UNDERGRAD RESEARCH OR PROJECT

Prerequisites:
approval by a faculty member who agrees to supervise the work.

Independent work involving experiments, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Shipra Agrawal
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Daniel Bienstock
  h-index: 38 Info
• Instructor: Jose Blanchet
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Agostino Capponi
  h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Maria Chudnovsky
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Antonius B Dieker
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Adam N Elmachtoub
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Emanuel Derman
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Guillermo M Gallego
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Donald Goldfarb
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 55 Info
• Instructor: Vineet Goyal
  h-index: 21 Info
• Instructor: Martin Haugh
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Xuedong He
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Garud Iyengar
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Soulaymane Kachani
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Steven Kou
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Siu Tang Leung
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• Instructor: Mariana Olvera-Cravioto
  CULPA: 11 Info
• Instructor: Jay Sethuraman
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Karl Sigman
  CULPA: 15 Info
• Instructor: Clifford Stein
  CULPA: 31 Wikipedia h-index: 53 Info
• Instructor: Van Anh Truong
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Ward Whitt
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia h-index: 102 Info
• Instructor: David D Yao
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Yuan Zhong
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• Instructor: Jenny S Mak
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• 1-3 points

UNDERGRAD RES IN MATERIALS SCI

This course may be repeated for credit, but no more than 6 points of this course may be counted toward the satisfaction of the B.S. degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation in materials science or carry out a special project under the supervision of the staff. Credit for the course is contingent upon the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: William Bailey
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Katayun Barmak
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 49 Info
• Instructor: Simon Billinge
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 75 Info
• Instructor: Siu-Wai Chan
  h-index: 36 Info
• Instructor: Alexander Gaeta
  Wikipedia h-index: 89 Info
• Instructor: Irving P Herman
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia h-index: 50 Info
• Instructor: James Im
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• Instructor: Chris A Marianetti
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• Instructor: Ismail C Noyan
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Yuan Yang
  h-index: 49 Info
• 0-4 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: the written permission of the faculty member who agrees to act as supervisor, and the director of undergraduate studies' permission.
For specially selected physics majors, the opportunity to do a research project in contemporary physics under the supervision of a faculty member. A detailed report on the research is presented by the student when the project is completed.

• Department: Physics
• Instructor: Jeremy R Dodd
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 1-5 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: Permission of the departmental representative required.
For specially selected students, the opportunity to do a research problem in contemporary physics under the supervision of a faculty member. Each year several juniors are chosen in the spring to carry out such a project beginning in the autumn term. A detailed report on the research is presented by the student when the project is complete.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• Instructor: Timothy J Halpin-Healy
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3-5 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

SR SEM: UTOPIA

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students per section. Open to architecture majors only unless space permits.
Readings, individual class presentations, and written reports. Attendance is mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Ralph Ghoche
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 2 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

SR SEM:DEMOCRATIZING ARCHTCTR

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students per section. Open to architecture majors only unless space permits.
Readings, individual class presentations, and written reports. Attendance is mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Damon J Rich
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• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Instructor: Paul J Anderer
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prerequisites: CHEM C1404 or the equivalent
Fundamentals of microbiology, genetics and molecular biology, principles of microbial nutrition, energetics and kinetics, application of novel and state-of-the-art techniques in monitoring the structure and function of microbial communities in the environment, engineered processes for biochemical waste treatment and bioremediation, microorganisms and public health, global microbial elemental cycles.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Kartik Chandran
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 51 Info
• 3 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

Prerequisites:
EESC BC3800
or
EESC BC3801
and a good grounding in basic sciences.
Guided, independent, in-depth research culminating in the senior thesis in the spring. Includes discussion about scientific presentations and posters, data analysis, library research methods and scientific writing. Students review work in progress and share results through oral reports. Weekly seminar to review work in progress and share results through oral and written reports.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Martin Stute
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 52 Info
• 3 points

THE ENVIR HIST OF THE MID EAST

This course explores the emerging field of the environmental history of the Middle East. It offers new perspectives for rethinking the history of the region in ecological terms from the effect of climate change on early modern empires to the centrality of water and hydrocarbons to the colonial and postcolonial transformations of the 19th and 20th centuries. Prior coursework in the history and/or politics of the Middle East is recommended.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Casey T Primel
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• 3 points

HONORS TUTORIAL IN MECH ENGIN

Individual study; may be selected after the first term of the junior year by students maintaining a 3.2 grade-point average. Normally not to be taken in a student's final semester. Course format may vary from individual tutorial to laboratory work to seminar instruction under faculty supervision. Written application must be made prior to registration outlining proposed study program. Projects requiring machine-shop use must be approved by the laboratory supervisor.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Gerard H Ateshian
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Arvind Narayanaswamy
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 26 Info
• Instructor: Fred R Stolfi
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• Instructor: James Hone
  CULPA: 11 h-index: 124 Info
• Instructor: Kristin Myers
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Richard W Longman
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 45 Info
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• Instructor: Vijay Modi
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Michael Burke
  h-index: 22 Info
• Instructor: Y. Lawrence Yao
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 95 Info
• Instructor: Qiao Lin
  h-index: 41 Info
• Instructor: Matei T Ciocarlie
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• Instructor: Michael J Massimino
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• Instructor: Pejman Akbari
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Sunil Agrawal
  Wikipedia h-index: 65 Info
• Instructor: Sinisa Vukelic
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info
• Instructor: Nicolas W Chbat
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• Instructor: Hod Lipson
  Wikipedia h-index: 79 Info
• 3 points

