INTERMEDIATE LATIN II

This course condenses the second semester of Intermediate Latin (2102) into a sixweek summer session. Its goal is to further develop reading and interpretation skills in Classical Latin through engagement with Roman authors while continuing to review the essentials of Latin grammar. In the first half of the course, we cover selections from Ovid’s epic poem, the Metamorphoses; in the second, we take up the prose writings of Seneca the Younger including selections from his Epistulae Morales and the philosophical dialogue De vita beata. Prerequisites: LATN UN2101 or the equivalent. Selections from Ovids Metamorphoses and from Sallust, Livy, Seneca, or Pliny.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 1 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Caleb P Simone
  Info
• 4 points

Intermed. Portuguese II

Prerequisites: PORT UN1120 or PORT UN1320 or the equivalent. General review of grammar, with emphasis on self-expression through oral and written composition, reading, conversation, and discussion.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Jose A Castellanos-Pazos
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II

Prerequisites: SPAN S1201, or the equivalent. Equivalent to SPAN C1202 or F1202. Readings of contemporary authors, with emphasis on class discussion and composition.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 1:15 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
• MTWR 4 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Juan Pablo Cominguez
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2101 or a score of 450-625 in the departments Placement Examination. An intensive course in Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on oral interaction, reading, writing and culture as a continuation of SPAN UN2101. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• MTWR 1 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Jesus Suarez-Garcia
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 4 points

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: ENVIRONMENTS AND M

ARCH DESIGN: ENVRNMNTS &

This architectural design studio course explores modes of visualization, technologies of mediation and environmental transformations. These explorations will be used as catalysts for architectural analysis and design experimentation. Introducing design methodologies that allow us to see and to shape environmental interactions in new ways, the studio will focus on how architecture may operate as a mediator

– an intermediary that negotiates, alters or redirects multiple forces in our world: physical, cultural, social, technological, political etc. The semester will progress through three projects that examine unique atmospheric, spatial and urban conditions with the aid of multimedia visual techniques; and that employ design to develop creative interventions at the scales of an interface, space and city.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• F 9 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Kadambari Baxi
  Info
• 4.5 points

APPLIED LINEAR REG ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: An introductory course in statistics (STAT UN1101 is recommended). Students without programming experience in R might find STAT UN2102 very helpful. Develops critical thinking and data analysis skills for regression analysis in science and policy settings. Simple and multiple linear regression, non-linear and logistic models, random-effects models. Implementation in a statistical package. Emphasis on real-world examples and on planning, proposing, implementing, and reporting.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Rongning Wu
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

RAPID READING AND TRANSLATION

Primarily for graduate students in other departments who have some background in French and who wish to meet the French reading requirement for the Ph.D. degree, or for scholars whose research involves references in the French language. Intensive reading and translation, both prepared and at sight, in works drawn from literature, criticism, philosophy, and history. Brief review of grammar; vocabulary exercises.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TWR 1 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
• TWR 12:30 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
• Instructor: William M Burton
  h-index: 2 Info
• Instructor: Anna P Langewiesche
  Info
• 3 points

INTENS INTER LATN:POETRY & PROSE

Prerequisites: LATN 1101 and 1102, or the equivalent. Equivalent to Latin 1201 and 1202. Reading of selected Latin prose and poetry with a review of grammar in one term to prepare the student to enter third-year Latin. 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: Joseph A Howley
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 6 points

BALLET III

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Kate A Glasner
  CULPA: 31 Info
• 0-1 points

BALLET IV

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• Instructor: Antonio Carmena
  Info
• 0-1 points

SEE-U AGRO/FOOD-CON BIO/ENVIR

Eligibilty:
This course is open to undergraduates students, and visiting students. The Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U) program provides an academic experience that is open to all undergraduate majors and which focuses on a global understanding of ecology and environmental sustainability. The SEE-U program gives you the opportunity to participate in a combination of lectures and labs, while conducting environmental fieldwork in unique natural settings around the world. Perhaps the single most pressing challenge humanity faces this century is how to sustainably produce and distribute food to an ever-growing, increasingly urbanized population. Nearly two-thirds of the ecosystems of the world have been converted or are managed to provide food, fuel, and fiber for our current population of 7.2 billion people. Over 44% of land in the United States, for example, is already under cultivation; yet, over 12 million children in our country suffer from hunger and one in seven households suffer from food insecurity. By 2050, the world’s population is expected to increase by 2 to 3 billion people, and there is considerable research and debate on whether we can sustainably feed humanity without jeopardizing environmental sustainability. The SEE-U NYC program provides students an opportunity to examine agroecosystems through exploring the diverse array of farms and food systems in New York City and its surrounding environs. Lectures introduce students to the foundations of ecology and conservation, focusing on agroecosystems which include: farms, rooftop gardens, hydroponic systems, pastures, community gardens, and plantations. The course also covers food systems, or “food to fork” pathways. Lectures at Columbia University with field excursions and lab exercises allow students to apply ecological concepts to real-world examples of agroecosystems. Weekly field trips include visits to farms and gardens within the city and rural farms and dairies outside of the city to expose students to the breadth of local and regional agroecosystems and food systems. Students each design and conduct their own research project as part of this course. To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
SEE-U NYC: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates Program
through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE). 
Tuition charges apply; scholarships

