INTRO TO COMPARATIVE LITERATUR

INTRO TO COMPARATV LITERATURE

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: Emily Sun
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

WESTERN THEATRICAL DANCE

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 student's career. Fulfillment of this requirement will be a factor in admission to seminars and to some lectures.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• W 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jenny M Davidson
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED GERMAN I

Prerequisites: GERM UN2102 or the Director of the German Language Program's permission.
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.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Silja Weber
  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

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 - Haidinger's Brush, Brewster's angle, double refraction, optical activity; gravity & capillary waves; interference, diffraction, lenses & mirrors.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy J Halpin-Healy
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

SENIOR THESIS

Prerequisites: the department's permission.
Required for all thesis writers.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Barry G Bergdoll
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

HUMANITIES TEXTS, CRIT SKILLS

This course aims to equip students with critical tools for approaching, reading, and striving with literary and philosophical texts—ancient as well as modern. To this end, we will be working closely with a set of texts that range in date from the 8th/7th c. BCE to the 20th century C, including: Homer, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, Du Bois, Nabokov and Rankine. Our seminar will operate on the assumption that we cannot know “what” these texts say or “what” their authors mean unless we come to grips with how they say what they say and how they mean what they mean. In pursuit of some answers, we will master the skill of reading quickly but carefully, balancing attention to the literary craft of our texts with scrutiny of their underlying arguments and agendas.
Requires Instructor’s permission— please write to Richard Roderick rr3059@columbia.edu to set up a meeting with instructors.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Eileen Gillooly
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

SUPERVISED PROJ PHOTOGRAPHY

SUPERVISED PHOTO PROJECTS

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 15 students.
Designed for students to conduct independent projects in photography. Priority for enrollment to the class will be Barnard College students who are enrolling in classes at ICP (International Center of Photography).  The cost of ICP will be covered by Barnard College. All of the other students enrolling in the course (CC, GS SOA) will be responsible for their own ICP course expenses.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: John Miller
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR CHINESE N

THIRD YEAR CHINESE N I

Prerequisites:
CHNS C1202
or
F1202
, or the equivalent. See Admission to Language Courses.
This course fulfills the language requirement for east Asian studies majors. Prepares for more advanced study of Chinese through rigorous vocabulary expansion, more sophisticated language usage patterns, and introduction to basics of formal and literary styles. Materials are designed to advance the student's fluency for everyday communicative tasks as well as reading skills. Simplified characters are introduced. CC GS EN CE

• 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 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhirong Wang
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 5 points

GREECE TODAY: LANG, LIT

Prerequisites: GRKM un2102

This course builds on the elements of the language acquired in GRKM1101 through 2102, but new students may place into it, after special arrangement with the instructor. It introduces the students to a number of authentic multimodal materials drawn from a range of sources which include films, literary texts, media, music etc. in order to better understand Greece’s current cultural, socio-economic, and political landscape. In doing so, it aims to foster transcultural understanding and intercultural competence, while further developing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Topics of discussion include language, gender equality, youth unemployment, education, queer identities, refugees, and the multilayered aspects of the crisis.
Pre-requisite for this class: GRKM 2102 or placement test. Instructor’s permission required if the students have not taken GRKM2102 or equivalent.

• Department: Classics
• T 11 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Nikolas Kakkoufa
  Info
• 3 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: Jian Yang
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 37 Info
• 4 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

INTRO-STAT-ECOLOGY & EVOL BIOL

INTROD TO STATISTICS

Prerequisites: some background in ecology, evolutionary biology, and/or statistics is recommended.
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
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• 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 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Keiko Okamoto
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Kyoko M Loetscher
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 5 points

THIRD YEAR KOREAN I

THIRD YEAR KOREAN N 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
• 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: Ji-Young Jung
  Info
• 5 points

GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Prerequisites: (BIOL UN2005 and BIOL UN2006) or (BIOL UN2401 and BIOL UN2402) or the instructor's permission.
Major physiological systems of vertebrates (circulatory, digestive, hormonal, etc.) with emphasis on cellular and molecular mechanisms and regulation. Readings include research articles from the scientific literature. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. 
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 12 students.
Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development. FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Santos da Silva
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Brian S Kilgo-Kelly
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

COMPLEX VARIABLES

Prerequisites: MATH UN1202 An elementary course in functions of a complex variable.
Fundamental properties of the complex numbers, differentiability, Cauchy-Riemann equations. Cauchy integral theorem. Taylor and Laurent series, poles, and essential singularities. Residue theorem and conformal mapping.(SC)

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Yihang Zhu
  Info
• 3 points

ELECTRICITY-MAGNETISM

Prerequisites: general physics, and differential and integral calculus.
Electrostatics and magnetostatics, Laplace's equation and boundary-value problems, multipole expansions, dielectric and magnetic materials, Faraday's law, AC circuits, Maxwell's equations, Lorentz covariance, and special relativity.

