SHORELINES AND STREAMS

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Four required field trips that take a substantial portion of the day.
An interdisciplinary study of shoreline processes, the larger ecosystems of which they are a part, and the geologic events and human impacts that have brought them through time to their current state. A problem-oriented, field-methods course, providing hands-on experience with tools and observational methods in a variety of outdoor environments. Involves sampling and measurement techniques for rocks and minerals, fossils, water, soil, flora, and fauna, as well as field and laboratory work, data interpretation and analysis, and the creation of a sample collection. Emphasis on the writing process through the reading of Rachel Carson's
The Edge of the Sea
, a daylong field trip to Montauk Point, and the writing of a term essay on the natural history and origin of a grain of garnet found at the top of the dune at Napeague Bay.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• F 8:40 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Peter M Bower
  CULPA: 56 Info
• 3 points

LABORATORY IN MATERIALS SCI II

Metallographic sample preparation, optical microscopy, quantitative metallography, hardness and tensile testing, plastic deformation, annealing, phase diagrams, brittle fracture of glass, temperature and strain-rate dependent deformation of polymers; written and oral reports. This is the second of a two-semester sequence materials laboratory course.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• M 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Seung-Yub Lee
  Info
• 3 points

DAILY LIFE

• Department: Writing
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: John D Cotner
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ORAL FRENCH

Prerequisites: At least one French course after completion of the language requirement and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12 students.
Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Boyman
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

ECONOMETRICS

Prerequisites: ECON BC3033 or ECON BC3035, and ECON BC2411 or STAT W1111 or STAT W1211, or permission of the instructor.
Specification, estimation and evaluation of economic relationships using economic theory, data, and statistical inference; testable implications of economic theories; econometric analysis of topics such as consumption, investment, wages and unemployment, and financial markets.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Anja Tolonen
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 8 Info
• 4 points

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING II

Prerequisites: with instructor's permission.
Corequisites: BMEN E3820,BMEN E4002
Various concepts within the field of biomedical engineering, foundational knowledge of engineering methodology applied to biological and/or medical problems through modules in biomechanics, bioinstrumentation, and biomedical Imaging.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Clark T Hung
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info
• 3 points

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

INTRDISC STDIES:HOLOCAUST CIN

We will explore how films from a variety of countries--notably Germany, Poland, France, Italy and the U.S.--have attempted to grapple with the legacy of the Shoah. Through close reading of such motion pictures as THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET, THE PAWNBROKER, SEVEN BEAUTIES, PARTISANS OF VILNA, KORCZAK and GENGHIS COHN, we will discuss the possibilities and limitations of Holocaust representation onscreen.

• Department: Film
• T 2 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Annette Insdorf
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

NUMBER THEORY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY

Prerequisite: One year of Calculus. Congruences. Primitive roots. Quadratic residues. Contemporary applications.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Bogwang Jeon
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Designed to provide students with an understanding of the fundamental marketing concepts and their application by business and non-business organizations. The goal is to expose students to these concepts as they are used in a wide variety of settings, including consumer goods firms, manufacturing and service industries, and small and large businesses. The course gives an overview of marketing strategy issues, elements of a market (company, customers, and competition), as well as the fundamental elements of the marketing mix (product, price, placement/distribution, and promotion).

• Department: Columbia College
• R 2:40 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
• 3 points

THE GREEK INVENTION OF HISTORY

• Department: History
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Richard A Billows
  CULPA: 40 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

MAJOR FRENCH TEXTS II

Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the language requirement or the equivalent. FREN BC3021 may be taken for credit without completion of FREN BC3022.
The Age of Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, and Symbolism.

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian D O'Keeffe
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 3 points

NEUROGENETICS

This course provides an introduction to Neurogenetics, which studies the role of genetics in the development and function of the nervous system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurogenetics). The course will be focused on teaching classic and contemporary concepts in genetics and neuroscience, rather than cataloguing mere facts. The course will emphasize the discovery processes, historical figures involved in these processes and methodologies of discovery. Primary research papers will be discussed in detail. A central organizational theme of the course is the presence of a common thread and narrative throughout the course. The common thread is an invertebrate model system, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, which serves as a paradigm to show how simple genetic model systems have informed our view on the genetics of nervous system development and function. The ultimate goal of this course is to gain an understanding of the underlying principles of how the nervous system of one specific animal species forms, from beginning to end. The course is intended for neuroscience-inclined students (e.g. neuroscience majors) who want to learn about how genetic approaches have informed our understanding of brain development and function and, vice versa, for students with an interest in molecular biology and genetics, who want to learn about key problems in neuroscience and how genetic approaches can address them.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Oliver Hobert
  h-index: 77 Info
• 3 points

FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211, W3213
and
STAT 1201
.
Institutional nature and economic function of financial markets. Emphasis on both domestic and international markets (debt, stock, foreign exchange, eurobond, eurocurrency, futures, options, and others). Principles of security pricing and portfolio management; the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis.

