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: Auditing
• T 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Edward Mendelson
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ADVANCED GERMAN I

Prerequisites: GERM UN2102. If you have prior German outside of Columbia’s language sequence, the placement exam is required. Note: UN3001 and UN3002 are not sequential.

German UN3001 is an ambitious socio-cultural exploration of Berlin. Designed to follow up the language skills acquired in first- and second-year language courses (or the equivalent thereof), this course gives students greater proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing German while focusing on topics from German society today through various German media, such as internet, film, and literature through the lens of Germany’s capital, Berlin. Topics discussed include: cultural diversity in Berlin's multi-cultural neighborhoods; questioning and reflecting upon Berlin's recent past; developing your own Berlin experience and presenting your interests in various forms, such as presentations, an essay, your CV, an application letter and interview for an internship in Berlin. The course represents a gateway class to literature courses and counts towards the major and concentration in German. Taught in German.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Julia Perrin
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS

Evolution of the theory and content of human rights; the ideology and impact of human rights movements; national and international human rights law and institutions; their application with attention to universality within states, including the U.S. and internationally.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew J Nathan
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• 3 points

CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE + LAB

CLASSICAL WAVES - LEC + LAB

Prerequisites: Physics BC2002 or the equivalent. Corequisites: Calculus III. Nonlinear pendula, transverse vibrations-elastic strings, longitudinal sound waves, seismic waves, electromagnetic oscillations - light, rainbows, haloes, the Green Flash; polarization phenomena - Haidingers Brush, Brewsters angle, double refraction, optical activity; gravity - capillary waves; interference, diffraction, lenses - mirrors.  PLEASE NOTE: Students who take PHYS BC3001 may not receive credit for PHYS BC3010.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Timothy J Halpin-Healy
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• 5 points

SLAVIC CULTURES

The history of Slavic peoples - Russians, Czechs, Poles, Serbs, Croats, Ukrainians, Bulgarians - is rife with transformations, some voluntary, some imposed. Against the background of a schematic external history, this course examines how Slavic peoples have responded to and have represented these transformations in various modes: historical writing, hagiography, polemics, drama and fiction, folk poetry, music, visual art, and film. Activity ranges over lecture (for historical background) and discussion (of primary sources).

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 3 points

Social Theory- DISC

SOCIAL THEORY- DISC

Discussion section for Social Theory (SOCI UN3000).

• Department: Sociology
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Dominic T Walker
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• Instructor: Bonnie R Siegler
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SENIOR THESIS

Prerequisites: the departments permission. Required for all thesis writers.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Barry G Bergdoll
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• 3 points

SUPERVISED PROJ PHOTOGRAPHY

In this course, you will conduct independent projects in photography in a structured setting under faculty supervision.  You are responsible for arranging for your photographic equipment in consultation with the instructor.

This course will afford you a framework in which to intensively develop a coherent body of photographs, critique this work with your classmates, and correlate your goals with recent issues in contemporary photography.  

Students are required to enroll in an additional fifteen contact hours of instruction at the International Center for Photography. Courses range from one-day workshops to full-semester courses. 

Permission of instructor only.  The class will be limited to 20 students.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: John Miller
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• 3 points

HUMAN RIGHTS & IMMIGRATION

Examination of human rights within the context of international migration. The course covers topics such as citizenship, state sovereignty, border control, asylum-seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ayten Gundogdu
  CULPA: 20 h-index: 8 Info
• 4 points

THIRD YEAR CHINESE I

Third Year Chinese I, CHNS3003UN, 5 points. You are required to take Third Year Chinese II, CHNS3004UN, 5 points with this course.

