2ND YR MODERN HEBREW II

Prerequisites: Second Year Hebrew: Intermediate I or instructor permission. Equal emphasis is given to all language skills. Irregular categories of the Hebrew verb, prepositions and syntax are taught systematically. Vocabulary building. Daily homework includes grammar exercises, short answers, reading, or writing short compositions. Frequent vocabulary and grammar quizzes. (Students completing this course fulfill Columbia College and Barnard language requirement.) No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Danielle Katz-Shenhar
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• 5 points

HEBREW FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS

Prerequisites: Hebrew for Heritage Speakers I Hebrew for Heritage Speakers II forms the second part of a year-long sequence with Hebrew for Heritage Speakers I. The course is intended for those who have developed basic speaking and listening skills through exposure to Hebrew at home or in day-school programs but do not use Hebrew as their dominant language and have not reached the level required for exemption from the Columbia language requirement. Heritage speakers differ in the degree of their fluency, but their vocabulary is often limited to topics in daily life and many lack skills in reading and writing to match their ability to converse. The course focuses on grammar and vocabulary enrichment, exposing students to a variety of cultural and social topics in daily life and beyond. By the end of the semester students are able to read and discuss simple texts and write about a variety of topics. Successful completion of the year-long sequence prepares students to enroll in third-year modern Hebrew. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Danielle Katz-Shenhar
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• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION II

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Hazel L Rhodes
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• 2 points

HISTORY OF THE SOUTH

A survey of the history of the American South from the colonial era to the present day, with two purposes: first, to afford students an understanding of the special historical characteristics of the South and of southerners; and second, to explore what the experience of the South may teach about America as a nation.

• Department: History
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbara J Fields
  CULPA: 22 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

HISTORY OF THE SOUTH-DISCUSSION

• Department: History
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• F 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbara J Fields
  CULPA: 22 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY

Prerequisites: CHEM UN1500 General Chemistry Lab, CHEM UN2443 Organic Chemistry I - Lecture. Techniques of experimental organic chemistry, with emphasis on understanding fundamental principles underlying the experiments in methodology of solving laboratory problems involving organic molecules. Attendance at the first laboratory session is mandatory. Please note that you must complete CHEM UN2443 Organic Chemistry I Lecture or the equivalent to register for this lab course. This course is equivalent to CHEM UN2543 Organic Chemistry Laboratory.

• Department: Chemistry
• M 1:10 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
• R 5:10 p.m.-9:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Talha Siddiqui
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

DANCE COMPOSITION: FORM

An exploration of choreography that employs text, song, vocal work, narrative and principles of artistic direction in solo and group contexts.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gabri Christa
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

American History at the Movies - DISC

Amer Hist at the Movies -

The purpose of this course is to increase the history department’s offerings in American cultural history and to familiarize students with how to use and interpret cultural documents and sources in the writing of history. To this end, it also designed to expose students to interdisciplinary
scholarship in the context of research firmly rooted in historical practice. A second goal is to increase students’ sophistication as media consumers by increasing their awareness of how industrial practices and outside institutions work to shape what we do and don’t see on movie
screens. It will pay particular attention to two related issues: how Hollywood’s shifting attitudes toward its audience and the controversies the industry sparked in American society, reflected broader changes in the American cultural landscape. In this way, students will come to
understand the agendas and desires of those who supported, disliked, or simply sought to control the nation’s first mass cultural form of entertainment.

• Department: History
• Instructor: Hilary-Anne Hallett
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 0 points

WORLD DANCE HISTORY

Investigates the multicultural perspectives of dance in major areas of culture, including African, Asian, Hispanic, Indian, Middle Eastern, as well as dance history of the Americas through reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of a wide range of resources. These include film, original documents, demonstration, and performance.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Seth S Williams
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

American History at the Movies

Amer. Hist. at the Movies

This lecture explores major topics in modern American history through an examination of the American film industry and some of its most popular films and stars. It begins with the emergence of “Hollywood” as an industry and a place in the wake of WWI and ends with the rise of the so-called ‘New Hollywood’ in the 1970s and its treatment of the 1960s and the Vietnam War. For much of this period, Hollywood’s films were
not
protected free speech, making movies and stars peculiarly reflective of, and vulnerable to, changes in broader cultural and political dynamics. Students will become familiar with Hollywood’s institutional history over this half-century in order to understand the forces, both internal and external, that have shaped the presentation of what Americans do and don’t see on screens and to become skilled interpreters of American history at the movies.

