CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Slavic Languages, and Sociology; and members of the Society of Fellows. A study in their historical context of major contributions to the intellectual traditions that underpin contemporary civilization. Emphasis is on the history of political, social, and philosophical thought. Students are expected to write at least three papers to complete two examinations, and to participate actively in class discussions.

• Department: Core (A&S)
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Carol Rovane
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• Instructor: Adam Leeds
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• Instructor: Charly J Coleman
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• Instructor: Liam Dee
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• Instructor: Akeel Bilgrami
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• Instructor: Richard A Billows
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• Instructor: Jude P Webre
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• Instructor: Amnah Almukhtar
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• Instructor: Soren J Dudley
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• Instructor: Kyle Baasch
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• Instructor: Elisabeth A Ladenson
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• Instructor: Matthew J Connelly
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• Instructor: Jesse A Chevan
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• Instructor: Nathaniel Berman
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• Instructor: Amnah Almukhtar
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• Instructor: Dana Neacsu
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• Instructor: Kyle Baasch
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• Instructor: Jesse W Izzo
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• 4 points

CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

A year-long course designed to introduce students to a wide range of issues of public significance by asking them to read closely texts in various traditions of argument with a focus on selected European traditions of moral, political, religious, and social thought. Readings in the Bible, the Qur’an, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Smith, Kant, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, DuBois, and Freud.

• Department: Core (A&S)
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer McDonald
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• Instructor: Jesse A Chevan
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• Instructor: Shaunna Rodrigues
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY CZECH I

Essentials of the spoken and written language. Prepare students to read texts of moderate difficulty by the end of the first year.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher W Harwood
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY DUTCH I

Fundamentals of grammar, reading, speaking, and comprehension of the spoken language. During the spring term supplementary reading is selected according to students' needs.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Wijnie de Groot
  CULPA: 11 Info
• Instructor: Ben de Witte de Witte
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• 4 points

THE DIGITAL INFORMATION AGE

An introduction to information transmission and storage, including technological issues. Binary numbers; elementary computer logic; digital speech and image coding; basics of compact disks, telephones, modems, faxes, UPC bar codes, and the World Wide Web. Projects include implementing simple digital logic systems and Web pages. Intended primarily for students outside the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The only prerequisite is a working knowledge of elementary algebra.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David G Vallancourt
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY FILIPINO I

Introduction to Filipino with an emphasis on mastering basic skills and working vocabulary. Linguistic rules are applied to enable the student to communicate with more competence. Lessons incorporate discussions on history, current events, literature, pop culture, and native values. Includes field trips to Filipino neighborhoods in Queens and Jersey City. Note: This course is part of the language exchange program with New York University (NYU). Classes will be held at NYU.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• MW 2 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY FINNISH I

Fundamentals of grammar and lexicon. Building proficiency in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Linguistic structures in the cultural context.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Heli Sirvioe
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY FRENCH I

The aim of the beginning French sequence (French 1101 and French 1102) is to help you to develop an active command of the language. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the four language skills--listening, speaking, reading and writing--within a cultural context, in order to achieve basic communicative proficiency.

• Department: French
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MWR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• MWR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Joshua A Kruchten
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• Instructor: Pascale Crepon
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Joshua A Kruchten
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• Instructor: Hayet Sellami
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Eric T Matheis
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• Instructor: Joshua A Kruchten
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• Instructor: Elsa Stephan
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY GERMAN I

Prerequisites: No prior German.

German 1101 is a communicative language course for beginners, taught in German, in which students develop the four skills -listening, speaking, reading, and writing- and a basic understanding of German-speaking cultures. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the four language skills within a cultural context. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to understand, speak, read, and write German at a level enabling them to communicate with native speakers and provide basic information about their background, family, daily activities, student life, work, and living quarters. Completion of daily assignments, which align with class content, and consistent work are necessary in order to achieve basic communicative proficiency. If you have prior German, the placement exam is required.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MWR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MTR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• MWR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Xuxu Song
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY GREEK I

For students who have never studied Greek. An intensive study of grammar with reading and writing of simple Attic prose.

• Department: Classics @Barnard
• MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Rosa M Andujar
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY MODERN GREEK I

This is the first semester of a year-long course designed for students wishing to learn Greek as it is written and spoken in Greece today. As well as learning the skills necessary to read texts of moderate difficulty and converse on a wide range of topics, students explore Modern Greeces cultural landscape from parea to poetry to politics. Special attention will be paid to Greek New York. How do our, American, Greek-American definitions of language and culture differ from their, Greek ones?

• Department: Classics
• MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Nikolas Kakkoufa
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY HUNGARIAN I

Introduction to the basic structures of the Hungarian language. Students with a schedule conflict should consult the instructor about the possibility of adjusting hours.

