INTRO MODERN ALGEBRA I

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1202 and MATH UN2010 or the equivalent. The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Groups, homomorphisms, normal subgroups, the isomorphism theorems, symmetric groups, group actions, the Sylow theorems, finitely generated abelian groups.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Giulia Sacca
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• 3 points

INTRO MODERN ALGEBRA II

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1202 and MATH UN2010 or the equivalent. The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Rings, homomorphisms, ideals, integral and Euclidean domains, the division algorithm, principal ideal and unique factorization domains, fields, algebraic and transcendental extensions, splitting fields, finite fields, Galois theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• 3 points

WORKSHP ON WEALTH & INEQUALITY

Participants may elect to enroll in the 1-credit CWI independent study offered through the Sociology Department. CWI takes place Thursdays from 2-4pm in Knox Hall, room 509. The course ID for Fall 2025 is SOCI4043GU.

The Center for Wealth and Inequality (CWI), in this course, is a forum for students interested in social science topics broadly related to inequality. In particular, it will provide an opportunity for students to read and discuss the works presented in the weekly CWI seminar series, while also sharing and refining their own works in progress.  The CWI seminar series is sponsored by Columbia University’s Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy (ISERP) and is devoted to the investigation of social and economic inequality.  The seminar invites speakers from both within and outside of Columbia to present recent papers covering a wide range of topics pertaining to inequality, such as poverty, labor market behavior, education, and the family.  The research topics and methodologies are at the cutting edge of the interdisciplinary study of wealth and inequality, as the CWI seminar invites speakers from multiple social science disciplines and fields. Past speakers include Annette Lareau, Adam Gamoran, Timothy Smeeding, Lisa Kahn, Mario Small, Rob Warren and Florencia Torche, among numerous others.

The primary preparation for these gatherings is to read the papers slated for presentation, whether written by an outside speaker or a student within the course. Students will meet to constructively critique these papers collectively, raising key questions and concepts for discussion and debate.  One student will serve as the discussion leader each week by kicking off the dialogue.  This student also will have the opportunity to prepare a review of the paper, if desired.  When discussing CWI seminar papers, the product of each meeting will be a shortlist of pertinent questions for the visiting speaker, which participants will be encouraged to ask during the Q&A following each seminar. When focusing on student papers, participants will provide detailed comments geared towards supporting further development of our peers’ work. We regularly will be joined by the CWI presenters.

The spirit behind the student independent study is one of collective student growth and learning through semi-structured discussion.  While the course will pose a relatively

• Department: Sociology
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 1 points

REPRESENTATNS OF FINITE GROUPS

Prerequisites: MATH UN2010 and MATH GU4041 or the equivalent. Finite groups acting on finite sets and finite dimensional vector spaces. Group characters. Relations with subgroups and factor groups. Arithmetic properties of character values. Applications to the theory of finite groups: Frobenius groups, Hall subgroups and solvable groups. Characters of the symmetric groups. Spherical functions on finite groups.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert D Friedman
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• 3 points

Augmented Creativity: practical uses of

Augmented Creativity: AI

We are entering a new age of creativity, where generative AI is transforming how artists and creators work. This course invites undergraduate and graduate students at Columbia's School of the Arts to explore the powerful intersection of AI and creative practice. Through hands-on experimentation with AI tools—ranging from large language models (LLMs) to image and video generators—students will unlock new creative potential across ideation, visual development, and storytelling.

The course emphasizes how AI can augment existing creative methods, from generating ideas and developing personas to blending AI with traditional storytelling techniques. Students will also critically engage with the ethical implications of using AI in art. Culminating in a speculative design project, this course prepares students to envision and prototype the future of creative practice, where AI becomes a true collaborator in the artistic process.

• Department: Film
• T 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• 3 points

ARCH ELECTIVE INTERNSHIP

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Karen Cover
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• 1.5 points

GLOBAL ASSMT-REMOTE SENSING

Prerequisites: Course Cap 20 students. Priority given to graduate students in the natural sciences and engineering. Advanced level undergraduates may be admitted with the instructors permission. Calculus I and Physics I & II are required for undergraduates who wish to take this course. General introduction to fundamentals of remote sensing; electromagnetic radiation, sensors, interpretation, quantitative image analysis and modeling. Example applications in the Earth and environmental sciences are explored through the analysis of remote sensing imagery in a state-or-the-art visualization laboratory.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• F 9 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Small
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• 3 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

Intensive study of a philosophical issue or topic, or of a philosopher, group of philosophers, or philosophical school or movement. Open only to Barnard senior philosophy majors.

