CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE - CLASSICAL
The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various classical ensembles and study with some of the most renowned chamber musicians in New York City. An audition is required.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Richard W Rood
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Instructor:
Susan Rotholz
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PILATES MAT
A Pilates-based mat exercises class to strengthen core (abs, back and hips) and sculpting techniques for entire body using various equipment. Emphasis on proper breathing and alignment.
- Department: Physical Education @Barnard
- MW 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- TR 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- TR 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Talese Hunt
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Instructor:
Cynthia Lanzas
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Instructor:
Selma Trevino
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Instructor:
Cynthia Lanzas
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Functional Fitness
FUNCTIONAL FITNESS
A fitness course focused on multi-joint full body exercises to increase one’s functional capacity in daily life. Movement patterns such as the squat, hip hinge, push, and pull will be covered. Exercises are performed in all planes of motion with equipment such as kettlebells, sandbags, TRX bands, and medicine balls. This course is designed for all fitness levels and will gradually progress all students to reach an increased level of strength.
- Department: Physical Education @Barnard
- MW 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Melanie Rodriguez
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COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL
JAZZ ENSEMBLE - VOCAL JAZZ
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various jazz ensembles, both large and small, instrumental and vocal, that cover a wide range of musical ensembles. All ensembles perform at an intermediate level or higher and require some past jazz experience.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Christine Correa
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COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL
JAZZ ENSEMBLE - PIANO TRIO
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various jazz ensembles, both large and small, instrumental and vocal, that cover a wide range of musical ensembles. All ensembles perform at an intermediate level or higher and require some past jazz experience.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Victor J Lin
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COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL
JAZZ ENSEMBLE
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various jazz ensembles, both large and small, instrumental and vocal, that cover a wide range of musical ensembles. All ensembles perform at an intermediate level or higher and require some past jazz experience.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Leo Traversa
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COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL
COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBLE
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various jazz ensembles, both large and small, instrumental and vocal, that cover a wide range of musical ensembles. All ensembles perform at an intermediate level or higher and require some past jazz experience.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Vince Cherico
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Instructor:
Victor J Lin
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COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL
JAZZ ENSEMBLE - FREE JAZZ
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various jazz ensembles, both large and small, instrumental and vocal, that cover a wide range of musical ensembles. All ensembles perform at an intermediate level or higher and require some past jazz experience.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Ole Mathisen
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COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various jazz ensembles, both large and small, instrumental and vocal, that cover a wide range of musical ensembles. All ensembles perform at an intermediate level or higher and require some past jazz experience.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Laubrock Ingrid
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COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL
COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBLE
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various jazz ensembles, both large and small, instrumental and vocal, that cover a wide range of musical ensembles. All ensembles perform at an intermediate level or higher and require some past jazz experience.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Paul Bollenback
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Instructor:
Don Sickler
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COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL
JAZZ ENSEMBLE - BIG BAND
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various jazz ensembles, both large and small, instrumental and vocal, that cover a wide range of musical ensembles. All ensembles perform at an intermediate level or higher and require some past jazz experience.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Ole Mathisen
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COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various jazz ensembles, both large and small, instrumental and vocal, that cover a wide range of musical ensembles. All ensembles perform at an intermediate level or higher and require some past jazz experience.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
John David Gibson
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WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE
BLUEGRASS ENSEMBLE
In collaboration with the Center for Ethnomusicology, MESAAS, Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various world music ensembles: Arab Music, Bluegrass, Japanese Gagaku/Hogaku, Klezmer and Latin American Music. Each ensemble requires different levels of experience, so please refer to the World Music section of the Music Performance Program website for more info. Please note the Latin American Music Ensemble focuses on two different Latin music traditions: The Afro-Cuban Ensemble meets in the Fall and the Brazilian Ensemble meets in the Spring.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