• Department: Physics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alfred H Mueller
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING I

Prerequisites: (BIOL UN2005) and (BIOL UN2006) or with instructor's permission
Corequisites: BMEN E3810,BMEN E4001
Various concepts within the field of biomedical engineering, foundational knowledge of engineering methodology applied to biological and/or medical problems through modules in biomechanics, biomaterials, and cell & tissue engineering.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Qi Wang
  h-index: 24 Info
• 3 points

PRIN-CHEM ENGIN-THERMODYNAMICS

Prerequisites: (CHEM UN1403) CHEM C1403
Corequisites: CHEN E3020
Introduction to thermodynamics. Fundamentals are emphasized: the laws of thermodynamics are derived and their meaning explained and elucidated by applications to engineering problems. Pure systems are treated, with an emphasis on phase  equilibrium.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Aaron Moment
  Info
• 3 points

FOUNDATIONS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

INTRO TO MATERIALS SCIENCE I

Introduction to quantum mechanics: atoms, electron shells, bands, bonding; introduction to group theory: crystal structures, symmetry, crystallography; introduction to materials classes: metals, ceramics, polymers, liquid crystals, nanomaterials; introduction to polycrystals and disordered materials; non-crystalline and amorphous structures; grain boundary structures, diffusion; phase transformations; phase diagrams, time-temperature-transformation diagrams; properties of single crystals: optical properties, electrical properties, magnetic properties, thermal properties; mechanical properties and failure of polycrystalline and amorphous materials.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Simon Billinge
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 75 Info
• 3 points

CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE ONLY

CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Timothy J Halpin-Healy
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: SOCI UN1000 The Social World or Instructor Permission
Required for all Sociology majors.  Introductory course in social scientific research methods. Provides a general overview of the ways sociologists collect information about social phenomena, focusing on how to collect data that are reliable and applicable to our research questions.

• Department: Sociology
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria C Abascal
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

INEQUALITY AND POVERTY

Prerequisites: ECON BC3035 or ECON BC3033, or permission of the instructor.
Conceptualization and measurement of inequality and poverty, poverty traps and distributional dynamics, economics and politics of public policies, in both poor and rich countries.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ashley Timmer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

LITERARY TEXTS&CRIT; MTHDS(SEM)

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN3011 must also register for ENGL UN3001 Literary Texts, Critical Methods lecture.
This seminar, led by an advanced graduate student in the English doctoral program, accompanies the faculty lecture
ENGL UN3001
. The seminar both elaborates upon the topics taken up in the lecture and introduces other theories and methodologies. It also focuses on training students to integrate the terms, techniques, and critical approaches covered in both parts of the course into their own critical writing, building up from brief close readings to longer research papers.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 0 points

LITERARY TEXTS&CRIT; MTHDS(SEM)

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN3011 must also register for ENGL UN3001 Literary Texts, Critical Methods lecture.
This seminar, led by an advanced graduate student in the English doctoral program, accompanies the faculty lecture
ENGL UN3001
. The seminar both elaborates upon the topics taken up in the lecture and introduces other theories and methodologies. It also focuses on training students to integrate the terms, techniques, and critical approaches covered in both parts of the course into their own critical writing, building up from brief close readings to longer research papers.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 0 points

LITERARY TEXTS&CRIT; MTHDS(SEM)

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN3011 must also register for ENGL UN3001 Literary Texts, Critical Methods lecture.
This seminar, led by an advanced graduate student in the English doctoral program, accompanies the faculty lecture
ENGL UN3001
. The seminar both elaborates upon the topics taken up in the lecture and introduces other theories and methodologies. It also focuses on training students to integrate the terms, techniques, and critical approaches covered in both parts of the course into their own critical writing, building up from brief close readings to longer research papers.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 0 points

