ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REC

• Department: Chemistry
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 8:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Charles E Jr Doubleday
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• 0 points

BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001 or PSYC UN1010 or the instructors permission. Examines the principles governing neuronal activity, the role of neurotransmitter systems in memory and motivational processes, the presumed brain dysfunctions that give rise to schizophrenia and depression, and philosophical issues regarding the relationship between brain activity and subjective experience.

• Department: Psychology
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Sarah Demoya
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• 3 points

PILATES FOR DANCERS

Pilates for Dancers is a full-body, low impact exercise class based on the work of Joseph Pilates, including movement concepts from Rudolf von Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff. We’ll work on a yoga or Pilates mat doing exercises and movement sequences that build strength, flexibility, coordination and clarity in the body. The class is suitable for dancers, athletes and movement enthusiasts. A Pilates ring is highly recommended. A limited number of Pilates rings will be available in class.

This course may not be appropriate for those with spine, neck, and shoulder injuries.  If you have any of these types of injuries, kindly present a doctor’s note clearing you for participation in the class.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Allison Easter
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• 2 points

Moving with the Voice

Moving with the Voice is an interdisciplinary creative exploration using the voice, improvised and created music, dance, and theater.  Students will explore extended vocal techniques, gesture, character and musical structures (e.g. hockets, rounds, rhythms, deconstructions) within both a solo and ensemble framework, composing their own soundscapes and creating their own voice/movement/theater work through improvisation and in-class assignments. Certain assignments will be inspired by the work of Meredith Monk or the percussion show Stomp.

Open to all levels of experience. A willingness to sing is required.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Allison Easter
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• 2 points

Paris in the Belle Epoque

The city of Paris, in the years between 1870 and 1914, was the scene of one of the most dynamic, progressive, and chaotic periods in French history. The era came to be fondly–and retrospectively–known as the Belle Époque. It is true that between the revolution of the Paris Commune in 1870 and the outbreak of World War I, Paris was the locus of successive waves of social and cultural discoveries and innovation at all levels of society, in all aspects of economic and political life, and in all fields of artistic creation and technological advance. But this time of dazzling advances was accompanied by social upheaval, political turmoil, inequality, poverty and discrimination. In our course, we will explore the period of 1870-1914 in Paris in its myriad aspects. We will give special attention to how artistic production, especially in the areas of literature, the visual arts and music, reflect rapid social change in a volatile political environment. Another focus point will be the evolving role of women in society and the visible questioning of gender and sexual identity. We will also examine French colonialism and specifically how it was represented and displayed in three successive Expositions Universelles (Worlds Fairs) held in Paris in 1878, 1889, and 1900. Throughout our exploration, we will consider not only the beauty and charm of the City of Light, but also the more complex and dark aspects of this moment of intense social and transformation. Finally, we will consider the fact that the term “Belle Époque” is itself a label, a retrospective reimagining in the mid-twentieth century of a privileged moment in the past, already distant and forever lost. This will lead us to consider collective memory as a cultural process that creates “periods” and “versions” of the past in an effort to better grapple with the present.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 4 points

The Belle Epoque--Discussion section

The Belle Epoque-Discussi

Discussion section for FREN BC2456: Paris in La Belle Epoque

• Department: French @Barnard
• M 3 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• T 4 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 0 points

DRUGS AND BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites: PSYC W1001 or PSYC W1010, or the equivalent. The effects of psychoactive drugs on the brain and behavior.

• Department: Psychology
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Carl Hart
  CULPA: 43 Wikipedia h-index: 54 Info
• 3 points

ORGANIC CHEM. LAB I TECHNIQUES

Prerequisites: (CHEM UN1403 and CHEM UN1404) or (CHEM UN1604) and (CHEM UN1500 or CHEM UN1507) Corequisites: CHEM UN2443 Techniques of experimental organic chemistry, with emphasis on understanding fundamental principles underlying the experiments in methodology of solving laboratory problems involving organic molecules. Attendance at the first lab lecture and laboratory session is mandatory. Please note that CHEM UN2493 is the first part of a full year organic chemistry laboratory course. Students must register for the lab lecture section (CHEM UN2495) which corresponds to their lab section. Students must attend ONE lab lecture and ONE lab section every other week. Please contact your advisers for further information.

