ACCELERATED PHYSICS I

Prerequisites: Advanced Placement in physics and mathematics, or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission. (A special placement meeting is held during Orientation.)
This accelerated two-semester sequence covers the subject matter of PHYS W1601, W1602 and W2601, and is intended for those students who have an exceptionally strong background in both physics and mathematics. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields. There is no accompanying laboratory; however, students are encouraged to take the intermediate laboratory, PHYS W3081, in the following year.

• Department: Physics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Brian Cole
  CULPA: 23 Info
• 4.5 points

LAB-PLANT EVOLUTION&DIVERSITY;

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501, BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503. Enrollment limited to 16.
Studies of the structure, ecology, and evolution of plants. Laboratory exercises include field problems, laboratory experiments, plant collections and identification, and examination of the morphology of plant groups.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• T 1:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Hilary Callahan
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

FRONTIERS OF ASTROPHYSICS

Several members of the faculty each offer a brief series of talks providing context for a current research topic in the field and then present results of their ongoing research. Opportunities for future student research collaboration are offered. Grading is Pass/Fail.

• Department: Astronomy
• F 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Kathryn V Johnston
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 54 Info
• 1 points

1ST YEAR SEM IN MODERN BIOLOGY

If you are interested in doing biology-related research at Columbia University this is the course for you. Each week a different Columbia University professor’s discusses their biology-related research giving you an idea of what kind of research is happening at Columbia. Come ask questions and find out how the body works, the latest therapies for disease and maybe even find a lab to do research in. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/c2908/index.html

• Department: Biological Sciences
• W 2:40 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Alice Heicklen
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 1 points

INTRO TO FILM & MEDIA STUDIES

This course serves as an introduction to the study of film and related visual media, examining fundamental issues of aesthetics (mise-en-scene, editing, sound), history (interaction of industrial, economic, and technological factors), theory (spectatorship, realism, and indexicality), and criticism (auteurist, feminist, and genre-based approaches). The course also investigates how digital media change has been productive of new frameworks for moving image culture in the present.

• Department: Film
• W 2 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert King
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

THEORY AND CULTURE

Required of all majors. Introduces theories of culture particularly related to the Middle East, South Asia. and Africa. Theoretical debates on the nature and function of culture as a symbolic reading of human collectivities. Examines critical cultural studies of the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Enables students to articulate their emerging knowledge of Middle East, South Asian, and African cultures in a theoretically informed language.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Gil Anidjar
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 4 points

SOCIAL THEORY

Prerequisites: at least one sociology course or the instructor's permission.
Theoretical accounts of the rise and transformations of modern society in the 19th and 20th centuries. Theories studied include those of Adam Smith, Tocqueville, Marx, Durkheim, Max Weber, Roberto Michels. Selected topics: individual, society, and polity; economy, class, and status; organization and ideology; religion and society; moral and instrumental action. Required for all sociology majors.

• Department: Sociology
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Teresa Sharpe
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

THEA TRADITIONS IN GLOBAL CONTEXT

THEATRE TRAD GLOBAL CONTEXT

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 50 students.
Provides a broad introduction to several traditions of nonwestern drama and theatrical practice, often placing recent and contemporary writing in relation to established conventions.  Taking up plays and performance traditions from Asia, South Asia, and various African traditions, it may also consider the relation between elite and popular culture (adaptations of Shakespeare, for example), and between drama, theatre, and film. Fulfills one course in World Theatre for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 12:10 p.m.-1:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Shayoni Mitra
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

GENDER&SEXUALITY; SOUTHERN AFR

PLTCS GENDER CONTEMP S.AFRICA

This module is designed to offer mid-senior level students with an interest in African Studies an intensive engagement with the politics of gender and sexualities in specific African contexts of the c21. Although the module will include discussion of aspects of the sexual and gendered operations of colonial praxis, the concentration will be on the ways in which post-flag democracy cultures have taken up the question of gender and sexualities. We will explore debates on the representation and realities of lesbian and transgendered experiences, the meaning of race-based identity-politics within “new” democracies, the narratives of “the body” as they emerge through medical and religious discourses on “women,”  and discourses of “e-masculinization” and militarism.     Note that this course will only run from September 16th through September 30th.