• Department: Economics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sally M Davidson
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

BIRD,PLANT &LAND-USE; DYNAMICS

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 12 students. Permission of the instructor required.
This class looks at the response of wildlife (birds and plants) to climate change and land-use issues from the end of the last glaciation to the present. We visit wildlife refuges along a rural-suburban-urban gradient in order to observe and measure the role refuges play in conservation.  Case study topics are:  (1) land-use change over time:  a paleoenvironmental perspective, (2) environmental transformations:  impact of exotic and invasive plants and birds on local environments and (3) migration of Neotropical songbirds between their wintering and breeding grounds:  land-use, crisis and conservation.  Format:  lecture, student presentations, field trips and data collection/analysis.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
  CULPA: 14 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

ECONOMICS OF INEQUALITY

This course introduces students to measurement, analysis, causes, and implications of income inequality. We first discuss why inequality is important from a philosophical and political point of view. We then turn to the question of how to measure income inequality and the trend in income inequality in the United States, other countries, and the world. As it turns out, individuals' perception of inequality is different than the officially reported measures. We discuss why such discrepancy exists. Lastly, we turn to the question of inequality of opportunity in relation to inequality of outcome and argue some main theories related to that.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Aboozar Hadavand
  Info
• 3 points

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Introduction to partial differential equations. First-order equations. Linear second-order equations; separation of variables, solution by series expansions. Boundary value problems.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Simon Brendle
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB II

Experiments in engineering and physical phenomena: aerofoil lift and drag in wind tunnels, laser Doppler anemometry in immersed fluidic channels, supersonic flow and shock waves, Rankine thermodynamical cycle for power generation, and structural truss mechanics and analysis.. A lab fee of $50.00 is collected.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• MW 1:10 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Qiao Lin
  h-index: 41 Info
• 3 points

EMPIRICAL APPROACHES DEVLPMNT

EMPIRICAL DEVEL ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON BC3035 or ECON BC3033 and Econometrics, or permission of the instructor.
Examination of new challenges in the global economy from unequal income distribution and poor institutions to health epidemics and natural disasters. Accessing and analyzing real-time and historic data to understand the current global economy.  Applied econometric techniques.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anja Tolonen
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC

This course focuses on a central question: how do we define “African-American music”? In attempting to answer this question, we will be thinking through concepts such as authenticity, representation, recognition, cultural ownership, appropriation, and origin(s). These concepts have structured the ways in which critics, musicians and audiences have addressed the various social, political and aesthetic contexts in which African-American music has been composed (produced), performed (re-produced) and heard (consumed).

• Department: African-American Studies, Institute for Research in
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin Fellezs
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

This course examines the past, present and future of political cartooning, satire and protest art. The work presented will be chosen for its unique ability to demonstrate the inflammatory effect of humor, uncensored commentary and critical thinking on a society so often perplexed by artistic free expression and radicalized creative candor.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Dwayne Booth
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

IMAGERY AND FORM IN THE ARTS

Operation of imagery and form in dance, music, theater, visual arts and writing; students are expected to do original work in one of these arts. Concepts in contemporary art will be explored.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• M 4 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Joan Snitzer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

GENETICS

Prerequisites:
BIOL C2005-C2006
or the equivalent.
General genetics course focused on basic principles of transmission genetics and the application of genetic approaches to the study of biological function. Principles will be illustrated using classical and contemporary examples from prokaryote and eukaryote organisms, and the experimental discoveries at their foundation will be featured. Applications will include genetic approaches to studying animal development and human diseases. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar.
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pd

