THEORY

An exploration of alternative theoretical approaches to the study of religion as well as other areas of humanistic inquiry.  The methods considered include: sociology, anthropology, philosophy, hermeneutics, psychoanalysis, structuralism, genealogy, and deconstruction.  (Previous title: Juniors Colloquium)

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Castelli
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

THE VISUAL & VERBAL ARTS

THE VISUAL AND VERBAL ARTS

Analysis and discussion of the relation of literature to painting, photography, and film. Emphasis on artistic and literary concepts concerning the visual dimension of narrative and poetic texts from Homer to Burroughs. Explores the role of description, illustration, and montage in realist and modern literature.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Erk Grimm
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

FILM PRODUCTION

Prerequisites: FILM BC3201 or equivalent. Sophomore standing. Interested students MUST attend the first day of class for instructor permission--registering for the course only through myBarnard or SSOL will NOT ensure your enrollment.
This workshop introduces the student to all the cinematic tools necessary to produce their own short narrative work.  Using what the student has learned in film studies, we'll break down shot syntax, mise-en-scene and editing strategies and master them in weekly video exercises.  We'll include casting, working with actors and expressive camera work in our process as we build toward a final video project.  By the end of the course, the student will have created a DVD containing a collection of their video pieces and their final project.  Priority given to junior and senior film majors.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Sandra Luckow
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED TRANSLATION WORKSHOP

• Department: French and Romance Philology
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Sophie Queuniet
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

DIRECTING I

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor given at first class meeting.
Exploration of the evolution of the director's role in Europe and the US, including the study of important figures. Emphasis on text analysis, and varied schools of acting in relation to directing practice. Students gain a foundation in composing stage pictures and using stage movement to tell a story. All students will direct at least one fully-realized scene.  Fulfills one course in Directing requirement for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sharon Fogarty
  Info
• 3 points

GIS METHODS & CASE STUDIES

Prerequisites: Must attend first class for instructor permission. Preference to Urban Studies majors. Only 24 admitted.
Introduction to spatial analysis using state of-the-art GIS (Geographic Information Systems) mapping and analysis software to apply quantitative analytical methods to real-world urban issues. Will include basic coverage of applied statistics. Case studies will focus on subjects like environmental justice, voting patterns, transportation systems, segregation, public health, redevelopment trends, and socio-economic geography.

• Department: Urban Studies @Barnard
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Thomas Waters
  Info
• 4 points

SOLID EARTH DYNAMICS

Prerequisites: any 1000-level or 2000-level EESC course;
MATH V1101
Calculus I and
PHYS W1201
General Physics I or their equivalents. Concurrent enrollment in
PHYS W1201
is acceptable with the instructor's permission.
Properties and processes affecting the evolution and behavior of the solid Earth. This course will focus on the geophysical processes that build mountains and ocean basins, drive plate tectonics, and otherwise lead to a dynamic planet. Topics include heat flow and mantle circulation, earthquakes and seismic waves, gravity, Earth's magnetic field, and flow of glaciers and ice sheets.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Meredith Nettles
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

DIRECTING II

Prerequisites: Students required to have taken THTRV 3200 Directing I, THTRV 3203 Collaboration: Directing and Design, or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 14 students. Permission of instructor given at first class meeting.
Course focuses on developing an individual directorial style, placing emphasis on visual research, and the use of different staging environments: end-stage, in the round, environmental. Class is structured around scene-work and critique, and each student will direct at least three fully-realized scenes. Material typically drawn from European avant-garde. Fulfills additional coursework in Directing required for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors concentrating in Directing.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Alice A Reagan
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SENIOR NONFICTION 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.
This poetry workshop is reserved for accomplished poetry writers and maintains the highest level of creative and critical expectations. Students will be encouraged to develop their strengths and to cultivate a distinctive poetic vision and voice but must also demonstrate a willingness to broaden their range and experiment with new forms and notions of the poem. A portfolio of poetry will be written and revised with the critical input of the instructor and the workshop.

