INTENSIVE ORGANIC CHEM LAB

Prerequisites: (CHEM UN2045 and CHEM UN2046) and CHEM UN1507 The lab is intended for students who have taken Intensive Organic Chemistry, CHEM UN2045 - CHEM UN2046 and who intend to major in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Physics, or Environmental Chemistry.

• Department: Chemistry
• M 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Fay W Ng
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

DANCE COMPOSITION: CONTENT

Continued study of choreography as a communicative performing art form. Focuses on the exploration of ideas and meaning. Emphasis is placed on the development of personal style as an expressive medium and unity of style in each work. Group as well as solo compositions will be assigned.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Colleen Thomas
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

HUMAN ANATOMY AND MOVEMENT

Corequisites: ANAT BC2574 Dancers and other movers will acquire concrete, scientific information about anatomy and integrate this knowledge into their sensed experience of movement. Through readings, lecture/discussions and movement practice, students will explore: (1) structure and function of bones and joints, (2) muscles, neuromuscular function and coordination, (3) motor cognition and learning.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Cecilia Fontanesi
  Info
• 3 points

MEASURING HISTORY

This course examines big themes in economic and social history-population history and human well-being, inequality and poverty, and gender differences. Using these themes, it adopts a hands-on data-driven approach to introduce tools and concepts of empirical reasoning. Datasets related to each theme create opportunities for learning by doing.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Dye
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 4 points

ARTS OF JAPAN

Introduction to the painting, sculpture, and architecture of Japan from the Neolithic period through the present. Discussion focuses on key monuments within their historical and cultural contexts.

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

INTERMEDIATE HINDI-URDU I

Prerequisites: (MDES UN1601) and (MDES UN1602) MDES UN1601-UN1602 or the instructor's permission. Continuing practice in listening, speaking, and grammatical understanding. Along with the Hindi (Devanagari) script, the Urdu (Perso-Arabic) script is taught in the class; both scripts are used for reading and writing. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Timsal Masud
  Info
• 5 points

PHYSICS III:CLASS/QUANTUM WAVE

Prerequisites: PHYS UN1402 or PHYS UN1602 Corequisite: MATH UN1202 or equivalent. Classical waves and the wave equation, geometrical optics, interference and diffraction, Fourier series and integrals, normal modes, wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, basic principles of quantum mechanics, energy levels, reflection and transmission coefficients, the harmonic oscillator. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields.

• Department: Physics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sebastian Will
  h-index: 18 Info
• 3.5 points

Physics III: Class/Quantum Wave - Rec

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• Department: Physics
• M 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Sebastian Will
  h-index: 18 Info
• 0 points

SECOND YR MOD COLLOQ TIBET I

n/a

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sonam Tsering
  Info
• 4 points

ARTS OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA

Introduces distinctive aesthetic traditions of China, Japan, and Korea--their similarities and differences--through an examination of the visual significance of selected works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts in relation to the history, culture, and religions of East Asia.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrea J Horisaki-Christens
  Info
• 3 points

ARTS OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA

ARTS OF CHINA JAPAN AND KOREA

Introduces distinctive aesthetic traditions of China, Japan, and Korea--their similarities and differences--through an examination of the visual significance of selected works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts in relation to the history, culture, and religions of East Asia.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Cathy M Zhu
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Survey of Dynastic Chinese Painting with

How did painting become the dominant expression of dynastic China, the pride of both the imperial court and the educated elite? This course will explore answers to that question through the study of selected Chinese paintings. The focus will be on influential paintings from the late Han dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1911. Most paintings of the dynastic era will be introduced with a contemporary image from the 20th or 21st century. These recent works will allow us to consider continuities, ruptures, and transformations. Paintings functioned as guides to heaven and on correct behavior, entertainment, assertions of authority and legitimacy, celebrations of longevity, as well as ways to criticize and to complain. Because analogy and metaphor are fundamental to Chinese language and visual art, we will examine visual symbols, auspicious imagery, and the rhetoric of resistance. After successfully completing this course, you will be better able to articulate a research question, read more critically, write a visual analysis, and impress friends and family as you name a painting used in restaurant décor.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alfreda J Murck
  Info
• 4 points

Survey of Dynastic Chinese Painting with

This is a required discussion section open only to students enrolled in AHIS UN2615

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• R 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Yuri Handa
  Info
• 0 points

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites: An introductory psychology course. Examines definitions, theories, and treatments of abnormal behavior.

