CELL BIOLOGY
Prerequisites: one year of biology, normally
BIOL C2005-C2006
, or the equivalent.
Cell Biology 3041/4041 is an upper-division course that covers in depth all organelles of cells, how they make up tissues, secrete substances important for the organism, generate and adapt to their working environment in the body, move throughout development, and signal to each other. Because these topics were introduced in the Intro Course (taught by Mowshowitz and Chasin), this course or its equivalent is a pre-requisite for W3041/4041. Students for whom this course is useful include biology, biochem or biomedical engineering majors, those preparing to apply for medical school or graduate school, and those doing or planning to start doing research in a biology or biomedical lab. 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 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jeannette C Bulinski
Info - 3 points
THEORETICL FOUNDTNS-POLIT ECON
Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics or permission of the instructor.
Intellectual origins of the main schools of thought in political economy. Study of the founding texts in classical political economy, Marxian economics, neoclassicism, and Keynesianism.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
David Weiman
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Instructor:
Belinda Archibong
CULPA: 8
h-index: 7
Info
- 3 points
SOLID ST,MICROWAVE,OPTICS LAB
Prerequisites: ELEN E3106 and ELEN E3401.
Optical electronics and communications. Microwave circuits. Physical electronics.
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Wen I Wang
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
INTENSIVE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
Prerequisites: a grade of 5 on the Chemistry Advanced Placement exam and an acceptable grade on the Department placement exam or an acceptable grade in
CHEM W1604
.
Premedical students may take CHEM W3045, CHEM W3046, CHEM W2507 and CHEM W3545 to meet the minimum requirements for admission to medical school. This course covers the same material as CHEM W3443 - CHEM W3444, but is intended for students who have learned the principles of general chemistry in high school OR have completed CHEM W1604 in their first year at Columbia. First year students enrolled in CHEM W3045-CHEM W3046 are expected to enroll concurrently in CHEM W2507. Although CHEM W3045 and CHEM W3046 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially. A recitation section is required. Please check the Directory of Classes for details and also speak with the TA for the course.
- Department: Chemistry
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ronald Breslow
CULPA: 25
Wikipedia
Info
- 3.5 points
LANGUAGE,PERFORMANCE,POWER
LANGUAGE, PERFORMANCE,POWER
In the Western imagination, language is often understood as a vehicle for conveying already formed thoughts from one mind to another. 'Real' actions are often contrasted to 'mere' words: as every child learns, "Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me." And yet, a moment's reflection reveals a wide-range of linguistic phenomena in which saying is tantamount to doing. From making promises to signing contracts, from avowing love to exchanging vows, from telling truths to telling lies, and yes, from hurtful words to hate speech -language is much more than a means of representation, but a key mode of acting in and upon the world. Drawing on readings from anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and critical theory, this class takes up the power of words, paying attention to the relationship between language as 'performance' (the performance of language in various implicit and explicit speech genres) and the 'performativity' of language (language as a means of performing various speech acts). Through a range of case-studies, we will likewise pay close attention to the social and cultural organization of performance and performativity, situating speech acts and genres in the very sociocultural worlds they help shape. Topics include: the development of the concept of performativity, or speech act theory, in the philosophy of language; its uptake and key critiques in poststructuralism and anthropology; the role of performativity in performance, ritual, magic, and expressive culture more generally; and the relationship between performance, performativity, and power in everyday and institutional life.
- Department: Anthropology @Barnard
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Stephen Scott
CULPA: 7
Info
- 3 points
BIG DATA WITH PYTHON
Big Data is changing how we interact with and understand the environment. Yet analyzing Big Data requires new tools and methods. Students will learn to use Python programming to analyze and visualize large environmental and earth's systems data sets in ways that Excel is not equipped to do. This will include both time series and spatial analyses with programming occurring interactively during class and assignments designed to strengthen methods and results. Students will learn to write code in Python, plot, map, sub-select, clean, organize, and perform statistical analyses on large global scale data sets, using the data in analysis, and take any data set no matter how large or complicated.
- Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Brian Mailloux
CULPA: 10
h-index: 36
Info
- 3 points
MATH & THE CITY
MATH AND THE CITY
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
In partnership with NYC public school teachers, students will have opportunities to engage in mathematical learning, lesson study, curriculum development, and implementation, with a focus on using the City as a resource. Students will explore implications for working with diverse populations. Non-math majors, pre-service elementary students and first-year students welcome. Fieldwork and field trips required. Note: Students in the Childhood Urban Teaching Program may use this course as a pedagogical elective.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 4 points
SCIENCE IN THE CITY II
Prerequisites: Open to Non-science majors, pre-service elementary students, and first year students. Permission of instructor.
Students investigate the science of learning, the Next Generation Science Standards, scientific inquiry and engineering design practices, and strategies to include families in fostering student achievement and persistence in science. Fieldwork required. Note: Students in the Childhood Urban Teaching Program may use this course as a pedagogical elective.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- R 4:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Stephanie Macaluso
Info - 4 points
SENIOR THESIS I
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only.