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• WF 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Yvette Christianse
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• 1.5 points

INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE

INTRO TO ARCHITECTURE

This course is required for architectural history and theory majors, but is also open to students interested in a general introduction to the history of architecture, considered on a global scale. Architecture is analyzed through in-depth case studies of key works of sacred, secular, public, and domestic architecture from both the Western canon and cultures of the ancient Americas and of the Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic faiths. The time frame ranges from ancient Mesopotamia to the modern era. Discussion section is required.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Patricio del Real
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• 3 points

INTRO TO COMPARATIVE LITERATUR

• Department: Auditing
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 0 points

INTRO TO COMPARATIVE LITERATUR

Introduction to the study of literature from a comparative and cross-disciplinary perspective. Readings will be selected to promote reflection on such topics as the relation of literature to the other arts; nationalism and literature; international literary movements; post-colonial literature; gender and literature; and issues of authorship, influence, originality, and intertextuality.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Emily Sun
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

WESTERN THEATRICAL DANCE

Focuses on the history of theatre dance forms originating in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the present. Includes reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of sources such as film, text, original documentation, demonstration, and performance.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Lynn Garafola
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

LITERARY TEXTS & CRIT METHODS

Corequisites: students who register for
ENGL W3001
must also register for one of the sections of
ENGL W3011
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 W3011) is a requirement for the English Major and Concentration. It should be taken as early as possible in a student's career. Fulfillment of this requirement will be a factor in admission to seminars and to some lectures.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• R 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Erik Gray
  CULPA: 35 Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED GERMAN I

Prerequisites:
GERM V1202
or the director of undergraduate studies' permission.
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 German newspapers and periodicals.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Korb
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED MODERN GREEK I

Prerequisites:
GRKM V1201
or the equivalent.
This semester we will continue to build language skills but with particular attention to speaking and writing Greek at the university level. We will focus on such topics as diaspora, history, politics, and identity. We will use materials from literature, critical essays, historiography, film, and mass media as a way to advance knowledge in Modern Greek literature and culture. In addition we will explore the diversity of Greek language as it is spoken in different regions and gain understanding of its evolution through time. Materials include: essays (Seferis, Theotokas); newspaper articles; television interviews (Flessa and Papanikolaou); advertisement; stand-up-comedy (Lazopoulos); music (art-song, rebetika, hip-hop); theatre (Demetriades); literature (Roides, Papadiamantis, Kazantzakis, Lymberaki, Karapanou, Galanaki, Charalambides, Chatzopoulos, Chouliaras).

• Department: Classics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Hadjipolycarpou
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS

International human rights is a powerful idea in our time, but also the focus of numerous controversies: it not only embodies a set of ideals but also functions as a political tool, which different forces try to bend to their own ends. The result of this struggle is a process of norm contestation and norm change that the course seeks to understand. The course looks at the laws and institutions that define human rights as an international regime, in the context of key intellectual controversies and political puzzles surrounding human rights theory and practice. It discusses how human rights norms change, and it analyzes some of the challenges of contemporary human rights advocacy.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew J Nathan
  CULPA: 44 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED READINGS I

Sign up for section in the department.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• 1-6 points

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 - Haidinger's Brush, Brewster's angle, double refraction, optical activity; gravity & capillary waves; interference, diffraction, lenses & mirrors.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy J Halpin-Healy
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

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 - 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

CLASSICAL WAVES - LEC + LAB

CLASSICAL WAVES - 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 - Haidinger's Brush, Brewster's angle, double refraction, optical activity; gravity & capillary waves; interference, diffraction, lenses & mirrors.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy J Halpin-Healy
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 2 points

DRAWING II

Prerequisites:
VIAR R1001
.
DRAWING II Course Description: Examines the potential of drawing as an expressive tool elaborating on the concepts and techniques presented in VIAR R1001. Studio practice emphasizes individual attitudes toward drawing while acquiring knowledge and skills from historical and cultural precedents. Portfolio required at the end. DRAWING II - Mixed Media Course Description: This course approaches drawing as an experimental and expressive tool. Students will be encouraged to push the parameters of drawing. Collage, assemblage, and photomontage will be used in combination with more traditional appraches to drawing. The class will explore the role of the imagination, memory, language, mapping, and text in drawing. Field trips 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 drawing or series of drawing. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

