The Theater of the Absurd

The theater of the absurd is perhaps the single most influential movement in modern
drama and theatre, important not only for launching the careers of playwrights like
Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco, but also for its embrace of philosophers such as
Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus and the manifestos of Antonin Artaud. In the
so-called “little theaters” of Paris in the late 1940s and ‘50s, plays such as Beckett’s
Waiting for Godot and Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano challenged the conventions of both
classical and bourgeois theater, staging a darkly humorous, “absurd” vision of human
existence. Through close readings and occasional screenings of the major plays
associated with this theater–often considered a type of anti-theater–we will identify the
primary themes of absurdist drama (purposelessness and hopelessness of human
existence; godlessness of the modern world; futility of action; collapse of logic;
impossibility of communication etc) as well as the hallmarks of the absurdist theatrical
style (its debt to mime, vaudeville, the circus, and marionette theater; the use of parody,
humor, ritual, and violence; theater within theater; absence of action/plot etc). We will
consider the philosophical and literary origins of this form of theater, especially its links
to the Existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus; the social and political
factors contributing to its emergence in post-WWII Paris; theatrical conventions of early
performances; popular and critical reception of its early productions; precursors to the
theater of the absurd (Alfred Jarry’s pataphysics; Antonin Artaud’s theater of cruelty; the
indirect influence of Kafka, Italian Futurism, and Russian theater); and finally its

influence on theater outside of France, particularly in England (Harold Pinter) and the
U.S. (Edward Albee, Maria Irene Fornes).
Some issues to which I would like us to be especially attentive are: the role of women
on stage; gender construction; performance techniques; the role of language (the main
writers of absurdist drama acquired French as a second language--Adamov was
Russian, Ionesco was Franco-Romanian, Beckett was Irish).
We will try to go together to see at least one absurdist or absurdist-influenced play in
New York.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter T Connor
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

Approaches to Literary Study Seminar

Approaches to Lit Study S

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN2001 must also register for ENGL UN2000 Approaches to Literary Study lecture. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature, through a weekly pairing of a faculty lecture (ENGL 2000) and small seminar led by an advanced doctoral candidate (ENGL 2001).  Students in the course will read works from across literary history, learning the different interpretive techniques appropriate to each of the major genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction).  Students will also encounter the wide variety of critical approaches taken by our faculty and by the discipline at large, and will be encouraged to adapt and combine these approaches as they develop as thinkers, readers, and writers.  ENGL 2000/2001 is a requirement for both the English Major and English Minor.  While it is not a general prerequisite for other lectures and seminars, it should be taken as early as possible in a student's academic program.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 0 points

Approaches to Literary Study Seminar

Approaches to Lit Study S

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN2001 must also register for ENGL UN2000 Approaches to Literary Study lecture. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature, through a weekly pairing of a faculty lecture (ENGL 2000) and small seminar led by an advanced doctoral candidate (ENGL 2001).  Students in the course will read works from across literary history, learning the different interpretive techniques appropriate to each of the major genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction).  Students will also encounter the wide variety of critical approaches taken by our faculty and by the discipline at large, and will be encouraged to adapt and combine these approaches as they develop as thinkers, readers, and writers.  ENGL 2000/2001 is a requirement for both the English Major and English Minor.  While it is not a general prerequisite for other lectures and seminars, it should be taken as early as possible in a student's academic program.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• None None-None
• 0 points

PERSPECTIVES IN MATHEMATICS

Prerequisites: some calculus or the instructor's permission. Intended as an enrichment to the mathematics curriculum of the first years, this course introduces a variety of mathematical topics (such as three dimensional geometry, probability, number theory) that are often not discussed until later, and explains some current applications of mathematics in the sciences, technology and economics.

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• W 2:40 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Dusa McDuff
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 1 points

LABORATORY IN NEUROSCIENCE

NEUROSCIENCE LAB

This course provides a hands-on introduction to techniques commonly used in current neurobiological research. Topics covered will include neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and invertebrate animal behavioral genetics. Participation in this course involves dissection of sheep brains and experimentation with invertebrate animals.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• T 9:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• W 9:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 9:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Tommy Lee
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• Instructor: Adrienne N Santiago
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• Instructor: Shuk C Tsoi
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• Instructor: Tommy Lee
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• 3 points

DRAWING II

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1000) Examines the potential of drawing as an expressive tool elaborating on the concepts and techniques presented in VIAR UN1001. Studio practice emphasizes individual attitudes toward drawing while acquiring knowledge and skills from historical and cultural precedents. Portfolio required at the end.

