FIRST AMENDMENT VALUES

Prerequisites: POLS W1201 or an equivalent. Not an introductory course. Not open to students who have taken the colloquium POLS BC3302. Examines the first amendment rights of speech, press, religion and assembly. In-depth analysis of landmark Supreme Court rulings provides the basis for exploring theoretical antecedents as well as contemporary applications of such doctrines as freedom of association, libel, symbolic speech, obscenity, hate speech, political speech, commercial speech, freedom of the press and religion. (Cross-listed by the American Studies Program.)

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Paula A Franzese
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND POLLUTION REDU

ENVIR CONTR/POLLUTN REDUC

Sources of solid/gaseous air pollution and the technologies used for modern methods of abatement. Air pollution and its abatement from combustion of coal, oil, and natural gas and the thermodynamics of heat engines in power generation. Catalytic emission control is contrasted to thermal processes for abating carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur from vehicles and stationary sources. Processing of petroleum for generating fuels. Technological challenges of controlling greenhouse gas emissions. Biomass and the hydrogen economy coupled with fuel cells as future sources of energy.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Robert Farrauto
  h-index: 52 Info
• 3 points

WRITING FOR TELEVISION: SHORT FORM

Prerequisite: FILM BC3201 or equivalent. Please note that since this is a Film Studies course, it does not count as a creative writing course for English majors with a creative writing concentration. This course will focus on the primary pillar of television production: the teleplay. Through a number of creative exercises, students will learn the intricacies of the unique screenwriting formats that are the half-hour and hour-long teleplays. Together we will cover the differences between an episode arc and a seasonal one, the requirements of A/B/C story plotting, and how to write an effective show bible. We will survey the existing pantheon of great television writing in order to help students narrow in on their individual sensibilities. By the end of the course, students will have a written original pilot and a mini series bible.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Dafina Roberts
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• 3 points

RETHINKING MIDDLE EAST POLITCS

This course examines a set of questions that have shaped the study of the politics of the modern Middle East. It looks at the main ways those questions have been answered, exploring debates both in Western academic scholarship and among scholars and intellectuals in the region itself. For each question, the course offers new ways of thinking about the issue or ways of framing it in different terms. The topics covered in the course include: the kinds of modern state that emerged in the Middle East and the ways its forms of power and authority were shaped; the birth of economic development as a way of describing the function and measuring the success of the state, and the changing metrics of this success; the influence of oil on the politics of the region; the nature and role of Islamic political movements; the transformation of the countryside and the city and the role of rural populations and of urban protest in modern politics; and the politics of armed force and political violence in the region, and the ways in which this has been understood. The focus of the course will be on the politics of the twentieth century, but many topics will be traced back into developments that occurred in earlier periods, and several will be explored up to the present. The course is divided into four parts, each ending with a paper or exam in which participants are asked to analyze the material covered. Each part of the course has a geographical focus on a country or group of countries and a thematic focus on a particular set of questions of historical and political analysis.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Timothy Mitchell
  Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 4 points

Bilingualism

Many of us know a second language. How we use it varies – some use it occasionally, others routinely. Recent research in cognitive neuroscience has shed light on the mechanisms associated with the various types of bilingualism, and has shown that using two languages affects a variety of cognitive abilities, starting in infancy and continuing until an old age. The primary findings of recent research in cognitive neuroscience are reviewed and discussed in this course. Bilingualism also has a political facet – governments decide what languages are used in public institutions and taught in schools. This course also evaluates scientific findings on bilingualism for their potential implications on informing parents, educators, and policy makers.

• Department: Psychology
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Michele Miozzo
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• 4 points

COMPUTER SCIENCE THEORY

Regular languages: deterministic and non-deterministic finite automata, regular expressions. Context-free languages: context-free grammars, push-down automata. Turing machines, the Chomsky hierarchy, and the Church-Turing thesis. Introduction to Complexity Theory and NP-Completeness.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Josh Alman
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• 3 points

RETHINKING MIDDLE EAST POL-DIS

Required discussion section for MDES UN3260 Rethinking Middle East Politics

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• R 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• R 11:10 a.m.-noon
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• W 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Mahmood Almahmood
  Info
• 0 points

INTRO CONTEMP CHINESE POLITICS - DISC

INTRO CONT CHINESE POLTCS

Discussion Section for POLS-UN3620 Introduction to Contemporary Chinese Politics

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• T 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W noon-12:50 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Yihang Sun
  Info
• 0 points

MONEY AND BANKING

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 or the equivalent. Introduction to the principles of money and banking. The intermediary institutions of the American economy and their historical developments, current issues in monetary and financial reform.

