INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
This course is a prerequisite for the Psychology Major, as well as for most other Barnard PSYC courses (be sure to check all course information before enrolling in a course).
The following Columbia University courses are considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: UN1001 The Science of Psychology; and UN1021 Science of Psychology: Explorations/Applications.
- Department: Psychology @Barnard
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Isabelle Portelinha
Info - 3 points
First-Year Chinese II
First Year Chinese II (CHNX1002) is the continuation of First Year Chinese I (CHNSX1001). It is designed for students with some prior knowledge of Mandarin Chinese and either one semester or one year of college-level learning experience in Mandarin Chinese. Upon successful completion of First Year Chinese II, students are expected to reach Novice High to Intermediate Low proficiency. At this level, you will be able to understand, interpret, speak, and write about everyday topics such as greetings, dining, and exchanging personal information. In addition to language skills, you will gain an understanding of the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of the Chinese-speaking world and be able to relate them to your own cultural experiences. As a language course, it emphasizes immersion: Chinese will be the primary language spoken and heard in the classroom.
- Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
- MTWR 5:40 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Danwei Li
Info - 5 points
ENVIRNMNTL SCI II: Envir & Human Health
ENV SCI II: Env & Human H
Course focuses on understanding how the Environment Impacts Human Health. Air quality and water quality from both natural and anthropogenic sources can have a wide array of adverse health effects. We will examine a wide array of contaminants, their health effects, and potential solutions.
- Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mike Z He
Info - 3 points
ELEMENTARY FRENCH II
Basic elements of French grammar. Oral, writing, and reading skills. Students may take either or both of these courses at Columbia.
- Department: French @Barnard
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Instructor:
Alexandre Bournery
Info - 4 points
ELEMENTARY FRENCH II
Basic elements of French grammar. Oral, writing, and reading skills. Students may take either or both of these courses at Columbia.
- Department: French @Barnard
- 4 points
ELEMENTARY FRENCH II
Basic elements of French grammar. Oral, writing, and reading skills. Students may take either or both of these courses at Columbia.
- Department: French @Barnard
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Instructor:
Laurie Postlewate
CULPA: 17
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Instructor:
Melanie Heydari
Info - 4 points
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II
Ciao!
I am so thrilled that you have chosen to study Italian at Barnard. This class marks the beginning of your journey through the wonderful language, history, and culture of Italy. I am hopeful that our time together will be fruitful, informative, and fun.
This document outlines the course objectives, requirements and policies for Elementary Italian 2. I have chosen to outline these policies in English so that they are as clear as possible, but
Italian is the official language of the course
, and classes will be conducted accordingly. Some English will be used at the beginning of the semester as we get to know each other, but it will be phased out over the course of our time together.
- Department: Italian @Barnard
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Instructor:
Emilia Gambardella
Info - 4 points
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II
Ciao!
I am so thrilled that you have chosen to study Italian at Barnard. This class marks the beginning of your journey through the wonderful language, history, and culture of Italy. I am hopeful that our time together will be fruitful, informative, and fun.
This document outlines the course objectives, requirements and policies for Elementary Italian 2. I have chosen to outline these policies in English so that they are as clear as possible, but
Italian is the official language of the course
, and classes will be conducted accordingly. Some English will be used at the beginning of the semester as we get to know each other, but it will be phased out over the course of our time together.
- Department: Italian @Barnard
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Instructor:
Emilia Gambardella
Info - 4 points
AN INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC II
Prerequisites: no previous knowledge of music is required.
- Department: Music @Barnard
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gail R Archer
CULPA: 24
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Instructor:
Marilyn McCoy
CULPA: 7
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- 3 points
Introductory Laboratory in Neuroscience
Intro Neuroscience Lab
This laboratory course will introduce students to concepts, topics, and techniques used to examine brain and behavior. Specifically, this class will engage students in experimental design, data collection and analysis, and results presentation. The experimental units are designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system.
- Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
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Instructor:
Kara Pham
CULPA: 9
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Instructor:
Adrienne N Santiago
Info - 2.5 points
Introductory Laboratory in Neuroscience
Intro Neuroscience Lab
This laboratory course will introduce students to concepts, topics, and techniques used to examine brain and behavior. Specifically, this class will engage students in experimental design, data collection and analysis, and results presentation. The experimental units are designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system.
- Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
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Instructor:
Adrienne N Santiago
Info - 2.5 points
Introductory Laboratory in Neuroscience
Intro Neuroscience Lab
This laboratory course will introduce students to concepts, topics, and techniques used to examine brain and behavior. Specifically, this class will engage students in experimental design, data collection and analysis, and results presentation. The experimental units are designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system.
- Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
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Instructor:
Adrienne N Santiago
Info - 2.5 points
INTRO TO ECONOMIC REASONING
Covers basic elements of microeconomic and marcoeconomic reasoning at an introductory level. Topics include Individual Constraints and Preferences, Production by Firms, Market Transactions, Competition, The Distribution of Income, Technological Progress and Growth, Unemployment and Inflation, the Role of Government in the Economy. Note: Students cannot get credit for ECON BC1003 if they have taken the Columbia introductory course ECON W1105 Principles of Economics.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
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Instructor:
Rajiv Sethi
CULPA: 24
h-index: 33
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Instructor:
Alan Dye
CULPA: 19 Info - 4 points
COLLEGE ALGEBRA-ANLYTC GEOMTRY
Prerequisites: score of 550 on the mathematics portion of the SAT completed within the last year, or the appropriate grade on the General Studies Mathematics Placement Examination. For students who wish to study calculus but do not know analytic geometry. Algebra review, graphs and functions, polynomial functions, rational functions, conic sections, systems of equations in two variables, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions and trigonometric identities, applications of trigonometry, sequences, series, and limits.
This course may not be taken for credit after the successful completion of any course in the Calculus sequence.
- Department: Mathematics
- MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
- 3 points
MATH METHODS FOR ECONOMICS
Covers basic mathematical methods required for intermediate theory courses and upper level electives in economics, with a strong emphasis on applications. Topics include simultaneous equations, functions, partial differentiation, optimization of functions of more than one variable, constrained optimization, and financial mathematics. This course satisfies the Calculus requirement for the Barnard Economics major. NOTE: students who have previously taken Intermediate Micro Theory (ECON BC3035 or the equivalent) are *not* allowed to take Math Methods for Economics.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- None None-None
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Instructor:
Mulu Gebreyohannes
Info - 4 points
INTRO TO LANGUAGE & CULTURE
This is an introduction to the study of the production, interpretation, and reproduction of social meanings as expressed through language. In exploring language in relation to culture and society, it focuses on how communication informs and transforms the sociocultural environment.
- Department: Anthropology @Barnard
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Instructor:
Elizabeth M Green
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points
DESIGN FUTURES: NEW YORK CITY
How does design operate in our lives? What is our design culture? In this course, we explore the many scales of design in contemporary culture -- from graphic design to architecture to urban design to global, interactive, and digital design. The format of this course moves between lectures, discussions, collaborative design work and field trips in order to engage in the topic through texts and experiences.
- Department: Architecture @Barnard
- F 1:10 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Richard T Rouhe
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Instructor:
Clara Kraft Isono
Info - 3 points
INTRO LAB EXPERIMENTAL PSYCH
Corequisites: PSYC BC1001, or its equivalent. While this lab is not required for either Psychology Major or Non-Major, it is not open to students who have already completed or are concurrently enrolled in PSYC BC1020 Research Methods and Analysis. This lab course is intended for students who have not previously been enrolled in a psychology lab course; and a majority of seats are reserved for First Year and Sophomore students. A laboratory-based introduction to experimental methods used in psychological research. Upon successful completion of this course, students will know how to review the primary literature and formulate a hypothesis, design an experiment, analyze data using statistical methods, communicate the results of a scientific study through oral presentation and written manuscript, and carry out research studies under ethical guidelines. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in all disciplines of Psychology and will be prepared to engage in advance research in fields including, but not limited to, Cognition, Learning, Perception, Behavioral Neuroscience, Development, Personality, and Social Psychology.