• Department: Philosophy @Barnard
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Taylor Carman
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• 4 points

UP ELECT INTERNSHIP

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Douglas Woodward
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• 1.5 points

TOPOLOGY

Prerequisites: (MATH UN1202 and MATH UN2010) and rudiments of group theory (e.g. MATH GU4041). MATH UN1208 or MATH GU4061 is recommended, but not required. Metric spaces, continuity, compactness, quotient spaces. The fundamental group of topological space. Examples from knot theory and surfaces. Covering spaces.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Soren Galatius
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• 3 points

SENIOR ESSAY

A substantial paper, developing from an Autumn workshop and continuing in the Spring under the direction of an individual advisor. Open only to Barnard senior philosophy majors.

• Department: Philosophy @Barnard
• Instructor: Caroline D Bowman
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• 3 points

CREATING ID-CONTEMP UKRN CULTR

This course presents and examines post-Soviet Ukrainian literature. Students will learn about the significant achievements, names, events, scandals and polemics in contemporary Ukrainian literature and will see how they have contributed to Ukraine’s post-Soviet identity. Students will examine how Ukrainian literature became an important site for experimentation with language, for providing feminist perspectives, for engaging previously-banned taboos and for deconstructing Soviet and Ukrainian national myths. Among the writers to be focused on in the course are Serhiy Zhadan, Yuri Andrukhovych, Oksana Zabuzhko and Taras Prokhasko. Centered on the most important successes in literature, the course will also explore key developments in music and visual art of this period. Special focus will be given to how the 2013/2014 Euromaidan revolution and war are treated in today’s literature. By also studying Ukrainian literature with regards to its relationship with Ukraine’s changing political life, students will obtain a good understanding of the dynamics of today’s Ukraine and the development of Ukrainians as a nation in the 21st century. The course will be complemented by audio and video presentations. Entirely in English with a parallel reading list for those who read Ukrainian.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Andryczyk
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• 3 points

MECHATRONICS & EMBEDDED MICRO

Enrollment limited to 12 students. Mechatronics is the application of electronics and microcomputers to control mechanical systems. Systems explored include on/off systems, solenoids, stepper motors, DC motors, thermal systems, magnetic levitation. Use of analog and digital electronics and various sensors for control. Programming microcomputers in Assembly and C. Lab required.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Enrico Zordan
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• 3 points

INTRO-GENOMIC INFO SCI & TECH

INTRO GENOMIC INFO SCI & TECH

Introduction to computational biology with emphasis on genomic data science tools and methodologies for analyzing data, such as genomic sequences, gene expression measurements and the presence of mutations. Applications of machine learning and exploratory data analysis for predicting drug response and disease progression. Latest technologies related to genomic information, such as single-cell sequencing and CRISPR, and the contributions of genomic data science to the drug development process.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Tai-Hsien Ou Yang
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• 3 points

INTRO MODERN ANALYSIS I

Prerequisites: MATH UN1202 or the equivalent, and MATH UN2010. The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Real numbers, metric spaces, elements of general topology, sequences and series, continuity, differentiation, integration, uniform convergence, Ascoli-Arzela theorem, Stone-Weierstrass theorem.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Sven Hirsch
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• 3 points

Chinese Art: Center and Periphery

Chinese Art: Center& Peri

This course introduces you to the rich and diverse tradition of Chinese art by focusing on materials and techniques. We will discuss a wide array of artistic media situated in distinct cultural contexts, examining bronzes, jade, ceramics, paintings, sculptures, and textiles in the imperial, aristocratic, literary, religious, and commercial milieus in which they were produced. In addition to developing your skills in visual-material analysis, this course will also acquaint you with the diverse cultures that developed in China’s center and periphery during its five thousand (plus) years of history. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how native artistic traditions in China interacted with those in regions such as the Mongolian steppe, Tibetan plateau, and Central Asia.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jin Xu
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• 3 points

INTRO MODERN ANALYSIS II

The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Power series, analytic functions, Implicit function theorem, Fubini theorem, change of variables formula, Lebesgue measure and integration, function spaces.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ovidiu Savin
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL HERITAGE. AN IT

