HISPANIC CULTURES I (SP)

This course provides an overview of the cultural history of the Hispanic world, from Roman Iberia to about 1700. It will address Islamic al-Andalus, Christian Spain and the late Middle Ages, the conquest of the "New World", the pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas, the colonial age and the decline of empire. Students will become familiar with major events and significant political, social and cultural trends of the various periods through the study of oral vs. manuscript vs. print culture, elite vs. popular culture, conquest and resistance, transculturation, and the links between cultural production and ideology. Students will also develop beginning skills in reading older forms of Spanish. Class discussions will seek to situate the works studied within the political and cultural currents and debates of the time. Emphasis will be placed on the historical context and on the development of close reading skills. All primary materials, class discussion, and assignments are in Spanish. This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Noel Blanco Mourelle
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• 3 points

LUSOPHONE AFR/AFRO-BRAZ CULTRS

This course focuses on Lusophone African and African Brazilian cultures and the relations, continuities, ruptures and influences between them. Brazil is the result of the miscegenation of Ameridians, African and Europeans, and this means that is also a cultural mélange of these groups. The African cultural contribution to Brazilian culture and grand-narrative is the primary focus of this course, however, to understand Brazil one needs to understand the cultural diversity found in Lusophone Africa, with which Brazil has had a long relationship. The readings for this course include texts from different disciplines and genres. We will study texts, movies and other forms of visual arts from the following authors: José Eduardo Agualusa, Pepetela, Mia Couto, Jorge Amado, Achille, Mbembe, Hilton Costa, Jocélio Teles dos Santos, Livio Sansone, José Luis Cabaço, Benedita da Silva and Solano Trindade.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Joao Nemi Neto
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

HISPANIC CULTURES II (SP)

This course surveys cultural production of Spain and Spanish America from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Students will acquire the knowledge needed for the study of the cultural manifestations of the Hispanic world in the context of modernity. Among the issues and events studied will be the Enlightenment as ideology and practice, the Napoleonic invasion of Spain, the wars of Spanish American independence, the fin-de-siècle and the cultural avant-gardes, the wars and revolutions of the twentieth century (Spanish Civil War, the Mexican and Cuban revolutions), neoliberalism, globalization, and the Hispanic presence in the United States. The goal of the course is to study some key moments of this trajectory through the analysis of representative texts, documents, and works of art. Class discussions will seek to situate the works studied within the political and cultural currents and debates of the time. All primary materials, class discussion, and assignments are in Spanish. This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Wendy Muniz
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• Instructor: Daniella Wurst
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• Instructor: Joaquin Barriendos
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

POETRY SEMINAR

TRADITIONS IN POETRY

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
Lyric poetry in contemporary practice continues to draw upon and modify its ancient sources, as well as Renaissance, Romantic and Modernist traditions.  In this seminar, we will explore the creation of the voice of the poem, the wild lyrical I, through closely reading female poets from antiquity to present day, beginning with Anne Carson's translations of Sappho, If Not Winter, all the way up to present avatars and noted sylists such as Mary Jo Bang (Elegy), Traci K. Smith (Life on Mars), Bernadette Mayer (New Directions Reader), Eileen Myles (Not Me), Maggie Nelson (Bluets) and others.  The identity of the poetic speaker remains with inescapable ties to memory and experience as one mode of the lyric, and with the dramatic topes of mask and persona as another.  Students will be asked to hear a range of current and classic women poets deploying, constructing and annihilating the self: the sonnets of Queen Elizabeth and the American beginnings of Anne Bradstreet; the emergence in the 19th century of iconic and radicalizing female presences: Emily Bronte, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning; and the predominance of 20th century masters who re-invented the English-language lyric as much as they inherited: Louise Bogan, Gwendolyn Brooks, H.D., Marianne Moore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Laura Riding, and Gertrude Stein.  As background, students will read prose works (epistolary, writing, journals and diaries, classic essays as well as prose poetry), which may contextualize women's desire and its reception in public and private space: the religious mysticism of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Dorothy Wordsworth's journals, Emily Dickinson's letters, and Virginia Woolf's criticism and novels.  Students will be expected to keep their own reading diary or write letters in response to class readings, as well as select a classic and contemporary female poet for semester-long research.  Additional course handouts will be organized by particular groupings of interest to our study of desire & identity, voice & witness:  Confessional poetry (Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton), Cave Canem poets (Harryette Mullen and Natasha Trethway), New York School (Alice Notley and Hannah Weiner), as well as additional contemporary poets (Lyn Melnick and Matthea Harvey).