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

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EDUCAT

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. Course enrollment will be determined after the first class meeting; application is available on CourseWorks.,,Open to all students; preference given to Urban Teaching, Education Studies and Urban Studies students.
Contemporary Issues in Education is an introduction to the range of intellectual dilemmas that are a part of American schooling through the illumination of the various social, philosophical, economic, and institutional forces that shape the learning environment. The topics serve to promote critical thought of educational dilemmas stemming from issues such as power and authority, the intersection of race, gender, socio-economic inequity, and challenges that confront students such as identity, marginalization and resiliency. This course is open to all students interested in investigating one’s best “fit” in the education realm, which may include classroom teaching, educational policy, reform, and NGO-based involvement.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Kelly G Zuckerman
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDTE MACROECONOMC THEORY

Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics and a functioning knowledge of high school algebra and analytical geometry or permission of the instructor.
Systematic exposition of current macroeconomic theories of unemployment, inflation, and international financial adjustments.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Luis E Silva-Yanez
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDTE MICROECONOMC THEORY

Prerequisites: An introductory course in microeconomics or a combined macro/micro principles course (ECON BC1003 or ECON W1105, or the equivalent) and one semester of calculus or ECON BC1007, or permission of the instructor.
Preferences and demand; production, cost, and supply; behavior of markets in partial equilibrium; resource allocation in general equilibrium; pricing of goods and services under alternative market structures; implications of individual decision-making for labor supply; income distribution, welfare, and public policy. Emphasis on problem solving.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 Info
• 4 points

POETRY AS NEUROSIS:LUCAN'S BELLUM CIVILE

POETRY AS NEUROSIS: LUCAN'S BE

This course is an intensive study of Lucan’s revolutionary and enigmatic Bellum Civile, the epic masterpiece of the Neronian age, which was admired and imitated all through the history of Western culture by authors such as Dante, Montaigne, Milton, Voltaire, Goethe, Shelley, and Baudelaire among others. The course will examine major controversies concerning the form and meaning of the poem, with special emphasis on the poetic tension created by the narrator’s neurotic personality. The narration of the 49 BCE civil war between Caesar and Pompey is for Lucan the pretext for an original and intensely personal reflection on themes such as political oppression, the role of the individual in society, nihilism, self-destructiveness, mental disorder, and artistic creation. The poem will be analyzed from various critical perspectives that include rhetoric, intertextuality, deconstruction, reception theory, and psychoanalysis; no previous knowledge of any of these methodologies is required. Although an acceptable knowledge of Latin (intermediate or above) is assumed, the primary focus of this course is literary and sociological interpretation rather than linguistic competence. In addition to the Latin reading assignments, the poem will also be read entirely in English translation, allowing students to comprehend the whole while they engage with particular sections in the original language. The assignment for each class will include: (1) approximately five hundred lines to be read in English translation; (2) translation of short Latin passages, whose size may be adapted to the level of the class/student; (3) secondary readings.

• Department: Classics
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elia Ruben Rudoni
  Info
• 3 points

SCHUBERT'S ROMANTIC CYCLES

This course offers an intensive study of Schubert’s cyclic music written for chamber performance, 1822-1828. A major composer whose short life-span and delayed posterity skewed the trajectory of musical Romanticism during and after Beethoven, Schubert wrote a string of masterworks in his later years, including the String Quartets in D minor (“Death and the Maiden”) and G major, the dark song cycle Die Winterreise, the Impromptus and last three Sonatas for piano, the String Quintet in C, the Fantasy in F minor, and the two Piano Trios. His notably artistic friendship circle, his tangential relationship to patronage, and his extraordinary cultivation of chamber genres (including the Lied), reveal him to have had a Viennese career during the 1820s very different from that of Beethoven at the same time. Schubert’s illness and diagnosis with syphilis in late 1822 produced a crisis of creativity still relevant for scholars and students today, as the literature reveals: analyzing biography and art under the sign of death produces tensions we will explore in the course.

• Department: Music
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elaine Sisman
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ENVRNMTL & NTRL RESOURCE ECONS

Prerequisites: ECON BC1003 or ECON W1105. Prerequisite for Economics majors: ECON BC3035.
Link between economic behavior and environmental quality: valuation of non-market benefits of pollution abatement; emissions standards; taxes; and transferable discharge permits. Specific problems of hazardous waste; the distribution of hazardous pollutants across different sub-groups of the U.S. population; the exploitation of commonly owned natural resources; and the links between the environment, income distribution, and economic development.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Belinda Archibong
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 7 Info
• 3 points

