FIRST YEAR CHINESE II

The course is designed to develop basic skills in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing modern colloquial Chinese. Standard Chinese pronunciation, traditional characters. Students who can already speak Mandarin will not be accepted into this course. Section subject to cancellation if under-enrolled. CC GS EN CE

• 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 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Tao Peng
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• Instructor: Lingjun Hu
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Yike Li
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• Instructor: Juan Zhong
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• Instructor: Chen Wu
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 22 Info
• 5 points

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 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: James Stafford
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• Instructor: Manan Ahmed
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 6 Info
• Instructor: David Ragazzoni
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• Instructor: Claudia M Sbuttoni
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• Instructor: Hannah Farber
  h-index: 1 Info
• Instructor: Michael F Stanislawski
  CULPA: 66 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Alma Steingart
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Matthew Heeney
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Aubrey A Gabel
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Courtney Bender
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Michael G Gottsegen
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Shaunna Rodrigues
  h-index: 0 Info
• Instructor: DiVya S Subramanian
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• Instructor: Jason Z Resnikoff
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Aziza Shanazarova
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• Instructor: Alexander de la Paz
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Dennis Tenen
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 3 Info
• Instructor: Josef Sorett
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Samuel E Abrams
  h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Aled W Roberts
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Rebecca C Pawel
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• Instructor: Allison Aitken
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• Instructor: Dorothea von Muecke
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• Instructor: Richard John
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Malgorzata Mazurek
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Annie Pfeifer
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Branka Arsic
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Aled W Roberts
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Jenna A Schoen
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• Instructor: Matthew Heeney
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Brittany A Koffer
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• Instructor: Jenna A Schoen
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• Instructor: Brittany A Koffer
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• Instructor: Mariana B Noe
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• Instructor: Chloe P Vaughn
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• Instructor: Nadia Sariahmed
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• Instructor: Sean G Colonna
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Margaret W Scarborough
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• Instructor: Nada Khalifa
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• Instructor: Oliver Simons
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Clara Maier
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• Instructor: Charly J Coleman
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Matthew Engelke
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Mana Kia
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info
• Instructor: Marcus Folch
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Philomena M Polefrone
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• Instructor: Jeremy Dauber
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Luke S Macinnis
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Isabel Huacuja Alonso
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• Instructor: Adam Leeds
  h-index: 2 Info
• Instructor: Richard A Billows
  CULPA: 40 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Marwa Elshakry
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Michael G Gottsegen
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Caroline F Marris
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• Instructor: Zachary J Levine
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• Instructor: Caroline F Marris
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• Instructor: David S Lerer
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• Instructor: Nader H Atassi
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• Instructor: Thomas Dodman
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Youssef Ben Ismail
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• Instructor: Sharon Marcus
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Zachary J Levine
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• Instructor: Natalia R Alexander
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• Instructor: Jesse A Chevan
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• Instructor: Joshua Whitford
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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 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Rebecca C Pawel
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• Instructor: Philomena M Polefrone
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• Instructor: Jason Z Resnikoff
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Dana Neacsu
  h-index: 8 Info
• 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
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 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
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 4 points

INTRO-ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LANG II

Introduction to hieroglyphics; readings in ancient Egyptian texts.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• F 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 4 points

THE ART OF ENGINEERING

Core requirement for all entering SEAS students. This course is a bridge between the science-oriented, high school way of thinking and the engineering point of view. Fundamental concepts of math and science are reviewed and re-framed in an engineering context, with 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 are addressed. Lab fee: $150.

• Department: Engineering
• F 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: David G Vallancourt
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 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 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
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• 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.
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MWR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Iziar de Miguel Arabaolaza
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• Instructor: Pauline Guedj
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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 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin M Breyer
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 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. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the four language skills--listening, speaking, reading and writing--within a cultural context. Daily assignments and consistent work are necessary in order to achieve basic communicative proficiency.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MWR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTR 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: Varol Kahveci
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• Instructor: Xiran Lu
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• Instructor: Jutta Schmiers-Heller
  CULPA: 19 Info
• Instructor: Simona C Vaidean
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 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.
• MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Brett L Stine
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• Instructor: Geoffrey Harmsworth
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• Instructor: Brett L Stine
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• Instructor: Geoffrey Harmsworth
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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 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Nikolas Kakkoufa
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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 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Carol H Rounds
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY INDONESIAN II

This course offers students an introduction to the basic structures of Bahasa Indonesia, a major language of Indonesia and South East Asia.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• MW 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• 4 points