ORGANIC CHEM. LAB I TECHNIQUES
Prerequisites: (CHEM UN1403 and CHEM UN1404) or (CHEM UN1604) and (CHEM UN1500 or CHEM UN1507) Corequisites: CHEM UN2443 Techniques of experimental organic chemistry, with emphasis on understanding fundamental principles underlying the experiments in methodology of solving laboratory problems involving organic molecules. Attendance at the first lab lecture and laboratory session is mandatory. Please note that CHEM UN2493 is the first part of a full year organic chemistry laboratory course. Students must register for the lab lecture section (CHEM UN2495) which corresponds to their lab section. Students must attend ONE lab lecture and ONE lab section every other week. Please contact your advisers for further information.
- Department: Chemistry
- R noon-3:50 p.m.
- F 11 a.m.-2:50 p.m.
- M 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- T noon-3:50 p.m.
- T 6:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
- W 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- R noon-3:50 p.m.
- F 11 a.m.-2:50 p.m.
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Anna Ghurbanyan
CULPA: 21
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ORGANIC CHEM. LABORATORY I
Corequisites: CHEM UN2493 The course is the lab lecture which accompanies the Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (Techniques) course.
- Department: Chemistry
- W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- M 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- M 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Talha Siddiqui
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Anna Ghurbanyan
CULPA: 21
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Talha Siddiqui
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Anna Ghurbanyan
CULPA: 21
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Programming for Scientists
MATLAB FOR SCIENTISTS
Learning objectives:
This course will provide a comprehensive foundation in programming methodology for quantitative biology applications that can be readily applied to any programming language. It is recommended for students interested in establishing or expanding their computational biology skillset. After completing this course, students should be able to:
1. Understand and explain the role of numerical and statistical methods in biology
2. Execute numerical computations using a widely-used programming language
3. Recognize common programming motifs that can be readily applied to other widely used languages
4. Design and troubleshoot algorithms to analyze diverse biological data and implement them using functions and scripts
5. Apply statistical programming techniques to model biological systems
6. Generate and interpret diverse plots based on biological datasets
Course overview:
Once a small subfield of biology, computational biology has evolved into a massive field of its own, with computational methods fast becoming a vital toolkit leveraged by biologists across the discipline. As the size and complexity of biological datasets grows, computational methods allow scientists to make sense of these data, scaling quantitative methods to extract meaningful insights that help us better understand ourselves and the living world around us. In this course, we will learn the basics of computer programming in R, a powerful programming language with wide use in the biological sciences. Topics will include a basic introduction to R and the RStudio environment, data types and control structures, reading and writing files in R, data processing and visualization, manipulating common biological datasets; and statistical testing and modeling in R.
- Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
- T 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Nicolo Pini
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ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION
Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent and MATH UN2010. Mathematical methods for economics. Quadratic forms, Hessian, implicit functions. Convex sets, convex functions. Optimization, constrained optimization, Kuhn-Tucker conditions. Elements of the calculus of variations and optimal control. (SC)
- Department: Mathematics
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Xi S Shen
h-index: 4 Info - 3 points
FOUNDATIONS OF DATA SCIENCE
Designed to provide an introduction to data science for sophomore SEAS majors. Combines three perspectives: inferential thinking, computational thinking, and real-world applications. Given data arising from some real-world phenomenon, how does one analyze that data so as to understand that phenomenon? Teaches critical concepts and skills in computer programming, statistical inference, and machine learning, in conjunction with hands-on analysis of real-world datasets such as economic data, document collections, geographical data, and social networks. At least one project will address a problem relevant to New York City.
- Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yi Zhang
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points
CONTEMPORARY BIOLOGY LAB
Prerequisite or corequisite: BIOL UN2005 or BIOL UN2401. Contemporary Biology Lab is designed to provide students with hands-on exploration of fundamental and contemporary biological tools and concepts. Activities include in depth study of mammalian anatomy and physiology through dissection and histology, as well as a series of experiments in genetics and molecular biology, with emphasis on data analysis and experimental technique.
