SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

JPN & INT'L POLITICS ASIA

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

MEDIA KYOTO:JPN POP CULT.

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

CONNECT W/PEOPLE IN KYOTO

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

MODERN JPN THRU POP CULT

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Caitlin Casiello
  Info
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

KYOTO VISUAL ARTS JAPAN

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

LIT. CULT.EARLY MDN KYOTO

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

SEMINAR JPN/ENG TRANSLATE

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

Explore Japanese Cuisine

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: M. Cody Poulton
  Info
• 4 points

EBHS SENIOR THESIS SEMINAR

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission and senior standing as a major or concentrator in The Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species (EBHS). Year-long seminar in which senior EBHS majors develop a research project and write a senior thesis. Regular meetings are held to discuss research and writing strategies,review work in progress, and share results through oral and written reports.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jill S Shapiro
  CULPA: 46 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED STUDY IN GERMANY: GERMAN STUD

Metropolis Berlin

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Carmen Mueller
  Info
• 4 points

SUPERVISED IND RES-LING THESIS

• Department: Slavic Languages
• F 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 1-4 points

ROMANTICISM & FREEDOM

“Freedom” was perhaps the central watchword of Romantic-era Britain, yet this concept remains notoriously difficult to pin down. Taking a cue from the sociologist and historian Orlando Patterson, who writes that “freedom is one those of values better experienced than defined,” this seminar will explore the variegated experiences of freedom and its opposites in the literature of British Romanticism. Romanticism unfolds alongside major revolutions in America, France, and Haiti, and we will begin by examining how the differing conceptions of freedom offered in the wake of these revolutions and their receptions galvanized writers and thinkers in Britain. From here, we will probe the expressions, possibilities, implications, and limits of freedom as outlined in various domains: political, individual, aesthetic, economic, philosophical, religious, and beyond. In situating Romanticism alongside developments like revolution, the rise of globalization, and the Atlantic slave trade, we will be particularly interested in confronting how the explosion of claims to freedom in this period emerges together with and in response to the proliferation of enslaved, colonized, and otherwise constrained or hindered bodies.

 

As we read poems, novels, slave narratives, philosophical essays, political tracts and documents, and more, a fundamental question for the course will concern the relation between binary terms: to what extent, and how, do notions of freedom in Romanticism depend on the necessary exclusion of the unfree? Since the Romantic age sees the birth of concepts of freedom still prevalent in our own day, this course will offer an opportunity to reflect critically on the present. To that end, we will take up some contemporary theoretical analyses and critiques of freedom, both directly in relation to Romanticism and reaching beyond.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph Albernaz
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: FRANCE

URBAN HISTORY

FRST3994OC History of Contemporary French Cinema (1990-2018).
3 points.

Taught in French.

Prerequisite: 4-5 semesters of French language study or the equivalent.

French cinema is characterized by its artistic richness, its vigor and, above all, its diversity. This film history course will function as a journey in which we explore contemporary French cinema. Our itinerary will take us from the 1990s, those of “young French cinema” and neoclassicism, to the end of the 2010s, those of directors like Julie Delpy and Christophe Honoré. Together, we will develop a panorama in which the works of Cédric Klapisch and Nicole Garcia will intersect, as well as those of Céline Sciamma and Arnaud Desplechin.

The objective of this course will be to introduce students to French cinema, its history and its diversity. We will also have the chance to correlate academic knowledge and practical experience, so as to give the students a significant idea of French film activity. The application process is competitive and will take place onsite in February.

To enroll in this course through the
Columbia Summer in Paris
program, you must apply to the through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• 3 points

SELECTED TOPICS: FRANCE

AMERICAN & FRENCH CINEMA

FRST3994OC History of Contemporary French Cinema (1990-2018).
3 points.

Taught in French.

Prerequisite: 4-5 semesters of French language study or the equivalent.

French cinema is characterized by its artistic richness, its vigor and, above all, its diversity. This film history course will function as a journey in which we explore contemporary French cinema. Our itinerary will take us from the 1990s, those of “young French cinema” and neoclassicism, to the end of the 2010s, those of directors like Julie Delpy and Christophe Honoré. Together, we will develop a panorama in which the works of Cédric Klapisch and Nicole Garcia will intersect, as well as those of Céline Sciamma and Arnaud Desplechin.

The objective of this course will be to introduce students to French cinema, its history and its diversity. We will also have the chance to correlate academic knowledge and practical experience, so as to give the students a significant idea of French film activity. The application process is competitive and will take place onsite in February.