James L Kerr
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WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE
GAGAKU
In collaboration with the Center for Ethnomusicology, MESAAS, Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various world music ensembles: Arab Music, Bluegrass, Japanese Gagaku/Hogaku, Klezmer and Latin American Music. Each ensemble requires different levels of experience, so please refer to the World Music section of the Music Performance Program website for more info. Please note the Latin American Music Ensemble focuses on two different Latin music traditions: The Afro-Cuban Ensemble meets in the Fall and the Brazilian Ensemble meets in the Spring.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Alicia Lindsey
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WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE
HOGAKU: SHAKUHACHI
In collaboration with the Center for Ethnomusicology, MESAAS, Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various world music ensembles: Arab Music, Bluegrass, Japanese Gagaku/Hogaku, Klezmer and Latin American Music. Each ensemble requires different levels of experience, so please refer to the World Music section of the Music Performance Program website for more info. Please note the Latin American Music Ensemble focuses on two different Latin music traditions: The Afro-Cuban Ensemble meets in the Fall and the Brazilian Ensemble meets in the Spring.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Elizabeth Brown
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WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE
HOGAKU: KOTO
In collaboration with the Center for Ethnomusicology, MESAAS, Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various world music ensembles: Arab Music, Bluegrass, Japanese Gagaku/Hogaku, Klezmer and Latin American Music. Each ensemble requires different levels of experience, so please refer to the World Music section of the Music Performance Program website for more info. Please note the Latin American Music Ensemble focuses on two different Latin music traditions: The Afro-Cuban Ensemble meets in the Fall and the Brazilian Ensemble meets in the Spring.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Yumi Kurosawa
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WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE
KLEZMER ENSEMBLE
In collaboration with the Center for Ethnomusicology, MESAAS, Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various world music ensembles: Arab Music, Bluegrass, Japanese Gagaku/Hogaku, Klezmer and Latin American Music. Each ensemble requires different levels of experience, so please refer to the World Music section of the Music Performance Program website for more info. Please note the Latin American Music Ensemble focuses on two different Latin music traditions: The Afro-Cuban Ensemble meets in the Fall and the Brazilian Ensemble meets in the Spring.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Jeff Warschauer
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WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE
BRAZILIAN ENSEMBLE
In collaboration with the Center for Ethnomusicology, MESAAS, Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various world music ensembles: Arab Music, Bluegrass, Japanese Gagaku/Hogaku, Klezmer and Latin American Music. Each ensemble requires different levels of experience, so please refer to the World Music section of the Music Performance Program website for more info. Please note the Latin American Music Ensemble focuses on two different Latin music traditions: The Afro-Cuban Ensemble meets in the Fall and the Brazilian Ensemble meets in the Spring.
- Department: Music
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WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE
ARAB MUSIC ENSEMBLE
In collaboration with the Center for Ethnomusicology, MESAAS, Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various world music ensembles: Arab Music, Bluegrass, Japanese Gagaku/Hogaku, Klezmer and Latin American Music. Each ensemble requires different levels of experience, so please refer to the World Music section of the Music Performance Program website for more info. Please note the Latin American Music Ensemble focuses on two different Latin music traditions: The Afro-Cuban Ensemble meets in the Fall and the Brazilian Ensemble meets in the Spring.
- Department: Music
- R 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
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Instructor:
Taoufik Ben-Amor
CULPA: 11
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BODY SCULPTING
This course focuses on strength and endurance exercises using hand weights, resistance bands, body bars, gliding discs and balls. Muscle toning exercises are discussed and practiced in detail to develop muscle definition for the upper and lower body. Emphasis is placed on correct body placement. Informative coloring sessions enhance the physical learning. Instruction in stretching technique included.
- Department: Physical Education @Barnard
- MW 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- TR 8 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
- TR 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Laura Masone
CULPA: 4
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BARNARD-COLUMBIA CHORUS II
Prerequisites: auditions by appointment made at first meeting. Contact Barnard College, Department of Music (854-5096). Membership in the chorus is open to all men and women in the University community. The chorus gives several public concerts each season, both on and off campus, often with other performing organizations. Sight-singing sessions offered. The repertory includes works from all periods of music literature. Students who register for chorus will receive a maximum of 4 points for four or more semesters.
- Department: Music @Barnard
- TR 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gail R Archer
CULPA: 24
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BARNARD-COLUMBIA-CHAMBR SINGER
BARNARD-COLUMBIA CHAMBR SINGER
Prerequisites: contact Barnard College, Department of Music (854-5096). Membership in the chorus is open to all men and women in the University community. The chorus gives several public concerts each season, both on and off campus, often with other performing organizations. Sight-singing sessions offered. The repertory includes works from all periods of music literature.