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana J Lok
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• 3 points

INTRO TO ASTROPHYSICS II

Prerequisites: a working knowledge of calculus. Corequisites: the second term of a course in calculus-based general physics. Continuation of ASTR UN2001; these two courses constitute a full year of calculus-based introduction to astrophysics. Topics include the structure of our galaxy, the interstellar medium, star clusters, properties of external galaxies, clusters of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, and cosmology.

• Department: Astronomy
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: David Schiminovich
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

Second Year Chinese II

Second Year Chinese II (CHNX2002) is the continuation of Second Year Chinese I (CHNSX2001). It is designed for students who have completed a rigorous three-semester college-level Mandarin course or its equivalent. This course aims to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the Intermediate High to Advanced Low levels according to the ACTFL guidelines. Students will engage with real-world scenarios relevant to studying abroad and gain a deeper understanding of modern Chinese society and culture. Emphasis is placed on narration, description, comparison, and the development of intercultural competence through comparative cultural analysis. Course materials include dialogues and narratives to support vocabulary, grammar, communication, and cultural learning.

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• MTWR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Danwei Li
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• 5 points

Literary Islands

Islands feature very often in literature and it is the goal of this course to understand why this is so. We could take our point of departure from the poet John Donne’s famous claim that “no man is an island” and understand that to mean that human beings crave relations with other human beings, and this is why isolating ourselves on a real or metaphorical island, all alone, is something we resist. Already, however, we discern the figurative utility of the island: it helps us approach the existential topic of solitude itself. What is it to be alone? Might solitude sometimes be something a person actually desires? Some of the literary texts we will read in this class will help us respond to these questions, but philosophy will also help us too, since it also wishes to understand the emotional and physical experience of solitude. For that reason, philosophers often deploy islands – philosophical islands in this case – in order to ponder the nature of that very experience. We will accordingly read extracts from the philosophers Martin Heidegger, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Emmanuel Levinas to assist us. The very topography of an island is important – it is self-contained and unconnected to any mainland. And this is useful if one wishes to imagine an isolated community, unthreatened by any invaders crossing the sea. It is why, as we shall see, remote islands are locations where writers can imagine different ways of being in a community, untouched and unaffected by the rest of the world. How about living in a utopian community, for instance? We will read extracts of Francis Bacon’s The New Atlantis for that very reason. Might that community be only constituted by men? We will read extracts of Henry Neville’s The Isle of Pines to find out what that might look like, and compare that patriarchal isle to islands populated solely by women – these are feminist islands in an appreciable sense. Hence two texts set on islands: Eliza Heywood’s Memoirs of an Island Adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia from which we will read selected extracts, and Pierre de Marivaux’s short play The Colony which we will read in its entirety. Of course, one of the most famous islands is described by Daniel Defoe in Robinson Crusoe. We will read extracts from that text, but also make the comparative gesture by juxtaposing a version or rewriting of Robinson Crusoe, Patrick Chamoiseau’s Crusoe’s Footprint, a novel which provides him a way to reflect on colonialism and the slav

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian D O'Keeffe
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY II

Prerequisites: EEEB UN2001 Second semester of introductory biology sequence for majors in enviromnental biology and environmental science, emphasizing the ecological and evolutionary aspects of biology. Also intended for those interested in an introduction to the principles of ecology and evolutionary biology.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew I Palmer
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 14 Info
• 4 points

Intermediate Italian II

In this course, you will review your study of Italian grammar from Elementary Italian 1 and 2, dive deeper into that grammar, and engage in more rigorous strategies for reading, writing, and oral communication in Italian. New grammar elements not covered in Elementary Italian 1 and 2 will also be introduced. Through intensive reading, videos, regular writing, and in-class participation and presentations, you will strengthen your understanding of spoken and written Italian, as well as improve your communication in Italian, both orally and in writing. Over the course of this semester, you will build your vocabulary, grow more confident in your communication, and expand your exposure to a variety of aspects of Italian history, society and culture. By the end of this course, you should:
(1) be able to introduce and describe yourself and others with comfort, using simple and complex phrases and sentences, both orally and in writing
(2) comprehend simple, somewhat substantial, and substantial texts, both written and auditory, such as descriptions and narration, songs and poetry, that range from linguistically non-complex to complex and have a clear underlying structure
(3) demonstrate full control of the present, past, future and conditional (both present and past) tenses in carrying out the above, full control of the present and past subjunctive, and satisfactory control of the imperfect subjunctive
(4) demonstrate comfortable conceptual control of complex grammatical elements and sentence structures

(5) show a further increased and nuanced understanding of cultural processes, as well as deeper
knowledge of cultural icons and products.

