Religion and the History of Hip Hop

Religion and Hip Hop Hist

This is an undergraduate lecture course introducing students to the study of religion through an engagement with the history of hip hop music. More specifically, this course is organized chronologically to narrate a history of religion in the United States (circa 1970 to the present day) by mapping the ways that a variety of religious ideas and practices have animated rap music’s evolution and expansion during this time period. While there are no required prerequisites for the course, prior coursework in religious studies, African American studies, and/or popular music is helpful.

• Department: Religion
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 4 points

Religion and the History of Hip Hop - Di

Reli and Hip Hop History-

This is an undergraduate lecture course introducing students to the study of religion through an engagement with the history of hip hop music. More specifically, this course is organized chronologically to narrate a history of religion in the United States (circa 1970 to the present day) by mapping the ways that a variety of religious ideas and practices have animated rap music’s evolution and expansion during this time period. While there are no required prerequisites for the course, prior coursework in religious studies, African American studies, and/or popular music is helpful.

• Department: Religion
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• R 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 0 points

Religion and the History of Hip Hop - Di

Reli and Hip Hop History-

This is an undergraduate lecture course introducing students to the study of religion through an engagement with the history of hip hop music. More specifically, this course is organized chronologically to narrate a history of religion in the United States (circa 1970 to the present day) by mapping the ways that a variety of religious ideas and practices have animated rap music’s evolution and expansion during this time period. While there are no required prerequisites for the course, prior coursework in religious studies, African American studies, and/or popular music is helpful.

• Department: Religion
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• F 11:40 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• F 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• 0 points

URDU FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS II

This intensive, fast-paced course condenses two years of Urdu instruction into one year. It is tailored for students of South Asian heritage who possess basic speaking and listening skills in Urdu or Hindi. Non-heritage students with prior exposure to Urdu or Hindi, as well as South Asian cultures, are also encouraged to enroll.

An interview will be conducted on the first day of class to assess speaking and listening comprehension proficiency levels. 

The course begins with an introduction to the Urdu script, enabling students to develop essential reading and writing skills. It then enhances listening and speaking abilities using a diverse range of materials, including literature, newspapers, folk tales, jokes, magazine articles, films, songs, commercials, and other audio-visual resources. These materials are thoughtfully selected to support language development in everyday personal and social contexts.

The curriculum places a strong emphasis on vocabulary expansion, cultural understanding, and a foundational grasp of Urdu grammar. By the end of the first semester, students will have developed practical skills in reading, writing, and speaking. Specifically, they will be able to:


Speak about themselves, their surroundings, and engage in conversations on general topics.

Understand and use basic sentence structures in both formal and informal Urdu.

Write letters, short essays, and compositions on a variety of everyday topics.

Acquire vocabulary related to key aspects of South Asian life, including family dynamics, social traditions, and education.

Initiate and sustain conversations about South Asian culture, social life, and family traditions.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Aftab Ahmad
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 5 points

Introduction to South Asia

This course introduces students to South Asia through
an analysis of the heterogeneity, richness, and
complexity of the region’s conflicted pasts. Our
historical scope is vast and ambitious, starting with the
earliest urban settlements in about 2000BCE and
ending in the present. Though focused on “South
Asia,” the course problematizes the bounded areal
model by emphasizing the region’s enduring
connections to Eurasia, Africa, Southeast Asia, and
the broader Indian Ocean world. With connected
history as our method, the course asks students to
grapple with South Asia’s literary, religious, and
political histories as kinetic processes. This allows us to
ask probing questions about issues that have had, and
continue to have, major implications for the region––
and the world––today: sovereignty, power, gender,
community, devotion, piety, secularism, democracy,
violence, and the nation itself.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Peterson
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• 4 points

Introduction to South Asia-Discussion Se

Intro to S Asia-Disc Sect

Discussion section to accompany the course, MDES UN1630 Introduction to South Asia.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• R 11:10 a.m.-noon
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• F 11:10 a.m.-noon
• R 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 0 points

TAI CHI

This series of classes will provice the practice of Tai Chi Chuan as a moving meditation and health maintenance exercise. This process involves both physical and nonphysical work and introduces Tai Chi as an exercise of consciousness. There will also be recommended reading selections in the history and philosophical underpinnings of Tai Chi. No pre-requisite for this course. Each class will consist of physical practice of the Tai Chi sequence of movements/postures, also discussion including history of and principles of Tai Chi.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephen Shulman
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• 1 points

