatives; applications to graphing, maxima and minima, and related rates; mean value theorem; integration, fundamental theorem of the calculus, integration by substitution. Second semester: applications of integration in geometry and physics; methods of integration; improper integrals; indeterminate forms; numerical integration; sequences, power series and Taylor series, polar coordinates; parametric equations. (lecture: 3 hours; recitation: 2 hours) 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
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SOC2502 / HBSI1009: Interrogating Masculinities
(2016-09) Kimmel, Daniel M.
in the social sciences. Students will examine the complexity of human behavior and/or social institutions and draw conclusions from empirical research through the theoretical approaches of at least two social science disciplines, using both qualitative and quantitative data. The course will focus on one specific social institution and provide students with in-depth knowledge for how to analyze human behavior in relation to this institution. HBSI courses will enable students to:  Understand the ethical values involved in studying human behavior and social institutions.  Apply approaches from at least two social science disciplines.  Employ social scientific tools to identify and analyze social problems. Overview: Interrogating Masculinities Masculinity is a dominant ethos in virtually all cultures in the world, and this has been the case virtually all throughout human history. Yet despite its historical staying power and air of monolithic, invincible authority, there is no one such thing as “masculinity.” The definition of what it is to “be a real man” changes across time and place, and a surprisingly varied set of traits, behaviors, and expectations are valorized under the umbrella of “masculinity” across cultural contexts. Moreover, a global history of patriarchal dominance means that masculinities have played a unique role in shaping groups, organizations, and institutions, as well as both men’s and women’s individual lives. For these reasons and others, understanding some of the various components and manifestations of masculinities is important for understanding our world. This course will explore various masculine behaviors, myths, ideologies, and experiences. In other words, we will look at what it means to be a man in various cultures – both outside of and within the contemporary United States – as well as how those meanings have changed over time. In addition, we will think critically about how masculinity interacts with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, institutional context, and other sociological variables to produce different experiences of masculinity for different people; this kind of perspective is known as “intersectionality.” And we will analyze the ways in which power, expressed in various masculinities, functions within these cultural formations.
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PHI1320: Theories of the Mind
(2017-01) Johnson, David A.
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CHE1415R: Physical Chemistry I
(2017-09) Viswanathan, Rajalakshmi
Topics covered: Gas Laws, deviations from ideal behavior, development of the equations of state, Laws of Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry, application of the laws of thermodynamics to chemical equilibrium, and phase equilibrium, kinetics of chemical reactions including molecular dynamics, properties of liquids, and transport properties.
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INTC1032 ; Ancient Egyptian Literature
(2018-01) Koller, Aaron
We will be surveying 2000 years of literature from ancient Egypt, centering around three major interrelated questions: how much a traditional society can change, and in what ways, over the course of such a long time, the role of literature in negotiating change in a traditional society, and the relationship between an individual and the greater society within a hierarchical and highly structured society. Our study will consist mostly of closely reading the texts – stories, poems, instructions, magical spells, and other texts – with the historical and social contexts in mind. We will be introduced to some of the ways in which modern literary criticism can illuminate literature from so long ago, and also encounter the world of ancient Egypt through class trips to the Brooklyn Museum and/or the Metropolitan Museum, both of which have world-class Egyptian departments.
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BIO/CHE1379: Chemistry of Metals in Biology
(2018-01) Camara, James M.
This course offers a chemical view the role of metals in biological systems. Course content includes introductory coordination chemistry, an overview of spectroscopic methods used to study metal ions & complexes in biological system, the role of metals in biological functions such as oxygen transport, nitrogen fixation, electron transfer and photosynthesis.
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JTP1430H: Thought Of Rav Joseph Soloveitchik
(2018-09) Carmy, Shalom
►Readings in the maran haRav ztl''s major writings, with emphasis on "those that students are afraid to tackle on their own." The lecture will supply background material and contrast in general and Jewish philosophical reflection. The Honors version of the course will devote special attention to interdisciplinary dimensions. ►We will begin with Halakhic Man. U-Vikkashtem, because of its centrality and difficulty [though my article Tradition Summer 2008 will save us some time]. Lonely Man you will probably be reading on your own (see outline). Ma Dodekh miDod and Halakhic Mind will also be subjects of lecture. We will devote serious attention to Emergence of Ethical Man. I hope to spend time on the recently published Halakhic Morality. Other material will be determined by time and interest.