INTRO TO CULTURAL HERITIT

This seminar will examine the concept of cultural heritage as a body of goods, tangible and intangible, that come to us from the past - sometimes from antiquity, sometimes from more recent historical periods - and for which we are responsible for the present and future generations. The environment is an important part of cultural heritage too, with nature and its peculiar beauties. Similarly, practices, traditions, crafts and customs are a crucial component of cultural heritage. Over time, cultural heritage has become an increasingly broad and complex category: experts, scientists and professionals involved continue to multiply, and the disciplines continue to specialize. Even the very concept of cultural heritage is quite dynamic and frequently modified and reinterpreted. Based on an anthropological perspective and within the framework of a cultural heritage considered among the most valuable in the arts, both visual and literary, Italy’s artistic, archaeological, library and archival treasures will be a regular source of analysis and discussion. This course will examine ways in which we can understand cultural heritage through the intersections of several components: identity, nationalism, colonialism, ethnicity, gender, and religion, just to mention a few. Students will take into account several elements: how regional and international agencies and policies operate and interact with each other, the many threats to cultural heritage (wars and conflicts, natural disasters, climate change, illicit trafficking, and some forms of tourism), and the role of sustainability. The course will encourage students to acquire analytical reasoning and critical thinking, through a combination of textual and visual interpretation and class discussion. There are no pre-requisites for this course.
In English

• Department: Italian
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbara Faedda
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• 3 points

Tropical Biology

Study ecology, evolution, and conservation biology in one of the world’s most biologically spectacular settings, the wildlife-rich savannas of Kenya. Although we will meet have a few meetings during the fall semester, the majority of the coursework will be completed during a 16 day field trip to Kenya during winter break. Students will spend their time immersed in an intensive field experience gaining sophisticated training in fieldwork and biological research. Note that there is a lab fee to cover all in-country expenses, and students are also responsible for the cost of airfare to and from Kenya.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• Instructor: Dustin Rubenstein
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• 4 points

HONORS COMPLEX VARIABLES

Prerequisites: (MATH UN1207 and MATH UN1208) or MATH GU4061 A theoretical introduction to analytic functions. Holomorphic functions, harmonic functions, power series, Cauchy-Riemann equations, Cauchy's integral formula, poles, Laurent series, residue theorem. Other topics as time permits: elliptic functions, the gamma and zeta function, the Riemann mapping theorem, Riemann surfaces, Nevanlinna theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Francesco Lin
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• 3 points

The Future of Personal Health Assistant:

This course integrates the principles of database systems, AI agents, and health informatics. Students will gain expertise in the following areas:


Multimodal Data Engineering:
Ingesting, cleaning, and normalizing heterogeneous data (time-series sensor data, unstructured clinical notes, structured FHIR records)

Agentic Architectures:
Designing LLM-based agents capable of tool use (function calling), planning, and memory management (LangChain, LlamaIndex).

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG):
Implementing vector databases and semantic search strategies optimized for personal health contexts.

Privacy and Ethics:
Understanding HIPAA compliance, differential privacy, and the ethical implications of AI "hallucinations" in health advice.

HCI for Health:
Designing applications and interfaces that foster trust, explainability, and engagement in self-tracking and patient-provider communication.

Domain Knowledge:
Understanding the basics of chronic disease management, personal health monitoring, and clinical decision support.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 3 points

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: (CHEM UN1403 and CHEM UN1404) or (CHEM UN1604) or (CHEM UN2045 and CHEM UN2046) , or the equivalent. Principles governing the structure and reactivity of inorganic compounds surveyed from experimental and theoretical viewpoints. Topics include inorganic solids, aqueous and nonaqueous solutions, the chemistry of selected main group elements, transition metal chemistry, metal clusters, metal carbonyls, and organometallic chemistry, bonding and resonance, symmetry and molecular orbitals, and spectroscopy.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan S Owen
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• 4.5 points

CELLULAR/MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Prerequisites: Two semesters of a rigorous, molecularly-oriented, introductory biology course, such as UN2005 (
Inc.,
 
Biochemistry of DNA & Proteins, basic Genetics, Metabolism & Cell Physiology
) and UN2006 (
Cell biology, inc. intra-cellular transport, phagocytosis, protein regulation, as well as Inter-cellular communication, inc., cell-cell contact, receptors/ligands & transporters
).  This course will cover the integration of innate and adaptive immune systems, as well as how immune response contributes to health and disease (
e.g., Infectious disease, allergies, autoimmunity, immune deficiencies, the microbiome and cancer immunotherapy
).   Students will also become familiar with important immunological methods, which will provide an opportunity to explore some of the current literature.   Sophomores will require permission from their advisor to enroll, and graduate student will require the instructor’s permission to enroll.  SPS, Barnard, and TC students may register for this course with the instructor’s approval on a Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form), which can be downloaded ( 
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf
) and then returned to the office of the registrar.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christian W Schindler
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• 3 points

Latin American Artists from Independence

The course looks at works produced in the more than 20 countries that make up Latin America. Our investigations will take us from the Southern Cone nations of South America, up through Central American and the Caribbean, to Mexico to the north. We will cover styles from the colonial influences present in post-independence art of the early 19th century, to installation art found at the beginning of the 21st century. Along the way we will consider such topics as, the relationship of colonial style and academic training to forging an independent artistic identity; the emergence and establishment of a modern canon; experimentations in surrealism, neo-concretism, conceptual art, and performance. We will end the course with a consideration of Latinx artists working in the U.S.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Kellie Jones
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• 3 points

