WHAT IS AMERICAN STUDIES?

First-years and sophomores encouraged to enroll.
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
What is America?  Who is American? How do we live in America?  This new lecture course will introduce you to the dynamic, inter-disciplinary field of American Studies.

• Department: American Studies @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Manu M Vimalassery
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

Survey of some of the central problems, key figures, and great works in both traditional and contemporary philosophy.  Topics and texts will vary with instructor and semester.

• Department: Auditing
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David J Friedell
  Info
• 0 points

INTRODUCTORY JAPANESE A

The sequence begins in the spring term. JPNS W1001-W1002 is equivalent to JPNS C1101 or F1101 and fulfills the requirement for admission to JPNS C1102 or F1102. Aims at the acquisition of basic Japanese grammar and Japanese culture with an emphasis on accurate communication in speaking and writing. CC GS EN CE GSAS

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Saori Hori
  Info
• Instructor: Toshiko Omori
  Info
• Instructor: Shigeru Eguchi
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Toshiko Omori
  Info
• 2.5 points

INTRODUCTORY KOREAN A

This course provides basic training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Korean. Elementary Korean A (1001y) is equivalent to the first half of Elementary Korean I. Elementary Korean B (1002x) is equivalent to the second half of Elementary Korean I.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Hyunkyu Yi
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 2.5 points

INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

Survey of some of the central problems, key figures, and great works in both traditional and contemporary philosophy.  Topics and texts will vary with instructor and semester.

• Department: Philosophy @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: David J Friedell
  Info
• 3 points

PHYSICS FOR POETS

Prerequisites: high school algebra.
This course does not fulfill the physics requirement for admission to medical school. No previous background in physics is expected. An introduction to physics taught through the exploration of the scientific method, and the application of physical principles to a wide range of topics from quantum mechanics to cosmology.

• Department: Physics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Szabolcs Marka
  CULPA: 25 h-index: 127 Info
• 3 points

THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY

Broad survey of psychological science including: sensation and perception; learning, memory, intelligence, language, and cognition; emotions and motivation; development, personality, health and illness, and social behavior. Discusses relations between the brain, behavior, and experience. Emphasizes science as a process of discovering both new ideas and new empirical results. PSYC W1001 serves as a prerequisite for further psychology courses and should be completed by the sophomore year.

• Department: Psychology
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Patricia G Lindemann
  CULPA: 64 Info
• Instructor: Karen J Kelly
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites: This course is prerequisite for all other psychology courses.
Lecture course introducing students to the chief facts, principles, and problems of human and animal behavior, through systematic study of a text, lectures, exercises, reading in special fields, and participation in a current experiment. (An alternative to participation can be arranged at the student's request.)

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sabrina M Jhanwar
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Patricia D Stokes
  CULPA: 48 Info
• Instructor: Sabrina M Jhanwar
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO STATISTICAL REASONING

A friendly introduction to statistical concepts and reasoning with emphasis on developing statistical intuition rather than on mathematical rigor. Topics include design of experiments, descriptive statistics, correlation and regression, probability, chance variability, sampling, chance models, and tests of significance.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Anthony Donoghue
  CULPA: 17 Info
• Instructor: Guy Cohen
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

BASIC DRAWING

The fundamentals of visual vocabulary. Students work from observation using still-life objects and the human figure. The relationship of lines and forms to each other and to the picture format is emphasized. Materials used: vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencil, pen, ink, and brushes. Class assignments are accompanied by discussions and critiques. Portfolio required at the 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
• MW 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• M 4 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Celia C Gerard
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Julia D Goldman
  Info
• Instructor: Heidi Howard
  Info
• Instructor: Diana Cooper
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

INTRO-WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES

An interdisciplinary introduction to key concepts and analytical categories in women's and gender studies. This course grapples with gender in its complex intersection with other systems of power and inequality, including: sexuality, race and ethnicity, class and nation. Topics include: feminisms, feminist and queer theory, commodity culture, violence, science and technology, visual cultures, work, and family.

• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 3 points

BEGINNING FICTION WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
The beginning workshop in fiction is designed for students with little or no experience writing literary texts in fiction. Students are introduced to a range of technical and imaginative concerns through exercises and discussions, and they eventually produce their own writing for the critical analysis of the class. The focus of the course is on the rudiments of voice, character, setting, point of view, plot, and lyrical use of language.  Students will begin to develop the critical skills that will allow them to read like writers and understand, on a technical level, how accomplished creative writing is produced. Outside readings of a wide range of fiction supplement and inform the exercises and longer written projects.

• Department: Writing
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Olaya D Barr
  Info
• Instructor: Hayden A Bennett
  Info
• Instructor: Katrine O Jensen
  Info
• Instructor: Andrew R Waldron
  Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY II

The second part of the Introduction to Art History goes from about 1400 to 2015, circles the world, and includes all media. It is organized around one theme for each lecture, and approximately 100 works of art. Visits to New York museums and discussions sections are crucial parts of the course.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Higonnet
  CULPA: 31 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

THE INTERPRETATION OF CULTURE

The anthropological approach to the study of culture and human society. Case studies from ethnography are used in exploring the universality of cultural categories (social organization, economy, law, belief system, art, etc.) and the range of variation among human societies.

