Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Except by special permission of the director of undergraduate studies, no more than 4 points of individual research may be taken in any one term. This includes both PSYC W3950 and PSYC W3920. No more than 8 points of PSYC W3950 may be applied toward the psychology major, and no more than 4 points toward the concentration. Readings, special laboratory projects, reports, and special seminars on contemporary issues in psychological research and theory.
Prerequisites: two years of calculus, at least one year of additional mathematics courses, and the director of undergraduate studies' permission.
The subject matter is announced at the start of registration and is different in each section. Each student prepares talks to be given to the seminar, under the supervision of a faculty member or senior teaching fellow.
Prerequisites:
POLS V1501
or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Please see here for detailed seminar registration guidelines: http://polisci.columbia.edu/undergraduate-programs/seminar-registration-guidelines.
Seminar in Comparative Politics. For most seminars, interested students must attend the first class meeting, after which the instructor will decide whom to admit.
Prerequisites:
POLS V1501
or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Please see here for detailed seminar registration guidelines: http://polisci.columbia.edu/undergraduate-programs/seminar-registration-guidelines.
Seminar in Comparative Politics. For most seminars, interested students must attend the first class meeting, after which the instructor will decide whom to admit.
The transgression of taboos is the basis of crime, sex, and religion in any society. As "the labor of the negative", transgression is also a critical element in thought itself. Working through anthropology of sacrifice and obscenity, as well as relevant work by Bataille, Foucault, and Freud, this course aims at understanding why taboos exist and why they must be broken.
Prerequisites: Course open to Barnard Art History majors only.
Independent research for the senior thesis. Students develop and write their senior thesis in consultation with an individual faculty adviser in art history and participate in group meetings scheduled throughout the senior year.
Prerequisites: minimum GPA of 3.5 in MESAAS courses.
The MESAAS honors seminar offers students the opportunity to undertake a sustained research project under close faculty supervision. The DUS advises on general issues of project design, format, approach, general research methodologies, and timetable. In addition, students work with an individual advisor who has expertise in the area of the thesis and can advise on the specifics of method and content. The thesis will be jointly evaluated by the adviser, the DUS, and the honors thesis TA. The DUS will lead students through a variety of exercises that are directly geared to facilitating the thesis. Students build their research, interpretive, and writing skills; discuss methodological approaches; write an annotated bibliography; learn to give constructive feedback to peers and respond to feedback effectively. The final product is a polished research paper in the range of 40-60 pages. Please note: This is a one-year course that begins in the fall semester (1 point) and continues through the spring semester (3 points). Only students who have completed both semesters will receive the full 4 points of credit.
What can we know? What is knowledge? What are the different kinds of knowledge? We will read classic and contemporary texts for insight into these questions.
Prerequisites:
POLS V1601
or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.
Seminar in International Relations. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list.
Prerequisites:
POLS V1601
or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.
Seminar in International Relations. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list.
Prerequisites:
POLS V1601
or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.
Seminar in International Relations. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list.
Prerequisites:
POLS V1601
or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.
Seminar in International Relations. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list.
Prerequisites:
POLS V1601
or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.
Seminar in International Relations. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list.
Prerequisites:
POLS V1601
or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.
Seminar in International Relations. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list.
This course is a seminar on contemporary art criticism written by artists in the post war period. Such criticism differs from academic criticism because it construes art production less as a discrete object of study than as a point of engagement. It also differs from journalistic criticism because it is less obliged to report art market activity and more concerned with polemics. Art /Criticism I will trace the course of these developments by examining the art and writing of one artist each week. These will include Brian O’Doherty/Patrick Ireland, Allan Kaprow, Robert Morris, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Smithson, Art & Language, Dan Graham, Adrian Piper, Mary Kelly, Martha Rosler, Judith Barry and Andrea Fraser. We will consider theoretical and practical implications of each artist’s oeuvre.
Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
(Seminar). Think you know Yeats? His words and influence seem to be everywhere but his poems remain enigmatic and his public personas continue to baffle critics. This course will situate Yeats as a national (perhaps even postcolonial) poet, reading his works alongside Irish contemporaries such as James Joyce, JM Synge, and Elizabeth Bowen. The course emphasizes Yeats as a DIY master-- experimenting in old and new media alike-- and will ask students to conduct related experiments. If you have further questions please feel free to contact the instructor at ecb2180@columbia.edu.