- Department: Music @Barnard
- TR 8 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gail R Archer
CULPA: 24
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REACTING TO THE PAST
In these seminars, students play complex historical role-playing games informed by classic texts. After an initial set-up phase, class sessions are run by students. These seminars are speaking- and writing-intensive, as students pursue their assigned roles objectives by convincing classmates of their views. Examples of games played in First-Year Seminar Reacting class include: 1) The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. explores a pivotal moment following the defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War, when democrats sought to restore democracy while critics, including the supporters of Socrates, proposed alternatives. The key text is Plato's Republic. 2)
Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor
examines a dispute between Confucian purists and pragmatists within the Hanlin Academy, the highest echelon of the Ming bureaucracy, taking
Analects
of Confucius as the central text. 3)
The Trial of Anne Hutchinson
revisits a conflict that pitted Puritan dissenter Anne Hutchinson and her supporters against Massachusetts Governor John Winthrop and the orthodox ministers of New England. Students work with testimony from Hutchinsons trial as well as the Bible and other texts. 4)
Greenwich Village, 1913: Suffrage, Labor and the New Woman
investigates the struggle between radical labor activists and woman suffragists for the hearts and minds of Bohemians, drawing on foundational works by Marx, Freud, Mary Wollstonecraft, and others.
- Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jennifer L Worth
CULPA: 4
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- 3 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
This introductory course surveys key topics in the study of international politics, including the causes of war and peace; the efficacy of international law and human rights; the origins of international development and underdevelopment; the politics of global environmental protection; and the future of US-China relations. Throughout the course, we will focus on the
interests
of the many actors of world politics, including states, politicians, firms, bureaucracies, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations; the
interactions
between them; and the
institutions
in which they operate. By the end of the semester, students will be better equipped to systematically study international relations and make informed contributions to critical policy debates.
- Department: Political Science
- MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jayme R Schlesinger
Info - 4 points
FIRST YEAR MODERN COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN II
FIRST YEAR MODERN C TIBET
This is an introductory course and no previous knowledge is required. It focuses on developing basic abilities to speak as well as to read and write in modern Tibetan, Lhasa dialect. Students are also introduced to modern Tibetan studies through selected readings and guest lectures.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MTWR 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sonam Tsering
Info - 5 points
ELEMENTARY HINDI-URDU II
An introduction to the most widely spoken language of South Asia. Along with an understanding of the grammar, the course offers practice in listening and speaking. The Hindi (Devanagari) script is used for reading and writing. 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.
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Instructor:
Timsal Masud
Info - 5 points
PHYSICS II: THERMO, ELEC & MAG
Prerequisites: PHYS UN1601 Corequisite: MATH UN1201 or equivalent. Temperature and heat, gas laws, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, electric fields, direct currents, magnetic fields, alternating currents, electromagnetic waves. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields.
- Department: Physics
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kerstin M Perez
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PHYSICS II:THERMO,ELEC/MAG-REC
- Department: Physics
- T 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- T 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- W 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
- R 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kerstin M Perez
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HINDI FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS II
This is an accelerated course for students of South Asian origin who already possess a knowledge of basic vocabulary and limited speaking and listening skills in Hindi. They may not have sufficient skills in reading and writing but are able to converse on familiar topics such as: self, family, likes, dislikes and immediate surroundings. This course will focus on developing knowledge of the basic grammar of Hindi and vocabulary enrichment by exposing students to a variety of cultural and social topics related to aspects of daily life; and formal and informal registers. Students will be able to read and discuss simple texts and write about a variety of everyday topics by the end of the semester. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Rakesh Ranjan
CULPA: 6
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- 5 points
STATISTCS-BEHAVIORL SCIENTISTS
Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001 or PSYC UN1010 Recommended preparation: one course in behavioral science and knowledge of high school algebra. Corequisites: PSYC UN1611 Introduction to statistics that concentrates on problems from the behavioral sciences.
- Department: Psychology
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Christopher Baldassano
h-index: 13 Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS-DISC
This is the required discussion section for POLS UN1601.
- Department: Political Science
- W 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- W 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- M 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- T 11:10 a.m.-noon
- T 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
- M 11:10 a.m.-noon
- M 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
- M 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- M 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jonathan Panter
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STATISTCS-BEHAV SCIENTISTS-LAB
Corequisites: PSYC UN1610 Required lab section for PSYC UN1610.
- Department: Psychology
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Christopher Baldassano
h-index: 13 Info - 0 points
STATISTCS-BEHAV SCIENTISTS-LAB
Corequisites: PSYC UN1610 Required lab section for PSYC UN1610.
