UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT
Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation of some problem in chemical engineering or applied chemistry or carry out a special project under the supervision of the staff. Up to 6 points may be counted toward the technical elective content requirement. (Note that if more than 3 points of research are pursued, an undergraduate thesis is required.)
- Department: Chemical Engineering
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Ben O'Shaughnessy
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Mijo Simunovic
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Dan Steingart
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Alexander Urban
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Venkat Venkatasubramanian
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Alan West
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Asher Williams
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UNDERGRAD RES-ENVIRONMTL ENGIN
This course may be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 points of this course may be counted towards the satisfaction of the B. S. degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation in Earth and Environmental Engineering, or carry out a special project under the supervision of EAEE faculty. Credit for the course is contingent on the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report. This course cannot substitute for the Undergraduate design project (EAEE E3999x or EAEE E3999y)
- Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
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Kartik Chandran
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Robert Farrauto
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Raymond Farinato
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UNDERGRAD RES-ENVIRONMTL ENGIN
This course may be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 points of this course may be counted towards the satisfaction of the B. S. degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation in Earth and Environmental Engineering, or carry out a special project under the supervision of EAEE faculty. Credit for the course is contingent on the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report. This course cannot substitute for the Undergraduate design project (EAEE E3999x or EAEE E3999y)
- Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
- 0-3 points
UNDERGRAD RES-ENVIRONMTL ENGIN
This course may be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 points of this course may be counted towards the satisfaction of the B. S. degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation in Earth and Environmental Engineering, or carry out a special project under the supervision of EAEE faculty. Credit for the course is contingent on the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report. This course cannot substitute for the Undergraduate design project (EAEE E3999x or EAEE E3999y)
- Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
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Pierre Gentine
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Shaina Kelly
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Upmanu Lall
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Vijay Modi
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Dan Steingart
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Alan West
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Bolun Xu
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Yin Yip Ngai
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Adeyemi Adeleye
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Oscar Nordness
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SENIOR SEMINAR IN FILM STUDIES
A seminar for senior film majors planning to write a research paper in film history/theory/culture. Course content changes yearly.
- Department: Film
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Instructor:
Racquel Gates
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UNDERGRAD RESEARCH OR PROJECT
Independent work involving experiments, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.
- Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
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Anish Agarwal
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Shipra Agrawal
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Eric Balkanski
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Daniel Bienstock
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Agostino Capponi
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Rachel Cummings
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Antonius B Dieker
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Adam N Elmachtoub
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Yuri Faenza
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Vineet Goyal
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Ali Hirsa
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Anran Hu
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Garud Iyengar
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Hardeep Johar
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Cedric Josz
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Soulaymane Kachani
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Christian Kroer
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Daniel Lacker
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Henry Lam
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Fabrizio Lecci
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Tianyi Lin
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Uday Menon
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Bento Natura
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Jay Sethuraman
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Eric Stratman
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Clifford Stein
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Wenpin Tang
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Harry West
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Kaizheng Wang
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Lily Xu
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David D Yao
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Yi Zhang
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Xunyu Zhou
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Kelly Katsigris
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
Prerequisites: Permission of the departmental representative required. For specially selected students, the opportunity to do a research problem in contemporary physics under the supervision of a faculty member. Each year several juniors are chosen in the spring to carry out such a project beginning in the autumn term. A detailed report on the research is presented by the student when the project is complete.
- Department: Physics
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Instructor:
Jeremy R Dodd
CULPA: 25
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
Prerequisites: Permission of the departmental representative required. For specially selected students, the opportunity to do a research problem in contemporary physics under the supervision of a faculty member. Each year several juniors are chosen in the spring to carry out such a project beginning in the autumn term. A detailed report on the research is presented by the student when the project is complete.
- Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
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Instructor:
Timothy J Halpin-Healy
CULPA: 6 Info - 1-5 points
SENIOR THESIS I
Department approval required. See requirements for a major in visual arts. VIAR UN3900 is the prerequisite for VIAR UN3901. Corequisites: VIAR UN3910 (Formerly R3901) Students must enroll in both semesters of the course (VIAR UN3900 and VIAR UN3901). The student is required to produce a significant body of work in which the ideas, method of investigation, and execution are determined by the student. A plan is developed in consultation with the faculty. Seminars; presentations. At the end, an exhibition or other public venue is presented for evaluation. Studio space is provided with a refundable deposit of $150.
- Department: Visual Arts
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INDEPENDENT STDY-UNDERGRADUATE
INDEPENDENT STUDY-UNDERGRAD
- Department: African American and African Diaspora
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Kellie Jones
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Brandi Summers
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Farah Griffin
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Edwidge Danticat
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Rachel Grace Newman
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Jafari S Allen
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Nyle Fort
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SENIOR SEMINAR
SR SEM: ARCHITECTRL CRITICISM
See the Barnard and Columbia Architecture Department's website for the course description:
https://architecture.barnard.edu/architecture-department-course-descriptions
- Department: Architecture @Barnard
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Instructor:
Suzanne Stephens
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SENIOR HONORS THESIS
Weekly seminar to accompany Senior Honors Thesis Lab (CHEM BC3903). Focus is on scientific presentation and writing skills and research conduct.