Prerequisites: Barnard Art History Major Requirement. Enrollment limited only to Barnard Art History majors.
Introduction to critical writings that have shaped histories of art, including texts on iconography and iconology, the psychology of perception, psychoanalysis, social history, feminism and gender studies, structuralism, semiotics, and post-structuralism.
Prerequisites: the departmental consultant or director of undergraduate studies' permission, and the instructor's permission.
Independent research and the writing of an essay under supervision of a member of the Art History Department. Only one independent study may be counted toward the major.
This seminar aims to provide students in the post-baccalaureate certificate program with opportunities 1) to (re-)familiarize themselves with a selection of major texts from classical antiquity, which will be read in English, 2) to become acquainted with scholarship on these texts and with scholarly writing in general, 3) to write analytically about these texts and the interpretations posed about them in contemporary scholarship, and 4) to read in the original language selected passages of one of the texts in small tutorial groups, which will meet every week for an additional hour with members of the faculty.
This seminar aims to provide students in the post-baccalaureate certificate program with opportunities 1) to (re-)familiarize themselves with a selection of major texts from classical antiquity, which will be read in English, 2) to become acquainted with scholarship on these texts and with scholarly writing in general, 3) to write analytically about these texts and the interpretations posed about them in contemporary scholarship, and 4) to read in the original language selected passages of one of the texts in small tutorial groups, which will meet every week for an additional hour with members of the faculty.
How has immigration transformed New York City? What are the major ethnic groups in the city? How are immigrants and their U.S.-born children incorporated into the city's schools, workplaces and neighborhoods? How will their integration reshape patterns of ethnic and racial inequality in the city? This course will focus on New York City as a case study to highlight how immigration has transformed the city's demographic, political, socioeconomic and spatial landscape.
Factors involved in judging works of art, with emphasis on paintings; materials, technique, condition, attribution; identification of imitations and fakes; questions of relative quality.
This seminar is an introduction to the theory and methods that have been developed by anthropologists to study contemporary cities and urban cultures. Although anthropology has historically focused on the study of non-Western and largely rural societies, since the 1960s, anthropologists have increasingly directed attention to cities and urban cultures. During the course of the semester, we will examine such topics as: the politics of urban planning, development and land use; race, class, gender and urban inequality; urban migration and transnational communities; the symbolic economies of urban space; and street life. Readings will include the works of Jane Jacobs, Sharon Zukin, and Henri Lefebvre.
Prerequisites: AMST W3920
A seminar devoted to the research and writing, under the instructor's supervision, of a substantial paper on a topic in American studies. Class discussions of issues in research, interpretation, and writing.
Working with her advisor, a student will expand the research project initiated in the Fall Senior Seminar for Music Majors (BC3992x). In order to satisfy the requirement, the student will complete a fifty page research paper.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course intended to be taken by all Spanish majors during the fall of their senior year. Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).
Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) and Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921) are possibly the two most canonical authors of the Spanish Restoration (1874-1931), respectively credited with introducing literary realism and naturalism to renew the national novel; they were also, for approximately twenty years, lovers and friends. This course looks at a selection of their works-from the private language of love letters to the public language of fiction, nonfiction, and literary/cultural criticism-together with contemporaneous and subsequent writing about them with a triple purpose. First, from the point of view of literary history and the sociology of literature, to understand the different reception of a man and a woman in the literary establishment, and their consequently different paths to "consecration." Second, through close reading of their writing, to contrast the ways in which they approach aesthetic creation and critique Spain's political and economic modernization. Third, from the theoretical standpoint of affect cultural studies, to appraise the dialogue between their published texts and their personal correspondence, which reframes and indeed shifts the terms of their public personae and their positioning in the cultural field.
Required of all comparative literature and society majors. Intensive research in selected areas of comparative literature and society. Topic for 2015: TBA
Guided, independent, indepth research experience culminating in the senior essay. Weekly meetings are held to review work in progress, to share results through oral and written reports, and to consider career options for further work in this field.
Working with her advisor, a student will develop a vocal or instrumental recital program with representative musical works from a variety of historical periods. In order to satsify the requirement, the student will present an hour long public performance of the recital program. Students may also satisfy this requirement by composing original vocal or instrumental works.
Prerequisites: Senior standing. Admission by application only (available at http://urban.barnard.edu/forms-and-resources). Year-long course; participation is for two consecutive terms. No new students admitted for spring.