BOCCACCIO'S DECAMERON

While focusing on the Decameron, this course follows the arc of Boccaccios career from the Ninfale Fiesolano, through the Decameron, and concluding with the Corbaccio, using the treatment of women as the connective thread. The Decameron is read in the light of its cultural density and contextualized in terms of its antecedents, both classical and vernacular, and of its intertexts, especially Dantes Commedia, with particular attention to Boccaccios masterful exploitation of narrative as a means for undercutting all absolute certainty. Lectures in English; text in Italian, although comparative literature students who can follow with the help of translations are welcome.

• Department: Italian
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Teodolinda Barolini
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• 3 points

BOCCACCIO'S DECAMERON

BOCCACCIO'S DECAMERON(ENGLISH)

While focusing on the Decameron, this course follows the arc of Boccaccios career from the Ninfale Fiesolano, through the Decameron, and concluding with the Corbaccio, using the treatment of women as the connective thread. The Decameron is read in the light of its cultural density and contextualized in terms of its antecedents, both classical and vernacular, and of its intertexts, especially Dantes Commedia, with particular attention to Boccaccios masterful exploitation of narrative as a means for undercutting all absolute certainty. Lectures in English; text in Italian, although comparative literature students who can follow with the help of translations are welcome.

• Department: Italian
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Teodolinda Barolini
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• 3 points

HP ELECT INTERNSHIP

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Sarahgrace Godwin
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• 1.5 points

Rebel Literature: Politics and the Novel

“Quand on refuse, on dit non”, said Ivorian novelist Ahmadou Kourouma towards the end of his life. Taking this stance as a starting point, this seminar will explore, through the lens of the novel, major political upheavals in the Francophone world during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. We will shed light on the history of decolonization, May 68, the feminist movement, and struggles against racism and injustice by delving into the imaginary worlds of six leading francophone novelists: Marguerite Duras, Ahmadou Kourouma, Assia Djebar, Hélène Cixous, George Perec and Édouard Glissant.

• Department: French
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Emmanuel Kattan
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• 3 points

Applied Analysis

Elementary introduction to fundamental concepts and techniques in classical analysis; applications of such techniques in different topics in applied mathematics. Brief review of essential concepts and techniques in elementary analysis; elementary properties of metric and normed spaces; completeness, compactness, and their consequences; continuous functions and their properties; Contracting Mapping Theorem and its applications; elementary properties of Hilbert and Banach spaces; bounded linear operators in Hilbert spaces; Fourier series and their applications.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Liliana Borcea
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• 3 points

QUANTUM PHYSICS OF MATTER

Basic theory of quantum mechanics, well and barrier problems, the harmonic oscillator, angular momentum identical particles, quantum statistics, perturbation theory and applications to the quantum physics of atoms, molecules, and solids.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Gaeta
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• 3 points

A Better Planet by Design (MS)

Foundational for the Master of Science in Earth and Environmental Engineering degree.  Provides broader understanding of engineering tools critical/ essential to success in large-scale, engineering projects.  Divided into two parts: Module on global/regional flows, and systems approach, and Module on Engineering Principles in Earth & Environmental Engineering. Guest lectures on several topics will be provided.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Luana Llanes
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• 3 points

FOREST ECOLOGY

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• F 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 4 points

NARRATIVES OF MODERNITY

In revisiting two major authors of the Italian modern novel, the course investigates the relation between fiction and the conditions of modernity (personal risk, anxiety and lack of control on reality, secularization, to name a few). Special attention will be paid to the response of the novelistic discourse to modernity, and to Italy's peculiarly peripheral position in the modern world. Primary texts will be read in Italian, while theoretical references will be in English.

• Department: Italian
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Leake
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• 3 points

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

A first course on crystallography. Crystal symmetry, Bravais lattices, point groups, space groups. Diffraction and diffracted intensities. Exposition of typical crystal structures in engineering materials, including metals, ceramics, and semiconductors. Crystalline anisotropy.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: William Bailey
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• 3 points

SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT

This course will begin by clearly defining what sustainability management is and determining if a sustainable economy is actually feasible. Students will learn to connect environmental protection to organizational management by exploring the technical, financial, managerial, and political challenges of effectively managing a sustainable environment and economy. This course is taught in a case-based format and will seek to help students learn the basics of management, environmental policy and sustainability economics. Sustainability management matters because we only have one planet, and we must learn how to manage our organizations in a way that ensures that the health of our planet can be maintained and bettered. This course is designed to introduce students to the field of sustainability management. It is not an academic course that reviews the literature of the field and discusses how scholars thing about the management of organizations that are environmentally sound. It is a practical course organized around the core concepts of sustainability.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven Cohen
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• 3 points