- Department: Biological Sciences
- M 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- T 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- W 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- R 5:40 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
- F 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Ava E Brent
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Joshua P Abrams
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Ava E Brent
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Joshua P Abrams
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Ava E Brent
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2ND YR MOD HEBREW:INTER I
Prerequisites: 1st Year Modern Hebrew II or the equivalent and instructor's permission. Equal emphasis is given to listening, speaking, reading and writing. Regular categories of the Hebrew verb, prepositions, and basic syntax are taught systematically. Vocabulary building. Daily homework includes grammar exercises, short answers, reading, or short compositions. Frequent vocabulary and grammar quizzes. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Danielle Katz-Shenhar
Info - 5 points
LAB IN FICTION FILMMAKING
This lab course is limited to declared Film & Media Studies majors. Exercises in the use of video for fiction shorts.
- Department: Film
- F 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hector Prats I Castro
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Instructor:
Kunao Yan
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INT HEBREW:INTENSVE GRAMMAR REV
This course focuses on Modern Hebrew grammar, and verb conjugation in particular. It is designed for students with substantial knowledge of Modern Hebrew. Over the semester, students will systematically review the grammatical patterns of regular verbs (shlemim), and learn the grammatical patterns of the irregular verbs (gzarot), as well as several other grammatical topics. After successful completion of this course, the foreign language requirement will be fulfilled (for students of Columbia College and other academic units that require a 4th-semester proficiency). Successful completion of this course also allows students to register in third-year Modern Hebrew.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MWR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Illan Gonen
CULPA: 3 Info - 4 points
HEBREW FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS I
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Hebrew for Heritage Speakers I forms part of a year-long sequence with Hebrew for Heritage Speakers II. The course is intended for those who have developed basic speaking and listening skills through exposure to Hebrew at home or in day-school programs but do not use Hebrew as their dominant language and have not reached the level required for exemption from the Columbia language requirement. Heritage speakers differ in the degree of their fluency, but their vocabulary is often limited to topics in daily life and many lack skills in reading and writing to match their ability to converse. The course focuses on grammar and vocabulary enrichment, exposing students to a variety of cultural and social topics in daily life and beyond. By the end of the semester students are able to read and discuss simple texts and write about a variety of topics. Successful completion of the year-long sequence prepares students to enroll in third-year modern Hebrew. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Danielle Katz-Shenhar
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INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION I
Prerequisites: Completion of GERM UN1101 and UN1102 or the equivalent
This 2-point conversation group is designed for students who are now taking Intermediate German UN2101 or who wish to maintain their spoken German at least at the advanced intermediate level. The course is designed to improve your ability to speak and understand and manage German in everyday situations; to provide opportunities to participate in conversational situations on any topics you are interested in; to strengthen and acquire skills to understand German spoken at normal conversational speed; to expand active and passive vocabularies speaking skills; and to maintain a certain level of written German through short written activities. This course does not count towards the language requirement.
- Department: Germanic Languages
- TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Varol Kahveci
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HEALTH INEQUALITY: MODERN US
Through assigned readings and a group research project, students will gain familiarity with a range of historical and social science problems at the intersection of ethnic/racial/sexual formations, technological networks, and health politics since the turn of the twentieth century. Topics to be examined will include, but will not be limited to, black women's health organization and care; HIV/AIDS politics, policy, and community response; benign neglect; urban renewal and gentrification; medical abuses and the legacy of Tuskegee; tuberculosis control; and environmental justice. There are no required qualifications for enrollment, although students will find the material more accessible if they have had previous coursework experience in United States history, pre-health professional (pre-med, pre-nursing, or pre-public health), African-American Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, or American Studies.
- Department: History
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Samuel K Jr Roberts
Info - 4 points
DISC-HEALTH INEQUALITY: MODERN US
DISC-HEALTH INEQUALITY MO
Required DISCUSSION SECTION for HIST UN2523, History of Health Inequality in Modern US. Students must first register for main class.