• Department: History
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Hilary-Anne Hallett
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

HUMAN ANATOMY AND MOVEMENT

Corequisites: ANAT BC2574 Dancers and other movers will acquire concrete, scientific information about anatomy and integrate this knowledge into their sensed experience of movement. Through readings, lecture/discussions and movement practice, students will explore: (1) structure and function of bones and joints, (2) muscles, neuromuscular function and coordination, (3) motor cognition and learning.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Chisa Hidaka
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

MEASURING HISTORY

This course examines big themes in economic and social history-population history and human well-being, inequality and poverty, and gender differences. Using these themes, it adopts a hands-on data-driven approach to introduce tools and concepts of empirical reasoning. Datasets related to each theme create opportunities for learning by doing.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Dye
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE HINDI-URDU II

One year of prior coursework in Elementary Hindi-Urdu I&II or the instructor’s permission. The course aims to continue consolidating and building upon the existing listening, speaking, reading, writing and cultural skills and will help students acquire higher level proficiency in Hindi language. Students will be introduced to new grammatical structures and a broad range of vocabulary through exposure to a variety of authentic materials including Hindi literature, newspapers, folk tales, films, songs, and other kinds of written and audio-visual materials and through these materials. Students will expand their knowledge base of the society and culture of the target languages in this course. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Aftab Ahmad
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 5 points

ARTS OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA

Introduces distinctive aesthetic traditions of China, Japan, and Korea--their similarities and differences--through an examination of the visual significance of selected works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts in relation to the history, culture, and religions of East Asia.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 7:40 p.m.-8:55 p.m.
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Xu Tingting
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• Instructor: Naomi P Kuromiya
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• Instructor: Jeewon M Kim
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• Instructor: Chen Jiang
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• 3 points

SECOND YEAR MODERN TIBETAN II

For those whose knowledge is equivalent to a student whos completed the First Year course. The course focuses on the further development of their skills in using the language to engage with practical topics and situations, such as seeing a doctor, reading news, writing letters, and listening to music.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sonam Tsering
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• 4 points

A HISTORY OF CHINA IN 27 OBJECTS

This course introduces twenty-seven significant monuments and objects comprising a selective overview of 4000 years of traditional Chinese culture. Through these twenty-seven objects, we will think about historical currents, consider materials (clay, stone, bronze, lacquer, paper, silk, ink, and wood), how things were made, how these objects were used among the living, and why some of them were buried with the dead. Because analogy and metaphor is fundamental to Chinese language, we will examine visual symbols, auspicious imagery and rhetoric of resistance that had their origins in literature. The goal of the course is to raise awareness of visual clues in Chinese art and to establish basic visual literacy. After successfully completing this course you will be better able to articulate a research question, read more critically, write a visual analysis, and impress friends and family as you name a painting used in restaurant décor.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alfreda J Murck
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• 3 points

GANDHI & HIS INTERLOCUTORS

GANDHI & HIS INTERLOCUTERS

Gandhi is in two senses an extraordinary figure: he was the most important leader of anti-imperialist movements in the twentieth century; yet, his ideas about modernity, the state, the industrial economy, technology, humanity’s place in nature, the presence of God - were all highly idiosyncratic, sometimes at odds with the main trends of modern civilization. How did a man with such views come to have such an immense effect on history? In some ways, Gandhi is an excellent entry into the complex history of modern India - its contradictions, achievements, failures, possibilities. This course will be primarily a course on social theory, focusing on texts and discursive exchanges between various perceptions of modernity in India. It will have two parts: the first part will be based on reading Gandhi’s own writings; the second, on the writings of his main interlocutors. It is hoped that through these exchanges students will get a vivid picture of the intellectual ferment in modern India, and the main lines of social and political thought that define its intellectual culture. The study in this course can be followed up by taking related courses in Indian political thought, or Indian politics or modern history. This course may not be taken as Pass/D/Fail.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Sudipta Kaviraj
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• 4 points

INTRO TO CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to general theories and methods related to culture and diversity. The class will explore psychological and political underpinnings of culture and diversity, emphasizing social psychological approaches. Principal goals of the course will include developing critical thinking skills related to identity-based research. Students will learn basic knowledge of course topics through the textbook and lectures. This course will begin with an introduction to cultural psychology. During initial weeks, we will emphasize psychological theories that link culture to mental processes (i.e., affect, cognition, attitudes). Next, lectures will focus on specific topics that bridge cultural psychology and basics concepts related to multiculturalism. Topics include: group and identity formation, stereotyping, prejudice, stigma, and intergroup contact. Finally, the course will end with an interrogation of multiculturalism and psychological approaches to the study of diversity. The course will culminate in a group project where students apply their knowledge to critique community programs that are based on topics learned in the course.

