International Politics Discussion
Int'l Politics Discussion
Discussion section for POLS UN2601
- Department: Political Science
- W 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- M 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- F 11:10 a.m.-noon
- F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Hillel Stadlan
Info - 0 points
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Prerequisites: An introductory psychology course.
This course offers an introduction to the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychopathology. We will provide an overview of psychopathology as defined in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). Significant updates in the DSM-5-TR (Text Revision) will be noted. The course is comprehensive in scope and will incorporate theoretical perspectives, scientific research, and socio-cultural issues, which inform the conceptualization and treatment of psychological problems and psychiatric disorders.
- Department: Psychology
- F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jeffrey M Cohen
h-index: 5 Info - 3 points
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Surveys important methods, findings, and theories in the study of social influences on behavior. Emphasizes different perspectives on the relation between individuals and society.
- Department: Psychology
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tory Higgins
CULPA: 23
Wikipedia
h-index: 134
Info
- 3 points
COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
COG SCI AND PHILOSOPHY
This course will survey a number of topics at the intersection of cognitive science and philosophy. Potential topics include free will, consciousness, embodied cognition, artificial intelligence, neural networks, and the language of thought.
- Department: Cognitive Science @Barnard
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tyler Knowlton
Info - 3 points
LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION I
This course aims to give a portrait of the development of Latin America from the first contact with the Europeans to the creation of independent states. We will focus on society and interaction among the various ethnic and socio-economic groups at the level of daily life. For each class, students will have to read sections of a core text as well as a primary source, or document, from the period; before the end of every class there will be 15 minutes to discuss the document together. In addition, students will enroll in discussion sections held by TAs.
- Department: History
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Caterina Pizzigoni
CULPA: 24
Info
- 4 points
LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION I
This course aims to give a portrait of the development of Latin America from the first contact with the Europeans to the creation of independent states. We will focus on society and interaction among the various ethnic and socio-economic groups at the level of daily life. For each class, students will have to read sections of a core text as well as a primary source, or document, from the period; before the end of every class there will be 15 minutes to discuss the document together. In addition, students will enroll in discussion sections held by TAs.
- Department: Auditing
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Caterina Pizzigoni
CULPA: 24
Info
- 0 points
INTRO TO PHIL OF LANGUAGE
This course gives students an introduction to various topics in the Philosophy of Language.
- Department: Philosophy @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Karen Lewis
CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info - 3 points
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
This course will cover the seven-century long history of the Ottoman Empire, which spanned Europe, Asia, and Africa as well as the medieval, early modern, and modern period. The many levels of continuity and change will be the focus, as will issues of identities and mentalities, confessional diversity, cultural and linguistic pluralism, and imperial governance and political belonging of the empire within larger regional and global perspectives over the centuries. The course also seeks to cultivate appreciation of the human experience through the multifarious experiences culled from the Ottoman past.
INTERMEDIATE PERSIAN I
Prerequisites: Elementary Persian II or the equivalent. This course involves reading, writing, translating, conversation and grammatical foundations for Persian Language (PL). The materials are selected from two books: Āmuzesh-e Fārsi: Intermediate Level (required) and English-Persian Dictionary, plus verb system and charts (recommended). These books are assigned and have to be available to every student. There are also handouts, which will be provided throughout the course. This course serves as intermediate and makes students able to read and compose proper Persian language as well as the colloquial one. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Saeed Honarmand
Info - 4 points
AI in Context
AI IN CONTEXT
An interdisciplinary introduction to the history, development and modern application of artificial intelligence in a variety of contexts. Context subjects and teaching staff will vary by semester.
- Department: Computer Science
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Adam H Cannon
CULPA: 81
Info
- 3 points
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE-DISCUSSION
MANDATORY Discussion Section for HIST UN 2701 Ottoman Empire. Students must also be registered for HIST UN 2701.
- Department: History
- M 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- M 11:10 a.m.-noon
- F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- F 11:10 a.m.-noon
- R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- M 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- M 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- T 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- T 11 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Tunc Sen
Info - 0 points
GENDER & SEXUALITY IN AFRICA
This course examines the history of gender, sexuality and ways of identifying along these lines in Africa from early times through the twentieth century. It asks how these aspects have shaped key historical developments, from African kingdoms and empires to postcolonial states, from colonial conquest to movements for independence, from indigenous healing practices to biomedicine, from slavery to the modern forms of work. It will also explore the history of different sexualities and gender identities on the continent. A key objective is to extend the historical study of gender and sexual identity in Africa beyond ‘women’s history’ to understand gender as encompassing all people in society and their relationships, whether domestic or public.