Tutorials and conferences on the research for and writing of the senior thesis. This is the 1st semester of a two-semester course sequence.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Perry G Mehrling
CULPA: 25
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Instructor:
Randall Reback
CULPA: 17 h-index: 14 Info -
Instructor:
Alan Dye
CULPA: 19 Info - 4 points
MEDVL INTELLEC LIFE 1050-1400
Development over three centuries of a language of the heart, of the intellect, and of the polity. Primary readings in devotional and courtly literature, university speculation, and political thought, discussed in their historical and cultural contexts.
SENIOR THESIS II
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only.
Tutorials and conferences on the research for and writing of the senior thesis. This is the 2nd semester of a two-semester course sequence.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
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Instructor:
Perry G Mehrling
CULPA: 25
Wikipedia
Info
- 4 points
MEDVL INTELLEC LIFE 1050-1400
Development over three centuries of a language of the heart, of the intellect, and of the polity. Primary readings in devotional and courtly literature, university speculation, and political thought, discussed in their historical and cultural contexts.
SENIOR SEMINAR
SR SEM:ECON, CLTRE, HAPPINESS
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 15 students.
A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructor’s choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sonia Pereira
CULPA: 19 Info - 4 points
SENIOR SEMINAR
SR SEM:WMN IN DEVLOPMNT ECON
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 15 students.
A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructor’s choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Anja Tolonen
CULPA: 3 h-index: 8 Info - 4 points
STUDENT TEACHING/URBAN SCHOOLS
TCHNG-ELEM OR SECONDRY SCHOOLS
Prerequisites: Completion of EDUC BC2052 or EDUC BC2062 and EDUC BC2055, with grades of B or better. NYCDOE Fingerprinting.
Corequisites: EDUC BC3064. Enrollment limited.
Supervised student teaching in elementary or secondary schools includes creating lesson plans, involving students in active learning, using cooperative methods, developmentally appropriate assessment, and meeting the needs of diverse learners in urban schools. Teaching skills developed through weekly individual and/or group supervision meetings (to be scheduled at the beginning of the semester), conferences, and portfolio design. Requires 100 hours of teaching at two different grade levels, full-time for one semester. Note: Students are only permitted to leave their student teaching placements early twice a week, once for EDUC BC3064 and one other day for one additional course having a start time of 2 pm or later. Students are only permitted to take one additional course while enrolled in EDUC BC3063 and EDUC BC3064
- Department: Education @Barnard
- M 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lisa Edstrom
CULPA: 1 Info - 6 points
STUDENT TEACHING/URBAN SCHOOLS
STUDENT TEACHNG/URBAN SCHOOLS
Prerequisites: Completion of EDUC BC2052 or EDUC BC2062 and EDUC BC2055, with grades of B or better. NYCDOE Fingerprinting.
Corequisites: EDUC BC3064. Enrollment limited.
Supervised student teaching in elementary or secondary schools includes creating lesson plans, involving students in active learning, using cooperative methods, developmentally appropriate assessment, and meeting the needs of diverse learners in urban schools. Teaching skills developed through weekly individual and/or group supervision meetings (to be scheduled at the beginning of the semester), conferences, and portfolio design. Requires 100 hours of teaching at two different grade levels, full-time for one semester. Note: Students are only permitted to leave their student teaching placements early twice a week, once for EDUC BC3064 and one other day for one additional course having a start time of 2 pm or later. Students are only permitted to take one additional course while enrolled in EDUC BC3063 and EDUC BC3064
- Department: Education @Barnard
- M 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- 6 points
SEM: ISSUES URBAN TEACHING
Corequisites: EDUC BC3063. Enrollment limited to student teachers enrolled in the Education Program.
Designed to help student teachers develop as reflective practictioners who can think critically about issues facing urban schools, particularly how race, class and gender influence schooling; and to examine the challenges and possibilities for providing intellectually engaging, meaningful curriculum to all students in urban classrooms.
- Department: Education @Barnard
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Maria S Rivera Maulucci
h-index: 10 Info - 4 points
WRITING DIASPORIC CITIES
This course considers representation of four cities in which diasporic communities have settled and negotiated the psychic and material terrain that stretches from a past homeland to a settled homeland. We look at New York, London, Kinshasha, and Cape Town where communities of different African diasporas- historical and contemporary- as well as South Asian diasporas have settled. Locally, we enter a space like the contemporary Malcolm Shabazz market to attend to the transnational, mercantilist as well as cultural public spheres that it creates. We also look at earlier transmigrations by African Diasporic groups moving from Jamaica to Harlem to Marseilles. We consider London in the 1980s and the early 2000s. Thematically, we consider different kinds of displacement and their impact upon women. We foreground race, ethnicity, nationalist discourses, global economies, and the publishing, distribution and marketing networks of the Arts produced in these cities. We read across genres and consider graffiti in neighborhoods that have diasporic communities.
- Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yvette Christianse
Wikipedia Info - 4 points
RESEARCH SEM ECONOMIC HISTRY I
Must be supervised by a faculty member approved by the program adviser. This is the 1st semester of a two-semester course sequence.
CELLULAR/MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
Prerequisites: two semesters of a rigorous, molecularly-oriented introductory biology course (such as
C2005
and
C2006
), or the instructor's permission.
This course will cover the basic concepts underlying the mechanisms of innate and adaptive immunity, as well as key experimental methods currently used in the field. To keep it real, the course will include clinical correlates in such areas as infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, cancer, and transplantation. Taking this course won't turn you into an immunologist, but it may make you want to become one, as was the case for several students last year. After taking the course, you should be able to read the literature intelligently in this rapidly advancing field. 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 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Solomon Mowshowitz
CULPA: 9
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- 3 points
AFRICA IN CINEMA
Considerations of African-directed twentieth century films concerning French-speaking, sub-Saharan West Africa. Reflections on tradition and modernity, politics and popular culture, the status of women, youth problems, identity construction. Placement of African film within its own tradition. Class taught in English.
- Department: French @Barnard
- W 4:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kaiama L Glover
CULPA: 18
Info
- 3 points
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I-LECTURES
Prerequisites:
CHEM W1403
and
CHEM W1404
, or
CHEM W1604
, or
CHEM W3045
and
CHEM W3046
;
MATH V1101-V1102
or
V1207-V1208
;
PHYS V1201-V1202
is acceptable,
PHYS C1401-C1402
or the equivalent is recommended.
Corequisites:
CHEM W3085
is acceptable.
Elementary, but comprehensive, treatment of the fundamental laws governing the behavior of individual atoms and molecules and collections of them. CHEM W3079 covers the thermodynamics of chemical systems at equilibrium and the chemical kinetics of nonequilibrium systems. Although CHEM W3079 and CHEM W3080 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially. A recitation section is required. Please check the Directory of Classes for details and also speak with the TA for the course.
- Department: Chemistry
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Wei Min
CULPA: 7 h-index: 42 Info - 4 points
CIRCUIT ANALYSIS LABORATORY
Prerequisites: ELEN E1201 or equivalent.
Corequisites: ELEN E3201.
Companion lab course for ELEN E3201. Experiments cover such topics as: use of measurement instruments; HSPICE simulation; basic network theorems; linearization of nonlinear circuits using negative feedback; opamp circuits; integrators; second order RLC circuits. The lab generally meets on alternate weeks.
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
- R 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
- F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
David G Vallancourt
CULPA: 28
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- 1 points
INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY WORK
Prerequisites:
PHYS W2601
or
PHYS W2802
. Primarily for junior and senior physics majors; other majors must obtain the instructor's permission.
Each experiment is chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor. Each section meets one afternoon per week, with registration in each section limited by the laboratory capacity. Experiments (classical and modern) cover topics in electricity, magnetism, optics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics.
- Department: Physics
- M 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- R 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- F 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Elena Aprile
CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info -
Instructor:
Michele Limon
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Instructor:
Morgan May
CULPA: 3
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- 2 points
SIGNALS & SYSTEMS LABORATORY
Corequisites: ELEN E3801.
Companion lab course for ELEN E3801. Experiments cover topics such as: introduction and use of MATLAB for numerical and symbolic calculations; linearity and time invariance; continuous-time convolution; Fourier-series expansion and signal reconstruction; impulse response and transfer function; forced response. The lab generally meets on alternate weeks.
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- M 6:10 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
- R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
- F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Taneli Riihonen
Info - 1 points
PHYSICL-ANALYTICL LABORATORY I
Corequisites:
CHEM W3079
for
CHEM W3085
is acceptable.
A student-centered experimental course intended for students who are co-registered or have completed CHEM W3079 and CHEM W3080. The course emphasizes techniques of experimental physical chemistry and instrumental analysis, including vibrational, electronic, and laser spectroscopy; electroanalytical methods; calorimetry; reaction kinetics; hydrodynamic methods; scanning probe microscopy; applications of computers to reduce experimental data; and computational chemistry. Students must also attend the compulsory Mentoring Session. Please check the Directory of Classes for details.
- Department: Chemistry
- T noon-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Luis A Avila
CULPA: 22
Info
- 4 points
INDIVIDUAL SENIOR PROJECTS
Prerequisites: Meets senior requirement. Instructor permission required.
The instructor will supervise the writing of long papers involving some form of sociological research and analysis.