- Department: Psychology @Barnard
- M 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ken Light
CULPA: 17 h-index: 15 Info -
Instructor:
Mariel Roberts
h-index: None Info -
Instructor:
Isabelle Portelinha
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Instructor:
Svetlana Komissarouk
CULPA: 3
h-index: 3
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Instructor:
Angelika Seidel
Info - 2.5 points
Introduction to Computational Thinking a
INTRO COMP THINK AND DATA SCI
This course and its co-requisite lab course will introduce students to the methods and tools used in data science to obtain insights from data. Students will learn how to analyze data arising from real-world phenomena while mastering critical concepts and skills in computer programming and statistical inference. The course will involve hands-on analysis of real-world datasets, including economic data, document collections, geographical data, and social networks. The course is ideal for students looking to increase their digital literacy and expand their use and understanding of computation and data analysis across disciplines. No prior programming or college-level math background is required.
- Department: Computer Science @Barnard
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Instructor:
Faculty
h-index: 37 Info -
Instructor:
Tiffany Tseng
Info - 3 points
INTRO ARCH DESIGN&VIS CULTURE
INTRO-ARCH DESIGN/VIS CUL
Introductory design studio to introduce students to architectural design through readings and studio design projects. Intended to develop analytic skills to critique existing media and spaces. Process of analysis used as a generative tool for the students own design work. Must apply for placement in course. Priority to upperclass students. Class capped at 16.
- Department: Architecture @Barnard
- MW 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- None None-None
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Instructor:
Madeline K Schwartzman
CULPA: 11
Info
- 3 points
BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH METHODS AND ANALYSIS
BEHAVRL RESRCH METHOD ANA
This course is one of three prerequisites for all 2000-level PSYC lab courses, and is a requirement for the Psychology Major. PSYC BC1001, or its equivalent, must be completed prior to or concurrently with this course. Also note that once this course has been completed a student
cannot
then enroll in PSYC BC1010 Intro Lab. (If a student chooses to take BC1010 Intro Lab, it must be completed
before
BC1020 Research Methods.) This class will introduce students to the fundamental scientific principles, experimental methods, and analytical approaches involved in the study of human behavior. The initial major topics to be covered include how basic scientific approach can be gainfully and ethically used to study human behavior. The following topics in the course will cover the most prevalent manners of collecting data in behavioral research and the most common types of statistical analyses and tests such data is subjected to. The latter topics in the course will introduce some of the more advanced experimental designs and statistical approaches that are more specific to the social sciences.
- Department: Psychology @Barnard
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mariel Roberts
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Instructor:
Faculty
h-index: 37 Info - 3 points
HUM RGTS IN THEORY& PRACTICE
Provides a broad overview of the rapidly expanding field of human rights. Lectures on the philosophical, historical, legal and institutional foundations are interspersed with weekly presentations by frontline advocates from the U.S. and overseas.
- Department: Human Rights (HRTB)
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Instructor:
Faculty
h-index: 37 Info - 3 points
Ghost Stories
GHOST STORIES
What are ghosts? Why are we haunted by them? And why are we so drawn to telling stories about these hauntings? In this class, we will read ghost stories from the 17th century through the present day; in the process, we will examine what these stories reveal about our own preoccupations, fears, and desires. Writers and readers turn to ghost stories for horror and suspense, for sure, but also because they’re a powerful medium for reckoning with history and memory—with the past’s hold over the present—particularly when it comes to violence, loss, oppression, and trauma. Ghost stories engage with issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality; with social otherness; with marginalization. Ghost stories stage problems of justice, vengeance, and guilt. Ghost stories trouble the nature of the body, and the meaning of (and boundaries between) life and death. Ghost stories lend themselves both to fear and to laughter, both to questions and to answers. While exploring all of these topics and themes, we will also consider the trope of storytelling itself, which figures prominently in so many works of the genre. What is wrapped up in the gesture of telling a story, and in the ways, contexts, and reasons in and for which these stories get told? Readings (subject to change) include works by Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Shirley Jackson, Helen Oyeyemi, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Oscar Wilde, and others.