LITERARY TEXTS&CRIT; MTHDS(SEM)

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN3011 must also register for ENGL UN3001 Literary Texts, Critical Methods lecture.
This seminar, led by an advanced graduate student in the English doctoral program, accompanies the faculty lecture
ENGL UN3001
. The seminar both elaborates upon the topics taken up in the lecture and introduces other theories and methodologies. It also focuses on training students to integrate the terms, techniques, and critical approaches covered in both parts of the course into their own critical writing, building up from brief close readings to longer research papers.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 0 points

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

This course surveys some of the major historiographical debates surrounding the Second World War. It aims to provide student with an international perspective of the conflict that challenges conventional understandings of the war. In particular, we will examine the ideological, imperial, and strategic dimensions of the war in a global context. Students will also design, research, and write a substantial essay of 15-18 pages in length that makes use of both primary and secondary sources.

• Department: History
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul T Chamberlin
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

METHODS SOCIAL RESEARCH-DISC

METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH-DI

Prerequisites: SOCI UN1000
Section Discussion for SOCI UN3010, METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

• Department: Sociology
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 0 points

METHODS SOCIAL RESEARCH-DISC

METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH-DI

Prerequisites: SOCI UN1000
Section Discussion for SOCI UN3010, METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

• Department: Sociology
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 0 points

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Students do not need to demonstrate bilingual ability to take this course. Department approval NOT needed.
Corequisites: This course is open to undergraduate & graduate students.
This course will explore broad-ranging questions pertaining to the historical, cultural, and political significance of translation while analyzing the various challenges confronted by the art's foremost practitioners.  We will read and discuss texts by writers and theorists such as Benjamin, Derrida, Borges, Steiner, Dryden, Nabokov, Schleiermacher, Goethe, Spivak, Jakobson, and Venuti.  As readers and practitioners of translation, we will train our ears to detect the visibility of invisibility of the translator's craft; through short writing experiments, we will discover how to identify and capture the nuances that traverse literary styles, historical periods and cultures.  The course will culminate in a final project that may either be a critical analysis or an original translation accompanied by a translator's note of introduction.

• Department: Writing
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION

Prerequisites: ECON BC3035 and ECON BC2411 or permission of the instructor.
Analyzes education policies and education markets from an economic perspective. Examines challenges that arise when researchers attempt to identify the causal effects of inputs. Other topics: (1) education as an investment, (2) public school finance, (3) teacher labor markets, (4) testing/accountability programs, (5) school choice programs, and (6) urban public school reforms.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Randall Reback
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 14 Info
• 3 points

ADV COMP & GRAMMAR REVIEW

Systematic study of morphology, syntax, and idiomatic expressions. Weekly writing assignments. 
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Santos da Silva
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

TELENOVELAS

Prerequisites: Intermediate German II (V2102 or V1225) or equivalent.
Examines popular culture and language through a German TV series. Advanced students practice and perfect their language skills by examining typical features and intercultural aspects of a German telenovela. Focus on main elements of genre, language, cultural context by comparing different versions.

• Department: German @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Motyl
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

AUGUSTAN POETRY

Prerequisites: LATN UN2102 or the equivalent.
Selections from Vergil and Horace. Combines literary analysis with work in grammar and metrics.

• Department: Classics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Darcy Krasne
  h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

LABORATORY IN MATERIALS SCI I

Prerequisites: (MSAE E3010) MSAE E3010.
Measurement of electrical, thermal, and magnetic properties of single crystals. Single crystal diffraction analysis, polarized light microscopy, and infrared microscopy in Si single crystals, written and oral reports.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• M 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Ismail C Noyan
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Enables students to become informed users of financial information by understanding the language of accounting and financial reporting. Focuses on the three major financial statements that companies prepare for use of management and external parties—the balance sheet, the income statement, and the statement of cash flows. Examines the underlying concepts that go into the preparation of these financial statements as well as specific accounting rules that apply when preparing financial statements. Also looks at approaches to analyze the financial strength and operations of an entity. Uses actual financial statements to understand how financial information is presented and to apply analysis techniques.