- Department: History
- T 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- W 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- R 8:10 a.m.-9 a.m.
- W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Autumn K Galindo
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Samuel J Niu
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Autumn K Galindo
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Samuel J Niu
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Heath M Rojas
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Life Beyond Emergency: Ecologies & Inhab
Life Beyond Emergency
examines constructed environments and spatial practices in contexts of displacement, within the connected histories of colonialism and humanitarianism. People migrating under duress, seeking refuge, practicing mutual aid, and sheltering in governmental or nongovernmental settings invest in the built environment as a holder of knowledge, critical heritage, and imaginaries of life beyond emergency. The course considers a politics and poetics of architectures and infrastructures of partitions, borders, and camps: territories and domesticities of concern to authorities and inhabited by ordinary people forging solidarities and futures. We will investigate the connected histories and theories of humanitarianism and colonialism, which have not only shaped lives as people inhabit spaces of emergency, but produced rationales for the construction of landscapes and domesticities of refuge, enacted spatial violence and territorial contestations, and structured architectural knowledge. The course examines iconic forms such as refugee camps in relation to colonial institutions such as archives. From Somalia to Palestine to Bangladesh and beyond, our inquiry into contested territories where people have been forced to migrate invites students to interrogate the normalized discourses and spaces, for example, of ‘borderlands,’ or ‘refugees,’ in order to imagine and analyze emergency environments as constructions that people have resisted, endured, transcended, theorized, and inhabited.
- Department: Architecture @Barnard
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Anooradha I Siddiqi
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
US LESBIAN & GAY HISTORY
This course explores the social, cultural, and political history of lesbians, gay men, and other socially constituted sexual and gender minorities, primarily in the twentieth century. Since the production and regulation of queer life has always been intimately linked to the production and policing of “normal” sexuality and gender, we will also pay attention to the shifting boundaries of normative sexuality, especially heterosexuality, as well as other developments in American history that shaped gay life, such as the Second World War, Cold War, urbanization, and the minority rights revolution. Themes include the emergence of homosexuality and heterosexuality as categories of experience and identity; the changing relationship between homosexuality and transgenderism; the development of diverse lesbian and gay subcultures and their representation in popular culture; the sources of antigay hostility; religion and sexual science; generational change and everyday life; AIDS; and gay, antigay, feminist, and queer movements.
- Department: History
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
George Chauncey
CULPA: 13
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US LESBIAN & GAY HISTORY
This course explores the social, cultural, and political history of lesbians, gay men, and other socially constituted sexual and gender minorities, primarily in the twentieth century. Since the production and regulation of queer life has always been intimately linked to the production and policing of “normal” sexuality and gender, we will also pay attention to the shifting boundaries of normative sexuality, especially heterosexuality, as well as other developments in American history that shaped gay life, such as the Second World War, Cold War, urbanization, and the minority rights revolution. Themes include the emergence of homosexuality and heterosexuality as categories of experience and identity; the changing relationship between homosexuality and transgenderism; the development of diverse lesbian and gay subcultures and their representation in popular culture; the sources of antigay hostility; religion and sexual science; generational change and everyday life; AIDS; and gay, antigay, feminist, and queer movements.
- Department: Auditing
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
George Chauncey
CULPA: 13
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HIST OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
- Department: History
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kimberly K Phillips-Fein
Info - 4 points
HIST OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
- Department: Auditing
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kimberly K Phillips-Fein
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INTENSIVE ORGANIC CHEM LAB
Prerequisites: (CHEM UN2045 and CHEM UN2046) and CHEM UN1507 The lab is intended for students who have taken Intensive Organic Chemistry, CHEM UN2045 - CHEM UN2046 and who intend to major in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Physics, or Environmental Chemistry.
DANCE COMPOSITION: CONTENT
Continued study of choreography as a communicative performing art form. Focuses on the exploration of ideas and meaning. Emphasis is placed on the development of personal style as an expressive medium and unity of style in each work. Group as well as solo compositions will be assigned.