• Department: Writing
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Alex Abramovich
  Info
• 4 points

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN II

Prerequisites: ARCH V3201. Open to architecture majors or with permission of instructor.
Studio workshop continuation of
ARCH V3201
. Emphasis on the manipulation of an architectural vocabulary in relationship to increasingly complex conceptual, social, and theoretical issues. Field trips, lectures, and discussions are organized in relation to studio exercises.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• MW 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• 4.5 points

DISCRETE MATHEMATICS

Prerequisites: any introductory course in computer programming.
Logic and formal proofs, sequences and summation, mathematical induction, binomial coefficients, elements of finite probability, recurrence relations, equivalence relations and partial orderings, and topics in graph theory (including isomorphism, traversability, planarity, and colorings).

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi
  CULPA: 21 h-index: 16 Info
• 3 points

RELIGION IN AMERICA II

Survey of American religion from the Civil War to the present, with an emphasis on the ways religion has shaped American history, culture, and identity.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gale L Kenny
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

EXPLORATIONS IN PRIM ANATOMY

PRIMATE ANATOMY

Introductory laboratory course in primate skeletal osteology. From tarsiers to talapoins, guenons to gibbons, through hands-on expertise students explore the amazing range and diversity of the living members of this order. Prerequisites: EEEB1010 or 1011. [Taught every other year.]

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jill S Shapiro
  CULPA: 46 Info
• 3 points

CHEM ENGINEERNG THERMODYNAMICS

Corequisites: CHEN E3020
This course deals with fundamental and applied thermodynamic principles that form the basis of chemical engineering practice. Topics include phase equilibria, methods to treat ideal and non-ideal mixtures, and estimation of properties using computer-based methods.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey T Koberstein
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

JUDICIAL POLITICS

Law and courts as political institutions. Considers the role of the judiciary within the American system of government, power relations within the judicial hierarchy, politics of decision making on the Supreme Court, the politics of Supreme Court nominations, the role of interest groups and public opinion in shaping judicial doctrine, the social impact and legitimacy of courts, and the political history of the legal system.

• Department: Political Science
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey R Lax
  CULPA: 32 h-index: 22 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W1105
or the equivalent;
MATH V1101
,
MATH V1201
(or
MATH V1207
).
The determination of the relative prices of goods and factors of production and the allocation of resources.

• Department: Economics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan E Vogel
  CULPA: 21 Info
• 4 points

STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

SOCIAL STATISTICS

Introduction to elementary data analysis. Definition and measurement of variables; testing hypotheses; interpretation of findings. Students perform simple analyses of data sets.

• Department: Sociology
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Yao Lu
  h-index: 25 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W1105
or the equivalent;
MATH V1101
or
MATH V1207
.
Corequisites: MATH UN1201
This course covers the determination of output, employment, inflation and interest rates. Topics include economic growth, business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, consumption and savings and national income accounting.  Prerequisite Courses: ECON UN1105 and MATH UN1101.  Co-requisite Course:  MATH UN1201

• Department: Economics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Irasema Alonso
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Jon Steinsson
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia h-index: None Info
• Instructor: Irasema Alonso
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 4 points

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION: 100 YEARS LATER

THE RUSS. REVOLUTION: 100

An in-depth reading of the revolutionary year, February 1917-January 1918. While the two Russian revolutions of 1917 unquestionably form part of a broader “continuum of crisis,” from World War I through the Civil War and possibly even beyond, our class in this centenary year will focus on the details of these critical twelve months. What happened in 1917? How do decisions and actions in a certain specific short period of time bring about monumental transformations in one society and eventually the world? Beginning with a reconstruction and analysis of revolutionary events in February and October, we will then branch out to examine crucial themes and interconnections, revolutionary antecedents, and current and past interpretations of Russian society in revolution. The class will include a fresh look at classic works on revolutions more generally, and will also incorporate new methodologies such as the history of emotions, with special attention to memoir literature and other primary sources. The dispersal of the Constituent Assembly in January 1918 marks the end of this particular story.

