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Lighting: (PHTI-UT 1013)

Prerequisite: Photography II or permission from the Department. This class teaches lighting as a series of the most common lighting problems encountered in professional photography and cinematography. The course philosophy is that the most complex and difficult lighting problems are really just combinations of small, easily resolved, problems. Starting with basic three-point lighting for portraiture using simple continuous source lighting, the course will progress quickly to extremely complex set ups using electronic flash as well as lighting for the new generation of hybrid Dslr’s (video/still camera) as it moves through multiple environments. Subjects covered include: Lighting for portraits, still life, fashion, interiors, documentary, and exterior location lighting using battery powered flash. Location scouting and planning according to location limitations. Color temperature and color control. Light shaping and control. Students will learn how to use: Digital SLR’s, medium format cameras, Leaf Aptus electronic capture, direct tethered capture using Adobe Lightroom, continuous lighting, electronic flash, color temperature meters and custom white balance profiles as well as the basics of video/sound capture. Lighting equipment is provided. A lab fee is charged for this course.

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Class #: 2491
Section #: 001
Meets: TR 2:30-7p

Fall 2025 General Elective Spring 2026 Summer 2025 Summer 2026 Undergraduate
Fall 2024

Useless Machines (IMNY-UT 272)

“Useless Machines is about redefining “usefulness.” Through making, we will explore what it means, on an ideological, political and historical level, to create something ‘useful’ or ‘useless.’ We will play with these definitions and explore how these objects serve to be humorous, critical, disruptive and at times… useful. We will study ‘useless’ machines throughout history, which will provoke conversations and disagreements around the implications of existing and emerging technologies. The students will design ‘useless’ machines for their final project. Examples of ‘useless’ machines are drawn from Kenji Kawakami’s The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions, Dunne & Raby’s Speculative Everything, Stephanie Dinkins’ Conversations with Bina 48, https://esoteric.codes/, CW&T, Mimi Ọnụọha’s Missing Data, Jacques Carelman’s Catalogue of Impossible Objects, viral videos/objects and much more.”

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Class #: 11364
Section #: 001
Meets: MW 2-3:30p

IMA Electives IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Seminar/Studies) Spring 2025 Undergraduate

Future of Media and Technology (ITPG-GT 2297)

This course covers the next several years of evolution in technology, culture, and other trends. It uses scenario planning, a technique for considering complex interrelationships that can’t be predicted, distinguishing predetermined elements from critical uncertainties, and exploring the underlying patterns that influence events. Students will conduct original research on significant trends, use those trends to develop compelling, sophisticated, plausible stories about possible futures, and present the futures – and the strategies they suggest – to a public audience. The course will take place at a pivotal moment of historical uncertainty: recovering from a global pandemic, with AI and other digital technologies crossing a threshold, and dramatic political and economic tensions. All of these, and more, affect media development – and are deeply affected by them. The goal of the course is to enable you to make more robust decisions now in the face of uncertainty — applicable to planning for technological change, starting a business, plotting a career or making major life decisions. This class has developed a longstanding following at ITP because it helps us make sense of complex issues without oversimplifying them. In a climate of candid, respectful discussion and debate, the class explores theories about system dynamics, long-wave organizational and societal change, and economic and technological development.

Interactive Telecommunications (Graduate)
4 credits – 13 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2025)

ITPG-GT 2297-000 (20247)09/08/2025 – 12/08/2025 Mon12:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Brooklyn CampusInstructed by Kleiner, Arthur · Powell, Juliette

Fall 2025 Graduate
Spring 2024

Stats F/Bus Cntl Regress & Forecasting Models (STAT-UB 103)

This course examines modern statistical methods as a basis for decision making in the face of uncertainty. Topics include probability theory, discrete and continuous distributions, hypothesis testing, estimation, and statistical quality control. With the aid of computers, these statistical methods are used to analyze data. Also presented are an introduction to statistical models and their application to decision making. Topics include the simple linear regression model, inference in regression analysis, sensitivity analysis, and multiple regression analysis.