- Department: Dance @Barnard
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Colleen Thomas
CULPA: 6
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HUMAN ANATOMY AND MOVEMENT
Corequisites: ANAT BC2574 Dancers and other movers will acquire concrete, scientific information about anatomy and integrate this knowledge into their sensed experience of movement. Through readings, lecture/discussions and movement practice, students will explore: (1) structure and function of bones and joints, (2) muscles, neuromuscular function and coordination, (3) motor cognition and learning.
- Department: Dance @Barnard
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Chisa Hidaka
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
LABORATORY IN HUMAN ANATOMY
Corequisites: DNCE BC2573 This new interdisciplinary laboratory course will introduce students to the practices of creative and scientific research in anatomy. The laboratory course will offer students “hands-on” opportunities to view cadaveric specimens, to collect, analyze and communicate scientific information/data related to anatomy and to explore the use of anatomical information to generate creative movement and choreography.
- Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
- M 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- 3 points
INTERMEDIATE HINDI-URDU I
Prerequisites: (MDES UN1601) and (MDES UN1602) MDES UN1601-UN1602 or the instructor's permission. Continuing practice in listening, speaking, and grammatical understanding. Along with the Hindi (Devanagari) script, the Urdu (Perso-Arabic) script is taught in the class; both scripts are used for reading and writing. 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.-2:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Timsal Masud
Info - 5 points
PHYSICS III:CLASS/QUANTUM WAVE
Prerequisites: PHYS UN1402 or PHYS UN1602 Corequisite: MATH UN1202 or equivalent. Classical waves and the wave equation, geometrical optics, interference and diffraction, Fourier series and integrals, normal modes, wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, basic principles of quantum mechanics, energy levels, reflection and transmission coefficients, the harmonic oscillator. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields.
- Department: Physics
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sebastian Will
h-index: 18 Info - 3.5 points
ARTS OF JAPAN
Introduction to the painting, sculpture, and architecture of Japan from the Neolithic period through the present. Discussion focuses on key monuments within their historical and cultural contexts.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew P McKelway
CULPA: 6 Info - 3 points
Physics III: Class/Quantum Wave - Rec
Physics3:Class/Quantm Wav
- Department: Physics
- M 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sebastian Will
h-index: 18 Info - 0 points
SECOND YR MOD COLLOQ TIBET I
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- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sonam Tsering
Info - 4 points
ARTS OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA
Introduces distinctive aesthetic traditions of China, Japan, and Korea--their similarities and differences--through an examination of the visual significance of selected works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts in relation to the history, culture, and religions of East Asia.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Catherine M Zhu
Info - 3 points
INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY
INTRO TO PERSONALITY
- Department: Psychology
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Usha Barahmand
Info - 3 points
ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
Prerequisites: An introductory psychology course. Examines definitions, theories, and treatments of abnormal behavior.
- Department: Psychology
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
E'Mett McCaskill
CULPA: 38
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Surveys important methods, findings, and theories in the study of social influences on behavior. Emphasizes different perspectives on the relation between individuals and society.
- Department: Psychology
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tory Higgins
CULPA: 23
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LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION I
This course aims to give a portrait of the development of Latin America from the first contact with the Europeans to the creation of independent states. We will focus on society and interaction among the various ethnic and socio-economic groups at the level of daily life. For each class, students will have to read sections of a core text as well as a primary source, or document, from the period; before the end of every class there will be 15 minutes to discuss the document together. In addition, students will enroll in discussion sections held by TAs.
- Department: History
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Caterina Pizzigoni
CULPA: 24
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FAMILIES LATIN AMERICA
Explores changing structures and meanings of family in Latin America from colonial period to present. Particular focus on enduring tensions between prescription and reality in family forms as well as the articulation of family with hierarchies of class, caste, and color in diverse Latin American societies.
