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.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi
  CULPA: 21 h-index: 16 Info
• Instructor: Jessica J Ouyang
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

MUSIC, RACE & IDENTITY

Analysis of the complex relationship among race, art, organizations, economics, social movements and identity. Emphasis is on shifting conceptions of identity and changing roles of race and racism in the spirituals, gospel music, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, rock'n'roll, soul music, Hip Hop and contemporary popular music.

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Rieder
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

THE MODERN ARTS WRITER

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
We will examine the lineaments of critical writing. A critic blends the subjective and objective in complex ways. A critic must know the history of an artwork, its past, while placing it on the contemporary landscape and contemplating its future. A single essay will analyze, argue, describe, reflect, and interpret. And, since examining a work of art also means examining oneself, the task includes a willingness to probe one's own assumptions. The best critics are engaged in a conversation -- a dialogue, a debate -- with changing standards of taste, with their audience, with their own convictions and emotions. The best criticism is part of a larger cultural conversation. It spurs readers to ask questions rather than accept answers about art and society. We will read essays that consider six art forms: literature; film; music (classical, jazz and popular); theatre and performance; visual art; and dance. At the term's end, students will consider essays that examine cultural boundaries and divisions: the negotiations between popular and high art; the aesthetic of cruelty; the post-modern blurring of and between artist, critic and fan. The reading list will include such writers as Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Elizabeth Hardwick (literature); James Agee, Manny Farber, Zadie Smith (film); G.B. Shaw, Willa Cather, Ralph Ellison, Lester Bangs, Ellen Willis (music); Eric Bentley, Mary McCarthy, C.L.R. James (theatre); Leo Steinberg, Frank O'Hara, Ada Louise Huxtable, Maggie Nelson (visual art); Edwin Denby, Arlene Croce, Elizabeth Kendall, Mindy Aloff (dance); Susan Sontag, Anthony Heilbut, John Jeremiah Sullivan (cultural criticism).

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

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN III

Prerequisites: ARCH V3202 and permission of the department chair. Enrollment limited as space permits.
Further exploration of the design process through studio work. Programs of considerable functional, contextual, and conceptual complexity are undertaken. Portfolio required for review first day of fall semester or earlier, as requested by the department. Class list based on portfolio review will be formed by first class meeting.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• MW 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Karen Fairbanks
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4.5 points

INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS

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.

• Department: Economics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Xavier Sala-I-Martin
  CULPA: 82 Wikipedia h-index: 80 Info
• 4 points

SCIENCE AND SENSIBILITY

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
Writing about the natural world is one of the world's oldest literary traditions and the site of some of today's most daring literary experiments.  Known loosely as "science writing" this tradition can be traced through texts in myriad and overlapping genres, including poetry, explorer's notebooks, essays, memoirs, art books, and science journalism.  Taken together, these divers texts reveal a rich literary tradition in which the writer's sensibility and worldview are paramount to an investigation of the known and unknown.  In this course, we will consider a wide range of texts in order to map this tradition.  We will question what it means to use science as metaphor, explore how to write about science with rigor and commitment to scientific truth, and interrogate the fiction of objectivity.

• Department: Writing
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Meehan J Crist
  Info
• 3 points

LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE CHOICE

Much of politics is about combining individual preferences or actions into collective choices. We will make use of two theoretical approaches. Our primary approach will be social choice theory, which studies how we aggregate what individuals want into what the collective “wants.” The second approach, game theory, covers how we aggregate what individuals want into what the group gets, given that social, economic, and political outcomes usually depend on the interaction of individual choices. The aggregation of preferences or choices is usually governed by some set of institutional rules, formal or informal. Our main themes include the rationality of individual and group preferences, the underpinnings and implications of using majority rule, tradeoffs between aggregation methods, the fairness of group choice, the effects of institutional constraints on choice (e.g., agenda control), and the implications for democratic choice. Most of the course material is highly abstract, but these abstract issues turn up in many real-world problems, from bargaining between the branches of government to campus elections to judicial decisions on multi-member courts to the allocation of relief funds among victims of natural disasters to the scoring of Olympic events. The collective choice problem is one faced by society as a whole and by the smallest group alike.

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

THE AMERICAN CONGRESS

Prerequisites:
POLS W1201
or the equivalent, or the instructor's permission.
Inquiry into the dynamics, organization, and policy-making processes of the American Congress. Particular emphasis on the relationship of legislators to constituents, lobbyists, bureaucrats, the president, and with one another.