• Department: History
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Catherine Evtuhov
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

AMERICAN URBAN POLITICS

This course examines the pattern of political development in urban America, as the country's population has grown in urbanized locations. It explores the process by which cities and suburbs are governed, how immigrants and migrants are incorporated, and how people of different races and ethnicities interact in urbanized settings as well as the institutional relations of cities and suburbs with other jurisdictions of government. The course focuses both on the historical as well the theoretical understandings of politics in urban areas.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Carlos Vargas-Ramos
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

HYBRID NONFICTION FORMS

Creative nonfiction is a frustratingly vague term. How do we give it real literary meaning; examine its compositional aims and techniques, its achievements and especially its aspirations? This course will focus on works that we might call visionary - works that combine art forms, genres and styles in striking ways. Works in which image and text combine to create a third interactive language for the reader. Works still termed "fiction" "history" or "journalism" that join fact and fiction to interrogate their uses and implications. Certain memoirs that are deliberately anti-autobiographical, turning from personal narrative to the sounds, sight, impressions and ideas of the writer's milieu. Certain essays that join personal reflection to arts and cultural criticism, drawing on research and imagination, the vernacular and the formal, even prose and poetry. The assemblage or collage that, created from notebook entries, lists, quotations, footnotes and indexes achieves its coherence through fragments and associations, found and original texts.

• Department: Writing
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Margo L Jefferson
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

WRITING THE VISUAL

• Department: Writing
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Katie M Zambreno
  Info
• 3 points

RACE, ETHNICITY& SOCIETY

RACE, ETHNICITY & SOCIETY

This course examines the social construction of "race" and ethnicity and how their effects have aligned with intersecting social logics to produce injustice. Emphasis is on understanding U.S. logics of race and ethnicity in comparative perspective and in placing contemporary racial and ethnic politics in historical perspective.

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Sherwood
  Info
• 3 points

GONZO JOURNALISM

"Gonzo" journalism, that oft-maligned offshoot of the New Journalism, is more than a put-on, a getup, a late-adolescent Halloween costume.  it is the aggressively subjective, wildly literary, picaresque, iconoclastic, funny-as-hell rejoinder to traditional nonfiction and its false gods, detachment and neutrality.........
This class aims to rejigger your conception as to what a reporter/observer is, and to whom or what your fealty should be pledged.....

• Department: Writing
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Kent Russell
  Info
• 3 points

THE EVOL OF HUM GROWTH & DEVPT

EVOLUTION OF HUMAN GROWTH & DE

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jessica M Manser
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

LIT & REVOLUTION (20TH C LIT)

Survey of Russian literature from symbolism to the culture of high Stalinism and post-Socialist realism of the 1960-70s, including major works by Andrei Bely, Blok, Olesha, Babel, Bulgakov, Platonov, Zoshchenko, Kharms, Kataev, Pasternak, Venedikt Erofeev. Knowledge of Russian not required.

• Department: Slavic Languages @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Edward J Tyerman
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

TOLSTOY AND DOSTOEVSKY

Two epic novels, Tolstoy's War and Peace and Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, will be read along with selected shorter works. Other works by Tolstoy include his early Sebastopol Sketches, which changed the way war is represented in literature; Confession, which describes his spiritual crisis; the late stories "Kreutzer Sonata" and "Hadji Murad"; and essays on capital punishment and a visit to a slaughterhouse. Other works by Dostoevsky include his fictionalized account of life in Siberian prison camp, The House of the Dead; Notes from the Underground, his philosophical novella on free will, determinism, and love; "A Gentle Creature," a short story on the same themes; and selected essays from Diary of a Writer. The focus will be on close reading of the texts. Our aim will be to develop strategies  for appreciating the structure and form, the powerful ideas, the engaging storylines, and the human interest in the writings of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. No knowledge of Russian is required.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Liza Knapp
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 3 points

ASIATIC RUS:EMPIRE & STATE

• Department: History
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Gulnar T Kendirbai
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTOR

This course looks at key developments of American History through the prism of Supreme Court decisions and their aftermath.  A. How did the Supreme Court reflect, and affect, and effect, historic patterns of U.S. growth, expansion and development?  B. How did the Supreme Court respond to, or exacerbate, crises in U.S. history, and how did it impact the legal and economic framework that underpins what the U.S. has become, and is becoming?  C. How did the perception of individual and collective rights and liberties, and of the function and role of governments -- both federal and state -- evolve over time?