To enroll in this course through the
Columbia Summer in Paris
program, you must apply to the through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• 3 points

HUMAN RIGHTS SENIOR SEMINAR RSRCH METHOD

This course aims to introduce students to human rights research methods, while providing them with practical research tools. The course will be tailored to students’ interests, disciplinary backgrounds and research areas. The specific topics students will research and the methods they will employ will determine the substantive focus of readings. During the course we will ask the following questions: ‘what is human rights research?, how do you carry out research in an interdisciplinary field?, what distinguishes academic research from applied research and advocacy? While answering these questions, you will become familiar with the literature on human rights methodologies, and you will engage in analysis and critical assessment of important human rights research literature. In addition, the course gives a practical approach to research methodology. You will learn about a diverse set of methodologies, such as interviewing and focus groups, archival research, ethnographic and participant observation, interviewing focus groups, conducting online research; interpretive and non-empirical methods and basic quantitative methodologies to be employed in the study of human rights. As you learn about different methodological approaches, you will develop your own research project. Scholars and practitioners in the field of human rights research will present their work and engage in discussions with students about their own research, challenges, successes and publication venues. NB: This course is geared towards students who commit to writing a senior thesis. It is part of a two-course sequence: HRTS UN3994 Section 001 Human Rights Senior Seminar: Research Methods in the fall and HRTS UN3996 Human Rights Thesis Seminar in the spring. Students who do not intend to write a thesis should enroll in HRTS UN3995 section 001 Human Rights Senior Seminar, which is a one-semester course taught each semester focused on writing a seminar paper.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tracey Holland
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS I

SENIOR THESIS MATHEMATICS

Majors in Mathematics are offered the opportunity to write an honors senior thesis under the guidance of a faculty member. Interested students should contact a faculty member to determine an appropriate topic, and receive written approval from the faculty advisor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies (faculty sponsorship is limited to full-time instructors on the staff list). Research is conducted primarily during the fall term; the final paper is submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Studies during the subsequent spring term.

MATH UN3994 SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS I must be taken in the fall term, during which period the student conducts primary research on the agreed topic. An optional continuation course MATH UN3995 SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS II is available during the spring. The second term of this sequence may not be taken without the first. Registration for the spring continuation course has no impact on the timeline or outcome of the final paper.

Sections of SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS I and II do NOT count towards the major requirements, with the exception of an advanced written approval by the DUS.

• Department: Mathematics
• Instructor: Robert D Friedman
  CULPA: 44 Info
• Instructor: Alisa Knizel
  Info
• Instructor: Yoonjoo Kim
  Info
• Instructor: Dusa McDuff
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Mu-Tao Wang
  CULPA: 27 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Chiu-Chu Liu
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Andrew J Blumberg
  h-index: 33 Info
• Instructor: Duong H Phong
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Ivan Corwin
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS IN COMP LIT/SOC

This year-long, three-credit course is mandatory for students who will be writing their Senior Thesis in Comparative Literature and Society or in Medical Humanities. Students who wish to be considered for Departmental honors are required to submit a Senior Thesis. The thesis is a rigorous research work of approximately 40 pages, and it will include citations and a bibliographical apparatus. It may be written in English or, with the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies, in another language relevant to the students scholarly interests. Although modeled after an independent study, in which core elements of the structure, direction, and pace of the work are decided together by the student and their faculty thesis supervisor, students are nonetheless expected to complete certain major steps in the research and writing process according to the timeline outlined by the ICLS DUS.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• Instructor: Tadas Bugnevicius
  Info
• 1.5 points

HUMAN RIGHTS SENIOR SEMINAR

The senior seminar is a capstone course required for the human rights major. The seminar provides students the opportunity to discuss human rights from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and to explore various theoretical approaches and research methodologies. Students undertake individual research projects while collectively examining human rights through directed readings and discussion.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Shourideh Molavi
  Info
• 4 points

HONORS RESEARCH

Prerequisites: a formal proposal to be submitted and approved prior to registration; see the director of undergraduate studies for details. A creative/scholarly project conducted under faculty supervision, leading to completion of an honors essay, composition, or the equivalent.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Susan Boynton
  CULPA: 18 Info
• Instructor: Alessandra M Ciucci
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Zosha Di Castri
  Info
• Instructor: Julia Doe
  Info
• Instructor: Kevin Fellezs
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Walter M Frisch
  CULPA: 17 Info
• Instructor: Bradford G Garton
  CULPA: 14 Info
• Instructor: Giuseppe Gerbino
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Georg Friedrich Haas
  Info
• Instructor: Marcos Balter
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Mariusz Kozak
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Jeffrey Milarsky
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Seth Cluett
  h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Elaine Sisman
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Benjamin A Steege
  Info
• Instructor: Magdalena Baczewska
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Peter M Susser
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Christopher J Washburne
  CULPA: 31 Info
• Instructor: Knar Abrahamyan
  Info
• Instructor: Ruth Opara
  Info
• 2-3 points

THE MAJOR SEMINAR

• Department: Classics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Carmela V Franklin
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

THE MAJOR SEMINAR

Prerequisites: junior standing. Required for all majors in classics and classical studies. The topic changes from year to year, but is always broad enough to accommodate students in the languages as well as those in the interdisciplinary major. Past topics include: love, dining, slavery, space, power.