CORE STUDIO I - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Oscar A Mayorga Caballero
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• Instructor: Emma F Sumrow
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• Instructor: Galen J Pardee
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• Instructor: Mireia Luzarraga
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PROBABILITY STAT & SIMULATION

Basic probability theory, including independence and conditioning, discrete and continuous random variable, law of large numbers, central limit theorem, and stochastic simulation, basic statistics, including point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression; examples from business applications such as inventory management, medical treatments, and finance. A specialized version of IEOR E4150 for MSE and MSBA students.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Eric Stratman
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• Instructor: Yi Zhang
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• 3 points

QUAL RESEARCH METHODS SDEV

Students of sustainable development are faced with an array of global challenges that warrant scholarly inquiry. Social science questions are particularly well suited for qualitative research. This course will provide an overview of social science research methods, with a focus on building a toolkit for undergraduate students. We begin with an overview of the science of knowing. How do we generate scientific hypotheses in the social sciences, and then how can we find out whether those hypotheses are accurate? An exploration of a range of qualitative research methods will occupy the majority of our class time, including interviewing, case studies, questionnaires, surveys, coding, and participant observation. Toward the end of the course we consider how mixed methods allow for the integration of quantitative tools in the social sciences. Throughout, students will both study and practice these research methods, experimenting to better understand the strengths and challenges associated with each approach. The course will end with poster presentations in which students share their own research and justify the methods they have employed.

• Department: Earth Institute
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Dale
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• 3 points

ELEMENTARY UGARITIC I

• Department: Language Resource Center
• 3 points

CORE STUDIO III - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Lindy Roy
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• Instructor: Gary Bates
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• Instructor: Eric Bunge
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• Instructor: Galia Solomonoff
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ADV STUDIO V - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Amale Andraos
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• 0 points

ADV STUDIO V - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO V - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Ziad Jamaleddine
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• Instructor: Michael Bell
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• 0 points

ADV STUDIO V - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO V - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Hilary M Sample-Meredith
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• Instructor: Mario A Gooden
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• Instructor: David E Benjamin
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ADV STUDIO V - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO V - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO V - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Marc Tsurumaki
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ADV STUDIO V - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE I

Prerequisites: at least two terms of Greek at the 3000-level or higher. Readings in Greek literature from Homer to the 4th century B.C.

• Department: Classics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth K Irwin
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• 4 points

FOURTH YEAR KOREAN I

Prerequisites: KORN W4006 or the equivalent. Selections from advanced modern Korean writings in social sciences, literature, culture, history, journalistic texts, and intensive conversation exercises.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ji-Young Jung
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• 4 points

LAT LITERATURE OF THE REPUBLIC

Prerequisites: at least two terms of Latin at the 3000-level or higher. Latin literature from the beginning to early Augustan times.

• Department: Classics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Katharina Volk
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• 4 points

RELIGION LAB

In their research, scholars of religion employ a variety of methods to analyze texts ranging from historical documents to objects of visual culture. This course acquaints students with both the methods and the materials utilized in the field of religious studies. Through guided exercises, they acquire research skills for utilizing sources and become familiarized with dominant modes of scholarly discourse. The class is organized around a series of research scavenger hunts that are due at the start of each week's class and assigned during the discussion section (to be scheduled on the first day of class). Additional class meeting on Thursdays.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Meghan E Hartman
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• 4 points

Advanced Solid State Devices and Materia

Adv Solid State Device &

Crystal structure and energy band theory of solids. Carrier concentration and transport in semiconductors. P-n junction and junction transistors. Semiconductor surface and MOS transistors. Optical effects and optoelectronic devices. Fabrication of devices and the effect of process variation and distribution statistics on device and circuit performance. Course shares lectures with ELEN E3106, but the work requirements differ. Undergraduate students are not eligible to register.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Savannah Eisner
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• 3 points

STOCHASTIC MODELS

Some of the main stochastic models used in engineering and operations research applications: discrete-time Markov chains, Poisson processes, birth and death processes and other continuous Markov chains, renewal reward processes. Applications: queueing, reliability, inventory, and finance.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: David D Yao
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• 3 points

BIOSTATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS

Fundamental concepts of probability and statistics applied to biology and medicine. Probability distributions, hypothesis testing and inference, summarizing data and testing for trends. Signal detection theory and the receiver operator characteristic. Lectures accompanied by data analysis assignments using MATLAB as well as discussion of case studies in biomedicine.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana
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• 4 points

