Foundations of Biology

General Chemistry I is a pre-requisite; General Chemistry II is a pre/co-requisite. In this course, we will introduce basic terminology, important concepts, and basic problem-solving skills in order to prepare biology and pre-health students for the challenging Biology courses they will take at Columbia. We will do a deep dive into a small number of topics and use these as access points to teaching skills that will aid students in future STEM courses. Classes will include time for problem solving. Recitations will involve problem solving and student presentations of solutions to problems.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 2 points

INTRO-COMPUT SCI/PROG IN JAVA

INTRO-COMPUTER PROGRAM IN JAVA

A general introduction to computer science for science and engineering students interested in majoring in computer science or engineering. Covers fundamental concepts of computer science, algorithmic problem-solving capabilities, and introductory Java programming skills. Assumes no prior programming background. Columbia University students may receive credit for only one of the following two courses: 1004 or 1005.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul S Blaer
  CULPA: 46 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

Dinosaurs and the History of Life

Dinos and the History of

Dinosaurs  
explores how science works and provide practical knowledge about the history of life and how we have come to understand it. We learn how to analyze the evolutionary relationships of organisms and examine how dinosaurs came to be exemplars of a very successful group of organisms dominant on land for 140 million years. We will delve deeply into how direct descendants of small carnivorous theropod dinosaurs evolved into birds, still more diverse than mammals, dominating the air. The Mesozoic, a “hot-house world”, with no ice caps and was the kind of world we are hurtling towards because of our input of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and we will look at how their time is a natural experiment for our future. The non-avian dinosaur met their end in a remarkable cataclysm discovered by detective work that we will delve deeply into as a paradigm of the scientific method  Finally, they are fun and spectacular - monsters more fantastic than any person has invented in legend or religion - and they are still with us!

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul E Olsen
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info
• 3 points

Wall Street and the Public Culture of Fi

WALL STREET AND PCF

Wall Street has been imagined as a site of democracy, capitalism, and the pursuit of the American Dream; it has also been imagined as a place of immorality, filled with greedy global elite male financiers taking advantage of the “99 percent”. This seminar will consider how capital, gender, race, culture, and power shape understandings of Wall Street in the popular imagination, and how people’s everyday practices reshape that understanding. Drawing on a variety of texts –anthropological, sociological, political-economic, historical, literary, and cinematic – we will examine the ways new forms of capital produce financial subjects, class difference, and crisis, within the global economy. We will also explore the ways Occupy Wall Street, Me Too, Black Lives Matter and other social movements are recapturing the radical imagination and the possibilities of new forms of resistance to capitalism that often intersect with sexism, racism, and other systems of power. Using interdisciplinary methodologies such as fieldwork, archival research, and literary analysis students will produce short papers and one research paper that allows them to take advantage of conducting research in New York City.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 9:30 a.m.-noon
• 0 points

Aristotle & AI

What do the robots in ancient Greek mythology have to tell us about today’s AI? How did slavery shape how Greeks and Romans imagined autonomous tools? Where does artificial intelligence come from, and why do we tell the stories we do about what it can do and how it will change the world?
This course offers an introduction to the intellectual history of classical antiquity and a critical examination of artificial intelligence in the current cultural and political moment. Students in the course will learn about a topic in ancient Greek and Roman thought — stories about autonomous tools — and how that topic relates to social history and culture in the ancient world. They will then use that knowledge to frame questions about artificial intelligence and robots in present society, and examine critical approaches to the large generative models that are garnering so much attention today. The goal is equip students with a) a basic familiarity with how ancient Greek and Roman thought relates to its cultural context, b) an analytical framework for approaching claims about technology in historical and present contexts, and c) an appreciation for how humanistic inquiry can answer urgent questions in their lives.
Prerequisites: none
The course is intended for students for little or no familiarity with the study of the ancient world, and as an introduction to the study of ancient Greece and Rome. Familiarity with texts encountered in the fall semesters of Literature Humanities or Contemporary Civilizations will be helpful, but is neither required or presumed on the part of the instructor.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph A Howley
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

Earth and Environmental Science in Today

EARTH & ENVIRO SCIENCE TO

In responding to the environmental issues we face today, it is critical to recognize the science behind them. This course will teach students the basic concepts in earth science/geology essential to understanding the mechanisms of our current climate crisis. These foundational concepts are crucial for any student who is interested in not only the natural sciences, but for those who wish to pursue careers related to environmental justice, sustainability, and other social science fields. Students will explore how and where natural resources form, as well as how we are rapidly depleting these reserves. Students will also learn about natural disasters and how these affect certain communities more than others. Students will gain an understanding of the formation of rocks and minerals and their economic significance. Students will be able to use the cumulative knowledge they gained during the first weeks of class to have a better understanding of the global climate issues we face and to use this information to conduct presentations on an environmental topic of their choice. The format of the course will be as follows:  Primarily lecture, followed by class discussions, group activities and at least one lab component.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sedelia Rodriguez
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Earth and Environmental Science in Today