• Department: Columbia College
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Mingcherng Deng
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

FIELD METHODS IN ENVIR SCIENCE

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Five required field trips that take a substantial portion of the day.
Problem-oriented, hands-on approach emphasizing the tools, techniques, and observational skills necessary for the understanding of forest ecology and deer management. Field and laboratory work as well as data analysis and interpretation. Field Methods utilizes the outdoor resources of the Hudson River Valley, especially the forest environment at Black Rock Forest, a 4,000-acre preserve near Cornwall, N.Y.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• F 8:40 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
• Instructor: Peter M Bower
  CULPA: 56 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED TRANSLATION

Translation of various styles of prose and poetry from French to English. 
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Boyman
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

STRUCTURE AND STYLE

STRUCTURE & STYLE

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
This seminar explores fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama as related disciplines.  While each genre has its particular opportunities and demands, all can utilize such devices as narrative, dialogue, imagery, and description (scenes, objects, and thought processes).  Through a wide variety of readings and writing exercises, we will examine and explore approaches to language, ways of telling a story (linear and nonlinear), and how pieces are constructed. Some student work will be briefly workshopped.

• Department: Writing
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Ziegler
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURMENTS

ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Required field trip on first Friday of the semester.
Hands-on approach to learning environmental methods. Students take a one-day cruise on the Hudson River to collect environmental samples. These samples are then analyzed throughout the semester to characterize the Hudson River estuary. Standard and advanced techniques to analyze water and sediment samples for nutrients and contaminants are taught.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Mailloux
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ORAL FRENCH

Prerequisites: At least one French course after completion of FREN BC1204: Intermediate II or permission of the instructor.
Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Boyman
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

WALKING

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
As Walter Benjamin notes in
The Arcades Project
: "Basic to flanerie, among other things, is the idea that the fruits of idleness are more precious than the fruits of labor.  The flaneur, as is well known, makes 'studies'."  This course will encourage you to make "studies" -- poems, essays, stories, or multimedia pieces -- based on your walks.  We will read depictions of walking from multiple disciplines, including philosophy, poetry, history, religion, visual art, and urban planning.  Occasionally we will walk together.  An important point of the course is to develop mobile forms of writing.  How can writing emerge from, and document, a walk's encounters, observations, and reflections?  What advantages does mobility bring to our work?  Each week you will write a short piece (1-3 pages) that engages your walks while responding to close readings of the assigned material.

• Department: Writing
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: John D Cotner
  Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: One year of college science or EESC V2100 or permission of the instructor.
Acquisition, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of environmental data, assessment of spatial and temporal variability. Focus on water quality issues and storm surges. Uses existing and student-generated data sets. Basic principles of statistics and GIS, uses standard software packages including EXCEL and ArcGIS. Includes a half-day field trip on a Saturday or Sunday.
General Education Requirement: Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning (QUA).

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

ECONOMETRICS

Prerequisites: ECON BC3033 or ECON BC3035, and ECON BC2411 or STAT W1111 or STAT W1211, or permission of the instructor.
Specification, estimation and evaluation of economic relationships using economic theory, data, and statistical inference; testable implications of economic theories; econometric analysis of topics such as consumption, investment, wages and unemployment, and financial markets.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anja Tolonen
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 8 Info
• 4 points

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB I

Experiments in instrumentation and measurement: optical, pressure, fluid flow, temperature, stress, and electricity; viscometry, cantilever beam, digital data acquisition. Probability theory: distribution, functions of random variables, tests of significance, correlation, ANOVA, linear regression. A lab fee of $50.00 is collected.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• TR 1:10 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

LABOR ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON BC3035, or permission of the instructor.
Factors affecting the allocation and remuneration of labor; population structure; unionization and monopsony; education and training, mobility and information; sex and race discrimination; unemployment; and public policy.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 Info
• 3 points

Rivers, Politics, and Power in the Unite

RIVERS, POLITICS, & POWER

Rivers have played a central role in the creation of the modern United States whether through the trade networks they formed or the rise of the environmental movement in the twentieth century when stinking and burning rivers across the nation made it impossible to ignore the costs of economic progress. This seminar begins by defining rivers as a unique natural and historical process, followed by an exploration of rivers' connections to the rise of capitalism and nationalism, but the course focuses on the history of the twentieth century when rivers become important international borders, cities boomed, and citizens debated how to control rivers and the people who lived along them. While rivers such as the Columbia River have served to concentrate wealth and political power through government-built dams administered by an elite group of bureaucrats, others like many of the flood-prone rivers of the South have limited both economic development and landlord's ability to control people. This seminar is an environmental, political, and social history of rivers in the United States, that uses the two rivers closest to Columbia's campus, the Hudson and Harlem rivers, as case studies for the entire course.