- Department: Sociology @Barnard
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Instructor:
Deborah Becher
CULPA: 8
h-index: 4
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Instructor:
Elizabeth Bernstein
CULPA: 27 Info -
Instructor:
Christel Kesler
CULPA: 5
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Instructor:
Debra Minkoff
CULPA: 6 h-index: 17 Info -
Instructor:
Mignon R Moore
CULPA: 9 h-index: 17 Info -
Instructor:
Jonathan Rieder
CULPA: 17
Info
- 4 points
ADV ELECTROMAGNETISM LAB
Classical electromagnetic wave phenomena via Maxwell's equations, including: (i) Michaelson and Fabry-Perot Interferometry, as well as a thin-film interference and elementary dispersion theory; (ii) Fraunhofer Diffraction (and a bit of Fresnel); (iii) Wireless Telegraphy I: AM Radio Receivers; and (iv) Wireless Telegraphy II: AM Transmitters. Last two labs pay homage to relevant scientific developments in the period 1875-1925, from the discovery of Hertzian waves to the Golden Age of Radio. Complements PHYS W3008 Electromagnetic Waves and Optics.
- Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
- F 10:30 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Stiliana Savin
CULPA: 4 Info - 3 points
RACE,GENDR,SEXLTY IN S.AFRICA
- Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
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Instructor:
Yvette Christianse
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT RES
Prerequisites: the instructor's permission for entrance, and the departmental representative's permission for aggregate points in excess of 12 or less than 4.
This course may be repeated for credit (see major and concentration requirements). Individual research under the supervision of a member of the staff. Research areas include organic, physical, inorganic, analytical, and biological chemistry. Please note that CHEM 3098 is offered in the fall and spring semesters.
- Department: Chemistry
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Instructor:
Vesna Gasperov
CULPA: 1 h-index: 4 Info - 4 points
THE ENGLISH CONFERENCE
Prerequisites: To be taken only for P/F. Students must attend all classes to receive credit for this course. Enrollment limited to 60 students.
The four course sessions for The English Conference in fall 2015 are TR 4:10-6 pm on November 10th, 12th, 17th and 19th. Please consult the English Department's website for a course description: https://english.barnard.edu/course-information/english_conference.
- Department: English @Barnard
- TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lisa Gordis
CULPA: 15 Info - 1 points
INDEPENDENT STUDY
Independent research and writing project. See the website or the program office for application details and deadlines.
- Department: Human Rights (HRTB)
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Instructor:
J. Paul Martin
Info - 3-4 points
INTRO TO MECHANCIS OF FLUIDS
INTRO TO MECHANICS OF FLUIDS
Prerequisites: ENME E3105.
Basic continuum concepts. Liquids and gases in static equilibrium. Continuity equation. Two-dimensional kinematics. Equation of motion. Bernoulli's equation and applications. Equations of energy and angular momentum. Dimensional analysis. Two-dimensional laminar flow. Pipe flow, laminar,and turbulent. Elements of compressible flow.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Pejman Akbari
CULPA: 3 Info - 3 points
INTRO TO MECHANCIS OF FLUIDS
FLUIDS RECITATION
Prerequisites: ENME E3105.
Basic continuum concepts. Liquids and gases in static equilibrium. Continuity equation. Two-dimensional kinematics. Equation of motion. Bernoulli's equation and applications. Equations of energy and angular momentum. Dimensional analysis. Two-dimensional laminar flow. Pipe flow, laminar,and turbulent. Elements of compressible flow.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
- F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
- 0 points
APPLIED MATH I: LINEAR ALGEBRA
Matrix algebra, elementary matrices, inverses, rank, determinants. Computational aspects of solving systems of linear equations: existence-uniqueness of solutions, Gaussian elimination, scaling, ill-conditioned systems, iterative techniques. Vector spaces, bases, dimension. Eigenvalue problems, diagonalization, inner products, unitary matrices.
- Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael K Tippett
CULPA: 8 h-index: 43 Info - 3 points
ARCH REPRSENTATION:ABSTRACTION
ARCH.REPRSENTATION:ABSTRACTION
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students per section. Recommended for the sophomore year. Students work in a studio environment.
Introduction to design through analysis of abstract architectural space and form. Emphasis on the design process and principles of representations through architectural drawing and model making. Attendance is mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.
- Department: Architecture @Barnard
- MW 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
- MW 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Severino Alfonso
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Instructor:
Madeline K Schwartzman
CULPA: 11
Info
- 4 points
ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANC EGYPT & NUBIA
ARCHAEOLOGY OF EGYPT & NUBIA
Thanks to the pyramids of Giza, the treasure of Tutankhamun, and other remains of royal activity, pharaonic Egypt is justly famous for its monuments and material culture. Equally fascinating, if less well known, however, are the towns, fortresses, cultic centers, domestic spaces, and non-elite cemeteries that have been excavated over the past 200 years or so. The archaeology of Nubia is also little known but fascinating on many levels. This course will focus on what archaeology can reveal about life as it was experienced by individuals of all social classes. Through a combination of broad surveys and case studies of some of Egypt and Nubia’s most culturally indicative and intriguing sites, we will explore issues such as the origins of inequality, state formation and its effects, the uneasy mix of state-planned settlements and village life, urbanism, domestic and community worship, gendered spaces, ethnicity and colonialism, religious revolution and evolution, bureaucracy, private enterprise, and the effects of governmental collapse on life and death in ancient Egypt and Nubia.