- Department: History
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Rhiannon Stephens
CULPA: 2 Info - 4 points
GENDER & SEXUALITY IN AFRICA
This course examines the history of gender, sexuality and ways of identifying along these lines in Africa from early times through the twentieth century. It asks how these aspects have shaped key historical developments, from African kingdoms and empires to postcolonial states, from colonial conquest to movements for independence, from indigenous healing practices to biomedicine, from slavery to the modern forms of work. It will also explore the history of different sexualities and gender identities on the continent. A key objective is to extend the historical study of gender and sexual identity in Africa beyond ‘women’s history’ to understand gender as encompassing all people in society and their relationships, whether domestic or public.
- Department: Auditing
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Rhiannon Stephens
CULPA: 2 Info - 0 points
GENDER & SEXUALITY IN AFRICA-DISC
Required discussion for HSWM UN2761 lecture "Gender & Sexuality in Africa"
- Department: History
- R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- F 11:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Rhiannon Stephens
CULPA: 2 Info - 0 points
WEST AFRICA
This course offers a survey of main themes in West African history over the last millenium, with particular emphasis on the period from the mid-15th through the 20th century. Themes include the age of West African empires (Ghana, Mali, Songhay); re-alignments of economic and political energies towards the Atlantic coast; the rise and decline of the trans-Atlantic trade in slaves; the advent and demise of colonial rule; and internal displacement, migrations, and revolutions. In the latter part of the course, we will appraise the continuities and ruptures of the colonial and post-colonial eras. Group(s): C Field(s): AFR
- Department: History
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gregory Mann
CULPA: 15 h-index: 13 Info - 4 points
WEST AFRICA
This course offers a survey of main themes in West African history over the last millenium, with particular emphasis on the period from the mid-15th through the 20th century. Themes include the age of West African empires (Ghana, Mali, Songhay); re-alignments of economic and political energies towards the Atlantic coast; the rise and decline of the trans-Atlantic trade in slaves; the advent and demise of colonial rule; and internal displacement, migrations, and revolutions. In the latter part of the course, we will appraise the continuities and ruptures of the colonial and post-colonial eras. Group(s): C Field(s): AFR
- Department: Auditing
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gregory Mann
CULPA: 15 h-index: 13 Info - 0 points
WEST AFRICA-DISC
Required discussion section for HIST UN 2772
- Department: History
- 0 points
Arts of Islam, 700-1000 CE
This lecture course offers a comprehensive and chronological overview of the major masterpieces of art and architecture of the Muslim world between circa 700-1000 AD. Topics concerning the rise of Arabic as the official language of the new Muslim Empire and the aesthetic transformation it went from script to calligraphy, the shaping of sacred spaces and liturgical objects, rulers’ iconographies and urban designs, as well as daily-life objects, will be discussed. Mecca, Madina, Jerusalem, Damascus, Fustat (old Cairo), Qayrawan, Cordoba, Baghdad, Samarra, Balkh, Bukhara and early Fatimid Cairo are the major playgrounds to illustrate particular moments of shifting powers and aesthetic paradigms in the early days of the Muslim empire, suggesting a more differentiate picture of the arts of Islam in the age of imagining a world-wide empire. The past narratives for these regions will be critically presented by both looking at the medieval sources and the modern historiographies for these regions and by highlighting the varied ideologies at play. Taking this critical vein of studying the arts of the early Muslim age, past narratives will be reconsidered, while enhancing our awareness to the complicated, if not sometimes manipulated, processes of giving works of arts meanings and values.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Avinoam Shalem
CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info - 4 points
Learning in the Age of AI
Every new educational innovation comes with proponents who tout dramatic improvements in efficiency alongside naysayers who claim the end of human thought has arrived. The advent of AI in education is the latest chapter in this old argument, raising the questions: What is the actual impact of AI tools on education? On students and faculty? On modes of thought? Drawing on philosophy, ethics, and educational psychology, students construct a personal framework for evaluating educational strategies and tools. They apply that framework to five essential aspects of the educational experience — self-testing, note-taking, tutoring, study planning, and writing — using hands-on experimentation with analog, digital, and AI-enhanced approaches. The course concludes by examining AI's impact on mental health and psychological well-being. Students leave with a system for evaluating educational tools as they continue to evolve.