• Department: History
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Wallace S McFarlane
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• 4 points

ANALYSIS OF CHEM ENGIN PROBLMS

Prerequisites: vector calculus, ordinary differential equations.
Corequisites: CHEE E3010
Computational solutions of chemical engineering problems in thermodynamics, transport phenomena, and reaction design.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Urban
  h-index: 24 Info
• 3 points

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Designed to provide students with an understanding of the fundamental marketing concepts and their application by business and non-business organizations. The goal is to expose students to these concepts as they are used in a wide variety of settings, including consumer goods firms, manufacturing and service industries, and small and large businesses. The course gives an overview of marketing strategy issues, elements of a market (company, customers, and competition), as well as the fundamental elements of the marketing mix (product, price, placement/distribution, and promotion).

• Department: Columbia College
• T 10:10 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ran Kivetz
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• 3 points

MAJOR FRENCH TEXTS I

Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical literature in their cultural context. 
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: BIOL UN2005 and BIOL UN2006 or equivalent.
Come discover how the union of egg and sperm triggers the complex cellular interactions that specify the diverse variety of cells present in multicellular organisms. Cellular and molecular aspects of sex determination, gametogenesis, genomic imprinting, X-chromosome inactivation, telomerase as the biological clock, stem cells, cloning, the pill and cell interactions will be explored, with an emphasis on humans. Original research articles will be discussed to further examine current research in developmental biology. SPS and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. 
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alice Heicklen
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

ECONOMIC HISTORY OF EUROPE

Prerequisites: Econ BC3035 or Econ BC3033 (or their equivalents), or permission of the instructor.
An introduction to the transformative economic developments that began in Western Europe and spread globally. This course applies economic and empirical reasoning to analyze the industrial revolution, its underlying causes and consequences, from pre-modern times to the 20th-century emergence of a global economy.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Dye
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 3 points

Scientific Analysis and Presentation

SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS

This course is part of the sTEAM Fellows Program and only open to students who were admitted into the program during the previous summer. It is designed to introduce students to think about ways to analyze and present data, both orally and visually, and to consider next steps in the scientific process. Students will continue to work in teams, but also individually on class assignments.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• 2 points

THE HUDSON RIVER ENVIRONMENT

THE HUDSON: ESTUARYRIVENVIR

An interdisciplinary study of the relationship between ecosystem function and sustainable human habitation for one of the great rivers of the world. Topics include: geological origins, the watershed, basic hydrology, and estuarine dynamics; habitats and plants, energy flow, and nutrient dynamics; the invertebrates; fishes, fisheries, and other animals; water quality, water supply, and sewage treatment; sediment dynamics and PCBs; colonization and revolution; industrialization and transformation of the landscape; the Storm King controversy, conservation and environmentalism

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Peter M Bower
  CULPA: 56 Info
• 3 points

FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and STAT UN1201
Institutional nature and economic function of financial markets. Emphasis on both domestic and international markets (debt, stock, foreign exchange, eurobond, eurocurrency, futures, options, and others). Principles of security pricing and portfolio management; the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis.

• Department: Economics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamrat Gashaw
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

LITERACY: THEORY & PRACT

• Department: Education @Barnard
• T 8:40 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Edstrom
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

MAKING, BREAKING CODES

Prerequisites: (MATH UN1101 and MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201) and and MATH UN2010.
A concrete introduction to abstract algebra. Topics in abstract algebra used in cryptography and coding theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Dorian Goldfeld
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES

Political parties have evoked widespread scorn in the U.S. since the founding era; and yet, they arose almost immediately and have endured for over two centuries. In this course, we will examine why parties formed despite the Founders’ disdain for them. (In 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go at all.” In 1800, he won the presidency as a candidate of a major party.) We will dig into scholarly debates about what exactly parties are, what purpose they serve, and how and why they have changed over time as organizations, in the electorate, and in government.
Topics will include the presidential nomination process from the founding through the much-discussed 2016 primary election season, the life cycle of third parties, and the relationship between political parties and interest groups. Students will learn what is and is not unique about the current historical moment, and how history might shape our expectations of parties moving forward.
Throughout the course, we will pay particularly close attention to the roots of contemporary party polarization, and the implications of this phenomenon for representation and governance. In 1950, the American Political Science Association released a report criticizing the two major parties for excessive similarity; today, party polarization evokes widespread concern. Is there an ideal level of party difference? How much is too much? We will address these difficult questions, among others, in this broad survey of American political parties.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Katherine L Krimmel
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

ECON OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Prerequisites: (ECON BC3035 or ECON UN3211)
The purpose of the course is to think about public policy issues through an economic lens. We will explore the basic economic foundations of individual decision-making and discuss the ways in which economists hypothesize that individuals respond to the incentives embedded within public policies. We will pay particular attention to the nature and detail of existing public policies, and use economic analysis to predict how these policies might influence behavior. We will also explore some of the relevant empirical literature on a set of policy topics, to see how these predictions hold up.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth O Ananat
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 18 Info
• 3 points

ORDINARY DIFFERENTL EQUATIONS

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent.
Corequisites: MATH UN2010
Equations of order one; systems of linear equations. Second-order equations. Series solutions at regular and singular points. Boundary value problems. Selected applications.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Panagiota Daskalopoulos
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

CONTEMP GERMAN PROSE FICTION

CONTEMP GERMAN PROSE (IN ENG)

Study of short prose texts and recent literary developments. Discussions of aspects such as: memory and Germany identity; fantasy and storytelling; borderlands and Berlin in contemporary literature. Readings include works by major writers and younger generations, from Grass and Christa Wolf to Biller, Honigmann, Johnson, Schneider, and Sebald.

• Department: German @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Erk Grimm
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC

This course focuses on a central question: how do we define “African-American music”? In attempting to answer this question, we will be thinking through concepts such as authenticity, representation, recognition, cultural ownership, appropriation, and origin(s). These concepts have structured the ways in which critics, musicians and audiences have addressed the various social, political and aesthetic contexts in which African-American music has been composed (produced), performed (re-produced) and heard (consumed).

• Department: African American and African Diaspora
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin C Holt
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• 3 points

ECONOMICS OF LIFE

Prerequisites: ECON BC3035 ECON BC3018 Econometrics previously or concurrently taken is highly recommended.
This course covers an immense variety of topics in what might be called demographic economics. Included are dating and marriage, along with the economics of beauty; fertility and its avoidance; how people use their time, and what determines those uses, including some discussion of labor-force behavior; interactions among family members—bargaining in the household and with family members outside the household; divorce; the economics of addiction, to such agents as alcohol, other drugs, tobacco and even work; religion, including its effects on economic outcomes; and death, including how we die, how long we live, and the nature and determinants of bequests. The central unifying feature throughout the course is the concentration on the
economics
of these activities and outcomes—the roles of incentives and institutions in affecting them.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Hamermesh
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• 3 points

WOMEN&WRITNG; EARLY MOD FRANCE

Examination of cultural and literary phenomena in 15th through 17th century France, focusing on writings by and about women. 
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

Pre-Colonial Mesoamerican Societies and

Pre-Col. Mesoamer Soc. an

This course explores the histories, social organizations, and material cultures of the pre-colonial peoples of Central America and Mexico between ca. 1200 BCE and 1600 CE, with a particular focus on the three best-attested societies: the Olmecs, the Maya, and the Aztecs. Through an interdisciplinary examination of textual and archaeological sources, the class will address the extent to which one can highlight a common ‘Mesoamerican’ worldview as a lens to better understand the societies of this region. (No prerequisites)

• Department: History
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam C Matthews
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• 4 points

INTERMEDTE MACROECONOMC THEORY

Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics and a functioning knowledge of high school algebra and analytical geometry or permission of the instructor.
Systematic exposition of current macroeconomic theories of unemployment, inflation, and international financial adjustments.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Martina Jasova
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 7 Info
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 4 points

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Project-oriented study of waste management issues and policy. Cradle-to-grave analysis of product and waste streams. Analysis of municipal solid waste, landfills, incineration, recycling, sewage waste and sewage treatment.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Peter M Bower
  CULPA: 56 Info
• 3 points