• Department: Chemistry
• M 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-9:50 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• F 11:10 a.m.-2:50 p.m.
• M 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-9:50 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• F 11:10 a.m.-2:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Talha Siddiqui
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 0 points

ORGANIC CHEM. LABORATORY I

Corequisites: CHEM UN2493 The course is the lab lecture which accompanies the Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (Techniques) course.

• Department: Chemistry
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• M 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• M 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Talha Siddiqui
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Anna Ghurbanyan
  CULPA: 21 Info
• Instructor: Talha Siddiqui
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Anna Ghurbanyan
  CULPA: 21 Info
• 1.5 points

Programming for Scientists

R for Scientists

Learning objectives:

This course will provide a comprehensive foundation in programming methodology for quantitative biology applications that can be readily applied to any programming language. It is recommended for students interested in establishing or expanding their computational biology skillset. After completing this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand and explain the role of numerical and statistical methods in biology

2. Execute numerical computations using a widely-used programming language

3. Recognize common programming motifs that can be readily applied to other widely used languages

4. Design and troubleshoot algorithms to analyze diverse biological data and implement them using functions and scripts

5. Apply statistical programming techniques to model biological systems

6. Generate and interpret diverse plots based on biological datasets

 

Course overview: 

Once a small subfield of biology, computational biology has evolved into a massive field of its own, with computational methods fast becoming a vital toolkit leveraged by biologists across the discipline. As the size and complexity of biological datasets grows, computational methods allow scientists to make sense of these data, scaling quantitative methods to extract meaningful insights that help us better understand ourselves and the living world around us. In this course, we will learn the basics of computer programming in R, a powerful programming language with wide use in the biological sciences. Topics will include a basic introduction to R and the RStudio environment, data types and control structures, reading and writing files in R, data processing and visualization, manipulating common biological datasets; and statistical testing and modeling in R.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• F 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Vincent D Fitzpatrick
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• 3 points

ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent and MATH UN2010. Mathematical methods for economics. Quadratic forms, Hessian, implicit functions. Convex sets, convex functions. Optimization, constrained optimization, Kuhn-Tucker conditions. Elements of the calculus of variations and optimal control. (SC)

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Myungsin Cho
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• 3 points

CONTEMPORARY BIOLOGY LAB

Prerequisite or corequisite: BIOL UN2005 or BIOL UN2401. Contemporary Biology Lab is designed to provide students with hands-on exploration of fundamental and contemporary biological tools and concepts. Activities include in depth study of mammalian anatomy and physiology through dissection and histology, as well as a series of experiments in genetics and molecular biology, with emphasis on data analysis and experimental technique.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• M 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Ava E Brent
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• Instructor: Joshua M Abrams
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• Instructor: Ava E Brent
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• Instructor: Joshua M Abrams
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• Instructor: Ava E Brent
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• 3 points

2ND YR MOD HEBREW:INTER I

Prerequisites: 1st Year Modern Hebrew II or the equivalent and instructor's permission. Equal emphasis is given to listening, speaking, reading and writing. Regular categories of the Hebrew verb, prepositions, and basic syntax are taught systematically. Vocabulary building. Daily homework includes grammar exercises, short answers, reading, or short compositions. Frequent vocabulary and grammar quizzes. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• Instructor: Yael Flusser
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• 5 points

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Intro Comp Politics

The course provides a broad overview of the comparative politics subfield by focusing on important substantive questions about the world today.  Particular attention will be paid to understanding differences between democracies and autocracies, on one hand, and between different forms of democracy, on the other.  What influences whether countries become and/or stay democratic?  On this basis, should we expect China to democratize?  Why do we care if a country is democratic or not?  Do democracies perform better (or worse) than non-democracies in policy areas of importance?  What is “good representation” and how do political institutions affect the prospects for achieving it?  How does the choice of democratic institutions influence the prospects for stable and successful democracy?  Are there particular institutional forms that are appropriate in particular contexts (such as ethnically divided Iraq), or do cultural factors overwhelm institutional considerations? 