• Department: Economics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tri Vi Dang
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

SOCIOLOGY OF WORK & GENDER

This course examines gender as a flexible but persistent boundary that continues to organize our work lives and our home lives, as well as the relationship between the two spheres. We will explore the ways in which gender affects how work is structured; the relationship between work and home; the household as a place of paid (and unpaid) labor; and how changes in the global economy affect gender and work identities.

• Department: Sociology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Teresa Sharpe
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3231 or Permission of Instructor. Structure, bonding and spectroscopy in inorganic compounds: applications of group theory to chemistry; ligand field theory; vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of transition metal complexes; selected topics from coordination chemistry, organometallics, bioinorganic chemistry, solid state and materials chemistry, mineralogy, and biogeochemistry.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel Austin
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia h-index: 28 Info
• 3 points

Nonhuman Intelligence

What does it mean to be intelligent? Recent years have seen rapid advances in artificial  intelligence technology that enables computers and machines to simulate human learning,  comprehension, problem solving, creativity and autonomy. At the same time, we have  become more aware of other forms of intelligence—some which have been with us all along.  Through a selection of fiction and nonfiction texts and films, students will deepen their  understanding of the multifaceted nature of intelligence and the fascinating, uncanny, and  multiple ways of existing on, off, and in the earth.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Margaret J McLagan
  Info
• 4 points

DIGITAL PRODUCTION

Prerequisites:
both
FILM BC3201 (or equivalent)
and
FILM BC3200 (or equivalent). Digital Production offers visual storytellers an incredible medium to connect and build an audience. It is an inexpensive, accessible platform to launch micro-budget concepts. Developing the storytellers voice  inexpensively is critical to the evolution of any student, no matter their starting point. The Digital Series course is intended to take students from story ideation through creation of an independent digital series. Emanating from a writers room setting, all steps of the process will be explored and supported by in-class discussion, examples and workshops. This hands-on class revolves around the TV series production model: breaking story, writing pages, preproduction planning, filming and post-production review. We will emphasize the writers voice, construction of series storytelling, and establishing realistic scopes of production.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Danielle T Douge
  Info
• 3 points

UNSEEN MASTERWORKS OF WORLD CINEMA

UNSEEN MASTERWORKS: WAR

This course examines the portrayal of significant themes in international cinema. Through a selection of diverse cinematic works from various countries, students will analyze different cultural, historical, and political perspectives. The course aims to enhance students' understanding of complex topics, their impact on individuals and societies, and the ethical questions they evoke. Through critical analysis and discussion, students will engage with a range of cinematic works that offer alternative narratives and perspectives.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-7:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sam Abbas
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: One year of organic chemistry. Survey of topics in structural, mechanistic, and synthetic organic chemistry, including molecular orbital treatment of structure, bonding, and chemical reactivity; elucidation of organic reaction mechanisms; pericyclic reactions; stereoelectronic effects; reactive intermediates; asymmetric reactions; and natural product total synthesis.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christian Rojas
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

WORKSHOP IN SUSTAINABLE DEVPT

The upper level undergraduate Sustainable Development Workshop will be modeled on client based graduate-level workshops, but with more time devoted to methods of applied policy analysis and issues in Sustainable Development. The heart of the course is the group project on an issue of sustainable development with a faculty advisor providing guidance and ultimately grading student performance. Students would receive instruction on methodology, group work, communication and the context of policy analysis. Much of the reading in the course would be project-specific and identified by the student research teams. Offered in Fall and Spring.

• Department: Earth Institute
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jenna M Lawrence
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Sharon S Mathews
  Info
• 4 points

ILLEGAL IS NOT A NOUN: DISRUPTING NARRAT

This course engages with narratives about detention and deportation in the modern United States, with special attention to the stories of Latinx people. We will analyze how journalistic writing, documentaries, and personal narratives shape public policy and American attitudes about the "the immigrant experience." What are these narratives, how are they told, and what are their implications? How do writers disrupt these narratives? We will develop four scholarly essays over the course of the semester to investigate these questions.