- Department: Auditing
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Ellen Morris
CULPA: 10
Info
- 0 points
ARCHAEOL OF ANC EGYPT & NUBIA
ARCHAEOLOGY OF EGYPT & NUBIA
Examines ancient Egyptian and Nubian towns, temples, cemeteries, fortresses, and other material remains. Subjects of interest include the origins of inequality, state formation, urbanism, state and private religion, gendered spaces, ethnicity, colonialism, religious revolution bureaucracy, private enterprise, and governmental collapse.
- Department: Classics @Barnard
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Ellen Morris
CULPA: 10
Info
- 3 points
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
PROGRAMMING LANG (C++)
Prerequisites: fluency in at least one programming language.
Introduction to a programming language. Each section is devoted to a specific language. Intended only for those who are already fluent in at least one programming language. Sections may meet for one hour per week for the whole term, for three hours per week for the first third of the term, or for two hours per week for the first six weeks. May be repeated for credit if different languages are involved.
- Department: Computer Science
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ramana Isukapalli
CULPA: 2 Info - 1 points
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
PROGRAMMING LANG (PYTHON)
Prerequisites: fluency in at least one programming language.
Introduction to a programming language. Each section is devoted to a specific language. Intended only for those who are already fluent in at least one programming language. Sections may meet for one hour per week for the whole term, for three hours per week for the first third of the term, or for two hours per week for the first six weeks. May be repeated for credit if different languages are involved.
- Department: Computer Science
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lawrence Stead
Info - 1 points
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
PROGRAMMING LANG: (RAILS)
Prerequisites: fluency in at least one programming language.
Introduction to a programming language. Each section is devoted to a specific language. Intended only for those who are already fluent in at least one programming language. Sections may meet for one hour per week for the whole term, for three hours per week for the first third of the term, or for two hours per week for the first six weeks. May be repeated for credit if different languages are involved.
- Department: Computer Science
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Emily Stolfo
CULPA: 2 Info - 1 points
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
USING LINUX
Prerequisites: fluency in at least one programming language.
Introduction to a programming language. Each section is devoted to a specific language. Intended only for those who are already fluent in at least one programming language. Sections may meet for one hour per week for the whole term, for three hours per week for the first third of the term, or for two hours per week for the first six weeks. May be repeated for credit if different languages are involved.
- Department: Computer Science
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Daniel R Mechanic
Info - 1 points
ADVANCED DUTCH I
- Department: Germanic Languages
- M 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Wijnie de Groot
CULPA: 11
Info
- 3 points
GEOCHEM FOR A HABITABLE PLANET
Prerequisites: any 1000-level or 2000-level EESC course;
MATH V1101
Calculus I and
CHEM W1403
General Chemistry I or their equivalents.
The origin, evolution, and future of our planet, based on the book How to Build a Habitable Planet by Wallace S. Broecker. This course will focus on the geochemical processes that built Earth from solar material, led to its differentiation into continents and ocean, and have maintained its surface at a comfortable temperature. Students will participate in a hands-on geochemistry project at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Terry A Plank
CULPA: 6
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Info
- 3 points
THE WRITER'S PROCESS
Prerequisites: Application process and permission of instructor. Does not count for major credit.
Exploration of theory and practice in the teaching of writing, designed for students who plan to become Writing Fellows at Barnard. Students will read current theory and consider current research in the writing process and engage in practical applications in the classroom or in tutoring.
- Department: English @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Pamela Cobrin
CULPA: 6
Info
- 3 points
LOVE & LITERATURE
LOVE AND LITERATURE
Prerequisites: Completion of Intermediate 2 level French or the equivalent
This course offers an in-depth study of love as it has been treated in a variety of French literary texts. These texts will be related to a number of important philosophical and theological approaches to love, particularly in respect of certain ideas concerning ethical love, erotic love, and religious faith as an act of loving God. The first objective of this class is to show how one can relate literature to philosophy and theology; the second is to gain a broad, but thematically focused familiarity with French literature, and with some literary works beyond the French tradition.
- Department: French @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brian D O'Keeffe
CULPA: 28
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INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
An introduction to the study of language from a scientific perspective. The course is divided into three units: language as a system (sounds, morphology, syntax, and semantics), language in context (in space, time, and community), and language of the individual (psycholinguistics, errors, aphasia, neurology of language, and acquisition). Workload: lecture, weekly homework, and final examination.
- Department: Slavic Languages
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
John H McWhorter
CULPA: 26
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CONVERS ABOUT LUSOPHONE WORLD
Prerequisites:
PORT W1220
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This conversation class will help students develop their oral proficiency in Portuguese. We will discuss current events, participate in challenging pronunciation exercises, improve understanding of Portuguese idioms, develop conversation strengths, confront weaknesses, and increase fluency in spoken Portuguese.