Welcome to the Advanced Chinese course, intended for students who've completed two years of college-level Chinese, one year as heritage learners, or equivalent. This comprehensive study enriches understanding of the language and culture, utilizing a broad spectrum of content. Topics include Chinese mythologies, historical figures, ancient philosophers, Chinese idiomatic expressions, and the art of calligraphy. Students will examine works by contemporary Chinese writers, and be introduced to renowned texts like 'The Story of the Three Kingdoms' and 'The Story of the Stone.' Discussions on Chinese women and society provide a sociological angle. By reinforcing linguistic ability and broadening cultural perspective, students will gain the knowledge and competence needed for effective communication in advanced Chinese and deeper engagement with Chinese culture.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhirong Wang
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• Instructor: Jia Xu
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• Instructor: Lingjun Hu
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• Instructor: Yanwen Wu
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• 5 points

GREECE TODAY: LANG, LIT

GREECE TODAY: LANG LIT

Prerequisites: GRKM un2102 This course builds on the elements of the language acquired in GRKM1101 through 2102, but new students may place into it, after special arrangement with the instructor. It introduces the students to a number of authentic multimodal materials drawn from a range of sources which include films, literary texts, media, music etc. in order to better understand Greece’s current cultural, socio-economic, and political landscape. In doing so, it aims to foster transcultural understanding and intercultural competence, while further developing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Topics of discussion include language, gender equality, youth unemployment, education, queer identities, refugees, and the multilayered aspects of the crisis.Pre-requisite for this class: GRKM 2102 or placement test. Instructor’s permission required if the students have not taken GRKM2102 or equivalent.

• Department: Classics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Nikolas Kakkoufa
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• 3 points

NEUROBIO I:CELLULAR & MOLECULR

Prerequisites: one year of biology; a course in physics is highly recommended. Lecture and recitation. This is an advanced course intended for majors providing an in depth survey of the cellular and molecular aspects of nerve cell function. Topics include: the cell biology and biochemistry of neurons, ionic and molecular basis of electrical signals, synaptic transmission and its modulation, function of sensory receptors. Although not required, it is intended to be followed by Neurobiology II (see below). The recitation meets once per week in smaller groups and emphasizes readings from the primary literature.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jian Yang
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• Instructor: Ishmail J Abdus-Saboor
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• 4 points

URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS

Introduction to: (a) the infrastructure systems that support urban socioeconomic activities and (b) fundamental system design and analysis methods. Coverage of water resources, vertical, transportation, communications and energy infrastructure. Emphasis upon the process that these systems serve, the factors that influence their performance, the basic mechanisms that govern their design and operation, and the impacts that they have regionally and globally. Student teams complete a semester-long design/analysis project with equal emphasis given to water resources/environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering and construction engineering and management topics.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Markus Schlaepfer
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• 3 points

ACTING I

Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Course develops physical, vocal, and imaginative range and skills needed to approach the text of a play: text analysis, speech exercises, non-verbal behavior, improvisation designed to enhance embodiment, movement, and projection. 
Gateway course to advanced courses; transfer students who have previous college-level course may be exempted with approval of Chair
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 May be retaken for full credit.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• MW 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• TR 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Elena Zucker
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• Instructor: Tina C Mitchell
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• Instructor: David L Skeist
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• Instructor: Crystal Finn
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• Instructor: Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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THIRD YEAR CHINESE W

Prerequisites: CHNS C1222 or F1222, or the equivalent. Admission after Chinese placement exam and an oral proficiency interview with the instructor. Especially designed for students who possess good speaking ability and who wish to acquire practical writing skills as well as business-related vocabulary and speech patterns. Introduction to semiformal and formal Chinese used in everyday writing and social or business-related occasions. Simplified characters are introduced.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Hailong Wang
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 5 points

INTRO-STAT-ECOLOGY & EVOL BIOL

Intended for those WITHOUT prior knowledge of statistics.  Some background in ecology, evolutionary biology required.  This is an introduction to the theoretical principles and practical application of statistical methods in ecology and evolutionary biology. The course will cover the conceptual basis for a range of statistical techniques through a series of lectures using examples from the primary literature. The application of these techniques will be taught through the use of statistical software in computer-based laboratory sessions.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Steffen Foerster
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• 3 points

THIRD YEAR JAPANESE I

Prerequisites: JPNS C1202 or the equivalent. Readings in authentic/semi-authentic texts, videos, and class discussions.

