SOCIAL THEORY
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. Required for all sociology majors. Prerequisite: at least one sociology course of the instructor's permission. Theoretical accounts of the rise and transformations of modern society in the19th and 20th centuries. Theories studied include those of Adam Smith, Tocqueville, Marx, Durkheim, Max Weber, Roberto Michels. Selected topics: individual, society, and polity; economy, class, and status: organization and ideology; religion and society; moral and instrumental action.
- Department: Sociology
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Andreas Wimmer
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HISTORY OF THEATRICAL DANCING
Focuses on the history of theatre dance forms originating in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the present. Includes reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of sources such as film, text, original documentation, demonstration, and performance.
- Department: Dance @Barnard
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Seth S Williams
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
ADVANCED GERMAN I
Prerequisites: GERM UN2102. If you have prior German outside of Columbia’s language sequence, the placement exam is required. Note: UN3001 and UN3002 are not sequential.
German UN3001 is an ambitious socio-cultural exploration of Berlin. Designed to follow up the language skills acquired in first- and second-year language courses (or the equivalent thereof), this course gives students greater proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing German while focusing on topics from German society today through various German media, such as internet, film, and literature through the lens of Germany’s capital, Berlin. Topics discussed include: cultural diversity in Berlin's multi-cultural neighborhoods; questioning and reflecting upon Berlin's recent past; developing your own Berlin experience and presenting your interests in various forms, such as presentations, an essay, your CV, an application letter and interview for an internship in Berlin. The course represents a gateway class to literature courses and counts towards the major and concentration in German. Taught in German.
CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE + LAB
CLASSICAL WAVES -LECTURE
Prerequisites: Physics BC2002 or the equivalent. Corequisites: Calculus III. Nonlinear pendula, transverse vibrations-elastic strings, longitudinal sound waves, seismic waves, electromagnetic oscillations - light, rainbows, haloes, the Green Flash; polarization phenomena - Haidingers Brush, Brewsters angle, double refraction, optical activity; gravity - capillary waves; interference, diffraction, lenses - mirrors. PLEASE NOTE: Students who take PHYS BC3001 may not receive credit for PHYS BC3010.
- Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
- W 4:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Timothy J Halpin-Healy
CULPA: 6 Info - 5 points
SLAVIC CULTURES
The history of Slavic peoples - Russians, Czechs, Poles, Serbs, Croats, Ukrainians, Bulgarians - is rife with transformations, some voluntary, some imposed. Against the background of a schematic external history, this course examines how Slavic peoples have responded to and have represented these transformations in various modes: historical writing, hagiography, polemics, drama and fiction, folk poetry, music, visual art, and film. Activity ranges over lecture (for historical background) and discussion (of primary sources).
- Department: Slavic Languages
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- 3 points
SENIOR THESIS
Prerequisites: the departments permission. Required for all thesis writers.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- 3 points
SUPERVISED PROJ PHOTOGRAPHY
In this course, you will conduct independent projects in photography in a structured setting under faculty supervision. You are responsible for arranging for your photographic equipment in consultation with the instructor.
This course will afford you a framework in which to intensively develop a coherent body of photographs, critique this work with your classmates, and correlate your goals with recent issues in contemporary photography.
Students are required to enroll in an additional fifteen contact hours of instruction at the International Center for Photography. Courses range from one-day workshops to full-semester courses.
Permission of instructor only. The class will be limited to 20 students.
- Department: Art History @Barnard
- M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
John Miller
CULPA: 2 Info - 4 points
THIRD YEAR CHINESE I
This course offers an expansive journey into the Chinese language and culture. It focuses on essential semi-formal and formal writing skills while refining discourse-level competency. Students will enhance their linguistic abilities and communication skills in Chinese through reading and writing assignments, oral presentations, and discussions. This approach fosters adept communication and a deeper connection with the complexities of Chinese culture, preparing students to engage thoughtfully with contemporary issues and traditions.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
- MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
- MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jia Xu
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Lingjun Hu
CULPA: 5
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Yanwen Wu
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GREECE TODAY: LANG, LIT
Prerequisites: GRKM un2102 This course builds on the elements of the language acquired in GRKM1101 through 2102, but new students may place into it, after special arrangement with the instructor. It introduces the students to a number of authentic multimodal materials drawn from a range of sources which include films, literary texts, media, music etc. in order to better understand Greece’s current cultural, socio-economic, and political landscape. In doing so, it aims to foster transcultural understanding and intercultural competence, while further developing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Topics of discussion include language, gender equality, youth unemployment, education, queer identities, refugees, and the multilayered aspects of the crisis.Pre-requisite for this class: GRKM 2102 or placement test. Instructor’s permission required if the students have not taken GRKM2102 or equivalent.
- Department: Classics
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Paraskevi Martzavou
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points
POLITICAL THEORY AT THE BORDER
This lecture course in political theory examines pressing questions related to borders, migration, exile, and displacement: Why do we have borders, and how are they constructed and governed? How do borders relate to political membership and rights? What can borders teach us about modern sovereign power? Are there any limits to state coercion and violence in border enforcement? In what ways do borders manifest racial hierarchies and divides within the global order? How do we rethink political responsibility in response to problems of rightlessness generated by borders? In addressing these questions, the course prioritizes borders as crucial sites for understanding and interrogating key political concepts such as sovereignty, membership, rights, and violence.
