Intensive Elem Italian:Venice

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

Instructor: TBD

Syllabus - Intensive Elementary

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

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


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

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

write short compositions on familiar topics;

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


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

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

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

INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY LATIN

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

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• 6 points

MASTERPIECES-WESTERN MUSIC

MASTER WEST MUSIC (PARIS)

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

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

 

To enroll in this course in Paris
, you can apply to the 
Columbia Summer Core In Paris: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
 or 
Columbia Summer in Paris: English Track
 hrough the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
 
Global Learning Scholarships 
available. Tuition charges apply

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

Please email 
uge@columbia.edu
 with any questions you may have.

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

Music Humanities

Analysis and discussion of representative works from the Middle Ages to the present.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• 3 points

Music Humanities

Analysis and discussion of representative works from the Middle Ages to the present.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• 3 points

Music Humanities

Analysis and discussion of representative works from the Middle Ages to the present.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• 3 points

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-DISC

Required Discussion section for ECON UN1105 Principles of Economics

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 0 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I

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

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

CALCULUS III

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

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• 3 points

GENERAL PHYSICS I

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

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
• 3 points

CALC-BASED INTRO TO STATISTICS

Prerequisites: working knowledge of calculus (differentiation and integration). Designed for students who desire a strong grounding in statistical concepts with a greater degree of mathematical rigor than in STAT W1111. Random variables, probability distributions, pdf, cdf, mean, variance, correlation, conditional distribution, conditional mean and conditional variance, law of iterated expectations, normal, chi-square, F and t distributions, law of large numbers, central limit theorem, parameter estimation, unbiasedness, consistency, efficiency, hypothesis testing, p-value,confidence intervals. maximum likelihood estimation. Satisfies the pre-requisites for ECON W3412.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
• 3 points

POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP

The Poetry Writing Workshop is designed for all students with a serious interest in poetry writing, from those who lack significant workshop experience or training in the craft of poetry to seasoned workshop participants looking for new challenges and perspectives on their work. Students will be assigned writing exercises emphasizing such aspects of verse composition as the poetic line, the image, rhyme and other sound devices, verse forms, repetition, collage, and others. Students will also read an variety of exemplary work in verse, submit brief critical analyses of poems, and critique each others original work.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• 3 points

POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP

The Poetry Writing Workshop is designed for all students with a serious interest in poetry writing, from those who lack significant workshop experience or training in the craft of poetry to seasoned workshop participants looking for new challenges and perspectives on their work. Students will be assigned writing exercises emphasizing such aspects of verse composition as the poetic line, the image, rhyme and other sound devices, verse forms, repetition, collage, and others. Students will also read an variety of exemplary work in verse, submit brief critical analyses of poems, and critique each others original work.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN II

Prerequisites: ITAL V1201 or W1201, or the equivalent. If you did not take Elementary Italian at Columbia in the semester preceding the current one, you must take the placement test, offered by the Italian Department at the beginning of each semester. A review of grammar, intensive reading, composition, and practice in conversation. Exploration of literary and cultural material. Lab: hours to be arranged. ITAL V1202 fulfils the basic foreign language requirement and prepares students for advanced study in Italian language and literature.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 4:30 p.m.-6:35 p.m.
• 4 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II

Prerequisites: PHYS S1201 or the equivalent. This course uses elementary concepts from calculus, and students should therefore have some basic background in differentiation and integration. The same course as PHYS S1202X, but given in a six-week session. Assignments to discussion sections are made after the first lecture. Basic introduction to the study of electricity, magnetism, optics, special relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics. The accompanying laboratory is PHYS S1292Q. NOTE: There are two recitation sessions that meet for one hour each week. The recitation times will be selected at the first class meeting.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 6 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
• 3 points

Intensive Inter Italian:Venice

Italian in Venice ITAL1203OC. Intensive Intermediate Italian. 6 points.  
Prerequisites: One year of college-level Italian or the equivalent. 