• 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: Kyoko M Loetscher
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• Instructor: Keiko Okamoto
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• 5 points

THIRD YEAR KOREAN I

Prerequisites: KORN W1202 or the equivalent and consultation with instructor. (See Entrance to Language Courses Beyond the Elementary Level in the main bulletin under Department of Instruction -- East Asian Languages and Cultures.) Readings in modern Korean. Selections from modern Korean writings in literature, history, social sciences, culture, and videos and class discussions.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Hyunkyu Yi
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• Instructor: Eunice Chung
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• 5 points

THEORY AND CULTURE-DISC

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• M 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-7 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.
• Instructor: Nadeem Mansour
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• 0 points

GLOBAL POL CLIMATE CHNG - DISC

Discussion section for POLS BC3605

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• T 8:40 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
• M 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• R 2 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Juan Corredor-Garcia
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• Instructor: Esther Kardos
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• Instructor: Ray Cai
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ACTING II

ACTING II: SCENE/CHARACTR STDY

Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit.  All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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• 3 points

ACTING II

ACTING II: TEXT IN ACTION

Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit.  All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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• 3 points

ACTING II

ACTING II: SOLO PERFORMANCE

Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit.  All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Kyle Decamp
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• 3 points

ACTING II

ACTING II: SONDHEIM

Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit.  All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Mana Allen
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• 3 points

COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 12 students. Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development. FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Santos da Silva
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

ARCHAEOL BEFORE THE BIBLE

Please note that this is not a class on “biblical archaeology”. It is a course about the politics of archaeology in the context of Israel/Palestine, and the wider southwest Asia region. This course provides a critical overview of prehistoric archaeology in southwest Asia (or the Levant - the geographical area from Lebanon in the north to the Sinai in the south, and from the middle Euphrates in Syria to southern Jordan). It has been designed to appeal to anthropologists, historians, and students interested in the Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Studies. The course is divided into two parts. First, a social and political history of archaeology, emphasizing how the nature of current theoretical and practical knowledge has been shaped and defined by previous research traditions and, second, how the current political situation in the region impinges upon archaeological practice. Themes include: the dominance of "biblical archaeology" and the implications for Palestinian archaeology, Islamic archaeology, the impact of European contact from the Crusades onwards, and the development of prehistory.

• Department: Anthropology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

COMPLEX VARIABLES

Prerequisites: MATH UN1202 An elementary course in functions of a complex variable. Fundamental properties of the complex numbers, differentiability, Cauchy-Riemann equations. Cauchy integral theorem. Taylor and Laurent series, poles, and essential singularities. Residue theorem and conformal mapping.(SC)

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ovidiu Savin
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• 3 points

ELECTRICITY-MAGNETISM

Prerequisites: general physics, and differential and integral calculus. Electrostatics and magnetostatics, Laplace's equation and boundary-value problems, multipole expansions, dielectric and magnetic materials, Faraday's law, AC circuits, Maxwell's equations, Lorentz covariance, and special relativity.

• Department: Physics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: William A Zajc
  CULPA: 16 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING I

Various concepts within the field of biomedical engineering, foundational knowledge of engineering methodology applied to biological and/or medical problems through modules in biomechanics, biomaterials, and cell & tissue engineering.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 3 points

PRIN-CHEM ENGIN-THERMODYNAMICS

Fundamentals are emphasized: the laws of thermodynamics are derived and their meaning explained and elucidated by applications to engineering problems. Pure systems are treated, with an emphasis on phase equilibrium.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Mijo Simunovic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

FOUNDATIONS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

FOUNDATIONS OF MSE

Introduction to quantum mechanics: atoms, electron shells, bands, bonding; introduction to group theory: crystal structures, symmetry, crystallography; introduction to materials classes: metals, ceramics, polymers, liquid crystals, nanomaterials; introduction to polycrystals and disordered materials; noncrystalline and amorphous structures; grain boundary structures, diffusion; phase transformations; phase diagrams, time-temperature transformation diagrams; properties of single crystals: optical properties, electrical properties, magnetic properties, thermal properties, mechanical properties, and failure of polycrystalline and amorphous materials.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Simon Billinge
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 75 Info
• 3 points

CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE ONLY

CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE

Prerequisites: (PHYS BC2002) Calculus III Nonlinear pendula, transverse vibrations-elastic strings, longitudinal sound waves, seismic waves, electromagnetic oscillations & light, rainbows, haloes, the Green Flash; polarization phenomena - Haidinger's Brush, Brewster's angle, double refraction, optical activity; gravity & capillary waves; interference, diffraction, lenses & mirrors.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Timothy J Halpin-Healy
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: SOCI UN1000 The Social World or Instructor Permission Required for all Sociology majors. Introductory course in social scientific research methods. Provides a general overview of the ways sociologists collect information about social phenomena, focusing on how to collect data that are reliable and applicable to our research questions.