- Department: Chemistry @Barnard
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Instructor:
Jean Vadakkan
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SENIOR HONORS THESIS
Weekly seminar to accompany Senior Honors Thesis Lab (CHEM BC3903). Focus is on scientific presentation and writing skills and research conduct.
- Department: Chemistry @Barnard
- 4 points
Senior Project Seminar
SENIOR PROJECT SEMINAR
Discussion of senior research projects during the fall and spring terms that culminate in written and oral senior theses. Each project must be supervised by a cognitive scientist working at Barnard or Columbia.
- Department: Cognitive Science @Barnard
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Instructor:
John Morrison
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Instructor:
Elif A Duman
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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Fundamentals of microbiology, genetics and molecular biology, principles of microbial nutrition, energetics and kinetics, application of novel and state-of-the-art techniques in monitoring the structure and function of microbial communities in the environment, engineered processes for biochemical waste treatment and bioremediation, microorganisms and public health, global microbial elemental cycles.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
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Instructor:
Kartik Chandran
CULPA: 4
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SENIOR SEMINAR
Guided, independent, in-depth research culminating in the senior thesis in the spring. Includes discussion about scientific presentations and posters, data analysis, library research methods and scientific writing. Students review work in progress and share results through oral reports. Weekly seminar to review work in progress and share results through oral and written reports.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
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SUPERVISED READINGS I
Prerequisites: The written permission of the faculty member who agrees to act as sponsor (sponsorship limited to full-time instructors on the staff list), as well as the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. The written permission must be deposited with the Director of Undergraduate Studies before registration is completed. Guided reading and study in mathematics. A student who wishes to undertake individual study under this program must present a specific project to a member of the staff and secure his or her willingness to act as sponsor. Written reports and periodic conferences with the instructor.
Supervising Readings do NOT count towards major requirements, with the exception of an advanced written approval by the DUS.
- Department: Mathematics @Barnard
- 1-3 points
SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE
Prerequisites: SOCI BC1003 or equivalent social science course and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Drawing examples from popular music, religion, politics, race, and gender, explores the interpretation, production, and reception of cultural texts and meanings. Topics include aesthetic distinction and taste communities, ideology, power, and resistance; the structure and functions of subcultures; popular culture and high culture; and ethnography and interpretation.
- Department: Sociology @Barnard
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Instructor:
Jonathan Rieder
CULPA: 17
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Children and Youth in Caribbean Politica
Children/Youth Carib Poli
In this course, we will survey the many instances in which the bodies of children and teenagers have served as colonial tropes advancing mainstream depictions of Caribbean identities as feeble, dependent, and disabled; hints of hope amidst a narrative of disaster; and/or spaces for power negotiation in the contemporary Caribbean and its diaspora. Starting with some historical context from the 19th century, the course will primarily focus on the 20th- and 21st-century Hispanic Caribbean and Haiti by engaging with national formations, revolutions, and catastrophism. Among the questions to explore are: How have children and youth’s bodies been weaponized within Caribbean politics by diverse discourses, agents, and media? What roles have they played in diaspora and migration struggles faced by U.S. Latinx communities? How have they been used to either perpetuate or destabilize capitalism and totalitarianism? An array of diverse materials will include literature and visual arts (film, photography, painting) featuring infant/teen-like representations of the Caribbean and its diasporic communities through traditions such as the Puerto Rican
baquiné
, the Cuban
pionero
, the Dominican
rayano
children, and the
restavek
children in Haiti, among many others. In order to enhance students’ awareness of the impact of the different media at play, the course will also inquire into how diverse artifacts and medium’s infrastructures condition our relationship with these Caribbean bodies both as a trope and a material reality. This course will also foster a workshop on children/teens’s literature, accompanied by a community open house for students to share their works with migrant Caribbean and Latino/a children and youth. This course will also foster a workshop on children/teens’s literature, accompanied by a community open house for students to share their works with migrant Caribbean and Latino/a children and youth.
- Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
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Instructor:
Jacqueline Garcia Suarez
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SENIORS HONORS THESIS LAB
Corequisites: CHEM BC3901 Guided research in Chemistry or Biochemistry, under the sponsorship of a faculty member, leading to the senior thesis. A minimum of 8 hours of research per week, to be arranged.
- Department: Chemistry @Barnard
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Instructor:
Christian Rojas
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Marisa C Buzzeo
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Dina C Merrer
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Andrew C Crowther
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Michael Campbell
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Rachel Austin
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Christina Vizcarra
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Rebecca Donegan
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SENIORS HONORS THESIS LAB
Corequisites: CHEM BC3901 Guided research in Chemistry or Biochemistry, under the sponsorship of a faculty member, leading to the senior thesis. A minimum of 8 hours of research per week, to be arranged.
- Department: Chemistry @Barnard
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Senior Project
Senior Project in Cognitive Science.