- Department: Psychology
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Christopher Baldassano
h-index: 13 Info - 0 points
Religion and the History of Hip Hop
Religion and Hip Hop Hist
This is an undergraduate lecture course introducing students to the study of religion through an engagement with the history of hip hop music. More specifically, this course is organized chronologically to narrate a history of religion in the United States (circa 1970 to the present day) by mapping the ways that a variety of religious ideas and practices have animated rap music’s evolution and expansion during this time period. While there are no required prerequisites for the course, prior coursework in religious studies, African American studies, and/or popular music is helpful.
- Department: Religion
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- 4 points
Religion and the History of Hip Hop - Di
Reli and Hip Hop History-
This is an undergraduate lecture course introducing students to the study of religion through an engagement with the history of hip hop music. More specifically, this course is organized chronologically to narrate a history of religion in the United States (circa 1970 to the present day) by mapping the ways that a variety of religious ideas and practices have animated rap music’s evolution and expansion during this time period. While there are no required prerequisites for the course, prior coursework in religious studies, African American studies, and/or popular music is helpful.
- Department: Religion
- W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- 0 points
Religion and the History of Hip Hop - Di
Reli and Hip Hop History-
This is an undergraduate lecture course introducing students to the study of religion through an engagement with the history of hip hop music. More specifically, this course is organized chronologically to narrate a history of religion in the United States (circa 1970 to the present day) by mapping the ways that a variety of religious ideas and practices have animated rap music’s evolution and expansion during this time period. While there are no required prerequisites for the course, prior coursework in religious studies, African American studies, and/or popular music is helpful.
- Department: Religion
- W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- R 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- R 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
- R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- 0 points
URDU FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS II
Prerequisite
: one semester of prior coursework in Urdu for Heritage Speakers I (UN1615) in the Fall semester, or the instructor’s permission. This is an accelerated
course for students of South Asian origin who already possess a knowledge of basic vocabulary and limited speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in Urdu. For instance, they should be able to converse, comprehend, read and write on familiar topics in Urdu such as: self, family, likes, dislikes and immediate surroundings. This course will focus on developing knowledge of the basic grammar of Urdu and vocabulary enrichment by exposing students to a variety of cultural and social topics related to aspects of daily life; and formal and informal registers. Students will be able to read and discuss simple Urdu texts and write about a variety of everyday topics by the end of the semester. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Aftab Ahmad
CULPA: 12
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- 5 points
TAI CHI
This series of classes will provice the practice of Tai Chi Chuan as a moving meditation and health maintenance exercise. This process involves both physical and nonphysical work and introduces Tai Chi as an exercise of consciousness. There will also be recommended reading selections in the history and philosophical underpinnings of Tai Chi. No pre-requisite for this course. Each class will consist of physical practice of the Tai Chi sequence of movements/postures, also discussion including history of and principles of Tai Chi.
- Department: Physical Education @Barnard
- MW 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Stephen Shulman
Info - 1 points
BEGINNING YOGA
An introduction to Hatha Yoga focusing on the development of the physical body to increase flexibility and strength. Breathing practices and meditation techniques that relax and revitalize the mind and body are included.
- Department: Physical Education @Barnard
- MW 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
- MW 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- TR 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Cynthia Lanzas
Info - 1 points
YOGA/MEDITATION
This course includes an introduction to Hatha Yoga, which focuses on the development of the physical body through asanas, or poses, and classic meditation and relaxation techniques. Regular meditation practice at home is required.
- Department: Physical Education @Barnard
- TR 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lisa K Northrop
CULPA: 8
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- 1 points
Intro Darkroom Photography
Introductory course to analog photographic tools, techniques, and photo criticism. This class explores black & white, analog camera photography and darkroom processing and printing. Areascovered include camera operations, black and white darkroom work, 8x10 print production, and critique. With an emphasis on the student’s own creative practice, this course will explore the basics of photography and its history through regular shooting assignments, demonstrations, critique, lectures, and readings. No prior photography experience is required.
- Department: Visual Arts
- MW 9:30 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Delphine A Fawundu
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
ELEMENTARY PERSIAN II
An introduction to the spoken and written language of contemporary Iran. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MTWR 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Saeed Honarmand
Info - 4 points
INTRO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Since Walter Benjamin’s concept of “work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction” (1935), photography has been continuously changed by mechanical, and then digital, means of image capture and processing. This class explores the history of the image, as a global phenomenon that accompanied industrialization, conflict, racial reckonings, and decolonization. Students will study case studies, read critical essays, and get hands-on training in capture, workflow, editing, output, and display formats using digital equipment (e.g., DSLR camera) and software (e.g., Lightroom, Photoshop, Scanning Software). Students will complete weekly assignments, a midterm project, and a final project based on research and shooting assignments. No Prerequisites and no equipment needed. All enrolled students will be able to check out Canon EOS 5D DSLR Camera; receive an Adobe Creative Cloud license; and get access to Large Format Print service.