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Amy Zhou
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• 4 points

COLLAGE: MIXED MEDIA

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1000) (Formerly R3515) This course approaches drawing as an experimental and expressive tool. Students will explore the boundaries between drawing and sculpture and will be encouraged to push the parameters of drawing. Collage, assemblage and photomontage will be used in combination with more traditional approaches to drawing. The class will explore the role of the imagination, improvisation, 3-dimensional forms, observation, memory, language, mapping, and text. Field trips to artists’ studios as well as critiques will play an important role in the course. The course will culminate in a final project in which each student will choose one or more of the themes explored during the semester and create a series of artworks. This course is often taught under the nomenclature Drawing II - Mixed Media.

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

INEQUALITY AND POVERTY

Prerequisites: ECON BC3035 or ECON BC3033, or permission of the instructor. Conceptualization and measurement of inequality and poverty, poverty traps and distributional dynamics, economics and politics of public policies, in both poor and rich countries.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ashley Timmer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

LITERARY TEXTS&CRIT MTHDS(SEM)

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN3011 must also register for ENGL UN3001 Literary Texts, Critical Methods lecture. This seminar, led by an advanced graduate student in the English doctoral program, accompanies the faculty lecture ENGL UN3001. The seminar both elaborates upon the topics taken up in the lecture and introduces other theories and methodologies. It also focuses on training students to integrate the terms, techniques, and critical approaches covered in both parts of the course into their own critical writing, building up from brief close readings to longer research papers.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Megan T Maldonado
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• Instructor: Connor E Spencer
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• Instructor: Julia T Bannon
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• Instructor: Amy S Barenboim
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• Instructor: Grant D Miner
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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

This course surveys some of the major historiographical debates surrounding the Second World War. It aims to provide student with an international perspective of the conflict that challenges conventional understandings of the war. In particular, we will examine the ideological, imperial, and strategic dimensions of the war in a global context. Students will also design, research, and write a substantial essay of 15-18 pages in length that makes use of both primary and secondary sources.

• Department: History
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul T Chamberlin
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• 4 points

METHODS SOCIAL RESEARCH-DISC

Prerequisites: SOCI UN1000

Discussion section for SOCI UN3010: METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Hyungoo Lee
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• Instructor: Ludovico Genovese
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• 0 points

TELENOVELAS

This advanced German language course offers the opportunity to explore the successful German telenovela 
Verliebt in Berlin. 

Students will work on typical features, the marketing and intercultural aspects of this genre, and compare the culturally specific facets of Verliebt in Berlin to other international versions – specifically the American version Ugly Betty and the Spanish version Yo Soy Betty La Fea. While familiarizing themselves with German popular culture, students will improve listening (viewing), speaking, reading and writing skills. In groups students will write their own telenovela. develop a plot, stock characters, write dialogues and produce (film and edit) two sequences from their own telenovela as their final project.

• Department: German @Barnard
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Motyl
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

AUGUSTAN POETRY

Prerequisites: LATN UN2102 or the equivalent. Selections from Vergil and Horace. Combines literary analysis with work in grammar and metrics.

• Department: Classics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lien Van Geel
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• 3 points

AUGUSTAN POETRY

Prerequisites: LATN UN2102 or the equivalent. Selections from Vergil and Horace. Combines literary analysis with work in grammar and metrics.

• Department: Auditing
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lien Van Geel
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 0 points

LABORATORY IN MATERIALS SCI I

Measurement of electrical, thermal, and magnetic properties of single crystals. Single crystal diffraction analysis, polarized light microscopy, and infrared microscopy in Si single crystals, written and oral reports.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• M 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Yuan Yang
  h-index: 49 Info
• 3 points

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Enables students to become informed users of financial information by understanding the language of accounting and financial reporting. Focuses on the three major financial statements that companies prepare for use of management and external parties--the balance sheet, the income statement, and the statement of cash flows. Examines the underlying concepts that go into the preparation of these financial statements as well as specific accounting rules that apply when preparing financial statements. Also looks at approaches to analyze the financial strength and operations of an entity. Uses actual financial statements to understand how financial information is presented and to apply analysis techniques.

