PREPARATION-COLLEGE CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: High school algebra or the instructor's permission. Recommended: high school physics and chemistry. This course is preparation for CHEM UN1403 General Chemistry I Lecture or the equivalent, as well as for other science courses. It is intended for students who have not attended school for sometime or who do not have a firm grasp of high school chemistry. Topics include inorganic nomenclature, chemical reactions, chemical bonding and its relation to molecular structure, stoichiometry, periodic properties of elements, chemical equilibrium, gas laws, acids and bases, and electrochemistry. Please note that students must attend a recitation section.

• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Luis A Avila
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• 0 points

BASIC MATHEMATICS

Designed for students who have not attended school for some time or who do not have a firm grasp of high school mathematics. Recommended as a prerequisite for MATH S1003. Negative numbers, fractions, decimal notation, percentages, powers and roots, scientific notation, introduction to algebra, linear and quadratic equations, Pythagorean theorem, coordinates and graphs.

• MTWR 4:30 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Lindsay C Piechnik
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 0 points

BASIC PHYSICS

Prerequisites: high school mathematics, but not calculus. Basic Physics serves as preparation for General Physics 1201-1202 and is intended for those students who do not have a solid foundation in high school physics or who have been away from school for several years. The course will provide an introduction to the basic concepts and fundamental laws of physics, focusing on mechanics, together with a review of the mathematical techniques needed for problem-solving.

• TR 4:30 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeremy R Dodd
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 0 points

FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE

Corequisites: SCNC CC1100 The principal objectives of Frontiers of Science are to engage students in the process of discovery by exploring topics at the forefront of science and to inculcate or reinforce the specific habits of mind that inform a scientific perspective on the world. Sample topics include the brain and behavior, global climate change, relativity, and biodiversity, among others. Taught by members of natural science departments and Columbia Science Fellows.

• Instructor: Ivana N Hughes
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 4 points

Term Registration Columbia College

Term Registration during a leave from Columbia College

• 0 points

BIODIVERSITY

An introduction to the enormous diversity of life on Earth. From bacteria to mammals, this course will survey species diversity, with an emphasis on ecological interactions and conservation. The course will also use basics of genetics and evolutionary biology to explore how diversity is generated and maintained. No previous knowledge of science is assumed. Fulfills a science requirement for most Columbia and GS undergraduates.

• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: James L Fuller
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• Instructor: Steffen Foerster
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• Instructor: Leo R Douglas
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTORY JAPANESE A

Introductory Japanese A is an introduction to Japanese language and culture and is designed for students who have had little or no experience learning Japanese. The goal of this course is to develop four basic skills in modern Japanese with an emphasis on grammatical accuracy and socially appropriate language use. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to engage in basic daily conversations and to develop the ability to read and write hiragana as well as katakana. The sequence includes JPNS UN1001 Introductory Japanese A and JPNS UN1002 Introductory Japanese B. These courses combined (JPNS UN1001 and JPNS UN1002) are the equivalent to JPNS UN1101 First Year Japanese I and fulfills the requirement for admission to JPNS UN1102 First Year Japanese II.

• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
• Instructor: Naofumi Tatsumi
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 2.5 points

CRITICAL THEORY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

The purpose of this foundational course is to introduce Columbia undergraduate students, in the context of their Global Core curriculum, to the seminal field of critical theory. The historical domain of this course is within the last century and its geographical spectrum is global. European critical thinkers are included in this course but not privileged. Thinkers from Asia, Africa, Europe, North, South, and Latin America, are examined here in chronological order and in equal democratic footing with each other. This course as a result is decidedly cross-cultural, one step forward towards de-alienating critical thinkers from around the globe and the issues they address without pigeonholing them as something “other” or “different.” The course is designed and offered in the true spirit of the “Global Core.” The purpose of the course is to reach for the common denominator of serious critical thinking about the fate of our humanity and the health of our social relations in an increasingly fragile world—where the false binaries of “the West” and “the Rest” no longer hold. The roster of critical thinkers we will examine is by no means exhaustive but representative. Any number of other critical thinkers can be added to this roster but none of those we will examine can be excluded from them. The course is divided into thirteen successive weeks and for each week a number of seminal, original, and groundbreaking texts are identified. Each week we will examine selected passages from these texts. The course is designed as a lecture course, and my lectures are based on the totality of these texts but students will be assigned specific shorter passages to read.

