PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Philosophical problems within science and about the nature of scientific knowledge in the 17th-20th centuries. Sample problems: causation and scientific explanation; induction and real kinds; verification and falsification; models, analogies and simulations; the historical origins of the modern sciences; scientific revolutions; reductionism and supervenience; differences between physics, biology and the social sciences; the nature of life; cultural evolution; human nature; philosophical issues in cosmology.

• Department: Philosophy
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Cloud
  Info
• 3 points

BLACK WOMEN STYLE&PERFRMNCE;

BLACK WOMEN STYLE & PERFRMNCE

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Shirley Taylor
  Info
• 4 points

SLAVERY & FINANCE IN 19C AMER

This research seminar exposes students to selected readings in the history of slavery and finance in the United States, from the American Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century.  The course explores the crucial roles of slavery and finance for the economic growth of the United States.......

• Department: History
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Manuel A Bautista Gonzalez
  h-index: 1 Info
• 4 points

DRUGS & POLITICS IN AMERICAS

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Eduardo Moncada
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 12 Info
• 3 points

THESSALONIKI DOWN THE AGES

A CITY AND ITS MANY VOICES

This course will explore the fascinatingly layered and multicultural history of Thessaloniki, the great city of Northern Greece and the Balkans.  We will examine texts, archaeological evidence, literature, songs, and movies and in general the materialities of the city.  We will examine this material from the 6th century BCE down to the the 21st cent. CE.  We will notably think about the problems of history, identity, and cultural interaction in reaction to recent work such as Mark Mazower’s well know Salonica, City of Ghosts [2004].

• Department: Classics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

EVANGELICALISM

Crossing denominations and encompassing a range of theological commitments, evangelical Christianity can be described as a theological disposition, a mode of hermeneutical practice, a theological-aesthetic sensibility, a mass spiritual movement, a practice of cultivating sacred affect, an errand to the world, and a genre of revivalism. This multidisciplinary seminar will emphasize the role of popular media in constituting an evangelical public, the gendered nature of evangelical subjectivity, the role of sex and sexuality in evangelical self-definition, and the ways that evangelical theological categories have shaped what we think of as "the secular" in the United States.

• Department: Religion
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Elizabeth F Dolfi
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

BLK SEXUAL PLTCS U.S.POP CLTR

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Celia E Naylor
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

SR SEM IN BIOLOGY

SENIOR SEMINAR: GENOMICS

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501, BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503, and BIOL BC2100.
Required of all majors who do not select Senior Thesis (BIOL BC3593x / BC3594y) to fulfill the senior requirement, these seminars allow students to explore the primary literature in the Biological Sciences in greater depth than can be achieved in a lecture course. Attention will be focused on both theoretical and empirical work. Seminar periods are devoted to oral reports and discussion of assigned readings and student reports. Students will write one extensive literature review of a topic related to the central theme of the seminar section.
Topics vary per semester and include:
1. Plant Development
 
2. Animal Development and Evolution 
3
. Molecular Evolution 4. Microbiology and Global Change 5. Genomics 6. Comparative and Reproductive Endocrinology.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Morton
  CULPA: 21 Info
• 4 points

ANATOMY OF FANTASTIC FICTION

What is a fantastic text and what renders it "scandalous" (R. Caillois)? How do nineteenth-century fantastic tropes and motifs survive in present-day narratives? What assumptions about "real" and "reality" do they reveal? How can fantastic representations of the inexplicable, supernatural and inhuman shape and enrich our understanding of the human mind and the world around us? And finally, why are we so fascinated by that which frightens us? In this course, we will address these and many other questions by looking at short stories, films, TV shows and comic books from the Italian and other traditions, from the 19th century to the present day. The course will be loosely chronological, but will be based mainly around thematic units. Through a comparative approach, we will explore the relationship between the fantastic mode and notions such as the uncanny, the repressed and the unconscious. We will look at our primary texts through an interdisciplinary lens spanning literary theory and genre studies to psychoanalysis and reader-response theory. Some primary texts are only available in Italian; however, accommodations can be made for non- Italian speakers.

• Department: Italian
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Bulla
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

GUIDED RESEARCH & SEMINAR

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• M 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Krista McGuire
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Hilary Callahan
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 17 Info
• 4 points

SR PROJECT: RESEARCH FOR DANCE

SR PROJECT:RESEARCH FOR DANCE

Independent study for research and writing (35 to 50-page thesis required).

