THE INTERPRETATION OF CULTURE

The anthropological approach to the study of culture and human society. Case studies from ethnography are used in exploring the universality of cultural categories (social organization, economy, law, belief system, art, etc.) and the range of variation among human societies.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Brian Larkin
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

FIRST-YEAR WRITING WORKSHOP

Feminist Fairytales

First-Year Writing (FYW) Workshop is a four-credit course designed for students who feel they would benefit from extra preparation for the critical reading and writing that you will do at Barnard. FYW and FYW Workshop are equally rigorous -- both courses have the same critical reading and writing goals, and both courses satisfy your First-Year Writing requirement. FYW Workshop, however, meets 3 days per week instead of 2; it is worth 4 credits instead of 3; and the class sizes are smaller. 
FYW Workshop is o
nly offered in the fall semester (not in the spring semester).

Students who are interested in one of the limited number of spaces in FYW Workshop should select "First-Year Writing Workshop" on the First-Year Experience Course Request Form and fill out the accompanying FYW Workshop Questionnaire (the First-Year Dean's Office will email you the form in mid-June). 
The FYW Workshop Questionnaire is required in order to be considered for FYW Workshop
. 
See courses here
.

• Department: First-Year Writing @Barnard
• MWF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Penelope Usher
  Info
• 4 points

FIRST-YEAR WRITING WORKSHOP

Reading the Body

First-Year Writing (FYW) Workshop is a four-credit course designed for students who feel they would benefit from extra preparation for the critical reading and writing that you will do at Barnard. FYW and FYW Workshop are equally rigorous -- both courses have the same critical reading and writing goals, and both courses satisfy your First-Year Writing requirement. FYW Workshop, however, meets 3 days per week instead of 2; it is worth 4 credits instead of 3; and the class sizes are smaller. 
FYW Workshop is o
nly offered in the fall semester (not in the spring semester).

Students who are interested in one of the limited number of spaces in FYW Workshop should select "First-Year Writing Workshop" on the First-Year Experience Course Request Form and fill out the accompanying FYW Workshop Questionnaire (the First-Year Dean's Office will email you the form in mid-June). 
The FYW Workshop Questionnaire is required in order to be considered for FYW Workshop
. 
See courses here
.

• Department: First-Year Writing @Barnard
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Cecelia B Lie-Spahn
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

FIRST-YEAR WRITING WORKSHOP

Bodies and Desires

First-Year Writing (FYW) Workshop is a four-credit course designed for students who feel they would benefit from extra preparation for the critical reading and writing that you will do at Barnard. FYW and FYW Workshop are equally rigorous -- both courses have the same critical reading and writing goals, and both courses satisfy your First-Year Writing requirement. FYW Workshop, however, meets 3 days per week instead of 2; it is worth 4 credits instead of 3; and the class sizes are smaller. 
FYW Workshop is o
nly offered in the fall semester (not in the spring semester).

Students who are interested in one of the limited number of spaces in FYW Workshop should select "First-Year Writing Workshop" on the First-Year Experience Course Request Form and fill out the accompanying FYW Workshop Questionnaire (the First-Year Dean's Office will email you the form in mid-June). 
The FYW Workshop Questionnaire is required in order to be considered for FYW Workshop
. 
See courses here
.

• Department: First-Year Writing @Barnard
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Meredith A Benjamin
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

FIRST-YEAR WRITING WORKSHOP

First-Year Writing (FYW) Workshop is a four-credit course designed for students who feel they would benefit from extra preparation for the critical reading and writing that you will do at Barnard. FYW and FYW Workshop are equally rigorous -- both courses have the same critical reading and writing goals, and both courses satisfy your First-Year Writing requirement. FYW Workshop, however, meets 3 days per week instead of 2; it is worth 4 credits instead of 3; and the class sizes are smaller. 
FYW Workshop is o
nly offered in the fall semester (not in the spring semester).