MECHANISMS OF TRANSPORT

Continuum frame-work for modeling non-equilibrium phenomena in fluids with clear connections to the molecular/microscopic mechanisms for conductive transport. Continuum balances of mass and momentum; continuum-level development of conductive momentum flux (stress tensor) for simple fluids; applications of continuum framework for simple fluids (lubrication flows, creeping flows). Microscopic developments of the stress for simple and/or complex fluids; kinetic theory and/or liquid state models for transport coefficients in simple fluids; Langevin/Fokker- Plank/Smoluchowski framework for the stress in complex fluids; stress in active matter; applications for complex fluids.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher J Durning
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• 3 points

RECENT CONTINENTAL POL THOUGHT

This course will compare and contrast the theories of the political, the state,freedom, democracy, sovereignty and law, in the works of the following key 20th and 21st century continental theorists: Arendt, Castoriadis, Foucault, Habermas, Kelsen, Lefort, Schmitt, and Weber. It will be taught in seminar format.

• Department: Political Science
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jean L Cohen
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia h-index: 63 Info
• 4 points

TECH I: ENVMTS IN ARCH

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Lola Ben-Alon
  h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

UNCERTAIN/RISK-CIVIL INF SYST

Introduction to basic probability; hazard function; reliability function; stochastic models of natural and technological hazards; extreme value distributions; Monte Carlo simulation techniques; fundamentals of integrated risk assessment and risk management; topics in risk-based insurance; case studies involving civil infrastructure systems, environmental systems, mechanical and aerospace systems, construction management. Not open to undergraduate students.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ioannis Kougioumtzoglou
  h-index: 26 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES

The fundamentals of database design and application development using databases: entity-relationship modeling, logical design of relational databases, relational data definition and manipulation languages, SQL, XML, query processing, physical database tuning, transaction processing, security. Programming projects are required.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Luis Gravano
  CULPA: 16 h-index: 56 Info
• 3 points

OPERATIONS CONSULTING

Aims to develop and harness the modeling, analytical, and managerial skills of engineering students and apply them to improve the operations of both service and manufacturing firms. Structured as a hands-on laboratory in which students "learn by doing" on real-world consulting projects (October to May). The student teams focus on identifying, modeling, and testing (and sometimes implementing) operational improvements and innovations with high potential to enhance the profitability and/or achieve sustainable competitive advantage for their sponsor companies. The course is targeted toward students planning careers in technical consulting (including operations consulting) and management consulting, or pursuing positions as business analysts in operations, logistics, supply chain and revenue management functions, positions in general management, and future entrepreneurs.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• R 11:10 a.m.-12:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Soulaymane Kachani
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED BUSINESS CHINESE

Advanced Business Chinese is designed to help students who have studied at least three years of Chinese (or the equivalent) to achieve greater proficiency in the oral and written use of the language and gain knowledge in depth about China’s business environment and proven strategies. Student will critically examine the successes and failures of firms within the Chinese business arena.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Zhong Qi Shi
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• 4 points

TECH III: MATERIALS + ASSEMBLIES

TECH III: MAT + ASSEMBLIE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 9 a.m.-noon
• 3 points

TECH IV: INTEG BLDG SYSTM

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Berardo Matalucci
  Info
• 3 points

Anarchist Thought, Art, and Action

Anarchist Thought, Art &

Anarchy is Order!” proclaims the modern anarchist movement. The anarchist values not violence and chaos, but democracy, solidarity, and freedom from all forms of coercion. The ideal society is antiauthoritarian and decentralized, comprised of voluntary associations of free and equal individuals. In this course we will dissect these ideas, debating anarchist conceptions of freedom, authority, and human nature, beginning with late 18th-19th c. figures (Godwin, Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Tolstoy) and ending with more recent developments in this tradition (ecological thought, indigeneity, gender). We will engage with these ideas as expressed in political essays, but also in art (drama, poetry, visual art, fairytales, children’s literature, science fiction), and in autobiographical writing. How, we may ask, are anarchist values and critique formulated differently in these different modes of expression? What is the place of art and aesthetic experience in a radically liberatory movement? Readings will be studied in their historical contexts, especially moments of revolutionary action: across Europe in 1848, in Russia and Ukraine (1917-1921), during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), led by the Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico (1994-).