• Department: Psychology
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: E'Mett McCaskill
  CULPA: 38 Info
• 3 points

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Surveys important methods, findings, and theories in the study of social influences on behavior. Emphasizes different perspectives on the relation between individuals and society.

• Department: Psychology
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tory Higgins
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia h-index: 134 Info
• 3 points

LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION I

This course aims to give a portrait of the development of Latin America from the first contact with the Europeans to the creation of independent states. We will focus on society and interaction among the various ethnic and socio-economic groups at the level of daily life. For each class, students will have to read sections of a core text as well as a primary source, or document, from the period; before the end of every class there will be 15 minutes to discuss the document together. In addition, students will enroll in discussion sections held by TAs.

• Department: History
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Caterina Pizzigoni
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 4 points

LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION I

This course aims to give a portrait of the development of Latin America from the first contact with the Europeans to the creation of independent states. We will focus on society and interaction among the various ethnic and socio-economic groups at the level of daily life. For each class, students will have to read sections of a core text as well as a primary source, or document, from the period; before the end of every class there will be 15 minutes to discuss the document together. In addition, students will enroll in discussion sections held by TAs.

• Department: Auditing
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Caterina Pizzigoni
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 0 points

Stigma and Belonging in a Diverse Societ

Stigma & Belonging

This course seeks to (1) illuminate the psychological pathways through which stigma impacts members of devalued social groups, and (2) investigate the mechanisms through which interventions at different levels of an ecological system either succeed or fail.  The course broadly considers identity devaluation, discrimination, and exclusion as general processes that apply to a range of social categories and status characteristics, including sexual orientation, obesity, mental illness, racial and ethnic identity, physical disability, immigration status, and having a criminal record.  Conceptualizing stigma as a multi-level construct, we will focus on both psychological and structural mechanisms through which stigma harms its targets and contributes to population-level inequalities.  While the course will draw primarily on the literature in social psychology, we will also consider research and writing from other disciplines, including clinical psychology, sociology, public health, and law.  Over the course of the semester, we will also consider methodological issues in psychological research, including ways in which stigma, its impacts, and intervention effects can be measured.

• Department: Psychology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael J Naft
  Info
• 3 points

LATIN AMER CIVILIZATION I-DISC

• Department: History
• 0 points

MAGIC AND MODERNITY

This course introduces students to the cultural history of magic: as an idea, as a practice, and as a tool with which wield power and induce wonder. Magic, as we will explore, is a modern concept, the contours of which have been shaped by its relations with religion and science, always against larger backdrops—of the Enlightenment, Romanticism, (post) colonialism, and (post) secularism. Readings are drawn from philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, sociology, drama, literature, history, history of science, and political theory. Cases and readings focus on everything from medieval England to post-socialist Mozambique. Throughout the term, a recurring theme will be whether, and to what extent, magic is incompatible with modernity—or, actually, integral to its constitution. By the end of this course, students should be familiar with a variety of ways in which magic has been understood since the early modern era, in a wide range of settings and cultural contexts. By tracing understandings of magic, students should also come away with an appreciation of how the authority of being “modern” is constructed (and contested) in relation to contemporary valuations of reason, science, enchantment, and the imagination.

• Department: Religion
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Engelke
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• 3 points

The Cold War in Latin America

This lecture offers a comprehensive view of the Cold War in Latin America and zooms in on those places and moments when it turned hot. It understands the Cold War as a complex and multi-layered conflict, which not only pitted two superpowers—the United States and the Soviet Union—against one another, but also two ideologies—capitalism and socialism—whose appeal cut across societies. In Latin America, the idea of socialist revolution attracted a diverse set of actors (workers, students, intellectuals, politicians, etc.) and posed a significant challenge to both capitalism and United States hegemony. We will probe what the Cold War meant to people across the region, paying particular attention to revolutionary and counterrevolutionary events in Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua, all the while examining the diplomatic and cultural battles for the hearts and minds of Latin Americans.