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

ADVANCED FICTION WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: The department's permission required through writing sample. Please go to 609 Kent for submission schedule and registration guidelines or see http://www.arts.columbia.edu/writing/undergraduate.
Building on the work of the Intermediate Workshop, Advanced Workshops are reserved for the most accomplished creative writing students. A significant body of writing must be produced and revised.  Particular attention will be paid to the components of fiction: voice, perspective, characterization, and form.  Students will be expected to finish several short stories, executing a total artistic vision on a piece of writing. The critical focus of the class will include an examination of endings and formal wholeness, sustaining narrative arcs, compelling a reader's interest for the duration of the text, and generating a sense of urgency and drama in the work.

• Department: Writing
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mitchell Jackson
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• Instructor: Benjamin Marcus
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO-FILM & MEDIA STUDIES-DIS

• Department: Film
• R 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
• R 5 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
• R 5 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbara C Cigarroa
  Info
• Instructor: Juliana L Way
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• Instructor: Nona Schamus
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• Instructor: Inger S Dietrichs
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• 0 points

SUPERVISED PROJ PHOTOGRAPHY

SUPERVISED PHOTO PROJECTS

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 15 students.
Designed for students to conduct independent projects in photography. Priority for enrollment to the class will be Barnard College students who are enrolling in classes at ICP (International Center of Photography).  The cost of ICP will be covered by Barnard College. All of the other students enrolling in the course (CC, GS SOA) will be responsible for their own ICP course expenses.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: John Miller
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 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 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jian Yang
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 37 Info
• 4 points

ACTING LAB

ACTING THE MUSICAL SCENE

Prerequisites: Enrollment in each section limited to 14 students. Acting classes are open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Theatre Department through audition required: auditions for acting classes and for the semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. Acting classes begin meeting after auditions. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
This is an umbrella course whose offerings will change each year. Some are narrow, some broad; all are designed with several objectives in common, including: a. To focus on a particular genre, playwright,  approach to live performance. b. To develop an interrelated set of conceptual, analytical, and embodiment skills and approaches. Courses typically involve  scene preparation, reading, research, and both individual and group projects, as well as active participation in classroom exercises. c. To develop a sense of the purposes and goals of a specific approach to acting. The acting lab courses are intentionally non-sequential; students with little previous background in acting are strongly encouraged to consider the Acting Workshop and Scene Lab courses. No more than six courses can be taken from the Acting Lab/Advanced Acting Lab offerings during a student's career. Auditions are required for all Acting Labs and will take place the first two evenings of each semester. Each course fulfills one course in Acting requirement for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. Please check with the Theatre Department website for specific offerings and audition information.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Mana Allen
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

ACTING LAB

ACTING SHAKESPEARE

Prerequisites: Enrollment in each section limited to 14 students. Acting classes are open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Theatre Department through audition required: auditions for acting classes and for the semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. Acting classes begin meeting after auditions. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
This is an umbrella course whose offerings will change each year. Some are narrow, some broad; all are designed with several objectives in common, including: a. To focus on a particular genre, playwright,  approach to live performance. b. To develop an interrelated set of conceptual, analytical, and embodiment skills and approaches. Courses typically involve  scene preparation, reading, research, and both individual and group projects, as well as active participation in classroom exercises. c. To develop a sense of the purposes and goals of a specific approach to acting. The acting lab courses are intentionally non-sequential; students with little previous background in acting are strongly encouraged to consider the Acting Workshop and Scene Lab courses. No more than six courses can be taken from the Acting Lab/Advanced Acting Lab offerings during a student's career. Auditions are required for all Acting Labs and will take place the first two evenings of each semester. Each course fulfills one course in Acting requirement for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. Please check with the Theatre Department website for specific offerings and audition information.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: John G Chapman
  Info
• 3 points