LAB IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: one year of biology (
C2005
-
C2006
) and Contemporary Biology Laboratory (
C2501
).
This lab will explore various molecular biology techniques frequently utilized in modern molecular biology laboratories. The lab will consist of three modules: 1) Molecular verification of genetically modified organisms (GMOs); 2) Site-directed mutagenesis; and 3) PCR isolation, cloning, and analysis of the GAPDH gene. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. 
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• W 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Alice Heicklen
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Process-oriented introduction to the law and its use in environmental policy and decision-making. Origins and structure of the U.S. legal system. Emphasis on litigation process and specific cases that elucidate the common law and toxic torts, environmental administrative law, and environmental regulation through application and testing of statutory law in the courts. Emphasis also on the development of legal literacy, research skills, and writing.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Peter M Bower
  CULPA: 56 Info
• 3 points

ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY II

Prerequisites: Required of all Barnard Anthropology majors; open to other students with instructor’s permission only. To be taken in conjunction with
ANTH 3040
, preferably in sequence.
The second of a two semester sequence intended to introduce departmental majors to key readings in social theory that have been constitutive of the rise and contemporary practice of modern anthropology. The goal is to understand historical and current intellectual debates within the discipline. This course replaces
ANTH V 3041
- Theories of Culture: Past and Present.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth M Green
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

THEORETICL FOUNDTNS-POLIT ECON

Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics or permission of the instructor.
Intellectual origins of the main schools of thought in political economy. Study of the founding texts in classical political economy, Marxian economics, neoclassicism, and Keynesianism.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Andre Burgstaller
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 3 points

PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI POLIT/SOC

The History of the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskala) in 19th century Europe and the development of Zionism through the current "peace process" between the state of Israel and the Arab states and the Palestinian national movement. Provides a historical overview of the Zionist-Palestinian conflict to familiarize undergraduates with the background of the current situation. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph A Massad
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

WATER, SANITATION & HEALTH

WATER, SANITATION, & HEALTH

This course focuses on understanding water, sanitation and health in the developing world and how these factors interact to afect people's lives.  Specifically, what are the options for providing cleaner water and improved sanitation in order to reduce the incidence of waterborne diseases in the developing world?

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Mailloux
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI POL/SOC DS

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• W 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph A Massad
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

SCIENCE IN THE CITY

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
In partnership with the American Museum of Natural History students investigate science, science pedagogical methods, and ways to use New York City as a resource for science teaching and learning. Sessions will be held at Barnard and the museum. Field trips and fieldwork required. Non-science majors pre-service elementary students and first year students, welcome. Note: Students in the Childhood Urban Teaching Program may use this course as a pedagogical elective.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• R 5:40 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephanie Macaluso
  Info
• 4 points

DISCRETE TIME MODELS IN FINANC

Prerequisites:
MATH UN1102, MATH UN1201
(or
MATH UN1101, MATH UN1102, MATH UN1201
),
MATH UN2010
. Recommended:
MATH UN3027
(or
MATH UN2030
) and
SIEO W3600
.
Prerequisites: MATH UN1102, MATH UN1201 (or MATH UN1101, MATH UN1102, MATH UN1201), MATH UN2010. Recommended: MATH UN3027(or <i>MATH UN2030) and SIEO W3600. Elementary discrete time methods for pricing financial instruments, such as options. Notions of arbitrage, risk-neutral valuation, hedging, term-structure of interest rates.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Mikhail Smirnov
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

GOLDEN AGE OF VERSAILLES

Prerequisites: Satisfaction of French language requirement or permission of the instructor.
Explores the cultural production emanating from the court of Louis XIV at Versailles combining the reading of literary texts with consideration of the arts, architecture, dance and music. Special focus on the court as spectacle, women writers of the court, and the classical period as preparation for the Enlightenment.

• Department: French @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 4 points

PROJECT LAB IN MICROBIOLOGY

Prerequisites: one year of Intro Bio. An introductory biology or chemistry lab is recommended.
Bacteria are not just unicellular germs. This lab course will broaden your awareness of the amazing world of microbiology and the diverse capabilities of microbes. The focus will be on bacterial multicellularity, pigment production, and intercellular signaling. Pigment-producing bacteria will be isolated from the wild (i.e. Morningside Campus or your skin), and characterized using standard genetic tools (PCR, DNA gel electrophoresis, transformation, screen) and microbiology techniques (isolation of bacteria and growth of bacterial colonies, media preparation, enrichment techniques for pigments). These techniques will also be applied in the study of bacterial multicellularity and signaling in the standard lab strain
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. 
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Lars E Dietrich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 5 points