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Prerequisites: genetics or molecular biology.
The course covers techniques currently used to explore and manipulate gene function and their applications in medicine and the environment. Part I covers key laboratory manipulations, including DNA cloning, gene characterization, association of genes with disease, and methods for studying gene regulation and activities of gene products. Part II also covers commercial applications, and includes animal cell culture, production of recombinant proteins, novel diagnostics, high throughput screening, and environmental biosensors. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. 
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel D Kalderon
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

RELIGION IN CHINESE SOCIETY

Chinese popular religion and ritual during the late traditional period and in modern times. Popular beliefs and practices concerning the cosmos, the gods, and the ancestors; the role in popular religion of Buddhism, Taoism, and the Imperial State Cult; popular religion, social change, and the modern assault on "superstition.

• Department: Anthropology
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Myron L Cohen
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDTE MICROECONOMC THEORY

Prerequisites: An introductory course in microeconomics or a combined macro/micro principles course (ECON BC1003 or ECON W1105, or the equivalent) and one semester of calculus or ECON BC1007, or permission of the instructor.
Preferences and demand; production, cost, and supply; behavior of markets in partial equilibrium; resource allocation in general equilibrium; pricing of goods and services under alternative market structures; implications of individual decision-making for labor supply; income distribution, welfare, and public policy. Emphasis on problem solving.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth O Ananat
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 Info
• 4 points

INTERNATIONAL MONEY & FINANCE

Prerequisites: ECON BC3033.
Introduction to balance of payments and exchange rate theory; capital mobility and expectations; internal and external adjustment under fixed and flexible exchange rates; international financial markets; capital mobility and expectations; international policy coordination and optimum currency areas; history of the international monetary system.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Andre Burgstaller
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 3 points

ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY

Prerequisites: an introductory course in anthropology.
Institutions of social life. Kinship and locality in the structuring of society. Monographs dealing with both literate and nonliterate societies will be discussed in the context of anthropological fieldwork methods. Required of all Anthropology majors (and tracks) within the Barnard Department. As of Fall, 2018, UN 3040 replaces the two semester sequence of 3040/4041 Anthropological Theory I/II). Intended only for Barnard majors and minors.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• MW 10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Lesley Sharp
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 4 points

CELL BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: one year of biology, normally BIOL UN2005-BIOL UN2006, or the equivalent.
Cell Biology 3041/4041 is an upper-division course that covers in depth all organelles of cells, how they make up tissues, secrete substances important for the organism, generate and adapt to their working environment in the body, move throughout development, and signal to each other. Because these topics were introduced in the Intro Course (taught by Mowshowitz and Chasin), this course or its equivalent is a pre-requisite for W3041/4041. Students for whom this course is useful include biology, biochem or biomedical engineering majors, those preparing to apply for medical school or graduate school, and those doing or planning to start doing research in a biology or biomedical lab. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. 
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeannette C Bulinski
  Info
• 3 points

THEORETICL FOUNDTNS-POLIT ECON

THEORETICL FOUNDTNS-PLTCL ECON

Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics or permission of the instructor.
Intellectual origins of the main schools of thought in political economy. Study of the founding texts in classical political economy, Marxian economics, neoclassicism, and Keynesianism.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andre Burgstaller
  CULPA: 40 Info
• Instructor: David Weiman
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 3 points

SOLID ST,MICROWAVE,FBR OPT LAB

SOLID ST,MICROWAVE,OPTICS LAB

Prerequisites: (ELEN E3106) and (ELEN E3401)
Optical electronics and communications. Microwave circuits. Physical electronics.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Wen I Wang
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN COMPARATI

EDU SOCIAL CHANGE CONTEXT

This course will examine the relationship between education and social change in different regions of the world, with a focus on vulnerable populations (e.g., indigenous groups, street and working children, immigrants, women and girls; refugees).