• Department: Global Programs
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Amanda Caudill
  Info
• 3 points

Critical Approaches in Social and Cultur

This course examines the conceptual foundations that support feminist and queer analyses of racial capitalism, security and incarceration, the politics of life and health, and colonial and postcolonial studies, among others. Open to all students; required for the major in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and the Interdisciplinary Concentration or Minor in Race and Ethnicity (ICORE/MORE).

• Department: Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies @Barnard
• TR 9 a.m.-1:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Aliza Shvarts
  Info
• 3 points

SEE-U AGRO/FOOD-FLD MTHD-ECOL

Eligibilty:
This course is open to undergraduates students, and visiting students. The Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U) program provides an academic experience that is open to all undergraduate majors and which focuses on a global understanding of ecology and environmental sustainability. The SEE-U program gives you the opportunity to participate in a combination of lectures and labs, while conducting environmental fieldwork in unique natural settings around the world. Perhaps the single most pressing challenge humanity faces this century is how to sustainably produce and distribute food to an ever-growing, increasingly urbanized population. Nearly two-thirds of the ecosystems of the world have been converted or are managed to provide food, fuel, and fiber for our current population of 7.2 billion people. Over 44% of land in the United States, for example, is already under cultivation; yet, over 12 million children in our country suffer from hunger and one in seven households suffer from food insecurity. By 2050, the world’s population is expected to increase by 2 to 3 billion people, and there is considerable research and debate on whether we can sustainably feed humanity without jeopardizing environmental sustainability. The SEE-U NYC program provides students an opportunity to examine agroecosystems through exploring the diverse array of farms and food systems in New York City and its surrounding environs. Lectures introduce students to the foundations of ecology and conservation, focusing on agroecosystems which include: farms, rooftop gardens, hydroponic systems, pastures, community gardens, and plantations. The course also covers food systems, or “food to fork” pathways. Lectures at Columbia University with field excursions and lab exercises allow students to apply ecological concepts to real-world examples of agroecosystems. Weekly field trips include visits to farms and gardens within the city and rural farms and dairies outside of the city to expose students to the breadth of local and regional agroecosystems and food systems. Students each design and conduct their own research project as part of this course. To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
SEE-U NYC: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates Program
 
through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
 Tuition charg

• Department: Global Programs
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Amanda Caudill
  Info
• 3 points

HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites: BC1001 or BIOL BC1101, BC1102, or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 45 students. This class explores the complex interactions among genetics, hormones, environment, experience, and behavior. Topics covered include the endocrine system, sexual development, reproductive behavior, and social interactions such as affiliation, aggression, parenting, as well as homeostasis, biological rhythms, stress, memory, and mood.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• MTWR 1 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Kara Pham
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 3 points

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

Every day there are thousands of individuals interacting with the legal system. Are
they mentally competent to stand trial? How can a judge decide if it is in the best
interests of a child to live with one, or both (or neither) parent(s)? What is the risk of
a violent offender repating the offense? What kinds of information influence juries?
Does mediation work to solve disputes? Forensic psychologists apply their
knowledge of psychology specifically in legal matters. This semester will focus on
the broad area of forensic psychology, exploring important legal cases relevant to
forensic psychology, police psychology, what constitutes expert testimony, how
assessments are conducted, and working as a psychologist in the correctional system.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Kathleen M Taylor
  CULPA: 78 Info
• 3 points

EARTH'S ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS: THE SOLID

EARTH'S ENV SYSTEM:SOLID

Prerequisites: high school algebra, chemistry, and physics. Exploration of how the solid Earth works, today and in the past, focusing on Earth in the Solar system, continents and oceans, the Earth's history, mountain systems on land and sea, minerals and rocks, weathering and erosion, glaciers and ice sheets, the hydrological cycle and rivers, geochronology, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, energy resources. Laboratory exploration of topics through examination of rock samples, experimentation, computer data analysis, field exercises, and modeling. Columbia and Barnard majors should plan to take W2200 before their senior year to avoid conflicts with the Senior Seminar.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 4.5 points