• Department: Political Science
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory Wawro
  CULPA: 32 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

INDIE CINEMA OF THE 1990S

Prerequisites: FILM BC 3201 or equivalent.
In 1989, the Hollywood studio system was languishing in a creative drought, until Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape blew up the dam. Suddenly, audiences were eager for new, exciting visions free from establishment oversight. The next ten years saw the emergence of directors like Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, Kevin Smith, Richard Linklater, Jim Jarmusch, Lisa Cholodenko and many others. This course, arranged chronologically, will look at different filmmakers each week, while exploring the circumstances that allowed this movement to exist; what caused it to thrive, and what lingering effects did it have on today's cinema.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• TR 7:10 p.m.-8:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew J Ruiz
  Info
• 3 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II-LEC

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3230. Lecture: MWF 10:00-10:50.
Extension of concepts from Organic Chemistry I to conjugated systems; chemistry of the carbonyl group; NMR and IR spectroscopy; bioorganic chemistry.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• MWF 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Dina C Merrer
  CULPA: 24 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

CONTEMPORARY MEDIA THEORY

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Attend first class for instructor permission. Registering for the course only through myBarnard or SSOL will NOT ensure your enrollment.
Explores the transformation of sociality, consciousness and geo-politics by and as media technologies during the long 20th century. Students will read influential works of media analysis written during the past century, analyze audio-visual analog and digital media, and explore political theory and media theory written since the rise of the internet. Final projects on contemporary media forms.

• Department: English @Barnard
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan L Beller
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

PHILOSOPHY OF LANG & MIND

PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE & MIND

This course will survey the most fundamental issues about the nature of language and the nature of the human mind.  readings will consist of selections from Descartes, Locke, Frege, Wittgenstein, Chomsky, Quine, Davidson, Kripke, McDowell, Burge and some more recent writings.

• Department: Philosophy
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Carol Rovane
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: Physics and Calculus II or III or permission of instructor. Lecture: MWF 11:00-11:50.
Exact and approximate solutions to the Schrodinger equation. The structure of atoms and molecules. Chemical bonding and spectroscopy. Computer-based molecular modeling.

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

INSIDE THE TV WRITERS' ROOM

Prerequisites: FILM BC3201 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Priority is given to Film Studies majors/concentrations in order of class seniority. Sign-up with the English Department is required. Registering for the course only through myBarnard or SSOL will NOT ensure your enrollment. The date, time, and location that Film sign-up sheets go up is listed here: http://film.barnard.edu/sign-ups
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 part of television production: it will enable the students to have concrete experiences of collaborative writing-producing through the simulation of a TV writers' room, aiming to create the pilot and bible of either a web series or a web anthology of short films with a common theme. Through a number of creative exercises specifically catered to the brainstorming process and to project development in a collaborative manner, students learn how to run and be part of a room, how to achieve the right form and structure for each part of the storytelling process, and how to treat each element in its own right while not losing focus of the big picture.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• R 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Christina Kallas
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• 3 points

LATINO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

This course focuses on the political incorporation of Latinos into the American polity. Among the topics to be discussed are patterns of historical exclusion, the impact of the Voting Rights Act, organizational and electoral behavior, and the effects of immigration on the Latino national political agenda.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Rodolfo de la Garza
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

Gives students tools and concepts with which to understand the social organization of religion in society. We will focus on classical emerging themes in the field, and analyze case studies that relate to them.

• Department: Religion
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Courtney Bender
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 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
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alfred Aho
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia h-index: 67 Info
• Instructor: Xi Chen
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• 3 points

19TH CENT PHILOSOPHY: HEGEL

19TH CEN EUROP PHILOS: HEGEL

Examines major themes of Hegel's philosophy, with emphasis on social and political thought. Topics include Hegel's critique of Kant, the possibility of metaphysics, the master-slave dialectic, and the role of freedom in a rational society. Readings from Fichte help explain how Hegel's project develops out of Kant's transcendental idealism.  Some knowledge of Kant's moral theory and his
Critique of Pure Reason
is presupposed. Prerequisite:
at least one
of PHIL 2201, 2301, or 3251.

• Department: Philosophy @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Frederick Neuhouser
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia h-index: 16 Info
• 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 two-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
  Info
• 3 points

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY I

Prerequisites: One year of Organic Chemistry, BIOL BC1502. Lecture: MWF 9:00-9:50.
Introduction to biochemical building blocks, macromolecules, and metabolism. Structures of amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids. Protein structure and folding. Enzyme mechanisms, kinetics, allostery. Membranes and biosignaling. Catabolism and anabolism with emphasis on chemical intermediates, metabolic energy, catalysis by specific enzymes, regulation.

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

CURRENT TOPICS BIOCHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3282 and CHEM BC3355 or instructor approval.
This course is designed to expose students to a range of current research topics in the field of biochemistry and develop their ability to understand and evaluate primary scientific literature. The first half of the course will focus on current research on fundamental biochemistry systems and processes; the second half will addres biomedicinal application and advances.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Mary Sever
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

FREEDOM OF SPEECH & PRESS

Examines the constitutional right of freedom of speech and press in the United States. Examines, in depth, various areas of law, including extremist or seditious speech, obscenity, libel, fighting words, the public forum doctrine, and public access to the mass media. Follows the law school course model, with readings focused on actual judicial decisions.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lee C Bollinger
  CULPA: 27 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

CURATING ARCHITECTURE

This class will examine curating practices in relation to architectural exhibitions and publications. We will look at exhibitions, pavilions, installations, magazines, journals, boogazines, websites, and blogs (among other platforms) not only as mechanisms for presenting and distributing information but also as sites that serve as an integral part of architectural theory and practice.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• TR 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Irina C Verona
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

VOTING AND AMERICAN POLITICS

Elections and public opinion; history of U.S. electoral politics; the problem of voter participation; partisanship and voting; accounting for voting decisions; explaining and forecasting election outcomes; elections and divided government; money and elections; electoral politics and representative democracy.