- Department: English @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Penelope Usher
Info - 3 points
WOMEN AND HEALTH
Combines critical feminist and anti-racist analyses of medicine with current research in epidemiology and biomedicine to understand health and health disparities as co-produced by social systems and biology.
- Department: Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies @Barnard
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Instructor:
Rebecca Jordan-Young
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS
Weekly meetings with researchers from Barnard, Columbia, and other guests to discuss the nature of scientific inquiry in psychology; and intellectual, professional, and personal issues in the work of scientists.
- Department: Psychology @Barnard
- W 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Isabelle Portelinha
Info - 1 points
CALCULUS I
Prerequisites: (see Courses for First-Year Students). Functions, limits, derivatives, introduction to integrals, or an understanding of pre-calculus will be assumed. (SC)
- Department: Mathematics @Barnard
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Dusa McDuff
CULPA: 10
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Instructor:
Lindsay C Piechnik
CULPA: 15
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Instructor:
Roger W Van Peski
Info - 3 points
STATISTICS LECTURE AND RECITATION
STATISTICS LECTURE&RECITATION
Prerequisite (or co-requisite): PSYC BC1001. Lecture course and associated recitation section introducing students to statistics and its applications to psychological research. The course covers basic theory, conceptual underpinnings, and common statistics. The following Columbia University courses are considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: STAT UN1001 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning; STAT UN1101 Introduction to Statistics; STAT UN1201 Introduction to Statistics.
- Department: Psychology @Barnard
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Robert Brotherton
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
STATISTICS LECTURE AND RECITATION
STATISTICS LECTURE&RECITATION
Prerequisite (or co-requisite): PSYC BC1001. Lecture course and associated recitation section introducing students to statistics and its applications to psychological research. The course covers basic theory, conceptual underpinnings, and common statistics. The following Columbia University courses are considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: STAT UN1001 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning; STAT UN1101 Introduction to Statistics; STAT UN1201 Introduction to Statistics.
- Department: Psychology @Barnard
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Robert Brotherton
CULPA: 1 Info -
Instructor:
Katherine Thorson
CULPA: 4
h-index: 7
Info
- 4 points
ELEMENTARY SPANISH I
Prerequisites: a score of 0-279 on the department's Spanish as a Second Language Placement exam. An introduction to Spanish communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, writing, and cultural knowledge. Principal objectives are to understand and produce commonly used sentences to satisfy immediate needs; ask and answer questions about personal details such as where we live, people we know and things we have; interact in a simple manner with people who speak clearly, slowly and are ready to cooperate; and understand simple and short written and audiovisual texts in Spanish. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
- 4 points
ELEMENTARY SPANISH I
Prerequisites: a score of 0-279 on the department's Spanish as a Second Language Placement exam. An introduction to Spanish communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, writing, and cultural knowledge. Principal objectives are to understand and produce commonly used sentences to satisfy immediate needs; ask and answer questions about personal details such as where we live, people we know and things we have; interact in a simple manner with people who speak clearly, slowly and are ready to cooperate; and understand simple and short written and audiovisual texts in Spanish. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
- 4 points
ELEMENTARY SPANISH I
Prerequisites: a score of 0-279 on the department's Spanish as a Second Language Placement exam. An introduction to Spanish communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, writing, and cultural knowledge. Principal objectives are to understand and produce commonly used sentences to satisfy immediate needs; ask and answer questions about personal details such as where we live, people we know and things we have; interact in a simple manner with people who speak clearly, slowly and are ready to cooperate; and understand simple and short written and audiovisual texts in Spanish. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
- 4 points
ELEMENTARY GERMAN II
Prerequisites: GERM UN1101 or the equivalent. If you have prior German outside of Columbia’s language sequence, the placement exam is required. German 1102 is the continuation of Elementary German I (1101). It is a four-skill language course taught in German, in which students continue to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in German and an understanding of German-speaking cultures. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the four language skills--listening, speaking, reading and writing--within a cultural context. Students expand their communication skills to include travel, storytelling, personal well- being, basic economics, recent historical events, and working with movie segments. Completion of daily assignments, which align with class content, and consistent work are necessary in order to achieve basic communicative proficiency.