• Department: Italian @Barnard
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Emilia Gambardella
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• 4 points

STATISTICS AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

STATISTICS & EXPERIMTL DE

This course is for students interested in learning how to conduct scientific research. They will learn how to (i) design well-controlled experiments and identify “quack” science; (ii) organize, summarize and illustrate data, (iii) analyze different types of data; and (iv) interpret the results of statistical tests.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tommy Lee
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• 4 points

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM-LEC+LAB

Charge, electric field, and potential. Gausss law. Circuits: capacitors and resistors. Magnetism and electromagnetism. Induction and inductance. Alternating currents. Maxwells equations. This is a calculus-based class. Familiarity with derivatives and integrals is needed.

PLEASE NOTE:  Students who take PHYS BC2002 may not get credit for PHYS BC2019 or PHYS BC2020.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Janna Levin
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia Info
• 4.5 points

RECITATION FOR APPLIED STATISTICAL COMPU

RECITATION FOR APPL STAT

RECITATION FOR STAT2102UN APPLIED STATISTICAL COMPUTING

• Department: Statistics
• F 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• F 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 0 points

Empire & Nation-Building East Central Eu

Emp & Nation-Bldg East Ct

This lecture course investigates nation-building as a process of decolonization of Europe’s land empires (Ottoman, German, Russian, and Habsburg) from 18th century to present. It was a turbulent historical process: decolonization of European East’s ‘small peoples’ paved the way to anti-imperial and anti-colonial movements outside Europe only to be crushed, in the mid-twentieth-century, by imperial politics of Hitler’s Germany and the Soviet Union. We will study different ways in which culture – local languages, vernacular heritage, religion, and material culture – became politically weaponized to achieve goals of national self-determination and social revolution. Throughout the 19th and 20th century nation-building in the European East produced particular forms of non-Western modernity that found expression in built environments, visual arts, letters, music, public activism, and domestic sphere. We will study how resistance and enforced accommodation to Empire turned into spaces of cultural production, mass movements, economic upheaval, state-building, and last but not least, physical violence. Finally, we will investigate how ordinary Eastern Europeans experienced and gave meaning to the processes of nation-building. The course is intended for students interested in cultural, intellectual, social and gender history, histories of nationalism and communism, as well as local and transnational histories of Eastern European ‘peoples’ (Jewish, Muslim, Christian Slavic; German, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Southern Slavic/Yugo-Slav, Greek, and Roma).

• Department: History
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Malgorzata Mazurek
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

THE ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGINATION

Introduction to the theory and practice of “ethnography”—the intensive study of peoples’ lives as shaped by social relations, cultural images, and historical forces. Considers through critical reading of various kinds of texts (classic ethnographies, histories, journalism, novels, films) the ways in which understanding, interpreting, and representing the lived words of people—at home or abroad, in one place or transnationally, in the past or the present—can be accomplished. Discussion section required.

• Department: Anthropology
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Rosalind Morris
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS PROOFS

INTRO TO MATHEMATICAL PRO

This is a seminar course that covers the basics of mathematical proofs and in particular the epsilon-delta argument in single variable calculus.

Students who have little experience with mathematical proofs are strongly encouraged to take this course concurrently with Honors Math, Into to Modern Algebra, or Intro to Modern Analysis.

• Department: Mathematics
• F 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• 0 points

INTRODUCTION AFRICAN DIASPORA

Interdisciplinary and thematic approach to the African diaspora in the Americas: its motivations, dimensions, consequences, and the importance and stakes of its study. Beginning with the contacts between Africans and the Portuguese in the 15th century, this class will open up diverse paths of inquiry as students attempt to answer questions, clear up misconceptions, and challenge assumptions about the presence of Africans in the New World.

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamara Walker
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• 3 points

PAINTING II

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joan Snitzer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: BIOL UN2005, or the instructors permission. Lecture and recitation. Recommended second term of biology for majors in biology and related majors, and for premedical students. Cellular biology and development; physiology of cells and organisms. SPS, Barnard, and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. 
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf
 . Students must register for a recitation section BIOL UN2016.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 4 points

What is Islam?