• Department: Writing
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Dorothea S Lasky
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• 3 points

BIOCHEMISTRY LAB TECHNIQUES

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• R 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 5 points

CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAW

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a broad introduction to the field of climate law in the United States and at the international level. The course begins with an overview of the causes and effects of global climate change and the methods available to control and adapt to it. We then examine the negotiation, implementation and current status of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Copenhagen Accord. The focus then turns to the past and proposed actions of the U.S. Congress, the executive branch and the courts, as well as regional, state and municipal efforts. The Clean Air Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act will receive special attention. We evaluate the various legal tools that are available to address climate change, including cap-and-trade schemes; carbon taxation; command-and-control regulation; litigation; securities disclosures; and voluntary action. The roles of energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, carbon capture and sequestration, and forestry and agriculture each receive close attention. Implications for international human rights, international trade, environmental justice, and international and intergenerational equity are discussed. The course concludes with examination of the special challenges posed by China; proposals for adaptation and geoengineering; and business opportunities and the role of lawyers. Offered in the Spring.

• Department: Earth Institute
• TR 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael Gerrard
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501, BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503 or the equivalent.
Physiology of major organ systems; function and control of circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, endocrine, nervous, and immune systems in animals; emphasis on vertebrates.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: John Glendinning
  CULPA: 23 h-index: 39 Info
• 3 points

DISASTERS AND DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites:
EESC 2330
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SDEV W2300
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Human welfare status is very unevenly distributed throughout the globe – some of us live very comfortable lives, others remain in desperate poverty showing little progress away from their condition. Between are countries that are rapidly developing and converging toward the welfare of the richest. At all levels of economic development human activities place significant pressure on the environment and threatens all of Earth’s vital functions and support systems for human life. This challenge requires timely responses based on solid understanding of the human/environment interface, technological and economic approaches to mitigate adverse effects on the environment, and routes to understanding the complex dynamics of the coupled human/natural systems that can chart a pathway to improvement in the lives of the poorest and continued well-being for those who have achieved prosperity without forcing natural systems into decline or massive fluctuation. This course offers undergraduate students, for the first time, a comprehensive course on the link between natural disaster events and human development at all levels of welfare. It explores the role that natural disasters might have and have had in modulating development prospects. Any student seriously interested in sustainable development, especially in light of climate change, must study the nature of extreme events - their causes, global distribution and likelihood of future change. This course will cover not only the nature of extreme events, including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and droughts but also their transformation into disaster through social processes. It will ultimately help students to understand the link between such extreme events, the economic/social shock they represent and development outcomes. The course will combine careful analysis of the natural and social systems dynamics that give rise to disasters and examine through group learning case studies from the many disasters that have occurred in the first decade of the 21st century. Offered in the Spring (odd years only).

• Department: Earth Institute
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: John C Mutter
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

LABORATORY IN ANIMAL PHYSLGY

Prerequisites: Pre- (or co-) requisite is a physiology lecture class (e.g., BIOL BC3360). Enrollment limited to 16.
Provides a hands-on introduction to the different physiological systems in vertebrates and invertebrates. Emphasizes the operation of a variety of physiological monitoring devices and the collection and analysis of physiological data.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• T 1:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: John Glendinning
  CULPA: 23 h-index: 39 Info
• 3 points

LAB IN MOLEC & CELL NEUROSCI

Prerequisites: BIOL BC3362 (or corequisite). Enrollment limited to 16.
Introduction to techniques commonly used in current neurobiological research, including intracellular and extracellular recording of action potentials, neuroanatomical methods, and computer simulation of the action potential.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• R 1:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Leora Yetnikoff
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• 3 points

PSYCHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP

Prerequisites: Students must have one of the following pre-requisites for this course: PSYC BC1125 Personality Psychology, PSYC BC1138 Social Psychology, or PSYC BC2151 Organizational Psychology, and permission by the instructor.
An in-depth examination of the concept of leadership in psychology with an emphasis on women’s leadership. Topics include the role of gender, culture, and emotional intelligence as well as an examination of transactional and transformational models. Topics will be discussed with an equal emphasis on theory, research, and application.  Students must have prerequisites and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 15.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbara Woike
  CULPA: 21 Info
• 4 points

PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSPIRACY

Prerequisites: Psych BC1001, BC1101/1102, two PSYC laboratory courses, and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 16.
Why do some people believe in ghosts, psychic powers, UFO abductions, astrology, alternative medicine, or conspiracy theories? Does it matter? In this seminar, we will consider potential psychological explanations for a wide range of anomalous beliefs and experiences, and the consequences those beliefs can have.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Brotherton
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

EATING DISORDERS

Prerequisites: PSYC BC1001, PSYC BC2141
This course presents an in depth investigation of eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating from a primarily psychological perspective. The course will present both the current understandings of causes, correlates, and outcomes of eating pathology as well as the complexity and controversy surrounding these conceptualizations. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Senior psych majors will get first preference.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Sumati Gupta
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

PSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY

Prerequisites: BC1001 and permission of the instructor.
Consideration of classic Psychodynamic (the unconscious/incubation), Psychometric (testing/training), and Personaility (train/motivation) models of creativity. Application of contemporary Process (cognitive/problem-solving) models to art, literature, and independently selected areas of expertise. Process models are involving constraint selection within well-established domains are emphasized.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Patricia D Stokes
  CULPA: 48 Info
• 4 points

STRUCTURE AND STYLE

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
This seminar explores fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama as related disciplines.  While each genre has its particular opportunities and demands, all can utilize such devices as narrative, dialogue, imagery, and description (scenes, objects, and thought processes).  Through a wide variety of readings and writing exercises, we will examine and explore approaches to language, ways of telling a story (linear and nonlinear), and how pieces are constructed. Some student work will be briefly workshopped.

• Department: Writing
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Ziegler
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

FORMALLY YOURS: EXPERIMENTS

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
From Marilyn Hacker's lesbian sonnets to the Afro-formalist invention of the bop, a wide array of American poets are engaging with and encouraging radical reconsiderations of received forms.  How and why are poets -- particularly from historically underrepresented communities -- turning to and reimagining form and formalism?  What exactly does (neo) formalism mean in recent years and who are the poets who are shaping this terrain?  How have the formal experimentations by black, queer, feminist, and other poets of color transformed and transgressed the borders of American poetry?  Each week during the first two months of the semester, we will study and produce a selection of contemporary poetic experiments with a particular received, traditional, newly invented, or ghost form such as onnets, sestinas, villanelles, triolets, blues, and prose poems.  We will spend the last month of the semester studying collections by contemporary poets who deploy a variety of received and new forms.  What do these forms and their rules, restrictions, and reconfigurations make possible for both the poets we study and for our own practice?

• Department: Writing
• W 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Deborah Paredez
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites: BC1001 and two more psychology courses, and permission of the instructor required.
Consideration of research on the interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors related to physical health and illness. Topics include the relationship of stress to illness, primary prevention, mind-body methods of coping with stress and chronic illness (such as meditation), and the relationship between psychological factors and recovery from illness. Enrollment limited to 15.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbara Woike
  CULPA: 21 Info
• 4 points

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Prerequisites: BC1001 and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 20 students.
Exposition of research and theory in neuroscience with an emphasis on the use of neural imaging techniques (EEG, evoked potentials, MEG, PET, fMRI) for exploring sensation, perception, and cognition in the healthy, intact brain.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Brotherton
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites: BC1001 and BC1129 Developmental Psychology or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 20 senior majors. Barnard students receive priority.
Examines adolescent development in theory and reality. Focuses on individual physiological, sexual, cognitive, and affective development and adolescent experiences in their social context of family, peers, school, and community. Critical perspectives of gender, race and ethnicity, sexuality, and "teen culture" explored.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Susan R Sacks
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

SOCIOLING ASPECTS U.S.SPANISH

Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).
Sociolinguistics studies the connections between language and social categories such as class, gender, and ethnicity. This course will address how social, geographic, cultural, and economic factors affect the different usages of Spanish among its millions of speakers.  Through theory and practice of various research tools including Ethnography of Communication and Discourse Analysis, students with explore topics such as English-Spanish contact in the US, code-switching, and Spanglish, as well as issues of identity, bilingualism, and endangered languages.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria E Lozano
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Prerequisites: BIOL BC1500, BIOL BC1501, BIOL BC1502, BIOL BC1503 or the equivalent.
Focusing on tropical rain forests, the course explores the contemporary and historical ecological processes that generate and maintain species diversity in the tropics. Topics include biogeography and the latitudinal gradient of diversity, tropical climate and soils, origins of tropical ecosystems, causes and consequences of tropical deforestation, as well as unique ecological patterns and processes in specific tropical regions (Neotropics, African, and Asian tropics).