• Department: Psychology
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Valerie J Purdie-Greenaway
  Wikipedia h-index: 29 Info
• 3 points

GANDHI & HIS INTERLOCUTORS-DIS

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• W 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 0 points

LATIN AMERICN CIVILIZATION II-DISC

MANDATORY Discussion Section for HIST UN 2661 Modern Latin American History (Latin American Civilization II). Students must also be registered for HIST UN 2661.

• Department: History
• M 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• W 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• F 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• F 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jose Moya
  CULPA: 19 h-index: 18 Info
• 0 points

LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION II

This course explores major themes in Latin American history from the independence period (ca 1810) to the present. We will hone in on Latin Americas “chronic” problems of social inequality, political polarization, authoritarianism, incomplete democratization, and troubled memory politics. The course covers economic, social, and cultural histories, and gives special weight to the transnational aspects of Latin American ideological struggles – from its dependency on Western capital to its ideological “inner Cold War” – and the way they influenced the subaltern strata of society. The section discussions are a crucial component of the course, and will focus on assigned historiography. While the lecture centers on constructing a cogent meta-narrative for Latin America’s modern era, in the section we will explore not only the historical “facts,” but will instead ask: how do historians know what they know about the past? What sources and analytic methods do they use to write history? And what ethical dilemmas do they confront when narrating politically-sensitive topics?

• Department: History
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Jose Moya
  CULPA: 19 h-index: 18 Info
• 4 points

Atlantic Slave Trade

The history of human trafficking in the Atlantic world from the first European slaving expeditions in the late fifteenth century down to the final forced crossings in the era of the U.S. Civil War.  Themes include captive taking in West Africa and its impact on West African societies, the commercial organization of the Atlantic slave trade in Europe and the Americas, and the experience of capture, exile, commodification, and survival of those shipped to the Americas.

• Department: History
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Christopher L Brown
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4-4.5 points

Atlantic Slave Trade - DISC

Required discussion section for HIST UN 2679 - The Atlantic Slave Trade

• Department: History
• R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• F 8:10 a.m.-9 a.m.
• F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Christopher L Brown
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 0 points

Frontiers of Justice

Frontiers of Justice is designed to encourage students and equip them with the skills to become active and effective “Change Agents” within their academic institutions and larger communities. Oriented by the question,
What does justice look like?
, this course aims to raise political and social awareness and engagement with the challenges facing New York City and strengthen ties between Columbia University, disadvantaged communities, and city government agencies and community organizations. Through sharing ideas about how to make structural and systemic change in ways that integrate science, law, politics, history, narrative and community engagement, the course is intended to support students in working to break down racial and ethnic barriers and toward a more fair and just society.

• Department: Psychology
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• 4 points

Frontiers of Justice Recitation

Frontiers Justice Recitat

Frontiers of Justice is designed to encourage students and equip them with the skills to become active and effective “Change Agents” within their academic institutions and larger communities. Oriented by the question,
What does justice look like?
, this course aims to raise political and social awareness and engagement with the challenges facing New York City and strengthen ties between Columbia University, disadvantaged communities, and city government agencies and community organizations. Through sharing ideas about how to make structural and systemic change in ways that integrate science, law, politics, history, narrative and community engagement, the course is intended to support students in working to break down racial and ethnic barriers and toward a more fair and just society.

• Department: Psychology
• R 11:40 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• F 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 0 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.

• Department: History
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tunc Sen
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• 4 points

PHOTOGRAPHY: PHOTO II

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1700) (Formerly R3702) With an emphasis on the student’s own creative practice, this course will expand on the technical and conceptual concerns first encountered in Intro to Photography. This course will explore critical issues in contemporary photography and advanced camera and production techniques through regular shooting assignments, demonstrations, critique, lectures, readings, and field trips.