• Department: English @Barnard
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria D Hinojosa
  Info
• 4 points

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: (CHEM BC3230) and (CHEM BC3231) BIOL BC1502. Introduction to biochemical building blocks, macromolecules, and metabolism. Structures of amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids. Protein structure and folding. Enzyme mechanisms, kinetics, allostery. Membranes and biosignaling. Catabolism and anabolism with emphasis on chemical intermediates, metabolic energy, catalysis by specific enzymes, regulation.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Romina L Mancusso
  Info
• 3 points

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY II

Prerequisites: CHEM BC3282 or equivalent. Advanced topics in the field of biochemistry, including enzyme mechanisms, pharmaceutical drug design, and disease therapies. Emphasis will be placed on discussion of current scientific literature.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Christina Vizcarra
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Topics in Modern Statistics

INTERPTBLE MACHN LEARNING

Topics in Modern Statistics that provide undergraduate students with an opportunity to study a specialized area of statistics in more depth and to meet the educational needs of a rapidly growing field. Courses listed are reviewed and approved by the Undergraduate Advisory Committee of the Department of Statistics. A good working knowledge of basic statistical concepts (likelihood,
Bayes' rule, Poisson processes, Markov chains, Gaussian random vectors), including especially linear-algebraic concepts related to regression and principal components analysis, is necessary. No previous experience with neural data is required.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Joyce T Robbins
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

Between Empire and Nation: Ukraine, 1772

Btwn Empire & Nation: Ukr

The focus of this 3000-level seminar is on the imperial experience of Ukraine and complex relations between tradition and modernity. Through a rigorous interdisciplinary study of Ukraine’s multiethnic society during the long 19th century, students will become more familiar with the process of nation-building in eastern Europe. When the powers of Europe were at their prime, present-day Ukraine was divided between the Austrian and Russian empires. Despite being subjected to different and conflicting power models during this time, Ukraine was not only imagined as a distinct entity with a unique culture and history but was also realized as a set of social and political institutions. By the end of the semester, students will deepen their understanding of such universal topics as imperial expansionism; colonialism/anticolonialism; antisemitism; the central role of cities and urbanization; the rise of nationalism; multiethnic society; and why empires fall, among others. By engaging with a range of political, literary and visual sources, students will gain both cultural sensitivity and methodological skills in the areas of film and literary criticism, memory studies, and historiography of the Russian and Habsburg empires. The course is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.

• Department: History
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Serhiy Bilenky
  Info
• 4 points

APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETISM

Vector analysis, electrostatic fields, Laplaces equation, multipole expansions, electric fields in matter: dielectrics, magnetostatic fields, magnetic materials, and superconductors. Applications of electromagnetism to devices and research areas in applied physics.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Sherry Zhang
  Info
• 3 points

Biochemistry

Prerequisites: 1 year of Introductory Biology, 1 year General Chemistry, and 1st semester Organic Chemistry.  Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes within organisms that give rise to the immense complexity of life. This complexity emerges from a highly regulated and coordinated flow of chemical energy from one biomolecule to another. This course serves to familiarize students with the spectrum of biomolecules (carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, nucleic acids, etc.) as well as the fundamental chemical processes (glycolysis, citric acid cycle, fatty acid metabolism, etc.) that allow life to happen. The course will end with a discussion of diseases that have biochemical etiologies. In particular, this course will employ active learning techniques and critical thinking problem-solving to engage students in answering the question: how is the complexity of life possible? NOTE: While only the 1st semester of Organic Chemistry is listed as a pre-requisite, it is highly recommended that you take all of Organic Chemistry beforehand.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Danny N Ho
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102 or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the Directory of Classes for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ximena Gonzalez-Parada
  Info
• Instructor: Leyre Alejaldre Biel
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

SPAIN THROUGH ITS ART

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102 or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the Directory of Classes for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Angelina Craig-Florez
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

EXPLORING BARCELONA

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102 or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the Directory of Classes for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Elsa Ubeda
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

LGBT + CONTEXTS IN SPAIN

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102 or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the Directory of Classes for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Javier Perez Zapatero
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

El mundo de Bad Bunny

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102 or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the Directory of Classes for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Elga Castro
  Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

HISPANICS & MIGRATION

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102 or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the Directory of Classes for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria E Lozano
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