• Department: History
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alfonso Salgado
  Info
• 4 points

The Cold War in Latin America

This lecture offers a comprehensive view of the Cold War in Latin America and zooms in on those places and moments when it turned hot. It understands the Cold War as a complex and multi-layered conflict, which not only pitted two superpowers—the United States and the Soviet Union—against one another, but also two ideologies—capitalism and socialism—whose appeal cut across societies. In Latin America, the idea of socialist revolution attracted a diverse set of actors (workers, students, intellectuals, politicians, etc.) and posed a significant challenge to both capitalism and United States hegemony. We will probe what the Cold War meant to people across the region, paying particular attention to revolutionary and counterrevolutionary events in Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua, all the while examining the diplomatic and cultural battles for the hearts and minds of Latin Americans.

• Department: Auditing
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alfonso Salgado
  Info
• 0 points

The Cold War in Latin America - DISC

DISC - The Cold War in La

Required discussion section for “The Cold War in Latin America” lecture (HIST UN2671)

• Department: History
• Instructor: Roxanne S Houman
  Info
• 0 points

INTRO TO PHIL OF LANGUAGE

This course gives students an introduction to various topics in the Philosophy of Language.

• Department: Philosophy @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Karen Lewis
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE PERSIAN I

Prerequisites: Elementary Persian II or the equivalent. This course involves reading, writing, translating, conversation and grammatical foundations for Persian Language (PL). The materials are selected from two books: Āmuzesh-e Fārsi: Intermediate Level (required) and English-Persian Dictionary, plus verb system and charts (recommended). These books are assigned and have to be available to every student. There are also handouts, which will be provided throughout the course. This course serves as intermediate and makes students able to read and compose proper Persian language as well as the colloquial one. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Saeed Honarmand
  Info
• 4 points

Advanced Darkroom Photography

Advanced analog photography & darkroom printing. Students will work with analog cameras and learn how to refine black-and-white printing techniques, produce larger prints, etc. Emphasis will be placed on the editing, sequencing, and display of images while cultivating a theoretical and historical context to situate the work. Students will engage with an array of photographic practices through presentations, critiques, guest artist lectures and printing assignments. This course will explore critical issues in contemporary photography and advanced camera and production techniques through regular shooting assignments, demonstrations, critique, lectures, readings, and field trips. Prerequisites:
Intro Darkroom Photography
(Columbia) or equivalent experience

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana N Buhl
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED LITERARY TIBETAN

This course focuses on helping students gain greater proficiency in reading Tibetan Buddhist philosophical and religious historical texts.  Readings are selected primarily from Tibetan Buddhist philosophical texts (sutras) such as shes rab snying po,  thu’u bkan grub mtha’ and other Tibetan canonical texts.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Sonam Tsering Ngulphu
  Info
• 4 points

HISTORY OF THE MOD MIDDLE EAST

This course will cover the history of the Middle East from the 18th century until the present, examining the region ranging from Morocco to Iran and including the Ottoman Empire. It will focus on transformations in the states of the region, external intervention, and the emergence of modern nation-states, as well as aspects of social, economic, cultural and intellectual history of the region. Field(s): ME

• Department: History
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Rashid I Khalidi
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

HISTORY OF THE MOD MIDDLE EAST

This course will cover the history of the Middle East from the 18th century until the present, examining the region ranging from Morocco to Iran and including the Ottoman Empire. It will focus on transformations in the states of the region, external intervention, and the emergence of modern nation-states, as well as aspects of social, economic, cultural and intellectual history of the region. Field(s): ME

• Department: Auditing
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Rashid I Khalidi
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

MOD MIDDLE EAST-DISC

• Department: History
• T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• F 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• F 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• W 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 0 points

INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIOU

INTRO NAT AMER RELIGIOUS

There are over 800 distinct Native American nations currently within the borders of the United States. This course offers a broad introduction to the diversity of American Indian religious systems and their larger functions in communities and in history. We will explore general themes in the study of Native American religious traditions as well as look at some specific examples of practices, ideas, and beliefs. Of particular importance are the history and effects of colonialism and missionization on Native peoples, their continuing struggles for religious freedom and cultural and linguistic survival, and the ways in which American Indians engage with religion and spirituality, both past and present, to respond to social, cultural, political, and geographical change.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tiffany Hale
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