EARTH & ENVIRO SCIENCE TO

In responding to the environmental issues we face today, it is critical to recognize the science behind them. This course will teach students the basic concepts in earth science/geology essential to understanding the mechanisms of our current climate crisis. These foundational concepts are crucial for any student who is interested in not only the natural sciences, but for those who wish to pursue careers related to environmental justice, sustainability, and other social science fields. Students will explore how and where natural resources form, as well as how we are rapidly depleting these reserves. Students will also learn about natural disasters and how these affect certain communities more than others. Students will gain an understanding of the formation of rocks and minerals and their economic significance. Students will be able to use the cumulative knowledge they gained during the first weeks of class to have a better understanding of the global climate issues we face and to use this information to conduct presentations on an environmental topic of their choice. The format of the course will be as follows:  Primarily lecture, followed by class discussions, group activities and at least one lab component.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sedelia Rodriguez
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

UNIVERSITY WRITING

Prerequisites: Non-native English speakers must reach Level 10 in the American Language Program prior to registering for ENGL S1010. University Writing: Contemporary Essays helps undergraduates engage in the conversations that form our intellectual community. By reading and writing about scholarly and popular essays, students learn that writing is a process of continual refinement of ideas. Rather than approaching writing as an innate talent, this course teaches writing as a learned skill. We give special attention to textual analysis, research, and revision practices.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
• TR 10 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
• MW 1 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
• MW 10 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
• MW 7 p.m.-8:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph W Bubar
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• Instructor: Austin L Mantele
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Kirkwood F Adams
  Info
• Instructor: Celine M Aenlle-Rocha
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• Instructor: Abigail R Melick
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• Instructor: Levi C Hord
  Info
• 3 points

NEW YORK CITY IN FILM

This course will explore the representation of New York City in film. We will examine the way that film portrays social problems and either creates or responds to “social panics.” We will also examine the way in which film actively creates an idea of “New York” through cinematography, directing, acting and other aspects of filmmaking.  Some topics to be considered are utopia/dystopia, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, art, immigration, houselessness, and gentrification. The course follows three main themes: 1. How the filmmaking process (camera movements, lighting, dialogue, acting, etc.) is used as a method to describe space (filmmaking as a geographic method). 2. How various genres of film have been used to portray the social geography of New York City (the geography of film). 3. The relationship between the viewer’s “place” and the places portrayed in the film (communication geography). Finally, we will also consider how our personal sense of place towards New York City has altered throughout the course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

NEW YORK CITY IN FILM

This course will explore the representation of New York City in film. We will examine the way that film portrays social problems and either creates or responds to “social panics.” We will also examine the way in which film actively creates an idea of “New York” through cinematography, directing, acting and other aspects of filmmaking.  Some topics to be considered are utopia/dystopia, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, art, immigration, houselessness, and gentrification. The course follows three main themes: 1. How the filmmaking process (camera movements, lighting, dialogue, acting, etc.) is used as a method to describe space (filmmaking as a geographic method). 2. How various genres of film have been used to portray the social geography of New York City (the geography of film). 3. The relationship between the viewer’s “place” and the places portrayed in the film (communication geography). Finally, we will also consider how our personal sense of place towards New York City has altered throughout the course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

BAD LOVE

This seminar reads stories of love gone bad, of romances that end catastrophically, that damage lovers or leave victims along the way.   We will illuminate the consuming fantasy of the romance genre in its quest for “true love,” as well as a range of emotions – rage and revenge, narcissism and self-protection, obsession and oblivion – that surface in its wake.  We will also look at shifting interpretations of “bad love,” from Plato, to the Galenic theory of the humors, to the sociology of court-culture, to Freudian and finally contemporary neurobiological explanations of feelings.  Students are welcome to propose texts of their own interests to open this course to the widest range of interests.  In addition to seminar discussion, there will be weekly individual tutorials with Professor Hamilton as well as zoom interviews with a neurobiologist and a psychologist if it can be arranged.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