One in four people in the world is a Muslim. Yet, here in the Western hemisphere, we mostly know next to nothing about Islam and its followers.
Whatever is spread around as knowledge of this culture and religion is the work of a media that is highly politicized and biased, often perpetuating negative and even racist images of Muslims and their ways of life. This picture becomes even more complicated and complex in academia, in the West in particular but in Islamic countries as well. The story of “What is Islam?” begins in the 19th century, when the bulk of the Muslim world fell under European control, be it direct colonialism or (remote-control) coloniality. Almost everywhere, so-called reform was undertaken, with the view of modernizing institutions and subjectivities along Western lines. With secularization and unprecedented forms of politics and political organization, Islamic cultures all over the world began to undergo epistemic transformations, leading to a wholesale revaluation of the Islamic traditions themselves, and their meaning in late modernity. Various groups would attempt to redefine Islam in fundamentalist terms – in unconscious emulation of American Fundamentalist movements – while others took it in different directions, not excluding Marxism, socialism, and nationalism. But the hegemonic and almost “natural” force driving the Islamic world over the last half century has been liberalism, a powerful way of seeing and evaluating the world that deeply affected even the Islamist movements. Islam for modern Muslims has become many disparate things, often if not always incompatible with each other.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Wael Hallaq
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

What is Islam? Discussion Section

What is Islam? Disc Secti

Discussion section to accompany the course, MDES UN2006 What is Islam?.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• T 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• T 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 0 points

PAINTING IV

PAINTING 1V

A continuation of painting I - III, open to all skill levels. Students will further develop techniques to communicate individual and collective ideas in painting. This course will focus on individual and collaborative projects designed to explore the fundamental principles of image making. Students acquire a working knowledge of traditional studio skills and related concepts in contemporary art through class critiques, discussion, and individual meetings with the professor. Reading materials will provide historical and philosophical background to the class assignments. Class projects will range from traditional to experimental and multi-media. Image collections will be discussed in class with an awareness of contemporary image production.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joan Snitzer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

ADAPTIVE OR ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT OF THE

ADOLESCENT BRAIN

The teen brain has received a lot of media coverage with advances in brain imaging techniques that
provide a voyeuristic opportunity for us to look under the hood of the behaving adolescent brain. This
course will cover empirical and theoretical accounts of adolescent-specific changes in brain and behavior
that relate to the development of self control. These accounts of adolescent brain and behavior will then
be discussed in the context of relevant legal, social and health policy issues. Lectures and discussion will
address: Under what circumstances self control appears to be diminished in adolescents. How do
dynamic changes in neural circuitry help to explain changes in self control across development? When
does the capacity for self control fully mature? Are these changes observed in other species? How might
these changes be evolutionarily adaptive and when are they maladaptive? How might understanding
adolescent brain and behavioral development inform interventions and treatments for maladaptive
behavior or inform policy for changing the environment to protect youth?

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Bj Casey
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• 3 points

THE ECONOMICS OF GENDER

Examination of gender differences in the U.S. and other advanced industrial economies. Topics include the division of labor between home and market, the relationship between labor force participation and family structure, the gender earnings gap, occupational segregation, discrimination, and historical, racial, and ethnic group comparisons.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST I: BEGIN-1930

This course rethinks the ;birth of cinema; from the vantage of ;when old media was new.; Following standard approaches, it moves from actualities to fiction, from the ;cinema of attractions; to narrative, from the cinematographe to cinema, from cottage industry to studio system. Units in silent film music, early genres, film piracy and copyright, word and moving image, and restoration--the film archivists dilemma in the digital era. FILM W2011

• Department: Film
• T 2:10 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jane Gaines
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

LINEAR ALGEBRA

Matrices, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, canonical forms, applications. (SC)

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Semon K Rezchikov
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• Instructor: Marco Castronovo
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• Instructor: James E Hotchkiss
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• Instructor: Abigail G Hickok
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• Instructor: Anh Duc Vo
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• Instructor: Elliott V Stein
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

ROCK

How did Elvis become the “King of Rock’n’Roll” instead of, for example, Chuck Berry? Who are LaVern Baker, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Etta James and what do they have to do with rock and roll? Why and how did “rock and roll” become “rock”? What are the relationships among rock, rhythm and blues, soul, and funk? What do classical music composers such as J.S. Bach, Modest Mussorgsky, and Philip Glass have to do with rock? How many times has rock “died”? What is rock music’s relevance both historically and today? This course will introduce you to popular music studies, a field of inquiry that draws scholars from a number of different disciplines, including musicology, sociology, philosophy, anthropology and literature. Examining rock music in an interdisciplinary way has opened the genre to increasing attention beyond musicological methodologies and assumptions. First, however, we must ask some fundamental questions: for instance, what, exactly, 
is
 popular music as well as, importantly, what differentiates rock music from other genres? Our definitions will reveal some of the assumptions we bring to any discussion of popular music. Throughout this semester, we will question our assumptions about rock music culture through an investigation into a series of keywords. Each keyword will focus our attention on various aspects of rock music in order to think through the complexities of what might, on the surface, seem self-evident. Terms such as “genre” or “the everyday” will be examined to help us gain critical analytical tools with which to assess various rock music productions, artists, and processes.