WORLDS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

This course looks at the narrative and the historical context for an extraordinary event: the conquest of the Persian empire by Alexander III of Macedonia, conventionally known as “Alexander the Great”. We will explore the different worlds Alexander grew out of, confronted, and affected: the old Greek world, the Persian empire, the ancient near-east (Egypt, Levant, Babylonia, Iran), and the worlds beyond, namely pre-Islamic (and pre-Silk Road) Central Asia, the Afghan borderlands, and the Indus valley. The first part of the course will establish context, before laying out a narrative framework; the second part of the course will explore a series of themes, especially the tension between military conquest, political negotiation, and social interactions. Overall, the course will serve as an exercise in historical methodology (with particular attention to ancient sources and to interpretation), an introduction to the geography and the history of the ancient world (classical and near-eastern), and the exploration of a complex testcase located at the contact point between several worlds, and at a watershed of world history. There will be two weekly lectures and one weekly discussion section.

• Department: Classics
• F 9:10 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

SENIOR THESIS I

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only.
Tutorials and conferences on the research for and writing of the senior thesis.  This is the 1st semester of a two-semester course sequence.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 Info
• 4 points

ASSESSMENT OF TEACHING

• Department: Education @Barnard
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Kathryn S Struthers
  Info
• 1 points

SENIOR THESIS II

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only.
Tutorials and conferences on the research for and writing of the senior thesis.  This is the 2nd semester of a two-semester course sequence.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• None None-None
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Perry G Mehrling
  CULPA: 25 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 Info
• Instructor: David Weiman
  CULPA: 40 Info
• Instructor: Sonia Pereira
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

SR SEM:FIN INSTABIL ECON PERF

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 15 students.
A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructor’s choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Rajiv Sethi
  CULPA: 24 h-index: 33 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

SR SEM:HUM CAPITL HUM FREEDOM

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 15 students.
A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructor’s choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

SR SEM:ECON CULTRE HAPPINESS

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 15 students.
A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructor’s choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Sonia Pereira
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 4 points

SURREALISM

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Satisfaction of French language requirement or permission of the instructor. Reading ability in French required for all students. French majors must write their papers in French.
An examination of the relationship between traditional & avant-garde literature and visual culture; the use of word-play & language games as tools of artistic expression; the thematization of the unconscious and dreams; the vexed relationship between aesthetics & politics; the poetics and politics of sexuality & gender.  Authors and artists will include Andre Breton, Louis Aragon, Man Ray, Dorothea Tanning, and Salvador Dali.

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Laura E Hughes
  Info
• 3 points

RESEARCH SEM ECONOMIC HIST II

Must be supervised by a faculty member approved by te program adviser.  This is the 2nd semester of a two-semester course sequence.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: David Weiman
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 4 points

SEM IN CURRENT RES. PROBLEMS

A detailed study of a selected field of active research in physics. The motivation, techniques, and results obtained to the present, as well as the difficulties and unsolved problems. For Physics majors only. Priority given to seniors; juniors by permission of the instructor.

• Department: Physics
• M 5:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Alberto Nicolis
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• Instructor: Georgia S Karagiorgi
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 2 points

JALOUSIE-LITTERATURE FRANCAIS

This course takes jealousy-in its psychosexual, socio-political, ontological dimensions, and in its formal implications-as a lens through which to view a series of seminal works of French literature from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. These works include: 12th-century Arthurian legend (Béroul); a late-medieval, proto-feminist short story (Navarre); 17th-century neo-classical tragedy (Corneille); 12th and 17th-century folkloric forms (Marie de France's lai and Perrault's fairy tale, respectively); the Enlightenment "philosophical" novel (Montesquieu); the 19th-century realist novel (Balzac); the early 20th-century modernist novel (Proust); and the nouveau roman (Robbe-Grillet). Two contemporary adaptations (Singer's 2008 novel based on the Navarre story, and Chabrol's 1996 film based on Proust's novel) will also be studied. In addition, a selection of highly condensed, relevant secondary readings (excerpts of 10 pages of less) will provide students with an introduction to an array of theoretical approaches to literary study: most notably, psychoanalysis, political philosophy, and literary theory.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Kathrina Laporta
  Info
• 3 points

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II-LECTURES

Prerequisites:
CHEM W3079

Corequisites:
CHEM W3086
is acceptable.