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ayten Gundogdu
CULPA: 20 h-index: 8 Info - 4 points
NEUROBIO I:CELLULAR & MOLECULR
Prerequisites: one year of biology; a course in physics is highly recommended. This is an advanced course intended for majors providing an in depth survey of the cellular and molecular aspects of nerve cell function. Topics include: the cell biology and biochemistry of neurons, ionic and molecular basis of electrical signals, synaptic transmission and its modulation, function of sensory receptors. Although not required, it is intended to be followed by Neurobiology II (see below).
- Department: Biological Sciences
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- 3 points
ACTING I
Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Course develops physical, vocal, and imaginative range and skills needed to approach the text of a play: text analysis, speech exercises, non-verbal behavior, improvisation designed to enhance embodiment, movement, and projection.
Gateway course to advanced courses; transfer students who have previous college-level course may be exempted with approval of Chair
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May be retaken for full credit.
- Department: Theatre @Barnard
- MW 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Tina C Mitchell
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Crystal Finn
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Elena Zucker
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David L Skeist
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Instructor:
Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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THIRD YEAR CHINESE W
Prerequisites: CHNS C1222 or F1222, or the equivalent. Admission after Chinese placement exam and an oral proficiency interview with the instructor. Especially designed for students who possess good speaking ability and who wish to acquire practical writing skills as well as business-related vocabulary and speech patterns. Introduction to semiformal and formal Chinese used in everyday writing and social or business-related occasions. Simplified characters are introduced.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Hailong Wang
CULPA: 22 Info - 5 points
INTRO-STAT-ECOLOGY & EVOL BIOL
Intended for those WITHOUT prior knowledge of statistics. Some background in ecology, evolutionary biology required. This is an introduction to the theoretical principles and practical application of statistical methods in ecology and evolutionary biology. The course will cover the conceptual basis for a range of statistical techniques through a series of lectures using examples from the primary literature. The application of these techniques will be taught through the use of statistical software in computer-based laboratory sessions.
- Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Steffen Foerster
Info - 3 points
THIRD YEAR JAPANESE I
Prerequisites: JPNS C1202 or the equivalent. Readings in authentic/semi-authentic texts, videos, and class discussions.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kyoko M Loetscher
CULPA: 3
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THIRD YEAR KOREAN I
Prerequisites: KORN W1202 or the equivalent and consultation with instructor. (See Entrance to Language Courses Beyond the Elementary Level in the main bulletin under Department of Instruction -- East Asian Languages and Cultures.) Readings in modern Korean. Selections from modern Korean writings in literature, history, social sciences, culture, and videos and class discussions.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sue Yoon
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ACTING II
ACTING II: SCENE/CHARACTR STDY
Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit. All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.
- Department: Theatre @Barnard
- TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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ACTING II
ACTING II: SHAKESPEARE
Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit. All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.
- Department: Theatre @Barnard
- MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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ACTING II
ACTING II: DEVISED & SOLO
Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit. All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.
- Department: Theatre @Barnard
- TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kyle Decamp
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ACTING II
ACTING II: SONDHEIM
Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit. All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.
- Department: Theatre @Barnard
- TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mana Allen
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
ACTING II
ACTING II: ACT FOR CAMERA
Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit. All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.
- Department: Theatre @Barnard
- MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kareem Lucas
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COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 12 students. Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development. FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
- Department: French @Barnard
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Karen Santos da Silva
CULPA: 4
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ARCHAEOL BEFORE THE BIBLE
Please note that this is not a class on “biblical archaeology”. It is a course about the politics of archaeology in the context of Israel/Palestine, and the wider southwest Asia region. This course provides a critical overview of prehistoric archaeology in southwest Asia (or the Levant - the geographical area from Lebanon in the north to the Sinai in the south, and from the middle Euphrates in Syria to southern Jordan). It has been designed to appeal to anthropologists, historians, and students interested in the Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Studies. The course is divided into two parts. First, a social and political history of archaeology, emphasizing how the nature of current theoretical and practical knowledge has been shaped and defined by previous research traditions and, second, how the current political situation in the region impinges upon archaeological practice. Themes include: the dominance of "biblical archaeology" and the implications for Palestinian archaeology, Islamic archaeology, the impact of European contact from the Crusades onwards, and the development of prehistory.
- Department: Anthropology
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brian Boyd
CULPA: 6
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ELECTRICITY-MAGNETISM
Prerequisites: general physics, and differential and integral calculus. Electrostatics and magnetostatics, Laplace's equation and boundary-value problems, multipole expansions, dielectric and magnetic materials, Faraday's law, AC circuits, Maxwell's equations, Lorentz covariance, and special relativity.
- Department: Physics
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alberto Nicolis
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Conversational Chinese
This course is designed for students with at least two years of college-level Chinese who wish to improve their conversational skills. It focuses on practical speaking and listening in real- world contexts, emphasizing fluency, vocabulary expansion, and cultural competence. Students will develop confidence in expressing opinions, narrating experiences, and engaging in spontaneous conversations on everyday and contemporary topics.
Note: This Course CANNOT be used to fulfill the language requirement.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jia Xu
CULPA: 2 Info - 2 points
Black Fashion and Dress Cultures
A cultural history of Black fashion and dress, this course examines the power of clothing as a strategic tool for self-representation, resistance, and liberation. We will examine how fashion and dress express social, political, and aesthetic realities and ambitions of Black people in diaspora, especially as they transition from enslavement to freedom, rural to urban, from colonized to liberated, and visualize a sense of cosmopolitanism on and with their adorned bodies.