BAD LOVE

This seminar reads stories of love gone bad, of romances that end catastrophically, that damage lovers or leave victims along the way.   We will illuminate the consuming fantasy of the romance genre in its quest for “true love,” as well as a range of emotions – rage and revenge, narcissism and self-protection, obsession and oblivion – that surface in its wake.  We will also look at shifting interpretations of “bad love,” from Plato, to the Galenic theory of the humors, to the sociology of court-culture, to Freudian and finally contemporary neurobiological explanations of feelings.  Students are welcome to propose texts of their own interests to open this course to the widest range of interests.  In addition to seminar discussion, there will be weekly individual tutorials with Professor Hamilton as well as zoom interviews with a neurobiologist and a psychologist if it can be arranged.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

THE JAZZ OF CHEMISTRY

The contribution of chemistry to everyday life is immense. The applications of chemistry in medicine, petrochemicals, cosmetics, and fertilizers are readily apparent. However, the knowledge and applications of chemistry come in handy in many other fascinating fields, some of which may be less than obvious. Examples of areas in which chemistry plays a key role include forensic science; art restoration and forgery detection; and flavors and fragrances in food, beverages and other consumer products. The goal of this course is to provide insights and spur discussion of several areas and applications of chemistry, while gaining hands-on experience in techniques used in these fields.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Meenakshi S Rao
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

THE JAZZ OF CHEMISTRY

The contribution of chemistry to everyday life is immense. The applications of chemistry in medicine, petrochemicals, cosmetics, and fertilizers are readily apparent. However, the knowledge and applications of chemistry come in handy in many other fascinating fields, some of which may be less than obvious. Examples of areas in which chemistry plays a key role include forensic science; art restoration and forgery detection; and flavors and fragrances in food, beverages and other consumer products. The goal of this course is to provide insights and spur discussion of several areas and applications of chemistry, while gaining hands-on experience in techniques used in these fields.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Meenakshi S Rao
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

True Crime

Over the centuries, readers have been drawn to accounts of “true” crime—violent narratives involving real people and real events. And yet, as with any literary object, the notion of “truth” is always unstable—stories and their tellings are always shaped by the motivations, values, and choices of those who tell them, often with an eye toward the audience that will consume them. Whether constructed in order to moralize, to enforce or critique social or political ideologies, or purely to sell copies, “true
crime” is a literary genre that reveals attitudes about gender, race, and class; that illustrates—and sometimes calls into question—cultural norms and mores; that calls on readers to reflect on their own morbid curiosity and assumptions and fears. In this class we will engage with a diverse selection of literary texts—spanning from the Middle Ages to the present day and from a range of genres, including pamphlets, plays, novels, and more—as well as contemporary films, a tv series, and a
podcast. Through close reading and critical analysis, we will examine the evolution of the “true crime” genre and the cultural and societal contexts that shape the portrayal of crime for popular consumption. We will explore the ways in which texts and authors sensationalize, moralize, and convey the complexities of crime. We will analyze point of view: who’s telling the story, whom we sympathize with, and what insights we get into the minds of those committing crimes as well as those who fall prey to them. We will consider justice and policing— the role played by the law and its enforcers in shaping narratives about crime and punishment, right and wrong. Finally, we will reflect on the ethical implications of representing real-life crimes in literature, and how “true crime” narratives shape social perceptions, fears, prejudices, and notions of justice and morality.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Penelope Usher
  Info
• 3 points

True Crime

Over the centuries, readers have been drawn to accounts of “true” crime—violent narratives involving real people and real events. And yet, as with any literary object, the notion of “truth” is always unstable—stories and their tellings are always shaped by the motivations, values, and choices of those who tell them, often with an eye toward the audience that will consume them. Whether constructed in order to moralize, to enforce or critique social or political ideologies, or purely to sell copies, “true
crime” is a literary genre that reveals attitudes about gender, race, and class; that illustrates—and sometimes calls into question—cultural norms and mores; that calls on readers to reflect on their own morbid curiosity and assumptions and fears. In this class we will engage with a diverse selection of literary texts—spanning from the Middle Ages to the present day and from a range of genres, including pamphlets, plays, novels, and more—as well as contemporary films, a tv series, and a
podcast. Through close reading and critical analysis, we will examine the evolution of the “true crime” genre and the cultural and societal contexts that shape the portrayal of crime for popular consumption. We will explore the ways in which texts and authors sensationalize, moralize, and convey the complexities of crime. We will analyze point of view: who’s telling the story, whom we sympathize with, and what insights we get into the minds of those committing crimes as well as those who fall prey to them. We will consider justice and policing— the role played by the law and its enforcers in shaping narratives about crime and punishment, right and wrong. Finally, we will reflect on the ethical implications of representing real-life crimes in literature, and how “true crime” narratives shape social perceptions, fears, prejudices, and notions of justice and morality.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Penelope Usher
  Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY FRENCH I