BEGINNING YOGA

An introduction to Hatha Yoga focusing on the development of the physical body to increase flexibility and strength. Breathing practices and meditation techniques that relax and revitalize the mind and body are included.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• TR 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• MW 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Rodriguez
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• Instructor: Cynthia Lanzas
  Info
• 1 points

YOGA/MEDITATION

This course includes an introduction to Hatha Yoga, which focuses on the development of the physical body through asanas, or poses, and classic meditation and relaxation techniques.  Regular meditation practice at home is required.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Rodriguez
  Info
• 1 points

INTRO DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY

Introductory course to analog photographic tools, techniques, and photo criticism. This class explores black & white, analog camera photography and darkroom processing and printing.  Areascovered include camera operations, black and white darkroom work, 8x10 print production, and critique. With an emphasis on the student’s own creative practice, this course will explore the basics of photography and its history through regular shooting assignments, demonstrations, critique, lectures, and readings. No prior photography experience is required.

• Department: Visual Arts
• TR 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana N Buhl
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• 3 points

ELEMENTARY PERSIAN II

An introduction to the spoken and written language of contemporary Iran. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Saeed Honarmand
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• 4 points

INTRO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Since Walter Benjamin’s concept of “work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction” (1935), photography has been continuously changed by mechanical, and then digital, means of image capture and processing. This class explores the history of the image, as a global phenomenon that accompanied industrialization, conflict, racial reckonings, and decolonization. Students will study case studies, read critical essays, and get hands-on training in capture, workflow, editing, output, and display formats using digital equipment (e.g., DSLR camera) and software (e.g., Lightroom, Photoshop, Scanning Software). Students will complete weekly assignments, a midterm project, and a final project based on research and shooting assignments. No Prerequisites and no equipment needed. All enrolled students will be able to check out Canon EOS 5D DSLR Camera; receive an Adobe Creative Cloud license; and get access to Large Format Print service.

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Dias
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• 3 points

AI & PHOTOGRAPHY

As far back as Walter Benjamin’s “work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction” (1935), photography has always been challenged by
mechanical means
of image processing. Photographers and Institutions have first resisted and then (mostly) embraced each of these changes. This class explores Artificial Intelligence Photography as the latest in a series of earthquakes in the history of the photographic image, accompanying the desires of business, globalization, and science. This class seeks an ethically guided, globally representative model for photography and artificial intelligence. Debates around authorship and creativity (e.g., Supreme Court case with Andy Warhol) now face a radically new context of an “authorless” photograph. As crowdsourced imagemaking begins, the bias of massive datasets have taken techno-utopians by surprise, underlining that the task of building an equitable image-bank of the world cannot be left to algorithms and entrepreneurs. This class will explore the ethics and aesthetics of Artificial Intelligence and Imagery. There will be equal emphasis on reading and writing papers, as there will be on learning new software and tools.

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexey Yurenev
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• 3 points

INTRO AFRICAN HISTORY-DISCUSSION

INTRO TO AFRICAN HISTORY-DISC

• Department: History @Barnard
• W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• M 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• M 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 0 points

STARS GALAXIES & COSMOLOGY

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: A working knowledge of high school algebra. Corequisites: Suggested parallel laboratory course: ASTR C 1904y. Examines the properties of stars, star formation, stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis, the Milky Way and other galaxies, and the cosmological origin and evolution of the universe. Students may not receive credit for both ASTR BC 1754 and ASTR C1404.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicholas M Luber
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• 3 points

INTRO AFRICAN HIST:1700-PRESNT

INTR AFRICAN HIST:1700-PRESNT

Survey of African history from the 18th century to the contemporary period. We will explore six major themes in African History: Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World, Colonialism in Africa, the 1940s, Nationalism and Independence Movements, Post-Colonialism in Africa, and Issues in the Making of Contemporary Africa.

• Department: History @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Abosede A George
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

STARS AND ATOMS

Prerequisites: recommended preparation: a working knowledge of high school algebra. What is the origin of the chemical elements? This course addresses this question, starting from understanding atoms, and then going on to look at how how atoms make stars and how stars make atoms. The grand finale is a history of the evolution of the chemical elements throughout time, starting from the Big Bang and ending with YOU. You cannot enroll in ASTR W1836 in addition to ASTR BC1754 or ASTR W1404 and receive credit for both.