In addressing these broad questions, the course has three ancillary goals.  The first is to teach students how to pose and evaluate falsifiable theoretical arguments about substantive questions of interest.  The second is to introduce the quantitative, formal and qualitative methodologies that political scientists use to develop and evaluate arguments.  Finally, the course will require students to develop knowledge of the political systems of a number of foreign countries.

• Department: Political Science
• Instructor: Gemma Dipoppa
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• 4 points

LAB IN FICTION FILMMAKING

This lab course is limited to declared Film & Media Studies majors.  Exercises in the use of video for fiction shorts.

• Department: Film
• R 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• 3 points

Introduction to Comparative Politics Dis

Intro CP Discussion

Discussion section

• Department: Political Science
• 0 points

INT HEBREW:INTENSVE GRAMMAR REV

This course focuses on Modern Hebrew grammar, and verb conjugation in particular. It is designed for students with substantial knowledge of Modern Hebrew. Over the semester, students will systematically review the grammatical patterns of regular verbs (shlemim), and learn the grammatical patterns of the irregular verbs (gzarot), as well as several other grammatical topics. After successful completion of this course, the foreign language requirement will be fulfilled (for students of Columbia College and other academic units that require a 4th-semester proficiency). Successful completion of this course also allows students to register in third-year Modern Hebrew.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MWR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Illan Gonen
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

HEBREW FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS I

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Hebrew for Heritage Speakers I forms part of a year-long sequence with Hebrew for Heritage Speakers II. The course is intended for those who have developed basic speaking and listening skills through exposure to Hebrew at home or in day-school programs but do not use Hebrew as their dominant language and have not reached the level required for exemption from the Columbia language requirement. Heritage speakers differ in the degree of their fluency, but their vocabulary is often limited to topics in daily life and many lack skills in reading and writing to match their ability to converse. The course focuses on grammar and vocabulary enrichment, exposing students to a variety of cultural and social topics in daily life and beyond. By the end of the semester students are able to read and discuss simple texts and write about a variety of topics. Successful completion of the year-long sequence prepares students to enroll in third-year modern Hebrew. 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: Yael Flusser
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• 4 points

Intermediate Conversation

Prerequisite
: Completion of 1102 or equivalent. If you have prior German outside of Columbia's language sequence, the placement exam is required.

Desire to speak lots of German! Students in Intermediate Conversation should have completed the equivalent of two semester of college German or placed at the Intermediate level at Columbia. This conversation group is designed for students are either taking Intermediate German I or II and would like additional practice or who take only this class because they wish to maintain their spoken German.

The course is designed to improve your ability to speak and understand and manage German in everyday situations; to provide opportunities to participate in conversational situations on any topics you are interested in; to strengthen and acquire skills to understand German spoken at normal conversational speed; to expand active and passive vocabularies speaking skills; and to maintain a certain level of written German through short written activities. This is a 2-point course and does not count towards the language requirement.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 2 points

US LESBIAN & GAY HISTORY

This course explores the social, cultural, and political history of lesbians, gay men, and other socially constituted sexual and gender minorities, primarily in the twentieth century. Since the production and regulation of queer life has always been intimately linked to the production and policing of “normal” sexuality and gender, we will also pay attention to the shifting boundaries of normative sexuality, especially heterosexuality, as well as other developments in American history that shaped gay life, such as the Second World War, Cold War, urbanization, and the minority rights revolution. Themes include the emergence of homosexuality and heterosexuality as categories of experience and identity; the changing relationship between homosexuality and transgenderism; the development of diverse lesbian and gay subcultures and their representation in popular culture; the sources of antigay hostility; religion and sexual science; generational change and everyday life; AIDS; and gay, antigay, feminist, and queer movements.