• Department: Visual Arts
• TR 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Delphine A Fawundu
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• 3 points

PRE-COLUMBIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE

The Western Hemisphere was a setting for outstanding accomplishments in the visual arts for millennia before Europeans set foot in the so-called “New World.” This course explores the early indigenous artistic traditions of what is now Latin America, from early monuments of the formative periods (e.g. Olmec and Chavín), through acclaimed eras of aesthetic and technological achievement (e.g. Maya and Moche), to the later Inca and Aztec imperial periods. Our subject will encompass diverse genre including painting and sculpture, textiles and metalwork, architecture and performance. Attention will focus on the two cultural areas that traditionally have received the most attention from researchers: Mesoamerica (including what is today Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras) and the Central Andes (including Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia). We will also critically consider the drawing of those boundaries—both spatial and temporal—that have defined “Pre-Columbian” art history to date. More than a survey of periods, styles, and monuments, we will critically assess the varieties of evidence—archaeological, epigraphic, historical, ethnographic, and scientific—available for interpretations of ancient Latin American art and culture.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Trever
  CULPA: 2 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
• W 11:10 a.m.-noon
• W 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• F 8:10 a.m.-9 a.m.
• F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Tunc Sen
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• 0 points

INTERMEDIATE PERSIAN II

Prerequisites: MDES W1701-MDES W1702 or the equivalent. A general review of the essentials of grammar; practice in spoken and written Persian; Arabic elements in Persian; selected readings emphasizing Iranian life and culture; materials from Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Indari. 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
• Instructor: Saeed Honarmand
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• 4 points

ADVANCED LITERARY TIBETAN II

This course will focus on helping students gain greater profiency in reading Tibetan Buddhist philosophical and religious historical texts.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• F 8 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Pema Bhum
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• 4 points

INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIOU

INTRO NAT AMER RELIGIOUS

There are over 800 distinct Native American nations currently within the borders of the United States. This course offers a broad introduction to the diversity of American Indian religious systems and their larger functions in communities and in history. We will explore general themes in the study of Native American religious traditions as well as look at some specific examples of practices, ideas, and beliefs. Of particular importance are the history and effects of colonialism and missionization on Native peoples, their continuing struggles for religious freedom and cultural and linguistic survival, and the ways in which American Indians engage with religion and spirituality, both past and present, to respond to social, cultural, political, and geographical change.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• 3 points

ACCELERATED PHYSICS II

Prerequisites: PHYS UN2801 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
• Instructor: Norman H Christ
  CULPA: 34 Wikipedia Info
• 4.5 points

ACCELERATED PHYSICS II-REC

Required discussion section for PHYS UN2802 Accelerated Physics II.

• Department: Physics
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Norman H Christ
  CULPA: 34 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

VIETNAM IN THE WORLD

This course examines the history of Vietnam in the World and serves as a follow-up to ASCE UN1367: Introduction to East Asian Civilizations, Vietnam (though it is not a prerequisite). This course will explore Vietnam’s multifaceted relations with the wider world from the late 19th Century to present day as war – ranging from civil, imperial, global, decolonization, and superpower interventions – forged the modern imperial polity to the current nation-state.

• Department: History
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Lien-Hang Nguyen
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

DISC - VIETNAM IN THE WORLD

Required Discussion Section for HIST 2881 Vietnam in the World. Students must also register for HIST 2881.

• Department: History
• M 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• T 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Lien-Hang Nguyen
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 0 points

How China Became Chinese

HOW CHINA BECAME CHINESE

As a modern nation, China is proud of its deep cultural roots, often referencing its ‘5,000 years of continuous history’ as a point of pride in a world of much younger polities. Why only 5,000 years of history? Why was 3,000 BC the ‘beginning’ of China? What happened before then? This course introduces students to the ancient Chinese world before it was the Middle Kingdom. We will draw on archaeological evidence from the Upper Paleolithic to the Qin period to give voice to a complex social, political, and economic past unknown or unrecorded by the court historians of first dynasties. Finally, we will turn our attention to the present to examine how the study of Chinese prehistory has contributed to modern notions of a uniquely 'Chinese' culture – and how the notion of Chinesness has evolved through time.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Camilla Sturm
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

MASTERPIECES-INDIAN ART & ARCH

Introduction to 2000 years of art on the Indian subcontinent. The course covers the early art of Buddhism, rock-cut architecture of the Buddhists and Hindus, the development of the Hindu temple, Mughal and Rajput painting and architecture, art of the colonial period, and the emergence of the Modern.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Seher Agarwala
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• 4 points

DATA:PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Data-empowered algorithms are reshaping our professional, personal, and political realities, for good--and for bad. Data: Past, Present, and Future moves from the birth of statistics in the 18th century to the surveillance capitalism of the present day, covering racist eugenics, World War II cryptography, and creepy personalized advertising along the way. Rather than looking at ethics and history as separate from the science and engineering, the course integrates the teaching of algorithms and data manipulation with the political whirlwinds and ethical controversies from which those techniques emerged. We pair the introduction of technical developments with the shifting political and economic powers that encouraged and benefited from new capabilities. We couple primary and secondary readings on the history and ethics of data with computational work done largely with user-friendly Jupyter notebooks in Python.

