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 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Michael F Stanislawski
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• Instructor: Joshua Whitford
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• Instructor: Samuel S Klug
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• Instructor: Alma Steingart
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• Instructor: Gal Katz
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• Instructor: Luke S Macinnis
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• Instructor: Jason Z Resnikoff
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• Instructor: Andrew G McLaren
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• Instructor: Ruairidh J Macleod
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• Instructor: Charles J McNamara
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• Instructor: Rebecca C Pawel
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• Instructor: Mario R Cancel-Bigay
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• Instructor: Samuel E Abrams
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• Instructor: Marwa Elshakry
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• Instructor: Dennis Tenen
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• Instructor: Gal Katz
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• Instructor: Joshua Donovan
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• Instructor: Charles J McNamara
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• Instructor: Michelle Chun
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• Instructor: Annie Pfeifer
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• Instructor: DiVya S Subramanian
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• Instructor: Rebecca C Pawel
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• Instructor: Phillip R Polefrone
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• Instructor: Michelle Chun
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• Instructor: Matthew Heeney
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• Instructor: Alexander de la Paz
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• Instructor: Aled W Roberts
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• Instructor: Karuna Mantena
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• Instructor: Mariana B Noe
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• Instructor: Jessica S Simon
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• Instructor: Jenna A Schoen
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• Instructor: Matthew Engelke
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• Instructor: Charly J Coleman
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• Instructor: Aubrey A Gabel
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• Instructor: Elaine Van Dalen
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• Instructor: Nicole A Callahan
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• Instructor: Awo Y Sumah
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• Instructor: Leah V Aronowsky
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• Instructor: Benjamin J Serby
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• Instructor: Turkuler Isiksel
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• Instructor: Matthew Hart
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• Instructor: Carol Rovane
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• Instructor: Sophie J Schweiger
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• Instructor: Noelle Turtur
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• Instructor: Nicole A Callahan
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• Instructor: Jessica S Simon
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• Instructor: Larry Jackson
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• Instructor: Jeronimo Duarte Riascos
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• Instructor: Conor M Cullen
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• Instructor: Julie Crawford
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• Instructor: Matthew Heeney
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• Instructor: Alexander de la Paz
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• Instructor: Jesse James
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• Instructor: Dana Neacsu
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• Instructor: Aled W Roberts
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• Instructor: Michael G Gottsegen
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• Instructor: Aileen G Forbes
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• 4 points

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 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Jason Z Resnikoff
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• Instructor: Ruairidh J Macleod
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• Instructor: Phillip R Polefrone
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY CZECH II

Essentials of the spoken and written language. Prepare students to read texts of moderate difficulty by the end of the first year.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Christopher W Harwood
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• 4 points

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
• MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Wijnie de Groot
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY FILIPINO II

Introduction to Filipino with an emphasis on mastering basic skills and working vocabulary. Linguistic rules are applied to enable the student to communicate with more competence. Lessons incorporate discussions on history, current events, literature, pop culture, and native values. Includes field trips to Filipino neighborhoods in Queens and Jersey City. Note: This course is part of the language exchange program with New York University (NYU). Classes will be held at NYU.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• TR 11 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY FINNISH II

Fundamentals of grammar and lexicon. Building proficiency in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Linguistic structures in the cultural context.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• TR 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Heli Sirvioe
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• 4 points

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 and Romance Philology
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Sarah J Sasson
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• Instructor: Brian S Kilgo-Kelly
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• Instructor: Pascale Crepon
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• Instructor: William M Burton
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• Instructor: Alexandre Bournery
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• Instructor: Pascale Crepon
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• Instructor: William M Burton
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• Instructor: Eric T Matheis
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• 4 points

Leaving Home

LEAVING HOME

Globally speaking, natural disasters, long-term climate change, war, religious difference, and economic hardship have forced tens of millions of people to leave their homelands in the last hundred years plus. This class will examine the ways that writers have depicted the refugee and émigré experience as it pertains to settlement in the Mediterranean region during this time period. Course readings will include Ali Fitzgerald, Malika Mokeddem and Mohsin Hamid, among others, as well as documents relating to the current migrant crisis in western Europe. Some of the themes that we will discuss using the class readings are cosmopolitanism, multiculturalism, multiple identities, and transnationalism.

• Department: First-Year Writing @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin M Breyer
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• 3 points

ELEMENTARY GERMAN II

Prerequisites: GERM UN1101 or the equivalent. Students expand their communication skills to include travel, storytelling, personal well-being, basic economics, and recent historical events. Daily assignments and laboratory work.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MWR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MWR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Luca A Arens
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• Instructor: Skye S Savage
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• Instructor: Nathaniel R Wagner
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• Instructor: Carl L Claussen
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• 4 points

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.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Phoebe B Salzman-Cohen
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• Instructor: Cristina Perez Diaz
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• 4 points

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 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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• Instructor: Chrysanthe Filippardos
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• 4 points

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 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Carol H Rounds
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY IRISH II

This course introduces students to the rudiments of the Irish language, including phonemes and pronunciation, syntactical structure, and verbal conjugations. In addition, a history of the language is provided, as well as a general introduction to Irish culture, including discussions of family and place names. Students are encouraged to begin speaking with basic sentence structures, eventually expanding into more complex verbal conjugations while concentrating on idiomatic expressions. The accumulation of vocabulary is stressed and students are introduced to basic literature in Irish while developing beginning conversational fluency.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• TR 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephane A Charitos
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II

Prerequisites: ITAL UN1101 or the equivalent. Introduction to Italian grammar, with emphasis on reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

• Department: Italian
• MTWR 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• MWR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jilian A Pizzi
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• Instructor: Luca Abbattista
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• Instructor: Felice Beneduce
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• Instructor: Charles F East
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• Instructor: Giulia Ricca
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• Instructor: Christina A Lopez
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• 4 points

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.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Mayumi Nishida
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• Instructor: Fumiko Nazikian
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• 5 points

ELEMENTARY KHMER II

This course is designed to bring students with no background to a point where they can perform most basic linguistic functions in Khmer, including greetings, likes/dislikes, telling about yourself, describing places and situations, all in appropriate time frames. The class uses a highly interactive classroom style, supplemented by extensive use of video - both prepared and student-produced - and other computer-assisted tools. Please note this course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• Instructor: Stephane A Charitos
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points