Instructor: Luca Abbattista

The equivalent of Italian 1201/1202. This intensive second year course allows students to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Italian and a better understanding of Italian culture. Students are involved in activities outside the classroom, where they gather information on Italian cultural topics through interviews and surveys that allow them to engage directly with the local community. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:



use a sufficient range of language to be able to give clear description;



express viewpoints on most general topics;



show a relatively high degree of grammatical control;



use cohesive devices to link their utterances into clear and coherent discourse;



give detailed descriptions and presentations on a wide range of subjects related to their fields of interest, expanding and supporting their ideas;



write clear and detailed text on a variety of subjects related to their field of interest, synthesizing and evaluating information and arguments;



understand straightforward factual information about common everyday life;



interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes for regular interaction;



express news and views effectively in writing, and relate to those of others;



express themselves appropriately in different cultural and communicative situations;



and be aware of the most significant differences between the customs, usages, attitudes, values, and beliefs prevalent in the Italian culture and those of their own.



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

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
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• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Matteo Heilbrun
  Info
• 6 points

Accel Intermed French: Paris

Accelerated Intermediate French FREN1205OC.  6 points.

Instructor: 
 
Karen Santos Da Silva
, Senior Lecturer of French at Barnard College

On this program, students will prepare for advanced French language and culture with an emphasis on developing highly accurate speaking, reading, and writing skills. While we will read a variety of French and Francophone primary texts, the most important primary text with which students will be engaging on a daily basis is Paris and its diverse inhabitants.

At the conclusion of this course, students will


be able to communicate with French native speakers and navigate living in Paris with ease

be able to confidently express simple concepts in written and spoken French, and begin to express abstract ideas in written and spoken French

be able to describe, narrate, and analyze their cultural experiences orally

have a better mastery of French pronunciation, and colloquial French

have a solid base of knowledge about French and Francophone culture


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

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Sessions Terms. Visit the

UGE
website for the start and end dates for the Columbia Summer Accelerated French in Paris program.

Please email
uge@columbia.edu

with any questions you may have.

• Department: Global Programs
• 6 points

FIRST YEAR ARABIC I

Prerequisites: Students that are not registering for MDES S1211 will be required to request professor permission (tb46@columbia.edu) to enroll.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 5 points

FIRST YEAR ARABIC II

Prerequisites: MDES S1210, or the equivalent.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 5 points

Foundations of Science

Using modern, student-centered, active and collaborative learning techniques, students will engage — through field observations, in-class experiments, computer simulations, and selected readings — with a range of ideas and techniques designed to integrate and anchor scientific habits of mind. Throughout the term, all students will satisfy a detailed set of rubrics by documenting their learning in reflection postings designed to serve as a future reference for how they, individually, went from not understanding an idea to understanding it. Topics covered will include statistics, basic probability, a variety of calculational skills, graph reading, and estimation — all aimed at elucidating such concepts as energy, matter, cells, and genes in the context of astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, neuroscience, and physics.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• W 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 4 points

SECOND YEAR ARABIC I

Prerequisites: MDES UN1211-UN1212, or the equivalent.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 5 points

SECOND YEAR ARABIC II

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MDES UN1211-UN1212 and UN1214 or the equivalent.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 5 points

INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE LATIN

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• 6 points

GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I

Prerequisites: PHYS S1201. May be taken before or concurrently with this course. Laboratory for PHYS S1201D. Assignments to laboratory sections are made after the first lecture, offered Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs 10.30AM-1.30PM.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• 1 points

GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I

Prerequisites: PHYS S1201. May be taken before or concurrently with this course. Laboratory for PHYS S1201D. Assignments to laboratory sections are made after the first lecture, offered Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs 10.30AM-1.30PM.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• 1 points

GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II

Prerequisites: PHYS S1202. May be taken before or concurrently with this course. Laboratory for PHYS 1202X. Assignments to laboratory sections are made after the first lecture. NOTE: Labs meet one day a week (Mon, Tues, Wed or Thurs) 1:00pm - 4:00pm only. There are no evening lab sections.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• M 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 9 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
• MTWR 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• 1 points

GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II

Prerequisites: PHYS S1202. May be taken before or concurrently with this course. Laboratory for PHYS 1202X. Assignments to laboratory sections are made after the first lecture. NOTE: Labs meet one day a week (Mon, Tues, Wed or Thurs) 1:00pm - 4:00pm only. There are no evening lab sections.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• 1 points