• TR 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Hamid Dabashi
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY

Introduction to the science of human behavior. Topics include history of psychology, brain function and development, sleep and dreams, sensation and perception, learning and memory, theories of development, language and cognition, research methods, emotion, mental illness, and therapy.

• MTWR 9 a.m.-11:05 a.m.
• Instructor: Tina Kao
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO STATISTICAL REASONING

A friendly introduction to statistical concepts and reasoning with emphasis on developing statistical intuition rather than on mathematical rigor. Topics include design of experiments, descriptive statistics, correlation and regression, probability, chance variability, sampling, chance models, and tests of significance.

• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Victor H de la Pena
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• 3 points

BASIC DRAWING

Fundamentals of visual vocabulary. Students work from observation using still-life objects and the human figure. Emphasizes the relationship of lines and forms to each other and to the picture format. Materials used: vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencil, pen, ink, and brushes. Class assignments, discussions, and critiques.

• MWF 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• TWR 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Yasaman Alipour Fetrati
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• Instructor: Yi Fan Jiang
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• 3 points

FICTION WORKSHOP

The Fiction Writing Workshop is designed for students who have little or no experience writing imaginative prose. Students are introduced to a range of craft concerns through exercises and discussions, and eventually produce their own writing for the critical analysis of the class. Outside readings supplement and inform the exercises and longer written projects. Enrollment limited to 15.

• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Erroll G McDonald
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• Instructor: Lynn S Strong
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• 3 points

THE INTERPRETATION OF CULTURE

The anthropological approach to the study of culture and human society. Using ethnographic case studies, the course explores the universality of cultural categories (social organization, economy, law, belief systems, arts, etc.) and the range of variation among human societies.

• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Neil J Savishinsky
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTORY KOREAN B

This course is designed to develop basic skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing in Korean. Introductory Korean B is the equivalent to the second half of First Year Korean I.

• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
• Instructor: Eunice Chung
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 2.5 points

CRITICAL THEORY:G.P.-DISC

Corequisites: MDES UN1001. Discussion sections (TWO) to accompany the course MDES UN1001, Critical Theory: A Global Perspective.

• T 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• R 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
• 0 points

COLLEGE ALGEBRA-ANLYTC GEOMTRY

Prerequisites: Mathematics score of 550 on the SAT exam, taken within the past year. Recommended: MATH S0065. Algebra review, graphs and functions, polynomial functions, rational functions, conic sections, systems of equations in two variables, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions and trigonometric identities, applications of trigonometry, sequences, series, and limits.

• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Zoe Margaret C Himwich
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• 3 points

Dinosaurs and the History of Life

Dinos and the History of

Dinosaurs  
explores how science works and provide practical knowledge about the history of life and how we have come to understand it. We learn how to analyze the evolutionary relationships of organisms and examine how dinosaurs came to be exemplars of a very successful group of organisms dominant on land for 140 million years. We will delve deeply into how direct descendants of small carnivorous theropod dinosaurs evolved into birds, still more diverse than mammals, dominating the air. The Mesozoic, a “hot-house world”, with no ice caps and was the kind of world we are hurtling towards because of our input of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and we will look at how their time is a natural experiment for our future. The non-avian dinosaur met their end in a remarkable cataclysm discovered by detective work that we will delve deeply into as a paradigm of the scientific method  Finally, they are fun and spectacular - monsters more fantastic than any person has invented in legend or religion - and they are still with us!

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul E Olsen
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTORY CHINESE A

The program is designed to develop basic skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing colloquial Chinese. This course is divided into two parts: Introductory Chinese A and Introductory Chinese B.  The two parts together cover the same materials as CHNS UN1101 FIRST YEAR CHINESE I.

• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
• Instructor: Shaoyan Qi
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 2.5 points

UNIVERSITY WRITING

Prerequisites: Non-native English speakers must reach Level 10 in the American Language Program prior to registering for ENGL S1010. University Writing: Contemporary Essays helps undergraduates engage in the conversations that form our intellectual community. By reading and writing about scholarly and popular essays, students learn that writing is a process of continual refinement of ideas. Rather than approaching writing as an innate talent, this course teaches writing as a learned skill. We give special attention to textual analysis, research, and revision practices.