CHEM 
W3080
 covers the quantum mechanics of atoms and molecules, the quantum statistical mechanics of chemical systems, and the connection of statistical mechanics to thermodynamics. Although 
CHEM 
W3079
 and 
CHEM 
W3080
 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially. A recitation section is required.  Please check the Directory of Classes for details and also speak with the TA for the course.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Xiaoyang Zhu
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 85 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY WORK

Prerequisites:
PHYS W2601
or
PHYS W2802
. Primarily for junior and senior physics majors; other majors must obtain the instructor's permission.
Each experiment is chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor. Each section meets one afternoon per week, with registration in each section limited by the laboratory capacity. Experiments (classical and modern) cover topics in electricity, magnetism, optics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics.

• Department: Physics
• R 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Elena Aprile
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Morgan May
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 2 points

DIGITAL SYSTEMS LABORATORY

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: ELEN E1201 or equivalent.
Corequisites: CSEE W3827
Companion lab course for CSEE W3827. Experiments cover such topics as logic gates; flip-flops; shift registers; counters; combinational logic circuits; sequential logic circuits; programmable logic devices. The lab generally meets on alternate weeks.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenneth Shepard
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• 1 points

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS LABORATORY

Corequisites: ELEN E3331
Companion lab course for ELEN E3331. Experiments cover such topics as macromodeling of nonidealities of opamps using SPICE; Schmitt triggers and astable multivibrations using op-amps and diodes; logic inverters and amplifiers using bipolar junction transistors; logic inverters and ring oscillators using MOSFETs; filter design using op-amps. The lab generally meets on alternate weeks.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Zoran Kostic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 24 Info
• 1 points

ELECTRONICS LABORATORY

Prerequisites:
PHYS W3003
or
W3007
. May be taken before or concurrently with this course.
A sequence of experiments in solid-state electronics, with introductory lectures.

• Department: Physics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: John Parsons
  CULPA: 31 Info
• 3 points

PHYSICL-ANALYTCL LABORATORY II

Prerequisites:
CHEM W3085

Corequisites:
CHEM W3080
for
CHEM W3086
is acceptable.
A student-centered experimental course intended for students who are co-registered or have completed 
CHEM 
W3079
 and 
CHEM 
W3080
. The course emphasizes techniques of experimental physical chemistry and instrumental analysis, including vibrational, electronic, and laser spectroscopy; electroanalytical methods; calorimetry; reaction kinetics; hydrodynamic methods; scanning probe microscopy; applications of computers to reduce experimental data; and computational chemistry. Students must also attend the compulsory Mentoring Session. Please check the Directory of Classes for details.

• Department: Chemistry
• T noon-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Luis A Avila
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 4 points

QUANTUM PHYSICS LABORATORY

Experiments illustrating phenomenological aspects of the early quantum theory: (i) Hydrogenic Spectra: Balmer Series & Bohr-Sommerfeld Model; (ii) Photoelectric Effect: Millikan's Determination of h/e; (iii) Franck-Hertz Experiment; and (iv) Electron Diffraction Phenomena. Substantial preparation required, including written and oral presentations, as well as an interest in developing the knack and intuition of an experimental physicist. This course is best taken concurrently with PHYS BC3006
Quantum Physics
.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• F 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Reshmi Mukherjee
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia h-index: 63 Info
• 3 points

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: introductory organismal biology course, ideally
EEEB W2002
.
Applications of biological principles to the conservation of biodiverstiy. Because conservation biology is a cross-disciplinary field, some of the social, philosophical, and economic dimensions of biological conservation are also addressed.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 3 points

INDIVIDUAL SENIOR PROJECTS

Prerequisites: Meets senior requirement. Instructor permission required.
The instructor will supervise the writing of long papers involving some form of sociological research and analysis.

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• Instructor: Deborah Becher
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Bernstein
  CULPA: 27 Info
• Instructor: Debra Minkoff
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Christel Kesler
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Mignon R Moore
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Jonathan Rieder
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS

French majors will write their senior thesis under the supervision of the instructor.

• Department: French @Barnard
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 4 points

THE ENGLISH CONFERENCE

Prerequisites: To be taken only for P/F. Students must attend all classes to receive credit for this course.
Please note:  The four course sessions for The English Conference in spring 2017 are February 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th, 2017.  Consult the English Department's

website for a course description.