• Department: Education @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Thea Abu El-Haj
  Info
• 4 points

COMPLICATING CLASS: EDUCATION AND THE L

EDUCATION & LIMITS EQUITY

In this course, we start from the premise that a failure to understand what social class is and how social class matters in daily life stops us from having conversations about the possibilities and limitations of schooling and, as such, prevents us from doing what we can to improve the schooling experiences of poor and working-class students. Throughout the semester, we will work to “complicate class”, reconsidering what class is, why class matters, and how we can best think about the relationship between social class and schooling. You will develop a language for talking about class, considering the affordances and constraints of various conceptions of class. You will also leave with critical questions about the possibilities and limitations of relying on schools as a solution to social problems. Recognizing restraints, we will conclude by reflecting on how we might work toward creating more equitable learning environments for poor and working-class students.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel Throop
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

Religion Mod SAsia:Concepts, Histories

RELIGION IN MODERN S ASIA

Instead of taking our understanding of ‘religion’ for granted, this course explores precisely that concept and its history. It asks: is religion a universal category that has remained unchanged across time periods and in all societies? Are the relations between various ‘religions’ equal? How do debates around the question of religion inform other categories in our social life - race, gender, community history? Mainstream Western theories tend to focus on faith, scriptures, holy texts and rituals as universal components of all religions. However, a body of critical scholarship, demonstrates how the various orientalist and colonial encounters between the west and the non-west produces ‘religion’ as a universal, constant which can be found in all societies. This course will explore both the mainstream and the critical scholarship on religion, as well as examine what role this critical re-formulation of religion plays in questions of race, gender, caste, culture, secularism and history-writing in South Asia.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Sayori Ghoshal
  Info
• 3 points

BIG DATA WITH PYTHON

Big Data is changing how we interact with and understand the environment. Yet analyzing Big Data requires new tools and methods. Students will learn to use Python programming to analyze and visualize large environmental and earth's systems data sets in ways that Excel is not equipped to do. This will include both time series and spatial analyses with programming occurring interactively during class and assignments designed to strengthen methods and results. Students will learn to write code in Python, plot, map, sub-select, clean, organize, and perform statistical analyses on large global scale data sets, using the data in analysis, and take any data set no matter how large or complicated.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Brian Mailloux
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

SEMINAR URBAN EDUCATION

• Department: Education @Barnard
• M 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 4 points

PROJECT LAB-MOLECULAR GENETICS

Prerequisites: one year of introductory biology and the instructor's permission.
Project laboratory on the manipulation of nucleic acids in prokaryotes, including DNA isolation, restriction mapping, and transformation. The first part of the laboratory involves learning of techniques to be used subsequently in independent research projects suggested by the professor.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander A Tzagoloff
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 96 Info
• 5 points

ARTS AND HUMANITIES IN THE CITY:CRITICAL

ARTS & HUMANITIES IN THE CITY

Using the theme of “Arts and Humanities in the City”, this seminar will build participants’ knowledge of critical literacy, digital storytelling methods, and ways to use New York City as a resource for teaching the Arts (Dance, Theatre, Music, and Visual Arts), Social Studies, and English Language Arts in grades K-12. Critical literacy is an approach to teaching and learning that focuses on developing students’ abilities to read, analyze, understand, question, and critique hidden perspectives and socially-constructed power relations embedded in what it means to be literate in a content area.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 4 points

SCIENCE IN THE CITY II

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. Open to Non-science majors, pre-service elementary students, and first-year students.
Students investigate the science of learning, the Next Generation Science Standards, scientific inquiry and engineering design practices, and strategies to include families in fostering student achievement and persistence in science. Fieldwork required. Note: Students in the Childhood Urban Teaching Program may use this course as a pedagogical elective.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• W 4:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 4 points

WORLDS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

This course looks at the narrative and the historical context for an extraordinary event: the conquest of the Persian empire by Alexander III of Macedonia, conventionally known as “Alexander the Great”. We will explore the different worlds Alexander grew out of, confronted, and affected: the old Greek world, the Persian empire, the ancient near-east (Egypt, Levant, Babylonia, Iran), and the worlds beyond, namely pre-Islamic (and pre-Silk Road) Central Asia, the Afghan borderlands, and the Indus valley. The first part of the course will establish context, before laying out a narrative framework; the second part of the course will explore a series of themes, especially the tension between military conquest, political negotiation, and social interactions. Overall, the course will serve as an exercise in historical methodology (with particular attention to ancient sources and to interpretation), an introduction to the geography and the history of the ancient world (classical and near-eastern), and the exploration of a complex testcase located at the contact point between several worlds, and at a watershed of world history. There will be two weekly lectures and one weekly discussion section.

• Department: Classics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points