Equivalent to FREN UN1101. Designed to help students understand, speak, read, and write French, and to recognize cultural features of French-speaking communities, now with the help of a newly digitized audio program. Students learn to provide information in French about their feelings, environment, families, and daily activities. Daily assignments, quizzes, laboratory work, and screening of video material.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexandra Borer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ITALIAN I

Equivalent to ITAL V1101. Students will develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Italian and an understanding of Italian culture. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to provide basic information in Italian about themselves, their families, interests, likes and dislikes, and daily activities; participate in a simple conversation on everyday topics; to read edited texts on familiar topics; and produce Italian with basic grammatical accuracy and accurate pronunciation.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 11:30 a.m.-1:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Luisa Gozzi
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS I

Prerequisites: high school mathematics through trigonometry or MATH S1003, or the equivalent. Functions, limits, derivatives, introduction to integrals.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Aditya Ghosh
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• Instructor: Tomasz Owsiak
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• 3 points

BEGINNING RUSSIAN I

$15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Designed to develop all four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Taken with RUSS S1102R, equivalent to full-year elementary course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Alla Smyslova
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH I

Elementary course, equivalent to SPAN V1101 or F1101. Fundamental principles of grammar; practice in pronunciation. Reading and conversation are introduced from the beginning. Use of the language laboratory is required.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 8:30 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Alonso-Aparicio
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• Instructor: Ramon Flores Pinedo
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• 4 points

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

Prerequisites: some high school algebra. Designed for students in fields that emphasize quantitative methods. This course satisfies the statistics requirements of all majors except statistics, economics, and engineering. Graphical and numerical summaries, probability, theory of sampling distributions, linear regression, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing are taught as aids to quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Use of statistical software required. Illustrations are taken from a variety of fields. Data-collection/analysis project with emphasis on study designs is part of the coursework requirement.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Ji Meng Loh
  CULPA: 19 Info
• Instructor: Anthony Donoghue
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY FRENCH II

Prerequisites: one term of college French or one year of secondary school French. $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Equivalent to FREN UN1102. Continues the work of French S1101D and completes the study of elementary French. Students continue to develop communicative skills, narrating recent events (past, present, and future), describing daily life activities, and learning about cultural features of France and of the wider Francophone world. Following the communicative approach, students, with the help of the instructor, learn to solve problems using the language, to communicate their feelings and opinions, and to obtain information from others. Daily assignments, quizzes, laboratory work, and screening of video materials.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10:05 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Pascale Crepon
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Samuel Skippon
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II

Prerequisites: ITAL S1101, or the equivalent. Continues the work of ITAL 1101 and completes the study of elementary Italian. Students continue to develop communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills). Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to provide basic information in Italian about wants and needs, personal opinions and wishes, personal experiences, past activities, and daily routines; read simple texts on familiar matters of high frequency everyday or job-related language; draw on a repertoire of vocabulary and syntax sufficient for dealing with everyday situations.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 11:30 a.m.-1:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Patrizia Palumbo
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS II

Prerequisites: MATH S1101 Calculus I, or the equivalent. Methods of integration, applications of the integral, Taylor's theorem, infinite series.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicolas I Vilches Reyes
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• Instructor: Sergey Nersisyan
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• 3 points

BEGINNING RUSSIAN II

Prerequisites: RUSS UN1101 or placement test $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Continuation of RUSS S1101H.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Alla Smyslova
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH II

Prerequisites: SPAN S1101, or the equivalent. Equivalent to SPAN F1102 or V1102. Grammar exercises, prose readings, and practice in the spoken language.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 8:30 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Lorena Garcia Barroso
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Aaron R Boalick
  Info
• 4 points

First-Year Chinese I

This course aims to introduce students to the Chinese language and cultivate their basic communicative competence by providing a comprehensive training in listening, speaking, reading and writing in Chinese. In addition, the course will bring real life tasks into classroom and prepare students to use Chinese language to function in an immersive environment.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Shaoyan Qi
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 5 points

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

Equivalent to ECON UN1105, the first course for the major in economics. How a market economy determines the relative prices of goods, factors of production, and the allocation of resources; the circumstances under which it does these things efficiently. Why such an economy has fluctuations and how they may be controlled.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 10:20 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Renee C Garrow
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• 4 points

First-Year Chinese II

In this course students will continue to develop basic communicative competence in Chinese. More emphasis will be given to reading and writing Chinese characters than First Year Chinese (I). In addition to bringing real life tasks into classroom and preparing students to use Chinese language to function in an immersive environment, the course also aims to cultivate inter-cultural communication awareness among students.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 10 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Shaoyan Qi
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 5 points