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• Instructor: Kate A Glasner
  CULPA: 31 Info
• Instructor: Paul A Scolieri
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 3 points

SR PROJECT:REPERTORY FOR DANCE

Independent study for preparing and performing repertory works in production to be presented in concert.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• W 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Colleen Thomas
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

SENIOR THESIS RESEARCH

SENIOR THESIS SEMINAR

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• M 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Krista McGuire
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Hilary Callahan
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 17 Info
• 4 points

RSRCH/SEM-NEUROSCNC&BEHAVIOR;

RSRCH/SEM-NEUROSCNCE&BEHAVIOR;

Prerequisites: Open to senior Neuroscience and Behavior majors. Permission of the instructor. This is a year-long course. By the end of the spring semester program planning period during junior year, majors should identify the lab they will be working in during their senior year.
Discussion and conferences on a research project culminate in a written and oral senior thesis. Each project must be supervised by a scientist working at Barnard or at another local institution. Successful completion of the seminar substitutes for the major examination.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter D Balsam
  CULPA: 25 Info
• Instructor: Rae Silver
  Wikipedia h-index: 69 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth P Bauer
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 21 Info
• 4 points

AMERICAN CONSUMER CULTURE

This seminar examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the “good life” through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. We will explore how such things as department stores, nationally advertised brand-name goods, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics. The course is organized both thematically and chronologically. Each period deals with a new development in the history of consumer culture. Throughout we explore both celebrations and critiques of mass consumption and abundance.

• Department: History
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Meg Jacobs
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

GUIDED RESEARCH

Prerequisites: Permission of a faculty sponsor.
Similar to BIOL BC3591x/ BC3592y but a variable point course without seminar or an oral presentation. Does not fulfill Biology major requirements.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• Instructor: Elizabeth P Bauer
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 21 Info
• Instructor: Hilary Callahan
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Jonathan Snow
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: John Glendinning
  CULPA: 23 h-index: 39 Info
• Instructor: Paul E Hertz
  CULPA: 22 Info
• Instructor: Jennifer H Mansfield
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 15 Info
• Instructor: Krista McGuire
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Brian Morton
  CULPA: 21 Info
• Instructor: Matthew Rhodes
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1-4 points

PROBLEMS IN CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3328 and permission of instructor. 4 hours of laboratory work by arrangement.
Individual research projects at Barnard or Columbia, culminating in a comprehensive written report.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• Instructor: Christian Rojas
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Marisa C Buzzeo
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Dina C Merrer
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Michael Campbell
  Info
• Instructor: Andrew C Crowther
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Mary Sever
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Rachel Austin
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia h-index: 28 Info
• Instructor: Christina Vizcarra
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Benjamin Bostick
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 44 Info
• Instructor: Dina C Merrer
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 2 points

EXTERNAL PROBLEMS IN CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3328 and permission of instructor (a Barnard professor who will act as liaison) is required. Mandatory pass/fail grading. 8 hours of laboratory work by arrangement.
Individual research projects at institutions other than Barnard and Columbia, culminating in a comprehensive written report and oral presentation.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• Instructor: Dina C Merrer
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 4 points

PROBLEMS IN CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3328 and permission of instructor. 8 hours of laboratory work by arrangement.
Individual research projects at Barnard or Columbia, culminating in a comprehensive written report.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• Instructor: Christian Rojas
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Marisa C Buzzeo
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Dina C Merrer
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Michael Campbell
  Info
• Instructor: Andrew C Crowther
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Mary Sever
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Rachel Austin
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia h-index: 28 Info
• Instructor: Christina Vizcarra
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Benjamin Bostick
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 44 Info
• Instructor: Dina C Merrer
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 4 points

HOLOCAUST LITERATURE:SURVEY

This lecture for undergraduates is a survey of the literature of the Holocaust, ranging from its origins in Europe during the war to the widespread and global legacy among second and third generation writers, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, until the present day. Though the course will be taught in translation, readings will be taken from Yiddish, Hebrew, English, Polish, German, French, Dutch, and Hungarian literature. Among the thematic topics to be covered: the ethics of witnessing; the limits of representation and other formal aspects; historicity and autobiography; trauma and the second generation writer; the Holocaust in other media.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeremy Dauber
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO FRENCH CIVILIZATION

Prerequisites:
FREN W3333
or
W3334
and
W3405
, or the director of undergraduate studies' permission.
Based on readings of short historical sources, the course will provide an overview of French political and cultural history since 1700.