- Department: Spanish and Portuguese
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Joao Nemi Neto
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
THIRD-YEAR RUSSIAN I
Prerequisites:
RUSS 1202
or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.
Recommended for students who wish to improve their active command of Russian. Emphasis on conversation and composition. Reading and discussion of selected texts and videotapes. Lectures. Papers and oral reports required. Conducted entirely in Russian.
- Department: Slavic Languages
- MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Nataliya Kun
CULPA: 5
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Instructor:
Alla Smyslova
CULPA: 20
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- 4 points
ADVANCED NONFICTION 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.
Advanced Nonfiction Workshop is for students with significant narrative and/or critical experience. Students will produce original literary nonfiction for the workshop, with an added focus on developing a distinctive voice and approach.
- Department: Writing
- T 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Katie M Zambreno
Info - 3 points
ACADEMIC WRITING INTENSIVE
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 8 students. Nomination and instructor's permission required.
Academic Writing Intensive is an intensive writing course for second-year Barnard students. Students will attend a weekly seminar and schedule an individual 30-minute conference with the instructor each week. This focused, individual attention to a student’s writing is designed to help the student strengthen her critical thinking, reading and writing skills.
- Department: English @Barnard
- R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Wendy C Schor-Haim
CULPA: 11
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- 4 points
PARIS IS A WOMAN
Prerequisites: Course is conducted in French. Language requirement must be satisfied before enrollment.
Through literature, art and film, this course will consider three myths of the “Parisian woman”: the lesbian; the intellectual; and the “concealed woman.” Readings will include texts by Colette, Stein, Beauvoir, Sarraute, Duras, and will consider such figures as Coco Chanel, Josephine Baker, Dora Maar, Sophie Calle and Agnes Varda.
- Department: French @Barnard
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brian S Kilgo-Kelly
CULPA: 3
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- 3 points
COLL:RACE& MDRN POLIT THOUGHT
Political Theory
Prerequisites: POLS 1013 or the equivalent.
Race and Modern Political Thought is a Political Theory colloquium that explores how the concept of race became available to modern thought as a legitimate conceptualization of human being and difference and to political thought as an idea useful to structuring political communities. Is race best understood in ideological terms, i.e., as a viewpoint shared by philosophers and lay-persons alike about difference that usefully reflected the needs and aspirations of slaveholders and colonialists? Or is race instead an artifact of modern forms of reasoning? Or should we ignore questions of origin and simply take seriously the notion that the only practical—ethically correct or politically progressive—approach to theorizing race is to attend critically to the organization of racial power? What kind of idea is race?
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michelle R Smith
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
ARCH REPRESENTATION:PERCEPTION
ARCH.REPRESENTATION:PERCEPTION
Prerequisites: Students work in a studio environment. Recommended for the sophomore year. Enrollment limited to 16 students per section.
Introduction to design through studies in the perception of architectural space and form. Emphasis on exploratory, inventive processes for the generation, development, and representation of ideas in a variety of media. Attendance is mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.
- Department: Architecture @Barnard
- TR 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Nicole A Robertson
Info - 4 points
THE ART OF THE ESSAY
Prerequisites: Can count towards major. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Students who are on the electronic waiting list or who are interested in the class but are not yet registered MUST attend the first day of class.
(Formerly called Essay Writing.) Essay writing above the first-year level. Reading and writing various types of essays to develop one's natural writing voice and craft thoughtful, sophisticated and personal essays.
- Department: English @Barnard
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Aaron C Schneider
CULPA: 7 Info -
Instructor:
Vrinda Condillac
CULPA: 28
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Instructor:
Margaret R Ellsberg
CULPA: 54 Info - 3 points
GRT POL THINKERS/BLACK TRADN
GRT POL THNKERS BLACK TRADN
Political Theory
Prerequisites: None.
In this course, we examine how the black intellectual tradition's best political thinkers grappled with a concrete and particular instance of a universal problematic of domination and submission, inclusion and exclusion, power and powerlessness, and the question of how subaltern groups can find liberation from their subalternity. Though many of the thinkers under consideration are significant as political actors, we understand their writings to provide a complex and contested theoretical backdrop for political action. We explore how black thinkers 1) criticize and American democracy corrupted by slavery 2) articulate the ideological functions of 'race,' 3) redefine race consciousness in terms of linked fate.
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- MW 7:40 p.m.-8:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michelle R Smith
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR STAT
Prerequisites:
MATH V1101
or the instructor's permission.
A fast-paced coverage of those aspects of the differential and integral calculus of one and several variables and of the linear algebra required for the core courses in the Statistics major. The mathematical topics are integrated with an introduction to computing. Students seeking more comprehensive background should replace this course with MATH V1102 and V2010 and any COMS course numbered from W1003 to W1009.