A BARNARD EDUCATION AT WORK

Per its mission statement, “Barnard College aims to provide the highest-quality liberal arts
education to promising and high-achieving young women… They graduate prepared to lead
lives that are professionally satisfying and successful, personally fulfilling, and enriched by a love
of learning.” This course finds its roots in the connection posited here, between undergraduate
study and professional life. Students will be asked to revisit a foundational text they have
encountered in their major, and use it as a mode of exploration and reflection on an internship.
They will consider how the text’s themes and ideas can be reinterpreted and recontextualized in
the working world, and think about what practical, moral, political, aesthetic and personal
insights it affords. More broadly, students will be prompted to consider the relationship of the
liberal arts degree (which purports to prepare students for no particular career) to their chosen
career path. This course will further hone the critical thinking and writing skills that are
translatable to any profession, and enables a Barnard student to put into practice the
complexities they have learned in the classroom, by encouraging them to analyze the
professional world from different perspectives, and in the context of other ideas and traditions.
The text will be selected from a list provided by the student’s major department, and will be
subject to approval from the course instructor.
On a weekly basis, in this discussion-based class, the student shares their ideas about their text
and how it relates to their internship. They respond to and engage with their classmates. They
are required to spend about two hours with their text per week. They are also required to
create a three to five minute presentation, to be shared with the full group. The group is also
responsible for providing feedback on the presentation. The presentation ultimately evolves
into a final paper of 8-10 pages that explores the line of inquiry from their text as it is
instantiated in their work experience. Students are graded on their discussion (40%),
presentation (25%), and final paper (35%).

• Department: Barnard College
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 1 points

MELLON MAYS UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP JUN

MMUF JUNIOR YEAR COLLOQUI

This is a course designed for the students enrolled in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program.  It should be taken fall and spring semesters of a student's third and fourth years at the college (for a total of 6 course credits total over the two years). The goal of this course is to become familiar with academic research and writing, as well as the  culture of colleges/ universities in order to prepare students to apply to graduate school and earn the PhD.. The program hones academic writing skills (research papers, project and grant proposals, academic reflections designed to facilitate intentional goal setting and planning), teaches skills related to scholarly presentations (oral and written), as well as familiarizes students with academic culture in particular diversity, equity and inclusion issues and concerns in the academy. Students are expected to attend all the events and meetings associated with the program.

• Department: Barnard College
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 1.5 points

THE LIFE AQUATIC

Water covers the majority of the earth’s surface but what of the life in these waters? Rivers, wetlands, lakes, estuaries and oceans provide habitat for an extraordinary diversity of animals. This course explores the amazing array of aquatic animals that occupy both freshwater and marine ecosystems as well as the natural and human activities that impact their survival. No previous knowledge of science is assumed. Fulfills the science requirement for most Columbia and GS undergraduates.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Mercer R Brugler
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• 3 points

ACCELERATED ELEM READING I/II

Prerequisites: no previous knowledge of German required, but some background is strongly recommended. This accelerated survey of German grammar, reading techniques, and dictionary skills is designed primarily for graduate students preparing for reading proficiency exams or wishing to do research in German-language literature. In addition to translation, the course focuses on strategies for extracting general and specific information from German texts (skimming and scanning) and judging their relevance for a specific research purpose. Reading texts take students' fields of study into consideration. Although this course does not satisfy any part of the foreign language requirement for degree candidates, successful completion of the translation on the final exam fulfills the German reading proficiency requirement in most graduate programs. Students are advised that this course is a full-time commitment. Students should expect to study 2 hours every day for every hour spent in the classroom and additional time on weekends. Students who would like to gain speaking and listening skills are advised to enroll in the Intensive Elementary German I and II, or another appropriate German course. The Department of Germanic Languages will assist in selecting the appropriate course. Equivalent to GERM UN1113-UN1114 taught during regular semesters.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Simona C Vaidean
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Young Na
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• 4 points

INTENSIVE ELEM GERMAN I & II

This intensive program provides one year of German in one six-week session. The course enables students to understand, speak, read, and write in German about a range of subjects (such as: family activities, studies, work and home life, as well as travel, economics, and current events) and helps them develop an understanding of German speaking cultures. Classes are conducted in German and supplemented with written homework and audiovisual materials. Assignments and activities are diversified to integrate undergraduate and graduate students’ academic and personal interests. The program draws on the German heritage of New York City (museums, Goethe Institut, restaurants, etc.). Students are encouraged to attend German-language films and musical performances. Students have many opportunities for informal conversation. Upon successful completion of the course (with a minimum grade of B), students should achieve novice high to intermediate low proficiency (ACTFL scale). Final grades are based on frequent oral and written tests, writing assignments, a project on German culture in New York, and a final examination (written and oral). Students are advised that this course constitutes a full-time commitment. The workload of this course is very intense and students will be expected to spend 4-6 hours studying every day outside of class and additional time on weekends. The Department of Germanic Languages will assist in selecting the appropriate course. Equivalent to the combination of 
GERM UN1101
 and 
UN1102
 taught during the regular semesters.