• Department: Political Science
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Robert Erikson
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia h-index: 59 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 6:10 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Danny N Ho
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

WORKSHOP SUSTAINABLE DEVEL

Students address real-world issues in sustainable development by working in groups for an external client agency.  Instruction in communication, collaboration, and management; meetings with and presentations to clients and academic community.  Projects vary from year to year.  Readings in the course are project-specific and are identified by the student research teams.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Frank Nitsche
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 29 Info
• 4 points

WORKSHOP SUSTAINABLE DEVEL

Students address real-world issues in sustainable development by working in groups for an external client agency.  Instruction in communication, collaboration, and management; meetings with and presentations to clients and academic community.  Projects vary from year to year.  Readings in the course are project-specific and are identified by the student research teams.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Frank Nitsche
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 29 Info
• 4 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Deneb Kozikoski Valereto
  Info
• 3 points

PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor given at first class meeting.
Students will create and workshop plays, with a focus on learning new approaches to language and structure. Recommended for students undertaking a senior thesis in playwriting.

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

ADVANCED 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.
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 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Marni D Ludwig
  Info
• 3 points

THERMODYNAMICS

Classical thermodynamics. Basic properties and concepts, thermodynamic properties of pure substances, equation of state, work, heat, the first and second laws for flow and nonflow processes, energy equations, entropy, and irreversibility. Introduction to power and refrigeration cycles.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Arvind Narayanaswamy
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 26 Info
• 3 points

THERMODYNAMICS

THERMO RECITATION

Classical thermodynamics. Basic properties and concepts, thermodynamic properties of pure substances, equation of state, work, heat, the first and second laws for flow and nonflow processes, energy equations, entropy, and irreversibility. Introduction to power and refrigeration cycles.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• 0 points

ADV WRITING/COMP IN PORTUGUESE

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Joao Nemi Neto
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

SCULPTURE III

Prerequisites:
VIAR R2300
.
(Formerly R3332) Sculpture III is an invitation for immersive sculpting. The class will explore the idea of experiences and construction of contexts as central research topics. The class becomes a laboratory space to explore various techniques to heighten body awareness and spatial sensibility. Through assignments and workshops, the students will practice how to digest these sensory experiences through their studio practice. Historical precedents for art outside the usual mediums and venues will be our reference points to investigate how our own work may take part in a generative process that evolves the definition of sculpture. The assignments in the first half of the semester point the students to performance, site specificity, and sound, that utilize New York City's odd spots and professionals. While building such common experiential platforms, the class will also build language for a dialogic space, through weekly in-class discussions lead by the instructor, guests, and rotating panels of the students. As the semester progresses, the emphasis will gradually be shifted from experiential learning to intensive studio work on a final project, where the students are asked to pay close attention to how various methods and fields of subjects combine. The resulting project has to be the best work you have ever done. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• M 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Rirkrit Tiravanija
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PROJCT LAB IN MOLECULR BIOLOGY

PROJECT LAB MOLECULAR GENETCS

Prerequisites: BIOL BC2100 or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 16.
Laboratory course in which students conduct original research projects in molecular genetics. Students will participate in experimental design, conduct and data analysis, and work with key techniques for studying gene structure, expression and function such as nucleic acid extraction and synthesis, cloning, bioinformatics analysis, PCR and qPCR. Students will present their results orally and in writing. Enrollment in both semesters (BIOL BC3305 and BIOL BC3306) of this full-year course is required, and fulfills two upper-level lab courses for the Barnard Biology major. Must be taken in sequence, beginning in the fall. -B. Morton, J. Mansfield

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• W 1:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 3 points

BRITISH WOMEN SUFFRAGE MOVEMNT

The British women’s suffrage movement was one of the significant and dramatic social movements of modern times.  Tens of thousands of women joined suffrage organizations and took part in suffrage activism in the decade before World War I, some of them adopting what were known as “militant” tactics of public disturbance and property damage, and of the hunger-strike in prison.  The suffrage question and the spectacle of militancy preoccupied politicians, divided parties, friends and families, mesmerized the public and the press, and utterly transformed the lives of the women who became caught up in it.  The movement spawned novels, plays, and artistic works of all kinds; it fostered new political theories and practices; it created new identities and new psychological orientations.  Historians to this day argue over its meanings and legacies.

• Department: History
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Susan Pedersen
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

SELECTIONS FROM GREEK LIT

Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Classics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth K Irwin
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

PLANET AMERICA

This course is a semester-long engagement with the idea of internationalism from the perspective of U.S. culture, history, and politics. We will consider two forms of internationalism: internationalism from above, “imperialism;” and internationalism from below, “radical democracy.” We will engage long-standing models in the analysis of empire, and focus on cultural, economic, and political dimensions to examine the centrality of imperialism to the United States, and the history of the United States within a context of global histories. On the other hand, radical democratic movements and ideas have long been articulated in relation to the American project. Central to these movements is the necessity of articulating demands for justice not as matters of civil rights, but as human rights. The lectures and readings in this course will engage the body of scholarship known as “transnational American Studies” to think about America, as an idea, a set of institutions, and a way of being, within a larger world.