• Department: Political Science
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert L Tortoriello
  Info
• 3 points

SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION

All of us have spent many years in school and understand that schools impact our lives in important ways. But how exactly does formal schooling shape young people? And how do students make sense of their lives in the context of schools and educational systems more broadly? In this class we will examine education as a central institution in modern society, and we will grapple with an important question: What role does education play in reinforcing or challenging broader patterns of social inequality and mobility?   Particular emphasis will be placed on higher education as a critical site in which these processes take shape.

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Eleni D Natsiopoulou
  Info
• 3 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I-LEC

Prerequisites: CHEM BC2001 or equivalent. Credit will not be given for any course below the 3000 level after completing CHEM BC3230 or its equivalent. Lecture: MWF: 11:00-11:50.
Corequisites: With lab, counts towards Lab Science requirement.
Atomic and molecular structure; stereochemistry of organic molecules; introduction to organic reactions, reaction mechanisms, and synthesis.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• MWF 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Christian Rojas
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

CLASSICS AND FILM

Considers cinematic representations of the ancient Mediterranean world, from early silent films to movies from the present day. Explores films that purport to represent historical events (such as
Gladiator
) and cinematic versions of ancient texts (Pasolini's
Medea
). Readings include ancient literature and modern criticism.

• Department: Classics @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Kristina Milnor
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

CHEMISTRY IV

Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry I. Optional parallel laboratory work: CHEM BC3338. CHEM C1404 is not an acceptable equivalent for CHEM BC3232; students who have taken even a single semester of organic chemistry will not receive subsequent credit for C1404. Lecture: MWF 10:00-10:50.
Selected aspects of general chemistry, primarily for pre-health professions and biological science students who have taken Organic Chemistry. Thermodynamics, equilibrium, kinetics, complex ions and coordination compounds, and radiochemistry, with applications to analytical chemistry and biochemistry.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin Bostick
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 44 Info
• 3 points

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT

This course deals with the American Presidency as an institution and the behavior of the 43 men who have managed that institution. Lectures cover the origins of the office, growing out of the experience of the Constitution's framers; the growth of presidential power; presidential personality and leadership style; the changing character of the nomination process and permanent campaign; executive branch agencies that function as "presidential adjuncts;" and presidential accountability.

• Department: Political Science
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Irwin Gertzog
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION I

Prerequisites: The prerequisites for this course are V1002 Fundamentals of Western Music and the instructor's permission. Permission of instructor. Music majors and concentrators have priority.
Composition in shorter forms. Basic issues of musical structure and expression are explored in traditional and contemporary repertory.

• Department: Music
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Georg Friedrich Haas
  Info
• 3 points

FREN LANG,SOC,CULTRE THRU FILM

Prerequisites:
FREN W2202
Intermediate French II.
French socio-political issues and language through the prism of film. Especially designed for non-majors wishing to further develop their French language skills and learn about French culture. Each module includes assignments targeting the four language competencies: reading, writing, speaking and oral comprehension, as well as cultural understanding. Note: this course does not count toward the French major or concentration.

• Department: French and Romance Philology
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Heidi Holst-Knudsen
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

FREN LANG,SOC,CULTRE THRU THEA

As theatre in the classroom compels students and teachers to come to grips with texts and language with both the body and the mind, the practice of engaging with theatrical texts, and in some way making them one's own (e.g., through voice, gesture, and movement), creates a fruitful and sometimes provocative learning environment that encourages students to create and perform language orally.