• Department: Music
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin Fellezs
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST I:BEGIN-1930-DISC

• Department: Film
• F 11:10 a.m.-noon
• 0 points

POP MUSICS-AMER'S: COUNTRY MUS

• Department: Music
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 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: Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Tommaso M Botta
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• 3 points

JAZZ

The musical and cultural features of jazz, beginning in 1900.

• Department: Music
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher J Washburne
  CULPA: 31 Info
• 3 points

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM-LAB ONLY

PHYS BC2020 Electricity & Magnetism -- Lecture Only is required as a pre- or co-requisite for this lab.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• Instructor: Stiliana Savin
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 1.5 points

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM-LEC ONLY

Prerequisite: Physics BC2001 or the equivalent.

Charge, electric field, and potential. Gauss's law. Circuits: capacitors and resistors. Magnetism and electromagnetism. Induction and inductance. Alternating currents. Maxwell's equations.  This is a calculus-based class. Familiarity with derivatives and integrals is needed.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Janna Levin
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

FIGURE DRAWING I

• Department: Visual Arts
• F 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• 3 points

PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE SHOW 1

May be retaken for full credit.

Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as actors in a departmental stage production register for this course; course emphasizes the collaborative nature of production, and appropriate research and reading required in addition to artistic assignments. Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: 
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
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• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MTWRF 6:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE THESIS 1

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as actors in a Senior Thesis in Directing register for this course.  Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: 
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MTWRF 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Banta
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• 3 points

PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE THESIS 2

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as actors in a Senior Thesis in Directing register for this course.  Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: 
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MTWRF 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Banta
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• 3 points

PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE THESIS 3

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as actors in a Senior Thesis in Directing register for this course.  Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: 
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MTWRF 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Banta
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• 3 points

THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to methods and theory in archaeology – by exploring how archaeologists work to create narratives about the past (and the present) on the basis on the material remains of the past. The course begins with a consideration of how archaeologists deal with the remains of the past in the present: What are archaeological sites and how do we ‘discover’ them? How do archaeologists ‘read’ or analyze sites and artifacts? From there, we will turn to the question of how archaeologists interpret these materials traces, in order to create narratives about life in the past. After a review of the historical development of theoretical approaches in archaeological interpretation, the course will consider contemporary approaches to interpreting the past.

• Department: Anthropology
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Hannah Chazin
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• 4 points

FED CHALLENGE WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: (ECON UN1105) The workshop prepares students to compete in the annual College Fed Challenge sponsored by the Federal Reserve. Topics covered include macroeconomic and financial conditions, monetary policy, financial stability and the Federal Reserve System.

• Department: Economics
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Gabriel Single Toledo
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• 1 points

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent. Special differential equations of order one. Linear differential equations with constant and variable coefficients. Systems of such equations. Transform and series solution techniques. Emphasis on applications.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elena Giorgi
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• Instructor: Dawei Shen
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• 3 points

CINEMA HISTORY IV: AFTER 1990

This course brings our survey of the development of the art, technology, and industry of motion images up to the present. During this era, most people no longer watched movies (perhaps the most neutral term) in theaters, and digital technology came to dominate every aspect of production, distribution, and exhibition. Highlighted filmmakers include Michael Haneke, Lars von Trier, Wong Kar-wei, and Steve McQueen. Topics range from contemporary horror to animation. Requirements: short (2-3 pages) papers on each film shown for the class and a final, take-home exam. FILM W2041

• Department: Film
• R 2:10 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Ramirez Soto
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• 3 points

CINEMA HIST IV:AFTER 1990-DISC

• Department: Film
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 0 points