In fall of 2026, the class will focus on 10 fashion objects that represent singular, transformative moments in Afrodiasporic history. Combining material history with cultural, social, and political context, this course analyzes the impact of fashion/dress makers and wearers, offering a window onto Black history through a familiar, yet contested and consequential mode of identity formation– clothing and style.
- Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Monica L Miller
CULPA: 10
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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING I
Various concepts within the field of biomedical engineering, foundational knowledge of engineering methodology applied to biological and/or medical problems through modules in biomechanics, biomaterials, and cell & tissue engineering.
- Department: Biomedical Engineering
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- 3 points
PRIN-CHEM ENGIN-THERMODYNAMICS
Fundamentals are emphasized: the laws of thermodynamics are derived and their meaning explained and elucidated by applications to engineering problems. Pure systems are treated, with an emphasis on phase equilibrium.
- Department: Chemical Engineering
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Mijo Simunovic
CULPA: 1 h-index: 17 Info - 3 points
METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
Prerequisites: SOCI UN1000 The Social World or Instructor Permission Required for all Sociology majors. Introductory course in social scientific research methods. Provides a general overview of the ways sociologists collect information about social phenomena, focusing on how to collect data that are reliable and applicable to our research questions.
COLLAGE: MIXED MEDIA
Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1000) (Formerly R3515) This course approaches drawing as an experimental and expressive tool. Students will explore the boundaries between drawing and sculpture and will be encouraged to push the parameters of drawing. Collage, assemblage and photomontage will be used in combination with more traditional approaches to drawing. The class will explore the role of the imagination, improvisation, 3-dimensional forms, observation, memory, language, mapping, and text. Field trips to artists’ studios as well as critiques will play an important role in the course. The course will culminate in a final project in which each student will choose one or more of the themes explored during the semester and create a series of artworks. This course is often taught under the nomenclature Drawing II - Mixed Media.
- Department: Visual Arts
- R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Diana Cooper
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Spirit of Justice
Progressive social movements are often read as critiques of systemic injustice and calls to transform social arrangements. In this framework, activism is largely - if not exclusively - a
political
project that addresses issues of housing, education, employment, healthcare, elections, labor, sexual violence, immigration, war, and climate, to name a few. Of course, these efforts are central to the long history of freedom struggles. Largely missing from such mainstream conceptions of activism, however, is serious attention to its
spiritual
work. That is, the ways social movements can transform hearts, minds, and spirits as much as material conditions, public policies, and political arrangements.
This course explores the intersection of social liberation and spiritual transformation, with particular focus on black and multi-racial freedom struggles in the Americas from the 19th century to today. Conceptually, it covers scholarship that speaks broadly to questions of love, spirituality, ethics, and religion in progressive political movements. Practically, it considers how this rich tradition of spiritual activism may help us confront legacies of injustice and struggle toward a liberated world.
- Department: African American and African Diaspora
- M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Nyle Fort
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INEQUALITY AND POVERTY
Prerequisites: ECON BC3035 or ECON BC3033, or permission of the instructor. Conceptualization and measurement of inequality and poverty, poverty traps and distributional dynamics, economics and politics of public policies, in both poor and rich countries.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Ashley Timmer
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
Prerequisites: ECON BC3035 and ECON BC2411 or permission of the instructor. Analyzes education policies and education markets from an economic perspective. Examines challenges that arise when researchers attempt to identify the causal effects of inputs. Other topics: (1) education as an investment, (2) public school finance, (3) teacher labor markets, (4) testing/accountability programs, (5) school choice programs, and (6) urban public school reforms.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Randall Reback
CULPA: 17 h-index: 14 Info - 3 points
AUGUSTAN POETRY
Prerequisites: LATN UN2102 or the equivalent. Selections from Vergil and Horace. Combines literary analysis with work in grammar and metrics.
- Department: Classics
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Rosalie Stoner
Info - 3 points
Advanced Translation
NEW CREATIONS, FOREIGN VOICES
Translation of French texts--both critical and literary, focusing on particular questions or themes. FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
- Department: French @Barnard
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Anne Boyman
CULPA: 16
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INTRO-STAT-ECOLGY/EVOL BIO-LAB
Required Lab for EEEB UN3005. An introduction to the theoretical principles and practical application of statistical methods in ecology and evolutionary biology. The course will cover the conceptual basis for a range of statistical techniques through a series of lectures using examples from the primary literature. The application of these techniques will be taught through the use of statistical software in computer-based laboratory sessions.
- Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
- T 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
- W 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Steffen Foerster
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ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURMENTS
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Required field trip on first Friday of the semester. Hands-on approach to learning environmental methods. Students take a one-day cruise on the Hudson River to collect environmental samples. These samples are then analyzed throughout the semester to characterize the Hudson River estuary. Standard and advanced techniques to analyze water and sediment samples for nutrients and contaminants are taught.
- Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
- TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Brian Mailloux
CULPA: 10
h-index: 36
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ADVANCED ORAL FRENCH
Prerequisites: At least one French course after completion of FREN BC1204: Intermediate II or permission of the instructor. Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.
- Department: French @Barnard
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Anne Boyman
CULPA: 16
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ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS
Prerequisites: One year of college science or EESC V2100 or permission of the instructor. Acquisition, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of environmental data, assessment of spatial and temporal variability. Focus on water quality issues and storm surges. Uses existing and student-generated data sets. Basic principles of statistics and GIS, uses standard software packages including EXCEL and ArcGIS. Includes a half-day field trip on a Saturday or Sunday. General Education Requirement: Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning (QUA).
AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
This course is a study of the development of American political ideas, through critical analysis of the
writings of intellectuals and political leaders from the American Founding to the present. As our central
theme, we will focus on the traditions of American Political Thought (APT) as simultaneously theorizing
freedom and liberty on the one hand, and intense, often violent forms of domination on the other,
especially domination on the basis of race. Consequently, we will devote time to both classic readings in
APT (the Founders, Tocqueville, Lincoln, etc.) and to multiple strands of US political thinking that
challenge the dominant narratives of APT. In analyzing the competing traditions of equality and
inequality in theory, we will also explore the connections between this theory and practices of equality
and inequality.
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jonathan J Keller
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Illness and Healing in the Classical wor
In this course we will explore the experience of illness and healing in ancient Greece and Rome, with some exploration of other contexts such as Egypt, Babylonia, and Christianity down to modern Greece. The class will focus on close reading of documents, from the viewpoint of the ill and of those who try to understand illness and act on their understanding. We will pay attention to medical texts such as the diagnostic writing of the Hippocratic corpus or the treatises of Galen, but also popular texts and artifacts such as ex-votos.
- Department: Classics
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Paraskevi Martzavou
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points
ECONOMETRICS
Prerequisites: ECON BC3033 or ECON BC3035, and ECON BC2411 or STAT W1111 or STAT W1211, or permission of the instructor. Specification, estimation and evaluation of economic relationships using economic theory, data, and statistical inference; testable implications of economic theories; econometric analysis of topics such as consumption, investment, wages and unemployment, and financial markets.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Morgan C Jr. Williams
Info - 4 points
Queer Caribbean Critique
QUEER CARIBBEAN CRITIQUE
This seminar analyzes the different critical approaches to studying same-sex desire in the Caribbean region. The region’s long history of indigenous genocide, colonialism, imperialism, and neo-liberalism, have made questions about “indigenous” and properly “local” forms of sexuality more complicated than in many other regions. In response, critics have worked to recover and account for local forms of same-sex sexuality and articulated their differences in critical and theoretical terms outside the language of “coming out” and LGBT identity politics. On the other hand, critics have emphasized how outside forces of colonialism, imperialism, and the globalization of LGBT politics have impacted and reshaped Caribbean same-sex desires and subjectivities. This course studies these various critical tendencies in the different contexts of the Anglophone, Francophone, Hispanophone, and Dutch Caribbean.
- Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Maja Horn
CULPA: 7
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MAJOR FRENCH TEXTS I
An exploration of the early periods of French literary creation (Medieval-17th century) through works of fiction, poetry, and theatre. Special attention is given to texts that use tradition to bring about change, to provoke, to contest social norms, and to test the expected parameters of literary expression.
- Department: French @Barnard
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Caroline Weber
CULPA: 8
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Prerequisites: BIOL UN2005 and BIOL UN2006 or equivalent. Come discover how the union of egg and sperm triggers the complex cellular interactions that specify the diverse variety of cells present in multicellular organisms. Cellular and molecular aspects of sex determination, gametogenesis, genomic imprinting, X-chromosome inactivation, telomerase as the biological clock, stem cells, cloning, the pill and cell interactions will be explored, with an emphasis on humans. Original research articles will be discussed to further examine current research in developmental biology. SPS and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf
- Department: Biological Sciences
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alice Heicklen
CULPA: 15 Info - 3 points
Mobility and Identity in the Roman World
Mob & Identity in Roman W
This course considers how identity increased, limited, controlled, or otherwise shaped the mobility of individuals and groups in the Roman world, including women, slaves, freedpeople, and diaspora communities. We will identify the structures that produced differences in mobility and consider how such groups understood and represented themselves in a variety of media as possessing a specific, shared identity and community. The course will draw on a range of primary sources, including inscriptions and literary texts (both poetry and prose), and cover the period from the second century BCE to the third century CE.
- Department: History
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sailakshmi Ramgopal
CULPA: 2 Info - 4 points
Digital Religion: Analyzing, Digitizing,
This course courses engages the interdisciplinary study of religion online and provides practical training to students on developing digital humanities projects, in partnership with the Digital Humanities Center and the Empirical Reasoning Center, and will incorporate analysis and critical reflection into their research on religious communities. The first portion of the course focuses on understanding methodologies in studying digital religion and exploring religious communities online. Case studies focus on ascriptive and affirmative identifications of religious communities, including how religious communities use online space to redefine their public
perceptions. The latter part of the course utilizes tools of digital humanities to develop projects responsive to student interests and that allows them to analyze digital expressions of religion.
- Department: Religion @Barnard
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hussein Rashid
CULPA: 3 Info - 3 points
Nationalism in Theory and History
Nationalism Theory & Hist
Were nations always there? Are they real or imagined? Do they come before or after nationalism and the state? How did we pass from a world of empires, duchies, and city-states to a world of nation-states? Where does legitimacy reside if not in God and his endowed kings? Is the modern world really ‘disenchanted’? How did we come to understand time, space, language, religion, gender, race, and even our very selves in the era of nations? Are we done with this era, living already in postnational times?