CERAMICS I

(Formerly R3130) This studio course will provide the students with a foundation in the ceramic process, its history, and its relevance to contemporary art making. The course is structured in two parts. The first centers on the fundamental and technical aspects of the material. Students will learn construction techniques, glazing and finishing methods, and particulars about firing procedures. This part of the course will move quickly in order to expose the students to a variety of ceramic processes. Weekly assignments, demonstrations, and lectures will be given. The second centers on the issue of how to integrate ceramics into the students current practice. Asking the question of why we use ceramics as a material and, further, why we choose the materials we do to make art. Rigorous group and individual critiques focusing on the above questions will be held. The goal of this course is to supply the students with the knowledge and skill necessary to work in ceramics and enough proficiency and understanding of the material to enable them to successfully incorporate it into their practice. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TF 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Leah R Wolff
  Info
• 3 points

SECOND YEAR CHINESE I

SECOND YEAR CHINESE N I

Prerequisites
: One year of college-level Chinese or the equivalent.
Texts:
Jingua Chinese (Columbia University staff, published by Peking University Press; traditional and simplified characters)
Consolidates and develops language skills used in everyday communication. Texts are presented in the form of a narrative that provides language situations, sentence patterns, word usage, and cultural information. Comprehensive exercises rely on highly structured practice in vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Semi-formal and literary styles are introduced in later lessons as transition to more advanced levels of Chinese language study. The first half of the course emphasizes skills for conducting everyday tasks such as shopping, making telephone calls, seeing a doctor, or looking for a job. The second half focuses on aspects of Chinese culture: the social norms of politeness and gift-giving, traditions such as inter-generational relationships and marriage ceremonies, customs such as special foods and holidays. While providing practical training, the course aims to raise the student's linguistic competence in preparation for advanced studies in Mandarin. To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
Virtual Columbia Summer: Chinese Language Program
through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
Tuition charges apply; scholarships available.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Tianqi Jiang
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Lingjun Hu
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 5 points

SECOND YEAR ARABIC I

Prerequisites: MDES W1210-W1211 or the equivalent. A continuation of the study of the language of contemporary writing. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ouijdane Absi
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

SECOND YEAR CHINESE II

SECOND YEAR CHINESE N II

Prerequisites
: One year of college-level Chinese or the equivalent.
Texts:
Jingua Chinese (Columbia University staff, published by Peking University Press; traditional and simplified characters)
Consolidates and develops language skills used in everyday communication. Texts are presented in the form of a narrative that provides language situations, sentence patterns, word usage, and cultural information. Comprehensive exercises rely on highly structured practice in vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Semi-formal and literary styles are introduced in later lessons as transition to more advanced levels of Chinese language study. The first half of the course emphasizes skills for conducting everyday tasks such as shopping, making telephone calls, seeing a doctor, or looking for a job. The second half focuses on aspects of Chinese culture: the social norms of politeness and gift-giving, traditions such as inter-generational relationships and marriage ceremonies, customs such as special foods and holidays. While providing practical training, the course aims to raise the student's linguistic competence in preparation for advanced studies in Mandarin. To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
Virtual Columbia Summer: Chinese Language Program
through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
Tuition charges apply; scholarships available.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Lingjun Hu
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 5 points

SECOND YEAR ARABIC II

Prerequisites: MDES W1210-W1211 or the equivalent. A continuation of the study of the language of contemporary writing. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: May Ahmar
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 5 points

INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MUSIC

An introduction to the potential of digital sound synthesis and signal processing. Teaches proficiency in elementary and advanced digital audio techniques. This course aims to challenge some of the tacet assumptions about music that are built into the design of various user interfaces and hardware and fosters a creative approach to using digital audio workstation software and equipment.  Permission of Instructor required to enroll. Music Majors have priority for enrollment.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Seth Cluett
  h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Rosana Caban
  Info
• 3 points

GRAMMATIK AKTIV

An intensive study of key features of German grammar, with an emphasis on skill-building exercises and practical solutions to common problems of writing and speaking on the intermediate level; aims at building confidence in using simple and more complex sentence structures.

• Department: German @Barnard
• TR 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Motyl
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 2 points

GRAMMATIK ACTIV

An intensive study of key features of German grammar, with an emphasis on skill-building exercises and practical solutions to common problems of writing and speaking on the intermediate level; aims at building confidence in using simple and more complex sentence structures. For an additional point, students will hand in a weekly 150-200 word summary in German in which they highlight what they have learned, explain the rules and applications of the linguistic feature on hand. In the last portion of the summary students will reflect on their learning process during each week to document their progress. Individual meetings with the Professor to clarify and practice student specific grammar issues will be scheduled.