• MW 8 p.m.-9:35 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• Instructor: Aidan S Levy
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Rachel K Rueckert
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• Instructor: Ali Yalgin
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• Instructor: Vanessa D Guida
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Thomas T Wetmore
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• Instructor: Allen C Durgin
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Vanessa D Guida
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Eva S Dunsky
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Lilith D Todd
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTORY CHINESE B

Prerequisites: CHNS UN1010 Introductory Chinese A or the equivalent. The program is designed to develop basic skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing colloquial Chinese. This course is diivded into two parts: Introductory Chinese A and Introductory Chinese B. The two parts combined cover the same materials as CHNS 1101 FIRST YEAR CHINESE I and fulfill the requirement for admission to CHNS 1102 FIRST YEAR CHINESE II.

• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• MTWR 2:45 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Shaoyan Qi
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 2.5 points

ELEMENTARY CHINESE II

Prerequisites: CHNS UN1010 Introductory Chinese A or the equivalent. The program is designed to develop basic skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing colloquial Chinese. This course is diivded into two parts: Introductory Chinese A and Introductory Chinese B. The two parts combined cover the same materials as CHNS 1101 FIRST YEAR CHINESE I and fulfill the requirement for admission to CHNS 1102 FIRST YEAR CHINESE II.

• 2.5 points

BEHAVIOR BIOL-LIVING PRIMATES

The study of nonhuman primate behavior from the perspective of phylogeny, adaptation, physiology and anatomy, and life history. This course focuses on the four main problems primates face: Finding appropriate food, avoiding being eaten themselves, reproducing in the face of competition and dealing with social partners. No previous knowledge of science is assumed. Fulfills a science requirement for most Columbia and GS undergraduates. Discussion section/film screening will run during the final hour. Separate registration is not required.

• TRMTR 1 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Jenna M Lawrence
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

Science of Psychology: Explorations and

Science of Psych: Expl &

UN1021 offers a broad introductory survey of psychological science, discussing relations between the brain, behavior, and experience, with regard to topics including: sensation and perception; learning, memory, language, and cognition; emotions and motivation; development, personality, health and well-being, and social behavior. The course emphasizes science as a process of discovering both new ideas and new empirical results -- and the ways in which psychological research can be used to address real-world challenges.

• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Caroline B Marvin
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

OCEANOGRAPHY

Explore the geology of the sea floor, understand what drives ocean currents and how ocean ecosystems operate. Case studies and discussions centered on ocean-related issues facing society.

• TR 1:45 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Baerbel Hoenisch
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 33 Info
• 3 points

CRIT APPRO-STUDY OF ETH & RACE

This course provides an introduction to central approaches and concepts animating the investigation of race and ethnicity. We will not treat either of these categories of difference as a given, nor as separable from other axes of social difference. Rather, we will apply an interdisciplinary and intersectional framework to illuminate how these concepts have come to emerge and cohere within a number of familiar and less familiar socio-cultural and historical contexts. We will consider how racial and ethnic differentiation as fraught but powerful processes have bolstered global labor regimes and imperial expansion projects; parsed, managed, and regulated populations; governed sexed and gendered logics of subject and social formation; and finally, opened and constrained axes of self-understanding, political organization, and social belonging. Special attention will be given to broadening students understanding of racial and ethnic differentiation beyond examinations of identity. Taken together, theoretical and empirical readings, discussions, and outside film screenings will prepare students for further coursework in race and ethnic studies, as well as fields such as literary studies, women’s studies, history, sociology, and anthropology.

• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer Lee
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE-DISC

Corequisites: SCNC CC1000 Accompanying discussion section for SCNC C1000 Frontiers of Science.

• MTWRF 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• MTWRF 8 a.m.-11 a.m.
• MTWRF 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: David J Helfand
  CULPA: 40 Info
• Instructor: Elisaveta P Petkova
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• 0 points

BEGINNING FICTION WORKSHOP

The beginning workshop in fiction is designed for students who have little or no previous experience writing literary texts in fiction. Students are introduced to a range of technical and imaginative concerns through creative exercises and discussions, and eventually produce their own writing for the critical analysis of the class. The focus of the course is on the rudiments of voice, character, setting, point of view, plot, and the lyrical use of language. Students will begin to develop the critical skills that will allow them to read like writers and understand, on a technical level, how accomplished creative writing is produced. Outside readings of a wide range of fiction supplement and inform the exercises and longer written projects.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jessi J Stevens
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• 3 points

FIRST YEAR CHINESE I

This course is designed for beginners of the Chinese langauge. The goal of the course is to develop basic communication skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing modern colloquial Chinese. Students who can already speak Mandarin will not be accepted into this course.