INTENSVE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: A grade of 5 on the Chemistry Advanced Placement exam and an acceptable grade on the Department placement exam. Corequisites: CHEM UN1507 Premedical students may take CHEM UN2045, CHEM UN2046, CHEM UN1507 and CHEM UN2545 to meet the minimum requirements for admission to medical school. This course covers the same material as CHEM UN2443-CHEM UN2444, but is intended for students who have learned the principles of general chemistry in high school OR have completed CHEM UN1604 in their first year at Columbia. First year students enrolled in CHEM UN2045-CHEM UN2046 are expected to enroll concurrently in CHEM UN1507. Although CHEM UN2045 and CHEM UN2046 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially. A recitation section is required. Please check the Directory of Classes for details and also speak with the TA for the course.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: James Leighton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• 4 points

Intensive Organic Chemistry I - RECITATI

INTENSIVE ORG CHEM I - RE

Corequisites: TO BE ENROLLED IN UN2045, YOU MUST REGISTER FOR UN2047 RECITATION

• Department: Chemistry
• T 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: James Leighton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• 0 points

British Literature to 1500

This course will introduce some of the most fascinating texts of the first eight hundred years of English literature, from the period of Anglo-Saxon rule through the Hundred Years’ War and beyond—roughly, 700–1500 CE. We’ll hit on some texts you’ve heard of – 
Beowulf
 and selections from Chaucer’s 
Canterbury Tales
 – while leaving time for some you may not have encountered – Marie de France’s 
Lais
 and Margery of Kempe’s 
Book
. Along the way, we’ll also hone skills of reading, writing, and oral expression crucial to appreciating and discussing literature in nuanced, supple ways.

If you take this course, you’ll discover how medieval literature is both a mirror and a foil to modern literature. You’ll explore the plurilingual and cross-cultural nature of medieval literary production and improve (or acquire!) your knowledge of Middle English. Plus, you’ll flex your writing muscles with three papers (one of which can be replaced by a creative project, if you like) and discussion posts where you’ll have the chance to pursue your own interests.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Hannah Weaver
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• 3 points

The Politics of the Changing Arctic

Pols Changing Arctic

The Arctic region is warming four times faster than the global average, and the Arctic Ocean is likely to become ice-free in summer months much faster than anyone had expected even a few years ago. This is having a huge impact on the politics of the region, and is what social scientists call a “natural experiment” (even though it is the result of human activity) or an “exogenous shock” to the status quo. A second “endogenous” shock (meaning that it came from an actor inside the region) happened when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, even though Ukraine is not in the Arctic. This is because Russia is the largest Arctic state by both landmass and population, while all seven of the other Arctic states are now NATO members. The facts of both climate change and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have enormous implications for virtually every realm of Arctic politics and policy, and in turn for concerns that extend beyond the Arctic: from local governance to cooperative international institutions, from commercial trade to military security, from environmental disasters to economic windfalls (including for indigenous communities). In this lecture course we will explore these changes and their implications in depth. 

Not open to students who have received credit for POLS  BC3060: Colloquium on Arctic Politics.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Kimberly Marten
  CULPA: 71 Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info
• 3 points

DIVAS AND THEIR PUBLICS

In order to exist, the female vocal celebrity needs a public. This course takes a global perspective on women’s voices, bodies, and performances, examining them in deep sociocultural contexts across a range of classical and popular music genres. Guiding questions interrogate the role of media and technology in commercializing and circulating the sounds and images of women singers on an international scale, forging new arenas for meaning-making around gender, race, and citizenship. Considering the historically, socially, and materially situated circumstances in which celebrated women performers have emerged in the modern era, the course asks: How did the expressive labor of virtuosic female singers shape the early US entertainment industry? In what ways have women singers around the world impacted nation-centered political agendas, struggles for racial equality, and other powerful religious and secular social formations? How did sound reproduction and broadcasting technology not only expand audiences on an exponential scale, but transform listeners’ experience of female singers’ live performance? Cross-culturally and throughout history, why have exceptional women vocalists had greater public impact than women instrumentalists?

• Department: Music @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Lauren E Ninoshvili
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL STUDIES

INTRO TO ANIMAL STUDIES

The course introduces students to animal studies, a multidisciplinary field that investigates relations
between human and nonhuman animals across historical periods, political regimes, cultural contexts, and
institutional settings. Beginning with the foundational concepts of animal studies and moving toward
contemporary debates, the course traces how animals have been mediated through philosophy, science,
and law, as well as cultural artifacts. Through readings of classic and contemporary texts—from Aristotle,
Descartes, and Bentham to Peter Singer, Carol J. Adams, and Donna J. Haraway—the course examines
how ideas concerning animal nature, moral worth, legal status, and political inclusion are produced,
contested, and transformed.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Hana Worthen
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• 3 points

HIST JESUS/ORIGIN-CHRISTIANITY

The goal of this course will be to subject the source materials about Jesus and the very beginnings of Christianity (before about 150 CE) to a strictly historical-critical examination and analysis, to try to understand the historical underpinnings of what we can claim to know about Jesus, and how Christianity arose as a new religion from Jesus life and teachings. In addition, since the search or quest for the historical Jesus has been the subject of numerous studies and books in recent times, we shall examine a selection of prominent historical Jesus works and theories to see how they stand up to critical scrutiny from a historical perspective.