• Department: Astronomy
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: James H Applegate
  CULPA: 44 Info
• 3 points

PreHealth Physics II

PreHealth Phys II

This class is an introduction to electricity, magnetism, circuits, light & optics, with a brief introduction to atomic and nuclear physics. Our goal is to develop an understanding of the principles underlying Nature's richness therein and highlighting, when possible, its relevance in medical & biological contexts.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 4.5 points

SEM-CONTEMP PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY

Prerequisites: any 1000-level course in the Physics or Astronomy Department. May be taken before or concurrently with this course. Lectures on current areas of research with discussions of motivation, techniques, and results, as well as difficulties and unsolved problems. Requirements include weekly problem sets and attendance of lectures.

• Department: Physics
• F 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Cole
  CULPA: 23 Info
• 1 points

ELEMENTARY MODERN TURKISH II

Prerequisites: MDES UN1901 An introduction to the written and spoken language of Turkey. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Zuleyha M Fikret
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• 4 points

ASTRONOMY LAB II

Laboratory for ASTR UN1404. Projects include use of telescopes, laboratory experiments in the nature of light, spectroscopy, and the analysis of astronomical data. Lab 2 ASTR UN1904 - goes with ASTR BC1754 or ASTR UN1404 (or ASTR UN1836 or ASTR UN1420).

• Department: Astronomy
• M 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• T 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
• W 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• 1 points

The Year 1000: A World History

This course is designed to introduce students to the study of premodern history, with a substantive focus on the variety of cultures flourishing across the globe 1000 years ago.  Methodologically, the course will emphasize the variety of primary sources historians use to reconstruct those cultures, the various approaches taken by the discipline of history (and neighboring disciplines) in analyzing those sources, and the particular challenges and pleasures of studying a generally “source poor” period. The course queries the concepts of “global history” and “world history” as applied to the “middle millennium” (corresponding to Europe’s “medieval history”), by exploring approaches that privilege connection, comparison, combination, correlation, or coverage.

• Department: History
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Adam Kosto
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

The Year 1000: A World History

This course is designed to introduce students to the study of premodern history, with a substantive focus on the variety of cultures flourishing across the globe 1000 years ago.  Methodologically, the course will emphasize the variety of primary sources historians use to reconstruct those cultures, the various approaches taken by the discipline of history (and neighboring disciplines) in analyzing those sources, and the particular challenges and pleasures of studying a generally “source poor” period. The course queries the concepts of “global history” and “world history” as applied to the “middle millennium” (corresponding to Europe’s “medieval history”), by exploring approaches that privilege connection, comparison, combination, correlation, or coverage.

• Department: Auditing
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Adam Kosto
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 0 points

The Year 1000: A World History - DISC

The Year 1000 - DISC

Required zero-credit/ungraded discussion for The Year 1000: A World History lecture (HIST UN1942). Discussion section day & times to be determined.

• Department: History
• T 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• M 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• W 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 0 points

Neuroscience Methods: Cells and Circuits

Neuro Methods: Cell & Cir

Research Methods in Neuroscience: Circuits and Cells offers students a unique opportunity to combine theoretical knowledge with practical skills development. This course pairs a weekly lecture with hands-on laboratory experiences, giving students a chance to see what day to day neuroscience research entails. The first three weeks of the semester will cover introductory topics in neuroscience, the scientific method, and experimental design. Then students will participate in three 3-week long modules covering human cognition, animal behavior, and neurological disease. The last two weeks of the course will be spent preparing students for a successful undergraduate research experience. Throughout the semester students will read scientific review articles to deepen their understanding of the lecture material and to contextualize that week’s lab experience.

• Department: Psychology
• R 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Sarah Demoya
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• 4 points

Cells and Circuits Lab

This is the lab component for PSYC UN1950 Neuroscience Methods: Cells and Circuits.

• Department: Psychology
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Sarah Demoya
  Info
• 0 points

Global Behavioral Science

This course builds on fundamentals of psychological and behavioral science by exploring reproducibility and replication on a global level. Students will learn from a wide range of studies and their real-world implications.