Arts of Islam, 700-1000 CE

This lecture course offers a comprehensive and chronological overview of the major masterpieces of art and architecture of the Muslim world between circa 700-1000 AD. Topics concerning the rise of Arabic as the official language of the new Muslim Empire and the aesthetic transformation it went from script to calligraphy, the shaping of sacred spaces and liturgical objects, rulers’ iconographies and urban designs, as well as daily-life objects, will be discussed. Mecca, Madina, Jerusalem, Damascus, Fustat (old Cairo), Qayrawan, Cordoba, Baghdad, Samarra, Balkh, Bukhara and early Fatimid Cairo are the major playgrounds to illustrate particular moments of shifting powers and aesthetic paradigms in the early days of the Muslim empire, suggesting a more differentiate picture of the arts of Islam in the age of imagining a world-wide empire. The past narratives for these regions will be critically presented by both looking at the medieval sources and the modern historiographies for these regions and by highlighting the varied ideologies at play. Taking this critical vein of studying the arts of the early Muslim age, past narratives will be reconsidered, while enhancing our awareness to the complicated, if not sometimes manipulated, processes of giving works of arts meanings and values.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Avinoam Shalem
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

ARTS OF ISLAM-DISC

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• M 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Emma C Leidy
  Info
• Instructor: Laura Tibi
  Info
• 0 points

ACCELERATED PHYSICS I

Prerequisites: Advanced Placement in physics and mathematics, or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission. (A special placement meeting is held during Orientation.) This accelerated two-semester sequence covers the subject matter of PHYS UN1601, PHYS UN1602 and PHYS UN2601, and is intended for those students who have an exceptionally strong background in both physics and mathematics. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields. There is no accompanying laboratory; however, students are encouraged to take the intermediate laboratory, PHYS UN3081, in the following year.

• Department: Physics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Norman H Christ
  CULPA: 34 Wikipedia Info
• 4.5 points

HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA I

This survey lecture course will provide students with a broad overview of the history of South Asia as a region - focusing on key political, cultural and social developments over more than two millennia. The readings include both primary sources (in translation) and secondary works. Our key concerns will be the political, cultural and theological encounters of varied communities, the growth of cities and urban spaces, networks of trade and migrations and the development of both local and cosmopolitan cultures across Southern Asia. The survey will begin with early dynasties of the classical period and then turn to the subsequent formation of various Perso-Turkic polities, including the development and growth of hybrid political cultures such as those of Vijayanagar and the Mughals. The course also touches on Indic spiritual and literary traditions such as Sufi and Bhakti movements. Near the end of our course, we will look forward towards the establishment of European trading companies and accompanying colonial powers.

• Department: History
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Manan Ahmed
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 6 Info
• 4 points

HIST OF SOUTH ASIA I-DISC

MANDATORY Discussion Section for HSME 2811 South Asia: Empire and Aftermath. Students must also be registered for HSME 2811.

• Department: History
• 0 points

FRONTIERS OF ASTROPHYSICS

Several members of the faculty each offer a brief series of talks providing context for a current research topic in the field and then present results of their ongoing research. Opportunities for future student research collaboration are offered. Grading is Pass/Fail.

• Department: Astronomy
• F 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Greg Bryan
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 70 Info
• 1 points

MASTERPIECES-INDIAN ART & ARCH

Introduction to 2000 years of art on the Indian subcontinent. The course covers the early art of Buddhism, rock-cut architecture of the Buddhists and Hindus, the development of the Hindu temple, Mughal and Rajput painting and architecture, art of the colonial period, and the emergence of the Modern.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Subhashini Kaligotla
  Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE MODERN TURKISH I

A continuation of the study of the written and spoken language of Turkey, with readings of literary, historical, and other texts. 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: Zuleyha Colak
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 0 Info
• 4 points