This course will combine older theories of nationalism (Gellner, Anderson, Hobsbawm, Smith) with recent approaches of the phenomenon after the ‘Imperial/Global/Transnational Turn’ and late studies in Gender, Race, Culture and Nationalism, in order to offer new answers to old questions. We will talk about many places around the world, but the main stage where we will try out our questions is Italy and the Mediterranean.
- Department: Italian
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Konstantia Zanou
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FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and STAT UN1201 Institutional nature and economic function of financial markets. Emphasis on both domestic and international markets (debt, stock, foreign exchange, eurobond, eurocurrency, futures, options, and others). Principles of security pricing and portfolio management; the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Waldo Ojeda
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MAKING, BREAKING CODES
Prerequisites: (MATH UN1101 and MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201) and and MATH UN2010. A concrete introduction to abstract algebra. Topics in abstract algebra used in cryptography and coding theory.
- Department: Mathematics
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Dorian Goldfeld
CULPA: 23
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AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES
Political parties have evoked widespread scorn in the U.S. since the founding era; and yet, they arose almost immediately and have endured for over two centuries. In this course, we will examine why parties formed despite the Founders’ disdain for them. (In 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go at all.” In 1800, he won the presidency as a candidate of a major party.) We will dig into scholarly debates about what exactly parties are, what purpose they serve, and how and why they have changed over time as organizations, in the electorate, and in government. Topics will include the presidential nomination process from the founding through the much-discussed 2016 primary election season, the life cycle of third parties, and the relationship between political parties and interest groups. Students will learn what is and is not unique about the current historical moment, and how history might shape our expectations of parties moving forward. Throughout the course, we will pay particularly close attention to the roots of contemporary party polarization, and the implications of this phenomenon for representation and governance. In 1950, the American Political Science Association released a report criticizing the two major parties for excessive similarity; today, party polarization evokes widespread concern. Is there an ideal level of party difference? How much is too much? We will address these difficult questions, among others, in this broad survey of American political parties.
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Katherine L Krimmel
CULPA: 6 Info - 3 points
ECON OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Prerequisites: (ECON BC3035 or ECON UN3211) The purpose of the course is to think about public policy issues through an economic lens. We will explore the basic economic foundations of individual decision-making and discuss the ways in which economists hypothesize that individuals respond to the incentives embedded within public policies. We will pay particular attention to the nature and detail of existing public policies, and use economic analysis to predict how these policies might influence behavior. We will also explore some of the relevant empirical literature on a set of policy topics, to see how these predictions hold up.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Elizabeth O Ananat
CULPA: 2 h-index: 18 Info - 3 points
Digital Classics: History and Method
Digital Classics: Hist &
In this course, we will look critically at the broadly-defined field of Digital Classics—the meeting point of Digital Humanities (DH) and the study of cultures of the ancient Mediterranean—from its origins in the late 1940s through to the present day. In addition to becoming familiar with a range of Digital Classics projects and gaining hands-on experience with some of the core tools that make Digital Classics possible in the present day, we will read theoretical scholarship in both Digital Classics and DH more generally, to think about not just what has been and can be done, but also what should (and should not) be done. We also will think about where (and whether!) to define the boundaries of “Classics” and the boundaries of “digital.” There are no prerequisites: it is NOT NECESSARY for students to have a background in coding or the field of Classics (although knowledge of either or both is welcome!). This course, like the field itself, is multidisciplinary.
- Department: Classics @Barnard
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Darcy Krasne
h-index: 5 Info - 3 points
Muslims of New York
Looking at both historical and lived realities of Muslims in NYC, moving from the African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan to Harlem as Mecca. The course would engage both with cultural production, such as music, plays, and street art, and living communities around the Barnard campus.
- Department: Religion @Barnard
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hussein Rashid
CULPA: 3 Info - 3 points
Economic History of Global Capitalism
ECON HIST OF GLOBAL CAPIT
The course is an introduction to the economic developments that gave rise to capitalist economies and economic globalization from 1500 to the 20th century. We apply economic and empirical reasoning to examine many transformations that have shaped the economies of the modern era—demographic, technological, and institutional changes. We compare the rise of Europe and other Eurasian civilizations, especially China. We examine the role of slavery and imperialism in global economic integration. We examine how the rise of modern capitalism influenced human material well-being and conflict and has led to the convergence and divergence of nations in the global economy.
Volcanoes and the Environment
VOLCANOES AND THE ENVIRON
This course seeks to impart students with knowledge of volcanic eruptions on Earth and the effects on the environment as a whole. The course will focus on the physical mechanisms responsible for eruptions, the effects eruptions have on humans and other living organisms, as well as the environment. The course will investigate how eruptions have contributed to global climate change. The course will also look at the positive effects volcanoes have had on Earth, such as providing nutrient rich soils for growing crops and providing renewable geothermal energy--a cleaner energy resource. Format: lecture, field trip, data collection and analysis, student presentations.
- Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sedelia Rodriguez
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
INTRO TO AUDIO STORYTELLING
CG SEM - INTRO TO AUDIO S
It’s one thing to tell a story with the pen. It’s another to transfix your audience with your voice. In this class, we will explore principles of audio narrative. Oral storytellers arguably understand suspense, humor and showmanship in ways only a live performer can. Even if you are a diehard writer of visually-consumed text, you may find, once the class is over, that you have learned techniques that can translate across borders: your written work may benefit. Alternatively, you may discover that audio is the medium for you.