• Department: Psychology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Kai Ruggeri
  h-index: 22 Info
• 4 points

POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

This lecture course introduces students to key concepts and questions in the anthropological study of power and politics. What is power? How and when is it concentrated? What is authority? What are its sources? By what forms and means has rule and rulership been conceived in diverse societies? How do anthropologists think about the nation and the state distinctly from the ways in which these categories have been conceptualized in political science and political theory, or by historians of exclusively Western (post-Westphalian) polities? The course materials include anthropological texts and classic works from those adjacent disciplinary traditions, as well as texts from literary and other fields.

• Department: Anthropology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Rosalind Morris
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

MULTV. CALC. FOR ENGI & APP SCI

Differential and integral calculus of multiple variables. Topics include partial differentiation; optimization of functions of several variables; line, area, volume, and surface integrals; vector functions and vector calculus; theorems of Green, Gauss, and Stokes; applications to selected problems in engineering and applied science.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Drew C Youngren
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

Approaches to Literary Study

Why does literature affect us as it does, why might you want to understand its history, strategies, and meaning, and how exactly do you go about that? This course won’t give you 
the
 answer, because there is no single answer. It will instead point the way toward the multitude of possible answers, giving you a variety of critical tools for exploring these questions, and deepening your powers as a thinker, reader, and writer.
            The course consists of weekly lectures by department faculty members (ENGL 2000) and small weekly seminars with advanced doctoral candidates (ENGL 2001). The lectures will introduce you to texts from across literary history and in various genres (poetry, drama, prose narrative, etc.), giving you an opportunity to learn from and get to know our renowned faculty members. The intimate seminar setting will give you an opportunity to delve further into these texts and techniques, debate their meaning with one another and an expert guide, and engage in exercises that advance your critical writing and interpretive skills, putting into practice what you’ve learned. You will encounter the wide variety of critical approaches taken by our faculty, your seminar leader, and the discipline at large, while learning to expand upon these approaches and make them your own.
            The course is required for English majors and minors (who should take it as early as possible in their Columbia careers), but it is for everyone: advanced students of literature or those new to literary study; committed majors or those still exploring; anyone seeking the excitement and immersion this course offers.
            (
Note
: Students who register for ENGL UN2000 must also register for one of the sections of ENGL UN2001.)

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• F 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Molly Murray
  CULPA: 26 Info
• 4 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Core (A&S)
• Instructor: Zachary J Levine
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• Instructor: Gal Katz
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• 1 points

Data Engineering with Python

Introduction to essential data engineering methods. Potential topics include Arrays, Linked Lists, Stacks and Queues, Trees and Graphs, Hash Tables, Search Algorithms and Efficiency, Relational databases, SQL, NoSQL, and Data Wrangling. Practice both theory and applications using Python programming.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Yi Zhang
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO HIGHER MATHEMATICS

Introduction to understanding and writing mathematical proofs. Emphasis on precise thinking and the presentation of mathematical results, both in oral and in written form. Intended for students who are considering majoring in mathematics but wish additional training. CC/GS: Partial Fulfillment of Science Requirement.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: James E Hotchkiss
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• 3 points

ETHNICITY, RACE, IDENTITY IN THE PRE-MOD

This seminar investigates the concepts of ethnicity, race, and identity, in both theory and practice,
through a comparative survey of several case studies from the Pre-Modern history of the Middle East.
The course focuses on symbols of identity and difference, interpreting them through a variety of
analytical tools, and evaluating the utility of each as part of an ongoing exploration of the subject. The
survey considers theories of ethnicity and race, as well as their critics, and includes cases from the
Ancient World (c. 1000 BCE) through the Old Regime (c. 1800 CE).

Students in this course will gain a familiarity with major theories of social difference and alterity, and
utilize them to interpret and analyze controversial debates about social politics and identity from the
history of the Middle East, including ancient ethnicity, historical racism, Arab identity, pluralism in the
Islamic Empire, and slavery, among others. In addition, students will spend much of the semester
developing a specialized case study of their own on a historical community of interest. All of the case
studies will be presented in a showcase at the end of the semester.

All assigned readings for the course will be in English. Primary sources will be provided in translation.
The course meets once a week and sessions are two hours long.

