INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I

Corequisites: Recommended:
FREN W1221
-
FREN W1222
.
Prepares students for advanced French language and culture. Develops skills in speaking, reading, and writing French. Emphasizes cross-cultural awareness through the study of short stories, films, and passages from novels. Fosters the ability to write about and discuss a variety of topics using relatively complex structures.

• Department: French and Romance Philology
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MWR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• MWF 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Wesley Gunter
  Info
• Instructor: Christopher B Wood
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: William M Burton
  h-index: 2 Info
• Instructor: Joshua D Jordan
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE GEORGIAN I

• Department: Language Resource Center
• R 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I

Prerequisites: GERM V1102 or the equivalent.
Complete grammar review through regular exercises. Wide range of texts are used for close and rapid reading and writing exercises. Practice in conversation aims at enlarging the vocabulary necessary for daily communication.

• Department: German @Barnard
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Motyl
  CULPA: 14 Info
• Instructor: Foteini Samartzi
  Info
• Instructor: Alyssa C Greene
  Info
• Instructor: Viola H Huang
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE GREEK: PROSE

INTERMEDIATE GREEK:PROSE

Prerequisites:
GREK V1101-1102
or the equivalent.
Selections from Attic prose.

• Department: Classics
• F 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Anna D Conser
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE MODERN GREEK I

Prerequisites:
GRKM V1101-V1102
or the equivalent.
Corequisites: students are also required to take the conversation class,
GRKM W1211
.
This course is designed for students who are already familiar with the basic grammar and syntax of modern Greek language and can communicate at an elementary level. Using films, newspapers, and popular songs, students engage the finer points of Greek grammar and syntax and enrich their vocabulary. Emphasis is given to writing, whether in the form of film and book reviews or essays on particular topics taken from a selection of second year textbooks.

• Department: Classics
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Hadjipolycarpou
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE HUNGARIAN I

Further develops a student's knowledge of the Hungarian language. Students with a schedule conflict should consult the instructor about the possibility of adjusting hours.

• Department: Italian
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Carol H Rounds
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE INDONESIAN I

Prerequisites:
INDO W1101-W1102
or the instructor's permission.
This course further develops a student's knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia, a major language of Indonesia and South East Asia.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE IRISH I

Prerequisites:
IRSH W1101-W1102
or the instructor's permission.
For the more advanced student of Irish, this course focuses on improving conversational fluency and on expanding vocabulary through reading complex literature in Irish, and writing in the Irish language, further encouraging students to strengthen their pronunciation and command of spoken Irish.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• MW 2 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I

Prerequisites:
ITAL V1102
or
W1102
, or the equivalent. If you did not take Elementary Italian at Columbia in the semester preceding the current one, you must take the placement test, offered by the Italian Department at the beginning of each semester.
A review of grammar, intensive reading, composition, and practice in conversation. Exploration of literary and cultural material. Lab: hours to be arranged.

• Department: Italian
• MTWR 8:10 a.m.-9 a.m.
• MTWR 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• MTWR 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Felice Beneduce
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I

Prerequisites:
ITAL V1102
or
W1102
, or the equivalent. If you did not take Elementary Italian at Columbia in the semester preceding the current one, you must take the placement test, offered by the Italian Department at the beginning of each semester.
Same course as ITAL V1201-V1202.

• Department: Italian
• MTWR 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Massimiliano L Delfino
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• Instructor: Carlo Arrigoni
  Info
• 4 points

SECOND YEAR JAPANESE I

Prerequisites:
JPNS C1102
or the equivalent.
Further practice in the four language skills. Participation in a once a week conversation class is required.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Naofumi Tatsumi
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Shigeru Eguchi
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Miharu Nittono
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Naofumi Tatsumi
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 5 points

SECOND YEAR KOREAN I

SECOND YEAR KOREAN N I

Prerequisites:
KORN W1102
or the equivalent. Consultation with the instructors is required before registration for section assignment.
Further practice in reading, writing, listening comprehension, conversation, and grammar.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Carol H Schulz
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 5 points

SECOND YEAR KOREAN I

Prerequisites:
KORN W1102
or the equivalent. Consultation with the instructors is required before registration for section assignment.
Further practice in reading, writing, listening comprehension, conversation, and grammar.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Sunhee Song
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 5 points

INTERMEDIATE LATIN I

Prerequisites:
LATN V1101-V1102
, or
LATN V1121
, or the equivalent.
Selections from Catullus and from Cicero or Caesar.