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Krista McGuire
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

DAILY LIFE

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
In his poem A Few Days, James Schuyler reflects" "A few days / are all we have.  So count them as they pass.  They pass too quickly / out of breath."  Before we know it, as Schuyler says, "Today is tomorrow."  This course will encourage us to slow down time and document today while it is still today.  One of the course's main points is to pursue the ordinary, and to recognize that the ordinary -- whether presented as poems, essays, stories, fragments, etc.  -- can become art.  Assignments will provide broad examples of how to portray dailiness.  Each week you will write a short piece (1-3 pages) that responds to these assignments while engaging your own daily life.  The form is open.  You could, for example, write a poem or story with a brief critical preface, or you could compose an essay that explores formal and/or thematic qualities.  You can also create multimedia work.  The important thing is to treat the materials we will read as springboards into your own artistic practice.

• Department: Writing
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: John D Cotner
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• 3 points

ELEC CIRCUIT DESIGN LABORATORY

Prerequisites: ELEN E3082, E3083, E3331, E3401, E3801.
Advanced circuit design laboratory. Students work in teams to specify, design, implement and test an engineering prototype. The work involves technical as well as non-technical considerations, such as manufacturability, impact on the environment, and economics. The projects may change from year to year.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David G Vallancourt
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 3 points

CANINE COGNITION

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Alexandra C Horowitz
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

GIS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMNT

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of theoretical concepts underlying GIS systems and to give students a strong set of practical skills to use GIS for sustainable development research. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are a system of computer software, data and analysis methods used to create, store, manage, digital information that allow us to create maps and dynamic models to analyze the physical and social processes of the world. Through a mixture of lectures, readings, focused discussions, and hands-on exercises, students will acquire an understanding of the variety and structure of spatial data and databases, gain knowledge of the principles behind raster and vector based spatial analysis, and learn basic cartographic principles for producing maps that effectively communicate a message. Student will also learn to use newly emerging web based mapping tools such as Google Earth, Google Maps and similar tools to develop on-line interactive maps and graphics. The use of other geospatial technologies such as the Global Positioning System will also be explored in this class. Case studies examined in class will draw examples from a wide ranges of GIS applications developed to assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of sustainable development projects and programs. On completion of the course, students will: 1. use a variety of GIS software programs to create maps and reports; 2. develop a sound knowledge of methods to search, obtain, and evaluate a wide variety of spatial data resources; 3. develop skills needed to determine best practices for managing spatial data resources; 4. use GIS to analyze the economic, social and environmental processes underlying the concept of building a sustainable world; 5. Gain an understanding of the limits of these technologies and make assessments of uncertainty associated with spatial data and spatial analysis models. Offered in the fall and spring.

• Department: Earth Institute
• W 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Dara Mendeloff
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

BANNED BOOKS

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
(Seminar). This course will examine the texts that are either about censorship or that have been suppressed or challenged since their publication. The chosen texts are intentionally global in scope. We will look at works from around the world in order to discuss different contexts for book banning, but also to show important continuities. Along the way, we will also discuss the grounds upon which books are banned, including obscenity, blasphemy, and sedition. Throughout the semester, we will examine various perspectives and also situate these texts within current debates regarding free speech on college campuses, trauma sensitivity, and trigger warnings as well as examining the popularity of "Banned Books" events and merchandise as a marketing phenomenon. Works we will read include Fahrenheit 451, Lolita, The Bluest Eye, July's People. The Country Girls, The Satanic Verses, Fun Home. Application instructions: E-mail the instructor (ecb2180@columbia.edu) with your name, school, major, year of study, and relevant courses taken, along with a brief statement about why you are interested in taking the course. Admitted students should register for the course; they will automatically be placed on a wait list from which the instructor will in due course admit them as spaces become available.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Emily Bloom
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

HOW WRITERS THINK

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Susan Mendelsohn
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 3 Info
• 4 points

NEURAL MODULAITON

NEURAL MODULATION

Prerequisites: BC1001 and permission of the instructor. Enrollment determined at first class meeting.
Excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission is often influenced and altered by neuromodulators such as dopamine, acetylcholine, and serotonin. Imbalances in neuromodulation are implicated in many psychiatric disorders. This course will assess the role of neuromodulation under normal circumstances and how dysfunction in neuromodulation can lead to psychiatric disorders. This course will draw from primary literature and review articles in addition to Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Abigail Kalmbach
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 11 Info
• 4 points