- Department: German @Barnard
- MWR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Johanna Veth-Abinusawa
Info - 4 points
ELEMENTARY LATIN II
Prerequisites: LATN UN1101. A continuation of LATN UN1101, including a review of grammar and syntax for students whose study of Latin has been interrupted.
- Department: Classics @Barnard
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Instructor:
Darcy Krasne
h-index: 5 Info - 4 points
CALCULUS II
Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 or the equivalent. Methods of integration, applications of the integral, Taylors theorem, infinite series. (SC)
- Department: Mathematics @Barnard
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lindsay C Piechnik
CULPA: 15
Info
- 3 points
ELEMENTARY SPANISH II
Prerequisites: SPAN UN1101 or a score of 280-379 on the department’s Spanish as a Second Language Placement exam. An intensive introduction to Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, writing and cultural knowledge as a continuation of SPAN UN1101. The principal objectives are to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of immediate relevance; communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a direct exchange of information on familiar matters; describe in simple terms aspects of our background and personal history; understand the main point, the basic content, and the plot of filmic as well as short written texts. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
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Instructor:
Almudena Mar N-Cobos
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Instructor:
Faculty
h-index: 37 Info - 4 points
ELEMENTARY SPANISH II
Prerequisites: SPAN UN1101 or a score of 280-379 on the department’s Spanish as a Second Language Placement exam. An intensive introduction to Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, writing and cultural knowledge as a continuation of SPAN UN1101. The principal objectives are to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of immediate relevance; communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a direct exchange of information on familiar matters; describe in simple terms aspects of our background and personal history; understand the main point, the basic content, and the plot of filmic as well as short written texts. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
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Instructor:
Faculty
h-index: 37 Info - 4 points
ELEMENTARY SPANISH II
Prerequisites: SPAN UN1101 or a score of 280-379 on the department’s Spanish as a Second Language Placement exam. An intensive introduction to Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, writing and cultural knowledge as a continuation of SPAN UN1101. The principal objectives are to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of immediate relevance; communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a direct exchange of information on familiar matters; describe in simple terms aspects of our background and personal history; understand the main point, the basic content, and the plot of filmic as well as short written texts. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
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Instructor:
Faculty
h-index: 37 Info - 4 points
Elementary Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Elem Spanish Heritage Spe
Prerequisites: Scoring at this level on the department’s Spanish as a Heritage Language Placement test (https://columbia-barnard.vega-labs.com).
The principal aim of SPAN UN1108 is to build upon and further develop the informal knowledge of Spanish that heritage learners bring to the classroom—usually from family and neighborhood exposure to the language—and cultivate formal speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities. Students are not expected to have any academic training in written Spanish prior to enrolling in this course.
Spanish heritage language courses at Columbia/Barnard focus on the development of communicative abilities and literacy from sociolinguistic and sociocultural approaches. Throughout the semester, students will be reviewing spelling patterns, building vocabulary, acquiring and effectively using learning strategies, and strengthening composition skills in Spanish. Cultural projects and readings reinforce learners’ understanding of the multiple issues related to Hispanic cultures in the United States and in other Spanish-speaking societies.
- Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
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Instructor:
Antoni Fernandez Parera
CULPA: 1 h-index: 1 Info - 4 points
Elementary Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Elem Spanish Heritage Spe
Prerequisites: Scoring at this level on the department’s Spanish as a Heritage Language Placement test (https://columbia-barnard.vega-labs.com).
The principal aim of SPAN UN1108 is to build upon and further develop the informal knowledge of Spanish that heritage learners bring to the classroom—usually from family and neighborhood exposure to the language—and cultivate formal speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities. Students are not expected to have any academic training in written Spanish prior to enrolling in this course.