• Department: French and Romance Philology
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Pascale Crepon
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3231, MATH V1101, and permission of instructor.
Corequisites: CHEM BC3338
Survey of topics appropriate for a student majoring in chemistry or biochemistry, including examinations of uncertainty analysis and data processing, use of basic laboratory equipment, complex equilibria (pH, solubility, etc.), advanced solution chemistry and chemical activity, and the theoretical foundations of modern techniques in electrochemistry, chromatography and analytical experimental techniques.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• MWF 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Jacob S Alexander
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 3 points

AMERICAN TELEVISION DRAMA

Why and how does some of the best writing come out of TV, as currently universally acknowledged? The course will take a close look at American TV drama, from the "Golden Age" of the 1950s to the dramatic complexity found in recent Cable series. We will begin with prestigious writers Rod Serling and Paddy Chayefsky, study groundbreaking mini-series like "Roots" and "Holocaust," and explore how shows such as "Hill Street Blues" and "Twin Peaks" laid the groundwork for Cable series including "The Sopranos," "The Wire," "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Christina Kallas
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

DARWIN

Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection has been revolutionary, not just for scientists but for everyone who reflects on human nature and human destiny. The first aim of this course is to separate Darwin’s own theory from its scientific, religious, and cultural aftershocks, and to consider how its influence developed and changed over the century and a half since
On the Origin of Species
 was published in 1859. After careful consideration of Darwin’s own life and historical context, we will read our way through the
Origin, 
and then consider reactions to to it starting Darwin’s own day, proceeding through the “Modern Synthesis," and ending in our present moment. The final sessions of the course will explore Darwin’s impact on contemporary philosophical debates over faith, ethics, and scientific knowledge.

• Department: Philosophy
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Kathryn C Tabb
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

JAZZ DANCE III

ADVANCED JAZZ DANCE

Prerequisites: DNCE BC2248x, y or permission of instructor.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Katiti King
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 0-1 points

HYDROSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Prerequisites: equivalent, or instructor's permission.
A quantitative introduction to hydrologic and hydraulic systems, with a focus on integrated modeling and analysis of the water cycle and associated mass transport for water resources and environmental engineering. Coverage of unit hydrologic processes such as precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, runoff generation, open channel and pipe flow, subsurface flow and well hydraulics in the context of example watersheds and specific integrative problems such as risk-based design for flood control, provision of water, and assessment of environmental impact or potential for non-point source pollution. Spatial hydrologic analysis using GIS and watershed models. Note: This course is to be joint listed CIEN and replaces the previous CIEN 3250.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Pierre Gentine
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 43 Info
• 3 points

FLAMENCO & CLASSCL SP DANCE I

Prerequisites: DNCE BC1137x, BC1138y, BC1332x, BC1333y, or Permission of instructor. Intermediate level in modern or ballet technique is required.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• F noon-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Melinda S Bronson
  Info
• 0-1 points

KANT

Explores the connections between theoretical and practical reason in Kant's thinking with special attention to the Critique of Pure Reason and the project of "transcendental" philosophy.

• Department: Philosophy
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Patricia Kitcher
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

THERMODYNAMICS-KINETICS

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3231, PHYS BC2001, PHYS BC 2002, MATH V1102 or MATH V1201. Lecture: MWF 10:00-10:50.
Introduction to the laws of thermodynamics; application primarily to ideal systems. Free energy and equilibrium. Kinetics: rate laws and mechanisms, experimental techniques.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• MWF 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Andrew C Crowther
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

FIRST AMENDMENT VALUES

Prerequisites: POLS W1201 or an equivalent. Not an introductory course. Not open to students who have taken the colloquium POLS BC3302. Enrollment limited to 25 students; L-course sign-up.
Examines the first amendment rights of speech, press, religion and assembly. In-depth analysis of landmark Supreme Court rulings provides the basis for exploring theoretical antecedents as well as contemporary applications of such doctrines as freedom of association, libel, symbolic speech, obscenity, hate speech, political speech, commercial speech, freedom of the press and religion. (Cross-listed by the American Studies Program.)