AFRICA BEFORE COLONIALISM

This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the precolonial history of the African continent. It investigates in-depth the political, social, cultural and economic developments of different Africa communities, covering various regions and periods, from prehistory to the formation of the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds. Its focus is the intersection of politics, economics, culture and society. Using world history and Africa’s location in the production of history as key analytical frames, it pays special attention to social, political and cultural changes that shaped the various individual and collective experiences of African peoples and states and the historical discourses associated to them.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mamadou Diouf
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

AFRICA BEFORE COLONIALISM-DISC

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• Instructor: Mamadou Diouf
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

AFRICA BEFORE COLONIALISM-DISC

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• Instructor: Mamadou Diouf
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

Science and Pseudoscience: Alchemy to AI

During the 2020 US presidential election and the years of the COVID-19 pandemic, science and “scientific truths” were fiercely contested. This course provides a historical perspective on the issues at stake. The course begins with an historical account of how areas of natural knowledge, such as astrology, alchemy, and “natural magic,” which were central components of an educated person’s view of the world in early modern Europe, became marginalized, while a new philosophy of nature (what we would now call empirical science) came to dominate the discourse of rationality. Historical developments examined in this course out of which this new understanding of nature emerged include the rise of the centralized state, religious reform, and European expansion. The course uses this historical account to show how science and pseudoscience developed in tandem in the period from 1400 to 1800. This historical account equips students to examine contemporary issues of expertise, the social construction of science, pluralism in science, certainty and uncertainty in science, as well as critical engagement with contemporary technologies.

• Department: History
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 4 points

Science and Pseudoscience: Alchemy to AI

During the 2020 US presidential election and the years of the COVID-19 pandemic, science and “scientific truths” were fiercely contested. This course provides a historical perspective on the issues at stake. The course begins with an historical account of how areas of natural knowledge, such as astrology, alchemy, and “natural magic,” which were central components of an educated person’s view of the world in early modern Europe, became marginalized, while a new philosophy of nature (what we would now call empirical science) came to dominate the discourse of rationality. Historical developments examined in this course out of which this new understanding of nature emerged include the rise of the centralized state, religious reform, and European expansion. The course uses this historical account to show how science and pseudoscience developed in tandem in the period from 1400 to 1800. This historical account equips students to examine contemporary issues of expertise, the social construction of science, pluralism in science, certainty and uncertainty in science, as well as critical engagement with contemporary technologies.

• Department: Auditing
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 0 points

Science and Pseudoscience: Alchemy to AI

Required discussion section for HIST UN2978 lecture.

• Department: History
• Instructor: Claire C Dwyer
  Info
• 0 points

INTRO LIT/METHODS OF ART HIST

Required course for department majors. Not open to Barnard or Continuing Education students. Students must receive instructors permission. Introduction to different methodological approaches to the study of art and visual culture. Majors are encouraged to take the colloquium during their junior year.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Noam M Elcott
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 7 Info
• 4 points

Grimms' Fairy Tales: Power, Gender & Nar

Although the first volume of the
Grimms’ Children Stories and Household Tales
was published more than 200 years ago, their fairy tales continue to enchant readers. In this course we will not only study the Grimms’ fairy tales themselves, but also examine their origins and their social, ideological, and political contexts in 19th-century Europe. We will work with fairy tale theory (narrative, psychoanalytic, historical) and discuss the function of the tales as folklore as well as their status as children’s literature. Alongside the “original” Grimms’ tales—a concept that we will discuss—a major portion of the course will engage the legacy of the fairy tales and the way they have been appropriated by others, particularly from a critical, feminist perspective. Points of emphasis will include: how writers in the first half of the 20th century politicized the tales in the battle for social change during the time of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany; how the tales were reinterpreted in different national traditions and historical periods; how the fairy tale become a mass culture icon in Disney’s film versions; and how contemporary writers like Margaret Atwood continue to employ tales in questioning and challenging traditional constructions of gender.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Annie Pfeifer
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