• Department: Classics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Carmela V Franklin
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

THE MAJOR SEMINAR

Prerequisites: junior standing. Required for all majors in Classics and Classical Studies. The topic changes from year to year but is always broad enough to accommodate students in the languages as well as those in the interdisciplinary major. Past topics include: love, dining, slavery, space, power.

• Department: Classics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Carmela V Franklin
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

Prerequisites: required methods and theory courses for the major, and the instructors permission. Students wishing to qualify for departmental honors must take W3996y. Students carry out individual research projects and write a senior thesis under the supervision of the instructor and with class discussion. Written and oral progress reports.

• Department: Sociology
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: James Chu
  h-index: 18 Info
• 3-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY-NON AFAM

• Department: African American and African Diaspora
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY-NON AFAM

• Department: African American and African Diaspora
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY-NON AFAM

• Department: African American and African Diaspora
• 1-4 points

DIRCTD READING-ANCIENT STUDIES

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. Program of readings in some aspect of ancient studies, supervised by an appropriate faculty member chosen from the departments offering courses in the program in Ancient Studies. Evaluation by a series of essays, one long paper, or oral or written examination(s).

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Joseph A Howley
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Ellen Morris
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisite: the written permission of the staff member under whose supervision the research will be conducted.

• Department: Anthropology
• Instructor: Nadia Abu El-Haj
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Lila Abu-Lughod
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info
• Instructor: Maria Jose de Abreu
  Info
• Instructor: Claudio Lomnitz
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Rosalind Morris
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Marilyn Ivy
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Brian Larkin
  CULPA: 16 Info
• Instructor: Catherine Fennell
  Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth M Green
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: John Pemberton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Povinelli
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: David Scott
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 72 Info
• Instructor: Lesley Sharp
  CULPA: 22 Info
• Instructor: Paige West
  CULPA: 41 h-index: 23 Info
• Instructor: Kaya N Williams
  Info
• Instructor: Naor H Ben-Yehoyada
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Severin Fowles
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Terence N D'Altroy
  CULPA: 37 Info
• Instructor: Vanessa L Agard-Jones
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Hannah Chazin
  Info
• Instructor: Audra Simpson
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Mahmood Mamdani
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia h-index: 57 Info
• Instructor: Camilla Sturm
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Zoe Crossland
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Sheng Long
  Info
• Instructor: Lashaya Howie
  Info
• 2-6 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Prerequisites: Permission of the program director in term prior to that of independent study. Independent study form available at departmental office.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• Instructor: Karen Fairbanks
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Kadambari Baxi
  Info
• Instructor: Ralph Ghoche
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 2 Info
• Instructor: Ignacio Gonzalez Galan
  Info
• Instructor: Anooradha I Siddiqi
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. For an independent research project or independent study, a brief description of the proposed project or reading, with the supervising faculty member's endorsement, is required for registration. A variety of research projects conducted under the supervision of members of the faculty. Observational, theoretical, and experimental work in galactic and extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. The topic and scope of the work must be arranged with a faculty member in advance; a written paper describing the results of the project is required at its completion (note that a two-term project can be designed such that the grade YC is given after the first term). Senior majors in astronomy or astrophysics wishing to do a senior thesis should make arrangements in May of their junior year and sign up for a total of 6 points over their final two terms. Both a substantial written document and an oral presentation of thesis results are required.

• Department: Astronomy
• Instructor: Frederik Paerels
  CULPA: 21 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

• Department: Slavic Languages
• Instructor: Aleksandar Boskovic
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1-4 points

NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTING

NATURAL LANG PROCESSING

This is an undergraduate seminar for special topics in computing arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis.  Participation requires permission of the instructor.  Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Smaranda Muresan
  h-index: 22 Info
• 3 points

NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTING

NEURAL RENDERING GRAPHICS

This is an undergraduate seminar for special topics in computing arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis.  Participation requires permission of the instructor.  Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Corey Toler-Franklin
  Info
• 3 points

NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTING

USABLE SECURITY & PRIVACY

This is an undergraduate seminar for special topics in computing arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis.  Participation requires permission of the instructor.  Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lucy Simko
  Info
• 3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Students conduct research in environmental biology under supervision of a faculty mentor. The topic and scope of the research project must be approved before the student registers for the course.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• Instructor: Jill S Shapiro
  CULPA: 46 Info
• 1-3 points

SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH

SR: SEM: HISTORIESOFBODY

Enrollment limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars

• Department: English @Barnard
• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH

SR SEM: VICTORIAN&MODERN DRAMA

Enrollment limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars

• Department: English @Barnard
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Patricia D Denison
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH

SR SEM:BLACK LIVES ENLGHT

Enrollment limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars

• Department: English @Barnard
• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: James G Basker
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH

SR SEM: 19TH-C AMER WOMEN WRIT

Enrollment limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars

• Department: English @Barnard
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Gordis
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 4 points