CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, 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: Contemporary Civilization and Literature Humanities
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 4 points

CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, 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: Contemporary Civilization and Literature Humanities
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 4 points

CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, 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: Contemporary Civilization and Literature Humanities
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 4 points

CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, 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: Contemporary Civilization and Literature Humanities
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 4 points

CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, 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: Contemporary Civilization and Literature Humanities
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 4 points

CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, 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: Contemporary Civilization and Literature Humanities
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• MW 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• 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: Contemporary Civilization and Literature Humanities
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• 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 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.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
• MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Wijnie de Groot
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 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
• 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
• MTWR 11 a.m.-12:15 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
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Tuomas S Hiltunen
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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 and Romance Philology
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 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.
• MWF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TRF 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TRF 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicolae A Virastau
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 1 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY GERMAN I

Upon completion of the course, students understand, speak, read, and write German at a level enabling them to communicate with native speakers about their background, family, daily activities, student life, work, and living quarters. Daily assignments and laboratory work.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas G Preston
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• Instructor: Chloe P Vaughn
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• Instructor: Laura B Tedford
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• Instructor: Diana K Reese
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• Instructor: Foteini Samartzi
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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
• MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth M Heintges
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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 Greece's 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 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 4 points

EUROPEAN HISTORY 1500-1789

INTRO EUR HIS:RENAISS-FR REV

Political, economic, social, religious, and intellectual history of early modern Europe, including the Renaissance, Reformation and Counter-Reformation, absolutism, Scientific Revolution, and Enlightenment.

• Department: History @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Deborah Valenze
  CULPA: 16 Wikipedia Info
• 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
• TR 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Carol H Rounds
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 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 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY IRISH I

Thia 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
• MW 2 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
• TR 2 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ITALIAN I

Same course as ITAL V1101-V1102.

• Department: Italian
• MWF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• MTWR 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Alejandro Cuadrado
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• Instructor: Tylar A Colleluori
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Claudia M Sbuttoni
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• Instructor: Isabella M Livorni
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• Instructor: Catherine S Bloomer
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• Instructor: Christina A McGrath
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• 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 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Keiko Okamoto
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Naofumi Tatsumi
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Naoko Sourial
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• Instructor: Kyoko M Loetscher
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Fumiko Nazikian
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Asami Tsuda
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• 5 points

FIRST YEAR KOREAN I

FIRST YEAR KOREAN N I

An introduction to written and spoken Korean. Textbook: Integrated Korean, Beginning I and II.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Eunice Chung
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Carol H Schulz
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 5 points

FIRST YEAR KOREAN I

An introduction to written and spoken Korean. Textbook: Integrated Korean, Beginning I and II.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• 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
• MWF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Caleb P Simone
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• Instructor: Tal Ardon Ish Shalom
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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. , The Help Room in 333 Milbank Hall (Barnard College) is open during the day, Monday through Friday, to students seeking individual help from the teaching assistants.
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• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.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 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Dusa McDuff
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Chao Li
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY NAHUATL I

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 4 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
• MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Caes
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• 4 points

POLITICAL THEORY I

What is the relationship between law and justice? Are capacities of political judgment shared by the many or reserved for the few? What does human equality consist of and what are its implications? Can individual freedom be reconciled with the demands of political community? What are the origins and effects of persistent gender inequalities? These are some of the crucial questions that we will address in this introductory course in political theory. The course is divided into five thematic sections, each addressing an enduring political problem or issue and centered on a key text in the history of political thought: 1. Laws, Obligations, and the Question of Disobedience; Sophocles,
Antigone;
2. Democratic Citizenship and the Capacities of Political Judgment; Plato,
Republic;
3. Origins and Effects of (In)equality; John Locke,
Second Treatise of Civil Government;
4. Paradoxes of Freedom; Jean Jacques Rousseau,
On the Social Contract;
5. The Woman Question; John Stuart Mill,
The Subjection of Women.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Nadia Urbinati
  CULPA: 29 Wikipedia Info
• 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: Spanish and Portuguese
• MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ana P Huback
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Joao Nemi Neto
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

STATISTICS

Prerequisites: BC1001 and instructor permission. Enrollment limited to 20 students per recitation section.
Corequisites: PSYC BC1102
Lecture course introducing students to statistics and its applications to psychological research. The course covers basic theory, conceptual underpinnings, and common statistics.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Yoona Lee
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• Instructor: Doris C Zahner
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 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
• MTR 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ROMANIAN I

Provides students with an introduction to the basic structures of the Romanian language.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• TR 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Mona Momescu
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• 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 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 6:10 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
• 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
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH I

Prerequisites: a score of 0-279 in the department's Placement Examination.
An introduction to Spanish communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, witting, 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: Spanish and Portuguese
• MWR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MWF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MWF 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• 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.
• TRF 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TRF 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• MWR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MWR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MWR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ibai Atutxa
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• Instructor: Rachel S Stein
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points