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Paula A Franzese
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ENVIR CONTR/POLLUTN REDUCT SYS

Review of engineered systems for prevention and control of pollution. Fundamentals of material and energy balances and reaction kinetics. Analysis of engineered systems to address environmental problems, including solid and hazardous waste, and air, water, soil and noise pollution. Life cycle assessments and emerging technologies.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Farrauto
  h-index: 52 Info
• 3 points

ENGINEER FOR DEVP COMMUNITIES

Introduction to engineering problems faced by developing communities and exploration of design solutions in the context of real project with a community client. Emphasis is on the design of sustainable solutions that take account of social, economical, and governance issues, and that can be implemented now or in the near future. The course is open to all undergraduate engineering students. Multidisciplinary teamwork and approaches are stressed. Outside lecturers are used to address issues specific to developing communities and the particular project under consideration.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Sisul
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

WRITING FOR TELEVISION

INSIDE THE TV WRITERS' ROOM

Corequisites: Please note that since this is a Film course, it does not count as a writing course for English majors with a Writing Concentration.
This course will focus on the primary pillar of television production: the teleplay. Through a number of creative exercises, students will learn the intricacies of the unique screenwriting formats that are the half-hour and hour-long teleplays. Together we will cover the differences between an episode arc and a seasonal one, the requirements of A/B/C story plotting, and how to write an effective show bible. We will survey the existing pantheon of great television writing in order to help students narrow in on their individual sensibilities. By the end of the course, students will have a written original pilot.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Christina Kallas
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

RETHINKING MIDDLE EAST POLITCS

This course examines a set of questions that have shaped the study of the politics of the modern Middle East. It looks at the main ways those questions have been answered, exploring debates both in Western academic scholarship and among scholars and intellectuals in the region itself. For each question, the course offers new ways of thinking about the issue or ways of framing it in different terms. The topics covered in the course include: the kinds of modern state that emerged in the Middle East and the ways its forms of power and authority were shaped; the birth of economic development as a way of describing the function and measuring the success of the state, and the changing metrics of this success; the influence of oil on the politics of the region; the nature and role of Islamic political movements; the transformation of the countryside and the city and the role of rural populations and of urban protest in modern politics; and the politics of armed force and political violence in the region, and the ways in which this has been understood. The focus of the course will be on the politics of the twentieth century, but many topics will be traced back into developments that occurred in earlier periods, and several will be explored up to the present. The course is divided into four parts, each ending with a paper or exam in which participants are asked to analyze the material covered. Each part of the course has a geographical focus on a country or group of countries and a thematic focus on a particular set of questions of historical and political analysis.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Timothy Mitchell
  Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 4 points

COMPUTER SCIENCE THEORY

Prerequisites:
COMS W3203
.
Corequisites:
COMS W3134
,
W3136
, or
W3137
.
Regular languages: deterministic and non-deterministic finite automata, regular expressions. Context-free languages: context-free grammars, push-down automata. Turing machines, the Chomsky hierarchy, and the Church-Turing thesis. Introduction to Complexity Theory and NP-Completeness.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tal Malkin
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia h-index: 45 Info
• 3 points

RETHINKING MIDDLE EAST POL-DIS

RETHINKING MIDDLE EAST POLITIC

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• R 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 5:40 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Nadia Sariahmed
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• Instructor: Rana B Baker
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• 0 points

MONEY AND BANKING

Prerequisites: ECON BC3033 and ECON BC3035 or the equivalent.
Introduction to the principles of money and banking. The intermediary institutions of the American economy and their historical developments, current issues in monetary and financial reform.