• Department: German @Barnard
• TR 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Motyl
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND CATASTROPHE

CULTURE, SOCIETY & CATAST

Catastrophes and disasters are often seen as inherently natural crises when in reality they are both caused and affected by anthropogenic forces and their impacts are conditioned by existing social, economic, and political factors. To truly understand catastrophes, such as the incipient climate crisis, extreme weather events, and even the current coronavirus pandemic, we will examine the complex interplay between environmental and social factors through both anthropological and human rights lenses. Specifically, the course will address the social and cultural aspects of catastrophe by focusing on the climate crisis, its causes, and its impacts. First, the course will consider the phenomena of anthropogenic climate change. Second, the course will examine the theoretical and empirical literatures that have elucidated the nature of climate change as a social, as well as a biophysical, process. Finally, the course will consider how human rights and other legal regimes do or do not address the social justice and humanitarian issues created by anthropogenic climate change. This course is an equivalent to ANTH S3215 and you cannot receive credit for both courses.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: J.C. Salyer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

CLASSICS AND FILM

Considers cinematic representations of the ancient Mediterranean world, from early silent films to movies from the present day. Explores films that purport to represent historical events (such as Gladiator) and cinematic versions of ancient texts (Pasolinis Medea). Readings include ancient literature and modern criticism. This course is an equivalent of CLCV UN3230 and the student cannot receive credit for both courses.

• Department: Classics @Barnard
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Kristina Milnor
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

ISLAM

This course is designed as an introduction to the Islamic religion, both in its pre-modern and modern manifestations. The semester begins with a survey of the central elements that unite a diverse community of Muslim peoples from a variety of geographical and cultural backgrounds. This includes a look at the Prophet and the Qur'an and the ways in which both were actualized in the development of ritual, jurisprudence, theology, and sufism/mysticism. The course then shifts to the modern period, examining the impact of colonization and the rise of liberal secularism on the Muslim world. The tension between traditional Sunni and Shi'i systems of authority and movements for 'modernization' and/or 'reform' feature prominently in these readings. Topics range from intellectual attempts at societal/religious reform (e.g. Islamic Revivalism, Modernism, Progressivism) and political re-interpretations of traditional Islamic motifs (e.g. Third-Worldism and Jihadist discourse) to efforts at accommodating scientific and technological innovations (e.g. evolution, bioethics ). The class ends by examining the efforts of American and European Muslim communities to carve out distinct spheres of identity in the larger global Muslim community ( umma) through expressions of popular culture (e.g. Hip-Hop).

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Najam I Haider
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

ISLAM

This course is designed as an introduction to the Islamic religion, both in its pre-modern and modern manifestations. The semester begins with a survey of the central elements that unite a diverse community of Muslim peoples from a variety of geographical and cultural backgrounds. This includes a look at the Prophet and the Qur'an and the ways in which both were actualized in the development of ritual, jurisprudence, theology, and sufism/mysticism. The course then shifts to the modern period, examining the impact of colonization and the rise of liberal secularism on the Muslim world. The tension between traditional Sunni and Shi'i systems of authority and movements for 'modernization' and/or 'reform' feature prominently in these readings. Topics range from intellectual attempts at societal/religious reform (e.g. Islamic Revivalism, Modernism, Progressivism) and political re-interpretations of traditional Islamic motifs (e.g. Third-Worldism and Jihadist discourse) to efforts at accommodating scientific and technological innovations (e.g. evolution, bioethics ). The class ends by examining the efforts of American and European Muslim communities to carve out distinct spheres of identity in the larger global Muslim community ( umma) through expressions of popular culture (e.g. Hip-Hop).

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Najam I Haider
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

EAST ASIAN BUDDHISM

Lecture and discussion. An introductory survey that studies East Asian Buddhism as an integral , living religious tradition. Emphasis on the reading of original treatises and historiographies in translation, while historical events are discussed in terms of their relevance to contemporary problems confronted by Buddhism. Global Core.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael Como
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

MASTERS OF THE BAROQUE

This course examines three masters of European Baroque art—Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), Diego Velázquez (1599-1660), and Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)—artists who are all well represented in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Through classroom discussions and museum visits, we will examine Baroque art as part of a continuing and developing accumulation of forms and ideas throughout the 17th century, and consider the impact these artists had on their contemporaries and in ensuing centuries. Roughly half of the class sessions take place at the Metropolitan Museum, a luxury that allows for close, firsthand analysis of art, but it is not an art appreciation course. It is a history course concerned with a study of ideas, artists, and visual facts and their application to emerging art forms within their cultural-historical context. In addition to developing a critical eye, the class is intended to develop analytical thinking and communication skills as well as knowledge of the subject matter.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Lindsey P Schneider
  Info
• 3 points

MODERN III

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 2:15 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Vincent McCloskey
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 0-1 points

MODERN IV

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 9 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• Instructor: Vincent McCloskey
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 0-1 points

ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LITERATURE

This colloquium is a course on many influential texts of literature from Ancient Near Eastern cultures, including Sumerian, Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Canaanite, and others. The emphasis is on investigating the literary traditions of each culture – the subject matter, form, methods, and symbolism– that distinguish them from one another and from later traditions of the Middle East. The course is not
a “civilization” course, nor is it a history class, although elements of culture and history will be mentioned as necessary. The course is intended to provide a facility with, and an awareness of, the content and context of ancient works of literature in translation from the Ancient Middle East.
Students in this course will gain a familiarity with the major cultures of the Ancient Middle East, the best known and most remarked upon stories, and the legacy of those works on some later traditions. The course is organized thematically in order to facilitate comparison to the materials in similar courses at Barnard and Columbia. The approach will be immediately familiar to students who have previously taken Asian Humanities (AMEC) or Literature-Humanities (Core), but the course does not require any previous experience with literature or the Ancient Near East and is open to everyone.
All assigned readings for the course will be in English. The course meets once a week and sessions are two hours long.