• Department: English @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Gordis
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 1 points

SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT RES

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission for entrance, and the departmental representative's permission for aggregate points in excess of 12 or less than 4.
This course may be repeated for credit (see major and concentration requirements). Individual research under the supervision of a member of the staff. Research areas include organic, physical, inorganic, analytical, and biological chemistry. Please note that
CHEM UN3098
is offered in the fall and spring semesters.

• Department: Chemistry
• Instructor: Vesna Gasperov
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 4 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO QUANTUM MECHANICS

Prerequisites: the equivalent, and differential and integral calculus.
Corequisites: APMA E3101
Basic concepts and assumptions of quantum mechanics, Schrodinger's equation, solutions for one-dimensional problems including square wells, barriers and the harmonic oscillator, introduction to the hydrogen atom, atomic physics and x-rays, electron spin.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Irving P Herman
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia h-index: 50 Info
• 3 points

JOURNALISM & PUBLIC LIFE

Journalism and Public Life

An introduction to the conventions, traditions, values, assumptions, and arguments that have shaped the institution of journalism and its central role in public life. Through close readings/viewings of current and classic works of journalism as well as secondary sources, we explore some of the Big Questions: What is journalism for? What is its role in public life, and how has that changed over time? Is objectivity dead--or should it be? How have new technologies affected our expectations? Is sensationalism bad for you? What is the future of journalism? The focus is on the American experience from the colonial era to the present day, though we will also draw comparisons with international developments.

• Department: Journalism
• TRTR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 3 points

JUSTICE

An inquiry into the nature and implications of justice, including examinations of selected cases and issues such as Roe v. Wade, the O.J. Simpson case, the Pinochet case, affirmative action, recent tobacco litigation, and the international distribution of income and wealth.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David C Johnston
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

FUNDAMENTALS OF GLOBAL HEALTH

Many of the greatest challenges in public health are global. This course uses a multidisciplinary approach to discuss the major underlying determinants of poor health and the relationship between health and political, social and economic development. Drawing upon the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, students will be introduced to the evolution of modern approaches to the setting of global health priorities, the functions and roles of health systems, an overview of current global health practices, and the major institutional players in global health. The first unit of the class will focus on establishing the foundations for a public health approach to understanding the challenges of global health. This will involve exploration of the factors shaping the global distribution of disease and their connection with issues of social, economic, and political development, as reflected in the Millennium Development Goals. The second unit will explore in further detail a number of major health priorities. A significant goal of the class will be to identify common sources of vulnerability and challenge across health risks, and the consequent need for a systemic approach to their being addressed. The third and final unit builds upon this analysis to demonstrate the multi-disciplinary, multi-level approach required to effectively address global health priorities, and the political and organizational cooperation required to achieve this. The class concludes with an analysis of the major challenges and threats to global coordination regarding such threats as pandemic influenza and emerging health threats related to climate change. Offered in the spring.

• Department: Public Health
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 3 points

ADVANCED FICTION WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: The department's permission required through writing sample. Please go to 609 Kent for submission schedule and registration guidelines or see http://www.arts.columbia.edu/writing/undergraduate.
Building on the work of the Intermediate Workshop, Advanced Workshops are reserved for the most accomplished creative writing students. A significant body of writing must be produced and revised.  Particular attention will be paid to the components of fiction: voice, perspective, characterization, and form.  Students will be expected to finish several short stories, executing a total artistic vision on a piece of writing. The critical focus of the class will include an examination of endings and formal wholeness, sustaining narrative arcs, compelling a reader's interest for the duration of the text, and generating a sense of urgency and drama in the work.

• Department: Writing
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Rebecca J Curtis
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Ruvani S Freeman
  Info
• 3 points

PUB MONUMENT IN ANC NEAR EAST

PUB MOMUMENT IN ANTIQUITY

This seminar will focus on the invention of the public monument as a commemorative genre, and the related concepts of time, memory and history in the ancient Near East and Egypt. Public monuments will be studied in conjunction with readings from ancient texts (in translation), as well as historical criticism, archaeological and art historical theories.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Zainab Bahrani
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

ARCH REPRSENTATION:ABSTRACTION

ARCH.REPRSENTATION:ABSTRACTION

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students per section. Recommended for the sophomore year. Students work in a studio environment.
Introduction to design through analysis of abstract architectural space and form. Emphasis on the design process and principles of representations through architectural drawing and model making. Attendance is mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• MW 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Richard T Rouhe
  Info
• 4 points

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

PROGRAMMING LANG (PYTHON)

Prerequisites: fluency in at least one programming language.
Introduction to a programming language. Each section is devoted to a specific language. Intended only for those who are already fluent in at least one programming language. Sections may meet for one hour per week for the whole term, for three hours per week for the first third of the term, or for two hours per week for the first six weeks. May be repeated for credit if different languages are involved.