Students who are interested in one of the limited number of spaces in FYW Workshop should select "First-Year Writing Workshop" on the First-Year Experience Course Request Form and fill out the accompanying FYW Workshop Questionnaire (the First-Year Dean's Office will email you the form in mid-June). 
The FYW Workshop Questionnaire is required in order to be considered for FYW Workshop
. 
See courses here
.

• Department: First-Year Writing @Barnard
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 4 points

Introductory Laboratory in Neuroscience

Intro Neuroscience Lab

This laboratory course will introduce students to concepts, topics, and techniques used to examine brain and behavior. Specifically, this class will engage students in experimental design, data collection and analysis, and results presentation. The experimental units are designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• T 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Kara Pham
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 2.5 points

INTRO TO ECONOMIC REASONING

Covers basic elements of microeconomic and marcoeconomic reasoning at an introductory level. Topics include Individual Constraints and Preferences, Production by Firms, Market Transactions, Competition, The Distribution of Income, Technological Progress and Growth, Unemployment and Inflation, the Role of Government in the Economy. Note: Students cannot get credit for ECON BC1003 if they have taken the Columbia introductory course ECON W1105 Principles of Economics.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mulu Gebreyohannes
  Info
• Instructor: Homa S Zarghamee
  CULPA: 17 Info
• Instructor: Rajiv Sethi
  CULPA: 24 h-index: 33 Info
• Instructor: John Park
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

Premodern Islamic Worlds

This course introduces the Islamic world from the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (d. 632) to 1500 CE. The Islamic world stretches across a remarkable geographical expanse from modern Spain and Senegal in the west to the north of modern India in the east. Telling one cohesive story out of many histories is therefore challenging, even if we had a full lifetime to devote to it. We cannot include everything and, as with every complicated story worth knowing, what we choose to exclude is important. This semester, we bypass some of the traditional narratives of political and military history, which privilege the rise and fall of dynasties, the rule of great men, and the clashes of armies. We will still organize along political lines, but the focus of our conversations will be the incredible diversity of the various communities in the Islamic world. We approach these histories through primary sources— poems, coins, buildings, etc.—that we will read together in every class meeting. Our goal will be to situate each source in the political, cultural, and religious contexts of its production. This approach will allow us to appreciate premodern Islamic worlds through the centuries.

Through the assignments and conversations in class and section, students will


Explore the diversity of premodern Islam;

Analyze primary sources produced in the Islamic world before 1500, both individually and as a class;

Engage with modern scholarship about Islam in India and Central Asia; the Middle East; North, West, and East Africa; and Southern Europe;

Construct a source-based argument about the Islamic world before 1500.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Elaine Van Dalen
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

Physical Education Courses

Cardio Circuits

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 8 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Eliana Laessig
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Pilates Mat

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Lisa K Northrop
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Strength Training

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Eliana Laessig
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Pilates Mat

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Lisa K Northrop
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Fitness Outside

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Eliana Laessig
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Beginning Yoga

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW noon-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Rodriguez
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Tai Chi

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephen Shulman
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Total Body Fitness

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Rodriguez
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Yoga and Ayurveda

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa K Northrop
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Cardio Circuits

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Rodriguez
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Body Sculpting

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Eliana Laessig
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Yoga/Meditation

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Lisa K Northrop
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Strength Training

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Eliana Laessig
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Yoga/Meditation

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Lisa K Northrop
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Fitness Outside

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Rodriguez
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Body Sculpting

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR noon-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Eliana Laessig
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Pilates Mat

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Talese Hunt
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Strength Training

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Rodriguez
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Health Coaching

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa K Northrop
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Beginning Yoga

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Rodriguez
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Pilates Mat

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Talese Hunt
  Info
• 1 points

Physical Education Courses

Body Sculpting

The Barnard Physical Education Department offers a diverse range of course activities to accommodate student interests and abilities.  Barnard students must complete one Physical Education course during their designated semester in their First Year.  Transfer students must complete one semester of Physical Education by the end of the Junior Year (if their transfer credit evaluation necessitates a PE course).  There are no exemptions from the PE requirement.  Dance technique courses, intercollegiate athletic teams, and some Columbia clubs also fulfill the Physical Education requirement and have different registration procedures.  Students should contact the Physical Education Department Chair with any questions.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• TR 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: India C Choquette
  Info
• 1 points