PLAYWRITING LAB

Students will develop original dramatic scripts. Students will also read drafts of writers currently produced on New York stages to understand why changes and rewrites were made. Recommended for students undertaking a senior thesis in playwriting.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew Bragen
  Info
• 3 points

SCULPTURE II

Prerequisites: VIAR UN2300 or the instructors permission. (Formerly R3331) Continuation of VIAR UN2300. The objective of the class is to engage in in-depth research and hands on studio projects related to a specific theme to be determined by each student. Each student is expected to complete class with four fully realized and thematically linked works. Wood, metal, and plaster will be provided for this class but video, sound, performance and various mixed media approaches are highly encouraged. In addition, lecture and field trips will be part of the course. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Cal Siegel
  Info
• 3 points

SENIOR POETRY WORKSHOP

Seniors who are majors in creative writing are given priority for this course. Enrollment is limited, and is by permission of the professor. The senior workshop offers students the opportunity to work exclusively with classmates who are at the same high level of accomplishment in the major. Students in the senior workshops will produce and revise a new and substantial body of work. In-class critiques and conferences with the professor will be tailored to needs of each student. Please visit 
https://arts.columbia.edu/writing/undergraduate
 for information about registration procedures.

• Department: Writing
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy B Donnelly
  Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED SWAHILI II

Prerequisites: Advanced Swahili I or the instructor's permission. An introduction to the advanced syntactical, morphological, and grammatical structures of Swahili grammar; detailed analysis of Swahili texts; practice in conversation. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Abdul Nanji
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

SCULPTURE III

Prerequisites: VIAR R2300. (Formerly R3332) Sculpture III is an invitation for immersive sculpting. The class will explore the idea of experiences and construction of contexts as central research topics. The class becomes a laboratory space to explore various techniques to heighten body awareness and spatial sensibility. Through assignments and workshops, the students will practice how to digest these sensory experiences through their studio practice. Historical precedents for art outside the usual mediums and venues will be our reference points to investigate how our own work may take part in a generative process that evolves the definition of sculpture. The assignments in the first half of the semester point the students to performance, site specificity, and sound, that utilize New York Citys odd spots and professionals. While building such common experiential platforms, the class will also build language for a dialogic space, through weekly in-class discussions lead by the instructor, guests, and rotating panels of the students. As the semester progresses, the emphasis will gradually be shifted from experiential learning to intensive studio work on a final project, where the students are asked to pay close attention to how various methods and fields of subjects combine. The resulting project has to be the best work you have ever done. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Cal Siegel
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED WOLOF II

Prerequisites: Advanced Wolof I or instructor permission. This course will further your awareness and understanding of the Wolof language and culture, as well as improve your mastery of grammar, writing skills, and oral expression. Course materials will incorporate various types of text including tales, poetry, literature as well as multimedia such as films, and videos, television and radio programs.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mariame S Sy
  Info
• 4 points

IND STUDIES-CIVIL ENGIN-JUNIOR

A project on civil engineering subjects approved by the chairman of the department.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• Instructor: Raimondo Betti
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Adrian Brugger
  h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Gautam Dasgupta
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: George Deodatis
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 42 Info
• Instructor: Xuan Di
  h-index: 15 Info
• Instructor: Maria Q Feng
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 46 Info
• Instructor: Jacob Fish
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 54 Info
• Instructor: Marco Giometto
  h-index: 9 Info
• Instructor: Shiho Kawashima
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Addis Kidane
  Info
• Instructor: Ioannis Kougioumtzoglou
  h-index: 26 Info
• Instructor: Hoe I Ling
  h-index: 45 Info
• Instructor: Marianna Maiaru
  Info
• Instructor: Ibrahim Odeh
  Info
• Instructor: Markus Schlaepfer
  Info
• Instructor: Andrew W Smyth
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Waiching Sun
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Haim Waisman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 29 Info
• Instructor: Huiming Yin
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Zhengbo Zou
  Info
• 1-3 points

