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Population and Public Health Sciences (PM)
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Overview of behavioral theory and research in disease prevention and health promotion and in adaptation to chronic disease, including an introduction to measures of outcomes. Prerequisite: Admission to HBR Ph.D. Program or permission of instructor.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41083D | 046 | Lecture | 12:30-3:25pm | Thursday | 0 of 13 | Artur Galimov | SSB103E | ![]() |
Overview and application of behavioral theories to the field of health education and promotion. Examines the determinants of health behavior and strategies for change at the individual, group and community level.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41086D | 046 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Thursday | 1 of 32 | Daniel Soto | SSB116 | ![]() | |
41104D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Tyler Mason | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() | |
41246D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Randa Hamden | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() |
Overview of public health concepts and issues, including population health; ethics; health disparities, determinants, and systems of care; global health; policy; health promotion; environmental health.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41146D | 046 | Lecture | 9:30-12:50pm | Thursday | 2 of 100 | Alexis Coulourides Kogan, Britni Belcher, Rima Habre, Sue Kim | MCH149 | ![]() |
Overview of program implementation challenges in global health contexts, including best practices for establishing effective cross-cultural collaborations, working with key leaders, and operationalizing complex interventions.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41154D | 046 | Lecture | 5:00-8:20pm | Monday | 2 of 21 | Shubha Kumar, Mellissa Withers | ![]() |
Historical development of the American health care system; determinants of health care utilization; role of health care providers; health policy; public health services; and health care finance.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41089D | 046 | Lecture | 9:30-12:50pm | Tuesday | 2 of 46 | Susanne Hempel | SSB116 | ![]() | |
41095D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Sue Kim | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() | |
41205D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Aninda Das | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() |
Concepts of biostatistics; appropriate uses and common misuses of health statistics; practice in the application of statistical procedures; introduction to statistical software including EXCEL, SPSS, nQuery. Laboratory.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41239D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | Ming Li | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() | |
41099D | 046 | Lecture | 2:25-4:20pm | Wednesday | 3 of 60 | Farzana Choudhury | SSB115AB | ![]() ![]() | |
41098D | 046 | Lab | 4:30-6:35pm | Wednesday | 3 of 60 | Farzana Choudhury | SSB115AB | ![]() ![]() | |
41240D | 407 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | Ming Li | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() |
Major parametric and non-parametric statistical tools used in biomedical research, computer packages including SAS. Includes laboratory. Lecture, 2 hours; laboratory, 2 hours.
- Prerequisite: PM 510
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41103D | 046 | Lecture | 9:00-10:50am | Tuesday | 2 of 55 | Eric Kawaguchi | SSB115AB | ![]() | |
41101D | 046 | Lab | 9:00-10:50am | Thursday | 2 of 55 | Eric Kawaguchi | SSB115AB | ![]() |
Statistical methods for analysis of categorical data including dichotomous, ordinal, multinomial and count data, using Stata package. Includes laboratory.
- Prerequisite: PM 511A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41070D | 046 | Lecture | 1:00-2:50pm | Tuesday | 3 of 40 | SSB114 | ![]() | ||
41079D | 046 | Lab | 3:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 3 of 40 | SSB114 | ![]() |
Methods and applications for modeling longitudinal, time-to-event and multi- level data. Includes laboratory using R package. Lecture 2 hrs; laboratory 2 hrs. Prerequisites: PM-511b.
- Prerequisite: PM 511b
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41081D | 046 | Lecture | 9:00-10:55am | Wednesday | 1 of 30 | Sandrah Eckel | SSB114 | ![]() | |
41097D | 046 | Lab | 11:00-12:55pm | Wednesday | 1 of 30 | Sandrah Eckel | SSB114 | ![]() |
Terminology/uses of epidemiology and demography; sources/uses of population data; types of epidemiologic studies; risk assessment; common sources of bias in population studies; principles of screening. Recommended preparation: algebra
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41062D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Eunjung Lee | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() | |
41096D | 046 | Lecture | 1:00-4:55pm | Thursday | 1 of 47 | Brian Huang | SSB114 | ![]() | |
41102D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Eunjung Lee | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() | |
41200D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() |
An overview of the tools used by statisticians for solving statistical problems. Introduces students to the field of biostatistical consulting.