• Department: Columbia College
• T 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Edward Li
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• 3 points

ECONOMIC HISTORY-UNITED STATES

Prerequisites: ECON BC3035 or ECON BC3033, or permission of the instructor. Economic transformation of the United States from a small, open agrarian society in the late colonial era to the leading industrial economy of the 20th century. Emphasis is given to the quantitative, institutional, and spatial dimensions of economic growth, and the relationship between the changing structures of the economy and state.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: David Weiman
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 3 points

Neurobiology I Recitation

Discussion/recitation section for BIOL UN3004 Neurobiology I

• Department: Biological Sciences
• T 5:45 p.m.-7 p.m.
• W 5:45 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 0 points

Auteur Studies: John Cassavetes

Auteur Study: John Cassav

This course is devoted to an in-depth analysis of maverick American auteur John Cassavetes work. A central figure in the New American Cinema scene in the late fifties in New York and in Independent Cinema Cassavetes was influenced by the New York School of Filmmaking—writers and actors who worked on television and acting prior to moving to Hollywood.
Shadows
(1958-59) his first feature is crucial in understanding the budding currents of experimental and indie work in early sixties in New York. His eccentricity to Hollywood, exacerbated by his acting work within the film industry, are exemplary of the struggles for an independent authorial vision.

Cassavetes narratives of individual autonomy emerge through a thematic constant: the friction between social scripts--notions of proper behavior-- and the alternate corporeal inventiveness of characters/actors. During the course we will discuss how Cassavetes aesthetics is propped on notions of individual expressivity –both his own as filmmaker and that of his characters and actors. We will discusss notions of improvisation and acting, his camera work, editing and sound. We will place his work in the context of independent cinema from the late fifties to the early eighties analyzing his eccentric relation to Hollywood.

This course will encourage modes of comparative analysis as well as further discussion on Cassavetes reception. With a focus on Cassavetes student will learn to identify auteurs according to their themes, their visual and aural style as well as manner of production; understand the relation of films to their historical and socio-cultural moment; consider the notion of American independent cinema historically with a special focus on New American cinema from the late fifties up to the 1980s.

• Department: Film
• R 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ivone Margulies
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• 3 points

Advanced Translation

ADVANCED TRANSLATION

Translation of French texts--both critical and literary, focusing on particular questions or themes.  FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Boyman
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

INTRO-STAT-ECOLGY/EVOL BIO-LAB

Required Lab for EEEB UN3005. An introduction to the theoretical principles and practical application of statistical methods in ecology and evolutionary biology. The course will cover the conceptual basis for a range of statistical techniques through a series of lectures using examples from the primary literature. The application of these techniques will be taught through the use of statistical software in computer-based laboratory sessions.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• T 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Steffen Foerster
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• 0 points

Neurobiology I Recitation

Discussion/recitation section for BIOL UN3004 Neurobiology I section 002

• Department: Biological Sciences
• M 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• T 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 0 points

ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURMENTS

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Required field trip on first Friday of the semester. Hands-on approach to learning environmental methods. Students take a one-day cruise on the Hudson River to collect environmental samples. These samples are then analyzed throughout the semester to characterize the Hudson River estuary. Standard and advanced techniques to analyze water and sediment samples for nutrients and contaminants are taught.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Brian Mailloux
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ORAL FRENCH

Prerequisites: At least one French course after completion of FREN BC1204: Intermediate II or permission of the instructor. Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Boyman
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: One year of college science or EESC V2100 or permission of the instructor. Acquisition, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of environmental data, assessment of spatial and temporal variability. Focus on water quality issues and storm surges. Uses existing and student-generated data sets. Basic principles of statistics and GIS, uses standard software packages including EXCEL and ArcGIS. Includes a half-day field trip on a Saturday or Sunday. General Education Requirement: Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning (QUA).

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Cook
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 11 Info
• Instructor: Mike Z He
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• 3 points

SEXUALITY AND THE CITY

The city has classically been represented as the site of sexual freedom, but also of sexual immorality and danger. This course explores the interrelated histories of sexuality and the city in the twentieth-century United States (especially New York) by exploring how urban conditions and processes shaped sexual practices, identities, communities, and ethics, and how sexual matters shaped urban processes, politics, and representation.

