INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION I

JAZZ ORCHESTRATION

Prerequisites: an audition to be held during the registration period in 618 Dodge. Contact the Music Performance Program for further details (212-854-1257) and Music Performance Program from the Music Dept web page at music.columbia.edu.
Students participating in the orchestra are given preference when applying for private instrumental instruction.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Ole Mathisen
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• Instructor: Don Sickler
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INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION I

JAZZ PIANO INSTRUCTION

Prerequisites: an audition to be held during the registration period in 618 Dodge. Contact the Music Performance Program for further details (212-854-1257) and Music Performance Program from the Music Dept web page at music.columbia.edu.
Students participating in the orchestra are given preference when applying for private instrumental instruction.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Helen Sung
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• Instructor: Victor J Lin
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ANIMALS IN TEXT & SOCIETY

ANIMALS IN TEXT AND SOCIETY

Interdisciplinary examination of the intimate and fraught connections between animals and humans in literature, philosophy and culture. We will consider topics such as the historical constructions of species boundaries and of the multiple meanings and uses of animals in human life; animal and human identity; emotions evoked by animals; and conceptualizations of animals as colonized "others." Readings include Aesop, Edward Albee, Angela Carter, John Coetzee, Geoffrey Chaucer, Gustave Flaubert, Jean LeFontaine, Marie de France, Michael Pollan, Ovid, selections from Genesis (in the Hebrew Bible), and Virginia Woolf.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Timea Szell
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• 3 points

COLLEGIUM MUSICUM

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Preston Smith
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• 1 points

BODY SCULPTING

Muscle definition exercises using weights, bands and bars for the whole body, set to music.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Laura Masone
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 0-1 points

WOMEN'S STRENGTH

Introduction to principles of weight training. Use of Cybex resistance machines and free weights. Programs tailored to individual needs.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: George Padilla
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 0-1 points

CARDIO/BODY SCULPT

CARDIO SCULPT

Combination class combining cardiovascular workouts with muscle-toning workouts performed to a variety of music.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• TR 8 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Laura Masone
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 0-1 points

UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA II

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Jeffrey Milarsky
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• 1-2 points

BARNARD-COLUMBIA CHORUS I

Prerequisites: auditions by appointment made at first meeting. Contact Barnard College, Department of Music (854-5096).
Membership in the chorus is open to all men and women in the University community. The chorus gives several public concerts each season, both on and off campus, often with other performing organizations. Sight-singing sessions offered. The repertory includes works from all periods of music literature. Students who register for chorus will receive a maximum of 4 points for four or more semesters.

• Department: Music @Barnard
• TR 6:05 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Gail R Archer
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 1 points

BARNARD-COLUMBIA-CHAMBR SINGER

Prerequisites: auditions by appointment made at first meeting. Contact Barnard College, Department of Music (854-5096).
Membership in the chorus is open to all men and women in the University community. The chorus gives several public concerts each season, both on and off campus, often with other performing organizations. Sight-singing sessions offered. The repertory includes works from all periods of music literature.

• Department: Music @Barnard
• TR 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Gail R Archer
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 1 points

TABOO AND TRANSGRESSION

This seminar explores taboo and transgression within a range of mythic, scientific, anthropological, psychoanalytical, feminist, and literary work. Topics include the treatment of the corpse during the Paleolithic, the centrality of the incest taboo in kinship studies, and the equation of secular modernity with the successive breaking of taboos.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Severin Fowles
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE - PIANO DUO

Prerequisites: an audition to be held during the registration period, by appointment at 618 Dodge. Contact the Music Performance Program for further details (854-1257).
Students registering for chamber music receive ensemble training with the performance associates. Student chamber ensembles perform a recital at the conclusion of each semester and are given other opportunities to perform throughout the academic year. See further mpp.columbia.edu for current list of Music Performance Associates.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Deborah J Bradley-Kramer
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 1 points

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE - GUITAR

Prerequisites: an audition to be held during the registration period, by appointment at 618 Dodge. Contact the Music Performance Program for further details (854-1257).
Students registering for chamber music receive ensemble training with the performance associates. Student chamber ensembles perform a recital at the conclusion of each semester and are given other opportunities to perform throughout the academic year. See further mpp.columbia.edu for current list of Music Performance Associates.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Arthur Kampela
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• Instructor: Marco Cappelli
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CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE - CLASSICAL