- Prerequisite: PM 510
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41235D | 046 | Lecture | 5:10-6:00pm | Monday | 1 of 15 | Trevor Pickering | SSB115 | PDF (304446 KB) | ![]() |
Study design, ascertainment of study objects, questionnaire development, various methodological issues in study design and interpretation including bias, measurement error, confounding and effect modification.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41121D | 046 | Lecture | 1:05-4:50pm | Monday | 4 of 27 | Victoria Cortessis | SSB115 | ![]() |
a: Density distribution and hazard functions; normal, chi-square, student's t and F distributions; and sampling procedures for single factor and multiple factor designs, distributions. Recommended preparation: working knowledge of multivariable calculus and familiarity with linear algebra.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41136D | 046 | Lecture | 1:05-3:50pm | Monday | 0 of 16 | Chun Li | SSB103F | ![]() |
International variations in health status with a focus on the impact of socioeconomic status, politics, environment, education and gender in etiology of illness, access to health care, progression of disease, and recovery.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41148D | 046 | Lecture | 12:30-3:50pm | Thursday | 1 of 25 | SSB115 | ![]() |
An overview of environmental health, identifying issues in assessing effects of exposure on health and potential interventions for reducing adverse health risks. Prerequisite: PM-512
- Prerequisite: PM 512
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41092D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Tracy Bastain | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() |
Familial aggregation, segregation analysis, linkage analysis, association, regressive models, gene-environment interactions, genetic heterogeneity and linkage disequilibrium.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41068D | 046 | Lecture | 10:30-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 20 | Charleston Chiang,Arun Durvasula | SSB103F | ![]() ![]() |
Overview of concepts, tools, data collection, analysis methods and designs used to evaluate health promotion programs. Examples from substance abuse prevention, family planning and reproductive health programs.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41153D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() | ||
41170R | 046 | Lecture | 10:00-1:20pm | Monday | 5 of 50 | Thomas Valente | SSB116 | ![]() |
Overview of causative factors and demographic distribution of major chronic diseases in the western world. Epidemiologic concepts, methods and research design as applied to chronic disease prevention will be emphasized. Prerequisite: PM 512.
- Prerequisite: PM 512
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41091D | 046 | Lecture | 2:00-6:00pm | Monday | 2 of 35 | Felice Lin | SSB117 | ![]() |
The contents include: R objects, control structure, data input and output, subsetting objects, data manipulation and aggregations, character manipulation, graphics, and writing user-defined functions. Recommended preparation: Knowledge of one programming language other than R or a half-year experience programming in R.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41127D | 046 | Lecture | 1:00-2:50pm | Friday | 0 of 20 | Arthur Li | OFFICE | ![]() |
Survey of effective community organizing and mobilization efforts in the U.S. and abroad, using participatory, organizational, community empowerment and public-private partnership models.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41155D | 046 | Lecture | 9:00-12:20pm | Wednesday | 4 of 38 | Mark Lopez | SSB117 | ![]() |
Introduction to leadership and management concepts, tools, and practices in the context of domestic and global public health and healthcare delivery settings.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41050D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Ans Irfan | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() | |
41060D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Rita Burke | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() | |
41061D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Shubha Kumar | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() |
Current public health issues and research topics relating to 21st century challenges and threats. Lessons learned and best practices to strengthen public health systems and enhance public health readiness and preparedness.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41147D | 046 | Lecture | 9:00-12:20pm | Tuesday | 1 of 25 | Kim Turner | SSB114 | ![]() | |
41151D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Anne Fehrenbacher, Goleen Samari | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() |
An introduction to the toolsets needed to create workable and reproducible datasets, conduct exploratory analysis and visualizations, learn from data, summarize and communicate analytic results.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41115D | 046 | Lecture | 9:00-12:55pm | Friday | 1 of 36 | Kelly Street | SSB114 | ![]() |
Definition and chronology of natural and man-made disasters and their effects on the global community. Structure and organization of disaster management systems and the role of humanitarian organizations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41169D | 046 | Lecture | 1:00-4:20pm | Wednesday | 1 of 25 | Rita Burke | SSB103F | ![]() | |
41248D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Rita Burke | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() |
Ethical principles in the distribution of health resources, conduct of global public health research, and implementation of public health initiatives across different nations, cultures, religions.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41159D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Mellissa Withers | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() |
Provides students with hands on experience of the common methods used in conducting epidemiological studies, and designing and obtaining funding for research projects. Prerequisite: PM-512. Recommended preparation: PM 527.