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ART1832: Architectural Design Studio
(2019) Glassman, Paul
►You will explore the process of architectural design through a series of increasingly complex discoveries of how spaces are made. The focus will be on the development of the visual and verbal skills needed to approach conceptual and three-dimensional problem solving intelligently. You will begin to understand basic design skills as well as develop a vocabulary for expressing their intentions. ►The course will employ a dual approach: analysis and synthesis. Beginning with the analysis of outdoor shelter, you will develop a prototype for a public transit shelter. ►The second segment of the dual approach will stimulate abstract visual imaging, and the scale of the space analyzed will increase. In a three-week sketch problem, you will first examine and describe the components of a public space. Then you will construct a three-dimensional interpretation of that space. ►The final two projects will ask you to apply the design concepts considered in the previous assignments to real settings with pragmatic constraints. Basic computer-aided design skills will be introduced at this point in the semester in conjunction with these projects: an electronic library for a school of social work and a campus master plan. Class time will include the introduction of projects and the review of desk work. At the end of each project there will be a presentation.
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MAT/COM 1504: Discrete Structures
(2019-01) Roldan, Pablo; 0000-0003-0034-2863
Prerequisite Three years of high school mathematics (exposure to proofs at an informal level, real numbers, integers, rationals, complex numbers, vectors, functions, divisibility, primes, factoring) and an interest in theoretical mathematics. Description The course will introduce students to a variety of topics in higher mathematics that are “discrete” in the sense that they are not dependent on limits and approximation. Discrete mathematics is useful in proving the correctness and deriving the complexity of algorithms and data structures. The subject coverage spans the following core subjects: logic and proofs; sets, functions, sequences, sums, and matrices; number theory; induction; counting; relations. On completion of this course, students will master the fundamentals of discrete mathematics. In subsequent courses, they will apply the basic methods of discrete mathematics to Computer Science (design and analysis of algorithms, computability theory, computer systems, etc.).
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ECO 2601: Introduction To Financial Economics
(2019-01) Vinjamuri, Srikar
Course Information This is an introductory course in Financial Economics with a particular emphasis on different theories of asset pricing. It will introduce fundamental ideas in Financial Economics like consumer financial decisions in perfect financial markets, how firms are valued, modelling risk in financial markets and finally culminate with a thorough discussion on the two major asset pricing models i.e. Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Arbitrage Pricing Model (APT). Pre-requisites: This a course that develops the fundamental theories of Financial Economics. As such, a firm understanding of Intermediate Micro Economic Theory is assumed. The course will also make frequent use of basic results in algebra, probability theory and some Linear Algebra. A basic level of familiarity with these mathematical tools is also assumed.
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ECO1101: Intermediate Microeconomics
(2019-01) Schwalbe, Josef
Theory of elasticity; indifference curves and applications; cost of production;output markets; externalities; input markets;linear programming; optimation theory with use of calculus. Pre-req./Co-req.: MAT 1412/H or instructor's permission;
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ECO 2531: Health Economics
(2019-01) Grivoyannis, Elias C.
Why take a course in Health Economics The U.S. presidential election of 2008 was a watershed event in the health care reform debate. Keeping his promise, and taking advantage of Democratic majorities in both, the House and the Senate, president Barack Obama signed legislation on May 23, 2010, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became the law of the land. This event began a decade long process that will transform health care delivery and financing, extending coverage to more than 32 million previously uninsured Americans and changing rules that govern how health insurance is delivered. The health care sector, now representing more than one-sixth of the U.S. economy in terms of economic activity, continues to change in unimaginable ways. Sweeping transformations in the organizational arrangements of health care providers, newly developed medical technologies, the creation of new health insurance products, and the development and evaluation of various public policy initiatives all make the health care sector a dynamic and exciting area for applying the lens and tools of economic analysis. Indeed, not a day goes by without the unfolding of a medical event that requires the insights of economics to unravel the depths of its implications. By taking a course in Health Economics, students would be able to: 1) Recognize the relevance of economics to health and medical care and to apply economic reasoning to better understand public health-related issues; 2) Understand the mechanisms of health care delivery in the United States within broad social, political, and economic contexts; 3) Explore the changing nature of health and medical care and its implications for medical practice, medical education and research, and health policy; 4) Analyze public policy in health and medical care from an economic perspective. Objectives of the Course: Application of economic tools and concepts to the analysis of the US health care system and public health. Effects of health care on health, hospital behavior, health care workforce supply and demand for health care. Role of health insurance and demographic changes in health care systems. Emphasis on public health in the United States and its current situation. Comparison of the USA health care system with the health care system of other countries.