Statistics & Operations Research (Undergraduate)
6 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)

STAT-UB 103-000 (2538)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Giloni, Avi.

STAT-UB 103-000 (2539)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Duan, Yaqi

STAT-UB 103-000 (2540)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Chen, Elynn

STAT-UB 103-000 (2541)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kovtun, Vladimir

STAT-UB 103-000 (2542)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Turetsky, Jason

STAT-UB 103-000 (2995)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Turetsky, Jason

Quantitative Reasoning Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Climate Change and Environmental Justice (SCA-UA 632)

Readings from climatologists, economists, anthropologists, geographers, cultural analysts, and activists. Examines the natural and social impact of global warming in the context of the climate justice movement, which is modeled on American-derived principles of environmental justice in the 1990s and poses a legal and humanitarian challenge to those who place their faith in market-driven solutions. Examines how populations are unevenly affected by climate change, and how this imbalance is being addressed by advocates of decarbonization.

Social and Cultural Analysis (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

SCA-UA 632-000 (10318)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ross, Andrew

Physical Science OR Life Science Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate

Writing London (SCA-UA 9886)

Credits: 4
Duration: 14 Weeks
Dates: Mon,Wed
Credits: 4
Duration: 14 Weeks
Dates: Mon,Wed

This course will study a variety of texts written at particular times in the history of London. The aims of the course are to encourage the student to think historically, in terms of the way London and representations of the city have changed and developed over time; and theoretically, in terms of the way the city is mediated through different forms and genres (e.g. poetry, novels, essays, film; satire, detective and crime fiction), and the interrelationship of literary and material spaces. We will also examine the significance of gender, the definition of the modern metropolis as a labyrinthine city of Babylon, the influence of metropolitan culture on Modernism and Modernity, assimilation versus multiculturalism, immigration, and the effects of new modern spaces on individuals.

Social and Cultural Analysis (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Expressive Culture Fall 2025 Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Spring 2026 Texts and Ideas Undergraduate
Spring 2024

Media History of NY (MCC-UE 1151)

New York has played a crucial role in the history of media, and media have placed a crucial role in the history of New York. New York has been represented by media since Henry Hudson wrote his reports to the Dutch. Media institutions have contributed centrally to its economy and social fabric, while media geographies have shaped the experiences of city living. This course explores media representations, institutions, and geographies across time and is organized around the collaborative production of an online guidebook to the media history of New York.

Media, Culture & Communication (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)

MCC-UE 1151-000 (20991)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ramirez, George

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate

Science of Movement (DANC-UT 1605)

The Science of Movement will introduce students to the multidisciplinary field of how the human brain controls movements, how we learn new movements, and the rehabilitation of various movement disorders and injuries. This course is appropriate for undergraduate students with an interest in human movement, neuroscience and behavior, physical medicine, dance and/or athletics. No prior course of study in neuroscience is necessary to successfully engage with the course material. This course will count towards general education requirements for social science for Tisch undergraduate students.

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Class #: 17380
Section #: 001
Meets: TR 12:30-1:45p

Fall 2025 IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Seminar/Studies) Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Spring 2024

Arab Theatre & Film: (MEIS-UA 747)

Examines recent trends in contemporary Arab theatre and film, contextualizing these within a broader history of Arab performance. Particular attention is given to how experimental practitioners have explored issues of human rights and the control of territories under the modern state. Strategies addressed include the conflation of the past and present as a means of exploring the persistence of the colonial power structure in the modern Arab world; the use of the parable to speak truth to power; the incorporation of the populist entertainment forms that directly engage the audience; and the use of familiar tales to explore new political realities.

Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)

MEIS-UA 747-000 (13271)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Atrach, Naila

Expressive Culture Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate

History of Italian Cinema (ICINE-UT 1103)

The Italian Cinema is a good way to study the whole Italian history, society, ideology and behaviours. The students will have the opportunity to know such authors as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini, Antonioni, Visconti, Pasolini, Bertolucci, who are well known in the US. The course will also focus on the difference between auteur films and genre films (comedy, roman-mythological, western, melodrama); it will stress the gender point of view, the problem of a national identity, the role of the film industry. Strong attention will be paid to the relationship between Italian film and literature, art history, television and other disciplines.