HONORS TUTORIAL IN MECH ENGIN

Individual study; may be selected after the first term of the junior year by students maintaining a 3.2 grade-point average. Normally not to be taken in a student's final semester. Course format may vary from individual tutorial to laboratory work to seminar instruction under faculty supervision. Written application must be made prior to registration outlining proposed study program. Projects requiring machine-shop use must be approved by the laboratory supervisor.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• 3 points

HONORS TUTORIAL IN MECH ENGIN

Individual study; may be selected after the first term of the junior year by students maintaining a 3.2 grade-point average. Normally not to be taken in a student's final semester. Course format may vary from individual tutorial to laboratory work to seminar instruction under faculty supervision. Written application must be made prior to registration outlining proposed study program. Projects requiring machine-shop use must be approved by the laboratory supervisor.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Karen Kasza
  h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

SENIOR THESIS I

• Department: Visual Arts
• M 5 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicola G Lopez
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 2 points

SENIOR HONORS THESIS SEM

Weekly seminar to accompany Senior Honors Thesis Lab (CHEM BC3903). Focus is on scientific presentation and writing skills and research conduct.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Marisa C Buzzeo
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR HONORS THESIS SEM

Weekly seminar to accompany Senior Honors Thesis Lab (CHEM BC3903). Focus is on scientific presentation and writing skills and research conduct.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Sever
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

Prerequisites: agreement by a faculty member to serve as thesis adviser.
An independent theoretical or experimental investigation by an undergraduate major of an appropriate problem in computer science carried out under the supervision of a faculty member. A formal written report is mandatory and an oral presentation may also be required. May be taken over more than one term, in which case the grade is deferred until all 6 points have been completed. Consult the department for section assignment.

• Department: Computer Science
• 0 points

UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

Prerequisites: agreement by a faculty member to serve as thesis adviser.
An independent theoretical or experimental investigation by an undergraduate major of an appropriate problem in computer science carried out under the supervision of a faculty member. A formal written report is mandatory and an oral presentation may also be required. May be taken over more than one term, in which case the grade is deferred until all 6 points have been completed. Consult the department for section assignment.

• Department: Computer Science
• Instructor: Suman Jana
  h-index: 33 Info
• 1-6 points

SUPERVISED READINGS II

Prerequisites: the written permission of the staff member who agrees to act as sponsor (sponsorship limited to full-time instructors on the staff list), as well as the director of undergraduate studies' permission.
The written permission must be deposited with the director of undergraduate studies before registration is completed.

Guided reading and study in mathematics. A student who wishes to undertake individual study under this program must present a specific project to a member of the staff and secure his or her willingness to act as sponsor. Written reports and periodic conferences with the instructor.

• Department: Mathematics
• Instructor: David Hansen
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Daniela de Silva
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: David A Bayer
  CULPA: 43 Info
• Instructor: Julien Dubedat
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Dorian Goldfeld
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Panagiota Daskalopoulos
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Akram Alishahi
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

INDEPENDENT RES & RESEARCH II

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• Instructor: Severine Autesserre
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia h-index: 14 Info
• 1-6 points

INDEPENDENT RES & RESEARCH II

• Department: Political Science
• Instructor: Robert Y Shapiro
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Judith Russell
  CULPA: 49 Info
• Instructor: Andrew J Nathan
  CULPA: 44 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Luke S Macinnis
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: John J Sivolella
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• Instructor: Isabela Mares
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• Instructor: Gregory Wawro
  CULPA: 32 h-index: 13 Info
• 1-6 points

GUIDED READING AND RESEARCH

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.

• Department: Religion
• Instructor: Peter J Awn
  CULPA: 31 Info
• Instructor: Euan Cameron
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• Instructor: Michael Como
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Gary Dorrien
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• Instructor: Katherine Pratt Ewing
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 22 Info
• Instructor: Courtney Bender
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: John A McGuckin
  Wikipedia h-index: 20 Info
• Instructor: Gil Anidjar
  CULPA: 22 Info
• Instructor: Robert E Somerville
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Mark C Taylor
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: David L Moerman
  CULPA: 18 Info
• Instructor: Josef Sorett
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Zhaohua Yang
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• Instructor: Thomas F Yarnall
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: John S Hawley
  CULPA: 28 Info
• Instructor: Rachel McDermott
  CULPA: 37 Info
• 1-4 points