• Department: History @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Manu M Vimalassery
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

CELL BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501 BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503, or equivalent, and BIOL BC2100.
This course explores the components, systems, and regulatory mechanisms involved in eukaryotic cellular function. Topics include: signal transduction, translational and protein quality control, organellar and cytoskeletal dynamics, and some coordinated responses such as proliferation and programmed cell death. Throughout the course we will see how general cell biology can be specialized to achieve specific cellular functions through regulation of the basic machinery. We will also explore the cellular and molecular bases for a variety of human pathologies, with an emphasis on cancer. In addition to lecture, we will spend some time discussing the material, including selected articles from the primary literature, and learning through group presentations.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Stephen L Sturley
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

LABORATORY IN CELL BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501, BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503 or the equivalent, BIOL BC2100 or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 16.
Introduction to cell biological techniques used to investigate structural, molecular, and physiological aspects of eukaryotic cells and their organization into tissues. Techniques include light and electron microscopy, cell culture, isolation of cellular organelles, protein electrophoresis and Western Blot analysis.

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

SPECIAL TOPICS

SPACES&TERRITORIES; HOUSING

Topics vary yearly. Course may be repeated for credit.  Attendance is mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Ignacio Gonzalez Galan
  Info
• 3 points

SPECIAL TOPICS

NYC CROWDSCAPE CARTOGRAPHIES

Topics vary yearly. Course may be repeated for credit.  Attendance is mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• TR 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• 3 points

POETIC METER AND FORM

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
This course will investigate the uses of rhythmic order and disorder in English-language poetry, with a particular emphasis on 'formal' elements in 'free' verse. Through a close analysis of poems, we'll examine the possibilities of qualitative meter, and students will write original creative work within (and in response to) various formal traditions. Analytical texts and poetic manifestos will accompany our reading of exemplary poems. Each week, we'll study interesting examples of metrical writing, and I'll ask you to write in reponse to those examples. Our topics will include stress meter, syllable-stress meter, double and triple meter, rising and falling rhythms, promotion, demotion, inversion, elision, and foot scansion. Our study will include a greate range of pre-modern and modern writers, from Keats to W.D. Snodgrass, Shakespeare to Denise Levertov, Blake to James Dickey, Whitman to Louise Gluck etc. As writers, we'll always be thinking about how the formal choices of a poem are appropriate or inappropriate for the poem's content. We'll also read prose by poets describing their metrical craft.

• Department: Writing
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph N Fasano
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

MICROBIOLOGY

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501, BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503 or the equivalent, and BIOL BC2100.
Survey of the diversity, cellular organization, physiology, and genetics of the major microbial groups. Also includes aspects of applied microbiology and biotechnology, the function of microorganisms in the environment, and the role of microbes in human diseases.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Rhodes
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

MUSICS OF INDIA & WEST ASIA

A topical approach to the concepts and practices of music in relation to other arts in the development of Asian civilizations.

• Department: Music
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alessandra M Ciucci
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

MUSICS OF INDIA & WEST ASIA

A topical approach to the concepts and practices of music in relation to other arts in the development of Asian civilizations.

• Department: Music
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• 3 points

LABORATORY IN MICROBIOLOGY

Prerequisites: BIOL BC3320 (or corequisite). Enrollment limited to 16.
Provides experience in the isolation, cultivation, and analysis of pure cultures of microorganisms. Methods used for study of cell structure, growth, physiology, and genetics of microbes will be incorporated into small independent projects.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Krista McGuire
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

SLAVERY,FREE LABOR,CULTRL MEM

This course will examine the historical period of gradual emancipation to free labor in Brazil. Course readings include literary and cultural production as well as historical narratives and literary theory. We will question how ideas of racial labor transform alongside new notions of freedom and nation. By drawing mostly on literature, history, and film, this course investigates the issue of cultural memory as related to the history of slavery, racial formation, and national forgetting. Our course discussions will center on questions as, how is the history of slavery remembered or forgotten? How do we ethically remember a past that we can never understand completely? Is it possible to separate cultural representations of race, ethnicity, sexuality and gender from their political and economic contexts? How are “race,” “liberty,” “property” and “life” understood during slavery, and how do those ideas continue to influence the post-slavery nation? Although the course will focus heavily on the Brazilian historical context, we will also comparatively examine how these histories are remembered and forgotten in the U.S. and other parts of Latin America.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ana P Lee
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 2 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED WOLOF I

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• Instructor: Mariame S Sy
  Info
• 4 points