SLEEP

Prerequisites: PSYC BC 1001, or equivalent, and permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 20 students.
This seminar will explore sleep and circadian rhythms, emphasizing how these factors and their disruption influence health, function, and well-being. Topics will include the physiological and neurobiological generation of sleep and circadian rhythms, and the interaction between these systems with cognitive, behavioral, endocrine, metabolic, and mood/psychiatric variables in humans.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Ari Shechter
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 23 Info
• 4 points

MAJOR TEXTS: MIDDLE EAST/INDIA

Readings in translation and discussion of texts of Middle Eastern and Indian origin. Readings may include the Qur'an, Islamic philosophy, Sufi poetry, the Upanishads, Buddhist sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, Indian epics and drama, and Gandhi's Autobiography.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Mana Kia
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info
• Instructor: Hossein Kamaly
  CULPA: 11 Info
• Instructor: Dheepa Sundaram
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• 4 points

COLLOQUIUM ON MAJOR TEXTS

MAJOR TEXTS: EAST ASIA

This course explores the core classical literature in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Humanities. The main objective of the course is to discover the meanings that these literature offer, not just for the original audience or for the respective cultures, but for us. As such, it is not a survey or a lecture-based course. Rather than being taught what meanings are to be derived from the texts, we explore meanings together, informed by in-depth reading and thorough ongoing discussion.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 4 points

COLLOQUIUM ON MAJOR TEXTS

This course explores the core classical literature in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Humanities. The main objective of the course is to discover the meanings that these literature offer, not just for the original audience or for the respective cultures, but for us. As such, it is not a survey or a lecture-based course. Rather than being taught what meanings are to be derived from the texts, we explore meanings together, informed by in-depth reading and thorough ongoing discussion.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Itsuki Hayashi
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

COLLOQUIUM ON MAJOR TEXTS

COLLOQ ON MAJ TEXTS: EAST ASIA

This course explores the core classical literature in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Humanities. The main objective of the course is to discover the meanings that these literature offer, not just for the original audience or for the respective cultures, but for us. As such, it is not a survey or a lecture-based course. Rather than being taught what meanings are to be derived from the texts, we explore meanings together, informed by in-depth reading and thorough ongoing discussion.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Wei Shang
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 96 Info
• 4 points

COLLOQUIUM ON MAJOR TEXTS

This course explores the core classical literature in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Humanities. The main objective of the course is to discover the meanings that these literature offer, not just for the original audience or for the respective cultures, but for us. As such, it is not a survey or a lecture-based course. Rather than being taught what meanings are to be derived from the texts, we explore meanings together, informed by in-depth reading and thorough ongoing discussion.

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: David L Moerman
  CULPA: 18 Info
• Instructor: Harrison Huang
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• 4 points

PHYSICS OF THE HUMAN BODY

Prerequisites: PHYS C1201 or C1401, and Calculus I; corequisites: PHYS C1202 or C1402, and Calculus II. This introductory course analyzes the human body from the basic principles of physics. Topics to be covered include the energy balance in the body, the mechanics of motion, fluid dynamics of the heart and circulation, vibrations in speaking and hearing, muscle mechanics, gas exchange and transport in the lungs, vision, structural properties and limits, electrical properties and the development and sensing of magnetic fields, and the basics of equilibrium and regulatory control. In each case, a simple model of the body organ, property, or function will be derived and then applied. The course is approved as a SEAS technical elective.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Irving P Herman
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia h-index: 50 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN MUSIC & SOCIETY

This course seeks to approach the study of music and society by comparatively studying repertories from different parts of the world, how the history of ideas and methods of studying such repertoires shaped them, the practices that constitute them and the ways they are understood and used by different peoples.  Central to this course is the interrelationship between the constitution of a repertoire and the history of the construction of knowledge about it.

• Department: Auditing
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 0 points

TOPICS IN MUSIC & SOCIETY

This course seeks to approach the study of music and society by comparatively studying repertories from different parts of the world, how the history of ideas and methods of studying such repertoires shaped them, the practices that constitute them and the ways they are understood and used by different peoples.  Central to this course is the interrelationship between the constitution of a repertoire and the history of the construction of knowledge about it.