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Nathanael P Shelley
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points

DRAWING STUDIO

This course delves into drawing as an expansive, exploratory practice that underpins all forms of visual art. Designed primarily as a hands-on workshop, the class is enriched with slide lectures, video presentations, and field trips. Throughout the semester, students will engage in individual and group critiques, fostering dialogue about their work. Beginning with still life and progressing to drawings of artworks, artifacts, and figure studies, the course investigates drawing as a dynamic practice connected to a wide array of visual cultures.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• M 2:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Irena Haiduk
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• 3 points

MULTV. CALC. FOR ENGI & APP SCI

Required recitation session for students enrolled in APMA E2000.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• F 2:40 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 11:40 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• 0 points

Approaches to Literary Study Seminar

Approaches to Lit Study S

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN2001 must also register for ENGL UN2000 Approaches to Literary Study lecture. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature, through a weekly pairing of a faculty lecture (ENGL 2000) and small seminar led by an advanced doctoral candidate (ENGL 2001).  Students in the course will read works from across literary history, learning the different interpretive techniques appropriate to each of the major genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction).  Students will also encounter the wide variety of critical approaches taken by our faculty and by the discipline at large, and will be encouraged to adapt and combine these approaches as they develop as thinkers, readers, and writers.  ENGL 2000/2001 is a requirement for both the English Major and English Minor.  While it is not a general prerequisite for other lectures and seminars, it should be taken as early as possible in a student's academic program.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Margarida de Assis
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• Instructor: Alice Clapie
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• Instructor: Ramathi H Bandaranayake
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• Instructor: Lauren S Brown
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• Instructor: Claudia G Grigg Edo
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• 0 points

PERSPECTIVES IN MATHEMATICS

Prerequisites: some calculus or the instructor's permission. Intended as an enrichment to the mathematics curriculum of the first years, this course introduces a variety of mathematical topics (such as three dimensional geometry, probability, number theory) that are often not discussed until later, and explains some current applications of mathematics in the sciences, technology and economics.

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• W 2:40 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Dusa McDuff
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 1 points

LABORATORY IN NEUROSCIENCE

NEUROSCIENCE LAB

This course provides a hands-on introduction to techniques commonly used in current neurobiological research. Topics covered will include neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and invertebrate animal behavioral genetics. Participation in this course involves dissection of sheep brains and experimentation with invertebrate animals.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• R 9:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• R 1:40 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
• F 9:40 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Shuk C Tsoi
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• Instructor: Luca Iemi
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• 3 points

DRAWING II

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1000) Examines the potential of drawing as an expressive tool elaborating on the concepts and techniques presented in VIAR UN1001. Studio practice emphasizes individual attitudes toward drawing while acquiring knowledge and skills from historical and cultural precedents. Portfolio required at the end.

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Daphne Arthur
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO ASTROPHYSICS II

Prerequisites: a working knowledge of calculus. Corequisites: the second term of a course in calculus-based general physics. Continuation of ASTR UN2001; these two courses constitute a full year of calculus-based introduction to astrophysics. Topics include the structure of our galaxy, the interstellar medium, star clusters, properties of external galaxies, clusters of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, and cosmology.

• Department: Astronomy
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David Schiminovich
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO ASTROPHYSICS II

Prerequisites: a working knowledge of calculus. Corequisites: the second term of a course in calculus-based general physics. Continuation of ASTR UN2001; these two courses constitute a full year of calculus-based introduction to astrophysics. Topics include the structure of our galaxy, the interstellar medium, star clusters, properties of external galaxies, clusters of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, and cosmology.

• Department: Auditing
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David Schiminovich
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 0 points

Second Year Chinese II

Second Year Chinese II (CHNX2002) is the continuation of Second Year Chinese I (CHNSX2001). It is designed for students who have completed a rigorous three-semester college-level Mandarin course or its equivalent. This course aims to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the Intermediate High to Advanced Low levels according to the ACTFL guidelines. Students will engage with real-world scenarios relevant to studying abroad and gain a deeper understanding of modern Chinese society and culture. Emphasis is placed on narration, description, comparison, and the development of intercultural competence through comparative cultural analysis. Course materials include dialogues and narratives to support vocabulary, grammar, communication, and cultural learning.