- Department: Psychology
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Patricia G Lindemann
CULPA: 64 Info - 3 points
ARTS OF ISLAM-DISC
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- W 11:10 a.m.-noon
- T 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- R 11:10 a.m.-noon
- R 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Cleo R Scott
Info - 0 points
ACCELERATED PHYSICS I
Prerequisites: Advanced Placement in physics and mathematics, or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission. (A special placement meeting is held during Orientation.) This accelerated two-semester sequence covers the subject matter of PHYS UN1601, PHYS UN1602 and PHYS UN2601, and is intended for those students who have an exceptionally strong background in both physics and mathematics. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields. There is no accompanying laboratory; however, students are encouraged to take the intermediate laboratory, PHYS UN3081, in the following year.
- Department: Physics
- TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Brian Cole
CULPA: 23
Info
- 4.5 points
HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA I
This survey lecture course will provide students with a broad overview of the history of South Asia as a region - focusing on key political, cultural and social developments over more than two millennia. The readings include both primary sources (in translation) and secondary works. Our key concerns will be the political, cultural and theological encounters of varied communities, the growth of cities and urban spaces, networks of trade and migrations and the development of both local and cosmopolitan cultures across Southern Asia. The survey will begin with early dynasties of the classical period and then turn to the subsequent formation of various Perso-Turkic polities, including the development and growth of hybrid political cultures such as those of Vijayanagar and the Mughals. The course also touches on Indic spiritual and literary traditions such as Sufi and Bhakti movements. Near the end of our course, we will look forward towards the establishment of European trading companies and accompanying colonial powers.
- Department: History
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Manan Ahmed
CULPA: 6
Wikipedia
h-index: 6
Info
- 4 points
HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA I
This survey lecture course will provide students with a broad overview of the history of South Asia as a region - focusing on key political, cultural and social developments over more than two millennia. The readings include both primary sources (in translation) and secondary works. Our key concerns will be the political, cultural and theological encounters of varied communities, the growth of cities and urban spaces, networks of trade and migrations and the development of both local and cosmopolitan cultures across Southern Asia. The survey will begin with early dynasties of the classical period and then turn to the subsequent formation of various Perso-Turkic polities, including the development and growth of hybrid political cultures such as those of Vijayanagar and the Mughals. The course also touches on Indic spiritual and literary traditions such as Sufi and Bhakti movements. Near the end of our course, we will look forward towards the establishment of European trading companies and accompanying colonial powers.
- Department: Auditing
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
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Instructor:
Manan Ahmed
CULPA: 6
Wikipedia
h-index: 6
Info
- 0 points
HIST OF SOUTH ASIA I-DISC
MANDATORY Discussion Section for HSME 2810 History of South Asia I. Students must also be registered for HSME 2810.
- Department: History
- M 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- M 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- F 11:10 a.m.-noon
- W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- R 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- M 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- M 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- 0 points
LAB-PLANT EVOLUTION & DIVERSITY
LAB-PLANT EVOLUTION&DIVER
Prerequisites: () Enrollment is limited to 16; must attend first lab to hold place. Studies of the structure, ecology, and evolution of plants. Laboratory exercises include field problems, laboratory experiments, plant collections and identification, and examination of the morphology of plant groups.
- Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
- R 1:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hilary Callahan
CULPA: 4 h-index: 17 Info - 3 points
Making Modern Korea
This course explores Korea’s history from the late nineteenth century to the present with a particular focus on caste/class, gender, war and industrialization. Using primary and secondary texts as well as documentary film and literary ephemera, the seminar analyses such topics as the relationship between imperialism and rebellions in the nineteenth century; the uneven experience of Japanese colonial rule; Korea’s early feminist movement; how North Korea became a communist society; the deep scars of the Korean War; cultures of industrialism in South and North Korea; counter-cultural movements in 1970s, 1980s and 1990s South Korea; and contemporary challenges facing the peninsula. This course will give students a thorough grounding in modern Korean history and introduce them to major interpretative currents in the study of Korean history.
- Department: History
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ruth Barraclough
Info - 4 points
Making Modern Korea - DISC
Required discussion section for “Making Modern Korea” lecture (HIST 2851)
- Department: History
- 0 points
RUSSIA AND THE WEST
What explains Russia’s foreign and security policy choices and its terrible relationship with the West today? We will discuss and debate the motivations behind Moscow’s actions, asking whether they have been driven by realist great power considerations; by Russia’s domestic patronage system and Russian President Putin’s desire to stay in power; by an ideology of ethnic Orthodox nationalism or neo-Eurasianism; or by decision-making factors that are either unique to Putin or common across human psychology. In turn we will examine how choices made by the United States and the European Union have affected Russia, and evaluate what all of this means for concrete recent and current Russian and Western foreign and security policy choices. Students will be encouraged to come up with their own answers to these riddles in class discussions and written assignments, and the course concludes with a rigorous negotiation simulation where students will apply the knowledge gained in this course in a practical exercise. This course has no prerequisites, and no background knowledge is expected.