Calculus I

Calculus I
Material includes the study of limits, derivatives, and applications of derivatives, as well as an introduction to integrals. Success in this course requires intense commitment to study and collaboration both in and out of class, along with active participation during class, and the ability to follow both written and verbal directions.   
The overarching objective of the course is for students to develop conceptual fluency and computational competence working with limits, derivatives, and their applications.   Students will enhance their quantitative reasoning, particularly through interpreting/analyzing charts and graphs in the study of limits and derivatives.  Problem solving skills will be augmented through applied word problems, particularly relating to optimization, related rates, and graphing.  Writing justifications/explanations for answers on all graded work will expand students' ability to clearly communicate mathematical ideas in writing. While collaborative projects will advance their ability to do so orally and visually.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MTWR 4:30 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Lindsay C Piechnik
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

Calculus I

Calculus I
Material includes the study of limits, derivatives, and applications of derivatives, as well as an introduction to integrals. Success in this course requires intense commitment to study and collaboration both in and out of class, along with active participation during class, and the ability to follow both written and verbal directions.   
The overarching objective of the course is for students to develop conceptual fluency and computational competence working with limits, derivatives, and their applications.   Students will enhance their quantitative reasoning, particularly through interpreting/analyzing charts and graphs in the study of limits and derivatives.  Problem solving skills will be augmented through applied word problems, particularly relating to optimization, related rates, and graphing.  Writing justifications/explanations for answers on all graded work will expand students' ability to clearly communicate mathematical ideas in writing. While collaborative projects will advance their ability to do so orally and visually.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MTWR 4:30 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Lindsay C Piechnik
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

Calculus III

Prerequisite for Calc III is Calc I.  
For exam placement, see dept site: https://math.barnard.edu/placement-calculus-classes


To develop a conceptual understanding of the fundamental principles of multivariable differential calculus and explore their practical relevance to other branches of natural and social sciences.

Students will enhance their critical thinking by using 3D graphical tools and engaging with three dimensional representations of curves, surfaces and solids.

Writing justifications/explanations for answers on all graded work will expand students' ability to clearly communicate mathematical ideas in writing. 

Problem solving skills will be augmented through applications in physics and real world problems involving the dynamics of movement, and optimization problems involving multiple inputs (parameters)




The sequence of topics covered is as follows.



​​​​1.  
Vectors. Equations of lines and planes. Cylinders and quadric surfaces.
 



2. Vector functions. Space curves. Arc length and curvature. Applications.



3. 
Functions of several variables. Partial derivatives. Gradient. Optimization. Lagrange multipliers.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Chris Ivanov
  Info
• 3 points

Calculus III

Prerequisite for Calc III is Calc I.  
For exam placement, see dept site: https://math.barnard.edu/placement-calculus-classes


To develop a conceptual understanding of the fundamental principles of multivariable differential calculus and explore their practical relevance to other branches of natural and social sciences.

Students will enhance their critical thinking by using 3D graphical tools and engaging with three dimensional representations of curves, surfaces and solids.

Writing justifications/explanations for answers on all graded work will expand students' ability to clearly communicate mathematical ideas in writing. 

Problem solving skills will be augmented through applications in physics and real world problems involving the dynamics of movement, and optimization problems involving multiple inputs (parameters)




The sequence of topics covered is as follows.



​​​​1.  
Vectors. Equations of lines and planes. Cylinders and quadric surfaces.
 



2. Vector functions. Space curves. Arc length and curvature. Applications.



3. 
Functions of several variables. Partial derivatives. Gradient. Optimization. Lagrange multipliers.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Chris Ivanov
  Info
• 3 points

COLLOQUIUM ON MAJOR TEXTS

Readings in translation and discussion of texts of Middle Eastern and Indian origin. Readings may include the Quran, Islamic philosophy, Sufi poetry, the Upanishads, Buddhist sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, Indian epics and drama, and Gandhis Autobiography.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MR 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 4 points

EARTH, MOON AND PLANETS

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: a working knowledge of high school algebra. May be counted toward the science requirement for most Columbia University undergraduate students. The overall architecture of the solar system. Motions of the celestial sphere. Time and the calendar. Major planets, the earth-moon system, minor planets, comets. Life in the solar system and beyond.