• Department: Music
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

ELECTROMAGNETICS

Prerequisites: MATH V1201, PHYS C1402 or PHYS C1602, or equivalents.
Basic field concepts. Interaction of time-varying electromagnetic fields. Field calculation of lumped circuit parameters. Transition from electrostatic to quasistatic and electromagnetic regimes. Transmission lines. Energy transfer, dissipation, and storage. Waveguides. Radiation.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey A Kash
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• 4 points

PRINTMAKING I: INTAGLIO

Enables the student to realize concepts and visual ideas in a printed form. Basic techniques are introduced and utilized: the history and development of the intaglio process; demonstrations and instruction in line etching, relief, and dry point. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 9:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Yujin Lee
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• 3 points

PRODUCTN-INVENTORY PLAN-CONTRL

Prerequisites: SIEO W3600:Introduction to Probability and Statistics and IEOR E3608: Introduction to Mathematical Programming.
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 sixth semester. This course equips students with knowledge of fundamental issues in production and inventory planning and control in manufacturing firms while developing students' modeling and analytical skills. The course is targeted toward engineering students planning careers in technical consulting, business analysis in operations, logistics, supply-chain and revenue-management functions, positions in general management and future entrepreneurs. The course will cover inventory management and production planning; material requirements planning; aggregate planning of production, inventory, and work force; multi-echelon integrated production-inventory systems; and production scheduling. Students will have an opportunity to participate in a computer-simulation game where, as operations managers for a company, they work in teams to manage capacity, inventories, scheduling, and purchasing of parts. The recitation section is required.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Van Anh Truong
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

THIRD-YEAR GRAMMAR & COMP I

Prerequisites:
FREN W3405
must be taken before
FREN W3333/4
unless the student has an AP score of 5 or the director of undergraduate studies' permission.
The goal of FREN W3405 is to help students improve their grammar and perfect their writing and reading skills, especially as a preparation for taking literature or civilization courses, or spending a semester in a francophone country. Through the study of two full-length works of literature and a number of short texts representative of different genres, periods, and styles, they will become more aware of stylistic nuances, and will be introduced to the vocabulary and methods of literary analysis. Working on the advanced grammar points covered in this course will further strengthen their mastery of French syntax. They will also be practicing writing through a variety of exercises, including pastiches and creative pieces, as well as typically French forms of academic writing such as “résumé,” “explication de texte,” and “dissertation".

• Department: French and Romance Philology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexandra Borer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Matthew T Trumbo-Tual
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• Instructor: Vincent Aurora
  CULPA: 55 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTER GRAPHICS & DESIGN

Introduction to drafting, engineering graphics, computer graphics, solid modeling, and mechanical engineering design. Interactive computer graphics and numerical methods applied to the solution of mechanical engineering design problems. A laboratory fee of $175 is collected.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sinisa Vukelic
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY

Broader impact of computers. Social networks and privacy. Employment,intellectual property, and the media. Science and engineering ethics. Suitable for non-majors.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven M Bellovin
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

REVIEW OF FUNDMNTLS MECE ENGR

Prerequisites: Senior Standing.
Review of core courses in mechanical engineering, including mechanics, strength of materials, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, materials and processing, control, and mechanical design and analysis.  Review of additional topics, including engineering economics and ethics in engineering.  The course culminates with a comprehensive examination, similar to the Fundamentals of Engineering examination.This course meets the first 4.5 weeks only.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Sinisa Vukelic
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info
• 1 points

SYMBOLIC LOGIC

Corequisites:
PHILV3413
Required Discussion Section (0 points).
Advanced introduction to classical sentential and predicate logic. No previous acquaintance with logic is required; nonetheless a willingness to master technicalities and to work at a certain level of abstraction is desirable. This course has unrestricted enrollment.

• Department: Philosophy
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Achille Varzi
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• 4 points

COLL: BUILDING PEACE

International Relations
Prerequisites: POLS 1601 (Intro to International Politics) or equivalent.
Admission by application
through the Barnard department only. Enrollment limited to 16 students.
How can we build peace in the aftermath of extensive violence? How can international actors help in this process? This colloquium focuses on international peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding efforts in recent conflicts. It covers general concepts, theories, and debates, as well as specific cases of peacebuilding successes and failures. Cross-listed with Human Rights.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Severine Autesserre
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia h-index: 14 Info
• 4 points

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
or
W3213
;
STAT 1201
or
SIEO 3001
; and
MATH V1201
or
V1207.

Modern econometric methods; the general linear statistical model and its extensions; simultaneous equations and the identification problem; time series problems; forecasting methods; extensive practice with the analysis of different types of data.