Spanish heritage language courses at Columbia/Barnard focus on the development of communicative abilities and literacy from sociolinguistic and sociocultural approaches. Throughout the semester, students will be reviewing spelling patterns, building vocabulary, acquiring and effectively using learning strategies, and strengthening composition skills in Spanish. Cultural projects and readings reinforce learners’ understanding of the multiple issues related to Hispanic cultures in the United States and in other Spanish-speaking societies.
- Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
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Instructor:
Antoni Fernandez Parera
CULPA: 1 h-index: 1 Info -
Instructor:
Gabriela Derobles
Info - 4 points
POLITICAL THEORY I
This course considers key questions at the foundation of political thought. What is justice? How do we justify the coercive power of states? Do we have an obligation to obey the government? Who should make and enforce the law? What basic rights and liberties should governments protect? How should our economic system produce and divide wealth and material resources? What are the claims of excluded or marginalized groups and how can these claims be addressed? We explore these questions through the works of several classical and contemporary political thinkers. A major goal of the course is to practice the skills needed to understand a political thinker’s arguments and to construct one’s own.
BEGINNING IN FALL 2025, BARNARD STUDENTS WISHING TO TAKE POLITICAL THEORY FOR INTRO CREDIT TOWARD THE MAJOR MUST TAKE POLS-BC1110. If Barnard students enroll in POLS-UN2101, the course will only count toward their major as elective credit.
Columbia College students who take POLS-BC1110 can only apply the course toward their major for elective credit.
Students may not get credit for more than one of the following courses: POLS BC1110, POLS UN1101, or POLS-UN2101.
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
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Instructor:
Alyssa Battistoni
Info - 4 points
SODB:FIRST AND SECOND YR SEM
This is a course designed for the students enrolled in the Barbara Silver Horowitz ’55 Scholars of Distinction program. It should be taken fall and spring semesters of a students first and second years at the college (for a total of 4 course credits total over the two years). Each month is organized around an outing (or several outings) with readings and guest speakers to complement the outing. Students are expected to attend all the events and meetings. Each student will also produce a blog post connected to or inspired by each event. These posts will appear on the Barnard College website dedicated to the program. Blog posts do not have to cover the event per se, they might, for example, attend to ancillary issues raised by the event or topics raised by the accompanying readings.
- Department: Scholars of Distinction @Barnard
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 1 points
Elementary American Sign Language (ASL)
ELEMENTARY ASL II
This course is an introduction to the basic skills in developing production and comprehension skills in American Sign Language (ASL). Students will learn ASL vocabulary, structure, and grammar. Course content also includes the manual alphabet and numbers. Students will develop basic conversational abilities, culturally appropriate behaviors, and learn about the culture and history of Deaf communities.
- Department: American Studies @Barnard
- MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kailyn Aaron-Lozano
Info - 4 points
FIRST-YEAR KOREAN II
This course is the second half of Elementary Korean (continuation of First-Year Korean I), designed to
help beginners solidify their foundation in Korean language, structure, and culture. Building upon the
skills established in the previous semester, students will continue to develop balanced proficiency in the
interpersonal (communicative), interpretive (reading & listening), and presentational (formal spoken &
written) modes, as well as cultural competence.
- Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
- MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
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Instructor:
Hwanhee Kim
Info - 5 points
BALLET I
This course is designed for the absolute beginner or the student returning to ballet class after a lengthy hiatus and is intended to familiarize the student with the classical ballet terminology, to foster independence in this particular vocabulary, to introduce the historical context of the Western art form and conventions of a ballet class. Learning the physical practice of this centuries-old craft will give the student basic classical ballet terminology as well as gaining an anatomical understanding of the body.
- Department: Dance @Barnard
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Vincent McCloskey
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Instructor:
Juan Rodriguez
Info - 2 points
BALLET II
This course is designed for the student with prior beginning ballet study, knowledge of the basic ballet vocabulary and the ability to process a combination with relative proficiency. During this semester you will be introduced to an expanded vocabulary, with focused attention will increase your technical ability, work with dynamics and speed, may work with a partner to analyze a movement combination or may be asked to produce and present a combination in class.