- Department: History @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Nara Milanich
CULPA: 15
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The Cold War in Latin America
This lecture offers a comprehensive view of the Cold War in Latin America and zooms in on those places and moments when it turned hot. It understands the Cold War as a complex and multi-layered conflict, which not only pitted two superpowers—the United States and the Soviet Union—against one another, but also two ideologies—capitalism and socialism—whose appeal cut across societies. In Latin America, the idea of socialist revolution attracted a diverse set of actors (workers, students, intellectuals, politicians, etc.) and posed a significant challenge to both capitalism and United States hegemony. We will probe what the Cold War meant to people across the region, paying particular attention to revolutionary and counterrevolutionary events in Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua, all the while examining the diplomatic and cultural battles for the hearts and minds of Latin Americans.
- Department: History
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alfonso Salgado
Info - 4 points
The Cold War in Latin America
This lecture offers a comprehensive view of the Cold War in Latin America and zooms in on those places and moments when it turned hot. It understands the Cold War as a complex and multi-layered conflict, which not only pitted two superpowers—the United States and the Soviet Union—against one another, but also two ideologies—capitalism and socialism—whose appeal cut across societies. In Latin America, the idea of socialist revolution attracted a diverse set of actors (workers, students, intellectuals, politicians, etc.) and posed a significant challenge to both capitalism and United States hegemony. We will probe what the Cold War meant to people across the region, paying particular attention to revolutionary and counterrevolutionary events in Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua, all the while examining the diplomatic and cultural battles for the hearts and minds of Latin Americans.
- Department: Auditing
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alfonso Salgado
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The Cold War in Latin America - DISC
DISC - The Cold War in La
Required discussion section for “The Cold War in Latin America” lecture (HIST UN2671)
- Department: History
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Instructor:
Gabriel A Solis
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INTERMEDIATE PERSIAN I
Prerequisites: Elementary Persian II or the equivalent. This course involves reading, writing, translating, conversation and grammatical foundations for Persian Language (PL). The materials are selected from two books: Āmuzesh-e Fārsi: Intermediate Level (required) and English-Persian Dictionary, plus verb system and charts (recommended). These books are assigned and have to be available to every student. There are also handouts, which will be provided throughout the course. This course serves as intermediate and makes students able to read and compose proper Persian language as well as the colloquial one. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Saeed Honarmand
Info - 4 points
ADVANCED LITERARY TIBETAN
This course focuses on helping students gain greater proficiency in reading Tibetan Buddhist philosophical and religious historical texts. Readings are selected primarily from Tibetan Buddhist philosophical texts (sutras) such as shes rab snying po, thu’u bkan grub mtha’ and other Tibetan canonical texts.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sonam Tsering Ngulphu
Info - 4 points
HISTORY OF THE MOD MIDDLE EAST
This course will cover the history of the Middle East from the 18th century until the present, examining the region ranging from Morocco to Iran and including the Ottoman Empire. It will focus on transformations in the states of the region, external intervention, and the emergence of modern nation-states, as well as aspects of social, economic, cultural and intellectual history of the region. Field(s): ME
- Department: History
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Rashid I Khalidi
CULPA: 26
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HISTORY OF THE MOD MIDDLE EAST
This course will cover the history of the Middle East from the 18th century until the present, examining the region ranging from Morocco to Iran and including the Ottoman Empire. It will focus on transformations in the states of the region, external intervention, and the emergence of modern nation-states, as well as aspects of social, economic, cultural and intellectual history of the region. Field(s): ME
- Department: Auditing
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Rashid I Khalidi
CULPA: 26
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MOD MIDDLE EAST-DISC
- Department: History
- M 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- M 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- R 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- T 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- T 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- F 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- F 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Ifadha Sifar
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African Economic History (1500-present)
By engaging with histories of development, quantitative economic history, and history of labor, this course provides an overview of the methodologies and questions pertaining to the economic history of African contexts from the 16th to the 21st century. Students will gain skills in archival analysis and data analysis of historical sources in order to understand how economic stratification and accumulation functioned in African states and societies from the end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, through European conquest and colonialism, to the new imperatives of independence. Themes of the class will include a critical evaluation of slavery, conquest and capital, colonial violence, development and inequality in African contexts.