• Department: History
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: George Chauncey
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

ECONOMETRICS

Prerequisites: ECON BC3033 or ECON BC3035, and ECON BC2411 or STAT W1111 or STAT W1211, or permission of the instructor. Specification, estimation and evaluation of economic relationships using economic theory, data, and statistical inference; testable implications of economic theories; econometric analysis of topics such as consumption, investment, wages and unemployment, and financial markets.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Morgan C Jr. Williams
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• 4 points

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB I

MECH ENGINEER LAB I & GRAPHICS

Experiments in instrumentation and measurement: optical, pressure, fluid flow, temperature, stress, and electricity; viscometry, cantilever beam, digital data acquisition. Probability theory: distribution, functions of random variables, tests of significance, correlation, ANOVA, linear regression.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• TR 1:10 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: James Hone
  CULPA: 11 h-index: 124 Info
• 3 points

LABOR ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON BC3035, or permission of the instructor. Factors affecting the allocation and remuneration of labor; population structure; unionization and monopsony; education and training, mobility and information; sex and race discrimination; unemployment; and public policy.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 Info
• 3 points

AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: (POLS UN1201) In this survey of American political development, we will discuss how and why major institutions and policies emerged, why they took certain forms, when and why they have changed over time, and what kinds of factors limit change. We will also discuss how policies, in turn, shape citizens and institutions.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Katherine L Krimmel
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points

Law in the Ancient World

The course is concerned with legal texts from the ancient world, beginning with a Sumerian murder case (19thcent. B.C.) and ending with the Burgundian Law Code (6th A.D.). The main work of the course is writing, one paper each week (ca. 500 words) that studies a text or a situation--e.g. analyzing its implied legal principles, criticizing its arguments or assumptions, or outlining a rebuttal speech. The goal is to understand the evolution of early legal thought, procedures, institutions, and methods, from the ancient Near East through the Greek city-states and the Hellenistic kingdoms to Rome and late antiquity; and to work up skills that are useful for legal analysis and forensic argument

No prior knowledge of ancient history is expected. The course should be of interest to potential law students, historians, but also students who want to find out more about ancient societies and how they worked

• Department: Classics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Kent Rigsby
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• 3 points

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Designed to provide students with an understanding of the fundamental marketing concepts and their application by business and non-business organizations. The goal is to expose students to these concepts as they are used in a wide variety of settings, including consumer goods firms, manufacturing and service industries, and small and large businesses. The course gives an overview of marketing strategy issues, elements of a market (company, customers, and competition), as well as the fundamental elements of the marketing mix (product, price, placement/distribution, and promotion).

• Department: Columbia College
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrey Simonov
  h-index: 6 Info
• 3 points

MAJOR FRENCH TEXTS I

An exploration of the early periods of French literary creation (Medieval-17th century) through works of fiction, poetry, and theatre. Special attention is given to texts that use tradition to bring about change, to provoke, to contest social norms, and to test the expected parameters of literary expression.

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: BIOL UN2005 and BIOL UN2006 or equivalent. Come discover how the union of egg and sperm triggers the complex cellular interactions that specify the diverse variety of cells present in multicellular organisms. Cellular and molecular aspects of sex determination, gametogenesis, genomic imprinting, X-chromosome inactivation, telomerase as the biological clock, stem cells, cloning, the pill and cell interactions will be explored, with an emphasis on humans. Original research articles will be discussed to further examine current research in developmental biology. SPS and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alice Heicklen
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

HUMAN RTS & IMMIGRATN - DISC

Discussion section for POLS BC3002 - Human Rights and Immigration

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• W 8:10 a.m.-9 a.m.
• W 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• M 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Monica Salmon Gomez
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• 0 points

Mobility and Identity in the Roman World

Mob & Identity in Roman W

This course considers how identity increased, limited, controlled, or otherwise shaped the mobility of individuals and groups in the Roman world, including women, slaves, freedpeople, and diaspora communities. We will identify the structures that produced differences in mobility and consider how such groups understood and represented themselves in a variety of media as possessing a specific, shared identity and community. The course will draw on a range of primary sources, including inscriptions and literary texts (both poetry and prose), and cover the period from the second century BCE to the third century CE.

