Romantic Poetry

This course examines major British poets of the period 1789-1830.  We will be focusing especially on the poetry and poetic theory of William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and John Keats.  We will also be reading essays, reviews, and journal entries by such figures as Robert Southey, William Hazlitt, and Dorothy Wordsworth.  The class is open to all undergraduate; first-year students and non-English majors are welcome.  Graduate students interested in taking the course should email the professor.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Erik Gray
  CULPA: 35 Info
• 3 points

TWENTIETH CENTURY ART

The course will examine a variety of figures, movements, and practices within the entire range of 20th-century art—from Expressionism to Abstract Expressionism, Constructivism to Pop Art, Surrealism to Minimalism, and beyond–situating them within the social, political, economic, and historical contexts in which they arose. The history of these artistic developments will be traced through the development and mutual interaction of two predominant strains of artistic culture: the modernist and the avant-garde, examining in particular their confrontation with and development of the particular vicissitudes of the century’s ongoing modernization. Discussion section complement class lectures. Course is a prerequisite for certain upper-level art history courses.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Alberro
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 17 Info
• 4 points

LAB IN WRITING FILM CRITICISM

Lab in Writing Film Criticism 

This course will focus on writing fresh, original criticism, on developing an individual voice, and on creating strong arguments supporting your ideas (qualities that translate to many areas, from reviewing to pitching a film project). Screenings in and outside class will be followed by discussion and in-class writing exercises, as well as regular writing assignments. How do you choose an effective critical approach? How do you make your opinions vivid and convincing on the page? We will also analyze recent criticism and consider the changing landscape of film criticism today.

Prerequisite:
Instructor’s permission. Submit a short, film-related sample to cj2374@columbia.edu
Note: Because permission is required, on-line registration may say the course is full when it is not. Priority given to film majors.

• Department: Film
• M 2:10 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Caryn James
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

STATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS

Elementary computational methods in statistics. Basic techniques in regression analysis of econometric models. One-hour weekly recitation sessions to complement lectures.

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

18TH CENTURY ART IN EUROPE

This course will examine the history of art in Europe from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. This was a period of dramatic cultural change, marked by, among other things, the challenging of traditional artistic hierarchies; increased opportunities for travel, trade, and exchange; and the emergence of “the public” as a critical new audience for art. Students will be introduced to major artists, works, and media, as well as to key themes in the art historical scholarship. Topics will include: the birth of art criticism; the development of the art market; domesticity and the cult of sensibility; the ascension of women artists and patrons; and the visual culture of empire, slavery, and revolution. The emphasis will be on France and Britain, with forays to Italy, Spain, Germany, India, America, and elsewhere.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Frederique Baumgartner
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

SECOND YEAR CLASSICAL TIBETAN I

n/a

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

STATS FOR ECONOMICS - REC

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• Instructor: Randall Reback
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 14 Info
• 0 points

UNITED STATES 1940-1975

Emphasis on foreign policies as they pertain to the Second World War, the atomic bomb, containment, the Cold War, Korea, and Vietnam. Also considers major social and intellectual trends, including the Civil Rights movement, the counterculture, feminism, Watergate, and the recession of the 1970s.

• Department: History @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark C Carnes
  CULPA: 50 Info
• 3 points

History Painting and Its Afterlives

History Painting & Afterl

This course will study the problematic persistence of history painting as a cultural practice in nineteenth century Europe, well after its intellectual and aesthetic justifications had become obsolete. Nonetheless, academic prescriptions and expectations endured in diluted or fragmentary form. We will examine the transformations of this once privileged category and look at how the representation of exemplary deeds and action becomes increasingly problematic in the context of social modernization and the many global challenges to Eurocentrism. Selected topics explore how image making was shaped by new models of historical and geological time, by the invention of national traditions, and by the emergence of new publics and visual technologies. The relocation of historical imagery from earlier elite milieus into mass culture forms of early cinema and popular illustration will also be addressed.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan K Crary
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

LABORATORY IN SCREENWRITING

This lab is limited to declared Film and Media Studies majors.  Exercises in the writing of film scripts.

• Department: Film
• T 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• F 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING I: INTAGLIO

(Formerly R3401) Enables the student to realize concepts and visual ideas in a printed form. Basic techniques are introduced and utilized: the history and development of the intaglio process; demonstrations and instruction in line etching, relief, and dry point. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer Nuss
  Info
• 3 points

PRACTICUM SCENIC PAINT

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: permission of Theatre Department Production Manager, Michael Banta (
mbanta@barnard.edu
). Training and practical props and/or scenic painting work on Departmental mainstage productions.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• Instructor: Michael Banta
  Info
• 1 points

PRACTICUM LIGHTS & SOUND

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: permission of Theatre Department Production Manager, Michael Banta (
mbanta@barnard.edu
). Training and practical lighting and/or sound work on Departmental mainstage productions.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• Instructor: Gregory Winkler
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 1 points