• Department: Computer Science
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Lawrence Stead
  Info
• Instructor: Yuan J Kang
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1 points

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

PROGRAMMING LANG (C++)

Prerequisites: fluency in at least one programming language.
Introduction to a programming language. Each section is devoted to a specific language. Intended only for those who are already fluent in at least one programming language. Sections may meet for one hour per week for the whole term, for three hours per week for the first third of the term, or for two hours per week for the first six weeks. May be repeated for credit if different languages are involved.

• Department: Computer Science
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy K Paine
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 1 points

SENIOR FICTION WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: The department's permission required through writing sample. Please go to 609 Kent for submission schedule and registration guidelines or see http://www.arts.columbia.edu/writing/undergraduate.
Seniors who are majors in creative writing are given priority for this course.  Enrollment is limited, and is by permission of the professor.  The senior workshop offers students the opportunity to work exclusively with classmates who are at the same high level of accomplishment in the major.  Students in the senior workshops will produce and revise a new and substantial body of work.  In-class critiques and conferences with the professor will be tailored to needs of each student.

• Department: Writing
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Porochista Khakpour
  Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

APPLIED MATHEMATICS II: PDE'S

Prerequisites: or the equivalent
Introduction to partial differential equations; integral theorems of vector calculus. Partial differential equations of engineering in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Separation of the variables. Characteristic-value problems. Bessel functions, Legendre polynomials, other orthogonal functions; their use in boundary value problems. Illustrative examples from the fields of electromagnetic theory, vibrations, heat flow, and fluid mechanics.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Vincent Quenneville-Belair
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

DEV TECH (USING LINUX)

• Department: Computer Science
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert R Lane
  Info
• 1 points

ADVANCED DUTCH II

see department for details

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Wijnie de Groot
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED INDONESIAN II

This course offers students the opportunity to practice advanced structures of Bahasa Indonesia, a major language of Indonesia and South East Asia. This course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• Instructor: Jolanda M Pandin
  Info
• 3 points

THIRD-YEAR RUSSIAN II

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: RUSS V3331:RUSS 1202 or the equivalent and the instructor's permission.
Prerequisite for
V3332
: Russian
V3331
or the equivalent. Enrollment limited. Recommended for students who wish to improve their active command of Russian. Emphasis on conversation and composition. Reading and discussion of selected texts and videotapes. Lectures. Papers and oral reports required. Conducted entirely in Russian.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Nataliya Kun
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Alla Smyslova
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

PAINTING III

PAINTING III: SEMINAR

Prerequisites:
VIAR R1000
and
VIAR R2100

Painting III: Seminar. This course will be an advanced exploration of the practice of painting and will consist of individual visits, group discussions of assigned reading, and presentations and critiques of your studio work. Students will be given a series of guidelines for projects in which they will set their own parameters. Students will be encouraged to work serially, with the intention of creating a coherent body of work. We will focus on speaking and writing about our work as essential aspects of our practice. Through in-class presentations and museum visits we will discuss historical and contemporary painting. Active participation in group critiques and discussions will be required.

• Department: Visual Arts
• F 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Patricia A Treib
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED WOLOF II

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• R 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mariame S Sy
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ZULU II

Prerequisites:
ZULU W1201-W1202
or the instructor's permission.
This course allows students to practice adanced structures of the Zulu language. Please note this course is offered by videoconference from Yale through the Shared Course Initiative.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 3 points

ARCH REPRESENTATION:PERCEPTION

ARCH.REPRESENTATION:PERCEPTION

Prerequisites: Students work in a studio environment. Recommended for the sophomore year. Enrollment limited to 16 students per section.
Introduction to design through studies in the perception of architectural space and form. Emphasis on exploratory, inventive processes for the generation, development, and representation of ideas in a variety of media. Attendance is mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• TR 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Ignacio Gonzalez Galan
  Info
• Instructor: Kadambari Baxi
  Info
• 4 points