MODERN V

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 0-1 points

A FIRST CRSE/FINITE ELEMENTS

Prerequisites: Senior standing or by instructor permission
(Students taking ENME E3332 cannot take ENME E4332)
Corequisites: (Recommended): differential equations
Focus on formulation and application of the finite element method to engineering problems such as stress analysis, heat transfer, fluid flow and electromagnetics. Topics include: finite element formulation for one-dimensional problems, such as trusses, electrical and hydraulic systems, scalar field problems in two dimensions, such as heat transfer, and vector field problems such as elasticity and finally usage of the commercial finite element program.  Detailed course description: Focus on formulation and application of the finite element method to engineering problems such as stress analysis, heat transfer, fluid flow and electromagnetics. The course material is organized in three chronological units one month each:  (1) the finite element formulation for one-dimensional problems, such as trusses, electrical and hydraulic systems, (2) the finite element formulation for scalar field problems in two dimensions, such as heat transfer and (3) the finite element formulation for vector field problems such as elasticity, and (4) finite element programming and usage of commercial finite element program.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Jacob Fish
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 54 Info
• 3 points

MODERN TECH-ORGANIC CHEM LAB

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3328 with a grade of C- or better and CHEM BC3230.
Corequisites: CHEM BC3231. CHEM BC3334 Lecture: M 1:10-2:00; Laboratory one afternoon: M 2:10-6:00; W or F 1:10-5:00.
Advanced experimental organic techniques and introduction to qualitative and quantitative organic analysis. Emphasis on instrumental and chromatographic methods. Selected reactions. Students enrolling in this course must register for CHEM BC3334x.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• M 2:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Meenakshi S Rao
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Jean Vadakkan
  Info
• 3 points

MODERN TECH-ORGANIC CHEM REC

Corequisites: CHEM BC3333
Theoretical aspects of the reactions and experiments done in BC3333, with an emphasis on spectral analysis, including IR and  NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. Students must enroll in one of the 3333 lab sections to be in this class.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• M 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 0 points

COLL: AMERICAN ELECTIONS

Prerequisites: POLS V 1201 or equivalent American Politics course. POLS V 3222 or equivalent Research Methods course is recommended.
Admission by application
through the Barnard department only. Enrollment limited to 16 students.
The purpose of this course is to examine how political science can inform the real-world campaign environment, improving our understanding of strategy and outcomes in American elections.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Miller
  CULPA: 18 h-index: 14 Info
• 4 points

MODERN VI

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jodi Melnick
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 0-1 points

20TH CENT NEW YOUR CITY HIST

20TH CENT NEW YORK CITY HIST

This course explores critical areas of New York's economic development in the 20th century, with a view to understanding the rise, fall and resurgence of this world capital. Discussions also focus on the social and political significance of these shifts. Assignments include primary sources, secondary readings, film viewings, trips, and archival research. Students use original sources as part of their investigation of New York City industries for a 20-page research paper. An annotated bibliography is also required. Students are asked to give a weekly update on research progress, and share information regarding useful archives and websites.

• Department: History
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenneth T Jackson
  CULPA: 46 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED SWAHILI I

Prerequisites:
SWHL W1201-W1202
or the instructor's permission.
As of academic year 2016-17, this course is now SWHL 3301. 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
• 4 points

MUSIC IN MULTIMEDIA

In this course, we explore the reciprocal relationships created between music and other artistic media such as text, images, dance, and film when combined in multimedia works. “Multimedia” is defined broadly here, encompassing artworks that involve multiple artistic dimensions, including songs and program music as well as dance and film. Readings about music in songs and musical drama, dance, film, video games, and cartoons will facilitate class discussions in a seminar setting, involving compositional techniques and approaches, as well as issues of aesthetics, interpretation and analysis, and politics of race, gender, and society as demonstrated in the numerous multimedia works we will discuss. This course is open to all majors.

• Department: Music
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Orit Hilewicz
  Info
• 3 points

CONTACT IMPROVISATION

Prerequisites: Limited to twenty people.
Examination of the gender-neutral partnering technique that is now common in contemporary dance. Focus is placed on recent improvisatory forms, sensation building, center connection and risk. Emphasis is placed on listening and sensing rather than controlling or leading.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Colleen Thomas
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 0-1 points

EARLY CHRISTIANITY

Examines the competing currents within early Christianity, with emphasis placed on the literary and social expressions of Christian belief and identity. Topics to be covered include persecution and martyrdom, debates over authority and religious experience, orthodoxy and heresy, and asceticism and monasticism, among others.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Castelli
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED READINGS IN HUNGARIAN

Prerequisites:
HNGR W3340
or the equivalent.
Advance Readings in Hungarian has an emphasis on rapid and comprehensive reading of academic materials. In addition to weekly readings, oral presentations and written essays serve to improve flulency in all aspects of Hungarian.

• Department: Italian
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Carol H Rounds
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

EUR/ISLAM-MOD PERIOD,1789-PRES

Though the relationship between Europe and Islam has a centuries-long and complex history, this course looks closely at the unfolding of this relationship in the modern period. Following Edward Said, we start with Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798, then cover a series of topics including: migration and travel writing on the eve of conquest; colonial aggression in the Middle East and North Africa; colonial governance of Islam; race, gender, and religious difference; Islamic modernity; and Islamic veiling 'controversies.' The object of this course is to historicize contemporary debates on immigration, pluralism, and the management of difference by examining cases of discursive and institutional continuity from the colonial into the postcolonial periods. Instructor's permission required.