• Department: History
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE MODERN TURKISH II

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 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ihsan Colak
  h-index: 3 Info
• 4 points

Social History of U.S. Public Health

SOCIAL HIST OF AMER PUB H

The purpose of this course is to provide students with an historical understanding of the role public health has played in American history. The underlying assumptions are that disease, and the ways we define disease, are simultaneously reflections of social and cultural values, as well as important factors in shaping those values. Also, it is maintained that the environments that we build determine the ways we live and die. The dread infectious and acute diseases in the nineteenth century, the chronic, degenerative conditions of the twentieth and the new, vaguely understood conditions rooted in a changing chemical and human-made environment are emblematic of the societies we created. Among the questions that will be addressed are: How does the health status of Americans reflect and shape our history? How do ideas about health reflect broader attitudes and values in American history and culture? How does the American experience with pain, disability, and disease affect our actions and lives? What are the responsibilities of the state and of the individual in preserving health? How have American institutions--from hospitals to unions to insurance companies--been shaped by changing longevity, experience with disability and death?

• Department: History
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: James K Colgrove
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 4 points

SOCIAL HIST OF AMER PUB HEALTH-DIS

Required Discussion Section for HSPB 2950 Social History of American Public Health. Students must also register for HSPB 2950.

• Department: History
• Instructor: James K Colgrove
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 0 points

Technology and US Politics - DISC

Tech and US Politics - DI

The course investigates the relation between politics and technology in the United States during the twentieth century. Following the telegraph, the radio, the computer, the internet, and online platforms, the course asks: how have Americans conceptualized the relation between technological developments and democratic ideals starting in the late nineteenth century? Are new technologies forms of control or of liberation? Do they enhance or curtail free speech? Has the public sphere been strengthened or weakened by new communication technologies? What has been the role of government regulation in the adoption of these technologies? Students will be introduced to foundational ideas and methodologies in the history of technology, focusing their attention on the relation between politics of technology.

• Department: History
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Alma Steingart
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 0 points

Technology and US Politics - DISC

Tech and US Politics - DI

The course investigates the relation between politics and technology in the United States during the twentieth century. Following the telegraph, the radio, the computer, the internet, and online platforms, the course asks: how have Americans conceptualized the relation between technological developments and democratic ideals starting in the late nineteenth century? Are new technologies forms of control or of liberation? Do they enhance or curtail free speech? Has the public sphere been strengthened or weakened by new communication technologies? What has been the role of government regulation in the adoption of these technologies? Students will be introduced to foundational ideas and methodologies in the history of technology, focusing their attention on the relation between politics of technology.

• Department: History
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• F 11:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Alma Steingart
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 0 points

Technology and US Politics

The course investigates the relation between politics and technology in the Unites States during the twentieth century. Following the telegraph, radio, the mainframe computer, the internet, and online platforms, the course asks how have Americans conceptualized the relation between technological developments and democratic ideals starting in the late nineteenth century? Are new technologies forms of control or of liberation? Do they enhance or curtail free speech? Has the public sphere been strengthened or weakened by new communication technologies? What has been the rule of government regulation in the adoption of these technologies? Students will be introduced to basic ideas and methodologies in the history of technology, while focusing on the relation between politics of technology.

• Department: History
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Alma Steingart
  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
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Zoe S Strother
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Frederique Baumgartner
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

THE ART OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN

An introduction to basic scientific and engineering principles used for the design of buildings, bridges, and other parts of the built infrastructure. Application of these principles to the analysis and design of a number of actual large-scale structures. Experimental verification of these principles through laboratory experiments. Coverage of the history of major structural design innovations and of the engineers who introduced them. Critical examination of the unique aesthetic/artistic perspectives inherent in structural design. Consideration of management, socioeconomic, and ethical issues involved in the design and construction of large-scale structures. Introduction to some recent developments in sustainable engineering, including green building design and adaptable structural systems.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: George Deodatis
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 42 Info
• 3 points

