PDL Schedule
Spring 2025 PDL
Spring 2025 PDL sessions are open to Columbia Engineering students and the Columbia community. If you are enrolled in a PDL course, you should receive registration links via email. If you are not currently enrolled in a PDL course but are interested in joining a session, please contact the PDL Team with any questions.
There will be PDL offerings during the semesters on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at varying times. The precise offering will be announced at least two weeks in advance and require advanced registration. Consider your registration for a session as a professional commitment.
Spring 2025 PDL Schedule
- DATE
- TIME(ET)
- EVENT
- Wednesday, February 5th
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Giving and Receiving Feedback - Life Management
- Wednesday, February 5th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Organizational Savvy - Interview Skills
- Friday, February 7th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Core Professional Writing Make-Up 2
- Friday, February 7th
- 3:00-5:00 PM
- Core Engineer Your Job Search Make-Up 2
- Monday, February 10th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Core Ethics & Integrity Make-up 1
- Monday, February 10th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Advanced Communication
- Wednesday, February 12th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Recognizing and Responding to Relationship Violence
- Wednesday, February 12th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Core Communication Make-Up 1
- Friday, February 14th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- The Shape of Successful Storytelling
- Monday, February 17th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Wall Street 101 - Interview Skills
- Monday, February 17th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Advanced Ethics
- Wednesday, February 19th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Advanced Communication
- Wednesday, February 19th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- How to Find a Job - Interview Skills
- Friday, February 21st
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Life After F-1
- Friday, February 21st
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Data Visualization
- Monday, February 24th
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Time Management - Life Management
- Monday, February 24th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Paraphrasing and Citation
- Monday, February 24th
- 2:15-4:00 PM
- Core Communication Make-Up 2
- Wednesday, February 26th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Interview JiuJitsu: How To Ace the Job Interview - Interview Skills
- Friday, February 28th
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Core Ethics & Integrity Make-up 2
- Friday, February 28th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Advanced Ethics
- Friday, February 28th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Data Visualization
- Monday, March 3rd
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Human-Centered Design and Innovation
- Monday, March 3rd
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- How to Win Friends and Influence People
- Wednesday, March 5th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Advanced Leadership: Leadership in Crisis
- Wednesday, March 5th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Command Line Basics at the Shell
- Wednesday, March 5th
- 6:00-8:00 PM
- Smart But Not Loud: Communicate To Influence
- Friday, March 7th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Navigating Imposter Syndrome - Life Management
- Friday, March 7th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Advanced Leadership: Communicating Strategically
- Friday, March 7th
- 3:00-5:00 PM
- Business Applications of LLMs
- Monday, March 10th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Cultural Adjustment and Intercultural Development- Life Management
- Wednesday, March 12th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Making Small Talk
- Wednesday, March 12th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Reducing and Managing Stress -Life Management
- Friday, March 14th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Packaging a Python Project for the World
- Friday, March 14th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Befriending Your Inner Critic - Life Management
- Friday, March 14th
- 3:00-5:00 PM
- Be a Confident Communicator
- Monday, March 24th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Overcoming Procrastination - Life Management
- Monday, March 24th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Framing and Persuasive Communication
- Monday, March 24th
- 6:00-8:00 PM
- Personal Branding: How To Position Yourself For Career Growth - Interview Skills
- Wednesday, March 26th
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Train Yourself To Give A Better Interview - Interview Skills
- Wednesday, March 26th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Time Management - Life Management
- Wednesday, March 26th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- GIT for Total Beginners
- Friday, March 28th
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- PDL Fellows - Intro Workshop w/ Professor Chuck Garcia
- Friday, March 28th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) - Life Management
- Friday, March 28th
- 1:00-2:30 PM
- The Power of Bystanders - Life Management
- Monday, March 31st
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- What Did I Just Sign?! - Interview Skills
- Monday, March 31st
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Advanced Ethics
- Monday, March 31st
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- In Search of Balance - Life Management
- Wednesday, April 2nd
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- How Do I Get More Interviews? - Interview Skills
- Wednesday, April 2nd
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Core Ethics and Integrity (Final)
- Wednesday, April 2nd
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Spring Forward With Sewing - Life Management
- Wednesday, April 2nd
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- The Pyramid Approach - Interview Skills
- Friday, April 4th
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Cultural Adjustment and Intercultural Development
- Friday, April 4th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Core Communication (Final)
- Friday, April 4th
- 3:00-5:00 PM
- Core Engineer Your Resume (Final)
- Friday, April 4th
- 3:00-5:00 PM
- Python's Standard Library: The Useful Bits
- Monday, April 7th
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Reducing and Managing Stress - Life Management
- Monday, April 7th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- How Do I Get Unstuck In My Job Search? - Interview Skills
- Monday, April 7th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Life After F-1
- Wednesday, April 9th
- 2:00-3:30 PM
- Responding To Disclosures - Life Management
- Friday, April 11th
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- What Did I Just Sign?! - Interview Skills
- Friday, April 11th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) - Life Management
- Friday, April 11th
- 3:00-5:00 PM
- Navigating Difficult Conversations
- Monday, April 14th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Sleep 101 - Life Management
- Wednesday, April 16th
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Communicating Up
- Wednesday, April 16th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Advanced Leadership: Communicating Strategically
- Friday, April 18th
- 9:00-3:00 PM
- PDL Fellows - Bear Mountain Hike
- Friday, April 18th
- 9:00-10:30 AM
- Alcohol & Networking - Life Management
- Friday, April 18th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Public Speaking Anxiety
- Monday, April 21st
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Interview Skills
- Monday, April 21st
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Sleep 101 - Life Management
- Wednesday, April 23rd
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Sociocultural Diversity and Sensitization
- Wednesday, April 23rd
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Navigating Leadership as a Student: From Classroom to Career
- Wednesday, April 23rd
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Testing in Python
- Friday, April 25th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Framing and Persuasive Communication
- Friday, April 25th
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Core Professional Writing (Final)
- Friday, April 25th
- 3:00-5:00 PM
- Core Engineer Your Job Search (Final)
- Monday, April 28th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- In Search of Balance -Life Management
- Monday, April 28th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Connecting with Nature - Life Management
- Wednesday, April 30th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- Networking Skills - Interview Skills
- Friday, May 2nd
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Finding Your Voice - Life Management
- Friday, May 2nd
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Advanced Communication
- Friday, May 2nd
- 1:00-3:00 PM
- Advanced Ethics
- Friday, May 2nd
- 3:00-5:00 PM
- Difficult Conversations In The Workplace
- Monday, May 5th
- 9:00-11:00 AM
- Human-Centered Design and Innovation
- Monday, May 5th
- 2:00-4:00 PM
- A Tour of Programming Languages