• Department: History
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Sarah Ghabrial
  Info
• 4 points

MEDIEVAL ART IN THE WEST

Medieval painting, sculpture, and precious arts from Late Antiquity to c. 1400, including early Byzantine, early Islamic, Merovingian, Visigothic, Insular, Carolingian, Ottonian, Mozarabic, Anglo-Saxon, and especially Romanesque and Gothic art. Questions include those of style, function, material, historical context, the earthly, the divine, ornament, the figural, and the geographic Other.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph S Ackley
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501, BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503, and BIOL BC2100 or equivalent.
Introduction to developmental biology. Topics will include: fertilization, cleavage and gastrulation, establishment of body axes, neural development, organ formation, regeneration, stem cells and cell potency, evolution of developmental programs.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer H Mansfield
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 15 Info
• 3 points

I & WE IN THE CHRISTIAN EAST

This course will provide a survey of Christian history in the eastern Mediterranean and Near East from roughly the fourth to the eleventh centuries with particular attention to religion and identity. How would the various Christians in this era answer the questions: “Who am I?” “Who are we?” How did their understanding of the divine influence their understanding of themselves and how was this identity enacted through writing and ritual? Though our focus will be on this period, we will also consider the framing of the history of “Eastern” Christianity into the modern period. No prerequisites.

• Department: Religion
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Zachary N Ugolnik
  Info
• 3 points

ADV CHEM SYNTHESIS LAB

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3333, CHEM BC3271, and CHEM BC3338
Corequisites: CHEM BC3253
Multistep and multi-day experiments in organic and inorganic synthesis via advanced synthetic methods. Experiments include solution phase, solid state, and photochemical syntheses. Products will be analyzed and characterized by a variety of methods, including: IR, NMR, and UV-Vis spectroscopy, and also by polarimetry, chiral GC, and GC/MS.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• R 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Christian Rojas
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 5 points

MOLECULAR&CELLULAR; NEUROSCI

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501, BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503 or the equivalent, and one term of organic chemistry.
Structure and function of neural membranes; ionic basis of membrane potential and action potential; synaptic transmission and neurochemistry; sensory transduction and processing; reflexes and spinal cord physiology; muscle structure and function; neuronal circuitry; nervous system development.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth P Bauer
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 21 Info
• 3 points

PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSPIRACY

Prerequisites: Psych BC1001, BC1101/1102, two PSYC laboratory courses, and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 16.
Why do some people believe in ghosts, psychic powers, UFO abductions, astrology, alternative medicine, or conspiracy theories? Does it matter? In this seminar, we will consider potential psychological explanations for a wide range of anomalous beliefs and experiences, and the consequences those beliefs can have.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Brotherton
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

EATING DISORDERS

Prerequisites: PSYC BC1001, PSYC BC2141
This course presents an in depth investigation of eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating from a primarily psychological perspective. The course will present both the current understandings of causes, correlates, and outcomes of eating pathology as well as the complexity and controversy surrounding these conceptualizations. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Senior psych majors will get first preference.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Sumati Gupta
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

INFANT DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: BC1001 and BC1128/1129 Developmental (lab and lecture taken together) or BC1129 (only lecture). Or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 15 students.
Analysis of human development during the fetal period and early infancy. Review of effects of environmental factors on perinatal perceptual, cognitive, sensory-motor, and neurobehavioral capacities, with emphasis on critical conditions involved in both normal and abnormal brain development. Other topics include acute and long term effects of toxic exposures (stress, smoking, and alcohol) during pregnancy, and interaction of genes and the environment in shaping the developing brain of "high-risk" infants, including premature infants and those at risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: William P Fifer
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 40 Info
• 4 points

RETHINKING SPANISH TRANSLATION

RETHINKING SPANISH TRANSLATN

Through special attention to translation method and practice, this course aims to develop a solid foundation on which to build the full set of competences required to become thoughtful, alert, self-critical translator while extending and improving the students' competence of Spanish through complex translation tasks of a wide range of texts presented with a progressive overall structure and thematic organization. With a professional approach, it focuses on translation as a cross-cultural and crosslinguistic communicative activity that integrates areas such as interlanguage pragmatics, discourse analysis and transfer.

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

PSYCH OF STEREOTYPING/PREJUDIC

PSYCH OF STEREOTYPING AND PREJ

Review of current literature from experimental social psychology pertaining to stereotyping and prejudice. Topics include: functions and costs of stereotyping, the formation and maintenance of stereotypes, and stereotype change. Recent research concerning the role of cognitive processes in intergroup perception will be emphasized.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Steven Stroessner
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 4 points

NEUROPHARMACOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites: BC1001 and one of the following: BC1115, BC1119, or BIOL BC3280. Permission of the instructor is required. Enrollment limited to 20 students.
Basic principles of the study of drugs that influence the neural systems and induce changes in behavior. Molecular, biochemical and behavioral characterization of psychotropic drugs: stimulants, sedative-hypnotics, anxiolytics, alcohol, hallucinogens, and opiates. Etiology and treatment of psychological and neurological disorders.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• R 7:40 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: E'Mett McCaskill
  CULPA: 38 Info
• 4 points