• Department: Economics
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher T Conlon
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

SYMBOLIC LOGIC - REC

• Department: Philosophy
• T 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: James R Finley
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• Instructor: Jorge F Morales
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• Instructor: Matthew S Heeney
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 0 points

PRINTMAKING I: SILKSCREEN

Printmaking I: Silkscreen introduces silkscreen and other silkscreen techniques. Given the direct quality of the process, the class focuses on the student's personal vision through experimentation with this print medium. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tomas Vu Daniel
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED PRINTMAKING

Prerequisites:
VIAR R3040
,
VIAR R3401
, or
VIAR R3411
.
Designed for students who have already taken one semester of a printmaking course and are interested in continuing on an upper level. Students are encouraged to work in all areas, separate or combined, using their own vocabulary and imagery to create a body of work by the end of the semester. 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: Sarah M Sze
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SPACIALITIES IN LATIN AMERICA

The course focuses on the cultural representation of the cities in contemporary Hispanic American literature, essays, visual texts and films. The problem of “modernity” and “postmodernity” in a peripheral culture and it’s relationships with public spaces is in the core of the discussion of all the texts. This course will provide students with an accurate understanding of some of the topics of contemporary Hispanic American culture. The main hypothesis will be that urban narratives articulate the new experiences during changes periods. Students will be introduced to theoretical writing on urban and spatial reflections, modern and postmodern thought and contemporary Hispanic American contexts. We focus on the representation of urban spaces in literary and visual texts, films and essays from Argentina, Mexico, Central America, Cuba and border cities. Students will become familiar with major problems and significant political, social and cultural trends in the contemporary Hispanic American world including topics as elite culture vs. popular culture, practices of resistance, representations of the violence and Otherness. The class will be conducted in Spanish and all written assignments will also be in that language.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Graciela Montaldo
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• 3 points

INTRO TO URBAN SOCIOLOGY

INTRODUCTION URBAN SOCIOLOGY

Prerequisites: Students must attend first class.
Examines the diverse ways in which sociology has defined and studied cities, focusing on the people who live and work in the city, and the transformations U.S. cities are undergoing today. Sociological methods, including ethnography, survey research, quantitative studies, and participant observation will provide perspectives on key urban questions such as street life, race, immigration, globalization, conflict, and redevelopment.

• Department: Urban Studies @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron Passell
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 3 Info
• 3 points

INTRO-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES II

Prerequisites:
FREN W3405
Advanced Grammar and Composition or an AP score of 5 or the director of undergraduate studies' permission.
Universalism vs. exceptionalism, tradition vs. modernity, integration and exclusion, racial, gender, regional, and national identities are considered in this introduction to the contemporary French-speaking world in Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Authors include: Aimé Césaire, Léopold Sedar Senghor, Frantz Fanon, Maryse Condé.

• Department: French and Romance Philology
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Souleymane B Diagne
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

ENGINEERING DESIGN

Prerequisites: MECE E3409 Machine Design
Elements of the design process: concept formulation, systems synthesis, design analysis optimization.  Selection and execution of a project involving the design of an actual engineering device or system. A labortatory fee of $125 is collected.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• TR 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

RUSSIAN FOR HERITAGE SPKRS II

Prerequisites:
RUSS V3430
or the instructor's permission.
This course is designed to help students who speak Russian at home, but have no or limited reading and writing skills to develop literary skills in Russian. THIS COURSE, TAKEN WITH RUSS V3430, MEET A TWO YEAR FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT. Conducted in Russian.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alla Smyslova
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

NEUROBIOL OF REPROD BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites: at least two other psychology courses and the instructor's permission.
Reproduction encompasses a broad range of behaviors in the life cycle of an organism from mate selection and copulation to parental care. This seminar will examine various aspects of reproduction across species and the neural mechanisms that regulate these behaviors and allow an organism to adapt to environmental change.

• Department: Psychology
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Frances Champagne
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

MAKNG OF THE MOD AMER LANDSCPE

Social history of the built environment since 1870, looking at urban and rural landscapes, vernacular architecture of industry, housing, recreation, and public space. Considers government policies, real estate investment, and public debates over land use and the natural environment. Group(s): D

• Department: History
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Blackmar
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 3 points

CATALAN REGIONALISM/NATNLISM

Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).
In the nineteenth century, the failure of the Spanish State to find political alternatives to centralism, coupled with Catalonia's industrial and economic takeoff, led to the development of a strong regionalist sentiment, and eventually a nationalist movement. From this period and through the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, intellectuals became engaged in the creation of a cultural repertoire to ground and strengthen the claim to a Catalan nationality. In this course, we will examine both the burgeoning literature in dialogue with Spanish and European currents, and the establishment of other national traditions in the fields of art, language, music, urban planning/architecture, and sport.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Wadda Rios-Font
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