Prerequisites: an audition to be held during the registration period, by appointment at 618 Dodge. Contact the Music Performance Program for further details (854-1257).
Students registering for chamber music receive ensemble training with the performance associates. Student chamber ensembles perform a recital at the conclusion of each semester and are given other opportunities to perform throughout the academic year. See further mpp.columbia.edu for current list of Music Performance Associates.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Sarah Adams
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• Instructor: Eliot Bailen
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• Instructor: Allen M Blustine
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• Instructor: Yari Bond
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• Instructor: Sue Anne Kahn
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• Instructor: Ah-Ling Neu
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• Instructor: Muneko Otani
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• Instructor: Susan Palma-Nidel
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• Instructor: Richard W Rood
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• Instructor: Susan Rotholz
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• Instructor: Jessica L Thompson
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• Instructor: James H Wilson
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• Instructor: June Han
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• Instructor: Kenneth Cooper
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• Instructor: Vicki Bodner
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CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE - CONTEMPOR

Prerequisites: an audition to be held during the registration period, by appointment at 618 Dodge. Contact the Music Performance Program for further details (854-1257).
Students registering for chamber music receive ensemble training with the performance associates. Student chamber ensembles perform a recital at the conclusion of each semester and are given other opportunities to perform throughout the academic year. See further mpp.columbia.edu for current list of Music Performance Associates.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: David Fulmer
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• 1 points

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE - CLASSICAL

Prerequisites: an audition to be held during the registration period, by appointment at 618 Dodge. Contact the Music Performance Program for further details (854-1257).
Students registering for chamber music receive ensemble training with the performance associates. Student chamber ensembles perform a recital at the conclusion of each semester and are given other opportunities to perform throughout the academic year. See further mpp.columbia.edu for current list of Music Performance Associates.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Maja S Cerar
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 1 points

EARTH RESOURCES & SUSTAIN DEV

EARTH RESOURCES&SUSTAINABILITY;

Prerequisites: none; high school chemistry recommended.
Survey of the origin and extent of mineral resources, fossil fuels, and industrial materials, that are non renewable, finite resources, and the environmental consequences of their extraction and use, using the textbook Earth Resources and the Environment, by James Craig, David Vaughan and Brian Skinner. This course will provide an overview, but will include focus on topics of current societal relevance, including estimated reserves and extraction costs for fossil fuels, geological storage of CO2, sources and disposal methods for nuclear energy fuels, sources and future for luxury goods such as gold and diamonds, and special, rare materials used in consumer electronics (e.g., “Coltan”, mostly from Congo) and in newly emerging technologies such as superconducting magnets and rechargeable batteries (e.g., heavy rare earth elements, mostly from China). Guest lectures from economists, commodity traders and resource geologists will provide “real world” input.  Discussion Session Required.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter Kelemen
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 84 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO LATINO STUDIES

• Department: Ethnicity and Race, Center for
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Frances Negron-Muntaner
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

REACTING TO THE PAST

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark C Carnes
  CULPA: 50 Info
• Instructor: Patricia D Stokes
  CULPA: 48 Info
• Instructor: Jennifer L Worth
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

PHYSICS I:MECHANICS/RELATIVITY

Corequisites:
MATH V1102
or the equivalent.
Fundamental laws of mechanics, kinematics and dynamics, work and energy, rotational dynamics, oscillations, gravitation, fluids, introduction to special relativity and relativistic kinematics. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields.