- Department: Visual Arts
- TR 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Karen Dias
Info - 3 points
AI & PHOTOGRAPHY
Artificial Intelligence P
As far back as Walter Benjamin’s “work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction” (1935), photography has always been challenged by
mechanical means
of image processing. Photographers and Institutions have first resisted and then (mostly) embraced each of these changes. This class explores Artificial Intelligence Photography as the latest in a series of earthquakes in the history of the photographic image, accompanying the desires of business, globalization, and science. This class seeks an ethically guided, globally representative model for photography and artificial intelligence. Debates around authorship and creativity (e.g., Supreme Court case with Andy Warhol) now face a radically new context of an “authorless” photograph. As crowdsourced imagemaking begins, the bias of massive datasets have taken techno-utopians by surprise, underlining that the task of building an equitable image-bank of the world cannot be left to algorithms and entrepreneurs. This class will explore the ethics and aesthetics of Artificial Intelligence and Imagery. There will be equal emphasis on reading and writing papers, as there will be on learning new software and tools.
- Department: Visual Arts
- MW 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Naeem Mohaiemen
Wikipedia h-index: 8 Info - 3 points
INTRO AFRICAN HISTORY-DISCUSSION
INTRO TO AFRICAN HISTORY-DISC
- Department: History @Barnard
- W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points
Artful Adaptations
ARTFUL ADAPTATIONS
Can the violent fantasies of a fairytale shape romantic comedy? Can dance tell the same story as classical tragedy? What does Bollywood have to do with Renaissance England? Can ancient mythology animate American slave narrative? As biologists ask why does life appear in such a dazzling array of forms, this class asks why do certain stories get told and retold in such a dazzling array of varieties? Using as possible textual anchors Snow White, Medea, and Romeo and Juliet, this course will explore poems, short stories, plays, novels, paintings, films, musicals, dance, illustration, advertisement, song, memes, and other cultural objects to consider the accretion of meaning that results when stories cross, historical, cultural, and generic borders.
- Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Monica F Cohen
CULPA: 8
Info
- 3 points
From Epic Hero To Superhero
FROM EPIC HERO TO SUPERHE
The enormous box office success of recent moves like Avengers: Endgame, Wonder Woman and the Batman franchise attests to our present societal fascination with heroes. Yet this fascination is a millennia-old phenomena. Gilgamesh, one of the oldest surviving literary works in the world, tells the story of a great hero and his accomplishments. What accounts for the enduring appeal of heroes throughout history, across cultures and in different forms of media? What connects ancient epic heroes like Gilgamesh to modern superheroes like Batman? This seminar will seek answers to these questions by comparatively studying a range of artistic texts depicting heroes. Course readings will include Gilgamesh, Beowulf, Gladiator, The Dark Knight Returns, as well as studies by Marco Arnaudo, Joseph Campbell and Grant Morrison, among others.
- Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Benjamin M Breyer
CULPA: 13
Info
- 3 points
Dead and Undead (Wkshop)
DEAD AND UNDEAD (WKSHOP)
What does it mean to be dead? Why the fascination—across time and culture—with conceiving of ways in which the dead can become un-dead? And how is being undead different from being alive? To investigate and trouble the boundaries between life and death (and un-death), we will analyze works from various genres and media, discussing near-death experiences, beating-heart cadavers, and a range of figures including zombies, ghosts, and other revenants. Objects of study include texts by Zora Neale Hurston, Ovid, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, Nalo Hopkinson, and Mary Shelley; music by Camille Saint-Saëns; artwork by Hans Holbein and Breughel; television and film (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie); and more.