We will consider sound from the ground up – from folkloric oral traditions, to raw, naturally captured sound stories, to seemingly straightforward radio news segments, to highly polished narrative podcasts. While this class involves a fair amount of reading, much of what we will be studying and discussing is audio material. Some is as lo-fi as can be, and some is operatic in scope, benefitting from large production budgets and teams of artists. At the same time that we study these works, each student will also complete small audio production exercises of their own; as a final project, students will be expected to produce a trailer, or “sizzle” for a hypothetical multi-episode show.
This class is meant for beginners to the audio tradition. There are some tech requirements: a recording device (most phones will suffice), workable set of headphones, and computer. You’ll also need to download the free audio editing software Audacity.
- Department: Writing
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mallika Rao
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INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS
Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics and a functioning knowledge of high school algebra and analytical geometry or permission of the instructor. Systematic exposition of current macroeconomic theories of unemployment, inflation, and international financial adjustments.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Martina Jasova
CULPA: 7
h-index: 7
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Instructor:
Sarah M Gertler
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Families, Communities, and Schools
FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES & S
This course seeks to examine the role families and communities play in P-12 public schools in the United States, with a focus on urban school systems. We will be using New York City as a case study, and comparing what we see happening in the nation’s largest public school district to other districts around the country. While much of our focus will be on the NYC Department of Education, which serves approximately 1.3 million students each year, students will be asked to look close to home to examine the relationships between families, communities, educators and educational institutions in their own communities.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lisa Edstrom
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS
Prerequisites: An introductory course in microeconomics or a combined macro/micro principles course (ECON BC1003 or ECON W1105, or the equivalent) and one semester of calculus or ECON BC1007, or permission of the instructor. Preferences and demand; production, cost, and supply; behavior of markets in partial equilibrium; resource allocation in general equilibrium; pricing of goods and services under alternative market structures; implications of individual decision-making for labor supply; income distribution, welfare, and public policy. Emphasis on problem solving.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Elizabeth O Ananat
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Instructor:
Lalith Munasinghe
CULPA: 33 Info - 4 points
Feminist Political Thought
FEMINIST POLITICAL THOUGH
Feminism is often recognized as a political movement. But is there a feminist way of thinking about politics? In this course, we’ll investigate the core premises, provocations, proposals, and tensions of feminism as they relate to specifically political problems, focusing particularly on feminist political thought as it developed in the twentieth century. Who is the subject of feminist politics? What is the meaning of “difference,” and how can—or should—feminists seek to organize across it? What are appropriate topics for politics, and what should remain private? Is the family a space for politics? The household? The body? How much of the personal can, and should, be made political? Are there feminist ways of
doing
politics? We will consider these questions with reference to texts from both feminist activists and feminist scholars.
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alyssa Battistoni
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BODY & WORD
Our writing often appears primarily as a product of cognitive faculties, and we easily overlook the profound influence our bodies exert on our thoughts and, consequently, our writing. Our perception of language itself is tied to how we perceive our physical selves. We can understand our bodies materially, as intricate structures of bone, muscle, and cells, or kinesthetically, through movement, force, and tone, intertwined with a spectrum of sensations like pain and pleasure, which intersect with our psychological and emotional landscapes. Through a series of movement exercises, readings, and writing assignments, this seminar delves into the profound impact a deeper understanding of our bodies and their movement can have on our writing, and conversely, how writing can influence our bodily experiences. Using various artistic mediums such as dance, film, literature, and fine arts, we aim to enhance our ability to articulate and write the body's presence and movement through space and time. Students from all concentrations are encouraged to join.
- Department: Writing
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Matty Davis
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INTERNATIONAL MONEY & FINANCE
Prerequisites: ECON BC3033. Introduction to balance of payments and exchange rate theory; capital mobility and expectations; internal and external adjustment under fixed and flexible exchange rates; international financial markets; capital mobility and expectations; international policy coordination and optimum currency areas; history of the international monetary system.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Sarah M Gertler
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY
Prerequisites: an introductory course in anthropology. Institutions of social life. Kinship and locality in the structuring of society. Monographs dealing with both literate and nonliterate societies will be discussed in the context of anthropological fieldwork methods. Required of all Anthropology majors (and tracks) within the Barnard Department. As of Fall, 2018, UN 3040 replaces the two semester sequence of 3040/4041 Anthropological Theory I/II). Intended only for Barnard majors and minors.
- Department: Anthropology @Barnard
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Nadia Abu El-Haj
CULPA: 13
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LAB IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
This laboratory course will explore fundamental techniques that are frequently utilized in modern molecular biology laboratories. A combination of experiments will provide broad exposure to several important techniques in molecular biology. Experiments include current approaches to site-directed mutagenesis, cloning by PCR, and mutation analysis. Students will pursue multiple experimental projects and will gain experience with scientific thinking and scientific communication. SPS and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form).
Prerequisites: UN2005/UN2401 and UN2006/UN2402, or the equivalent at a different institution, and Contemporary Biology Laboratory (UN2501).
- Department: Biological Sciences
- W 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Joshua M Abrams
Info - 3 points
MIGRATION, GLOBALIZATION, AND EDUCATION
Globalization and mass migration are reconfiguring the modern world and reshaping the contours of nation-states. New technologies that facilitate the movement of information, goods and people across borders have made it easier for people to remain culturally, politically, economically and socially connected to the places from which they migrated. This seminar focuses on the experiences of the youngest members of these global migration patterns—children and youth—and asks: What do these global flows mean for educating young people to be members of the multiple communities to which they belong?