- Department: Statistics
- MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lauren A Hannah
Info - 6 points
FICTION & PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Prerequisites: Writing sample required to apply: required cover sheet and instructions are available here: http://english.barnard.edu/forms-procedures/forms. Students cannot add this course to their schedules until after they are admitted.
This class centers on the appreciation, analysis, and practice of short literary fiction, including personal narrative. In addition to weekly writing exercises, twice a semester each student will make available to the entire class longer pieces for "workshopping." These pieces will receive written evaluations from instructor and peers both. We will also read and study narrative by published authors -- historical and contemporary. In both student-generated and published work we will consider elements of prose narrative from structure to characterization, plot to voice, etc., in the hopes that such consideration will encourage student writers to expand their writerly repertoire and improve their work in terms both of both craft and literary substance.
- Department: English @Barnard
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Timea Szell
CULPA: 14
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Instructor:
Stacey M D'Erasmo
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
MECHANICS
Prerequisites: PHYS C1401 and MATH V1101-V1102 and V1201.
Elements of statics; dynamics of a particle and systems of particles; dynamics of rigid bodies.
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ioannis Kougioumtzoglou
h-index: 26 Info - 4 points
INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY
Prerequisites:
MATH V1101
and
V1102
or the equivalent.
A calculus-based introduction to probability theory. A quick review of multivariate calculus is provided. Topics covered include random variables, conditional probability, expectation, independence, Bayes’ rule, important distributions, joint distributions, moment generating functions, central limit theorem, laws of large numbers and Markov’s inequality.
- Department: Statistics
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Shaw-Hwa Lo
CULPA: 14 Info - 3 points
SOLID STATE DEVICES-MATERIALS
SOLID STATE DEVICES MATERIALS
Prerequisites: MATH V1201 or equivalent.
Corequisites: PHYS C1403 or PHYS C2601 or equivalent.
Crystal structure and energy band theory of solids. Carrier concentration and transport in semiconductors. P-n junction and junction transistors. Semiconductor surface and MOS transistors. Optical effects and optoelectronic devices.
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ioannis Kymissis
CULPA: 4 h-index: 48 Info - 3.5 points
DYNAMICS AND VIBRATIONS
Prerequisites: MATH V1201.
Corequisites: ENME E3105.
Kinematics of rigid bodies; momentum and energy methods; vibrations of discrete and continuous systems; eigen-value problems, natural frequencies and modes. Basics of computer simulation of dynamics problems using MATLAB or Mathematica.
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Maria Q Feng
CULPA: 3 h-index: 46 Info - 3 points
INTRO TO OR STOCHASTIC MODELS
Prerequisites: Probability at the level of SIEO W3600 or SIEO W4150 or instructor permission.
For undergraduates only. This course is required for all undergraduate students majoring in IE, OR:EMS, OR:FE and OR. This class must be taken during (or before) the fifth semester. This course introduces students to operations research and stochastic processes. Operations research is concerned with quantitative decision problems, generally involving the allocation and control of limited resources, often in the presence of significant uncertainty. Stochastic processes are collections of random variables, usually indexed by time. In stochastic process models, time can be regarded as either discrete or continuous. For example, we might use stochastic processes to model the evolution of a stock price over time, the damage claims received by an insurance company over time, the work-in-process inventory in a factory over time or the number of calls waiting in a telephone call center over time, all of which evolve with considerable uncertainty. Among the stochastic processes to be considered are discrete-time Markov chains, random walks, continuous-time Markov chains, Poisson processes, birth-and-death processes, renewal processes, renewal-reward processes, Brownian motion and geometric Brownian motion. Among the engineering applications to be considered are queuing, inventory and finance. IEOR E3106 must be completed by the fifth term. Only students with special academic circumstances may be allowed to take these courses in alternative semesters with the consultation of CSA and Departmental advisors.
- Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Mariana Olvera-Cravioto
CULPA: 11 Info - 3 points
INTRO TO FICTION WRITING
Prerequisites: Writing sample required to apply: required cover sheet and instructions are available here: http://english.barnard.edu/forms-procedures/forms. Students cannot add this course to their schedules until after they are admitted.
Practice in writing short stories and autobiographical narrative with discussion and close analysis in a workshop setting.
- Department: English @Barnard
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Anna Ulinich
Info - 3 points
INTRO TO TRANSLATIONS STUIES
INTRO TO TRANSLATIONS STUDIES
- Department: Auditing
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Peter T Connor
CULPA: 13
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- 0 points
TRANSPORT PHENOMENA I
Prerequisites: mechanics, vector calculus, ordinary differential equations.