• Department: French and Romance Philology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Emmanuelle Saada
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

INTRO PROBABILITY/STATISTICS

Prerequisites: Calculus.

For undergraduates only. This course is required for undergraduate students majoring in IE, OR:EMS, and OR. This class must be taken during the fourth semester.
Fundamentals of probability and statistics used in engineering and applied science. Probability: random variables, useful distributions, expectations, law of large numbers, central limit theorem. Statistics: point and confidence interval estimation, hypothesis tests, linear regression. SIEO W3600 must be completed by the fourth term. Only students with special academic circumstances may be allowed to take these courses in alternative semesters with the consultation of CSA and Departmental advisors. Recitation section required.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• F 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Karl Sigman
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 4 points

INTL LAW & U.N. IN PRACTICE

Prerequisites: POLS V1601 or POLS/HRTS V3001 or
equivalent
. Limited to 20 students. Admission by approval from Professor J. Paul Martin,
jmartin@barnard.edu
, Director of the Human Rights Program.
For the Barnard Political Science major, this seminar counts as elective credit only.

Examines the development of international law and the United Nations, their evolution in the Twentieth Century, and their role in world affairs today. Concepts and principles are illustrated through their application to contemporary human rights and humanitarian challenges, and with respect to other threats to international peace and security.  The course consists primarily of presentation and discussion, drawing heavily on the practical application of theory to actual experiences and situations.
For the Barnard Political Science major, this seminar counts as elective credit only.
(Cross-listed by the Human Rights Program.)

• Department: Human Rights (HRTB)
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Martin S Flaherty
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• Instructor: Chana M Etengoff
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Sumati Gupta
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Larry B Heuer
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Hannah E Hoch
  CULPA: 27 Info
• Instructor: Alexandra C Horowitz
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Tovah Klein
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Ken Light
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 15 Info
• Instructor: Koleen McCrink
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Wendy McKenna
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Joshua New
  CULPA: 14 Info
• Instructor: Kara Pham
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Robert E Remez
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia h-index: 23 Info
• Instructor: Russell D Romeo
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Ann Senghas
  CULPA: 17 Info
• Instructor: Rae Silver
  Wikipedia h-index: 69 Info
• Instructor: Lisa K Son
  CULPA: 25 Info
• Instructor: Patricia D Stokes
  CULPA: 48 Info
• Instructor: Steven Stroessner
  CULPA: 18 Info
• Instructor: Danielle L Sussan
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Tara Well
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• Instructor: Peter D Balsam
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 4 points

REHEARSAL&PERFRMNCE; IN DANCE

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Gabri Christa
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Marjorie Folkman
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 1-3 points

REHEARSAL&PERFRMNCE; IN DANCE

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• 1-3 points

PERSIAN LIT THRU ENGL TRANS

PERSIAN LIT THRU ENGL TRANSL

Students are introduced to the multiplicity of geographical and historical centers of literary activity: courts in tenth-century Central Asia and seventeenth century India; The songs of whirling dervishes who followed the teachings of Rumi in Turkey to Sufi hospices in fourteenth century Kashmir; Itinerant storytellers in Afghanistan, the Caucasus, and Bosnia. The interrelationships between literature, patronage, religion, and language policy are discussed, and the evolving connection between Iran and the Persian language is emphasized. The voice of women in Persian literature is given particular attention: including 17th century women of the Mughal court in India and Parvin Eʿteṣāmī and Forugh Farrokhzad in 20th century Iran. More recent women poets and fiction-writers will be introduced. No familiarity with Persian language or the history of its development is assumed.