- Department: Dance @Barnard
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- F 1 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Vincent McCloskey
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Instructor:
Juan Rodriguez
Info - 2 points
CALCULUS III
Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 or the equivalent Vectors in dimensions 2 and 3, complex numbers and the complex exponential function with applications to differential equations, Cramers rule, vector-valued functions of one variable, scalar-valued functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, surfaces, optimization, the method of Lagrange multipliers. (SC)
- Department: Mathematics @Barnard
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Daniela de Silva
CULPA: 21
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Chris Ivanov
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Tang-Kai Lee
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CALCULUS IV
Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent Multiple integrals, Taylor's formula in several variables, line and surface integrals, calculus of vector fields, Fourier series. (SC)
- Department: Mathematics
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Instructor:
Deeparaj Bhat
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INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I
Prerequisites: FREN BC1001, BC1002, BC1102, C1101 and C1102, or an appropriate score on the placement test. Further development of oral and written communication skills. Readings in French literature.
- Department: French @Barnard
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Instructor:
Hadley T Suter
CULPA: 7
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INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I
Prerequisites: FREN BC1001, BC1002, BC1102, C1101 and C1102, or an appropriate score on the placement test. Further development of oral and written communication skills. Readings in French literature.
- Department: French @Barnard
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Instructor:
Hadley T Suter
CULPA: 7
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Instructor:
Alexandre Bournery
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INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II
Advanced work in language skills. Readings in French literature. Prerequisites: FREN BC1203 or an appropriate score on the placement test.
NOTE: This course
does not
fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement.
- Department: French @Barnard
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Instructor:
Karen Santos da Silva
CULPA: 4
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Melanie Heydari
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Instructor:
Brian D O'Keeffe
CULPA: 28
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ACCELERATED MULTIVARIABLE CALC
Prerequisites: (MATH UN1101 and MATH UN1102). Vectors in dimensions 2 and 3, vector-valued functions of one variable, scalar-valued functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, optimization, Lagrange multipliers, double and triple integrals, line and surface integrals, vector calculus. This course is an accelerated version of MATH UN1201 - MATH UN1202. Students taking this course may not receive credit for MATH UN1201 and MATH UN1202.
- Department: Mathematics
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Instructor:
Mu-Tao Wang
CULPA: 27
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HONORS MATHEMATICS B
Prerequisites: (see "Guidance for First-Year Students" in the Bulletin). The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Multivariable calculus and linear algebra from a rigorous point of view. Recommended for mathematics majors. Fulfills the linear algebra requirement for the major. (SC)
- Department: Mathematics
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tianqing Zhu
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ACCELERATED MULTIVARIABLE CALC-REC
ACCEL MULTIVARIABLE CALC-
Recitation section for MATH UN1205 - Accelerated Multivariable Calculus.
Students must register for both UN1205 and UN1215.
- Department: Mathematics
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Instructor:
Mu-Tao Wang
CULPA: 27
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HONORS MATHEMATICS B-REC
Recitation section for MATH UN1208 Honors Math B.
Students must register for both UN1208 and UN1218.
- Department: Mathematics
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Instructor:
Tianqing Zhu
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INTIMATE COMPANIONS: READING AND WRITING
This First-Year course will engage with literary expressions of the universally interesting topic of relationships. Tony Tanner in his
Adultery in the Novel
characterizes marriage as “the structure which supports all structure.” Contemporary critics have seen marriage as essential to maintaining the “family values” of the bourgeoisie; feminists and Marxists have challenged the economic assumptions of patriarchally-defined marriage. Folklorists have treated marriage as the endpoint of the search for a safe domestic space. We will touch on this subject, but will also turn to writing about other indispensable relationships that, increasingly, fill our lives. Animals and botanicals—and our relationship with nature—have become so obviously Important in the past ten years that they deserve to underpin our core values, too.
Starting with classic fairy tales and moving on to short fictions, contemporary American poetry, an affectionate study of the psyches of trees, and brief essays on animals we live with, this course will deliver an exportable cluster of ideas that may change our lives.
- Department: English @Barnard
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Instructor:
Margaret R Ellsberg
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