If prior knowledge of German, a placement exam is required. Students should contact Jutta Schmiers-Heller (js2331) to schedule a test or if they have other questions about the course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR noon-1:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Jutta Schmiers-Heller
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 6 points

INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY GREEK

Equivalent to Greek 1101 and 1102. Covers all of Greek grammar and syntax in one term to prepare the student to enter Greek 1201 or 1202. This is an intensive course with substantial preparation time outside of class.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Melody A Wauke
  Info
• 6 points

MASTERPIECES-WESTERN ART

MASTER-WEST ART (PARIS)

HUMA1121OC. Masterpieces of Western Art. 3 points.  You are required to take HUMA1123OC Masterpieces of Western Music for 3 points with this course.

Art Humanities teaches students how to look at, think about, and engage in critical discussion of the visual arts. The course focuses on the formal structure of works of architecture, painting, and other media, as well as the historical context in which these works were made and understood. In addition to discussion-based classes like those held in New York, Art Humanities in Paris and in Berlin will make extensive use of the city through field trips to museums, buildings, and monuments. 
Please note that attendance at all class meetings, concerts, and excursions, unless otherwise indicated, is mandatory.

To enroll in this course in Paris
, you must apply to the
Columbia Summer Core In Paris: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
 through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply.

To enroll in this course in Berlin
, you must apply to the 
Columbia Summer Core In Berlin: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
 available.
Tuition
charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Sessions Terms. Visit the
UGE
website for the start and end dates for the Columbia Summer Core programs. Email
uge@columbia.edu
with any questions you may have.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Robert Harrist
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Ioannis Mylonopoulos
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

MASTERPIECES-WESTERN ART

MASTER-WEST ART (BERLIN)

HUMA1121OC. Masterpieces of Western Art. 3 points.  You are required to take HUMA1123OC Masterpieces of Western Music for 3 points with this course.

Art Humanities teaches students how to look at, think about, and engage in critical discussion of the visual arts. The course focuses on the formal structure of works of architecture, painting, and other media, as well as the historical context in which these works were made and understood. In addition to discussion-based classes like those held in New York, Art Humanities in Paris and in Berlin will make extensive use of the city through field trips to museums, buildings, and monuments. 
Please note that attendance at all class meetings, concerts, and excursions, unless otherwise indicated, is mandatory.

To enroll in this course in Paris
, you must apply to the
Columbia Summer Core In Paris: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
 through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply.

To enroll in this course in Berlin
, you must apply to the 
Columbia Summer Core In Berlin: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
 available.
Tuition
charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Sessions Terms. Visit the
UGE
website for the start and end dates for the Columbia Summer Core programs. Email
uge@columbia.edu
with any questions you may have.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Irina T Oryshkevich
  CULPA: 11 Info
• Instructor: Leah E Werier
  Info
• 3 points

MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN ART

Equivalent to HUMA C1121 and F1121. Not a historical survey but an analytical study of masterpieces, including originals available in the metropolitan area. The chief purpose is to acquaint students with the experience of a work of art. A series of topics in the development of Western art, selected to afford a sense of the range of expressive possibilities in painting, sculpture, and architecture, such as the Parthenon, the Gothic cathedral, and works of Michelangelo, Bruegel, Picasso, and others. Space is limited. Columbia University undergraduates who need this course for graduation are encouraged to register during early registration.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Holger A Klein
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Alex Marko
  Info
• Instructor: Martina Mims
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Rachel L Hutcheson
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Alessandra Di Croce
  Info
• Instructor: Sophia D'Addio
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Leslie Tait
  Info
• Instructor: Francesco Cassini
  Info
• Instructor: Matthew N Peebles
  Info
• Instructor: Valerie J Zinner
  Info
• Instructor: Marina Correia
  Info
• Instructor: Muge Arseven
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Anna R Hetherington
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Denise M Budd
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

Intensive Elem Italian:Venice

Italian In Venice, ITAL1121. Intensive Elementary Italian. 6 points

Instructor: TBD

Syllabus - Intensive Elementary

The equivalent of Italian 1101/1102 at Columbia. This intensive first year course, open to students with no previous training in Italian, prepares students to move into intermediate Italian.