• Department: Physics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Thomas B Humensky
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3.5 points

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

International Relations
Corequisites: Required discussion section POLS V1611. May be taken at Barnard or Columbia. L-course sign-up myBarnard. Professor Marten's section is limited to 175, including 26 incoming Barnard first-year students.
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Setting and dynamics of global politics; application of theories of international relations to selected historical and contemporary problems.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Kimberly Marten
  CULPA: 71 Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info
• 4 points

PHYSICS I:MECHANICS/RELATIVITY-REC

• Department: Physics
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas B Humensky
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 0 points

2ND TERM GEN CHEM (INTENSIVE)

Prerequisites: a grade of "B" or better in
CHEM W1403
OR acceptable performance on the Department placement exam.
Corequisites:
MATH V1102

Topics include: gases (kinetic theory of gases); binary collision model for chemical reactions; chemical kinetics; acid-base equilibria; thermochemistry (thermodynamics I); spontaneous processes (thermodymanics II); chemical bonding in polyatomic molecules.  Students must ensure they register for the recitation that corresponds to the lecture section. Please check the Directory of Classes for details.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Louis Brus
  CULPA: 22 Wikipedia h-index: 116 Info
• 3.5 points

2ND TERM GEN CHEM(INTENS)-REC

2ND TERM GEN CHEM (INTENS)-REC

• Department: Chemistry
• T 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Louis Brus
  CULPA: 22 Wikipedia h-index: 116 Info
• 0 points

HINDI FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS I

This is an accelerated course for students of South Asian origin who already possess a knowledge of basic vocabulary and limited speaking and listening skills in Hindi. They may not have sufficient skills in reading and writing but are able to converse on familiar topics such as: self, family, likes, dislikes and immediate surroundings. This course will focus on developing knowledge of the basic grammar of Hindi and vocabulary enrichment by exposing students to a variety of cultural and social topics related to aspects of daily life; and formal and informal registers. Students will be able to read and discuss simple texts and write about a variety of everyday topics by the end of the semester. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Rakesh Ranjan
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

ELEMENTARY HINDI-URDU I

An introduction to the most widely spoken language of South Asia. Along with an understanding of the grammar, the course offers practice in listening and speaking. The Hindi (Devanagari) script is 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 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Rakesh Ranjan
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Dalpat Rajpurohit
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

STATISTCS-BEHAVIORL SCIENTISTS

Prerequisites:
PSYC W1001
or
PSYC W1010
. Recommended preparation: one course in behavioral science and knowledge of high school algebra.
Corequisites:
PSYC W1611
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Introduction to statistics that concentrates on problems from the behavioral sciences.

• Department: Psychology
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory G Jensen
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 15 Info
• 4 points

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS-DISC

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• T 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• T 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• W noon-12:50 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• R 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Jacob N Kopas
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STATISTCS-BEHAV SCIENTISTS-LAB

Corequisites:
PSYC W1610
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Required lab section for PSYC W1610.

• Department: Psychology
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory G Jensen
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 15 Info
• 0 points

INTERMEDIATE HINDI-URDU I

Prerequisites:
MDES W1610-W1611
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.
• Instructor: Aftab Ahmad
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 5 points

URDU FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS

Prerequisites: a knowledge of basic vocabulary and limited speaking and listening skills in Urdu.
This is an accelerated course for students of South Asian origin who already possess a knowledge of basic vocabulary and limited speaking and listening skills in Urdu. They are not expected to know how to read and write in Urdu but are able to converse on familiar topics such as self, family, likes, dislikes and immediate surroundings. This course will focus on developing knowledge of the basic grammar of Urdu and vocabulary enrichment by exposing students to a variety of cultural and social topics related to aspects of daily life; and formal and informal registers. Students will be able to read and discuss simple Urdu texts  and write about a variety of everyday topics by the end of the semester. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Aftab Ahmad
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 5 points

COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Prerequisites: an audition to be held during the registration period, by appointment at 618 Dodge. Contact the Music Performance Program for further details (854-1257).
A small advanced jazz band. The repertoire will cover 1950's hard bop to more adventurous contemporary Avant Garde styles. Students will be required to compose and arrange for the group under the instructor's supervision.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Christine Correa
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• Instructor: Victor J Lin
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• Instructor: Ole Mathisen
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• Instructor: Don Sickler
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• Instructor: Amir Elsaffar
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• Instructor: Bruce Barth
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• Instructor: Helen Sung
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WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE

WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE-BLUEGRASS

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Introduce students to specific non-western and non-classical styles and cultures through active participation in group lessons and rehearsal, culminating each semester in at least one public performance. Ensembles offered are: Bluegrass; Japanese Gagaku; Klezmer; Latin Music.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: James L Kerr
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• 1 points

WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE

WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE-GAGAKU

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Introduce students to specific non-western and non-classical styles and cultures through active participation in group lessons and rehearsal, culminating each semester in at least one public performance. Ensembles offered are: Bluegrass; Japanese Gagaku; Klezmer; Latin Music.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Louise Sasaki
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• 1 points

WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE

WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE-KLEZMER

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Introduce students to specific non-western and non-classical styles and cultures through active participation in group lessons and rehearsal, culminating each semester in at least one public performance. Ensembles offered are: Bluegrass; Japanese Gagaku; Klezmer; Latin Music.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Jeff Warschauer
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• 1 points

WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE

WRLD MUSIC BRAZILIAN

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Introduce students to specific non-western and non-classical styles and cultures through active participation in group lessons and rehearsal, culminating each semester in at least one public performance. Ensembles offered are: Bluegrass; Japanese Gagaku; Klezmer; Latin Music.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Adriano Dos Santos
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• 1-2 points

WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE

WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE-HOGAKU

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Introduce students to specific non-western and non-classical styles and cultures through active participation in group lessons and rehearsal, culminating each semester in at least one public performance. Ensembles offered are: Bluegrass; Japanese Gagaku; Klezmer; Latin Music.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: James N Schlefer
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• 1 points

BEGINNING SELF DEFENSE

Introduction to the essentials of street self-defense; physical activities and mental preparation.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: George Padilla
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 0-1 points

TAI CHI

This series of classes will provice the practice of T'ai Chi Chuan as a moving meditation and health maintenance exercise. This process involves both physical and nonphysical work and introduces T'ai Chi as an exercise of consciousness. There will also be recommended reading selections in the history and philosophical underpinnings of T'ai Chi. No pre-requisite for this course. Each class will consist of physical practice of the T'ai Chi sequence of movements/postures, also discussion including history of and principles of T'ai Chi.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephen Shulman
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• 0-1 points

BEGINNING YOGA

An introduction to Hatha Yoga focusing on the development of the physical body to increase flexibility and strength. Breathing practices and meditation techniques that relax and revitalize the mind and body are included.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• MW 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• MW 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• TR 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Lisa K Northrop
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 0-1 points

ELEMENTARY PERSIAN I

An introduction to the spoken and written language of contemporary Iran. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Saeed Honarmand
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• Instructor: Haideh Sahim
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• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE PERSIAN I

Prerequisites:
MDES W1710-W1711
or the equivalent.
A general review of the essentials of grammar; practice in spoken and written Persian; Arabic elements in Persian; selected readings emphasizing Iranian life and culture; materials from Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Indari. 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: Saeed Honarmand
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• 4 points

LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: Working knowledge of high school algebra.
Corequisites: Suggested parallel laboratory course: ASTR C1903.
Introduction to astronomy, taught at Barnard, intended primarily for non-science majors. Includes discovery of new planets, the search for life, gravitation and planetary orbits, the physics of the Earth and its atmosphere, and the exploration of the solar system. Students may not receive credit for both ASTR BC1753 and ASTR C1403.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 3 points

INTRO TO SUSTAINABLE DEVPT SEM

The course is designed to be a free flowing discussion of the principals of sustainable development and the scope of this emerging discipline. This course will also serve to introduce the students to the requirements of the undergraduate program in sustainable development and the content of the required courses in both the special concentration and the major. The focus will be on the breadth of subject matter, the multidisciplinary nature of the scholarship and familiarity with the other key courses in the program. Offered in the Fall and Spring.

• Department: Earth Institute
• M 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jason Smerdon
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 47 Info
• 1 points

ASTRONOMY LAB I

Laboratory for ASTR W1403. Projects include observations with the department's telescopes, computer simulation, laboratory experiments in spectroscopy, and the analysis of astronomical data. Lab 1 ASTR W1903 - goes with ASTR BC1753, ASTR W1403 or ASTR W1453.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• M 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• T 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven M Mohammed
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• Instructor: Andrea M Derdzinski
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• 1 points