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY

DIFFERENTAL GEOMETRY

Prerequisites:
MATH V1202
or the equivalent.
Local and global differential geometry of submanifolds of Euclidiean 3-space. Frenet formulas for curves. Various types of curvatures for curves and surfaces and their relations. The Gauss-Bonnet theorem.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Hamilton
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN NEUROETHICS

Prerequisites: BC1001 and one of the following: Neurobiology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Fundamentals of Neuropsychology, or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 20 students.
Recent advancements in neuroscience raise profound ethical questions. Neuroethics integrates neuroscience, philosophy, and ethics in an attempt to address these issues. Reviews current debated topics relevant to the brain, cognition, and behavior. Bioethical and philosophical principles will be applied allowing students to develop skill in ethical analysis.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• T 7:40 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: E'Mett McCaskill
  CULPA: 38 Info
• 4 points

GIS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMNT

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of theoretical concepts underlying GIS systems and to give students a strong set of practical skills to use GIS for sustainable development research. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are a system of computer software, data and analysis methods used to create, store, manage, digital information that allow us to create maps and dynamic models to analyze the physical and social processes of the world. Through a mixture of lectures, readings, focused discussions, and hands-on exercises, students will acquire an understanding of the variety and structure of spatial data and databases, gain knowledge of the principles behind raster and vector based spatial analysis, and learn basic cartographic principles for producing maps that effectively communicate a message. Student will also learn to use newly emerging web based mapping tools such as Google Earth, Google Maps and similar tools to develop on-line interactive maps and graphics. The use of other geospatial technologies such as the Global Positioning System will also be explored in this class. Case studies examined in class will draw examples from a wide ranges of GIS applications developed to assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of sustainable development projects and programs. On completion of the course, students will: 1. use a variety of GIS software programs to create maps and reports; 2. develop a sound knowledge of methods to search, obtain, and evaluate a wide variety of spatial data resources; 3. develop skills needed to determine best practices for managing spatial data resources; 4. use GIS to analyze the economic, social and environmental processes underlying the concept of building a sustainable world; 5. Gain an understanding of the limits of these technologies and make assessments of uncertainty associated with spatial data and spatial analysis models. Offered in the fall and spring.

• Department: Earth Institute
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Kytt J Macmanus
  Info
• 3 points

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HISTORY I

Prerequisites: Open to Barnard College History Senior Majors.
Individual guided research and writing in history and the presentation of results in seminar and in the form of the senior essay.  See Requirements for the Major for details.

• Department: History @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 4 points

INTERVNTNS DEVELPMNTL DISABIL

Prerequisites: BC1001, BC1127/1129, BC2156, or permission of the instructor. Seniors are given priority.
This course provides an overview of psychological intervention processes in the field of developmental disabilities.  Course content includes discussions of clinical and ethical issues related to diagnosis and treatment, and in-depth review of procedures used to teach appropriate behavior repertoires to individuals with developmental disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorders.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Hannah E Hoch
  CULPA: 27 Info
• 4 points

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE

Design project planning, written and oral technical communication, practical aspects of engineering as a profession, such as career development and societal and environmental impact.  Generally taken senior year.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• R 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David G Vallancourt
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 1 points

HUMAN POPULATIONS & SDEV

Population processes and their outcomes in terms of population size and distribution have a fundamental role in sustainable development and also broad policy implications. This course will introduce students to the scientific study of human populations as a contribution toward understanding social structure, relations, and dynamics, as well as society-nature interactions. The aim is to offer a basic introduction to the main theories, concepts, measures, and uses of demography. The course will cover the issues of population size, distribution and composition, and consumption, at different scales from global to regional to local, as well as the implications for population-environment relationships. It will also address the fundamental demographic processes of mortality, fertility and migration, including their trends and transitions, We will consider these topics in the context of economic development, sustainability and cultural change. The course will also include an overview of basic demographic techniques and tools used for identifying, managing, analyzing and interpreting population data, and an introduction to population projections. Lab sessions will supplement readings and lectures by enabling students to explore data sources, calculate rates, and graphically represent demographic data. Offered in the Fall (even years).

• Department: Earth Institute
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Susana B Adamo
  Info
• 3 points

CULTURAL APPRCHES-AMERCN PAST

Introduction to the theoretical approaches of American Studies, as well as the methods and materials used in the interdisciplinary study of American society. Through close reading of a variety of texts (e.g., novels, films, essays), we will analyze the creation, maintenance, and transmission of cultural meaning within American society.

• Department: American Studies @Barnard
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennie Kassanoff
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

COMP POL OF GENDER INEQUALITY

Prerequisites:
Not an introductory-level course
. Not open to students who have taken the colloquium POLS BC 3507. Enrollment limited to 20 students; L-course sign-up through
eBear
.
Barnard syllabus
.
Uses major analytical perspectives in comparative politics to understand the persistence of gender inequality in advanced industrial states. Topics include: political representation and participation; political economy and capitalism; the historical development of welfare states; electoral systems, electoral quotas; the role of supranational and international organizations; and social policy.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Claire F Ullman
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

MUSLIMS IN DIASPORA

Consideration of controversies surrounding mosque-building, headscarves, honor killing, and other publicized issues that expose tensions surrounding citizenship and belonging for Muslims in North America and Europe. Exploration of film and other media representations of Muslims in the West. There will be additional meeting times for film screenings.