Emphasizes the study of the built environment of cities and suburbs, and the related debates. Readings, class presentations, and written work culminate in major individual projects, under the supervision of faculty trained in architecture, urban design, or urban planning.
Prerequisites: the instructor's permission and senior standing as a major in The Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species (EBHS).
Year-long seminar in which senior EBHS majors develop a research project and write a senior thesis. Regular meetings are held to discuss research and writing strategies, review work in progress, and share results through oral and written reports.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor required.
Advanced research seminar for senior Italian majors aimed at guiding them in the writing of their thesis. Readings and discussions will encourage reflection on the significance of doing scholarship within a specific disciplinary context as well as the challenges and rewards of interdisciplinary research. Thesis topic to be chosen in consultation with the instructor; a second faculty member may be the primary director of the thesis.
Prerequisites: Senior standing. Admission by application only (available at http://urban.barnard.edu/forms-and-resources). Year-long course; participation is for two consecutive terms. No new students admitted for spring.
Using New York City as a research laboratory, under the guidance of the faculty coordinator, students clarify basic theoretical issues related to their chosen research problem; find ways of making a series of empirical questions operational; collect evidence to test hypotheses; analyze the data using a variety of social science techniques; and produce reports of basic findings.
Prerequisites: at least one introductory course in biology or chemistry.
This two credit multidisciplinary and interactive course will focus on contemporary issues in bioethics. Each topic will cover both the underlying science of new biotechnologies and the subsequent bioethical issues that emerge from these technologies. Classroom time will be devoted to student discussions, case presentations, and role playing. Topics include human trafficking, stem cell research, human reproductive cloning, neuroethics, genetic screening, human-animal chimeras, synthetic biology, bioterrorism, and neuroimaging.
Prerequisites: Introductory Biology or equivalent.
An anatomic approach to the study of the human body with emphasis on cross sectional imaging. Two dimensional and three dimensional imaging to include CT, MRI, PET/CT, and Ultrasound. Cross sectional anatomy will be supplemented with appropriate radiographic pathology. The anatomy of the human body will be assessed from a Radiology imaging point of view. This is a lecture survey course intended for undergraduate students only.
Prerequisites: completion of either
FREN W3333-FREN W3334
or
FREN W3420-FREN W3421
, and
FREN W3405
, or the director of undergraduate studies' or the instructor's permission.
Required of all French and French & Francophone Studies majors. Usually taken by majors during the fall term of their senior year. Critical discussion of a few major literary works along with some classic commentaries on those works. Students critically assess and practice diverse methods of literary analysis.
Prerequisites:
HRTS V3001
.
The senior seminar is a capstone course required for the human rights major. The seminar provides students the opportunity to discuss human rights from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and to explore various theoretical approaches and research methodologies. Students undertake individual research projects while collectively examining human rights through directed readings and discussion.
Prerequisites: a formal proposal to be submitted and approved prior to registration; see the director of undergraduate studies for details.
A creative/scholarly project conducted under faculty supervision, leading to completion of an honors essay, composition, or the equivalent.
Prerequisites: required methods and theory courses for the major, and the instructor's permission.
Students wishing to qualify for departmental honors must take W3996y. Students carry out individual research projects and write a senior thesis under the supervision of the instructor and with class discussion. Written and oral progress reports.
Prerequisites: two semesters of astronomy classes and two semesters of physics classes.
The goal of this course is to introduce astronomy and astrophysics majors to the methods and topics of current astronomical research. The course will also help with the development of critical thinking skills. Each week, the topic of the course will be centered on the subject of the Astronomy department colloquium; this may include research on planets, stars, galaxies or cosmology. There will be two required meetings per week: the first will be to discuss papers related to the colloquium (time TBD), and the second will be the colloquium itself (at 4:15 pm each Wednesday). Grading is Pass/Fail.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Required for all majors in classics and classical studies. The topic changes from year to year, but is always broad enough to accommodate students in the languages as well as those in the interdisciplinary major. Past topics include: love, dining, slavery, space, power.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Required for all majors in Classics and Classical Studies. The topic changes from year to year but is always broad enough to accommodate students in the languages as well as those in the interdisciplinary major. Past topics include: love, dining, slavery, space, power.
Supervised research under the direction of individual members of the department.