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ECO 2005H: Economics & the Law
(2019-01) Grivoyannis, Elias C.
Why take a course in Economics and the Law Economics is the most advanced of the social sciences, and the legal system contains many parallels to and overlaps with the systems that economists have studied successfully. The interaction of economics and the law since the early 1960s has changed the nature of legal scholarship, the common understanding of legal rules and institutions, and even the practice of law. Legal theory has assimilated many economic concepts, such as incentive effects, opportunity costs, risk aversion, transaction costs, free-riding, the prisoner’s dilemma and other game theoretic tools (such as Nash equilibrium and dominant strategy), asymmetric information, collective choice, open-access resource, median rule, regulatory capture, rent-seeking, credible commitment, moral hazard and adverse selection, market failure, monopoly power, price discrimination, Pareto efficiency, cost-benefit and, and so forth. As knowledge of quantitative methods diffuses, we foresee increasing use and sophistication of statistical methods in legal scholarship. More recently, economists have realized that effective property and contract economics to an infusion of legal concepts, such as litigation costs, property rules, liability rules, default rules, strict liability, independent judges, third-party enforcers, corruption, judgment-proof injurers, reliance damages, priority in bankruptcy, inside-trading, public firms, non-government organizations, customs, norms, internalized values, reasonable actors, and non-monetary sanctions. The concepts in this course will benefit both, the students who will have future careers in law and those with future careers in economics. Prerequisite: ECO 1011/1041 Objectives of the Course: To study the relationship of legal institutions and laws to economic efficiency and social goals, such as justice. Economics of property rights, environmental control, administrative processes, contracts, and liability; public utility and antitrust regulation; individual rights and discrimination.
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COM 3571: Data Visualization
(2019-01) Medina, Francis Patricia
Visual representations and tools are widely used in science, business, and government to extract, and effectively share, insights derived from large, dynamic data sets. This use is driven by two realities. First, the explosive growth in the amount of data that is created, gathered, and retained means that the data sets relevant to any given question or decision are too large for a human being to process one data point at a time. As such, effective visual representations that are “worth a thousand words” and concisely communicate the information latent in the data are essential. Second, an organization’s investment in data science, which uses mathematical techniques to derive insight from data, can only pay off if the insight can be clearly communicated to decision makers who are not scientists. Visualization is therefore an increasingly critical skill for a data scientist. Data visualization utilizes a set of techniques and algorithms to programmatically transform data into (interactive) graphical representations that effectively tell a story and guide decisions (i.e. explain), or that facilitate interactive analysis (i.e. explore). In this course, students will learn the algorithmic and artistic techniques needed to design and develop effective explanatory and exploratory data visualizations. ___  Students will be able to use visualization tools and techniques to explore data  Students will be able to both choose and design visualizations that will accurately and effectively convey information  Students will be able to write programs to create both static and interactive visualizations  Students will know where to look for current innovations in visualization and thus will be able to stay up to date with the latest visualization approaches ___  Visual design and aesthetics  Perception and visual encoding  Algorithms for creation of static and interactive visualizations  Visual design patterns to support specific analyses, including: time series, comparisons, dependencies/interactions, deviations, multivariate, and spatial  Applications of explanatory and exploratory visualization  Overview of important visualization tools  Spotlights on the work and contributions of highly impactful visualization researchers and practitioners