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Nathanael P Shelley
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points

CONTEMPORARY BIOLOGY I

Lecture and recitation. Recommended as the introductory biology course for biology and related majors, and for premedical students. Fundamental principles of biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics. SPS, Barnard, 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: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

PLTCS CRIME& POLICING IN U.S.

This course will examine the historical development of crime and the criminal justice system in the United States since the Civil War. The course will give particular focus to the interactions between conceptions of crime, normalcy and deviance, and the broader social and political context of policy making.

• Department: History @Barnard
• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Vaz
  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: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ricardo J Varona
  Info
• Instructor: Natalia A Luque Barrios
  Info
• Instructor: Kathy Esquenazi
  Info
• 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: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Emma F Hammond-Thomas
  Info
• 3 points

Twentieth-Century Architecture

20TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE

This course examines some of the key moments of architectural modernity in the twentieth century in an attempt to understand how architecture participated in the making of a new world order. It follows the lead of recent scholarship that has been undoing the assumption that modern twentieth-century architecture is a coherent enterprise that should be understood through avant-gardist movements. Instead, architectural modernity is presented in this course as a multivalent, and even contradictory, entity that has nonetheless had profound impact on modernity. Rather than attempting to be geographically comprehensive, it focuses on the interdependencies between the Global North and the South; instead of being strictly chronological, it is arranged around a constellation of themes that are explored through a handful of projects and texts. Reading primary sources from the period under examination is a crucial part of the course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Zeynep Celik Alexander
  Info
• 3 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: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Lila Davachi
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 59 Info
• 3 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I-LECTURES

Prerequisites: CHEM S1403 General Chemistry I Lecture, CHEM S1404 General Chemistry II Lecture and CHEM S1500 General Chemistry Lab or their equivalents taken within the previous five years. Principles of organic chemistry. The structure and reactivity of organic molecules from the standpoint of modern theories of chemistry. Stereochemistry, reactions of organic molecules, mechanisms of organic reactions, syntheses and degradations of organic molecules, spectroscopic techniques of structure determination. Please note that students must attend a recitation for this class. Students who wish to take the full organic chemistry lecture sequence and laboratory should also register for CHEM S2444Q Organic Chemistry II Lecture and CHEM S2543Q Organic Chemistry Lab (see below). This course is equivalent to CHEM UN2443 Organic Chemistry I Lecture.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Talha Siddiqui
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II-LECTURES

Prerequisites: CHEM S2443D Organic Chemistry I Lecture or the equivalent. 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. This course is a continuation of CHEM S2443D Organic Chemistry I Lecture. Please note that students must attend a recitation for this class. Students who wish to take the full organic chemistry lecture sequence and laboratory should also register for CHEM S2443D Organic Chemistry I Lecture and CHEM S2543Q Organic Chemistry Lab - see below. This course is equivalent to CHEM UN2444 Organic Chemistry II Lecture.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Talha Siddiqui
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001 An introduction to the analysis of psychological issues by anatomical, physiological, and pharmacological methods. Topics include neurons, neurotransmitters, neural circuits, human neuroanatomy, vision, learning, memory, emotion, and sleep and circadian rhythms.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Elif A Duman
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• 3 points

PILATES FOR DANCERS

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor or DNCE BC1330, BC1331, BC1135, BC1136. Focus on movement practices, primarily for dancers, which introduces the concepts of Joseph Pilates, a seminal figure in creating a method of body conditioning. Learn and practice a repertory of mat work to improve body awareness, strength, flexibility, and dynamic alignment.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Allison Easter
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• 0-1 points

US INTELLECTUAL HIST 1865-PRES

This course examines major themes in U.S. intellectual history since the Civil War. Among other topics, we will examine the public role of intellectuals; the modern liberal-progressive tradition and its radical and conservative critics; the uneasy status of religion ina secular culture; cultural radicalism and feminism; critiques of corporate capitalism and consumer culture; the response of intellectuals to hot and cold wars, the Great Depression, and the upheavals of the 1960s. Fields(s): US

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin J Serby
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

The course will be an introduction to the science of structural and functional brain development beginning in the prenatal period. We will cover major domains in both cognitive and social development. This is a flipped course, where students will watch lectures online (three 55 minute lectures each week) and participate in classroom discussions and exercises (1 hour 50 minutes twice a week) with the Professor and each other when in person.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Dima Amso
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA, 1763-1

How did thirteen diverse British colonies become a single boisterous but fragile new nation? Historians still disagree about the causes, motives, and meanings surrounding the founding of the United States of America. Major themes include the role of ideologies, material interests, global contexts, race, gender, and class.