• Department: Italian
• MW 9:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• Instructor: Angela Kun-Gazda
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY INDONESIAN I

This course offers students an introduction to the basic structures of Bahasa Indonesia, a major language of Indonesia and South East Asia.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• MW 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Putri Amalia Rizkina
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY IRISH I

This course introduces students to the rudiments of the Irish language, including phonemes and pronunciation, syntactical structure, and verbal conjugations. In addition, a history of the language is provided, as well as a general introduction to Irish culture, including discussions of family and place names. Students are encouraged to begin speaking with basic sentence structures, eventually expanding into more complex verbal conjugations while concentrating on idiomatic expressions. The accumulation of vocabulary is stressed and students are introduced to basic literature in Irish while developing beginning conversational fluency.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• TR 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• TR 2 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ITALIAN I

Same course as ITAL V1101-V1102.

• Department: Italian
• MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Alessandra Saggin
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• Instructor: Patrizia Palumbo
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 4 points

FIRST YEAR JAPANESE I

Basic training in Japanese through speaking, listening, reading and writing in various cultural contexts.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Kana T Pierce
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• Instructor: Shuichiro Takeda
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• Instructor: Chikako Takahashi
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• Instructor: Miharu Nittono
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Chikako Takahashi
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• Instructor: Chika Ogura
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• 5 points

ELEMENTARY KHMER I

This course is designed to bring students with no background to a point where they can perform most basic linguistic functions in Khmer, including greetings, likes/dislikes, telling about yourself, describing places and situations, all in appropriate time frames. The class uses a highly interactive classroom style, supplemented by extensive use of video - both prepared and student-produced - and other computer-assisted tools. Please note this course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• 4 points

FIRST YEAR KOREAN I

This course is designed to develop basic skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing in Korean.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Hyunkyu Yi
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Seunghyo Ryu
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• Instructor: Ji Kim
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• Instructor: Ji-Young Jung
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• Instructor: Yanghwan Choi
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• 5 points

ELEMENTARY HAITIAN KREYOL I

This course introduces students to the language of Haitian Kreyòl, also called Creole, and is intended for students with little or no prior knowledge of the language. Haitian Kreyòl is spoken by Haiti’s population of nine million and by about one million Haitians in the U.S. Including over 190,000 in the New York City area. In fact, New York City has the second largest population of Kreyòl Speakers after Port--au--Prince, Haiti’s capital. Through this course, you will develop introductory speaking, reading, and writing skills. We use a communicative approach, balanced with grammatical and phonetic techniques. Classroom and textbook materials are complemented by work with film, radio, and especially music (konpa, rasin, twoubadou, rap, raga, levanjil, vodou tradisyonèl, etc.), as well as with visits to city museums and institutions related to Haiti. Note: This course is part of the language exchange program with New York University (NYU). Classes will be held at NYU.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• MWF 12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY LATIN I

For students who have never studied Latin. An intensive study of grammar with reading of simple prose and poetry.

• Department: Classics @Barnard
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Darcy Krasne
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• Instructor: Brett L Stine
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• 4 points

CALCULUS I

Prerequisites: (see Courses for First-Year Students). Functions, limits, derivatives, introduction to integrals, or an understanding of pre-calculus will be assumed. (SC)

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Marco Castronovo
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• Instructor: Dusa McDuff
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• Instructor: Marco Castronovo
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• Instructor: Haocheng Fan
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• 3 points

ELEMENTARY TAMIL I

This course constitutes the first half of a year-long introduction to Tamil, the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu as well as an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore. In addition to being spoken by almost 80 million people worldwide, Tamil also has an impressive classical past, having served as a language of religious, intellectual, and literary life in South India for nearly two millennia. Assuming no prior experience with the language, this introductory sequence provides students with the grammar, language skills, and cultural context necessary for achieving their individual Tamil language goals, whether they be conducting fieldwork or scholarly research, chatting with relatives back home, or simply waxing poetic over an artful 
dosai
. In order to cultivate students’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension skills, this course draws upon a wide variety of teaching materials, including the core textbook, oral drills, audio recordings, short films, music videos, memes, and more. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Jay Ramesh
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• 4 points

Elementary Nepali I

This course is intended for beginners of the Nepali language. The emphasis is given on basic grammar, speaking, and comprehension skills, using culturally appropriate materials and texts. Devanagari script for reading and writing is also introduced.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• MTWR 9:05 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Hom Acharya
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• 4 points

Elementary Old Irish I

This course is an introduction to the grammar of the Old Irish language as it is attested in contemporary documents from the 8th and 9th centuries CE and as it is reflected in later manuscripts. Old Irish has a number of unusual features for a western Indo-European language including such oddities as verb-initial word order, initial mutations, conjugated prepositions, accentually conditioned allomorphies. These features are much easier to acquire with some knowledge of where they came from and how they relate to cognate features in more familiar European languages like Latin. In this course we will combine instruction in the synchronic grammar of the language (learning paradigms, memorizing vocabulary, internalizing syntactic rules) with some degree of historical explanation. But in addition to its interesting grammar, Old Irish is also the vehicle for one of the earliest vernacular literatures of Western Europe. Authors writing in Old Irish produced a distinct literary tradition of great interest to students of Medieval Europe. In this class we will start to read some of this literature, both prose and poetry as well as selections from the Old Irish glosses.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• MTWR 1:25 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• 4 points

METHODS OF PHILOSOPHIC THOUGHT

This is to add a auditing section to PHIL UN1101 for SPS.