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Danwei Li
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• 5 points

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY II

Prerequisites: EEEB UN2001 Second semester of introductory biology sequence for majors in enviromnental biology and environmental science, emphasizing the ecological and evolutionary aspects of biology. Also intended for those interested in an introduction to the principles of ecology and evolutionary biology.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew I Palmer
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 14 Info
• 4 points

STATISTICS AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

STATISTICS & EXPERIMTL DE

This course is for students interested in learning how to conduct scientific research. They will learn how to (i) design well-controlled experiments and identify “quack” science; (ii) organize, summarize and illustrate data, (iii) analyze different types of data; and (iv) interpret the results of statistical tests.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: John Glendinning
  CULPA: 23 h-index: 39 Info
• 4 points

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM-LEC+LAB

Charge, electric field, and potential. Gausss law. Circuits: capacitors and resistors. Magnetism and electromagnetism. Induction and inductance. Alternating currents. Maxwells equations. This is a calculus-based class. Familiarity with derivatives and integrals is needed.

PLEASE NOTE:  Students who take PHYS BC2002 may not get credit for PHYS BC2019 or PHYS BC2020.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 4.5 points

INTRO TO ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION

This course offers an introduction to the intellectual, social, political, and cultural formations resulting from the revelation of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century until around 1800 CE. It is a “civilization” course and is introductory in nature. It is not a course in Islamic history, religion, philosophy, art, science, or literature, although all of these will be considered in various ways throughout the semester. The intent of the course is to survey the structures, themes, keywords, and subjects that are of interest for the study of Islamic societies, and to encounter a sampling of the historical sources that inform such surveys. Whether through documents, letters, sermons, explanations, publications, songs, or literature, the intention is to use historical sources in order to illuminate our understanding of the events of the past, and in particular, to help the student evaluate narratives about the past for themselves.
The course consists of a lecture and a recitation. All students must be registered for and attend both. The lectures will contextualize the required readings and primary sources, and students will participate in discussions about them in recitation. In addition to weekly readings, assignments include a weekly response post (~1 page), a midterm exam and a final exam. All of the course materials are presented in English

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Nathanael P Shelley
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points

CARIBBEAN CULTURE & SOCIETIES

This course offers a chronological study of the Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone insular Caribbean through the eyes of some of the region’s most important writers and thinkers. We will focus on issues that key Caribbean intellectuals--including two Nobel prize-winning authors--consider particularly enduring and relevant in Caribbean cultures and societies. Among these are, for example, colonization, slavery, national and postcolonial identity, race, class, popular culture, gender, sexuality, tourism and migration. This course will also serve as an introduction to some of the exciting work on the Caribbean by professors at Barnard College and Columbia University (faculty spotlights).

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Maja Horn
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

THE ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGINATION

Introduction to the theory and practice of “ethnography”—the intensive study of peoples’ lives as shaped by social relations, cultural images, and historical forces. Considers through critical reading of various kinds of texts (classic ethnographies, histories, journalism, novels, films) the ways in which understanding, interpreting, and representing the lived words of people—at home or abroad, in one place or transnationally, in the past or the present—can be accomplished. Discussion section required.

• Department: Anthropology
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Jose de Abreu
  Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS PROOFS

INTRO TO MATHEMATICAL PRO

This is a seminar course that covers the basics of mathematical proofs and in particular the epsilon-delta argument in single variable calculus.

Students who have little experience with mathematical proofs are strongly encouraged to take this course concurrently with Honors Math, Into to Modern Algebra, or Intro to Modern Analysis.

• Department: Mathematics
• F 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Julien Dubedat
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 0 points

INTRODUCTION AFRICAN DIASPORA

Interdisciplinary and thematic approach to the African diaspora in the Americas: its motivations, dimensions, consequences, and the importance and stakes of its study. Beginning with the contacts between Africans and the Portuguese in the 15th century, this class will open up diverse paths of inquiry as students attempt to answer questions, clear up misconceptions, and challenge assumptions about the presence of Africans in the New World.

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Celia E Naylor
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

PAINTING II

A continuation of painting I - III, open to all skill levels. Students will further develop techniques to communicate individual and collective ideas in painting. This course will focus on individual and collaborative projects designed to explore the fundamental principles of image making. Students acquire a working knowledge of traditional studio skills and related concepts in contemporary art through class critiques, discussion, and individual meetings with the professor. Reading materials will provide historical and philosophical background to the class assignments. Class projects will range from traditional to experimental and multi-media. Image collections will be discussed in class with an awareness of contemporary image production.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joan Snitzer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: BIOL UN2005, or the instructors permission. Lecture and recitation. Recommended second term of biology for majors in biology and related majors, and for premedical students. Cellular biology and development; physiology of cells and organisms. SPS, Barnard, 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
 . Students must register for a recitation section BIOL UN2016.

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