Do you read Jewish? From Yiddish, to Yin

From Yiddish to Yinglish

Historically, Yiddish literature and culture was produced and consumed by people who were usually bi-lingual or multi-lingual, living in societies with a different majority language. Today, when only a small number of people read Yiddish fluently, most Yiddish literature and culture is
consumed as translations or adaptations. Our course then, investigates, Yiddish literature and culture from the 20th and 21st centuries as a particularly fruitful site for thinking through questions of translation and adaptation theory by looking at writers such as I. B. Singer, and
products of popular culture such as the musical Fiddler on the Roof/Fidler afn dakh or the movie Yentl . Through these readings we will investigate questions such as: What translation strategies were necessary for the world of Yiddish-speaking Europe to enter the realm of American-Jewish
culture?

• Department: Germanic Languages
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sandra N Chiritescu
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• 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
• Instructor: Meredith Nettles
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 31 Info
• 1-3 points

THEORY AND CULTURE

Required of all majors. Introduces theories of culture particularly related to the Middle East, South Asia. and Africa. Theoretical debates on the nature and function of culture as a symbolic reading of human collectivities. Examines critical cultural studies of the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Enables students to articulate their emerging knowledge of Middle East, South Asian, and African cultures in a theoretically informed language.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gil Hochberg
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 14 Info
• 4 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 @Barnard
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Deborah Becher
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 4 Info
• 4 points

CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION

Conservation and preservation is an interdisciplinary study of earth materials, their transformation into art objects and architectural structures, and the philosophy and analytical techniques required to prepare conservation and preservation strategies for these objects and structures.  The course is Beyond Barnard being hands-on and field trip oriented with a focus on the Metropolitan Museum of Art and local geology and infrastructure.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• F 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Peter M Bower
  CULPA: 56 Info
• 3 points

LITERARY TEXTS & CRIT METHODS

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN3001 must also register for one of the sections of ENGL UN3011 Literary Texts, Critical Methods. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature. Students will read works from different genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction), drawn from the medieval period to the present day, learning the different interpretative techniques required by each. The course also introduces students to a variety of critical schools and approaches, with the aim both of familiarizing them with these methodologies in the work of other critics and of encouraging them to make use of different methods in their own critical writing. This course (together with the companion seminar ENGL UN3011) is a requirement for the English Major and Concentration. It should be taken as early as possible in a students career. Fulfillment of this requirement will be a factor in admission to seminars and to some lectures.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jenny M Davidson
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 4 points

TRANSATLANTIC TRANSLATION

Prerequisites: Application through Professor Laurie Postlewate. Previous translation course or experience required. A workshop in which students from the BC/CU community collaborate with a team of students from the École Normale Supérieure-Lyon on two translation projects. In addition to video-conferenced group sessions, students will work virtually with their translation partner in France, and consult in-person with their Barnard instructor.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS

Evolution of the theory and content of human rights; the ideology and impact of human rights movements; national and international human rights law and institutions; their application with attention to universality within states, including the U.S. and internationally.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew J Nathan
  CULPA: 44 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• 3 points

SYSTEMS AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

This course provides an in-depth examination of the physiological bases of behavior and the development, organization, and function of the nervous system. Specific topics include methods used in behavioral neuroscience, development of the nervous system, sensory and motor systems, homeostasis, sexual differentiation, biological rhythms, stress, learning and memory, psychopathology, and neurological disorders.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Russell D Romeo
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 3 points

Social Theory- DISC

SOCIAL THEORY- DISC

Prerequisites: SOCI UN3000 Discussion section for Social Theory (SOCI UN3000).

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• WF 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• TR 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Daria Franklin
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• Instructor: Xue Lian C Wang
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• 0 points

SENIOR THESIS

Prerequisites: the departments permission. Required for all thesis writers.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Barry G Bergdoll
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

CHOREOGRAPHING RACE

This course tells the history of race in 20th- and 21st-century America, indeed queries the very concept of race, by focusing on contributions by artists of color to a range of dance forms, including ballet, movie musicals, music videos, and experimental dance. How does dance express everything from “yellow peril,” to red power, to black joy? How do specific choreographies help produce racial and ethnic identities? In exploring these questions, the course treats “choreography” as a broad conceptual category illuminating the role of moving bodies in histories of immigration and segregation, empowerment and civil rights, and shows what new vantages the study of choreography can contribute to critical race theory.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Seth S Williams
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points