• Department: History
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: George Chauncey
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

US LGBT HIST-DISC

• Department: History
• 0 points

HIST OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

• Department: History
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Kimberly K Phillips-Fein
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• 4 points

HIST OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK-DIS

• Department: History
• 0 points

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 1:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Fay W Ng
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

MOVEMENT ANALYSIS

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 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 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Colleen Thomas
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

MUSIC FOR DANCE

Prerequisites: Previous dance experience is necessary, a comp course in the dpt is preferered, permission of instructor This course covers basic music theory, ear training, and literature, incorporating practical exercises in which students apply musical understanding to compositional and performative modalities of movement. Students will investigate the elements of music that drive dance, the expressive influence dance can have on music, and the vital reciprocity between both activities. Emphasis will be placed on an historical survey and analysis of western musical forms from the Middle Ages to the present as well as influential music from other cultures, expanding students’ awareness of the aural characteristics of a variety of musical styles while giving historical context and critical perspective on contemporary popular styles. In addition to lectures and reading requirements, the course involves listening assignments and in-class exercises structured to develop basic musical literacy and skills. Students will be introduced to multiple approaches to listening and to creating music through a combination of studio practice, theoretical study and analysis. Exploration of musicality as perceived by performer and audience will be covered, as well as learning conventional music terminology.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Boston
  h-index: 49 Info
• 3 points

Women, Race, and Class

WOMEN, RACE, AND CLASS

Using an intersectional framework, this course traces changing notions of gender and sexuality in the 20th century United States.  The course examines how womanhood and feminism were shaped by class, race, ethnicity, culture, sexuality and immigration status.  We will explore how the construction of American nationalism and imperialism, as well as the development of citizenship rights, social policy, and labor organizing, were deeply influenced by the politics of gender.  Special emphasis will be placed on organizing and women's activism.

• Department: History @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Premilla Nadasen
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia 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 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Chisa Hidaka
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE HINDI-URDU I

This course will prepare you for effective and meaningful communication in all modes. It will consolidate your already acquired listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and help you acquire higher proficiency in Hindi. You will continue learning common Urdu words in Hindi in the Devanagari Script. The Urdu Script is not taught in this course.
Students will expand their knowledge base of the society and culture of the target languages in this course. They will be introduced to new grammatical structures and will be taught a broad range of vocabulary. They will also be exposed to a variety of authentic materials, including Hindi literature, newspapers, folk tales, films, songs, and other kinds of written and audio-visual materials. This material will be related to language functions in daily personal and social life situations. At the completion of this course, students will be well-equipped to initiate and sustain general conversations. They will successfully handle most of the uncomplicated communications in personal and social situations. Students will also be able to write letters and compositions. The course is based on national standards and proficiency guidelines as set by the American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Rakesh Ranjan
  CULPA: 6 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
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: James W McIver
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• 3.5 points

International Politics

Why do countries go to war? What conditions foster international cooperation? How do alliances between countries function? How are countries affected by global trade and investment, and in turn how does the political economy of individual countries shape international conflict and cooperation? How do ideas and culture (including both positive ideas like human rights and negative ideas like racism) affect international politics? What role do individuals and groups play in shaping international politics? What explains the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic? Why isn’t there significant cooperation on climate change, and can a new global cooperation emerge? What issues have garnered international attention, and how has that shaped the countries’ cooperation? What causes terrorism? Is the proliferation of nuclear (or cyber) weapons a threat to peace, and if so, how should the world response? Does UN peacekeeping work?

In this course we will begin to grapple with these questions. We will use theories developed by philosophers, political scientists and policy analysts, and we will examine the historical roots of today’s problems, in order to explain and predict the patterns of international politics and the possibilities for change. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to choose and develop their own theories to explain events.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the semester, students will accomplish the following:


Demonstrate broad factual and causal knowledge of important current and historical issues in international relations.

Apply contending theories from the political science literature and the policy world to analyze, compare, and evaluate events and trends in international relations.

Assess the value of competing theories in explaining events.

Synthesize facts and arguments across cases in order to reason critically and argue creatively, through both oral discussions in section and written essays.