This seminar will explore the following questions: What is globalization and why is it leading to new patterns of migration? How do children and youth experience ruptures and continuities across contexts of migration? How do language policies affect young people’s capacity to be educated in a new land? What does it mean to forge a sense of belonging and citizenship in a “globalized” world, and how does this challenge our models of national citizenship? How are the processes by which young people are incorporated into their new country entwined with structures of race, class, and gender? Drawing on fiction, autobiography, and anthropological and sociological research this class will explore these questions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- M 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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CELL BIOLOGY
Prerequisites: one year of biology, normally BIOL UN2005-BIOL UN2006, or the equivalent. Cell Biology 3041/4041 is an upper-division course that covers in depth all organelles of cells, how they make up tissues, secrete substances important for the organism, generate and adapt to their working environment in the body, move throughout development, and signal to each other. Because these topics were introduced in the Intro Course (taught by Mowshowitz and Chasin), this course or its equivalent is a pre-requisite for W3041/4041. Students for whom this course is useful include biology, biochem or biomedical engineering majors, those preparing to apply for medical school or graduate school, and those doing or planning to start doing research in a biology or biomedical lab. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf
- Department: Biological Sciences
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Erin L Barnhart
Info - 3 points
THEORETICL FOUNDTNS-POLIT ECON
Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics or permission of the instructor. Intellectual origins of the main schools of thought in political economy. Study of the founding texts in classical political economy, Marxian economics, neoclassicism, and Keynesianism.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
David Weiman
CULPA: 40 Info -
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Faculty
h-index: 37 Info - 3 points
Making Change: Activism, Social Movement
Activism and Education
Summer and
Semester version:
Making Change: Activism, Social Movements and Education will look at the ways people power has pushed for change in the United States educational landscape. We will study historical and current social political education movements to answer questions such as: What does education/teacher activism look like? Who engages in educational social activism, and why? What do different models for organizing look like, past to present? We will learn from the examples of the Freedom Schools, the Chicago Teachers Union, the Tucson Unified School District fight for ethnics studies, BLM at Schools, Teacher Activist Groups and more. We will engage in readings, watch documentaries and hear from education activist guest lecturers.
Learning Outcomes:
You will explore the historical relationships between and across social movements in education and its social contexts.
You will reflect on major educational justice movements from across the country and analyze its impact and importance.
You will evaluate the changing role of education and schools in our society and propose actions that could be taken to improve education and schools in the future.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Fawziah Qadir
Info - 4 points
SOLID ST,MICROWAVE,FBR OPT LAB
Optical electronics and communications. Microwave circuits. Physical electronics.
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Wen I Wang
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN COMPARATI
EDU SOCIAL CHANGE CONTEXT
This course will examine the relationship between education and social change in different regions of the world, with a focus on vulnerable populations (e.g., indigenous
groups, street and working children, immigrants, women and girls; refugees).
- Department: Education @Barnard
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Fawziah Qadir
Info - 4 points
Introduction to Behavioral Economics
INTRO TO BEHAVIORAL ECON
This course reviews the assumption of rationality in microeconomic theory and presents evidence (primarily from experimental psychology and economics) of how judgement and decision-making systematically deviate from what rationality predicts.
MARKETIZATION & PRIVATIZATION IN EDUCATI
MARKETIZATION_IN EDUCATIO
It has become commonplace for governments to partner with the private sector to deliver public goods and services; this is seen as a way to increase efficiency and decrease costs. Often, this privatization goes hand in hand with an adoption of market values. Nowhere are these trends more evident – or important – than public education. Arguments for educational privatization are often thought of in terms of economics – does it save money? – or limited measures of student achievement - does it raise test scores? In this course, we acknowledge these questions, but we also go beyond them to explore the political and social dimensions of privatization. We ask: Who wins and who loses when public schools privatize? What happens when market values are normalized and prioritized in our schools?
The following questions frame our explorations:
·How does privatization in education differ from privatization in other sectors?
·What are the implications of educational privatization and marketization for democracy and the public good?
·Who profits from privatization and how does this support or interfere with educative goals?
·How are philanthropy, venture capital, and corporate partnerships reshaping the way schools serve students?
·Does privatization expand opportunities for marginalized students, deepen existing inequalities, or both?
·How does privatization affect the teacher workforce? How does it affect the nature of teachers’ work and student learning?
·How is privatization proceeding globally? How is privatization linked with global policy spread?
·What forms do resistance to privatization take? What ethical considerations should we take up around privatization?
This course includes an empirical research component which provides scaffolding and support for students who eventually plan to write a senior thesis.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Rachel Throop
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
COLL: CAPITALISM AND ITS CRITICS
COLL: CAPITALISM & ITS CR
Capitalism is usually thought of as an economic system, but what does it have to do with politics? This course examines how thinkers of contrasting perspectives have understood capitalism politically. Some have celebrated the market as an escape from coercion, while others criticize it as a source of disguised domination; some see capitalism as leveling social hierarchies, while others point to its creation of class and racial hierarchy; some see capitalism as an engine of wealth creation and heightened living standards, while others emphasize its destruction of existing ways of life and production of inequality; some see capitalism as an engine of peace, while others emphasize its reliance on violence. In particular, we will consider the relationship between state and market, moral critiques of markets and exchange, analyses of the role of force and violence in accumulation, and theories of freedom and domination.