Introduction to Environmental Humanities

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course introduces students to key concepts and texts in environmental humanities, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary studies of race, gender, sexuality, capital, nation, and globalization. The course examines the conceptual foundations that support humanistic analyses of environmental issues, climate crisis, and the ethics of justice and care. In turn, this critical analysis can serve as the basis for responding to the urgency of calls for environmental action.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will learn what difference humanistic studies make to understanding environmental issues and climate crisis. The course will prepare students to:


Identify humanistic methods and how they contribute to understanding the world;

Demonstrate critical approaches to reading and representing environments;

Engage ethical questions related to the environment; and

Apply concepts from the course to synthesize the student’s use of humanistic approaches to address urgent environmental questions.

• Department: Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ashley Dawson
  Info
• 3 points

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCIETY

An archaeological perspective on the evolution of human social life from the first bipedal step of our ape ancestors to the establishment of large sedentary villages. While traversing six million years and six continents, our explorations will lead us to consider such major issues as the development of human sexuality, the origin of language, the birth of “art” and religion, the domestication of plants and animals, and the foundations of social inequality. Designed for anyone who happens to be human.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 3 points

MATH METHODS FOR ECONOMICS

Covers basic mathematical methods required for intermediate theory courses and upper level electives in economics, with a strong emphasis on applications. Topics include simultaneous equations, functions, partial differentiation, optimization of functions of more than one variable, constrained optimization, and financial mathematics. This course satisfies the Calculus requirement for the Barnard Economics major. NOTE: students who have previously taken Intermediate Micro Theory (ECON BC3035 or the equivalent) are *not* allowed to take Math Methods for Economics.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sharon Harrison
  CULPA: 38 h-index: 13 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO LANGUAGE & CULTURE

This is an introduction to the study of the production, interpretation, and reproduction of social meanings as expressed through language. In exploring language in relation to culture and society, it focuses on how communication informs and transforms the sociocultural environment.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth M Green
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

Plants in Life and Laboratory

Plant Life

Description:
This survey course with accompanying laboratory covers cell and molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology, development and genetics, evolution and ecology. Distinctively, the course emphasizes how plants are similar to and different from other organisms including not only humans and other vertebrate animals, but all other life-forms on earth.

The course complements BIOL BC1001 Revolutionary Concepts in Biology. A student can fill her entire GER natural science requirement by combining the two. These courses do not, however, fulfill requirements for biology majors or pre-health students. Either or both are nonetheless excellent preparation for those wanting to then progress to BIOL BC1500-1503.

Weekly investigative lab sessions are a mixture of two types: (a) learning and practicing scientific, technical and analytical methods used by 21st century plant scientists and (b) learning skills to improve your every-day and life-time interactions with plants as forests, as timber sources, as foods and flavorings, as sources for drugs and fuels, and in other ways.

Learning outcomes:

Detail and systematize biological diversity and species relationships using words and diagrams

Grasp biochemistry cellularly and globally, emphasizing Carbon and Nitrogen cycles

Contextualize plant-environment or plant-organism interactions including plant-human

Satisfies a Foundations distribution requirement, Natural Sciences with Lab

Satisfies a Mode of Thinking requirement: Thinking Locally

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• T 1:10 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Hilary Callahan
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 17 Info
• 4.5 points

DESIGN FUTURES: NEW YORK CITY

How does design operate in our lives? What is our design culture? In this course, we explore the many scales of design in contemporary culture -- from graphic design to architecture to urban design to global, interactive, and digital design. The format of this course moves between lectures, discussions, collaborative design work and field trips in order to engage in the topic through texts and experiences.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• F 1:10 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Hua F Tang
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Lindsay Harkema
  Info
• Instructor: Marina Correia
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO LAB EXPERIMENTAL PSYCH