• Department: Anthropology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Povinelli
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY II

The second part of the Introduction to Art History goes from about 1400 to 2015, circles the world, and includes all media. It is organized around one theme for each lecture, and approximately 100 works of art. Visits to New York museums and discussions sections are crucial parts of the course.

• Department: Auditing
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Higonnet
  CULPA: 31 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

AN INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC II

Prerequisites: no previous knowledge of music is required.
A survey of the development of Western music from the first Viennese Classical school at the end of the 18th century to the present, with emphasis upon composers and forms. Extensive listening required.

• Department: Auditing
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Gail R Archer
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Kristy K Barbacane
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 0 points

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill biology major requirements or premedical requirements. BIOL BC1001 or equivalent preparation and background. Enrollment in laboratory sections limited to 16 students per section.
Exploration of modern biology as it pertains to contemporary issues. One module examines the microbiological agents that cause disease and addresses how such agents can be used as weapons for terrorism or war. Another module considers human physiology, focusing on major health issues. The third module explores growth and resource use, emphasizing the uniqueness of human populations. Lab exercises introduce biological techniques for studying these topics.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• MWF 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Diana L Heller
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 4.5 points

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE II

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Laboratory fee $30. Students must enroll in the corresponding lab course, EESC BC1012y, to receive credit.
Interdisciplinary, integrated study of groundwater, radionuclides, toxics, and human health in the context of a semester-long, detailed exploration of a brownfield, a contaminated aquifer, and its impact on a local community using the award-winning Brownfield Action simulation. Includes a reading of Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.

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

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE II

ENVIR SCIENCE II - LEC

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Laboratory fee $30. Students must enroll in the corresponding lab course, EESC BC1012y, to receive credit.
Interdisciplinary, integrated study of groundwater, radionuclides, toxics, and human health in the context of a semester-long, detailed exploration of a brownfield, a contaminated aquifer, and its impact on a local community using the award-winning Brownfield Action simulation. Includes a reading of Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.

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

ELEMENTARY FRENCH II

Basic elements of French grammar. Oral, writing, and reading skills. Students may take either or both of these courses at Columbia.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MTWRF 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• MTWRF noon-12:50 p.m.
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Brian S Kilgo-Kelly
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Sarah J Lazur
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Brian S Kilgo-Kelly
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIP SEM

RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIP SEMNR

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Snow
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 18 Info
• 1.5 points

EURPN LIT-PHILOS MASTRPIECS II

Taught by members of the Departments of Classics; English and Comparative Literature; French; German; Italian; Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies; Philosophy; Religion; Slavic Languages; and Spanish; as well as members of the Society of Fellows. Major works by over twenty authors, ranging in time, theme, and genre, from Homer to Virginia Woolf. Students are expected to write at least two papers, to complete two examinations each semester, and to participate actively in class discussions.

• Department: Humanities (College)
• MW 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Nancy J Workman
  CULPA: 30 Info
• Instructor: Ross E Ufberg
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Deborah A Martinsen
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Christoph Schaub
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Jeffrey M Wayno
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Amy E Johnson
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Humberto Ballesteros
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: James E Adams
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Claire E Catenaccio
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Zachary J Roberts
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Robert S Thomas
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Clemence C Boulouque
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Sharon A Fulton
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Christoph Schaub
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Steven J Baker
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Kate M Brassel
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Eliza Zingesser
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 3 Info
• Instructor: Arthur K Salvo
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: John D Collins
  CULPA: 45 Info
• Instructor: Sahar I Ullah
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Julia Kostova
  Info
• Instructor: Robert S Thomas
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Maude F Meisel
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Bianca F Calabresi
  Info
• Instructor: Karen R Van Dyck
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Pier Mattia Tommasino
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Joanna R Stalnaker
  CULPA: 18 Info
• Instructor: Isabelle C Levy
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Nicholas Dames
  CULPA: 35 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth K Irwin
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Liza Knapp
  CULPA: 28 Info
• Instructor: Janet M Lee
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Dustin Stewart
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Hiie Saumaa
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Humberto Ballesteros
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Bianca F Calabresi
  Info
• Instructor: Hiie Saumaa
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: David M Yerkes
  CULPA: 41 Info
• Instructor: Joe Sheppard
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Margo Rosen
  CULPA: 16 Info
• Instructor: Akash Kumar
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: David M Yerkes
  CULPA: 41 Info
• Instructor: Debashree Mukherjee
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Katherine L Biers
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: John M Kuhn
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Matthew Hart
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Edward Mendelson
  CULPA: 64 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Janet M Lee
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Alexander G Rocca
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Margo Rosen
  CULPA: 16 Info
• Instructor: Alexis G Soloski
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Maria P Svampa
  Info
• Instructor: Rebecca J Stanton
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Marc Van de Mieroop
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Sophie A Salvo
  Info
• Instructor: Lindsay G Gibson
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Arthur K Salvo
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

EURPN LIT-PHILOS MASTRPIECS II

A year-long course in which the objective is to consider particular conceptions of what it means to be human and to consider the place of such conceptions in the development of critical thought. Readings in Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides,Herodotus,Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plato, Vergil, St. Augustine, Dante, Boccaccio, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Goethe, Austen, and Woolf.

• Department: Humanities (College)
• MW 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter J Awn
  CULPA: 31 Info
• Instructor: Steven J Baker
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Akash Kumar
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 4 Info
• 4 points