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alyssa Battistoni
Info - 4 points
SCIENCE IN THE CITY
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. In partnership with the American Museum of Natural History students investigate science, science pedagogical methods, and ways to use New York City as a resource for science teaching and learning. Sessions will be held at Barnard and the museum. Field trips and fieldwork required. Non-science majors pre-service elementary students and first year students, welcome. Note: Students in the Childhood Urban Teaching Program may use this course as a pedagogical elective.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- F 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Althea B Hoard
Info - 4 points
BIG DATA WITH PYTHON
Big Data is changing how we interact with and understand the environment. Yet analyzing Big Data requires new tools and methods. Students will learn to use Python programming to analyze and visualize large environmental and earths systems data sets in ways that Excel is not equipped to do. This will include both time series and spatial analyses with programming occurring interactively during class and assignments designed to strengthen methods and results. Students will learn to write code in Python, plot, map, sub-select, clean, organize, and perform statistical analyses on large global scale data sets, using the data in analysis, and take any data set no matter how large or complicated.
- Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brian Mailloux
CULPA: 10
h-index: 36
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MULTICULTURAL ELEMENTARY PEDA
This seminar will engage prospective teachers in developing effective strategies for teaching at the elementary school level in ways that draw upon five specific domains of knowledge: knowledge of self, content, pedagogy, context and students. Students will be introduced to a variety of teaching approaches and develop ways to adapt them to teach various subjects to students in urban public school settings, understanding the intellectual, social and emotional needs of elementary school students. Students will learn to write lesson plans, develop assessments and practice teaching in “microteaching” sessions taught to peers. We will explore state standards, approaches to classroom management, and Universal Design for Learning as we develop approaches to create caring, democratic learning communities.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lisa Edstrom
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
MULTICULTURAL SECONDARY PEDAG
What does it mean to be an excellent teacher? The Seminar in Secondary Multicultural Pedagogy will engage this question as you work to develop methods for teaching your subject(s) in ways that draw upon five specific domains of knowledge: knowledge of self, content, pedagogical methods, context, and students. You will be introduced to a variety of multicultural teaching approaches and develop ways to adapt them to your particular subject area and to the intellectual, social, and emotional needs of adolescent learners. Throughout the course, we will consider how to effectively differentiate instruction for and support ELL students and students with special needs. Seminar sessions will include discussions, presentations of lessons, group activities, and problem-solving issues teachers encounter in the classroom. We will explore culturally responsive approaches to: learning; learning standards; instruction and assessment; creating caring, democratic learning communities; selecting curriculum content, and engaging all students in learning. Assignments will ask you to reflect on the teaching/learning process in general, and on the particulars of teaching your academic discipline. We will accomplish this through lesson planning, practice teaching two mini-lessons, observing your peers teaching and offering feedback, and exploring stances and strategies for multicultural pedagogy in your content area.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Faculty
h-index: 37 Info - 4 points
ARTS AND HUMANITIES IN THE CITY:CRITICAL
ARTS & HUMANITIES IN THE CITY
Using the theme of “Arts and Humanities in the City”, this seminar will build participants’ knowledge of critical literacy, digital storytelling methods, and ways to use New York City as a resource for teaching the Arts (Dance, Theatre, Music, and Visual Arts), Social Studies, and English Language Arts in grades K-12. Critical literacy is an approach to teaching and learning that focuses on developing students’ abilities to read, analyze, understand, question, and critique hidden perspectives and socially-constructed power relations embedded in what it means to be literate in a content area.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
- 4 points
SENIOR THESIS I
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics department majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Tutorials and conferences on the research for and writing of the senior thesis. This is the 1st semester of a two-semester course sequence.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- W noon-1:50 p.m.
- M 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Linda Bell
Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info -
Instructor:
Randall Reback
CULPA: 17 h-index: 14 Info -
Instructor:
Sharon Harrison
CULPA: 38
h-index: 13
Info
- 4 points
SENIOR SEMINAR
SR SEM: ECON OF HIGHER ED
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics department majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 16 students. A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructors choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Linda Bell
Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info - 4 points
SENIOR SEMINAR
SR SEM:UNINTENDED CONSEQS
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics department majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 16 students. A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructors choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Sharon Harrison
CULPA: 38
h-index: 13
Info
- 4 points
SENIOR SEMINAR
SR SEM: INTRPRET OF SGNLS
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics department majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 16 students. A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructors choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Rajiv Sethi
CULPA: 24
h-index: 33
Info
- 4 points
SENIOR SEMINAR
SR SEM:DISCRM & PBLC PLCY
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics department majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 16 students. A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructors choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Morgan C Jr. Williams
Info - 4 points
SENIOR SEMINAR
SR SEM: HUMAN FREEDOM
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics department majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 16 students. A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructors choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
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Instructor:
Lalith Munasinghe
CULPA: 33 Info - 4 points
SEM: ISSUES URBAN TEACHING
CRITICAL INQUIRY URBAN TCHNG
Enrollment limited to student teachers enrolled in the Education Program. Designed to help student teachers develop as reflective practitioners who can think critically about issues facing urban schools, particularly how race, class and gender influence schooling; and to examine the challenges and possibilities for providing intellectually engaging, meaningful curriculum to all students in urban classrooms.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Faculty
h-index: 37 Info - 4 points