LGBT MADRID: A PROGRAM ABROAD

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102 or SPAN UN2103 or SPAN UN2108 and SPAN UN3300.006 COLUMBIA FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXEMPTION THROUGH PLACEMENT TEST Corequisites: SPAN UN3300.021 This course is a faculty led-program in Madrid linked to an existing course which will take place in the Spring Semester during Spring Break every year. Co-requisite: Advanced Spanish through Content: Gay Identities in Spain. REQUISITES: Registration in Advanced Spanish through Content: Gay Identities in Spain (Span UN3300.021 in Spring 2019) or having completed Advanced Spanish through Content: Gay Identities in Spain (Span UN3300.006 in Fall 2018) or previous editions of this course. All registrations are subject to instructor's approval. Advanced Spanish through Content: Gay Identities in Spain (Span UN3300.006 in Fall 2018) and is taught at Columbia in the Fall Semester and at Barnard in the Spring. The program is open to both Barnard and Columbia students who have taken this course (with instructor's approval) or taking it during the Spring semester of the program. It’s a hands-on program in Madrid, the actual scenario of the main contents in our course of study. It will include networking with members of LGBTI national and local organizations (FELGTB, COGAM, Fundación Triángulo, ERQR) Arcópoli), academic activities at the Universidad Complutense and Universidad Carlos III, attendance to a theater play, activities at a local bookstore specialized in LGBTQI publications, and attending cultural events such as a lecture, book presentations, interacting with LGBTQI college students, etc. Open to: Barnard College, Columbia College, General Studies, and SIPA.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• 1 points

JEWISH CULTURE IN TRANSL IN MED IBERIA

JEWISH CULTURE IN MED IBERIA

The course explores both the practice of translation (the rendering of texts from one language into another) and the idea of translation (as a medium of cultural transmission) in medieval Iberia. Jews were not only the paradigmatic translators of texts from Arabic to Latin and Castilian but were also translators of literary phenomena into the Jewish literary cultures of Iberia. Further, Hebrew texts made their way into Romance languages, rendered by both Jewish and non-Jewish writers. Theoretical materials on translation and historical background on translation practices of the period will accompany readings. All readings are in English, but all texts will be made available in the original language, and students are encouraged to read in the original whenever possible. Sources in bold are primary sources. Students are expected to spend three hours preparing for each class session.

• Department: Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Isabelle C Levy
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Selected topics in molecular genetics and gene regulation, with a focus on examples from human evolution, physiology, and disease. The course will be organized into four modules with combined lecture and journal club-style discussion. Module topics include molecular regulation of transcription, epigenetic regulation of the genome, gene regulatory networks, and genome architecture and evolution. We will draw from examples in the current literature and explore current experimental approaches in molecular genetics of humans and model organisms.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer H Mansfield
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 15 Info
• 3 points

IND STUDIES-CIVIL ENGIN-SENIOR

A project on civil engineering subjects approved by the chairman of the department.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• Instructor: Raimondo Betti
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Adrian Brugger
  h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Gautam Dasgupta
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: George Deodatis
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 42 Info
• Instructor: Xuan Di
  h-index: 15 Info
• Instructor: Maria Q Feng
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 46 Info
• Instructor: Jacob Fish
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 54 Info
• 1-3 points

PROJECT LAB MOLECULAR GENETCS

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501, BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503, BIOL BC2100, BIOL BC3305.   Enrollment limited to 12. Laboratory course in which students conduct original research projects in molecular genetics. Students interested in getting involved in research, or those looking to deepen research design and lab skills in this area, are encouraged to begin with this course. Students will participate in experimental design, conduct and data analysis, and work with key techniques for studying gene structure, expression and function such as nucleic acid extraction and synthesis, cloning, bioinformatics analysis including RNA-Seq, PCR and quantitative PCR,  immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy. Students will present their results orally and in writing. Enrollment in both semesters (BIOL BC3305 and BIOL BC3306) of this full-year course is required for credit, and fulfills two upper-level lab courses for the Barnard Biology major. Must be taken in sequence, beginning in the fall. - J. Mansfield

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• T 1:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer H Mansfield
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 15 Info
• 3 points

The Body and/in Performance: Dance & Dra

Dance/Drama in Tibet & Ch

This seminar examines the body and bodily practices in various performance traditions in Tibet and China by reading theory from the fields of performance and dance studies alongside regional case studies of dances and dramas in East Asia. In addition to required course readings, students will watch performances on film (though also live in New York City where/if possible), read play scripts, and participate in practicums to gain an embodied understanding of the course’s subject matter. Practicums include workshops with the Tibetan Service Center of New York City, dance journalist Karen Greenspan, and the Kunqu Society of New York. After a brief introduction to the fields of performance and dance studies, course meetings will focus on different performative bodily expressions; for example, the expression of “culture,” history, politics, affect and emotion, and so on.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Constantine J Lignos
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• 4 points