Grimms' Fairy Tales: Power, Gender & Nar

Although the first volume of the
Grimms’ Children Stories and Household Tales
was published more than 200 years ago, their fairy tales continue to enchant readers. In this course we will not only study the Grimms’ fairy tales themselves, but also examine their origins and their social, ideological, and political contexts in 19th-century Europe. We will work with fairy tale theory (narrative, psychoanalytic, historical) and discuss the function of the tales as folklore as well as their status as children’s literature. Alongside the “original” Grimms’ tales—a concept that we will discuss—a major portion of the course will engage the legacy of the fairy tales and the way they have been appropriated by others, particularly from a critical, feminist perspective. Points of emphasis will include: how writers in the first half of the 20th century politicized the tales in the battle for social change during the time of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany; how the tales were reinterpreted in different national traditions and historical periods; how the fairy tale become a mass culture icon in Disney’s film versions; and how contemporary writers like Margaret Atwood continue to employ tales in questioning and challenging traditional constructions of gender.

• Department: Auditing
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Annie Pfeifer
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 0 points

TUTORIAL IN EARTH SCIENCE

Prerequisites: declared major in Earth and environmental sciences and the departments permission. Students with particular interest in one of the many components of the Earth and environmental sciences should approach a director of undergraduate studies during the registration period so that tutorial-level exposure to the subject can be arranged. Each point requires two hours each week of readings, discussion, and research work under the close supervision of a member of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, American Museum of Natural History, or Goddard Institute for Space Studies. In consultation with the supervisor, the student selects a topic for intensive study and the time and place of the tutorial discussion sessions. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 12 points, with a maximum of 6 points with each staff member.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Instructor: Folarin Kolawole
  Info
• Instructor: Peter Kelemen
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 84 Info
• 1-3 points

THEORY AND CULTURE

Required of all majors. Introduces theories of culture particularly related to the Middle East, South Asia. and Africa. Theoretical debates on the nature and function of culture as a symbolic reading of human collectivities. Examines critical cultural studies of the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Enables students to articulate their emerging knowledge of Middle East, South Asian, and African cultures in a theoretically informed language.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Debashree Mukherjee
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 5 Info
• 4 points

BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY

Buddhist philosophers generally agree about what doesn’t exist: an enduring, unitary, and independent self. But there is surprisingly little consensus across Buddhist traditions about what does exist and what it’s like. In this course, we will examine several Buddhist theories about the nature and structure of reality and consider the epistemological and ethical implications of these radically different pictures of the world. We will analyze and evaluate arguments from some of the most influential Indian Buddhist philosophers from the second to the eleventh centuries, including Nāgārjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignāga, Candrakīrti, Śāntarakṣita, Śāntideva, and Ratnakīrti. Topics will include the existence and nature of the external world, the mind, and the self; practical and epistemological implications of the Buddhist no-self principle; personal identity; the problem of other minds; and causal determinism and moral responsibility.

• Department: Philosophy
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Allison Aitken
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• 3 points

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 @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Deborah Becher
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 4 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO COMPARATIVE LITERATUR

Introduction to the study of literature from a comparative and cross-disciplinary perspective. Readings will be selected to promote reflection on such topics as the relation of literature to the other arts; nationalism and literature; international literary movements; post-colonial literature; gender and literature; and issues of authorship, influence, originality, and intertextuality.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian D O'Keeffe
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 3 points

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
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Marjorie Folkman
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

LITERARY TEXTS & CRIT METHODS

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN3001 must also register for one of the sections of ENGL UN3011 Literary Texts, Critical Methods. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature. Students will read works from different genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction), drawn from the medieval period to the present day, learning the different interpretative techniques required by each. The course also introduces students to a variety of critical schools and approaches, with the aim both of familiarizing them with these methodologies in the work of other critics and of encouraging them to make use of different methods in their own critical writing. This course (together with the companion seminar ENGL UN3011) is a requirement for the English Major and Concentration. It should be taken as early as possible in a students career. Fulfillment of this requirement will be a factor in admission to seminars and to some lectures.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• F 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Erik Gray
  CULPA: 35 Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED GERMAN I

Prerequisites: GERM UN2102 or the Director of the German Language Program's permission. 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 German newspapers and periodicals through the lens of Germany’s capital, Berlin. The course represents a gateway class to literature courses. This course counts towards the major and concentration.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jutta Schmiers-Heller
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS

Evolution of the theory and content of human rights; the ideology and impact of human rights movements; national and international human rights law and institutions; their application with attention to universality within states, including the U.S. and internationally.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew J Nathan
  CULPA: 44 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED READINGS I

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• Instructor: Muhsin Al-Musawi
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Saeed Honarmand
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• 1-3 points

CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE + LAB

CLASSICAL WAVES - LEC + LAB

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
• TR 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Timothy J Halpin-Healy
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

Social Theory- DISC

SOCIAL THEORY- DISC

Prerequisites: SOCI UN3000 Discussion section for Social Theory (SOCI UN3000).