• Department: History
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard A Billows
  CULPA: 40 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

MOLECULAR & MENDELIAN GENETICS

Mendelian and molecular genetics of both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, with an emphasis on human genetics. Topics include segregation, recombination and linkage maps, cytogenetics, gene structure and function, mutation, molecular aspects of gene expression and regulation, genetic components of cancer, and genome studies.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Brian Morton
  CULPA: 21 Info
• 3 points

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

International Economics examines how countries are interconnected through trade, investment, labor mobility, capital flows, and financial markets. The course introduces major theories of international trade and international macroeconomics and applies them to contemporary economic issues. Topics include comparative advantage, trade and income distribution, migration and foreign direct investment, trade policy, exchange rates, balance of payments, international capital flows, financial crises, and global economic institutions.  Prerequisite: ECON 1003BC Intro to Economic Reasoning or equivalent.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Mulu Gebreyohannes
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• 3 points

EARTH'S ENVIRO SYST: CLIM SYST

Prerequisites: high school algebra. Recommended preparation: high school chemistry and physics; and one semester of college science. Origin and development of the atmosphere and oceans, formation of winds, storms and ocean currents, reasons for changes through geologic time. Recent influence of human activity: the ozone hole, global warming, water pollution. Laboratory exploration of topics through demonstrations, experimentation, computer data analysis, and modeling. Students majoring in Earth and Environmental Sciences should plan to take EESC W2100 before their senior year to avoid conflicts with Senior Seminar.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 4.5 points

Contemporary Debates in Global Affairs a

Debates-Global Affrs & Pu

This course examines many of the central concepts, theories, and analytical tools used in contemporary social science to understand and explain international affairs and public policy. The theoretical literature is drawn from different fields in the social sciences, including comparative politics, international relations, political sociology, psychology, and economics. The course is designed to enhance students' abilities to think critically and analytically about current problems and challenges in international politics, and the decision making processes for addressing them.

Note: Students must also register for a discussion section: GAPP IA2101.

• Department: Global Affairs and Public Policy
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gideon Rose
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• 3 points

Introduction to Climate Justice

INTRO TO CLIMATE JUSTICE

Today, it’s impossible to talk about the climate crisis without talking about justice. Thanks to the continued activism of grassroots and frontline community organizers, progressive NGOs, and coalitions of small island states, climate politics are now deeply linked to questions of social justice and equity.

This course introduces students to key topics and issues in climate justice in order to gain a foundational understanding of the field. Themes and topics include: theoretical frameworks of climate justice; climate justice and gender; the justice dimensions of climate adaptation and managed retreat; energy democracy and just transitions; the question of culpability and who should be held responsible for causing global warming; and historical efforts to codify justice considerations at international institutions like the UN.

• Department: Earth Institute
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Leah V Aronowsky
  Info
• 3 points

DATA. MAPPING, AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS

DATA, MAPNG & SPATIAL ANA

Data, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis is an introductory course for non-majors. Through the semester, the class covers the technologies for mapping, analyzing, and making spatial data as well as their histories; engages qualitative and quantitative data sets within a geographic information system (GIS) framework; discusses situated, context-specific, and community-based methods alongside top-down modes of spatial research; and introduces students to cartographic principles and map design. Students will learn the tools and techniques of digital mapping and GIS through lecture, hands-on exercises, and a small, self-designed final project.

• Department: Urban Studies @Barnard
• T 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Leah M Meisterlin
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

PAINTING I

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1000) (Formerly R3201) Introduction of the fundamental skills and concepts involved in painting. Problems are structured to provide students with a knowledge of visual language along with a development of expressive content. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Naomi Safran-Hon
  Info
• 3 points

ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS-5/6CENT BCE

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ioannis Mylonopoulos
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO APPLIED MATHEMATICS

A unified, single-semester introduction to differential equations and linear algebra with emphases on (1) elementary analytical and numerical technique and (2) discovering the analogs on the continuous and discrete sides of the mathematics of linear operators: superposition, diagonalization, fundamental solutions. Concepts are illustrated with applications using the language of engineering, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. Students execute scripts in Mathematica and MATLAB (or the like) to illustrate and visualize course concepts (programming not required).