• Department: Philosophy
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Akeel Bilgrami
  CULPA: 28 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

METHODS OF PHILOSOPHIC THOUGHT

This is to add a auditing section to PHIL UN1101 for SPS.

• Department: Auditing
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Akeel Bilgrami
  CULPA: 28 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

ELEMENTARY POLISH I

Essentials of the spoken and written language. Prepares students to read texts of moderate difficulty by the end of the first year.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Caes
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE I

A beginning course designed for students who wish to start their study of Portuguese and have no proficiency in another Romance language. The four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing are developed at the basic level.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ana P Huback
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

STATISTICS LECTURE AND RECITATION

STATISTICS LECTURE&RECITATION

Prerequisite (or co-requisite): PSYC BC1001. Lecture course and associated recitation section introducing students to statistics and its applications to psychological research. The course covers basic theory, conceptual underpinnings, and common statistics. The following Columbia University courses are considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: STAT UN1001 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning; STAT UN1101 Introduction to Statistics; STAT UN1201 Introduction to Statistics.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Robert Brotherton
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

STATISTICS LECTURE AND RECITATION

STATISTICS LECTURE&RECITATION

Prerequisite (or co-requisite): PSYC BC1001. Lecture course and associated recitation section introducing students to statistics and its applications to psychological research. The course covers basic theory, conceptual underpinnings, and common statistics. The following Columbia University courses are considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: STAT UN1001 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning; STAT UN1101 Introduction to Statistics; STAT UN1201 Introduction to Statistics.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Brotherton
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Michelle Greene
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• 4 points

STATISTICS LECTURE AND RECITATION

STATISTICS LECTURE&RECITATION

Prerequisite (or co-requisite): PSYC BC1001. Lecture course and associated recitation section introducing students to statistics and its applications to psychological research. The course covers basic theory, conceptual underpinnings, and common statistics. The following Columbia University courses are considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: STAT UN1001 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning; STAT UN1101 Introduction to Statistics; STAT UN1201 Introduction to Statistics.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Michelle Greene
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY PUNJABI I

Introduction to Punjabi, a major language of northern India and Pakistan. Beginning with the study of the Gurmukhi script, the course offers an intensive study of the speaking, reading, and writing of the language.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Sandeep Singh
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY QUECHUA I

Quechua is the most important and most widely-distributed indigenous language in South America, with over 10 million speakers living from the high mountains to the tropical lowlands in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Those who speak it call the language runa simi or runa shimi, human speech. It was the principal language of the Inca empire and the key language of cultural interaction during the colonial era. Quechua has remained central to indigenous peoples efforts to preserve their cultural autonomy. It has gained greater force in recent years, during which indigenous movements have swept Quechua speakers into national politics, where they have succeeded in transforming constitutions to recognize cultural diversity, making Quechua an official language of state, and successfully promoting schooling in the language. Students who satisfactorily complete Elementary Quechua I and II will be well-prepared for intensive summer study at one of many summer study abroad programs in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia that will put them in closer contact with the indigenous world.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• MWF 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• 4 points

FIRST-YEAR RUSSIAN I

Grammar, reading, composition, and conversation.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Marina Grineva
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• 5 points

ELEMENTARY SINHALA I

This course is designed to bring students with no background to a point where they can perform most basic linguistic functions in Sinhala, including greetings, likes/dislikes, telling about yourself, describing places and situations, all in appropriate time frames. The class uses a highly interactive classroom style, supplemented by extensive use of video - both prepared and student-produced - and other computer-assisted tools. Please note this course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• MW 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Bandara Herath
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH I

Prerequisites: a score of 0-279 on the department's Spanish as a Second Language Placement exam. An introduction to Spanish communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, writing, and cultural knowledge. Principal objectives are to understand and produce commonly used sentences to satisfy immediate needs; ask and answer questions about personal details such as where we live, people we know and things we have; interact in a simple manner with people who speak clearly, slowly and are ready to cooperate; and understand simple and short written and audiovisual texts in Spanish. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• MWF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MWR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron R Boalick
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• 4 points