• MTWRF 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Tianqi Jiang
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 5 points

ELEMENTARY FRENCH I

Equivalent to FREN UN1101. Designed to help students understand, speak, read, and write French, and to recognize cultural features of French-speaking communities, now with the help of a newly digitized audio program. Students learn to provide information in French about their feelings, environment, families, and daily activities. Daily assignments, quizzes, laboratory work, and screening of video material.

• MTWR 6 p.m.-8:05 p.m.
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeanne Devautour
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• Instructor: Alexandra Borer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Samuel Skippon
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Laetitia M Ndiaye
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY GERMAN I

Upon completion of the course, students understand, speak, read, and write German at a level enabling them to communicate with native speakers about their background, family, daily activities, student life, work, and living quarters. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the four language skills--listening, speaking, reading and writing--within a cultural context. Daily assignments and consistent work are necessary in order to achieve basic communicative proficiency. Daily assignments and consistent work are the basis for achieving basic communicative proficiency.

• MTWR 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Isabelle D Egger
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ITALIAN I

Same course as ITAL V1101-V1102.

• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Luisa Gozzi
  CULPA: 14 Info
• Instructor: Alessandra Saggin
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

FIRST YEAR KOREAN I

This course is designed to develop basic skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing in Korean.

• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Eunice Chung
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 5 points

CALCULUS I

Prerequisites: high school mathematics through trigonometry or MATH S1003, or the equivalent. Functions, limits, derivatives, introduction to integrals.

• MTWR 8:30 a.m.-10:05 a.m.
• MW 4:30 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew J Blumberg
  h-index: 33 Info
• Instructor: Alexander R Casti
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Shalin Parekh
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• Instructor: Tat Sang Fung
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• 3 points

POLITICAL THEORY I

What is a just society? What is a good life? How should we live together when we disagree about justice and the good life? Is government essential to living well? What is the best form of government? What rights do we have? How, if at all, can the coercive power of the state be justified? These are some of the enduring questions we will explore. A major goal of the course is to exercise techniques needed to understand a political thinker’s arguments and to construct one’s own.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Luke S Macinnis
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH I

Elementary course, equivalent to SPAN V1101 or F1101. Fundamental principles of grammar; practice in pronunciation. Reading and conversation are introduced from the beginning. Use of the language laboratory is required.

• MTWR 9 a.m.-11:05 a.m.
• MTWR 11:15 a.m.-1:20 p.m.
• MTWR 4 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
• MTWR 11:15 a.m.-1:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Alonso-Aparicio
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• 4 points

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

Prerequisites: some high school algebra. Designed for students in fields that emphasize quantitative methods. This course satisfies the statistics requirements of all majors except statistics, economics, and engineering. Graphical and numerical summaries, probability, theory of sampling distributions, linear regression, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing are taught as aids to quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Use of statistical software required. Illustrations are taken from a variety of fields. Data-collection/analysis project with emphasis on study designs is part of the coursework requirement.

• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Anthony Donoghue
  CULPA: 17 Info
• Instructor: Chengliang Tang
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• 3 points

NONFICTION WRITING WORKSHOP

The Nonfiction Writing Workshop is designed for students new to the practice of such genres as reportage, criticism, biography and memoir. Various techniques are explored through exercises and other assignments. Critique of student work is supplemented by outside readings.

• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Dewhurst
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• Instructor: Sasha N Bonet
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• 3 points

ELEMENTARY FRENCH II

Prerequisites: one term of college French or one year of secondary school French. $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Equivalent to FREN UN1102. Continues the work of French S1101D and completes the study of elementary French. Students continue to develop communicative skills, narrating recent events (past, present, and future), describing daily life activities, and learning about cultural features of France and of the wider Francophone world. Following the communicative approach, students, with the help of the instructor, learn to solve problems using the language, to communicate their feelings and opinions, and to obtain information from others. Daily assignments, quizzes, laboratory work, and screening of video materials.

• MTWR 3:30 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• MTWR 6 p.m.-8:05 p.m.
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Pascale Hubert-Leibler
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Pascale Crepon
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Sarah J Sasson
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Caio M Ferreira
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY GERMAN II

Prerequisites: GERM UN1101 or the equivalent. Students expand their communication skills to include travel, storytelling, personal well-being, basic economics, and recent historical events. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the four language skills--listening, speaking, reading and writing--within a cultural context. Daily assignments and consistent work are necessary in order to achieve basic communicative proficiency.