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Hossein Kamaly
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 3 points

NEW CINEMAS IN LATIN AMERICA

This seminar will analyze the historical similarities and differences between the two major “New Wave” periods of Latin America cinema. The first part of this course will examine the emergence of the 1960s nuevos cines in Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, and Chile through an in-depth analysis of landmark films such as Jomi García Ascot’s On the Empty Balcony (1962), Glauber Rocha’s Black God, White Devil (1964) and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s Memories of the Underdevelopment (1968). Some key concepts in Benedict Anderson’s book Imagined Communities will help us to understand why “national identities” played such a primordial role among Latin American film intellectuals in the 1960s and 1970s. Special attention will be paid to the manifestos written by Julio García Espinosa, Fernando Solanas, and Octavio Getino, and to how they confronted Hollywood’s hegemony in order to create an auteurist film tradition in the region. In the second part of the seminar, we will study the global success of the Latin American cinemas of the 2000s from a transnational perspective: features such as Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Amores Perros (2000), Lucrecia Martel’s The Swamp (2001), and Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund’s City of God (2002) will be examined in relation to the political and aesthetic traditions discussed in part one. We will explore how these contemporary Latin American filmmakers reflect upon gender, race, class, and sexual orientation rather than national or religious identities. The critical interpretation of these films will allow us to redefine the idea of "national cinemas" and to reexamine the historical tensions between state control, commercialism, and independent cinema in Latin America.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• F 10:10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Breixo Viejo Vinas
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

MATERIALS/PROCESSES IN MANUFAC

Prerequisites: OR EQUIVALENT
Introduction to microstructures and properties of metals, polymers, ceramics and composites; typical manufacturing processes: material removal, shaping, joining, and property alteration; behavior of engineering materials in the manufacturing processes.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Y. Lawrence Yao
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 95 Info
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR MODERN TIBETAN II

For those whose knowledge is equivalent to a student who’s completed the Second Year course. The course develops students’ reading comprehension skills through reading selected modern Tibetan literature. Tibetan is used as the medium of instruction and interaction to develop oral fluency and proficiency.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Sonam Tsering
  Info
• 4 points

RISING GREAT POWERS-INTL RELATNS

The rise of new great powers and hegemonic states has been a major engine of change in international relations, both historically and today.  Predominant theories of war, trade, and empire take as their starting point the uneven growth in the power and wealth of major states and empires. Rapid economic growth and associated domestic institutional changes in rising great powers often unleash a volatile domestic politics that affects the ideologies and social interests that play a role in formulating foreign policy.  In turn, the rising power’s international environment shapes the unfolding of these internal processes.  The course will study these dynamics, tracing patterns in historical cases and applying the insights gained to contemporary issues.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Jack L Snyder
  CULPA: 27 Info
• 3 points

CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites: an introductory course in neuroscience, like
PSYC W1010
or
PSYC W2450
, and the instructor's permission.
Analysis of the assessment of physical and psychiatric diseases impacting the central nervous system, with emphasis on the relationship between neuropathology and cognitive and behavioral deficits.

• Department: Psychology
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: E'Mett McCaskill
  CULPA: 38 Info
• 3 points

THE AMERICAN GRAPHIC NOVEL

The course seeks to combine literary and historical approaches to investigate one of the most rapidly growing and increasingly influential genres of American popular (and, increasingly, critically recognized) literature: the graphic novel. A historical overview of the genre's development, along with analysis of relevant broader institutional and cultural factors illuminating the development of American media culture more generally, will be complemented by study of a series of works that illuminate artistic approaches taken within the genre to the classic themes of the American experience: politics, ethnicity, sexuality, and America's place in the broader world, among other themes. Authors read include Eisner, Crumb, Spiegelman, Bechdel, Sacco, Thompson, and Hernandez.

• Department: American Studies
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 3 points

RECORDED SOUND

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Main objective is to gain a familiarity with and understanding of recording, editing, mixing, and mastering of recorded music and sounds using Pro Tools software. Discusses the history of recorded production, microphone technique, and the idea of using the studio as an instrument for the production and manipulation of sound.

• Department: Music
• M 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Terence Pender
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

VISUAL CULTRS-MOD SOUTH ASIA

This lecture course introduces students to the power and meaning of popular visual cultures of South Asia. Visual culture is a crucial arena for the enactment of social transformations and the creation of collective imaginaries. We will track such varied modern media types as calendar art, photography, film, architecture, clothing, and religious festivals, loosely following key chronological signposts in the shared histories of the subcontinent. Together, we will practice a new way of understanding history and society – a visual way that will make us aware of the diversity of hopes, fears, and dreams that comprise South Asia. Designed for students with a basic understanding of South Asian history, the course aims to familiarize you with key methodological approaches in visual culture studies and current debates in South Asian art history and media theory.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Debashree Mukherjee
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY

Prerequisites: one year of general astronomy
Introduction to the basic techniques used in obtaining and analyzing astronomical data. Focus on 'ground-based' methods at optical, infrared, and radio wavelengths. Regular use of the telescope facilities atop the roof of the Pupin Labs and at Harriman Observatory. The radio-astronomy portion consists mostly of computer labs, In research projects, students also work on the analysis of data obtained at National Observatories.