ORGANIC CHEMSTRY II-LECTURES

Prerequisites:
CHEM W1404
or
CHEM W1604
and
CHEM W1500
.
As of academic year 2016-17, this course is now CHEM UN2444. The principles of organic chemistry. The structure and reactivity of organic molecules are examined from the standpoint of modern theories of chemistry. Topics include stereochemistry, reactions of organic molecules, mechanisms of organic reactions, syntheses and degradations of organic molecules, and spectroscopic techniques of structure determination. Although CHEM W3443 and CHEM W3444 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially.  Students must ensure they register for the recitation which corresponds to the lecture section. Please check the Directory of Classes for details.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Tristan Lambert
  CULPA: 13 h-index: None Info
• 3.5 points

ORGANIC CHEMSTRY II-LECTURES

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II-LECTURES

Prerequisites:
CHEM W1404
or
CHEM W1604
and
CHEM W1500
.
As of academic year 2016-17, this course is now CHEM UN2444. The principles of organic chemistry. The structure and reactivity of organic molecules are examined from the standpoint of modern theories of chemistry. Topics include stereochemistry, reactions of organic molecules, mechanisms of organic reactions, syntheses and degradations of organic molecules, and spectroscopic techniques of structure determination. Although CHEM W3443 and CHEM W3444 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially.  Students must ensure they register for the recitation which corresponds to the lecture section. Please check the Directory of Classes for details.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Charles E Jr Doubleday
  Info
• 3.5 points

SURVEY OF GERMAN LIT:20C (GER)

Prerequisites:
GERM W3333
or
W3334
or the director of undergraduate studies' or the instructor's permission.
The course covers the turn of the century, Expressionism, the Weimar Republic, and the exile period. Authors include Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, Benn, Musil, Brecht, Thomas Mann, and Kafka.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andreas Huyssen
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REC

• Department: Chemistry
• M 11:10 a.m.-noon
• M 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Tristan Lambert
  CULPA: 13 h-index: None Info
• 0 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REC

• Department: Chemistry
• M 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• T 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• W 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Tristan Lambert
  CULPA: 13 h-index: None Info
• 0 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REC

• Department: Chemistry
• M 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Charles E Jr Doubleday
  Info
• 0 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REC

• Department: Chemistry
• M 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• M 8:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Charles E Jr Doubleday
  Info
• 0 points

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REC

• Department: Chemistry
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 8:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Charles E Jr Doubleday
  Info
• 0 points

WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Limited to 15.
  Examination of the social conditions and linguistic practices that have shaped the historical and contemporary gendering of leadership, power, and authority in the United States and around the world. Through examples drawn from the social, political, and economic worlds, we will explore leadership in varying racial, class, and regional contexts.

• Department: Athena Center for Leadership Studies @Barnard
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Skye Cleary
  Info
• 4 points

EVOL-INTELLIGENC/CONSCIOUSNESS

• Department: Psychology
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Herbert S Terrace
  CULPA: 29 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR SDEV

This is an intermediate course in spatial modeling developed specifically for students in the undergraduate Sustainable Development program. This course will provide a foundation for understanding a variety of issues related to spatial analysis and modeling.  Students will explore the concepts, tools, and techniques of GIS modeling and review and critique modeling applications used for environmental planning and policy development. The course will also offer students the opportunity to design, build and evaluate their own spatial analysis models. The course will cover both vector and raster based methods of analysis with a strong focus on raster-based modeling.  We will draw examples from a wide range of applications in such areas as modeling Land Use and Land Cover for biodiversity and conservation, hydrological modeling, and site suitability modeling. The course will consist of lectures, reading assignments, lab assignments, and a final project. Offered in the fall and spring. Students must register for required lab: SDEV W3452.

• Department: Earth Institute
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 3 points

SHORT FICTION IN LAT AMERICA

SHORT FICTION IN LATIN AMERICA

In this course we will discuss the theory and practice of short fiction by the leading exponents of the genre in Spanish America. Authors to be discussed may include: Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Juan Rulfo, José Donoso, Rosario Castellanos, Augusto Monterroso, Rosario Ferré, Gabriel García Márquez, Angélica Gorodischer, Roberto Bolaño, and Andrea Maturana.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gustavo Perez-Firmat
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

LIT&POP; CLTRE FRANCO'S SPAIN

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Wadda Rios-Font
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points