- Department: Cognitive Science @Barnard
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Instructor:
John Morrison
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Instructor:
Elif A Duman
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COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Examines how changes in the economy, racial composition, and class relations affect community life-how it is created, changed and sometimes lost-with a specific focus on the local urban context. Student research projects will address how contemporary forces such as neoliberalization, gentrification and tourism impact a communitys social fabric.
- Department: Sociology @Barnard
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Instructor:
Andrew S Anastasi
Info - 4 points
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
A two-semester design sequence to be taken in the senior year. Elements of the design process, with specific applications to biomedical engineering: concept formulation, systems synthesis, design analysis, optimization, biocompatibility, impact on patient health and comfort, health care costs, regulatory issues, and medical ethics. Selection and execution of a project involving the design of an actual engineering device or system. Introduction to entrepreneurship, biomedical start-ups, and venture capital. Semester I: statistical analysis of detection/classification systems (receiver operation characteristic analysis, logistic regression), development of design prototype, need, approach, benefits and competition analysis. Semester II: spiral develop process and testing, iteration and refinement of the initial design/prototype and business plan development. A lab fee of $100 each is collected.
- Department: Biomedical Engineering
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Instructor:
Lauren N Heckelman
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VISITING CRITIC I
Prerequisites: Department approval required. See requirements for a major in visual arts. VIAR UN3910 is the prerequisite for VIAR UN3911. Corequisites: VIAR UN3900 (Formerly R3921) Students are required to enroll in both semesters (VIAR UN3910 and VIAR UN3911). A second opinion is provided to the senior students regarding the development of their senior project. Critics consist of distinguished visitors and faculty. Issues regarding the premise, methodology, or presentation of the students ideas are discussed and evaluated on an ongoing basis.
- Department: Visual Arts
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Instructor:
Emily C Henretta
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SOCIAL CONTEXTS IMMIGRATN LAW
Examines the historical and contemporary social, economic, and political factors that shape immigration law and policy along with the social consequences of those laws and policies. Addresses the development and function of immigration law and aspects of the immigration debate including unauthorized immigration, anti-immigration sentiments, and critiques of immigration policy.
- Department: Anthropology @Barnard
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Instructor:
J.C. Salyer
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
SEMINAR IN POLITCAL THEORY
Arendt in 20th Century
Seminar in Political Theory. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- Department: Political Science
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Instructor:
Clara Maier
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SEMINAR IN POLITCAL THEORY
CITIZENSHIP AND EXCLUSION
Seminar in Political Theory. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- Department: Political Science
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Instructor:
Turkuler Isiksel
CULPA: 3
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SEMINAR
Required of senior majors, but also open to junior majors, and junior and senior concentrators who have taken at least four philosophy courses. This exploration will typically involve writing a substantial research paper. Capped at 20 students with preference to philosophy majors.
- Department: Philosophy @Barnard
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Karen Lewis
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Instructor:
Christopher Peacocke
CULPA: 4
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LOVE, GHOSTS, AND CANNIBALISM: THE CHINE
THE CHINESE SHORT STORY
Focusing on short stories from the 7th-21st centuries, we ask what fiction can tell us about the real concerns that shaped the lives of Chinese writers. How do literary depictions of love/desire relate to social issues surrounding gender, power, and family? What do supernatural characters—hungry ghosts, lofty gods, unruly demons, seductive snakes and fox spirits—reveal about how humans made sense of unusual occurrences? What do motifs of cannibalism and related themes tell us about the socio-political changes China witnessed on its path toward becoming a nation-state?
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
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Instructor:
Allison E Bernard
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
INEQUALITY, POVERTY & MOBILITY
INEQUALITY POVERTY & MOBILITY
This is an undergraduate seminar in social stratification. The course focuses on the current American experience with socioeconomic inequality and mobility. The goals of the course are to understand how inequality is conceptualized and measured in the social sciences, to understand the structure of inequality in the contemporary U.S. to learn the principal theories and evidence for long term trends in inequality, to understand the persistence of poverty and the impact of social policies on American rates of poverty, and to understand the forces that both produce and inhibit intergenerational social mobility in the U.S. Given the nature of the subject matter, a minority of the readings will sometimes involve quantitative social science material. The course does not presume that students have advanced training in statistics, and any readings sections that contain mathematical or statistical content will be explained in class in nontechnical terms as needed. In these instances, our focus will not be on the methods, but rather on the conclusions reached by the author concerning the research question that is addressed in the text.
- Department: Sociology
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Instructor:
Thomas DiPrete
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ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION PRACTICE
Advanced Film Production Practice is an advanced production and lecture course for students who wish to obtain a deeper understanding of the skills involved in screenwriting, directing and producing. Building on the fundamentals established in the Labs for Fiction and Non-Fiction Filmmaking, this seminar further develops each student’s grasp of the concepts involved in filmmaking through advanced analytical and practical work to prepare Thesis film materials.
- Department: Film
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Instructor:
Greta Diaz Moreau
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