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

GENERAL CHEMISTRY I-LECTURES

Prerequisites: high school chemistry and algebra, CHEM S0001, or the department's permission. Topics include stoichiometry, states of matter, nuclear properties, electronic structures of atoms, periodic properties, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, introduction to quantum mechanics and atomic theory, introduction to organic, biological chemistry and inorganic coordination chemistry. Topical subjects may include spectroscopy, solid state and materials science, polymer science and macromolecular structures. The order of presentation of topics may differ from the order presented here. Students are required to attend the separate daily morning recitations which accompany the lectures (total time block: MTWR 9:30-12:20). Registering for CHEM S1403D will automatically register students for the recitation section. Students who wish to take the full sequence of General Chemistry Lectures and General Chemistry Laboratory should also register for CHEM S1404Q and CHEM S1500 (see below). This course is equivalent to CHEM W1403 General Chemistry I Lecture.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• 4 points

STARS, GALAXIES & COSMOLOGY

ASTR UN1404: In this course, we will explore how stars, galaxies, and the Universe formed and changed over time. We will have a combination of lectures, class discussions, and hands-ons activities to examine concepts including: distances to, and fundamental properties of, nearby stars; nucleosynthesis and stellar evolution; novae and supernovae; galaxies; the structure of the universe and theories concerning its origin, evolution, and
ultimate fate. This course will use algebra, but ample math support will be provided. You can only receive credit for ASTR UN1404 if you have not taken ASTR BC1754, ASTR UN1420 or ASTR UN1836

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

GENERAL CHEMISTRY II-LECTURES

Prerequisites: CHEM S1403 General Chemistry I Lecture or the equivalent. Topics include gases, kinetic theory of gases, states of matter: liquids and solids, chemical equilibria, acids and bases, applications of equilibria, thermochemistry and spontaneous processes (energy, enthalpy, entropy, free energy) as well as chemical kinetics and electrochemistry. The order of presentation of topics may differ from the order presented here. Students must also attend the daily morning recitations which accompany the lectures (total time block: MTWR 9:30-12:20). Registering for CHEM S1404Q will automatically register students for the recitation section. The continuation of CHEM S1403D General Chemistry I Lecture. Students who wish to take the full sequence of General Chemistry Lectures and General Chemistry Laboratory should also register for CHEM S1403D and CHEM S1500 (see below). This course is equivalent to CHEM UN1404 General Chemistry II Lecture.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:35 p.m.
• 4 points

GENERAL CHEMISTRY II-REC

Corequisites: CHEM S1404X. To be enrolled in CHEM S1404X, you must be enrolled in CHEM S1406X.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• T 5 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
• T 8 p.m.-8:50 p.m.
• R 5 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
• 0 points

EXPERIMNTL PSYCH:HUMN BEHAVIOR

Introduction to the techniques of research employed in the study of human behavior. Students gain experience in the conduct of research, including design of simple experiments, observation and measurement techniques, and the analysis of behavioral data.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• 4 points

GENERAL CHEMISTRY: LABORATORY

Prerequisites: (CHEM UN1403) Introduction to basic experimental techniques in chemistry, including quantitative procedures, chemical analysis, and descriptive chemistry. To be enrolled in CHEM S1500X you must also register for CHEM S1501 Lab Lecture.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 12:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• MW 12:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• 3 points

GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB-LECTURE

Corequisites: CHEM S1500 Lab lecture for CHEM S1500 General Chemistry Laboratory.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• M 3 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
• 0 points

INTRO DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY

Introductory course to analog photographic tools, techniques, and photo criticism. This class explores black & white, analog camera photography and darkroom processing and printing.  Areascovered include camera operations, black and white darkroom work, 8x10 print production, and critique. With an emphasis on the student’s own creative practice, this course will explore the basics of photography and its history through regular shooting assignments, demonstrations, critique, lectures, and readings. No prior photography experience is required.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• 3 points

INTRO DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY

Introductory course to analog photographic tools, techniques, and photo criticism. This class explores black & white, analog camera photography and darkroom processing and printing.  Areascovered include camera operations, black and white darkroom work, 8x10 print production, and critique. With an emphasis on the student’s own creative practice, this course will explore the basics of photography and its history through regular shooting assignments, demonstrations, critique, lectures, and readings. No prior photography experience is required.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• 3 points