The course provides students with a foundation in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students are encouraged to participate actively in class discussions and activities and to interact with teacher and classmates. We will learn Italian not only thanks to exercises and conversation, but also through songs, clips, pictures, food, and games. Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:


provide basic information in Italian about themselves, their interests, their daily activities;

participate in a conversation on everyday topics using the major time frames of present and past;read short edited texts, understand the main ideas, and pick out important information from authentic texts (e.g. menus, signs, train schedules, etc.)

write short compositions on familiar topics;

identify basic cultural rituals and practices in the context of their occurrence.


Please note:  If you have completed Elementary 1, you are welcome to enroll in the Intensive Elementary course. You will be expected to enroll in the full 6 point course. While there will be some overlap in the coursework that you already completed at Columbia, it will benefit you to be in Venice to reinforce and enhance your language studies before continuing on to new material. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded 4 points for the Intensive course.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
 
Columbia in Venice
 
program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
 
Global Learning Scholarships 
available. 
Tuition
 charges apply.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Ricardo A Belisario
  Info
• 6 points

INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY LATIN

Equivalent to Latin 1101 and 1102. Covers all of Latin grammar and syntax in one term to prepare the student to enter Latin 1201 or 1202. This is an intensive course with substantial preparation time outside of class.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kristina Milnor
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia h-index: 10 Info
• 6 points

MASTERPIECES-WESTERN MUSIC

MASTER WEST MUSIC (PARIS)

HUMA1123OC. Masterpieces of Western Music. 3 points.  You are required to take HUMA1121OC, Masterpieces of Western Art for 3 points with this course.

The focus of Music Humanities is the masterpieces of Western art music in their historical and cultural contexts. The specific goals of the course are to awaken and encourage an appreciation of Western music, to help the student learn to respond intelligently to a variety of musical idioms, and to engage the student in the issues of various debates about the character and purposes of music that have occupied composers and musical thinkers since ancient times. Students become actively involved in the process of critical listening both in the classroom and in the live performances that are as central to the course in Berlin and in Paris as in New York. Using a “great works” approach, the course will look at the changing genres and styles of music, examining composers’ choices and assumptions, as well as those of their patrons and audiences, as it moves chronologically from the Middle Ages to the present. 
Please note that attendance at all class meetings, concerts, and excursions, unless otherwise indicated, is mandatory.

To enroll in this course in Paris
, you must apply to the 
Columbia Summer Core In Paris: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
 program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
 
Global Learning Scholarships 
available. 
Tuition
 charges apply.  
To enroll in this course in Berlin
, you must apply to the 
Columbia Summer Core In Berlin: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
 program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
 
Global Learning Scholarships
 available. 
Tuition
 charges apply.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Magdalena Baczewska
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Audrey Amsellem
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 0 Info
• 3 points

MASTERPIECES-WESTERN MUSIC

MASTER WEST MUSIC(BERLIN)

HUMA1123OC. Masterpieces of Western Music. 3 points.  You are required to take HUMA1121OC, Masterpieces of Western Art for 3 points with this course.

The focus of Music Humanities is the masterpieces of Western art music in their historical and cultural contexts. The specific goals of the course are to awaken and encourage an appreciation of Western music, to help the student learn to respond intelligently to a variety of musical idioms, and to engage the student in the issues of various debates about the character and purposes of music that have occupied composers and musical thinkers since ancient times. Students become actively involved in the process of critical listening both in the classroom and in the live performances that are as central to the course in Berlin and in Paris as in New York. Using a “great works” approach, the course will look at the changing genres and styles of music, examining composers’ choices and assumptions, as well as those of their patrons and audiences, as it moves chronologically from the Middle Ages to the present. 
Please note that attendance at all class meetings, concerts, and excursions, unless otherwise indicated, is mandatory.