• Department: Astronomy
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: David Schiminovich
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

MAFIA MOVIES

Examines representations of the mafia in American and Italian film and literature. Special attention to questions of ethnic identity and immigration. Comparison of the different histories and myths of the mafia in the U.S. and Italy. Readings includes novels, historical studies, and film criticism. Limit 35

• Department: Italian @Barnard
• W 6:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Nelson Moe
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 6 Info
• 3 points

PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE

PHILOSOPHY AND LANGUAGE

An upper division course in analytic philosophy of language. We will examine sense and reference, Tarski's theory of truth, and readings in classical and contemporary pragmatics. In the final weeks we will focus on definite descriptions and a close reading of Naming and Necessity.

• Department: Philosophy
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Melissa S Fusco
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

LAT MAER RIGHT IN THE COLD WAR

LAT AMER RIGHT IN THE COLD WAR

The historical literature on the nature of international fascism and the transition of fascist ideologies into the Cold War era has been expanding rapidly in recent years, spanning over multiple intellectual debates...
This course sets out to provide the analytic tools for debating the rise of Latin America's post-fascism during the 1960s and 1970s....

• Department: History
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel G Kressel
  Info
• 4 points

JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Reynolds
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

INTERNATIONAL LAW

What is public international law, and what does it influence the behavior of states, corporations, and individuals in the international system? This introductory course engages these questions as well as the politics of applying and enforcing public international law in various contexts and issue areas. An understanding of basic international legal principles, institutions, and processes is developed through exploration of foundational cases, and by means of (required) participation in a multi-week group simulation of an international legal dispute.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Tonya L Putnam
  CULPA: 29 Info
• 4 points

INTERNATIONAL LAW-DISC

• Department: Political Science
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Erik Lin-Greenberg
  Info
• Instructor: Yilin Chen
  Info
• 0 points

INDEPENDENT CLINICAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: concurrent with registering for this course, a student must register with the department, provide a written invitation from a mentor, and submit a research proposal.

BIOL 3700
will provide an opportunity for students interested in independent research work in a hospital or hospice setting. In these settings, where patients and their needs are paramount, and where IRB rules and basic medical ethics make “wet-lab biology research” inappropriate, undergraduates may well find a way nevertheless, to assist and participate in ongoing clinical research. Such students, once they have identified a mentor willing to provide support, participation, and advising, may apply to the faculty member in charge of the course for 2-4 points/semester in
BIOL W3700
. This course will closely follow procedures already in place for
BIOL 3500
, but will ask potential mentors to provide evidence that students will gain hands-on experience in a clinical setting, while participating in a hospital- or hospice-based research agenda. A paper summarizing results of the work is required by the last day of finals for a letter grade; no late papers will be accepted.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• 2-4 points

STRATEGY FORMULATION

Provides an introduction to strategic management with two broad goals: to understand why some companies are financially much more successful than others; and to analyze how managers can devise a set of actions ("the strategy") and design processes that allow their company to obtain a financial advantage. Allows students to gain a better understanding of strategic issues and begin to master the analytic tools the strategists use, by studying the strategic decisions of companies in many different industries and countries, ranging from U.S. technology firms to a Swiss bank and a Chinese white-goods manufacturer. Topics include what companies can do to outperform their rivals; analysis of the competitive moves of rival firms relying heavily on game-theoretic concepts; and when it makes sense for companies to diversify and globalize their business.

• Department: Columbia College
• T 2:40 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Bradford L Cowgill
  Info
• 3 points

US-LATINO CULTURAL PRODUCTION

The course will investigate the possibility that hybrid constructions of identity among Latinos in the U.S. are the principal driving force behind the cultural production of Latinos in literature and film. There will be readings on the linguistic implications of “Spanglish” and the construction of Latino racial identity, followed by examples of literature, film, music, and other cultural production that provide evidence for bilingual/bicultural identity as a form of adaptation to the U.S. Examples will be drawn from different Latino ethnicities from the Caribbean, Mexico, and the rest of Latin America.

• Department: Ethnicity and Race, Center for
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Edward Morales
  Info
• 4 points