• MTWR 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Nathaniel R Wagner
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II

Prerequisites: ITAL V1101 or the equivalent. Introduction to Italian grammar, with emphasis on reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Patrizia Palumbo
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS II

Prerequisites: MATH S1101 Calculus I, or the equivalent. Methods of integration, applications of the integral, Taylor's theorem, infinite series.

• MTWR 4:30 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Zachary Sylvan
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Weitao Zhu
  h-index: 2 Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH II

Prerequisites: SPAN S1101, or the equivalent. Equivalent to SPAN F1102 or V1102. Grammar exercises, prose readings, and practice in the spoken language.

• MTWR 4 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
• MTWR 11:15 a.m.-1:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Lorena Garcia Barroso
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Javiera V Irribarren Ortiz
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• 4 points

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

Equivalent to ECON UN1105, the first course for the major in economics. How a market economy determines the relative prices of goods, factors of production, and the allocation of resources; the circumstances under which it does these things efficiently. Why such an economy has fluctuations and how they may be controlled.

• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
• Instructor: Caterina Musatti
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

POLITICAL THEORY I-DISC

• TR 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• MW 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Isaac J Stethem
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• Instructor: Rebecca S Marwege
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• 0 points

Accelerated First Year Chinese (W)

Accelerated 1st Year Chin

Accelerated First Year Chinese is an introductory course for heritage Chinese language learners who have native or near-native speaking skills but have little or no knowledge of scripts system of Chinese. Students with an upbringing or long-term exposure to oral Chinese language use can
take this course to develop their literacy skills and to gain a deeper understanding of the Chinese culture.

• MTWR 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Yike Li
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• 5 points

THE LIFE AQUATIC

Water covers the majority of the earth’s surface but what of the life in these waters? Rivers, wetlands, lakes, estuaries and oceans provide habitat for an extraordinary diversity of animals. This course explores the amazing array of aquatic animals that occupy both freshwater and marine ecosystems as well as the natural and human activities that impact their survival. No previous knowledge of science is assumed. Fulfills the science requirement for most Columbia and GS undergraduates.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Mercer R Brugler
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• Instructor: Meredith Kintzing
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• 3 points

ACCELERATED ELEM READING I/II

Prerequisites: no previous knowledge of German required, but some background is strongly recommended. This accelerated survey of German grammar, reading techniques, and dictionary skills is designed primarily for graduate students preparing for reading proficiency exams or wishing to do research in German-language literature. In addition to translation, the course focuses on strategies for extracting general and specific information from German texts (skimming and scanning) and judging their relevance for a specific research purpose. Reading texts take students' fields of study into consideration. Although this course does not satisfy any part of the foreign language requirement for degree candidates, successful completion of the translation on the final exam fulfills the German reading proficiency requirement in most graduate programs. Students are advised that this course is a full-time commitment. Students should expect to study 2 hours every day for every hour spent in the classroom and additional time on weekends. Students who would like to gain speaking and listening skills are advised to enroll in the Intensive Elementary German I and II, or another appropriate German course. The Department of Germanic Languages will assist in selecting the appropriate course. Equivalent to GERM UN1113-UN1114 taught during regular semesters.

• MTWR 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Silja Weber
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• Instructor: Simona C Vaidean
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

COMPREHENSIVE BEG CATALAN

An extensive introduction to the Catalan language with an emphasis on oral communication as well as the reading and writing practice that will allow the student to function comfortably in a Catalan environment.

• MTWR 11:15 a.m.-1:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Elsa Ubeda
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN ART

Equivalent to HUMA C1121 and F1121. Not a historical survey but an analytical study of masterpieces, including originals available in the metropolitan area. The chief purpose is to acquaint students with the experience of a work of art. A series of topics in the development of Western art, selected to afford a sense of the range of expressive possibilities in painting, sculpture, and architecture, such as the Parthenon, the Gothic cathedral, and works of Michelangelo, Bruegel, Picasso, and others. Space is limited. Columbia University undergraduates who need this course for graduation are encouraged to register during early registration.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Karin E Christiaens
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• Instructor: Bailey E Barnard
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• Instructor: Eleonora Pistis
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• Instructor: Michael J Waters
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 3 Info
• Instructor: Diane Bodart
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Mikael B Muehlbauer
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• Instructor: Michael J Waters
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 3 Info
• Instructor: Eleonora Pistis
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• Instructor: Holger A Klein
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Anna R Hetherington
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Stefaan Van Liefferinge
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• Instructor: Denise M Budd
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Olivia E Clemens
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• Instructor: Emma M Le Pouesard
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• Instructor: Mateusz K Mayer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points