GREEK LITERATURE SELECTIONS II

GREEK LIT SELEC II: COMED

Prerequisites: GREK UN2101 - GREK UN2102 or the equivalent. Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Classics
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

LATIN LITERATURE SELECTIONS

Prerequisites: LATN UN2102 or the equivalent. Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Classics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Lien Van Geel
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

RACE. SPACE, URB SCHOOLS

Many people don’t think of themselves as having attended segregated schools. And yet, most of us went to schools attended primarily by people who looked very much like us. In fact, schools have become more segregated over the past 30 years, even as the country becomes increasingly multiracial. In this class, we will use public schools as an example to examine the role race plays in shaping urban spaces and institutions. We will begin by unpacking the concept of racialization, or the process by which a person, place, phenomenon, or characteristic becomes associated with a certain race. Then, we will explore the following questions: What are the connections between city schools and their local contexts? What does it mean to be a “neighborhood school”? How do changes in neighborhoods change schools? We will use ethnographies, narrative non-fiction, and educational research to explore these questions from a variety of perspectives. You will apply what you have learned to your own experiences and to current debates over urban policies and public schools. This course will extend your understanding of key anthropological and sociological perspectives on urban inequality in the United States, as well as introduce you to critical theory.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Fawziah Qadir
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• 3 points

HEAT TRANSFER

Heat Transfer

Steady and unsteady heat conduction. Radiative heat transfer. Internal and external forced and free convective heat transfer. Change of phase. Heat exchangers.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael Burke
  h-index: 22 Info
• 3 points

HEAT TRANSFER

RECITATION

Steady and unsteady heat conduction. Radiative heat transfer. Internal and external forced and free convective heat transfer. Change of phase. Heat exchangers.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• F 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Burke
  h-index: 22 Info
• 0 points

SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE

SP TPC: URBAN DATASCAPES

See the Barnard and Columbia Architecture Department website for the course description: 
https://architecture.barnard.edu/architecture-department-course-descriptions

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Leah M Meisterlin
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE

SP TPC: CITY ON CAMERA

See the Barnard and Columbia Architecture Department website for the course description: 
https://architecture.barnard.edu/architecture-department-course-descriptions

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Clara Kraft Isono
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• 3 points

Quran- Discussion

This is the discussion section for RELI UN3314: QURAN

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 0 points

THE QUR'AN:A COMPAR PERSPECTV

QURAN

This course conceives of the Qur’ān as a living text in constant flux through interactions with other religious traditions.  It focuses on developing an understanding of the Qur’ān’s form, style, and content through a  close reading of comparable religious texts.  Major topics covered include the Qur’ānic theory of prophecy, its treatment of the Biblical tradition (both that of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament), and its perspective on pre-Islamic pagan religion.  The central goals of the course include the ability to (a) analyze primary religious sources in a critical and objective manner and (b) construct coherent arguments based on concrete evidence.   In a class of this nature, class members will naturally hold or develop a wide variety of opinions about the topics covered.  The goal is not to adopt a single opinion concerning the interpretation of a particular text, but rather to support personal conclusions in a clear logical manner.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Najam I Haider
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

COLL: THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT AND THE AME

Why do we punish? How do we justify it? Is punishment, ultimately, good? In this course, we will examine a range of philosophical treatments of punishment, texts in political theory and contemporary case studies (involving issues like corporal punishment, symbolic punishment, outgroup alienation) in order to better triangulate the very function of punishment in society. We will begin with the thesis that punishment, as a whole, is good: the rehabilitative and restorative traditions, along with relevant readings from thinkers like Kant and Hegel, articulate the moral and social benefits of punishment. As the semester proceeds, we will look to more instrumental utilizations of punishment, as referenced by utilitarian and deterrent traditions along with readings from Bentham and Machiavelli. Finally, we will look to historical genealogies of punishment coming out of Nietzsche and Foucault, which argue that our received understandings of punishment are predicated on a contingent history of conflicting narratives that ultimately has come to deny or exploit us. As we confront this broad spectrum of viewpoints, from ‘punishment as a possibility for righting the soul’ to ‘punishment as a vector of power exerted upon us’, we will continually revisit the questions of
why
we punish and
to what end
we punish.