To enroll in this course in Paris
, you must apply to the 
Columbia Summer Core In Paris: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
 program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
 
Global Learning Scholarships 
available. 
Tuition
 charges apply.  
To enroll in this course in Berlin
, you must apply to the 
Columbia Summer Core In Berlin: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
 program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
 
Global Learning Scholarships
 available. 
Tuition
 charges apply.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Walter M Frisch
  CULPA: 17 Info
• Instructor: Mariusz Kozak
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN MUSIC

Equivalent to MUSI F1123 and C1123. Part of the Core Curriculum since 1947, Music Humanities aims to instill in students a basic comprehension of the many forms of the Western musical imagination. Its specific goals are to awaken and encourage in students an appreciation of music in the Western world, to help them learn to respond intelligently to a variety of musical idioms, and to engage them in the various debates about the character and purposes of music that have occupied composers and musical thinkers since ancient times. The course attempts to involve students actively in the process of critical listening, both in the classroom and in concerts that the students attend and write about. The extraordinary richness of musical life in New York is thus an integral part of the course. Although not a history of Western music, the course is taught in a chronological format and includes masterpieces by Josquin des Prez, Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Verdi, Wagner, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky, among others. No previous knowledge of music required. Columbia University undergraduates who need this course for graduation are encouraged to register during early registration.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter M Susser
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Ruth Opara
  Info
• Instructor: Diana M Rodriguez
  Info
• Instructor: Nina Fukuoka
  Info
• Instructor: Sasha S Doster
  Info
• Instructor: Shirley Chikukwa
  Info
• Instructor: Grant M Woods
  Info
• Instructor: Gabrielle E Ferrari
  Info
• Instructor: Ruth Opara
  Info
• Instructor: David A Farrow
  Info
• Instructor: Ashkan Behzadi
  Info
• Instructor: Joshua Navon
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Knar Abrahamyan
  Info
• Instructor: Ralph R Whyte
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 0 Info
• 3 points

Engineered Mouse Models and Identifying

Mouse Models & Phenotypes

This undergraduate lecture course will introduce how transgenic and mutant mouse models are generated and their utility in defining the functional roles of genes in vivo.  Classically, the function of a gene is tested in vivo by either overexpressing or inactivating its expression, leading to a gain-of-function or loss-of-function phenotype from which is inferred a gene’s normal role in homeostasis.  Here we will explore the classic strategies for the generation of transgenic and knockout mice, comparing and contrasting their individual strengths and weaknesses, while exploring the phenotypes that have resulted from these changes in gene expression.  Using a subset of primary papers, students will be introduced to research analysis to become more versed in the layers of experimental design needed to identify a gene’s function in vivo.   The theoretical timing and the strategy needed to design such experiments with these transgenic and mutant mouse models, and the power of stem cell experiments will be discussed.    

In addition, to develop critical and additional analytical skills, students will become versed in basic tissue histology and immunohistochemistry, using processed paraffin-embedded mouse tissues from wild-type and engineered mutant mouse lines.  Students will learn how to recognize numerous, normal adult tissues with light microscopy and to identify proliferative zones vs. fully differentiated layers within each.  In addition, they will analyze the development of mid-to-late gestational embryos in serial sections, to underscore the coordinated transformation of tissues required for normal embryonic development.  Finally, serial sections from well-defined mutant mouse models will used to identify and characterize abnormal phenotypes resulting from the knock-out of genes encoding cell cycle regulators or tumor suppressors.  Live animal handling or experimentation is not a component of this course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MWF 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 1.5 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Sophie Queuniet
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Eric T Matheis
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I

Prerequisites: ITAL V1102 or W1102, or the equivalent. If you did not take Elementary Italian at Columbia in the semester preceding the current one, you must take the placement test, offered by the Italian Department at the beginning of each semester. Same course as ITAL V1201-V1202.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 11:30 a.m.-1:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Alessandra Saggin
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS III

Prerequisites: MATH S1102, or the equivalent. Columbia College students who aim at an economics major AND have at least the grade of B in Calculus I may take Calculus III directly after Calculus I. However, all students majoring in engineering, science, or mathematics should follow Calculus I with Calculus II. Vectors in dimensions 2 and 3, complex numbers and the complex exponential function with applications to differential equations, Cramer's rule, vector-valued functions of one variable, scalar-valued functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, surfaces, optimization, the method of Lagrange multipliers.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Wenqi Li
  Info
• Instructor: Alex M Scheffelin
  Info
• 3 points

GENERAL PHYSICS I

Prerequisites: this course uses elementary concepts from calculus, and students should therefore have some basic background in differentiation and integration. Assignments to discussion sections are made after the first lecture. Basic introduction to the study of mechanics, fluids, and thermodynamics. The accompanying laboratory is PHYS S1291D. NOTE: There are two recitation sessions that meet for one hour each week. The recitation times will be selected at the first class meeting.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Eric Raymer
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO AMERICAN POLITICS

Lecture and discussion. Dynamics of political institutions and processes, chiefly of the national government. Emphasis on the actual exercise of political power by interest groups, elites, political parties, and public opinion.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Judith Russell
  CULPA: 49 Info
• 4 points