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Student Profiles

Dennis Lien
First Year EE-IEMP, Applied Science

“As a new and incoming first year student and a former analytical biochemist, I was amazed to see the interconnection of science with policy and the importance that science has in policy making. I was thrilled to know that the wealth of science and engineering resources at Columbia were at my disposal as a SIPA student. Directly at SIPA, I have had to apply scientific methodology to analyze policy issues in various case studies and group activities of the courses that I am taking. The interplay of
mathematics, science and policy are all more interwoven than I originally thought, and the program has so far challenged me to think more critically as both a budding policy maker and as a traditional scientist.”

Kine Elisabeth Martinussen
First Year EE-IEMP, Applied Science
“I spent my undergraduate years pursuing my two passions, social sciences and ecology. The applied sciences specialization allows me to unify and synthesize these interests through environmental policy. Today I work towards becoming a policy-maker with my feet solidly planted on scientific ground. Working with graduate students and professors at other scientific departments opens new ways to think about policy, and helps me develop the scientific language I need to meet challenges in the future.”

Below are course combinations that have been used to satisfy the Applied Science requirements in the past:

 

Course Number

Course Title

Term

Year

Credits

1

SDEV U6240

Environmental Science for Sustainable Development

Fall

2010

3

2

EAEE E4001

Industrial Ecology

Fall

2011

3

3

EAIA W4200

Alternative Energy Resources

Fall

2011

3

 

Course Number

Course Title

Term

Year

Credits

1

EAEE E4009

GIS for Resource, Environmental, and Infrastructure Management

Fall

2010

3

2

EEEB G4260

Food, Ecology and Globalization

Spring

2011

3

3

SDEV W3200

Global Food Systems

Spring

2011

3

 

Course Number

Course Title

Term

Year

Credits

1

EAEE E4001

Industrial Ecology

Fall

2010

3

2

EAE E9274

Earth/Environmental Eng Reports

Spring

2011

3

3

ENVP U6224

Environmental Data Analysis

Spring

2011

3

 

Course Number

Course Title

Term

Year

Credits

1

EHSC P6300

Environmental Health Sciences

Fall

2010

3

2

SOSC P8776

Advancing Health Literacy

Fall

2009

3

3

HPMN P6530

Issues – Approaches to Health Policy & Management

Spring

2009

3

 

Course Number

Course Title

Term

Year

Credits

1

EESC W4930

Earth’s Oceans and Atmosphere

Spring

2011

3

2

EESC W4917

Human/Earth Interaction

Fall

2011

3

3

ECIA W4100

Water Management and Development

Spring

2012

3

 

Course Number

Course Title

Term

Year

Credits

1

QMSS 4070

GIS & Spatial Analysis

Fall

2011

3

2

EPID 6400

Principles of Epidemiology

Fall

2011

3

3

POPF 8639

Gender-Based Violence in Complex Emergencies

Spring

2011

1.5

4

POPF 8620

Protecting Children in Disaster and War

Fall

2011

1.5

 

Course Number

Course Title

Term

Year

Credits

1

EESC W4930

Earth’s Oceans and Atmosphere

Spring

2011

3

2

EESC W4925

Intro to Physical Oceanography

Fall

2011

3

3

EESC W4113

Introduction to Mineralogy

Fall

2011

4