INTRO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Since Walter Benjamin’s concept of “work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction” (1935), photography has been continuously changed by mechanical, and then digital, means of image capture and processing. This class explores the history of the image, as a global phenomenon that accompanied industrialization, conflict, racial reckonings, and decolonization. Students will study case studies, read critical essays, and get hands-on training in capture, workflow, editing, output, and display formats using digital equipment (e.g., DSLR camera) and software (e.g., Lightroom, Photoshop, Scanning Software). Students will complete weekly assignments, a midterm project, and a final project based on research and shooting assignments. No Prerequisites and no equipment needed. All enrolled students will be able to check out Canon EOS 5D DSLR Camera; receive an Adobe Creative Cloud license; and get access to Large Format Print service.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• 3 points

Photo Exhibitions

A photography exhibition is a form of “show and tell” that combines a photographer’s creativity with the audience’s interaction (applause, excitement, boredom, learning). This course explores historic and modern photography exhibitions designed by curators, organizations, and artists. We explore the ways a photograph breathes in the “living” world as compared to the “static” world of newspapers, magazines, or photobooks. Making use of New York’s vast cultural network, we will go on field trips to public museums, commercial galleries, and independent spaces in Chelsea, Downtown, Long Island City, Bronx, etc. Students will design a mini-exhibition as their final project. Students will maintain a daily
Reflection Journal
to document their experiences at each location, capturing the ideas discussed and materials presented. The journal serves as a creative space for exploring the topics covered in the course and for developing concepts for the final project. The Final Project will be a collectively curated one-day exhibition on campus.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• 3 points

PhotoBook History

This course explores the photobook as a central medium of lens-based contemporary art practice and bookmaking. You will be exposed to a variety of geographies (Japan, USA, Europe, Latin America, Africa), approaches (formal book, luxury volume, grassroots zine, national archive, art object), subject matters (autobiography, fiction, historical, journalism, epic events), and materials. Using Columbia’s world-famous library holdings, many photo and art books and a diverse range of viewpoints will be studied through historical lectures and New York City field trips. Students will learn hands-on processes of photobook and fanzine making.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• 3 points

GLOBAL BEHAVORIAL SCIENCE

Global Behavioral Science

PSYC1991OC, Global Behavioral Science, 4 credits. 
Instructor: Dr. Sarah Ashcroft-Jones .Eligibility
: 
This course is open to undergraduates, graduate students, and visiting students.

Students will participate in a practicum hosted at the University of Cambridge (UCAM). They will work with 20 to 30 psychology students on the
Junior Research Programme
from multiple universities and countries who will join the practicum, along with over 100 other research collaborators. The objective is for students to get hands-on experience in carrying out behavioral science research, from study development to dissemination, while participating in a large, international collaboration. Specific skills to be acquired include multicultural teamwork, research design, data collection (internationally), data analysis, scientific writing, and academic presentation. Students are encouraged to engage in the publication and revision process, subject to feasibility. All contributors will receive authorship credit.

Examples of previous publications:  


Summer 2022 Cohort

Summer 2023 Cohort
 (Pre-print)


Academic Schedule:
Students will be expected to complete some assignments prior to the program start. This pre-work will take a maximum of 3 total working days, and will need to be completed by July 10th. Students will occasionally be expected to be available outside of the regularly schedule course times in to support collaborators who are in different time zones.  Outside of course meetings, students will be expected to complete independent task, training, group work, and maintain some flexibility in their schedulesas needed.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
Columbia Summer Research Practice in Global Behavioral Science​​​​​ Program
through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE). ).

Global Learning Scholarships
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• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Sarah Ashcroft-Jones
  Info
• 4 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 1 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 1 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 1 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 1 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 1 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 1 points

DRAWING STUDIO

This course delves into drawing as an expansive, exploratory practice that underpins all forms of visual art. Designed primarily as a hands-on workshop, the class is enriched with slide lectures, video presentations, and field trips. Throughout the semester, students will engage in individual and group critiques, fostering dialogue about their work. Beginning with still life and progressing to drawings of artworks, artifacts, and figure studies, the course investigates drawing as a dynamic practice connected to a wide array of visual cultures.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jozefina Chetko
  Info
• 3 points

DRAWING STUDIO

This course delves into drawing as an expansive, exploratory practice that underpins all forms of visual art. Designed primarily as a hands-on workshop, the class is enriched with slide lectures, video presentations, and field trips. Throughout the semester, students will engage in individual and group critiques, fostering dialogue about their work. Beginning with still life and progressing to drawings of artworks, artifacts, and figure studies, the course investigates drawing as a dynamic practice connected to a wide array of visual cultures.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jozefina Chetko
  Info
• 3 points