ACTING LAB

ACTING SOLO PERFORMANCE

Prerequisites: Enrollment in each section limited to 14 students. Acting classes are open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Theatre Department through audition required: auditions for acting classes and for the semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. Acting classes begin meeting after auditions. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
This is an umbrella course whose offerings will change each year. Some are narrow, some broad; all are designed with several objectives in common, including: a. To focus on a particular genre, playwright,  approach to live performance. b. To develop an interrelated set of conceptual, analytical, and embodiment skills and approaches. Courses typically involve  scene preparation, reading, research, and both individual and group projects, as well as active participation in classroom exercises. c. To develop a sense of the purposes and goals of a specific approach to acting. The acting lab courses are intentionally non-sequential; students with little previous background in acting are strongly encouraged to consider the Acting Workshop and Scene Lab courses. No more than six courses can be taken from the Acting Lab/Advanced Acting Lab offerings during a student's career. Auditions are required for all Acting Labs and will take place the first two evenings of each semester. Each course fulfills one course in Acting requirement for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. Please check with the Theatre Department website for specific offerings and audition information.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Kyle Decamp
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO-STAT-ECOLOGY & EVOL BIOL

Prerequisites: some background in ecology, evolutionary biology, and/or statistics is recommended.
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 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: David Madigan
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

THEORY AND CULTURE-DISC

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• T 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Foad Torshizi
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• Instructor: Vivek Yadav
  Info
• 0 points

CINEMA HIST II: 1930-1960

This course examines major developments and debates in the history of cinema between 1930 and 1960, from the consolidation of the classic Hollywood studio system in the early sound era to the articulation of emergent “new waves” and new critical discourses in the late 1950s. Our approach will be interdisciplinary in scope, albeit with an emphasis on social and cultural history – concerned not only with how movies have developed as a form of art and medium of entertainment, but also with cinema’s changing function as a social institution.

• Department: Film
• R 10 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert King
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 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.

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Santos da Silva
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Isabelle Jouanneau-Fertig
  CULPA: 19 Info
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ACTING LAB

Prerequisites: Preference given to juniors and seniors; THTRV 3004 or 3005 prerequisite. Enrollment limited to 14 students. Acting classes are open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Theatre Department through audition required: auditions for acting classes and for the semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. Acting classes begin meeting after auditions. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
Special problems of performance. In-class scene work, extensive outside research, rehearsals, and reading.   Fulfills additional coursework in Acting for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: James King
  Info
• 3 points

ARCHAEOL BEFORE THE BIBLE

This course provides a critical overview of prehistoric archaeology in the Near East (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 prehistoric and "biblical" 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 prehistoric archaeology.

• Department: Anthropology
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST II-1930-1960-DIS

• Department: Film
• M 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
• F 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Allie M Roberts
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• Instructor: Jollaine Schear
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• Instructor: Thomas W Mentel
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• 0 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 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Abhay N Pasupathy
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST III:1960-1990

By closely watching representative classics from countries including Italy, Poland, Russia and Argentina, we will study the distinctive trends and masters of this vibrant era. Special attention will be paid to the French New Wave (60s); the New German Cinema (70s); the reformulation of Hollywood studio filmmaking in the 70s (Altman, Cassavetes, Coppola), and the rise of the independent American cinema (80s).

• Department: Film
• R 2 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Annette Insdorf
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST III:1960-1990-DISC

CINEMA HIST III:1960-1990 DISC

• Department: Film
• M 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Max Rifkind-Barron
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• Instructor: Chantel Clark
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• Instructor: Samuel J Rimland
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• 0 points

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING I

Prerequisites: BIOL C2005 and BIOL C2006, or with instructor's permission
Corequisites: BMEN E3810, E4001
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.
• Instructor: X. Edward Guo
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 70 Info
• 3 points

PRIN-CHEM ENGIN-THERMODYNAMICS

Prerequisites: CHEM C1403
Corequisites: CHEN E3020
Introduction to 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: Sanat Kumar
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 79 Info
• 3 points

FIELD GEOLOGY

This course may be repeated for up to 9 points of credit if taken in different areas. Field study in various geologic settings. Plans for the courses are announced at the beginning of each term. Class size will depend on available space. Priority is given to majors in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia College and School of General Studies. Barnard Environmental Science majors may enroll with the permission of the Barnard Environmental Science department chair. All others require the instructor's permission.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• T 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven L Goldstein
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 75 Info
• 2 points

INTRO TO MATERIALS SCIENCE I

Prerequisites: CHEM C1404, PHYS C1011
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; properties of single crystals: optical properties, electrical properties, magnetic properties, thermal properties, mechanical properties.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ismail C Noyan
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: SOCI W1000 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
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christel Kesler
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO ARCHITECTURE-DISC