NOTE: This 4-credit version of First-Year Seminar (FYS)—FYS “Workshop”—is specially designed for students who believe they would benefit from extra support with their critical reading and academic writing skills. In addition to regular seminar meetings twice per week, students are assigned a Writing Fellow who they meet with for one hour every other week. APPLICATION REQUIRED BY THURSDAY, 11/7 @ 5PM:
https://forms.gle/FNjftqoHRSQTQUSW9
- Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Penelope Usher
Info - 4 points
Creativity and Inspiration
CREATIVITY AND INSPIRATIO
Where do creative ideas come from? The Muses, according to Plato. The unconscious, according to some later thinkers. One thing both answers share is the thought that creative ideas come from something “other than” or “not controlled by” the creator – or, as we’ll put it, that creativity requires inspiration. In this class, we will explore this and related ideas in Western thinking about creativity. In doing so, we’ll examine how creative people themselves, from painters to mathematicians, have described their own creative process and experiences. We’ll examine approaches to creativity from the Taoist tradition, comparing them with the Western approaches that will be our main focus. At the end of the class, we’ll think about whether computer programs can be creative, and what it might mean for claims about inspiration if they can be. Readings will include selections from Simone de Beauvoir, Margaret Boden, Chung-yuan Chang, bell hooks, Sigmund Freud, Immanuel Kant, Iris Murdoch, Martha Nussbaum, and others.
- Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Christopher P Prodoehl
Info - 3 points
Dreamstories
DREAMSTORIES
The complex relationship between dreaming and narrative storytelling is as contemporary as it is ancient. In this first-year seminar, we will examine Greco-Roman, medieval, modern, and postmodern representations of dreaming in literature, philosophy and film - texts that range from classical epic (Homer, Virgil) through medieval allegory (Dante, Machaut) to psychoanalysis (Freud and his contemporaries), queer metafiction (Winterson, Sarduy, Lynch), and beyond. We will consider among other topics how dreams raise fundamental questions about being, memory, desire, interpretation, and Utopian politics. Students will practice critical writing and discussion, and also have the opportunity to engage their own dreams and fantasies both analytically and creatively.
- Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Eugene A Petracca
Info - 3 points
LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
An introductory course intended primarily for nonscience majors. This interdisciplinary course focuses on the subject of LIfe in the Universe. We will study historical astronomy, gravitation and planetary orbits, the origin of the chemical elements, the discoveries of extrasolar planets, the origin of life on Earth, the evolution and exploration of the Solar Systen, global climate change on Venus, Mars and Earth, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life (SETI).
You cannot receive credit for this course and for ASTR UN1403 or ASTR UN1453.
Can be paired with the optional Lab class ASTR UN1903.
- Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Nicholas M Luber
Info - 3 points
Border Stories (Wkshop)
BORDER STORIES (WKSHOP)
The topic of this Seminar course takes an interdisciplinary approach to thinking about, and traversing, the constructs of the border. The U.S.- Mexico border delimits more than nations; it is both a political and a social geography, marked by bodies of water, mountains, walls, ideologies, repression, and resistance. The crisis currently taking place at the border is an unfolding story with many narrators. We will study literary texts: fiction, poetry, and memoir written by those who know the border, and borderlands, intimately. We will also engage histories, social movement doctrine, and media coverage to mine the stories they tell.
NOTE: This 4-credit version of First-Year Seminar (FYS)—FYS “Workshop”—is specially designed for students who believe they would benefit from extra support with their critical reading and academic writing skills. In addition to regular seminar meetings twice per week, students are assigned a Writing Fellow who they meet with for one hour every other week. APPLICATION REQUIRED BY THURSDAY, 11/7 @ 5PM:
https://forms.gle/FNjftqoHRSQTQUSW9
- Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Francesca E Austin Ochoa
Info - 4 points
The Secret Life of Stuff
THE SECRET LIFE OF STUFF
“It has a mind of its own,” we shriek as the TV channels change without our input or the garage door opens when no one is home. Things can spark joy, grant authority, lead to our demise, and reveal our deepest secrets. They mediate social relationships, define political alliances, and provide economic opportunities. Sometimes it is not the presence of things but their absence – a misplaced phone, an expired passport, a childhood home – that more keenly shapes our reality. While people make objects, objects also make people.
This class will investigate the secret life of stuff, from maps to cups and buildings to body parts, to explore how inanimate objects can be seen to have an agency and power of their own. Our discussions will draw on a wide array of authors from a variety of fields, including Bill Brown, Martin Heidigger, Anni Albers, Neel Ahuja, Katherine Ott, Bruno Latour, Donna Haraway, and Anna Tsing. To accompany these texts, we will also turn to other, less traditional sources of information, from podcasts to museum exhibits and our own personal histories with things.
- Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Camilla Sturm
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points