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kimberly Marten
CULPA: 71
Wikipedia
h-index: 19
Info
- 3 points
FRONTIERS OF ASTROPHYSICS
Several members of the faculty each offer a brief series of talks providing context for a current research topic in the field and then present results of their ongoing research. Opportunities for future student research collaboration are offered. Grading is Pass/Fail.
- Department: Astronomy
- F 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kishalay De
Info - 1 points
FRONTIERS OF ASTROPHYSICS
Several members of the faculty each offer a brief series of talks providing context for a current research topic in the field and then present results of their ongoing research. Opportunities for future student research collaboration are offered. Grading is Pass/Fail.
- Department: Auditing
- F 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kishalay De
Info - 0 points
INTERMEDIATE MODERN TURKISH I
A continuation of the study of the written and spoken language of Turkey, with readings of literary, historical, and other texts. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Zuleyha M Fikret
Info - 4 points
Sophomore Biology Research Seminar
Sophomore Biology Seminar
If you are interested in biology, come hear Columbia University professors discuss their biology-related research. Find out how the body works, the latest therapies for disease and maybe even find a lab to do research in. Prerequisite: G Chem I & II; Co-requisite: Intro bio I.
- Department: Biological Sciences
- R 3 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alice Heicklen
CULPA: 15 Info - 1 points
AFRICA BEFORE COLONIALISM
This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the precolonial history of the African continent. It investigates in-depth the political, social, cultural and economic developments of different Africa communities, covering various regions and periods, from prehistory to the formation of the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds. Its focus is the intersection of politics, economics, culture and society. Using world history and Africa’s location in the production of history as key analytical frames, it pays special attention to social, political and cultural changes that shaped the various individual and collective experiences of African peoples and states and the historical discourses associated to them.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Siga Maguiraga
Info - 3 points
WAR & SOCIETY SINCE 1945
This course surveys the second half of the most violent century in human history. It examines the intersection of war and human society in the years after 1945 by focusing on two monumental and intertwined historical processes: Decolonization and the Cold War. While the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union would fail to produce any general wars between two belligerents, this superpower rivalry would help to make the global process of decolonization in the developing a particularly violent affair.
- Department: History
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Paul T Chamberlin
CULPA: 3 Info - 4 points
INTRO LIT/METHODS OF ART HIST
Required course for department majors. Not open to Barnard or Continuing Education students. Students must receive instructors permission. Introduction to different methodological approaches to the study of art and visual culture. Majors are encouraged to take the colloquium during their junior year.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Meredith Gamer
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
Biological Chemistry
BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
The goal of this course is to gain an understanding of the chemical principles that govern biological systems. We will look at the structure and function of biomolecules (proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and lipids), with an emphasis on interactions between them, enzyme kinetics, and metabolic pathways. Key topics will include protein folding and function, enzyme mechanisms, bioenergetics, and the regulation of key metabolic cycles. In addition to lecture we will spend time examining case studies and selected articles from primary literature, and engaging in group discussions.
- Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kristin Presnell
Info - 3 points
TUTORIAL IN EARTH SCIENCE
Prerequisites: declared major in Earth and environmental sciences and the departments permission. Students with particular interest in one of the many components of the Earth and environmental sciences should approach a director of undergraduate studies during the registration period so that tutorial-level exposure to the subject can be arranged. Each point requires two hours each week of readings, discussion, and research work under the close supervision of a member of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, American Museum of Natural History, or Goddard Institute for Space Studies. In consultation with the supervisor, the student selects a topic for intensive study and the time and place of the tutorial discussion sessions. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 12 points, with a maximum of 6 points with each staff member.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Instructor:
Christine McCarthy
Info - 1-3 points
Practices in Community Building
“Political friendship is not an emotion, but a practice, a set of hard-won, complicated habits that are used to bridge trouble, difficulty, and differences of personality, experience, and aspiration.” – Danielle Allen,
Talking to Strangers
What does it take to build community on a campus made up of diverse sets of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives? What sorts of communities are possible under the conditions of pluralism where we cannot take for granted that people in our community share similar interests or are making the same assumptions about political, social, or cultural goods? Is it possible to build something we would call friendship among people who experience social and political complexities differently, especially given the welter of feelings--rage and compassion, joy, fear, and sorrow--that course through us all?
To claim, taking cues from the above quote from Danielle Allen, that building community requires learning practices or habits of engagement frames these questions in a particular way. It insists that communities are forged through embodied efforts and actions. What are the sorts of social practices and social habits--the doings--that help build communities marked by pluralistic cross-pressures? How does one learn these practices and habits? What traditions and examples can we call on?