There are no prerequisites for this class; all readings will be available in English.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jessica E Merrill
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

PROGRAMMING LANG & TRANSLATORS

Modern programming languages and compiler design. Imperative, object-oriented, declarative, functional, and scripting languages. Language syntax, control structures, data types, procedures and parameters, binding, scope, run-time organization, and exception handling. Implementation of language translation tools including compilers and interpreters. Lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis; code generation; introduction to code optimization. Teams implement a language and its compiler.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ronghui Gu
  h-index: 11 Info
• 3 points

MICROMECH OF COMPOSITE MAT

An introduction to the constitutive modeling of composite materials: Green’s functions in heterogeneous media, Eshelby’s equivalent inclusion methods, eigenstrains, spherical and ellipsoidal inclusions, dislocations, homogenization of elastic fields, elastic, viscoelastic and elasto-plastic constitutive modeling, micromechanics-based models.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Huiming Yin
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 25 Info
• 3 points

Innovative Sustainability Leadership

This course will prepare students to be leaders in developing innovative sustainable frameworks and solutions. We will analyze the characteristics of innovative sustainability leaders, including common themes (if any), how they have grappled with success and failure, and how these individuals become effective leaders who inspire their teams and organizations to act as catalysts for change. Through guest speakers, in-depth discussion, and by using a variety of examples and case studies from the non-profit, profit, and public sectors, we will examine the impacts that innovative sustainability leaders have on organizational success and failure. 

Against the backdrop of a world transformed by climate change, we will then expand our view to assess the significance of collaboration both within and beyond the conceptual boundaries of organizations, considering the pivotal roles that diverse stakeholders play in driving advancements in sustainable innovations. Ultimately, we will evaluate the role and responsibility of innovative sustainability leaders to effect transformational change on a societal level. By the end of the course, students will have developed actionable tools, strategies, and critical thinking skills for leading transformational change in their organizations and beyond.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Sara Goddard
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• 3 points

Mechanics of Fiber-Reinforced Composites

MECH FIBER-REINFORCED COM

Overview of composite materials, including history, background, and manufacturing processes. Macro-mechanics: anisotropic elasticity and stress transformation. Micro-mechanics: Rule of Mixture, Composites Cylinder Model (CCM) and other models. Macro-mechanics: Classic Lamination Theory (CLT). Hygrothermal effects, residual stresses, Composite mechanical testing, fabrication. Failure modes and lamina-based failure theories. Bending and Buckling of composite plates. ICME of Composites (nano-, micro-, meso- and macro-scale analysis, experimental validation, process modeling, integration).

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Marianna Maiaru
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• 3 points

OPERATING SYSTEMS I

Design and implementation of operating systems. Topics include process management, process synchronization and interprocess communication, memory management, virtual memory, interrupt handling, processor scheduling, device management, I/O, and file systems. Case study of the UNIX operating system. A programming project is required.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jason Nieh
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia h-index: 50 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTER NETWORKS

Introduction to computer networks and the technical foundations of the Internet, including applications, protocols, local area networks, algorithms for routing and congestion control, security, elementary performance evaluation. Several written and programming assignments required.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Henning G Schulzrinne
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

LANG DOCUMENTATION/FIELD MTHDS

Prerequisites: LING 3101: Introduction to Linguistics and LING 4376: Phonetics & Phonology

This course provides training in linguistic fieldwork for language
documentation and description. We will work with a speaker of an understudied language
to investigate the structure of the language (its sounds, word and sentence formation,
ways of expressing meaning, and usage) and learn about its speakers and their
communities, both in NYC and abroad. Through this process, students will learn
collaborative linguistic fieldwork techniques as well as the art of writing linguistic
descriptions. This course will draw on all aspects of students’ linguistic training to date,
and the success of the course will depend on our ability as a class to work together
cooperatively with the language consultant and language community more broadly to
document and describe the language.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Meredith Landman
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

Advanced Analysis and Design of Structur

ADV ANALYSIS AND DESIGN O

Advanced analysis and design methodologies and impact on efficient use of building materials. Effects on quality and safety in design of structures. Utilization of advanced techniques as prescribed by building code requirements for steel and concrete structures (AISC and ACI).

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Tom T Panayotidi
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

Agent of Change: Ukrainian Art Between R

The course will trace the appearance of the avant-garde on the territory of the Russian Empire with a focus on Ukrainian art as compared to Russian. Examining the art aspiring not only to reflect but to alter the reality originating both in the center and the periphery, the class will explore the array of strategies employed by art for that end. The foundational theories of avant-garde, non-conformism, and dissident art will be studied alongside the most celebrated and influential examples of innovative and radical art from the region. Beginning with socially minded realist practices, the class will consider the impact of the collapse of the Russian and then Soviet Empires on art and reflect on how the societal upheavals affect the understanding of the function and the definition of art. The appearance of Socialist Realism and the versions of opposition to it will be studied, from dissident undermining to neglect and escapism of the second avant-gardes. Ukrainian art of recent decades will be studied in the context of several revolutions (Granite, Orange, Euromaidan) that defined its contemporary history.