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Class #: 4377
Section #: F01
Meets: M 3-5:45p; F 3-5:45p


Class #: 19235
Section #: F02
Meets: M 6-8p

Expressive Culture Fall 2025 Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Spring 2025 Spring 2026 Summer 2025 Summer 2026 Undergraduate
Fall 2023

Topics in East Asian Studies (EAST-UA 302)

This course is designed for students whose levels of Japanese are EAST-UA 248 and EAST-UA 249. The overall goal of this course is to help students build reading speed, reading fluency, and vocabularies and expressions through experiencing the pleasure of reading in Japanese. The focus of the class will be individual reading activity and consultations with the instructor.

East Asian Studies (Undergraduate)
2 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2023)

EAST-UA 302-000 (19326)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Liu, Catherine

EAST-UA 302-000 (19327)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2023

Management and Organizations (MGMT-UB 1)

In this course you will attain an understanding of the key factors that contribute to organizational success and the role that managers play in helping their organizations become more successful. The better that you understand these issues, the more effective you will be in your future careers. More specifically, the course will explore how organizational leaders develop winning strategies, and then design their organization in a way that aligns structures, social relationships, tasks, human resource practices, and people to achieve those strategies. In exploring these issues, you will identify the challenges that organizational leaders and managers face as they try to make good decisions in the face of a constantly evolving industry environment, competing goals and agendas, and an increasingly diverse and global workforce.

Management (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2023)

MGMT-UB 1-000 (19615)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kim, Hee

MGMT-UB 1-000 (19616)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kim, Hee

MGMT-UB 1-000 (19617)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Steiner, Jeff

MGMT-UB 1-000 (19618)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Steiner, Jeff

MGMT-UB 1-000 (19620)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kern, Molly

MGMT-UB 1-000 (19624)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Howard, Elizabeth

MGMT-UB 1-000 (19627)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Howard, Elizabeth

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate
Spring 2024

Cultures & Contexts: Topics (CORE-UA 500)

For course description, please consult the College Core Curriculum website: http://core.cas.nyu.edu

College Core Curriculum (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)

CORE-UA 500-000 (10506)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Igsiz, Asli

CORE-UA 500-000 (10507)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10508)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10509)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10510)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10511)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Juette, Daniel

CORE-UA 500-000 (10512)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10513)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10514)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10515)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10516)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10517)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10518)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bottex-Ferragne, Ariane

CORE-UA 500-000 (10519)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10520)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10521)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10522)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10523)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Stark, Soren

CORE-UA 500-000 (10524)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zhou, Jingyi

CORE-UA 500-000 (10525)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zhou, Jingyi

CORE-UA 500-000 (10526)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Fiorio, Soraya

CORE-UA 500-000 (10527)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Fiorio, Soraya

CORE-UA 500-000 (10528)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Cordivari, Braden

CORE-UA 500-000 (10529)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Cordivari, Braden

CORE-UA 500-000 (10530)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 500-000 (10531)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Cultures and Contexts Undergraduate
Spring 2024

Expressive Culture: Topics (CORE-UA 700)

College Core Curriculum (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)

CORE-UA 700-000 (10544)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ganti, Tejaswini

CORE-UA 700-000 (10545)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 700-000 (10546)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 700-000 (10547)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 700-000 (10548)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

CORE-UA 700-000 (10549)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hay, Jonathan

CORE-UA 700-000 (10550)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Xie, Vivi Fupeng

CORE-UA 700-000 (10551)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Xie, Vivi Fupeng

CORE-UA 700-000 (10552)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Deng, Zhilong

CORE-UA 700-000 (10553)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Deng, Zhilong

Expressive Culture Undergraduate
Spring 2024

Advanced Lab: Synthetic Media (INTM-SHU 306)