• Department: Economics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Tri Vi Dang
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

LATIN AMER LIT (IN TRANSLATN)

Study of contemporary Latin American narrative; its origins and apotheosis. Readings include Machado de Assis, Borges, Garcia Marquez, Puig, and others.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alfred Mac Adam
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 3 points

FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN LIT I

(Lecture). This course is an introduction to American thought and expression from the first English settlements to the eve of the Civil War. The course will proceed through a combination of lecture and discussion-with the aim of deepening our understanding of the origins and development of literature and culture in the United States.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew Delbanco
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

BRITISH LITERATURE 1950-PRES

British Literature Since 1950

This course examining post-war British literature, film and music builds a narrative of post-war Britain by looking at the tensions, battles and struggles between white Britons and immigrants of color from the Caribbean, Africa, and South Asia. Black British cultural production (denoting work by peoples of South Asian as well as African and Caribbean origin) both challenged traditional conceptions of the nation and offered creative and transformative responses to a mounting atmosphere of racism and xenophobia. The materials I have assembled for class – novels, music, films – depict not only the immigrant experience but also the bleakness of postwar Britain and the subcultural movements among both Black and white youth that opposed and challenged the rigid class system, the monarchy, patriarchal family structures and post-imperial illusions of grandeur.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jack Halberstam
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• 3 points

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3231x or Permission of Instructor. Lecture: TuTh 8:40-9:55.
Structure, bonding and spectroscopy in inorganic compounds: applications of group theory to chemistry; ligand field theory; vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of transition metal complexes; selected topics from coordination chemistry, organometallics, bioinorganic chemistry, solid state and materials chemistry, mineralogy, and biogeochemistry.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael Campbell
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• 3 points

NONFIC DIGTL VIDEO PRODCTN

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 12 students. Registering for the course only through myBarnard or SSOL will NOT ensure your enrollment. Attend first class for instructor permission. Lab section required.
This workshop course is designed to familiarize students with digital video technologies while they investigate various aesthetic and theoretical concepts related to nonfiction cinema and its engagement with the real. Through weekly readings, discussions, screenings, critiques, and practical exercises, students will develop a solid understanding of how to use digital video as an expressive tool. The course will culminate in the completion of a five-minute video work by each student. Students should be both self-directed and interested in developing a support system for each other's work.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• M 11 a.m.-1:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Margaret J McLagan
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• 3 points

WORKSHOP IN SUSTAINABLE DEVPT

The upper level undergraduate Sustainable Development Workshop will be modeled on client based graduate-level workshops, but with more time devoted to methods of applied policy analysis and issues in Sustainable Development.  The heart of the course is the group project on an issue of sustainable development with a faculty advisor providing guidance and ultimately grading student performance. Students would receive instruction on methodology, group work, communication and the context of policy analysis. Much of the reading in the course would be project-specific and identified by the student research teams. Offered in Fall and Spring. For registration issues contact Jessica Sotomayor (jsotomayor@ei.columbia.edu).

• Department: Earth Institute
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Stuart R Gaffin
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Radley M Horton
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• 4 points

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY II

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3282 or equivalent.
Advanced topics in the field of biochemistry, including enzyme mechanisms, pharmaceutical drug design, and disease therapies. Emphasis will be placed on discussion of current scientific literature.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• MWF 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Christina Vizcarra
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

SELF: A COGNITIVE EXPLORATION

• Department: Psychology
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen J Kelly
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

PRECOLUMBIAN HIST OF NAT AMER

PRECOLUMBIAN HISTORIES

This course explores 10,000 years of the North American archaeological record, bringing to light the unwritten histories of Native Americans prior to European contact. Detailed consideration of major pre-Columbian sites is interwoven with the insight of contemporary native peoples to provide both a scientific and humanist reconstruction of the past.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Severin Fowles
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETISM

Corequisites: APMA E3102
Vector analysis, electrostatic fields, Laplace's equation, multipole expansions, electric fields in matter: dielectrics, magnetostatic fields, magnetic materials, and superconductors. Applications of electromagnetism to devices and research areas in applied physics.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Latha Venkataraman
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 55 Info
• 3 points

BIOCHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: one year each of Introductory Biology and General Chemistry.
Corequisites: Organic Chemistry. Primarily aimed at nontraditional students and undergraduates who have course conflicts with
BIOC C3501
.
Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes within organisms that give rise to the immense complexity of life. This complexity emerges from a highly regulated and coordinated flow of chemical energy from one biomolecule to another. This course serves to familiarize students with the spectrum of biomolecules (carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, nucleic acids, etc.) as well as the fundamental chemical processes (glycolysis, citric acid cycle, fatty acid metabolism, etc.) that allow life to happen. In particular, this course will employ active learning techniques and critical thinking problem-solving to engage students in answering the question: how is the complexity of life possible? NOTE: While Organic Chemistry is listed as a corequisite, it is highly recommended that you take Organic Chemistry beforehand.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• T 7:10 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Danny N Ho
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

VIOLENCE AESTHETICS MOD LAT AM

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the
Directory of Classes
for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Omar Duran-Garcia
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• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

PUBLIC WORKS IN LATIN AMERICA

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the
Directory of Classes
for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anayvelyse Allen-Mossman
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• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

NEWS FROM THE NEW WORLD

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the
Directory of Classes
for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Alexandra V Mendez
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• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

SPAIN AT WAR

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the
Directory of Classes
for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: David Mejia
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

NUEVA YORK

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the
Directory of Classes
for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Guadalupe Ruiz-Fajardo
  CULPA: 13 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

ISLAM&CHRISITIANITY; IN SPAIN

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the
Directory of Classes
for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Reyes Llopis-Garcia
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

TRANSGRESSION IN LATIN AMERICA

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the
Directory of Classes
for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Analia Lavin
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• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

SPAIN:CROSS CULTURAL DIALOGUE

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the
Directory of Classes
for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jesus Suarez-Garcia
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

GAY IDENTITIES IN SPAIN

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102; or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the
Directory of Classes
for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Javier Perez Zapatero
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO HEBREW BIBLE

Introduction to the literature of ancient Israel against the background of the ancient Near East.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Beth A Berkowitz
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 6 Info
• 3 points

PLAYWRITING LAB

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and writing sample required.
Students will develop original dramatic scripts. Students will also read drafts of writers currently produced on New York stages to understand why changes and rewrites were made. Recommended for students undertaking a senior thesis in playwriting.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew Bragen
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• 3 points

SCULPTURE II

Prerequisites:
VIAR R2300
or the instructor's permission.
(Formerly R3331) Continuation of
VIAR R2300
. The objective of the class is to engage in in-depth research and hands on studio projects related to a specific theme to be determined by each student. Each student is expected to complete class with four fully realized and thematically linked works. Wood, metal, and plaster will be provided for this class but video, sound, performance and various mixed media approaches are highly encouraged. In addition, lecture and field trips will be part of the course. If the class is full, please visit 
http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program
.

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Marc Robinson
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• 3 points

SENIOR POETRY 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
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Dorothea S Lasky
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• 4 points

ADVANCED SWAHILI II

Prerequisites:
SWHL W1201-W1202
or the instructor's permission.
An introduction to the advanced syntactical, morphological, and grammatical structures of Swahili grammar; detailed analysis of Swahili texts; practice in conversation. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Abdul Nanji
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

LAB IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: BIOL BC2100 OR BIOL BC3310 (which can be taken as corequisites) or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 16.
Introduction to the use of molecular techniques to answer questions about subcellular biological phenomena. Techniques include isolation of genomic and plasmid DNAs, restriction enzyme analysis, DNA and protein electrophoresis, bacterial transformation, and plasmid subcloning.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• R 1:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Rhodes
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

IND STUDIES-CIVIL ENGIN-JUNIOR

A project on civil engineering subjects approved by the chairman of the department. Lab fee: $200.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• Instructor: Raimondo Betti
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Gautam Dasgupta
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: George Deodatis
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 42 Info
• Instructor: Patricia J Culligan
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Maria Q Feng
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 46 Info
• Instructor: Hoe I Ling
  h-index: 45 Info
• Instructor: Andrew W Smyth
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Upmanu Lall
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 68 Info
• Instructor: Huiming Yin
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Haim Waisman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 29 Info
• Instructor: Jacob Fish
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 54 Info
• 1-3 points