Corequisites: PSYC BC1001, or its equivalent. While this lab is not required for either Psychology Major or Non-Major, it is not open to students who have already completed or are concurrently enrolled in PSYC BC1020 Research Methods and Analysis. This lab course is intended for students who have not previously been enrolled in a psychology lab course; and a majority of seats are reserved for First Year and Sophomore students. A laboratory-based introduction to experimental methods used in psychological research. Upon successful completion of this course, students will know how to review the primary literature and formulate a hypothesis, design an experiment, analyze data using statistical methods, communicate the results of a scientific study through oral presentation and written manuscript, and carry out research studies under ethical guidelines. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in all disciplines of Psychology and will be prepared to engage in advance research in fields including, but not limited to, Cognition, Learning, Perception, Behavioral Neuroscience, Development, Personality, and Social Psychology.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• Instructor: Mariel Roberts
  h-index: None Info
• 2.5 points

INTRO LAB EXPERIMENTAL PSYCH

Corequisites: PSYC BC1001, or its equivalent. While this lab is not required for either Psychology Major or Non-Major, it is not open to students who have already completed or are concurrently enrolled in PSYC BC1020 Research Methods and Analysis. This lab course is intended for students who have not previously been enrolled in a psychology lab course; and a majority of seats are reserved for First Year and Sophomore students. A laboratory-based introduction to experimental methods used in psychological research. Upon successful completion of this course, students will know how to review the primary literature and formulate a hypothesis, design an experiment, analyze data using statistical methods, communicate the results of a scientific study through oral presentation and written manuscript, and carry out research studies under ethical guidelines. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in all disciplines of Psychology and will be prepared to engage in advance research in fields including, but not limited to, Cognition, Learning, Perception, Behavioral Neuroscience, Development, Personality, and Social Psychology.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• Instructor: Mariel Roberts
  h-index: None Info
• Instructor: Svetlana Komissarouk
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 3 Info
• 2.5 points

INTRO LAB EXPERIMENTAL PSYCH

Corequisites: PSYC BC1001, or its equivalent. While this lab is not required for either Psychology Major or Non-Major, it is not open to students who have already completed or are concurrently enrolled in PSYC BC1020 Research Methods and Analysis. This lab course is intended for students who have not previously been enrolled in a psychology lab course; and a majority of seats are reserved for First Year and Sophomore students. A laboratory-based introduction to experimental methods used in psychological research. Upon successful completion of this course, students will know how to review the primary literature and formulate a hypothesis, design an experiment, analyze data using statistical methods, communicate the results of a scientific study through oral presentation and written manuscript, and carry out research studies under ethical guidelines. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in all disciplines of Psychology and will be prepared to engage in advance research in fields including, but not limited to, Cognition, Learning, Perception, Behavioral Neuroscience, Development, Personality, and Social Psychology.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• Instructor: Svetlana Komissarouk
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 3 Info
• Instructor: Isabelle Portelinha
  Info
• 2.5 points

INTRO LAB EXPERIMENTAL PSYCH

Corequisites: PSYC BC1001, or its equivalent. While this lab is not required for either Psychology Major or Non-Major, it is not open to students who have already completed or are concurrently enrolled in PSYC BC1020 Research Methods and Analysis. This lab course is intended for students who have not previously been enrolled in a psychology lab course; and a majority of seats are reserved for First Year and Sophomore students. A laboratory-based introduction to experimental methods used in psychological research. Upon successful completion of this course, students will know how to review the primary literature and formulate a hypothesis, design an experiment, analyze data using statistical methods, communicate the results of a scientific study through oral presentation and written manuscript, and carry out research studies under ethical guidelines. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in all disciplines of Psychology and will be prepared to engage in advance research in fields including, but not limited to, Cognition, Learning, Perception, Behavioral Neuroscience, Development, Personality, and Social Psychology.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• Instructor: Isabelle Portelinha
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• Instructor: Angelika Seidel
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• 2.5 points

ENVIRONMENTAL SCI LAB

"Corequisite:  EESC BC1001.  To secure a spot in the class, students must  first enroll in EESC BC1011, Environmental Science Lab 
before
 enrolling in EESC  BC1001, Lecture, to be included in the waitlist for the lecture portion.  Enrollment is secured by inclusion in the lab section which is limited in size."