Corequisites: CHEN E3020
Analysis of momentum and energy transport processes at molecular, continuum and system scales for systems of simple fluids (gases and low molecular-weight liquids). Molecular-level origins of fluid viscosity, continuum fluid mechanics analysis of laminar lfows, and the resulting dimensionless correlations of kinematic and mechanical characteristics of a system needed for engineering design (e.g., friction factor vs. Reynolds number correlations). Molecular origins of fluid conductivity, continuum heat transfer analysis, and the resulting correlations of a system's thermal characteristics useful in engineering design (e.g., Nusselt number correlations). Examples are reviewed of analyses typical in chemical engineering technologies. Essential mathematical methods are reviewed or introduced in context.
- Department: Chemical Engineering
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
V. Faye McNeill
CULPA: 2 h-index: 33 Info - 3 points
INTRO TO TRANSLATION STUDIES
Prerequisites: Completion of the Language Requirement or equivalent.
Introduction to the major theories and methods of translation in the Western tradition, along with practical work in translating. Topics include translation in the context of postcolonialism, globalization and immigration, the role of translators in war and zones of conflict, gender and translation, the importance of translation to contemporary writers.
- Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Peter T Connor
CULPA: 13
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- 3 points
INTRO TO POETRY WRITING
Prerequisites: Writing sample required to apply: required cover sheet and instructions are available here: http://english.barnard.edu/forms-procedures/forms. Students cannot add this course to their schedules until after they are admitted.
Varied assignments designed to confront the difficulties and explore the resources of language through imitation, allusion, free association, revision, and other techniques.
- Department: English @Barnard
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yvette Christianse
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
UNCERTAIN/RISK-CIVIL INF SYST
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of calculus.
Introduction to basic probability; hazard function; reliability function; stochastic models of natural and technological hazards; extreme value distributions; statistical inference methods; Monte Carlo simulation techniques; fundamentals of integrated risk assessment and risk management; topics in risk-based insurance; case studies involving civil infrastructure systems, environmental systems, mechanical and aerospace systems, construction management.
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
George Deodatis
CULPA: 6
h-index: 42
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- 3.5 points
THERMO/KINETIC THRY/STAT MECH
An introduction to the basic thermodynamics of systems, including concepts of equilibrium, entropy, thermodynamic functions, and phase changes. Basic kinetic theory and statistical mechanics, including diffusion processes, concept of phase space, classical and quantum statistics, and applications thereof.
- Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Simon Billinge
CULPA: 3 h-index: 75 Info - 3 points
PLAYWRITING I
Prerequisites: Open only to Juniors and Seniors. Writing sample required to apply: required cover sheet and instructions are available here: http://english.barnard.edu/forms-procedures/forms. Students cannot add this course to their schedules until after they are admitted.
A workshop to provoke and investigate dramatic writing.
- Department: English @Barnard
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ellen McLaughlin
CULPA: 4
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- 3 points
MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
Prerequisites: ENME E3105 or equivalent (can be taken as corequisite).
Stress and strain. Mechanical properties of materials. Axial load, bending, shear and torsion. Stress transformation. Deflection of beams. Buckling of columns. Combined loadings. Thermal stresses.
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Raimondo Betti
CULPA: 4
h-index: 31
Info
- 3 points
STORY WRITING
Prerequisites: Some experience in the writing of fiction. Conference hours to be arranged. Writing sample required to apply: required cover sheet and instructions are available here: http://english.barnard.edu/forms-procedures/forms. Students cannot add this course to their schedules until after they are admitted.
Advanced workshop in writing, with emphasis on the short story.
- Department: English @Barnard
- M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Stacey M D'Erasmo
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
ADV COMPUTER MODELING/ANIMATN
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Xose I Bierd
Info - 3 points
AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Two features are often said to distinguish American from European political thought: an “exceptional” commitment to liberal, democratic, or republican political ideals and institutions, and a “peculiar” attachment to racist, nativist, and imperialist political practices. This course traces the interaction of these two contradictory tendencies through the writings of prominent American political thinkers from the Founding to the present day, considering how each has informed Americans’ contributions to fundamental questions in political philosophy, to the design of constitutions and political institutions, and to the conduct of foreign affairs. Along the way, we give in-depth consideration to the ideas that arose in the course of the American Revolution and the drafting of the U.S. Constitution, the Civil War, the Progressive Era, the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Rights Movement, and contemporary debates surrounding distributive justice.
- Department: Political Science
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Joshua Simon
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points
FICTION WRITING
Prerequisites: Previous experience or introductory class required. Writing sample required to apply: required cover sheet and instructions are available here: http://english.barnard.edu/forms-procedures/forms. Students cannot add this course to their schedules until after they are admitted.
"I had given myself up to the idleness of a haunted man who looks for nothing but words wherein to capture his visions."-Joseph Conrad. Given that reading is the one training tool writers cannot do without, this course aims to demonstrate how one might read as a writer. What sets this course apart is its focus, allotted equally, to creative writing and creative reading. Students will produce original prose fiction-which will be discussed in workshops-and engage in close reading of a wide selection of novels and short stories.
- Department: English @Barnard
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hisham Matar
CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info - 3 points