In this class, we will through the explicit and implicit norms that qualitatively shape community, norms such as:
To what degree and how should the pain of others be recognized?
How important is a “hermeneutics of generosity” in community building, which begins with trying to understand the other’s intentions before judging or criticizing them?
How does self-criticism and criticism of others function in community?
How important is dialogue, and of what sorts, to building forms of political friendship? Exchange of ideas--dialogue--may be necessary, but our focus on practice and habits also casts a skeptical eye on the notion that community rests solely or primarily on evaluating the soundness of propositions. History is replete with other social practices--story-telling, song, listening, dance--that carry and convey real discursive value.
Informed by selected readings rooted in the themes of the Core Curriculum, students will envision and develop projects that appeal to their interests, which they will bring to fruiti
- Department: Core (A&S)
- F 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Asya Tsaturyan
Info - 1 points
SOCIAL THEORY
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. Required for all sociology majors. Prerequisite: at least one sociology course of the instructor's permission. Theoretical accounts of the rise and transformations of modern society in the19th and 20th centuries. Theories studied include those of Adam Smith, Tocqueville, Marx, Durkheim, Max Weber, Roberto Michels. Selected topics: individual, society, and polity; economy, class, and status: organization and ideology; religion and society; moral and instrumental action.
- Department: Sociology
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Andreas Wimmer
Wikipedia h-index: 41 Info - 4 points
Foundation of Aerospace Engineering
FOUNDATION OF AEROSPACE E
History and development of aviation and spaceflight; application of fundamental physics to analyze atmospheric and space flight; core principles of aerodynamics, propulsion, and flight mechanics; basic aircraft performance and stability characteristics; influence of space and atmospheric environment on vehicles; key lightweight materials and structural design considerations in aerospace applications. Course intended for undergraduate students. Students who take AERO E3001 may not take AERO E4001.
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Marianna Maiaru
Info - 3 points
HISTORY OF THEATRICAL DANCING
Focuses on the history of theatre dance forms originating in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the present. Includes reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of sources such as film, text, original documentation, demonstration, and performance.
- Department: Dance @Barnard
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Seth S Williams
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
ADVANCED GERMAN I
Prerequisites: GERM UN2102. If you have prior German outside of Columbia’s language sequence, the placement exam is required. Note: UN3001 and UN3002 are not sequential.
German UN3001 is an ambitious socio-cultural exploration of Berlin. Designed to follow up the language skills acquired in first- and second-year language courses (or the equivalent thereof), this course gives students greater proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing German while focusing on topics from German society today through various German media, such as internet, film, and literature through the lens of Germany’s capital, Berlin. Topics discussed include: cultural diversity in Berlin's multi-cultural neighborhoods; questioning and reflecting upon Berlin's recent past; developing your own Berlin experience and presenting your interests in various forms, such as presentations, an essay, your CV, an application letter and interview for an internship in Berlin. The course represents a gateway class to literature courses and counts towards the major and concentration in German. Taught in German.
CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE + LAB
CLASSICAL WAVES -LECTURE
Prerequisites: Physics BC2002 or the equivalent. Corequisites: Calculus III. Nonlinear pendula, transverse vibrations-elastic strings, longitudinal sound waves, seismic waves, electromagnetic oscillations - light, rainbows, haloes, the Green Flash; polarization phenomena - Haidingers Brush, Brewsters angle, double refraction, optical activity; gravity - capillary waves; interference, diffraction, lenses - mirrors. PLEASE NOTE: Students who take PHYS BC3001 may not receive credit for PHYS BC3010.
- Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
- TR 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Timothy J Halpin-Healy
CULPA: 6 Info - 5 points
SLAVIC CULTURES
The history of Slavic peoples - Russians, Czechs, Poles, Serbs, Croats, Ukrainians, Bulgarians - is rife with transformations, some voluntary, some imposed. Against the background of a schematic external history, this course examines how Slavic peoples have responded to and have represented these transformations in various modes: historical writing, hagiography, polemics, drama and fiction, folk poetry, music, visual art, and film. Activity ranges over lecture (for historical background) and discussion (of primary sources).
- Department: Slavic Languages
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- 3 points
Social Theory- DISC
SOCIAL THEORY- DISC
Discussion section for Social Theory (SOCI UN3000).
- Department: Sociology
- R 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Robin I Hart
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Instructor:
Ari Galper
Info - 0 points
SENIOR THESIS
Prerequisites: the departments permission. Required for all thesis writers.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Barry G Bergdoll
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points