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• M 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• M 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
  CULPA: 14 h-index: 5 Info
• 0 points

INTERPRETATION OF CULTRE-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

INTERPRETATION OF CULTRE-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

INTERPRETATION OF CULTRE-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

INTERPRETATION OF CULTRE-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

INTERPRETATION OF CULTRE-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

INTERPRETATION OF CULTRE-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

Introduction to Computational Thinking a

INTRO COMP THINK AND DATA SCI

This course and its co-requisite lab course will introduce students to the methods and tools used in data science to obtain insights from data. Students will learn how to analyze data arising from real-world phenomena while mastering critical concepts and skills in computer programming and statistical inference. The course will involve hands-on analysis of real-world datasets, including economic data, document collections, geographical data, and social networks. The course is ideal for students looking to increase their digital literacy and expand their use and understanding of computation and data analysis across disciplines. No prior programming or college-level math background is required.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Murad Megjhani
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• Instructor: Eysa Lee
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• 3 points

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCIETY-DISC

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCI-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCIETY-DISC

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCI-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCIETY-DISC

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCI-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCIETY-DISC

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCI-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCIETY-DISC

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCI-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCIETY-DISC

THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN SOCI-DISC

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• 0 points

INTRO ARCH DESIGN&VIS CULTURE

INTRO-ARCH DESIGN/VIS CUL

Introductory design studio to introduce students to architectural design through readings and studio design projects. Intended to develop analytic skills to critique existing media and spaces. Process of analysis used as a generative tool for the students own design work. Must apply for placement in course. Priority to upperclass students. Class capped at 16.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard T Rouhe
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• 3 points

INTRO ARCH DESIGN&VIS CULTURE

Introductory design studio to introduce students to architectural design through readings and studio design projects. Intended to develop analytic skills to critique existing media and spaces. Process of analysis used as a generative tool for the students own design work. Must apply for placement in course. Priority to upperclass students. Class capped at 16.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• TR 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Angela A Keele
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• 3 points

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH METHODS AND ANALYSIS

BEHAVRL RESRCH METHOD ANA

This course is one of three prerequisites for all 2000-level PSYC lab courses, and is a requirement for the Psychology Major. PSYC BC1001, or its equivalent, must be completed prior to or concurrently with this course. Also note that once this course has been completed a student 
cannot
then enroll in PSYC BC1010 Intro Lab. (If a student chooses to take BC1010 Intro Lab, it must be completed
before
BC1020 Research Methods.) This class will introduce students to the fundamental scientific principles, experimental methods, and analytical approaches involved in the study of human behavior. The initial major topics to be covered include how basic scientific approach can be gainfully and ethically used to study human behavior. The following topics in the course will cover the most prevalent manners of collecting data in behavioral research and the most common types of statistical analyses and tests such data is subjected to. The latter topics in the course will introduce some of the more advanced experimental designs and statistical approaches that are more specific to the social sciences.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• Instructor: Angelika Seidel
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• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

HUM RGTS IN THEORY& PRACTICE

Provides a broad overview of the rapidly expanding field of human rights. Lectures on the philosophical, historical, legal and institutional foundations are interspersed with weekly presentations by frontline advocates from the U.S. and overseas.

• Department: Human Rights (HRTB)
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

THE CITY: THINKING WITH THE URBAN BUILT

This experiential learning course provides an introduction to the organization and design of the urban built environment. What kinds of spaces make up the city, how are they formed, and what impact do they have on people’s lives? We will consider these key questions of urban design and the distinct answers that have arisen in different historical and geographical contexts, with reference to a global array of case studies. And we will use the built environment of New York City as our classroom, with weekly field trips to iconic (and iconoclastic) examples of urban form, including sites from all five boroughs that reflect a diversity of cultural milieux. Through this comparative approach, the class will challenge the naïve view that the built environment is neutral or inert, emphasizing instead the inherent politics of urban design and the ongoing transformation and contestation of urban space. To arrive at this understanding, students will learn to think with the city, acquiring tools for understanding, representing, and analyzing the urban built environment.