• Department: Classics
• MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Collomia Charles
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Alan B Fishbone
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Isaia M Crosson
  Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS III

Prerequisites:
MATH V1101
or the equivalent.
Vectors in dimensions 2 and 3, complex numbers and the complex exponential function with applications to differential equations, Cramer's rule, vector-valued functions of one variable, scalar-valued functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, surfaces, optimization, the method of Lagrange multipliers. (SC)

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Luis M Diogo
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE TAMIL I

Prerequisites:
MDES W1101-W1102
or the instructor's permission.
Further develops students' written and oral proficiency in order to allow them to function adequately in a Tamil-speaking environment. Of particular interest to students planning to conduct scholarly research or fieldwork in a Tamil-speaking context. Develops the students' appreciation for the rich culture of the Indian subcontinent where Tamil is spoken. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: D. Samuel Sudanandha
  Info
• 4 points

GENERAL PHYSICS I

Prerequisites: some basic background in calculus or be concurrently taking
MATH V1101x
Calculus I.
The course will use elementary concepts from calculus. The accompanying laboratory is PHYS W1291x-W1292y. Basic introduction to the study of mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, special relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics.

• Department: Physics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael H Shaevitz
  CULPA: 30 Info
• Instructor: Bradley R Johnson
  Info
• Instructor: Burton Budick
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE POLISH I

Prerequisites:
POLI W1102
or the equivalent.
Rapid review of grammar; readings in contemporary nonfiction or fiction, depending on the interests of individual students.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Anna Frajlich-Zajac
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO AMERICAN POLITICS

American Government & Politics
Prerequisites: L-course sign-up through myBarnard.
Barnard syllabus
.
Corequisites: Required discussion section POLS V1211.
Lecture & discussion. Dynamics of political institutions and processes, chiefly of the national government. Emphasis on the actual exercise of political power by interest groups, elites, political parties and political opinion. (Cross-listed by the American Studies Program.)

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Miller
  CULPA: 18 h-index: 14 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE I

Prerequisites:
PORT W1120
or the equivalent.
General review of grammar, with emphasis on self-expression through oral and written composition, reading, conversation, and discussion.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Joao Nemi Neto
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE PUNJABI I

Prerequisites:
PUNJ W1101-W1102
or the instructor's permission.
Further develops a student's writing, reading, and oral skills in Punjabi, a major language of northern India and Pakistan.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ROMANIAN I

Prerequisites:
RMAN W1101-W1102
or the instructor's permission.
Further explores the grammatical and linguistic structures of the Romanian language.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• TR 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• 4 points

SECOND-YEAR RUSSIAN I

Prerequisites:
RUSS V1102
or the equivalent.
Drill practice in small groups. Reading, composition, and grammar review.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Inna Kapilevich
  Info
• Instructor: Illya Kun
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 5 points

INTERMEDIATE SINHALA I

• Department: Language Resource Center
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I

Prerequisites:
SPAN W1102
or
SPAN W1120
, or a score of 380-449 in the department's Placement Examination.
An intensive course in Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on oral interaction, reading, writing, and culture as a continuation of SPAN W1102 or SPAN W1120.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• 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.
• MWF 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• TRF 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• MWR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mercedes Perez-Serrano
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE SWEDISH I

The goal of this course is to further develop the speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills you have acquired in the first year Swedish courses and broaden your knowledge about the Swedish culture and history. Topics emphasize contemporary Swedish life and corss-cultural awareness. In addition to the main text, newspaper articles, shorter literary texts, film, and internet resources will be used. Class will be conducted almost exclusively in Swedish. To succeed in this course, you must actively participate. You will be expected to attend class regularly, prepare for class daily, and speak as much Swedish as possible. Methodology The class will be taught in a communicative way. It will be conducted primarily, but not exclusively in Swedish. In-class activities and homework assignments will focus on improving and developing  speaking, reading, writing, listening skills, and deepening the students' understanding of Swedish culture through interaction and exposure to a broad range of authentic materials.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Lena Stenwall
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE SWAHILI I