International Relations in a Changing Wo

This course introduces students to international relations through the lens of world order— how it emerged, how it operates, and why it is now under strain. Students examine how power, institutions, law, domestic politics, and leadership shape cooperation and conflict among states. Rather than treating international relations as abstract theory, the course emphasizes concrete puzzles: why wars occur despite their costs, why democracies rarely fight one another, and why rules sometimes constrain powerful states and sometimes fail, and international law is often weaker than many might expect. The course also explores competing visions of world order, including American, European, Chinese, Islamic, African, and Non-Aligned perspectives, especially in the context of deglobalization. In the final weeks, students apply these ideas to the U.S.–China rivalry and to existential challenges such as nuclear war and environmental stress. The course is designed for students from all majors and emphasizes analytical reading, clear argumentation, and informed discussion of contemporary global politics.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kian Tajbakhsh
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

International Relations in a Changing Wo

This course introduces students to international relations through the lens of world order— how it emerged, how it operates, and why it is now under strain. Students examine how power, institutions, law, domestic politics, and leadership shape cooperation and conflict among states. Rather than treating international relations as abstract theory, the course emphasizes concrete puzzles: why wars occur despite their costs, why democracies rarely fight one another, and why rules sometimes constrain powerful states and sometimes fail, and international law is often weaker than many might expect. The course also explores competing visions of world order, including American, European, Chinese, Islamic, African, and Non-Aligned perspectives, especially in the context of deglobalization. In the final weeks, students apply these ideas to the U.S.–China rivalry and to existential challenges such as nuclear war and environmental stress. The course is designed for students from all majors and emphasizes analytical reading, clear argumentation, and informed discussion of contemporary global politics.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kian Tajbakhsh
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Cities and Human Welfare

Urbanism reflects the global shift from agricultural to predominantly urban societies, in which people’s primary relationships are increasingly shaped by proximity to one another rather than proximity to land. This course examines the political and economic forces that shape cities and evaluates how urbanization affects human welfare in both the Global South and Global North. The course is designed as an intensive summer seminar meeting six times for extended sessions.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kian Tajbakhsh
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Cities and Human Welfare

Urbanism reflects the global shift from agricultural to predominantly urban societies, in which people’s primary relationships are increasingly shaped by proximity to one another rather than proximity to land. This course examines the political and economic forces that shape cities and evaluates how urbanization affects human welfare in both the Global South and Global North. The course is designed as an intensive summer seminar meeting six times for extended sessions.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kian Tajbakhsh
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

CARIBBEAN CULTURE & SOCIETIES

This course offers a chronological study of the Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone insular Caribbean through the eyes of some of the region’s most important writers and thinkers. We will focus on issues that key Caribbean intellectuals--including two Nobel prize-winning authors--consider particularly enduring and relevant in Caribbean cultures and societies. Among these are, for example, colonization, slavery, national and postcolonial identity, race, class, popular culture, gender, sexuality, tourism and migration. This course will also serve as an introduction to some of the exciting work on the Caribbean by professors at Barnard College and Columbia University (faculty spotlights).

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Maja Horn
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

CARIBBEAN CULTURE & SOCIETIES

This course offers a chronological study of the Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone insular Caribbean through the eyes of some of the region’s most important writers and thinkers. We will focus on issues that key Caribbean intellectuals--including two Nobel prize-winning authors--consider particularly enduring and relevant in Caribbean cultures and societies. Among these are, for example, colonization, slavery, national and postcolonial identity, race, class, popular culture, gender, sexuality, tourism and migration. This course will also serve as an introduction to some of the exciting work on the Caribbean by professors at Barnard College and Columbia University (faculty spotlights).