PRACTICUM WARDROBE & RUN CREW

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: permission of Theatre Department Costume Shop Manager Kara Feely (kfeely@barnard.edu). Training and practical costume construction and fitting work on Departmental mainstage productions.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• Instructor: Kara M Feely
  Info
• 1 points

PRACTICUM STAGE MANAGEMENT

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: permission of Theatre Department Production Manager, Michael Banta (
mbanta@barnard.edu
). Training and practical stage management work on Departmental  mainstage productions.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• Instructor: Michael Banta
  Info
• 3 points

PRACTICUM DESIGN & PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

PRACTICUM DESIGN & PROD A

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: permission of the Senior Thesis Festival coordinator. Training and practical design work assisting student designers for the Senior Thesis Festival.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• Instructor: Michael Banta
  Info
• 2 points

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001 or equivalent introductory course in Psychology This course provides an in-depth survey of data and models of a wide variety of human cognitive functions. Drawing on behavioral, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging research, the course explores the neural mechanisms underlying complex cognitive processes, such as perception, memory, and decision making. Importantly, the course examines the logic and assumptions that permit us to interpret brain activity in psychological terms.

• Department: Psychology
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alfredo Spagna
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 15 Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING I: RELIEF

(Formerly R3411) Printmaking I: Relief introduces woodcut and other relief techniques. Given the direct quality of the process, the class focuses on the students personal vision through experimentation with this print medium. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 9:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Nathan N Catlin
  Info
• 3 points

Social Neuroscience

This course will provide a broad overview of the field of social neuroscience. We will consider how social processes are implemented at the neural level, but also how neural mechanisms help give rise to social phenomena and cultural experiences. Many believe that the large expansion of the human brain evolved due to the complex demands of dealing with social others—competing or cooperating with them, deceiving or empathizing with them, understanding or misjudging them. What kind of “social brain” has this evolutionary past left us with? In this course, we will review core principles, theories, and methods guiding social neuroscience, as well as research examining the brain basis of processes such as theory of mind, emotion, stereotyping, social group identity, empathy, judging faces and bodies, morality, decision-making, the impact of culture and development, among others. Overall, this course will introduce students to the field of social neuroscience and its multi-level approach to understanding the brain in its social context.

• Department: Psychology
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jon B Freeman
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING I: SILKSCREEN

(Formerly R3413) Printmaking I: Silkscreen introduces silkscreen and other silkscreen techniques. Given the direct quality of the process, the class focuses on the students personal vision through experimentation with this print medium. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Aristotle Forrester
  Info
• 3 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I-LECTURES

Prerequisites: (CHEM UN1403 and CHEM UN1404) or CHEM UN1604 The principles of organic chemistry. The structure and reactivity of organic molecules are examined from the standpoint of modern theories of chemistry. Topics include stereochemistry, reactions of organic molecules, mechanisms of organic reactions, syntheses and degradations of organic molecules, and spectroscopic techniques of structure determination. Although CHEM UN2443 and CHEM UN2444 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially. Students must ensure they register for the recitation which corresponds to the lecture section. Please check the Directory of Classes for details.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: James Leighton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• Instructor: Virginia W Cornish
  CULPA: 47 Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• Instructor: Charles E Jr Doubleday
  Info
• 4 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REC

• Department: Chemistry
• W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: James Leighton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• 0 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REC

• Department: Chemistry
• W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• F 11:10 a.m.-noon
• F 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: James Leighton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• 0 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REC

• Department: Chemistry
• M 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• T 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• T 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Virginia W Cornish
  CULPA: 47 Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• 0 points

TAP II

Tap II is an intermediate level tap class for students who have at least 2 years of tap dance training. We will cover tap technique, proper use of the body to enhance sound quality and style, a variety of musical genres and structures,classic tap dance routines, and improvisation.

The prerequisite for Intermediate Level Tap is previous experience in intermediate level tap classes. Students on this level are assumed to have mastered tap basics, be comfortable with intermediate level technique, and must be ready to learn at a slightly accelerated pace.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Dormeshia Sunbry-Edwards
  Info
• 2 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REC

• Department: Chemistry
• M 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• M 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• M 8:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 8:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Charles E Jr Doubleday
  Info
• 0 points

PILATES FOR DANCERS

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

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

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

FELDENKRAIS FOR DANCERS

Through guided practice-based lessons in Awareness Through MovementÒ (ATM), students develop sensory awareness of habitual neuromuscular patterns resulting in increased movement efficiency, improved skill acquisition, and greater strength, coordination, and flexibility. Applicable to all dance styles and activities.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Carol Teitelbaum
  Info
• 2 points

Moving with the Voice

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

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

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

DRUGS AND BEHAVIOR

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

• Department: Psychology
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Carl Hart
  CULPA: 43 Wikipedia h-index: 54 Info
• 3 points