• Department: Political Science
• Instructor: Jayme R Schlesinger
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• 4 points

Physics III: Class/Quantum Wave - Rec

Physics3:Class/Quantm Wav

• Department: Physics
• M 5:10 p.m.-6 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 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: James W McIver
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• 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
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• 4 points

PEACE AND CONFLICT

If Barnard or Columbia had a major in Peace and Conflict Studies or a minor in Conflict Resolution, this would be its core class: your introduction to the key concepts, ideas, theories, cases, and debates in the field. How can we understand violence in wars? Why do wars and other violent conflicts start, grow, and persist? Can we end—or decrease, contain, or even perhaps prevent—mass violence? What role do outsiders play, both in war and in peace… and what about ordinary people? Cross-listed with Human Rights and Africana Studies.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• T 11:40 a.m.-2:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Severine Autesserre
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia h-index: 14 Info
• 4 points

INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY

• Department: Psychology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Usha Barahmand
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• 3 points

International Politics Discussion

Int'l Politics Discussion

Discussion section for POLS UN2601

• Department: Political Science
• 0 points

PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites: An introductory psychology course. 

This course offers an introduction to the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychopathology. We will provide an overview of psychopathology as defined in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). Significant updates in the DSM-5-TR (Text Revision) will be noted. The course is comprehensive in scope and will incorporate theoretical perspectives, scientific research, and socio-cultural issues, which inform the conceptualization and treatment of psychological problems and psychiatric disorders.

• Department: Psychology
• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey M Cohen
  h-index: 5 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

COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

COG SCI AND PHILOSOPHY

This course will survey a number of topics at the intersection of cognitive science and philosophy. Potential topics include free will, consciousness, embodied cognition, artificial intelligence, neural networks, and the language of thought.

• Department: Cognitive Science @Barnard
• 3 points

COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

COG SCI AND PHILOSOPHY

This course will survey a number of topics at the intersection of cognitive science and philosophy. Potential topics include free will, consciousness, embodied cognition, artificial intelligence, neural networks, and the language of thought.

• Department: Cognitive Science @Barnard
• 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 AMER CIVILIZATION I-DISC

• Department: History
• 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 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Lewis
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• 4 points

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

This course will cover the seven-century long history of the Ottoman Empire, which spanned Europe, Asia, and Africa as well as the medieval, early modern, and modern period. The many levels of continuity and change will be the focus, as will issues of identities and mentalities, confessional diversity, cultural and linguistic pluralism, and imperial governance and political belonging of the empire within larger regional and global perspectives over the centuries. The course also seeks to cultivate appreciation of the human experience through the multifarious experiences culled from the Ottoman past.

• Department: History
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Tunc Sen
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• 4 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
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• 4 points

AI in Context

AI IN CONTEXT

An interdisciplinary introduction to the history, development and modern application of artificial intelligence in a variety of contexts. Context subjects and teaching staff will vary by semester.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam H Cannon
  CULPA: 81 Info
• 3 points

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE-DISCUSSION

MANDATORY Discussion Section for HIST UN 2701 Ottoman Empire. Students must also be registered for HIST UN 2701.

• Department: History
• 0 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
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• 4 points

GENDER & SEXUALITY IN AFRICA

Required discussion for HSWM UN2761 lecture "Gender & Sexuality in Africa"

• Department: History
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Rhiannon Stephens
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

GENDER & SEXUALITY IN AFRICA-DISC

• Department: History
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• F 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• F 11:10 a.m.-noon
• 0 points

WEST AFRICA

This course offers a survey of main themes in West African history over the last millenium, with particular emphasis on the period from the mid-15th through the 20th century. Themes include the age of West African empires (Ghana, Mali, Songhay); re-alignments of economic and political energies towards the Atlantic coast; the rise and decline of the trans-Atlantic trade in slaves; the advent and demise of colonial rule; and internal displacement, migrations, and revolutions. In the latter part of the course, we will appraise the continuities and ruptures of the colonial and post-colonial eras. Group(s): C Field(s): AFR

• Department: History
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory Mann
  CULPA: 15 h-index: 13 Info
• 4 points

WEST AFRICA-DISC

• Department: History
• 0 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

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: Brian Cole
  CULPA: 23 Info
• 4.5 points

GENDER AND EMPIRE

This course provides a political and social history of India from the 16th-19th century, focusing on the Mughal empire. Two central concerns: first, the Mughal regnal politics towards their rival imperial concerns within India and West Asia (the Maratha, the Rajput, the Safavid, the Ottoman); and second, the foreign gaze onto the Mughals (via the presence of Portuguese, English, and French travelers, merchants, and diplomats in India). These interlocked practices (how Mughals saw the world and how the world saw the Mughals) will allow us develop a nuanced knowledge of universally acknowledged power of the early modern world. Partially fulfills Global Core Requirement.