Prerequisites:
SWHL W1101-W1102
or the instructor's permission.
A review of the essentials of Swahili grammar; detailed analysis of Swahili texts; practice in conversation. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Abdul Nanji
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE UKRAINIAN I

Prerequisites:
UKRN W1102
or the equivalent.
Reviews and reinforces the fundamentals of grammar and a core vocabulary from daily life. Principal emphasis is placed on further development of communicative skills (oral and written). Verbal aspect and verbs of motion receive special attention.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Yuri Shevchuk
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

SECOND YEAR VIETNAMESE I

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: James T Lap
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE WOLOF I

Prerequisites:
WLOF W1101-W1102
or the instructor's permission.
Further develops a student's knowledge of Wolof, a major language of West Africa spoken primarily in Senegal and Gambia.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mariame S Sy
  Info
• 4 points

BEGINNING POETRY WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
The beginning poetry workshop is designed for students who have a serious interest in poetry writing but who lack a significant background in the rudiments of the craft and/or have had little or no previous poetry workshop experience. Students will be assigned weekly writing exercises emphasizing such aspects of verse composition as the poetic line, the image, rhyme and other sound devices, verse forms, repetition, tone, irony, and others. Students will also read an extensive variety of exemplary work in verse, submit brief critical analyses of poems, and critique each other's original work.

• Department: Writing
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• T 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Carlie Hoffman
  Info
• Instructor: Colin Ryan
  Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE YORUBA I

Prerequisites:
YORU W1101-W1102
or the instructor's permission.
In this course, learners will continue practicing all four language skills through every day dialogues, writing letters, and describing basic situations. In addition, they will be introduced to Yoruba literature and learn how to read and comprehend basic Yoruba texts, such as newspaper articles. Finally, they will be introduced to current affairs as well as social, artistic and, cultural events and issues in Nigeria. 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
• MTWR 9:05 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ZULU I

Prerequisites:
ZULU W1201-W1202
or the instructor's permission.
Provides students with an in-depth review of the essentials of the Zulu grammar. Students are also able to practice their language skills in conversation.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWRF 10:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ARAMAIC II

• Department: Language Resource Center
• Instructor: Stephane A Charitos
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II

The same course as W1201x-W1202y, above.

• Department: French and Romance Philology
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MTWR noon-12:50 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexandra Borer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II

Prerequisites:
GERM V1201
or the equivalent.
Corequisites: Recommended:
GERM W1522
.
Students read a German novel. Intermediate-high to advanced-low proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing German is expected upon completion. Daily assignments, video material, and laboratory work.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jutta Schmiers-Heller
  CULPA: 19 Info
• Instructor: Tabea Weitz
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE GREEK II: HOMER

SELECTIONS FROM HOMER

Prerequisites: GREK V1101-V1102 or V1121, or permission of the instructor.
Detailed grammatical and literary study of several books of the Iliad and introduction to the techniques of oral poetry, to the Homeric hexameter, and to the historical background of Homer.

• Department: Classics @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Nancy Worman
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN II

Prerequisites:
ITAL V1201
or
W1201
, or the equivalent. If you did not take Elementary Italian at Columbia in the semester preceding the current one, you must take the placement test, offered by the Italian Department at the beginning of each semester.
Same course as ITAL V1201-V1202.

• Department: Italian
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• MTWR 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Alessandra Saggin
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE LATIN II

Prerequisites:
LATN V1201
or the equivalent.
Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses and from Sallust, Livy, Seneca, or Pliny.

• Department: Classics
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Evan L Jewell
  Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS IV

Prerequisites:
MATH V1102
,
V1201
, or the equivalent.
Multiple integrals, Taylor's formula in several variables, line and surface integrals, calculus of vector fields, Fourier series. (SC)

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Bogwang Jeon
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II

Prerequisites:
SPAN W1201
or a score of 450-624 in the department's Placement Examination.
An intensive course in Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on oral interaction, reading, witting and culture as a continuation of SPAN W1201.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Francisco Meizoso
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 4 points