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• 3 points

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: SYSTEMS AND MATERI

ARCH DESIGN: SYSTMS & MTR

This architectural design studio explores material assemblies, techniques of fabrication, and systems of organization. These explorations will be understood as catalysts for architectural analysis and design experimentation.

Both designed objects and the very act of making are always embedded within a culture, as they reflect changing material preferences, diverse approaches to durability and obsolescence, varied understandings of comfort, different concerns with economy and ecology. They depend on multiple resources and mobilize varied technological innovations. Consequently, we will consider that making always involves making a society, for it constitutes a response to its values and a position regarding its technical and material resources. Within this understanding, this studio will consider different cultures of making through a number of exercises rehearse design operations at different scales—from objects to infrastructures.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• MW 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael E Schissel
  Info
• 4.5 points

INTERMEDIATE CATALAN I

Prerequisites: CATL W1120. The first part of Columbia University´s comprehensive intermediate Catalan sequence. The main objectives of this course are to continue developing communicative competence - reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension - and to further acquaint students with Catalan cultures.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Elsa Ubeda
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE CZECH I

Prerequisites: CZCH UN1102 or the equivalent Rapid review of grammar. Readings in contemporary fiction and nonfiction, depending upon the interests of individual students.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Christopher W Harwood
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I

This course will further your awareness and understanding of the French language, culture and literature, provide a comprehensive review of fundamental grammar points while introducing more advanced ones, as well as improve your mastery of oral, reading, and writing skills. By the end of the course, you will be able to read short to medium-length literary and non-literary texts, and analyze and comment on varied documents and topics, both orally and in writing.

• Department: French
• MTWR 11:10 a.m.-noon
• MTWR 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel Watson
  Info
• 4 points

Contemporary Debates in Global Affairs a

Contemp Debates DISCUSSIO

This is the required Discussion Section for Contemporary Debates in Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP IA2100).

• Department: Global Affairs and Public Policy
• Instructor: Gideon Rose
  Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

Contemporary Debates in Global Affairs a

Contemp Debates DISCUSSIO

This is the required Discussion Section for Contemporary Debates in Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP IA2100).

• Department: Global Affairs and Public Policy
• Instructor: Gideon Rose
  Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

Contemporary Debates in Global Affairs a

Contemp Debates DISCUSSIO

This is the required Discussion Section for Contemporary Debates in Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP IA2100).

• Department: Global Affairs and Public Policy
• Instructor: Gideon Rose
  Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

Contemporary Debates in Global Affairs a

Contemp Debates DISCUSSIO

This is the required Discussion Section for Contemporary Debates in Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP IA2100).

• Department: Global Affairs and Public Policy
• Instructor: Gideon Rose
  Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I

Prerequisites: GERM UN2101 or the equivalent. If you have prior German outside of Columbia’s language sequence, the placement exam is required.

Intermediate German UN2102 is conducted entirely in German and emphasizes the four basic language skills, cultural awareness, and critical thinking. A wide range of topics (from politics and poetry to art) as well as authentic materials (texts, film, art, etc.) are used to improve the 4 skill. Practice in conversation aims at enlarging the vocabulary necessary for daily communication. Grammar is practiced in the context of the topics. Learning and evaluation are individualized (individual vocabulary lists, essays, oral presentations, final portfolio) and project-based (group work and final group project).

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MWR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Julia Perrin
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE GREEK: PROSE

Prerequisites: GREK UN1101- GREK UN1102 or the equivalent. Selections from Attic prose.

• Department: Classics
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Brett L Stine
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I

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

• Department: Italian
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Federica Franze
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE LATIN I

Prerequisites: LATN UN1101 & UN1102 or LATN UN1121 or equivalent. Selections from Catullus and Cicero.

• Department: Classics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven Brandwood
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE I

Prerequisites: PORT W1120 or the equivalent. General review of grammar, with emphasis on self-expression through oral and written composition, reading, conversation, and discussion.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Ana P Huback
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I

Prerequisites: SPAN UN1102 or SPAN UN1120 or or a score of 380-449 in the departments Placement Examination. An intensive course in Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on oral interaction, reading, writing, and culture as a continuation of SPAN UN1102 or SPAN UN1120. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Reyes Llopis-Garcia
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 10 Info
• 4 points