- Department: History
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Thomas B Zuber
Info - 4 points
African Economic History (1500-present)
African Economic History-
Required discussion section for lecture: African Economic History (1500-present) - HIST UN2757
- Department: History
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INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIOU
INTRO NAT AMER RELIGIOUS
There are over 800 distinct Native American nations currently within the borders of the United States. This course offers a broad introduction to the diversity of American Indian religious systems and their larger functions in communities and in history. We will explore general themes in the study of Native American religious traditions as well as look at some specific examples of practices, ideas, and beliefs. Of particular importance are the history and effects of colonialism and missionization on Native peoples, their continuing struggles for religious freedom and cultural and linguistic survival, and the ways in which American Indians engage with religion and spirituality, both past and present, to respond to social, cultural, political, and geographical change.
- Department: Religion @Barnard
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tiffany Hale
CULPA: 4
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ACCELERATED PHYSICS I
Prerequisites: Advanced Placement in physics and mathematics, or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission. (A special placement meeting is held during Orientation.) This accelerated two-semester sequence covers the subject matter of PHYS UN1601, PHYS UN1602 and PHYS UN2601, and is intended for those students who have an exceptionally strong background in both physics and mathematics. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields. There is no accompanying laboratory; however, students are encouraged to take the intermediate laboratory, PHYS UN3081, in the following year.
- Department: Physics
- TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Yury Levin
h-index: 91 Info - 4.5 points
LAB-PLANT EVOLUTION & DIVERSITY
LAB-PLANT EVOLUTION&DIVERSITY
Prerequisites: () Enrollment is limited to 16; must attend first lab to hold place. Studies of the structure, ecology, and evolution of plants. Laboratory exercises include field problems, laboratory experiments, plant collections and identification, and examination of the morphology of plant groups.
- Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
- F 12:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hilary Callahan
CULPA: 4 h-index: 17 Info - 3 points
FRONTIERS OF ASTROPHYSICS
Several members of the faculty each offer a brief series of talks providing context for a current research topic in the field and then present results of their ongoing research. Opportunities for future student research collaboration are offered. Grading is Pass/Fail.
- Department: Astronomy
- F 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
David J Helfand
CULPA: 40
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FRONTIERS OF ASTROPHYSICS
Several members of the faculty each offer a brief series of talks providing context for a current research topic in the field and then present results of their ongoing research. Opportunities for future student research collaboration are offered. Grading is Pass/Fail.
- Department: Auditing
- F 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
David J Helfand
CULPA: 40
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Contemporary Latin American Art
Contemp Latin American Ar
Focusing on South America, this course examines contemporary art produced in the region known as Latin America and its diasporas, roughly since mid-1940s to the present. The first half of the class attends to two tendencies of the 1940s–1970s, abstraction and conceptualism, lionized through a slew of acclaimed group and solo exhibitions organized across the hemisphere in the last twenty years. We will analyze these two tendencies in the distinct social, political, and economic contexts of their emergence in various “centers” of the continent paying special attention to the ideologies of modernization, progress, and economic development; political upheavals including violent dictatorships and other crises; artists’ relationship to Western European and U.S. cultural centers, and transnational circulation networks; and the role of art institutions. To this end, we will pay special attention to how these trends have been historicized to date, and to what ends. The second half of the class will examine practices since the mid-1970s to the present in a comparative perspective: one, through the lens of identity politics and, two, analyzing the dynamics of the increased global dissemination of works from Latin America and by Latin-American descendants. Several visits to art institutions in NYC will be required as a part of the course.