ORGANIC CHEM. LAB I TECHNIQUES

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

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

ORGANIC CHEM. LABORATORY I

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

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

Programming for Scientists

R for Scientists

Learning objectives:

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

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

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

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

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

5. Apply statistical programming techniques to model biological systems

6. Generate and interpret diverse plots based on biological datasets

 

Course overview: 

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

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

ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION

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

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Xi S Shen
  h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

FOUNDATIONS OF DATA SCIENCE

Designed to provide an introduction to data science for sophomore SEAS majors. Combines three perspectives: inferential thinking, computational thinking, and real-world applications. Given data arising from some real-world phenomenon, how does one analyze that data so as to understand that phenomenon? Teaches critical concepts and skills in computer programming, statistical inference, and machine learning, in conjunction with hands-on analysis of real-world datasets such as economic data, document collections, geographical data, and social networks. At least one project will address a problem relevant to New York City.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Fernandez
  Info
• 3 points

CONTEMPORARY BIOLOGY LAB

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

• Department: Biological Sciences
• M 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 5:40 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Ava E Brent
  Info
• Instructor: Joshua M Abrams
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• Instructor: Ava E Brent
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• Instructor: Joshua M Abrams
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• Instructor: Ava E Brent
  Info
• 3 points

2ND YR MOD HEBREW:INTER I

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

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Danielle Katz-Shenhar
  Info
• 5 points

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Intro Comp Politics

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

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

• Department: Political Science
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: John Huber
  CULPA: 15 h-index: 31 Info
• 4 points

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• Department: Political Science
• 0 points

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• Department: Political Science
• 0 points

INT HEBREW:INTENSVE GRAMMAR REV

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

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

HEBREW FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS I

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Hebrew for Heritage Speakers I forms part of a year-long sequence with Hebrew for Heritage Speakers II. The course is intended for those who have developed basic speaking and listening skills through exposure to Hebrew at home or in day-school programs but do not use Hebrew as their dominant language and have not reached the level required for exemption from the Columbia language requirement. Heritage speakers differ in the degree of their fluency, but their vocabulary is often limited to topics in daily life and many lack skills in reading and writing to match their ability to converse. The course focuses on grammar and vocabulary enrichment, exposing students to a variety of cultural and social topics in daily life and beyond. By the end of the semester students are able to read and discuss simple texts and write about a variety of topics. Successful completion of the year-long sequence prepares students to enroll in third-year modern Hebrew. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Danielle Katz-Shenhar
  Info
• 4 points

Intermediate Conversation

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

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

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

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Xuxu Song
  Info
• 2 points

Life Beyond Emergency: Ecologies & Inhab

Life Beyond Emergency
examines constructed environments and spatial practices in contexts of displacement, within the connected histories of colonialism and humanitarianism. People migrating under duress, seeking refuge, practicing mutual aid, and sheltering in governmental or nongovernmental settings invest in the built environment as a holder of knowledge, critical heritage, and imaginaries of life beyond emergency. The course considers a politics and poetics of architectures and infrastructures of partitions, borders, and camps: territories and domesticities of concern to authorities and inhabited by ordinary people forging solidarities and futures. We will investigate the connected histories and theories of humanitarianism and colonialism, which have not only shaped lives as people inhabit spaces of emergency, but produced rationales for the construction of landscapes and domesticities of refuge, enacted spatial violence and territorial contestations, and structured architectural knowledge. The course examines iconic forms such as refugee camps in relation to colonial institutions such as archives. From Somalia to Palestine to Bangladesh and beyond, our inquiry into contested territories where people have been forced to migrate invites students to interrogate the normalized discourses and spaces, for example, of ‘borderlands,’ or ‘refugees,’ in order to imagine and analyze emergency environments as constructions that people have resisted, endured, transcended, theorized, and inhabited.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Anooradha I Siddiqi
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

US LESBIAN & GAY HISTORY

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

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

US LGBT HIST-DISC

• Department: History
• Instructor: George Chauncey
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

INTENSIVE ORGANIC CHEM LAB

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

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

EARLY AMERICA TO 1763

This course examines the three critical centuries from 1492 to 1763 that transformed North America from a diverse landscape teeming with hundreds of farming and hunting societies into a partly-colonized land where just three systems empires held sway. Major themes include contrasting faiths, power relationships, and cultural exchanges among various Native, European, and African peoples.This course examines the three critical centuries from 1492 to 1763 that transformed North America from a diverse landscape teeming with hundreds of farming and hunting societies into a partly-colonized land where just three systems empires held sway. Major themes include contrasting faiths, power relationships, and cultural exchanges among various Native, European, and African peoples.

• Department: History @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew C Lipman
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

DANCE COMPOSITION: CONTENT

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

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