Questions relevant to contemporary politics to highlight: What political ramifications does punishing someone have? What effect does the rally-round-the-flag effect have? What happens when we punish other groups symbolically or physically? Can punishment be justified even if the accused is innocent? What forms of punishment are defensible? What does a philosophy of punishment have to do with mass incarceration? Should prisons be abolished?

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan J Keller
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• 4 points

METROPOLITICS OF RACE & PLACE

This class explores how racism and racialized capitalism and politics shape the distribution of material resources among cities and suburbs in metropolitan areas and the racial and ethnic groups residing in them. Readings and discussion focus on the history of metropolitan area expansion and economic development, as well as contemporary social processes shaping racial and ethnic groups’ access to high-quality public goods and private amenities. We address racial and ethnic groups’ evolving political agendas in today’s increasingly market-driven socio-political context, noting the roles of residents; federal, state, and local governments; market institutions and actors; urban planners, activist organizations, foundations, and social scientists, among others. Here is a sample of specific topics: race/ethnicity and who “belongs” in what “place;” inequitable government and market investment across racial and ethnic communities over time and “sedimentation effects” (for example, the “redlining” of Black communities leading to their inability to access loan and credit markets and the resulting wealth gap between Blacks and Whites); gentrification processes; creating sufficient, sustainable tax bases; and suburban sprawl. Assignments will include two short response papers, mid-term and final exams, and another project to be determined.

• Department: Urban Studies @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Angela Simms
  Info
• 3 points

Queer and Loathing: Literature, Homophob

Lit, Homophobia, & Russia

Over the past decade, official Russian rhetoric has posed queerness as the product of cultural and moral degradation in Western countries, framing Russia’s domestic legal homophobia and revanchist foreign policy as heroic resistance to a deformed and despotic Western sociopolitical order. According to this narrative, queer identity is a recent and unwelcome Western import to Russia, something fundamentally alien to Russianness. Our course draws together a wide array of cultural artifacts, accrued from the 19th-century up to now, which tell a starkly different story. A story of lives that defied expectation—and of the pains and pleasures that such defiance entailed. There is heroism in this story, but its ‘heroes’ often don’t fit the moniker, flouting our expectations much as they did those of their contemporaries. Spanning three centuries, and media of every kind, we will work to uncover the history of gender and sexual difference that the present Russian regime seeks to obscure and erase. What were these lives, and who were these people? How did they understand themselves, and how can we understand them today? What did they endure, what were their joys, and what did they create? In attempting to answer these questions, we will trace the cultural roots of Russia’s present-day anti-queer ideology, and consider the structures of power that have shaped its national identity. Existing scholarship will provide us with context for our readings, while critical tools drawn from feminist philosophy and queer theory help us to deepen our reflections.

There are no prerequisites for this course. No knowledge of Russian is required.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Uma Payne
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• 3 points

EAR-TRAINING III

Sight-singing techniques of modulating diatonic melodies in simple, compound, or irregular meters that involve complex rhythmic patterns. Emphasis is placed on four-part harmonic dictation of modulating phrases.

• Department: Music
• MW 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Ramin Amir Arjomand
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 1 points

EAR-TRAINING IV

Techniques of musicianship at the intermediate level, stressing the importance of musical nuances in sight-singing. Emphasis is placed on chromatically inflected four-part harmonic dictation.

• Department: Music
• TR 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Joviala
  Info
• 1 points

BOOKS AND ARCHITECTURE

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Eleonora Pistis
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• 4 points

MUSIC IN EAST ASIA

A topical approach to the concepts and practices of music in relation to other arts in the development of Asian civilizations.

• Department: Music
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas T Wetmore
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• Instructor: George H Murer
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• Instructor: Thomas T Wetmore
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• Instructor: Katie M Cooke
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• 3 points

MICROBIOLOGY

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501, BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503 or the equivalent, and BIOL BC2100. Survey of the diversity, cellular organization, physiology, and genetics of the major microbial groups. Also includes aspects of applied microbiology and biotechnology, the function of microorganisms in the environment, and the role of microbes in human diseases.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Stephen L Sturley
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

INFRASTRUCTURES

Infrastructures are the built networks moving goods, commodities, people, energy, waste organizing human action in modern societies. This course critically examines the work of infrastructures globally. It examines issues of urbanism, racial infrastructures, infrastructural breakdown and emergency, postcolonial infrastructures, climate change, and extraction.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Larkin
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 4 points