• Department: History
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sailakshmi Ramgopal
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

NEUROGENETICS

Prerequisites: (BIOL UN2005 and BIOL UN2006) This course provides an introduction to Neurogenetics, which studies the role of genetics in the development and function of the nervous system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurogenetics). The course will be focused on teaching classic and contemporary concepts in genetics and neuroscience, rather than cataloguing mere facts. The course will emphasize the discovery processes, historical figures involved in these processes and methodologies of discovery. Primary research papers will be discussed in detail. A central organizational theme of the course is the presence of a common thread and narrative throughout the course. The common thread is an invertebrate model system, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, which serves as a paradigm to show how simple genetic model systems have informed our view on the genetics of nervous system development and function. The ultimate goal of this course is to gain an understanding of the underlying principles of how the nervous system of one specific animal species forms, from beginning to end. The course is intended for neuroscience-inclined students (e.g. neuroscience majors) who want to learn about how genetic approaches have informed our understanding of brain development and function and, vice versa, for students with an interest in molecular biology and genetics, who want to learn about key problems in neuroscience and how genetic approaches can address them.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Oliver Hobert
  h-index: 77 Info
• 3 points

Public Classics: Antiquity, Ideal Public

The study of Classical antiquity has recently come to occupy a very public place in the context of what many have termed “culture war.” Graeco-Roman antiquity, with its cumbersome legacies, at times hailed as the bedrock of humanistic and democratic ideals, is now under scrutiny for its role in perpetrating exclusive and oppressive ideologies. At the same time, many have turned to Classics to defy these ideologies, repurposing ancient texts to reaffirm identities that were at odds with dominant norms. This course traces the public role of Classics across three modules. First, we discuss how primary evidence has been deployed to craft exclusive identities and ideal publics. Second, we look at how “unideal” publics (women, POCs, LGBTQ+, working class individuals, incarcerated people, etc.) have reacted, by co-opting Graeco-Roman antiquity and reading it subversively. Third, we explore the relationship between the public(s) and Classics as an academic field, especially in light of the current crises in the humanities. No prerequisites.

• Department: Classics
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Emma Ianni
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and STAT UN1201 Institutional nature and economic function of financial markets. Emphasis on both domestic and international markets (debt, stock, foreign exchange, eurobond, eurocurrency, futures, options, and others). Principles of security pricing and portfolio management; the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis.

• Department: Economics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamrat Gashaw
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

MAKING, BREAKING CODES

Prerequisites: (MATH UN1101 and MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201) and and MATH UN2010. A concrete introduction to abstract algebra. Topics in abstract algebra used in cryptography and coding theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Dorian Goldfeld
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES

Political parties have evoked widespread scorn in the U.S. since the founding era; and yet, they arose almost immediately and have endured for over two centuries. In this course, we will examine why parties formed despite the Founders’ disdain for them. (In 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go at all.” In 1800, he won the presidency as a candidate of a major party.) We will dig into scholarly debates about what exactly parties are, what purpose they serve, and how and why they have changed over time as organizations, in the electorate, and in government. Topics will include the presidential nomination process from the founding through the much-discussed 2016 primary election season, the life cycle of third parties, and the relationship between political parties and interest groups. Students will learn what is and is not unique about the current historical moment, and how history might shape our expectations of parties moving forward. Throughout the course, we will pay particularly close attention to the roots of contemporary party polarization, and the implications of this phenomenon for representation and governance. In 1950, the American Political Science Association released a report criticizing the two major parties for excessive similarity; today, party polarization evokes widespread concern. Is there an ideal level of party difference? How much is too much? We will address these difficult questions, among others, in this broad survey of American political parties.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Katherine L Krimmel
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

ECON OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Prerequisites: (ECON BC3035 or ECON UN3211) The purpose of the course is to think about public policy issues through an economic lens. We will explore the basic economic foundations of individual decision-making and discuss the ways in which economists hypothesize that individuals respond to the incentives embedded within public policies. We will pay particular attention to the nature and detail of existing public policies, and use economic analysis to predict how these policies might influence behavior. We will also explore some of the relevant empirical literature on a set of policy topics, to see how these predictions hold up.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth O Ananat
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 18 Info
• 3 points