- Department: Art History @Barnard
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Dorota Biczel
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INTERMEDIATE MODERN TURKISH I
A continuation of the study of the written and spoken language of Turkey, with readings of literary, historical, and other texts. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Zuleyha Colak
CULPA: 2 h-index: 0 Info - 4 points
AFRICA BEFORE COLONIALISM
This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the precolonial history of the African continent. It investigates in-depth the political, social, cultural and economic developments of different Africa communities, covering various regions and periods, from prehistory to the formation of the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds. Its focus is the intersection of politics, economics, culture and society. Using world history and Africa’s location in the production of history as key analytical frames, it pays special attention to social, political and cultural changes that shaped the various individual and collective experiences of African peoples and states and the historical discourses associated to them.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mamadou Diouf
CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
Unsettling Science
Unsettling Science invites students to do exactly that: ask big questions about science and interrupt preconceived ideas about what science is and who does it. This course is an introductory dive into the interplay between science, technology, health, environment, and society. By offering deep historical and contemporary perspectives, this course equips students with skills essential to critically exploring not only longstanding questions about the world but also urgent issues of our time. Unsettling Science will provide students with the critical and methodological tools to think creatively about local and global challenges and develop interventions. To do so, the course focuses on a series of fundamental questions that underpin the study of science and society from a variety of perspectives.
- Department: History
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Madisson Whitman
Info - 4 points
WORLD MIGRATION
Overview of human migration from pre-history to the present. Sessions on classical Rome; Jewish diaspora; Viking, Mongol, and Arab conquests; peopling of New World, European colonization, and African slavery; 19th-century European mass migration; Chinese and Indian diasporas; resurgence of global migration in last three decades, and current debates.
- Department: History @Barnard
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Jose Moya
CULPA: 19
h-index: 18
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- 3 points
INTRO LIT/METHODS OF ART HIST
Required course for department majors. Not open to Barnard or Continuing Education students. Students must receive instructors permission. Introduction to different methodological approaches to the study of art and visual culture. Majors are encouraged to take the colloquium during their junior year.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Meredith Gamer
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Instructor:
Michael Cole
CULPA: 4
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THEORY AND CULTURE
Required of all majors. Introduces theories of culture particularly related to the Middle East, South Asia. and Africa. Theoretical debates on the nature and function of culture as a symbolic reading of human collectivities. Examines critical cultural studies of the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Enables students to articulate their emerging knowledge of Middle East, South Asian, and African cultures in a theoretically informed language.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Debashree Mukherjee
CULPA: 2 h-index: 5 Info - 4 points
SOCIAL THEORY
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. Required for all sociology majors. Prerequisite: at least one sociology course of the instructor's permission. Theoretical accounts of the rise and transformations of modern society in the19th and 20th centuries. Theories studied include those of Adam Smith, Tocqueville, Marx, Durkheim, Max Weber, Roberto Michels. Selected topics: individual, society, and polity; economy, class, and status: organization and ideology; religion and society; moral and instrumental action.
- Department: Sociology
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ryan Hagen
Info - 4 points
INTRO TO COMPARATIVE LITERATUR
Introduction to the study of literature from a comparative and cross-disciplinary perspective. Readings will be selected to promote reflection on such topics as the relation of literature to the other arts; nationalism and literature; international literary movements; post-colonial literature; gender and literature; and issues of authorship, influence, originality, and intertextuality.
- Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Emily Sun
CULPA: 4
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- 3 points
HISTORY OF THEATRICAL DANCING
Focuses on the history of theatre dance forms originating in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the present. Includes reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of sources such as film, text, original documentation, demonstration, and performance.
- Department: Dance @Barnard
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Marjorie Folkman
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points
LITERARY TEXTS & CRIT METHODS
Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN3001 must also register for one of the sections of ENGL UN3011 Literary Texts, Critical Methods. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature. Students will read works from different genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction), drawn from the medieval period to the present day, learning the different interpretative techniques required by each. The course also introduces students to a variety of critical schools and approaches, with the aim both of familiarizing them with these methodologies in the work of other critics and of encouraging them to make use of different methods in their own critical writing. This course (together with the companion seminar ENGL UN3011) is a requirement for the English Major and Concentration. It should be taken as early as possible in a students career. Fulfillment of this requirement will be a factor in admission to seminars and to some lectures.
- Department: English and Comparative Literature
- T 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Edward Mendelson
CULPA: 64
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- 4 points