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• M 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Ani S Kodzhabasheva
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• Instructor: Rachel J Engler
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• Instructor: Kelly Chan
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• 0 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 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ashley Timmer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

LITERARY TEXTS&CRIT; MTHDS(SEM)

Corequisites: students who register for
ENGL W3011
must also register for
ENGL W3001
Literary Texts, Critical Methods lecture.
This seminar, led by an advanced graduate student in the English doctoral program, accompanies the faculty lecture ENGL W3001. 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
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher R McKeen
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• Instructor: Alexander K Lash
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Benjamin D Vanwagoner
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Emily L Madison
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• Instructor: Rosa E Schneider
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• 0 points

THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION

Prerequisites: ECON BC3035 and ECON BC2411 or permission of the instructor.
Analyzes education policies and education markets from an economic perspective. Examines challenges that arise when researchers attempt to identify the causal effects of inputs. Other topics: (1) education as an investment, (2) public school finance, (3) teacher labor markets, (4) testing/accountability programs, (5) school choice programs, and (6) urban public school reforms.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Randall Reback
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 14 Info
• 3 points

TELENOVELAS

Prerequisites: Intermediate German II (V1202 or V1225) or equivalent.
Examines popular culture and language through a German TV series. Advanced students practice and perfect their language skills by examining typical features and intercultural aspects of a German telenovela. Focus on main elements of genre, language, cultural context by comparing different versions.

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

AUGUSTAN POETRY

Prerequisites:
LATN V1202
or the equivalent.
Selections from Vergil and Horace. Combines literary analysis with work in grammar and metrics.

• Department: Classics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Katharina Volk
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

LABORATORY IN MATERIALS SCI I

Prerequisites: MSAE E3010.
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 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Ismail C Noyan
  CULPA: 7 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
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Julian Yeo
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

FIELD METHODS IN ENVIR SCIENCE

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Five required field trips that take a substantial portion of the day.
Problem-oriented, hands-on approach emphasizing the tools, techniques, and observational skills necessary for the understanding of forest ecology and deer management. Field and laboratory work as well as data analysis and interpretation. Field Methods utilizes the outdoor resources of the Hudson River Valley, especially the forest environment at Black Rock Forest, a 4,000-acre preserve near Cornwall, N.Y.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• F 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Peter M Bower
  CULPA: 56 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED TRANSLATION

Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the language requirement or the equivalent.
Translation of various styles of prose and poetry from French to English.

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

INTRO-STAT-ECOLGY/EVOL BIO-LAB

INTRO-STAT-ECOLGY/EVOL BI0-LAB

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• R 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: David Madigan
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

INTRO-STAT-ECOLGY/EVOL BIO-LAB

INTRO-STAT-ECOLGY/EVOL BIO LAB

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• R 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David Madigan
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

THE EARTH'S CARBON CYCLE

Prerequisites: introductory chemistry and environmental science or their equivalents, or the instructor's permission.
Three problems are considered: the identity of the missing sink for fossil fuel CO2, the cause of the low atmospheric CO2 content during glacial time, and the possibility of a tie between tectonics and atmospheric CO2 content.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURMENTS

ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS

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
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Mailloux
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ORAL FRENCH

Prerequisites: At least one French course after completion of the language requirement and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12 students.
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.
• Instructor: Frank Nitsche
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 29 Info
• 3 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 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elias Grivoyannis
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• 4 points

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB I

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. A lab fee of $50.00 is collected.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED PHONETICS

Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the language requirement or the equivalent. Enrollment limited to 12 students.
Detailed study of all aspects of French pronunciation; theoretical linguistic concepts will be followed up with intensive oral drills.

