CONTEMP WESTRN CIVILIZATION II
Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Slavic Languages, and Sociology; and members of the Society of Fellows. A study in their historical context of major contributions to the intellectual traditions that underpin contemporary civilization. Emphasis is on the history of political, social, and philosophical thought. Students are expected to write at least three papers to complete two examinations, and to participate actively in class discussions.
- Department: Core (A&S)
- MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Richard John
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Dennis Tenen
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Anthony E Garruzzo
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Branka Arsic
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Dana Neacsu
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Kyle Baasch
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Luke S Macinnis
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Samuel E Abrams
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Joseph Schittone
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Matthew Engelke
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Christopher T Hoffman
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Jesse A Chevan
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Neslihan Senocak
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Margaret Scarborough
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Mana Kia
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Amnah Almukhtar
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Prashant Iyengar
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Shaunna Rodrigues
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Charly J Coleman
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Jonathon S Kahn
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Karuna Mantena
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Richard A Billows
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Christopher T Hoffman
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Ethan Jacobs
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Prashant Iyengar
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Shaunna Rodrigues
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Nathaniel Berman
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Margaret Scarborough
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Amnah Almukhtar
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Ethan Jacobs
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Kyle Baasch
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CONTEMP WESTRN CIVILIZATION II
A year-long course designed to introduce students to a wide range of issues of public significance by asking them to read closely texts in various traditions of argument with a focus on selected European traditions of moral, political, religious, and social thought. Readings in the Bible, the Qur’an, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Smith, Kant, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, DuBois, and Freud.
- Department: Core (A&S)
- MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
- TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Angela M Giordani
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Jesse A Chevan
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ELEMENTARY DUTCH II
Fundamentals of grammar, reading, speaking, and comprehension of the spoken language. During the spring term supplementary reading is selected according to students needs.
- Department: Germanic Languages
- TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Wijnie de Groot
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Ben de Witte de Witte
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THE ART OF ENGINEERING
Bridge between the science-oriented, high school way of thinking and the engineering point of view. Fundamental concepts of math and science reviewed and re-framed in an engineering context; numerous examples of each concept drawn from all disciplines of engineering represented at Columbia. Non-technical issues of importance in professional engineering practice such as ethics, engineering project management, and societal impact.
Only open to Columbia Engineering first-year undergraduate students or second-year transfer students. Lab fee: $150.
- Department: Engineering
- F 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
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David G Vallancourt
CULPA: 28
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ELEMENTARY FRENCH II
The aim of the beginning French sequence (French 1101 and French 1102) is to help you to develop an active command of the language. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the four language skills--listening, speaking, reading and writing--within a cultural context, in order to achieve basic communicative proficiency.
- Department: French
- MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
- TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- MWR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- MWR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Pascale Crepon
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Samuel Skippon
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ELEMENTARY GERMAN II
Prerequisites: GERM UN1101 or the equivalent. If you have prior German outside of Columbia’s language sequence, the placement exam is required. German 1102 is the continuation of Elementary German I (1101). It is a four-skill language course taught in German, in which students continue to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in German and an understanding of German-speaking cultures. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the four language skills--listening, speaking, reading and writing--within a cultural context. Students expand their communication skills to include travel, storytelling, personal well- being, basic economics, recent historical events, and working with movie segments. Completion of daily assignments, which align with class content, and consistent work are necessary in order to achieve basic communicative proficiency.
- Department: Germanic Languages
- TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- MTR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- MTR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Jutta Schmiers-Heller
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Faculty
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ELEMENTARY GREEK II
Prerequisites: GREK UN1101 or the equivalent, or the instructor or the director of undergraduate studies permission. Continuation of grammar study begun in GREK UN1101; selections from Attic prose.
- Department: Classics
- MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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ELEMENT. MODERN GREEK II
Prerequisites: GRKM UN1101 or the equivalent. Continuation of GRKM UN1101. Introduction to modern Greek language and culture. Emphasis on speaking, writing, basic grammar, syntax, and cross-cultural analysis.
- Department: Classics
- MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Nikolas Kakkoufa
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ELEMENTARY HUNGARIAN II
Introduction to the basic structures of the Hungarian language. With the instructors permission the second term of this course may be taken without the first. Students with a schedule conflict should consult the instructor about the possibility of adjusting hours.
- Department: Italian
- TR 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Carol H Rounds
CULPA: 5
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ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II
Prerequisites: ITAL V1101 or the equivalent. Introduction to Italian grammar, with emphasis on reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
- Department: Italian
- MWR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Alessandra Saggin
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FIRST YEAR JAPANESE II
Prerequisites: JPNS C1101, F1101, or W1001-W1002, or the equivalent. Basic training in Japanese through speaking, listening, reading and writing in various cultural contexts.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
- MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
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Mihoko Yagi
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Fumiko Nazikian
CULPA: 6
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FIRST YEAR KOREAN II
An introduction to written and spoken Korean. Textbook: Integrated Korean, Beginning I and II.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
- MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
- MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
- MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
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Sue Yoon
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Seunghyo Ryu
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Ji Kim
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Joowon Suh
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ELEMENTARY LATIN II
Prerequisites: LATN UN1101. A continuation of LATN UN1101, including a review of grammar and syntax for students whose study of Latin has been interrupted.
- Department: Classics
- TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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CALCULUS II
Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 or the equivalent. Methods of integration, applications of the integral, Taylors theorem, infinite series. (SC)
- Department: Mathematics @Barnard
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Chris Ivanov
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Lindsay C Piechnik
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Lucy Yang
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Tianqing Zhu
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ELEMENTARY POLISH II
Essentials of the spoken and written language. Prepares students to read texts of moderate difficulty by the end of the first year.
- Department: Slavic Languages
- TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Christopher Caes
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ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE II
Prerequisites: PORT W1101 or the equivalent. A course designed to acquaint students with the Portuguese verbal, prepositional, and pronominal systems. As a continuation of Elementary Portuguese I (PORT W1101), this course focuses on the uses of characteristic forms and expressions of the language as it is spoken and written in Brazil today.
- Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
- MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Ana P Huback
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
FIRST-YEAR RUSSIAN II
Grammar, reading, composition, and conversation.
- Department: Slavic Languages
- MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
- MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
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ELEMENTARY SPANISH II
Prerequisites: SPAN UN1101 or a score of 280-379 on the department’s Spanish as a Second Language Placement exam. An intensive introduction to Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, writing and cultural knowledge as a continuation of SPAN UN1101. The principal objectives are to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of immediate relevance; communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a direct exchange of information on familiar matters; describe in simple terms aspects of our background and personal history; understand the main point, the basic content, and the plot of filmic as well as short written texts. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
- MWR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- MWR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- MWR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
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- MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jose Placido Ruiz-Campillo
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Intro to Statistics Recitation
This is only recitation for STAT UG1101. We are requesting 8 sections of recitation to align with the two sections of 1101 offered for Fall 2024.
- Department: Statistics
- M 12:10 p.m.-1:25 p.m.
- M 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
- T 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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ELEMENTARY SWAHILI II
Essentials of grammar, basic vocabulary, practice in speaking and reading Swahili the most widely used indigenous language of East Africa. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Abdul Nanji
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points