• Department: History @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 3 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
• MW 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

LAB-PLANT EVOLUTION & DIVERSITY

LAB-PLANT EVOLUTION&DIVER

Prerequisites: () Enrollment is limited to 16; must attend first lab to hold place. Studies of the structure, ecology, and evolution of plants. Laboratory exercises include field problems, laboratory experiments, plant collections and identification, and examination of the morphology of plant groups.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• R 1:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Hilary Callahan
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

Making Modern Korea

This course explores Korea’s history from the late nineteenth century to the present with a particular focus on caste/class, gender, war and industrialization. Using primary and secondary texts as well as documentary film and literary ephemera, the seminar analyses such topics as the relationship between imperialism and rebellions in the nineteenth century; the uneven experience of Japanese colonial rule; Korea’s early feminist movement; how North Korea became a communist society; the deep scars of the Korean War; cultures of industrialism in South and North Korea; counter-cultural movements in 1970s, 1980s and 1990s South Korea; and contemporary challenges facing the peninsula. This course will give students a thorough grounding in modern Korean history and introduce them to major interpretative currents in the study of Korean history.

• Department: History
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ruth Barraclough
  Info
• 4 points

Making Modern Korea - DISC

Required discussion section for “Making Modern Korea” lecture (HIST 2851)

• Department: History
• 0 points

RUSSIA AND THE WEST

What explains Russia’s foreign and security policy choices and its terrible relationship with the West today? We will discuss and debate the motivations behind Moscow’s actions, asking whether they have been driven by realist great power considerations; by Russia’s domestic patronage system and Russian President Putin’s desire to stay in power; by an ideology of ethnic Orthodox nationalism or neo-Eurasianism; or by decision-making factors that are either unique to Putin or common across human psychology. In turn we will examine how choices made by the United States and the European Union have affected Russia, and evaluate what all of this means for concrete recent and current Russian and Western foreign and security policy choices. Students will be encouraged to come up with their own answers to these riddles in class discussions and written assignments, and the course concludes with a rigorous negotiation simulation where students will apply the knowledge gained in this course in a practical exercise. This course has no prerequisites, and no background knowledge is expected.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Kimberly Marten
  CULPA: 71 Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info
• 3 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: Kishalay De
  Info
• 1 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 M Fikret
  Info
• 4 points

Sophomore Biology Research Seminar

Sophomore Biology Seminar

If you are interested in biology, come hear Columbia University professors discuss their biology-related research. Find out how the body works, the latest therapies for disease and maybe even find a lab to do research in. Prerequisite: G Chem Iⅈ Co-requisite: Intro bio I. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/UN2908/index.html

• Department: Biological Sciences
• R 3 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alice Heicklen
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 1 points

WAR & SOCIETY SINCE 1945

This course surveys the second half of the most violent century in human history. It examines the intersection of war and human society in the years after 1945 by focusing on two monumental and intertwined historical processes: Decolonization and the Cold War. While the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union would fail to produce any general wars between two belligerents, this superpower rivalry would help to make the global process of decolonization in the developing a particularly violent affair.

• Department: History
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Paul T Chamberlin
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

WAR & SOCIETY SINCE 1945-DISC

• Department: History
• 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
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Meredith Gamer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

Biological Chemistry

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The goal of this course is to gain an understanding of the chemical principles that govern biological systems. We will look at the structure and function of biomolecules (proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and lipids), with an emphasis on interactions between them, enzyme kinetics, and metabolic pathways. Key topics will include protein folding and function, enzyme mechanisms, bioenergetics, and the regulation of key metabolic cycles. In addition to lecture we will spend time examining case studies and selected articles from primary literature, and engaging in group discussions.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Kristin Presnell
  Info
• 3 points