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• F 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Rose Porter
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• Instructor: Jacob E Laviolette
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• 0 points

SENIOR THESIS

Prerequisites: the departments permission. Required for all thesis writers.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Diane Bodart
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED PROJ PHOTOGRAPHY

Prerequisites: the departments permission. Required for all thesis writers.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Irena Haiduk
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• 3 points

THIRD YEAR CHINESE I

Third Year Chinese I, CHNS3003UN, 5 points. You are required to take Third Year Chinese II, CHNS3004UN, 5 points with this course.

Instructor
:
Zhirong Wang

Prerequisites
: Two (2) years of college-level Chinese or the equivalent
Texts
: Jingua Chinese (Columbia University staff, published by Peking University Press; simplified characters) Introduces Chinese social values and attitudes, focusing on the rapid changes now taking place in China. Uses materials from Chinese newspapers and modern short stories to teach essential elements of semi-formal and formal writing. Reading and writing are routine tasks, and oral discussion and debate are important components of the class, allowing students to integrate and improve their communication skills in Chinese. To enroll in this course, you must apply to the

Virtual Columbia Summer Chinese Language
program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply.
Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhirong Wang
  CULPA: 11 Info
• Instructor: Jia Xu
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Lingjun Hu
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Yanwen Wu
  Info
• 5 points

NEUROBIO I:CELLULAR & MOLECULR

Prerequisites: one year of biology; a course in physics is highly recommended. Lecture and recitation. 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). The recitation meets once per week in smaller groups and emphasizes readings from the primary literature.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Stuart J Firestein
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 50 Info
• 4 points

URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS

Introduction to: (a) the infrastructure systems that support urban socioeconomic activities and (b) fundamental system design and analysis methods. Coverage of water resources, vertical, transportation, communications and energy infrastructure. Emphasis upon the process that these systems serve, the factors that influence their performance, the basic mechanisms that govern their design and operation, and the impacts that they have regionally and globally. Student teams complete a semester-long design/analysis project with equal emphasis given to water resources/environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering and construction engineering and management topics.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Markus Schlaepfer
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• 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. Fulfills one course in Acting for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. 
Gateway course to advanced courses; transfer students who have previous college-level course may be exempted with approval of Chair
.
 May be retaken for full credit.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sharon Fogarty
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• Instructor: Tina C Mitchell
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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• Instructor: Crystal Finn
  Info
• Instructor: Tina C Mitchell
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

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
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Hailong Wang
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 5 points

DICTATORSHIPS&THEIR AFTERLIVES

What does the investigation of a dictatorship entail and what are the challenges in such an endeavor? Why (and when) do particular societies turn to an examination of their non-democratic pasts? What does it mean for those who never experienced an authoritarian regime first-hand to remember it through television footage, popular culture, and family stories? This seminar examines dictatorships and the ways in which they are remembered, discussed, examined, and give rise to conflicting narratives in post-dictatorial environments. It takes as its point of departure the Greek military regime of 1967-1974, which is considered in relation to other dictatorships in South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. We will be drawing on primary materials including Amnesty International reports, film, performance art, and architectural drawings as well as the works of Hannah Arendt and Günter Grass to engage in an interdisciplinary examination of the ways in which military dictatorships live on as ghosts, traumatic memories, urban warfare, litigation, and debates on the politics of comparison and the ethics of contemporary art.

• Department: Classics
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Dimitris Antoniou
  h-index: 5 Info
• 3 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.
• 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.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Kyoko M Loetscher
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Keiko Okamoto
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 5 points

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.
• Instructor: Hyunkyu Yi
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Eunice Chung
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 5 points