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

ANALYSIS OF CHEM ENGIN PROBLMS

Prerequisites: vector calculus, ordinary differential equations.
Corequisites: CHEE E3010, CHEN E3110.
Computational solutions of chemical engineering problems in thermodynamics, transport phenomena, and reaction design.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Vanessa Ortiz
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• 3 points

ROMAN IMPERIALISM

How did the Roman Empire grow so large and last so long? This course will examine the origins of the Romans' drive to expand, the theory of "defensive" imperialism, economic aspects, Roman techniques of control, questions about acculturation and resistance, and the reasons why the empire eventually collapsed.   Field(s): ANC

• Department: History
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: William V Harris
  CULPA: 27 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

INTRO-MARKETING/MARKETING MGMT

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
• M 9 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Kamel Jedidi
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• 3 points

MAJOR FRENCH TEXTS I

Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the language requirement or the equivalent.
Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical literature in their cultural context.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Prerequisites:
BIOL C2005
-
C2006
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. SCE 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

LATE BEETHOVEN

Prerequisites:
MUSI V2318-V2319
or the instructor's permission.
An examination of the visionary works of Beethoven's last dozen or so years as a composer, beginning with the revision of his only opera, Fidelio, in 1814, and continuing with the late piano sonatas, cello sonatas, string quartets, Diabelli variations, Ninth Symphony, and the Missa Solemnis. Topics will include late style, romanticism, politics, deafness, and the changing nature of the musical work and its performance.

• Department: Music
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elaine Sisman
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211, W3213
and
STAT W1211
.
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
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Sally M Davidson
  CULPA: 15 Info
• Instructor: Rajiv Sethi
  CULPA: 24 h-index: 33 Info
• 3 points

MAKING, BREAKING CODES

Prerequisites: Calculus I, II, III and Linear Algebra.
A concrete introduction to abstract algebra. Topics in abstract algebra used in cryptography and coding theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Dorian Goldfeld
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ORDINARY DIFFERENTL EQUATIONS

Prerequisites:
MATH V1102-MATH V1201
or the equivalent.
Corequisites:
MATH V2010
.
Equations of order one; systems of linear equations. Second-order equations. Series solutions at regular and singular points. Boundary value problems. Selected applications.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Panagiota Daskalopoulos
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDTE MACROECONOMC THEORY

Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics and a functioning knowledge of high school algebra and analytical geometry or permission of the instructor.
Systematic exposition of current macroeconomic theories of unemployment, inflation, and international financial adjustments.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Nuria Quella
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Project-oriented study of waste management issues and policy. Cradle-to-grave analysis of product and waste streams. Analysis of municipal solid waste, landfills, incineration, recycling, sewage waste and sewage treatment.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Peter M Bower
  CULPA: 56 Info
• 3 points

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Prerequisites: genetics or molecular biology.
The course covers techniques currently used to explore and manipulate gene function and their applications in medicine and the environment. Part I covers key laboratory manipulations, including DNA cloning, gene characterization, association of genes with disease, and methods for studying gene regulation and activities of gene products. Part II also covers commercial applications, and includes animal cell culture, production of recombinant proteins, novel diagnostics, high throughput screening, and environmental biosensors. SCE 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
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 3 points

INTERMEDTE MICROECONOMC THEORY

Prerequisites: An introductory course in microeconomics or a combined macro/micro principles course (ECON BC1003 or ECON W1105, or the equivalent) and one semester of calculus or ECON BC1007, or permission of the instructor.
Preferences and demand; production, cost, and supply; behavior of markets in partial equilibrium; resource allocation in general equilibrium; pricing of goods and services under alternative market structures; implications of individual decision-making for labor supply; income distribution, welfare, and public policy. Emphasis on problem solving.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 Info
• 4 points

THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Caroline Weber
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

INTERNATIONAL MONEY & FINANCE

Prerequisites: ECON BC3033.
Introduction to balance of payments and exchange rate theory; capital mobility and expectations; internal and external adjustment under fixed and flexible exchange rates; international financial markets; capital mobility and expectations; international policy coordination and optimum currency areas; history of the international monetary system.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Andre Burgstaller
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 3 points

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB III

Mechatronic control of mechanical and electromechanical systems. Control of various thermodynamic cycles, including internal combustion engine (Otto cycle). Reverse engineering of an electromechanical product. A lab fee of $50.00 is collected.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• MW 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Fred R Stolfi
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• 3 points

ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY I

Prerequisites: Required of all Barnard Anthropology majors; open to other students with instructor's permission only. * To be taken in conjunction with ANTH V3041, preferably in sequence.
First of a two semester sequence intended to introduce departmental majors to key readings in social theory that have been constitutive of the rise and contemporary practice of modern anthropology. The goal is to understand historical and current intellectual debates within the discipline.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sarah B Muir
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points