• Department: Religion
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Kamal Soleimani
  Info
• 4 points

MACHINE DESIGN

Prerequisites: MECE E3408
Computer-aided analysis of general loading states and deformation of machine components using singularity functions and energy methods.Theoretical introduction to static failure theories, fractre mechanics, and fatigue failure theories.  Introduction to conceptual design and design optimization problems.  Design of machine components such as springs, shafts, fasteners, lead screws, rivets, welds.  Modeling, analysis, and testing of machine assemblies for prescribed design problems.  Problems will be drawn from statics, kinematics, dynamics, solid modeling, stress analysis, and design optimization.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Hod Lipson
  Wikipedia h-index: 79 Info
• 3 points

COLL:HUMAN RGTS DIVERSE WORLD

Prerequisites: POLS V1013 or W3001 or the
equivalent
.
Admission by application
through the Barnard department only. Enrollment limited to 16 students.
Barnard syllabus
.
Exploration of the nature of human rights and questions of their validity and relevance, protection and redefinition, in this world of cultural diversity and diversity of national interests. (Cross-listed by the Human Rights Program.)

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Ayten Gundogdu
  CULPA: 20 h-index: 8 Info
• 4 points

URBANIZATION & SUSTAINABILITY

The first decade of the 21st century marked the first time in human history when more of world’s population  lived in urban as distinct from rural places. It is impossible to achieve sustainable development in a physical, social or economic manner absent an understanding of the powerful and interdependent relationship between these concepts of sustainability and urbanization. This course explores this vital nexus. Students will gain a more detailed understanding of the ways in which urban life provides opportunities and challenges for addressing climate change, access to water and energy efficiency, among other topics. The intention is to provide students majoring in Sustainable Development with an historic and contemporary understanding of the connections between the process of urbanization that now dominates the world and the range of ways in which that process, directly and indirectly, shapes the challenge of sustainable development. Offered in the Fall (even years).

• Department: Earth Institute
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Elliott D Sclar
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING I: PHOTOGRAVURE

Prerequisites:
VIAR R1400
,
VIAR R2420
, or
VIAR R1700
.
(Formerly R3417) A concise study and application of the copper plate photogravure process. Usage of current available resources substituting for materials that are no longer available for photogravure. This is a 19th century obsolete photomechanical reproduction process that is constantly challenging the ingenuity of it's practitioners to keep it alive and a viable technique in the 21st century.  The course objectives are understanding and demonstrating proficiency in the photogravure process and creation of finished printed images from the process learned. It is important for the future of this process that the students understand not only the "how", but the "why" of going through all of these procedures. If the class is full, please visit
http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program
.

• Department: Visual Arts
• R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Craig Zammiello
  Info
• 3 points

SYMBOLIC LOGIC

Corequisites:
PHILV3413
Required Discussion Section (0 points).
Advanced introduction to classical sentential and predicate logic. No previous acquaintance with logic is required; nonetheless a willingness to master technicalities and to work at a certain level of abstraction is desirable. This course has unrestricted enrollment.

• Department: Philosophy
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamar A Lando
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

SYMBOLIC LOGIC - REC

• Department: Philosophy
• M 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 0 points

ENG DES-CONCPT/DESIGN GENERATN

Prerequisites: Senior standing.
Corequisites: MECE E3409.
A preliminary design for an original project is a pre-requisite for the Capstone Design course.  This course will focus on the steps required for generating a preliminary design concept. Included will be a brainstorming concept geration phase, a literature search, and the production of a layout drawing of the proposed capstone design project in a Computer Aided Design (CAD) software package (i.e. ProEngineer)

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• TR 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Fred R Stolfi
  Info
• 1 points

PRINTMAKING II: INTAGLIO

Prerequisites:
VIAR R2420
.
(Formerly R3402) Continues instruction and demonstration of further techniques in intaglio. Encourages students to think visually more in the character of the medium, and personal development is stressed. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit
http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program
.

• Department: Visual Arts
• F 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Daria Shishkin
  Info
• 3 points

JUDAISM & LIT IN MEDVL ITALY

The course explores secular Jewish literature composed in the medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean in the context of its Arabic and Romance-language counterparts. After examining the literary, linguistic and philosophical backdrop of Jews in the Islamic Empire, we will focus on poetry and prose of al-Andalus, Christian Spain and Italy. We will look at examples of how Jews depicted themselves and how Christian and
converso
thinkers portrayed Jews. In addition, we will consider two crossover writers, one Jew in Spain and one in Italy, whose compositions in Castilian and Italian were accepted and integrated into Christian society. Historical materials will accompany textual examples, which span the eleventh through sixteenth centuries.

• Department: Religion
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Isabelle C Levy
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING II: RELIEF

Prerequisites:
VIAR R2430
.
(Formerly R3412) Printmaking II: Relief continues instruction and demonstration of further techniques in woodcut. Encourages students to think visually more in the character of the medium, and personal development is stressed. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit 
http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program
.

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 9:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Nathan N Catlin
  Info
• 3 points