The class is organized morphologically into six modules: image, park, plaza, street, block, and arcade. During each unit, students will also be introduced to a specific technique for analyzing urban form: figure-ground, collage, plan, diagram, map, projection, and section. The main assignments ask students to deploy these techniques to compare the urban spaces we encounter in the city.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• F 9 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Nick R Smith
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• 4 points

Game of Thrones : On Epics and Emp

Game of Thrones: Epics/Em

This undergraduate course offered in the context of the Global Core component of the Core Curriculum is an examination of the globally popular HBO series “Game of Thrones” as a prototype for a comparative understanding of the larger question of epics and empires.  In this course we expand the domains of our interests and inquiries far wider and divide our syllabus into four parts: (1) Westeros: The Mythic Empire; (2) Persia:  The First Empire, (3) America: The Last Empire; and (4) On Epics and Empires.  Our objective will be to examine the main themes and overall arch of “Game of Thrones” into wider mythic, heroic, and transhistorical dimensions of our contemporary history.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Hamid Dabashi
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

Introduction to the Global Middle Ages

Intro to Global Middle Ag

This course introduces students to medieval history and the methods historians use to study and communicate about the past. Medieval history has traditionally centered on Western Europe, but this course also integrates new approaches to the Global Middle Ages, including attention to connectivity, comparative studies across contexts, and a survey of world literatures. Topics include Late Antique transformations to the Roman world, the Germanic migrations, and the rise of Christianity; the Islamic Conquests, the Carolingian Renaissance, and the Viking expansion; the Crusades, the Black Death, and the rise of early modern empires. Students will learn to read primary sources, assess scholarly arguments, and incorporate interdisciplinary approaches. This course will require visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Met Cloisters.

• Department: History @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Delvaux
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• 4 points

True Crime

Over the centuries, readers have been drawn to accounts of “true” crime—violent narratives involving real people and real events. And yet, as with any literary object, the notion of “truth” is always unstable—stories and their tellings are always shaped by the motivations, values, and choices of those who tell them, often with an eye toward the audience that will consume them. Whether constructed in order to moralize, to enforce or critique social or political ideologies, or purely to sell copies, “true
crime” is a literary genre that reveals attitudes about gender, race, and class; that illustrates—and sometimes calls into question—cultural norms and mores; that calls on readers to reflect on their own morbid curiosity and assumptions and fears. In this class we will engage with a diverse selection of literary texts—spanning from the Middle Ages to the present day and from a range of genres, including pamphlets, plays, novels, and more—as well as contemporary films, a tv series, and a
podcast. Through close reading and critical analysis, we will examine the evolution of the “true crime” genre and the cultural and societal contexts that shape the portrayal of crime for popular consumption. We will explore the ways in which texts and authors sensationalize, moralize, and convey the complexities of crime. We will analyze point of view: who’s telling the story, whom we sympathize with, and what insights we get into the minds of those committing crimes as well as those who fall prey to them. We will consider justice and policing— the role played by the law and its enforcers in shaping narratives about crime and punishment, right and wrong. Finally, we will reflect on the ethical implications of representing real-life crimes in literature, and how “true crime” narratives shape social perceptions, fears, prejudices, and notions of justice and morality.

• Department: English @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Penelope Usher
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• 3 points

SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS

Weekly meetings with researchers from Barnard, Columbia, and other guests to discuss the nature of scientific inquiry in psychology; and intellectual, professional, and personal issues in the work of scientists.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Isabelle Portelinha
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• 1 points

ELEM BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN

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
• TWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Aleksandar Boskovic
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY BENGALI I

• Department: Language Resource Center
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Dwijen Bhattacharjya
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY BURMESE I

This course aims to train students to achieve basic skills in Burmese. They will develop competency in reading and writing Burmese script. Students will also learn basic spoken Burmese.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• 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: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 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.
• 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: German @Barnard
• MWR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Johanna Veth-Abinusawa
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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