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Maja Horn
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

MIND/BRAIN DISORDERS

Mental disorders have historically been distinguished from other medical illnesses because they affect the higher cognitive processes that are referred to as the “mind”. Neuroscience offers one way for understanding mental disorders, asserting that the mind is a manifestation of brain activity, thereby categorizing these disorders as essentially brain disorders. This course explores the ongoing search for the brain correlates of mental disorders and the significant impact this search has had on our contemporary understanding of mental health. Engaging with review and research papers on schizophrenia, autism spectrum, and mood disorders, students will learn to interpret experimental evidence in Neuroscience and to evaluate known theories through both supporting and non-supporting evidence. While the course acknowledges neuroscience's progress in understanding mental disorders, it also considers some of the problems encountered in viewing them as essentially biological phenomena: Can brain-based explanations capture the lived experience of mental disorders? Could these disorders also originate from outside the brain? How should they be treated, and should they be always treated?

NOTE: The course desctiption is the same for the fall/spring course and the summer course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Luca Iemi
  Info
• 3 points

MIND/BRAIN DISORDERS

Mental disorders have historically been distinguished from other medical illnesses because they affect the higher cognitive processes that are referred to as the “mind”. Neuroscience offers one way for understanding mental disorders, asserting that the mind is a manifestation of brain activity, thereby categorizing these disorders as essentially brain disorders. This course explores the ongoing search for the brain correlates of mental disorders and the significant impact this search has had on our contemporary understanding of mental health. Engaging with review and research papers on schizophrenia, autism spectrum, and mood disorders, students will learn to interpret experimental evidence in Neuroscience and to evaluate known theories through both supporting and non-supporting evidence. While the course acknowledges neuroscience's progress in understanding mental disorders, it also considers some of the problems encountered in viewing them as essentially biological phenomena: Can brain-based explanations capture the lived experience of mental disorders? Could these disorders also originate from outside the brain? How should they be treated, and should they be always treated?

NOTE: The course desctiption is the same for the fall/spring course and the summer course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Luca Iemi
  Info
• 3 points

LINEAR ALGEBRA

Prerequisites: MATH S1201 Calculus III, or the equivalent. Matrices, vector spaces, linear transformation, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, canonical forms, applications.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• 3 points

LINEAR ALGEBRA

Prerequisites: MATH S1201 Calculus III, or the equivalent. Matrices, vector spaces, linear transformation, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, canonical forms, applications.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• 3 points

Architectural Design Summer Studio: Envi

Arch Design: Envr Mediato

This architectural design summer studio course explores modes of visualization, technologies of mediation, and

spaces of environmental and material transformations. These explorations will be used as catalysts for

architectural analysis and design experimentation.

Introducing design methodologies that allow us to perceive and reshape spatial and material interactions in new

ways, the studio will focus on how architecture negotiates, alters or redirects multiple forces in our world:

physical, cultural, social, technological, political etc. The semester progresses through two projects that examine

unique atmospheric, spatial and urban conditions with the aid of multimedia visual techniques; and that employ

design to develop critical and creative interventions at different scales. Learning analog and digital drawing

techniques, physical model-making, and multimedia image production, students will work in the studio and

digital architecture lab. The course includes site visits and field trips in the city.

NOTE: The course may be used to fulfill major requirements. It can replace: ARCH 2101 Architectural Design:

Environment Mediations OR ARCH 2103 Architectural Design: Systems and Materials. OR students may use it as

an additional optional studio course to complement their overall studies in the major. Preference will be given

to students who have completed one studio course or Design Futures course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Kadambari Baxi
  Info
• 4 points

Architectural Design Summer Studio: Envi

Arch Design: Envr Mediato

This architectural design summer studio course explores modes of visualization, technologies of mediation, and

spaces of environmental and material transformations. These explorations will be used as catalysts for

architectural analysis and design experimentation.

Introducing design methodologies that allow us to perceive and reshape spatial and material interactions in new

ways, the studio will focus on how architecture negotiates, alters or redirects multiple forces in our world:

physical, cultural, social, technological, political etc. The semester progresses through two projects that examine

unique atmospheric, spatial and urban conditions with the aid of multimedia visual techniques; and that employ

design to develop critical and creative interventions at different scales. Learning analog and digital drawing

techniques, physical model-making, and multimedia image production, students will work in the studio and

digital architecture lab. The course includes site visits and field trips in the city.