This advanced course investigates emerging trends in machine learning and artificial intelligence for generating media content – images, video, and sound. The course explores the idea of how artists, designers, and creators can use machine learning in their own research, production, and development processes. Students will learn and understand machine-learning techniques and use them to generate creative media content. We will cover a range of different platforms and models and also experiment with implementing the content with platforms for interaction design, such as Unity. Prerequisite: INTM-SHU 120 Communications Lab OR INTM-SHU 205 What’s New Media OR INTM-SHU 124 Emerging Technologies & Computational Arts

Interactive Media Arts (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 16 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)

INTM-SHU 306-000 (6121)01/22/2024 – 05/10/2024 Wed2:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Early afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Didakis, Stavros

IMA Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2024

Mod Chines Fiction (EAST-UA 732)

This course will survey literature produced at various points in the tumult of modern Chinese history, from the late Qing through to the present day. While the time period will be broad, we will hope to engage in close, critical readings of significant works of fiction from a selection major authors primarily from Mainland China. How do certain concerns of modernity arise in different texts, at different times, and for different writers? What different relationships do we see being shaped between literature, life, and politics, and how does fiction negotiate certain tensions and anxieties about modern and contemporary life? By exploring a variety of engaging novels and short stories, we will hope to gain a more nuanced understanding of modern China and the role that fiction has played as both an agent of modernity and a reflection of modern Chinese life.

East Asian Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)

EAST-UA 732-000 (7696)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Foley, Todd

Texts and Ideas Undergraduate

Bioart as Biopolitics–Genomics and Identity (ITPG-GT 3048)

Credits: 4
Duration: 6 Weeks
Dates: Fri

“What does biology have to do with art? Bioart is a discipline in which artists use life itself as a medium for creative experimentation and reflection on the social implications of cutting edge biological science. Biopolitics describes the ways in which DNA and other forms of biological knowledge combine with the accumulation of data to segment, categorize, and predict our behavior. In this course we will take a tour of the materials and techniques utilized by artists in the emerging field of biological art, with a focus on genomics and its political and social implications. This hybrid art and science class will introduce concepts in personal genomics, genetic engineering, speculative design, bioart, biopolitics, critical engineering, and bioethics as sites for activism and artistic exploration. Students will extract and analyze their own DNA while discussing human evolution and the social construction of identity. They will learn how DNA extraction and sequencing works, how to analyze real genomic data, and will incorporate this in creative and critical projects. Regular readings and in-class discussions will supplement artistic projects.”

Interactive Telecommunications (Graduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks

Featured Graduate IMA Electives IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Physical Computing & Experimental Interfaces) Spring 2026

Designing for Messy Humans (ITPG-GT 3047)

Credits: 4
Duration: 14 Weeks
Dates: Mon

“How can we create services – digital or otherwise – that scratch psychological itches in ways that take into consideration the uncontrollable nature of users? In this course, we marry the art of design with the science of psychology. The offspring of this match is complicated, unexpected and never predictable – but indelibly informed by both its binary and analogue parentage. Leaning on a variety of international case studies that tickle our human passion for enquiry, for storytelling, for sensation, and for sense-making, plus short philosophical readings about the nature of the indefinable, each class will dissect what we know about something inherently human (from beauty to joy to elegance), and how technologists and machine-makers have tried to predict it. We will spend time in this course reverse engineering black boxes and imagining how they could have been designed otherwise. The final project will be an “”””engine”””” or machine – mock-up, paper design or working prototype – that proposes to produce the solution to a messy human question every single time. The course will be divided into three thematic sections of three classes each: a theory week, an analysis week, and a prototyping week. Each thematic section will examine single-topic human “needs” frequently designed for in apps and tech. Students will be expected to take part in group discussions, and brainstorming sessions that will imagine systems that could achieve that topic. Latterly, the last session will be workshops, in which students will work together or alone on their own projects based on one topic of their choice.”

Interactive Telecommunications (Graduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Graduate IMA Electives Spring 2026