• Department: History @Barnard
• MTWR 2:45 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew C Lipman
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

CODING IN BIOLOGY

An introduction to the basics of Python and R coding in the context of solving basic problems in molecular biology. Python will be used to write programs that analyze various features of DNA sequence data and R will be used to analyze output from RNA-seq experiments. No prior programming experience is necessary. The work will involve modifying existing code as well as developing simple programs from the ground up.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• Instructor: Brian Morton
  CULPA: 21 Info
• 3 points

EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001 or equivalent Traditional psychologists have focused primarily on answering “how?” questions regarding the mechanisms that underlie behavior (i.e. How does the system work?). In contrast, evolutionary psychologists focus primarily on answering “why?” questions (i.e. Why does this system exist, and why does it have the form it does?). This course is designed to apply our knowledge of evolutionary theory to psychology in order to answer such questions.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Lawrence I Reed
  CULPA: 3 h-index: None Info
• 3 points

ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION

Prerequisites: MATH V1102-MATH V1201 or the equivalent and MATH V2010. 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.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 2:45 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Nguyen C Dung
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• 3 points

CONTEMPORARY BIOLOGY LAB

Prerequisites: BIOL C2005 or F2005 (Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology, I) or equivalent. The lab will focus on experiments in genetics and molecular biology with emphasis on data analysis and interpretation.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• F 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• F 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Claire E Hazen
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

2ND YR MODERN HEBREW II

Prerequisites: Second Year Hebrew: Intermediate I or instructor permission. Equal emphasis is given to all language skills. Irregular categories of the Hebrew verb, prepositions and syntax are taught systematically. Vocabulary building. Daily homework includes grammar exercises, short answers, reading, or writing short compositions. Frequent vocabulary and grammar quizzes. (Students completing this course fulfill Columbia College and Barnard language requirement.) No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 12:30 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Danielle Katz-Shenhar
  Info
• 5 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY

Prerequisites: CHEM UN1500 General Chemistry Lab, CHEM UN2443 Organic Chemistry I - Lecture. 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 laboratory session is mandatory. Please note that you must complete CHEM UN2443 Organic Chemistry I Lecture or the equivalent to register for this lab course. This course is equivalent to CHEM UN2543 Organic Chemistry Laboratory.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• TR 1:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Jacopo Samson
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• 3 points

MUSIC FOR DANCE

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

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Boston
  h-index: 49 Info
• 3 points

MEASURING HISTORY

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

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MTWR 2:45 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
• MTWR 4:30 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Dye
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 4 points

THE ARTS OF CHINA

This course introduces major forms of Chinese art from the Neolithic period to the present.  It stresses the materials and processes of bronze casting, the development of representational art, principles of text illustration, calligraphy, landscape painting, imperial patronage, and the role of the visual arts in elite culture.  Works of Chinese art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art will receive special attention, as you will be able to study these closely online and see the real things at the museum.  Throughout the course we will attempt to study not only the history of Chinese art but also 
how
 that history has been written, both in China and in the West. Please note that students will be required to keep their webcams on throughout the class sessions. We will take appropriate breaks.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Harrist
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ARTS OF CHINA JAPAN KOREA

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

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Xu Tingting
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• Instructor: Naomi P Kuromiya
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• Instructor: Chen Jiang
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• 3 points

Chinese Painting of the Song Dynasty (96

An intensive examination of paintings of the Song dynasty (960-1270) focusing on works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Topics covered will include the genres of landscape, birds and flowers, and Buddhist and Daoist figures, the emergence of painting by scholar-amateurs, and relationships between words and images. Students will read translations from Chinese texts on painting as well as poems and other literature that illuminate responses of the original viewers to the works we will study.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Harrist
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites: PSYC W1001 or PSYC W1010 or the instructor's permission. An examination of definitions, theories, and treatments of abnormal behavior.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Hebert
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Joshua M Feinberg
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO SOCIAL COGNITION

Prerequisite: An introductory psychology course. An introduction to basic concepts in social cognition, an approach to understanding social judgment and behavior by investigating the underlying mental processes. Topics include attitudes, identity, and prejudice, among others.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Larisa A Heiphetz
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

COG SCI AND PHILOSOPHY

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

• Department: Philosophy @Barnard
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: John Morrison
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO PHIL OF LANGUAGE

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

• Department: Philosophy @Barnard
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Lewis
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• 3 points