NOTE: The course may be used to fulfill major requirements. It can replace: ARCH 2101 Architectural Design:

Environment Mediations OR ARCH 2103 Architectural Design: Systems and Materials. OR students may use it as

an additional optional studio course to complement their overall studies in the major. Preference will be given

to students who have completed one studio course or Design Futures course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Kadambari Baxi
  Info
• 4 points

Linear Algebra and Probability

Linear algebra with a focus on probability and statistics. The course covers the standard linear algebra topics: systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces, bases, dimension, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, the Spectral Theorem and singular value decompositions. It also teaches applications of linear algebra to probability, statistics and dynamical systems giving a background sufficient for higher level courses in probability and statistics. The topics covered in the probability theory part include conditional probability, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions and the limit theorems, as well as Markov chains, curve fitting, regression, and pattern analysis. The course contains applications to life sciences, chemistry, and environmental life sciences. No a priori background in the life sciences is assumed.

This course is best suited for students who wish to focus on applications and practical approaches to problem solving. It is recommended to students majoring in engineering, technology, life sciences, social sciences, and economics.

Math majors, joint majors, and math concentrators must take MATH UN2010 Linear Algebra or MATH UN1207 Honors Math A, which focus on linear algebra concepts and foundations that are needed for upper-level math courses. MATH UN2015 (Linear Algebra and Probability) does NOT replace MATH UN2010 (Linear Algebra) as prerequisite requirements of math courses. Students may not receive full credit for both courses MATH UN2010 and MATH UN2015. Students who have taken MATH UN2015 and consider taking higher level Math courses should contact a major advisor to discuss alternative pathways.

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

Cell Phone Photography: Exploring Digita

Today’s cell phones are equipped with cameras that far surpass those used by the pioneers of digital photography, offering superior resolution and multi-sensor capabilities that revolutionize how we capture and process images. This course explores the creative and technical potential of smartphone photography, focusing on accessible tools and workflows that empower students to produce compelling digital works. The curriculum emphasizes post-production and digital media techniques over traditional camera mastery. Students will develop foundational skills in Adobe Suite applications, including Lightroom and Photoshop for photo editing and After Effects and Premiere for video production. We will also discuss the integration of artificial intelligence in modern photography, examining how AI enhances editing processes and opens new creative possibilities. A significant part of the course will address fundamental questions of light in photography, the use of RAW formats—offered by many smartphones but seldom understood—and the structure of digital image files. Students will also learn about post-production techniques for preparing images for print, as well as for projection or display on digital screens, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end digital photography workflow. Thinking Locally: Street photography serves as a central theme in this course, encouraging students to document the vibrant life of New York City through weekly assignments. A guided photo walk in Harlem will provide hands-on experience in capturing unique, candid moments. Ethical considerations will be a key focus, addressing topics like consent, privacy, and best practices for interacting with subjects. Discussions will be complemented by readings, critiques, and a guest lecture from a professional street photographer. By the end of the course, students will have transformed their understanding of smartphone photography, creating works that push the boundaries of accessible technology while building a strong foundation in contemporary digital media.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jozefina Chetko
  Info
• 3 points

Cell Phone Photography: Exploring Digita

Today’s cell phones are equipped with cameras that far surpass those used by the pioneers of digital photography, offering superior resolution and multi-sensor capabilities that revolutionize how we capture and process images. This course explores the creative and technical potential of smartphone photography, focusing on accessible tools and workflows that empower students to produce compelling digital works. The curriculum emphasizes post-production and digital media techniques over traditional camera mastery. Students will develop foundational skills in Adobe Suite applications, including Lightroom and Photoshop for photo editing and After Effects and Premiere for video production. We will also discuss the integration of artificial intelligence in modern photography, examining how AI enhances editing processes and opens new creative possibilities. A significant part of the course will address fundamental questions of light in photography, the use of RAW formats—offered by many smartphones but seldom understood—and the structure of digital image files. Students will also learn about post-production techniques for preparing images for print, as well as for projection or display on digital screens, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end digital photography workflow. Thinking Locally: Street photography serves as a central theme in this course, encouraging students to document the vibrant life of New York City through weekly assignments. A guided photo walk in Harlem will provide hands-on experience in capturing unique, candid moments. Ethical considerations will be a key focus, addressing topics like consent, privacy, and best practices for interacting with subjects. Discussions will be complemented by readings, critiques, and a guest lecture from a professional street photographer. By the end of the course, students will have transformed their understanding of smartphone photography, creating works that push the boundaries of accessible technology while building a strong foundation in contemporary digital media.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jozefina Chetko
  Info
• 3 points