- Prerequisite: PM 512
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41181D | 046 | Lecture | 1:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 0 of 20 | Carrie Breton, Tracy Bastain | SSB116 | ![]() |
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41176D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | Amie Hwang | TBA | ![]() | |
41180D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 30 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() | |
41182D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | Jennifer Unger | OFFICE | ![]() |
Provides a rigorous introduction to statistical methods for analyzing data with a focus on regression modeling for continuous and binary outcomes.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41207D | 046 | Lecture | 1:30-5:30pm | Monday | 0 of 16 | Trevor Pickering | SSB116 | PDF (314884 KB) | ![]() |
Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41184R | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 35 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() |
Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: PM 594A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41186D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() |
Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: PM 594B
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41187R | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() |
Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the students field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41189D | 046 | 1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | Amie Hwang | TBA | ![]() | |
41093D | 046 | 1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() |
Applied practical experience through field placement in federal, state, and/or local public health agencies/organizations, including community-based organizations; research and school-based settings.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41051D | 407 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 45 | Jane Steinberg | ONLINE | ![]() ![]() | |
41178D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 40 | Jane Steinberg | TBA | ![]() |
Special topics of current interest to provide background for research in biostatistics and epidemiology. Based largely on student dissertation research. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41202R | 046 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Monday | 0 of 30 | Kimberly Siegmund,Victoria Cortessis | SSB117 | ![]() |
First of three courses in CTR, a discipline that fosters multidirectional integration of basic, patient-oriented and population-based research with long-term goal of improving public health. Recommended preparation: PM 510.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41203D | 046 | Lecture | 1:00-5:00pm | Tuesday | 0 of 12 | Cecilia Patino Sutton | SSB103F | ![]() |
Concepts and major methods in artificial neural networks and deep learning, including backpropagation, CNN, RNN, GAN.
- Prerequisite: PM 591
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Graduate Visitor, Master Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41215R | 046 | Lecture | 1:00-3:50pm | Tuesday | 1 of 25 | Chun Li | SSB117 | ![]() |
Introduces students to modern causal inference methods for epidemiological research including both theoretical background and practical applications.
- Prerequisite: PM 511A
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41227R | 046 | Lecture | 1:00-3:00pm | Mon, Wed | 2 of 20 | Erica Garcia | SSB103G | ![]() |
Theory of statistics behind most commonly used statistical inference and machine learning methods in biomedical applications.
- Prerequisite: PM 510
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41229R | 046 | Lecture-Lab | 1:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 0 of 20 | Juan Pablo Lewinger | OFFICE | ![]() |
Independent research at an advanced level on a problem in the field of Health Behavior. Recommended preparation PM 604. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41204D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | Jennifer Unger | OFFICE | ![]() |
Short seminar presentations and discussions on issues accompanying the development of the field of health behavior and implementation of research in this field. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41214D | 060 | Lecture | TBA | Tue, Thu | 1 of 30 | Jennifer Unger | ONLINE | ![]() |
Research applicable to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41216D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | Jennifer Unger | OFFICE | ![]() | |
41218D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 40 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41220D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Jennifer Unger | OFFICE | ![]() | |
41222R | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: PM 794A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41224D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() | |
41226R | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Jennifer Unger | OFFICE | ![]() |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: PM 794B
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41228D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Jennifer Unger | OFFICE | ![]() | |
41230R | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 25 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: PM 794C
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41232R | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() | |
41234R | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 25 | Jennifer Unger | OFFICE | ![]() |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: PM 794D
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41236D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Jennifer Unger | OFFICE | ![]() | |
41238D | 046 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 25 | Kimberly Siegmund | OFFICE | ![]() |