PHOTOGRAPHY: PHOTO II

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1700) (Formerly R3702) With an emphasis on the student’s own creative practice, this course will expand on the technical and conceptual concerns first encountered in Intro to Photography. This course will explore critical issues in contemporary photography and advanced camera and production techniques through regular shooting assignments, demonstrations, critique, lectures, readings, and field trips.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana N Buhl
  Info
• 3 points

Computational Text Analysis

COMPUTATIONAL TEXT ANALYS

This research based undergraduate course will introduce students to the methods and tools used in computational text analysis, aka 
text as data
. This course focuses on methods used to 
discover
 and 
measure
 concepts and phenomena from large amounts of text. Students will implement methods covered in class and apply these methods to texts of their choosing. Some prior programming experience is expected, though all necessary skills, including an overview of Unix and Python, will be covered in the beginning of the course.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam Z Poliak
  Info
• 3 points

ANTHROPOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE

This course focuses on some of the present, and possible future, socio-ecological conditions of life on planet
earth. In particular we will work to understand the historic, economic, political, and socio-cultural forces that
created the conditions we call climate change. With this we will take a particular interest in the question of how
race, ethnicity, Indigeneity, class, and gender articulate with the material effects of climate change. The course
also focuses on how we, as scholars, citizens, and activists can work to alter these current conditions in ways
that foster social and ecological justice for all living beings. Although we will ground our scholarship in
anthropology, to encourage interdisciplinary and even transdisciplinary thought, weekly readings will be drawn
from across scholarly and activist canons. While becoming familiar with scholarly and activist conversations
about space and place, risk and vulnerability, and ontology and epistemology, we will work through a series of
recent events as case studies to understand causes, effects, affects, and potential solutions.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Paige West
  CULPA: 41 h-index: 23 Info
• 3 points

MASTERPIECES-INDIAN ART & ARCH

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

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Mikael B Muehlbauer
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• Instructor: Seher Agarwala
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• Instructor: Charlotte N Gorant
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

INTRO LIT/METHODS OF ART HIST

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

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Meredith Gamer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Integrated Chemistry Laboratory

INTEGRATED CHEMISTRY LAB

This course is designed to provide hands-on chemical training to reinforce laboratory techniques learned remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Experiments will integrate topics and techniques from analytical, organic, physical, and biological chemistry. The course is open to students of varying class years, and thus experiments will be tailored to the individuals’ completed coursework.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• 3 points

Ethnicity, Race, and Power: East Africa

EAST AFRICA IN ANTIQUITY

This seminar explores the changing definitions and resonances of ethnic and racial categories in an ancient context. Over the course of the semester, we will explore how Nubians and Egyptians viewed one another as well as how both Egyptians and Nubians experienced and were experienced by groups who claimed a Hellenistic or a Jewish heritage. In all of these cases, as we will see, self-definitions and cultural boundaries shifted radically according to changing power dynamics both within groups and between them. In the course of the seminar, we will pose the following questions: How and when did groups who saw themselves as distinct from one another cooperate and intermarry? Define themselves in opposition to other groups or actively blur boundaries? Mobilize concepts of ethnicity or race to justify oppression? Engage in competition or resistance? Where, we will ask, did societies fracture and/or integrate? And what role did bicultural individuals play in cultural conversations and mediations? We will also seek to understand how our conceptions of ethnicity and race in the past are influenced not only by the biases of the present but by the methodologies we employ. How, for instance, does what we learn from archaeology compliment or complicate understandings obtained through studies of art, literature, or documentary evidence? In our discussions and investigations this semester we will learn a great deal about Northeast Africa in antiquity – but, so too, about ethnicity, race, and power.

• Department: Classics @Barnard
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Ellen Morris
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

INTRO-STUDY AND THEORY OF FILM

The nature of cinema as a technology, a business, a cultural product, an entertainment medium, and most especially an art form. Study of cinematic genres, stylistics, and nationalities; outstanding film artists and artisans; the relationship of cinema to other art forms and media, as well as to society.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Vito Adriaensens
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Testing: Mar

Nuclear Weapons/Testing

The story of the US nuclear weapons testing program in the Marshall Islands can be viewed as the collision of a powerful nuclear weapons state, eager to aggressively pursue a thermonuclear weapons development program, and an indigenous population in a remote location. After World War II, the Marshall Islands became a US territory, as specified by a UN treaty, and the US immediately initiated a testing program to be conducted in the northern expanse of the islands. The testing was done in an overtly public manner and driven at the time by a Cold War mentality. As a result of the testing, the Marshallese people were both driven away from their homes and lands and exposed to radioactive fallout. A classified human subject health monitoring program was implemented under the name Project 4.1. From these tests, the US government was able to study the effects of nuclear fallout and the correlation to cancer rates in the Marshallese population, exposed at different distances from the test sites and over a time period of decades. This course is about the violent intersection of science and culture. Students will investigate the Marshallese culture prior to the nuclear weapons testing program and then study the ways in which the culture and people were affected by the program. They will also consider the challenges the Marshallese face today. The course will end on a series of group research projects to compare and contrast the Marshall Islands case with those of other indigenous populations affected by nuclear testing performed by other nuclear weapons states. For the course’s final project, the students will apply the tools learned in this course about nuclear weapons and culture and apply them to the French government’s nuclear testing program in either French Polynesians or Algeria.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• Instructor: Emlyn W Hughes
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 3 points

TRANSLATING THEATRE WKSHP

Prerequisites: Completion of Intermediate French II or equivalent. Please contact Prof. Laurie Postlewate.  Students will be placed on an automatic waitlist and admitted to the course individually after contacting Prof. Postlewate. The course combines: reading and watching plays in French, hands-on translation work (French to English), and study and discussion of theoretical and dramaturgical issues specific to translating theatre.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR CHINESE I

THIRD YEAR CHINESE N I

Prerequisites
: Two years of college-level Chinese or the equivalent
Texts: Jingua Chinese (Columbia University staff, published by Peking University Press; simplified characters)

Introduces Chinese social values and attitudes, focusing on the rapid changes now taking place in China. Uses materials from Chinese newspapers and modern short stories to teach essential elements of semi-formal and formal writing. Reading and writing are routine tasks and oral discussion and debate are important components of the class, allowing students to integrate and improve their communication skills in Chinese. To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
Virtual Columbia Summer: Chinese Language Program
through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
Tuition charges apply; scholarships available.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Zhirong Wang
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 5 points

THIRD YEAR CHINESE II

THIRD YEAR CHINESE N II

Prerequisites
: Two years of college-level Chinese or the equivalent
Texts: Jingua Chinese (Columbia University staff, published by Peking University Press; simplified characters)

Introduces Chinese social values and attitudes, focusing on the rapid changes now taking place in China. Uses materials from Chinese newspapers and modern short stories to teach essential elements of semi-formal and formal writing. Reading and writing are routine tasks and oral discussion and debate are important components of the class, allowing students to integrate and improve their communication skills in Chinese. To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
Virtual Columbia Summer: Chinese Language Program
through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
Tuition charges apply; scholarships available.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Zhirong Wang
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 5 points

ACTING II

ACTING II: LANGUAGE IN ACTION

Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Each course fulfills one course in Acting requirement for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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• 3 points

EVAL THE EVID OF AUTHENTICITY

The adjudged authenticity of a work of art is fundamental in determining its value as a commodity on the art market or, for example, in property claim disputes or in issues of cultural property restitution. Using case studies some straightforward and others extremely vexing--this course examines the many ways in which authenticity is measured through the use of provenance and art historical research, connoisseurship, and forensic resources. From within the broader topics, finer issues will also be explored, among them, the hierarchy of attribution, condition and conservation, copies and reproductions, the period eye and the style of the marketplace.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Lynn Catterson
  CULPA: 35 h-index: 2 Info
• 4 points

FIELD GEOLOGY

The centerpiece of this course is a field trip that will take place during Spring Break in Barbados. During the term-time the class will meet before the trip to prepare for it and after the trip to synthesize what was learned and to create a field guide. Subjects to be covered: Plate tectonics / convergent plate margins and accretionary prisms / Barbados geology; ice ages / Milankovitch cycles / sea level; introduction to coral reefs and fossil coral reef geology; Barbados terrestrial ecology; limestone caves / hydrology; dating methods; overview of Barbados history, economy, culture. In order to observe the modern day coral reef (the modern day live analog to the fossil coral reefs) the class will go snorkeling. In order to observe the effects of cave formation and water flow in limestone terrains the class will visit a cave. The class will also participate in an exercise in geological mapping of a series of coral reef terraces. Priority is given to junior and senior majors and concentrators in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia College and the School of General Studies, and Barnard Environmental Science majors and minors. Barnard students must receive permission from the Barnard Environmental Science department chair in order to receive the subsidy. All others require the instructor's permission. Interested sophomores planning to major or concentrate in Earth Sciences or Environmental Sciences are encouraged to contact the instructor. By necessity (number of van seats) the course is limited to 20 or 21 students.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 3 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: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul T Chamberlin
  CULPA: 3 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: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Amir Ziv
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• 3 points

Illness and Healing in the Classical wor

In this course we will explore the experience of illness and healing in ancient Greece and Rome, with some exploration of other contexts such as Egypt, Babylonia, and Christianity down to modern Greece. The class will focus on close reading of documents, from the viewpoint of the ill and of those who try to understand illness and act on their understanding. We will pay attention to medical texts such as the diagnostic writing of the Hippocratic corpus or the treatises of Galen, but also popular texts and artifacts such as ex-votos.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points