The class is offered for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Knowledge of Russian or Ukrainian is not required.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Olena Martynyuk
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• 3 points

THE NOVEL IN AFRICA

The main task of this course will be to read novels by African writers. But the novel in Africa also involves connections between the literary genre of the novel and the historical processes of colonialism, decolonization, and globalization in Africa. One important question we'll consider is how African novels depict those historical experiences in their themes and plots—we'll read novels that are about colonialism, etc. A more complex question is how these historical processes relate to the emergence of the novel as an important genre for African writers. Edward Said went so far as to say that without imperialism, there would be no European novel as we know it. How can we understand the novel in Africa (whether read or written) as a product of the colonial encounter? How did it shape the process of decolonization? What contribution to history, whether literary or political, does the novel in Africa make? We'll undertake a historical survey of African novels from the 1930s to the present, with attention to various subgenres (village novel, war novel, urbanization novel, novel of postcolonial disillusion, Bildungsroman). We'll attend to how African novelists blend literate and oral storytelling traditions, how they address their work to local and global audiences, and how they use scenes of characters reading novels (whether African or European) in order to position their writing within national, continental, and world literary space.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer Wenzel
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 15 Info
• 4 points

Japanese Documentary Films

JPNS DOCUMENTARY FILMS

This course investigates the theories and practices of documentary film in Japan. Spanning from the 1920s to the present, we will engage in rigorous examination of the transformations of cinematic forms and contents, and of the social, cultural, and political elements bound up with those transformations. We will also juxtapose aspects of Japanese documentary film with global movements, and wider theories of documentary and non-fiction.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Takuya Tsunoda
  Info
• 4 points

Russian Through Music

This content-based language course is designed for students who already have an equivalent of five semesters of college-level Russian. The course aims to explore various types of Russian music that have been popular since the 1960s. Popular music expresses widely-shared trends and interests of society and evokes emotions and associations via memories. Sharing these musical associations will enhance students’ knowledge of Russian values and beliefs, and help them understand how and why these values and beliefs have changed since the thaw period, as well as how they continue to change in the 21st century in response to social mood. Students will learn how to interpret popular music and work on the development of the language skills needed to be an engaged listener of Russian music as well as an engaged partner in conversations on related topics. Learners will use language in meaningful interactions and negotiate meaning in real-life contexts. Through engagement with authentic sources, students will solidify and further develop their knowledge of the case and verbal systems as well as cause-and-effect relationships within sentences and paragraphs. They will learn how to interpret music from a cultural perspective that implies the ability to read between the lines. Conducted entirely in Russian.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Marina Tsylina
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• 3 points

MANAGING ENG & CONST PROCESSES

Introduction to the principles, methods and tools necessary to manage design and construction processes. Elements of planning, estimating, scheduling, bidding and contractual relationships. Valuation of project cash flows. Critical path method. Survey of construction procedures. Cost control and effectiveness. Field supervision.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• 3 points

SOLAR ENERGY & STORAGE

SOLAR ENERGY & STORAGE

Lecture series by Julian Chen

Nature of solar radiation as electromagnetic waves and photons. Availability of solar radiation at different times and at various places in the world. Thermodynamics of solar energy. Elements of quantum mechanics for the understanding of solar cells, photosynthesis, and electrochemistry. Theory, design, manufacturing, and installation of solar cells. Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries and other energy-storage devices. Architecture of buildings to utilize solar energy.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Julian Chen
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• 3 points

ADV CHEM ENGI THERMODYNAMICS

The course provides a rigorous and advanced foundation in chemical engineering thermodynamics suitable for chemical engineering PhD students expected to undertake diverse research projects. Topics include Intermolecular interactions, non-ideal systems, mixtures, phase equilibria and phase transitions and interfacial thermodynamics.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sanat Kumar
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 79 Info
• 3 points

DESIGN OF CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS

Introduction to the design of systems that support construction activities and operations. Determination of design loads during construction. Design of excavation support systems, earth retaining systems, temporary supports and underpinning, concrete formwork and shoring systems. Cranes and erection systems. Tunneling systems. Instrumentation and monitoring. Students prepare and present term projects.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Vincent Tirolo
  Info
• 3 points

PRIN OF CONSTRUCTN TECHNIQUES

Current methods of construction, cost-effective designs, maintenance, safe work environment. Design functions, constructability, site and environmental issues.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Dominick Pilla
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• 3 points

NATURE, RACE, AND INDIGENEITY IN THE U.S

“Nature” is one of the weirdest words in the English language—it can refer to human trait (“it is in her nature”), a nonhuman environment (“we walked in nature”), a divine power (“mother nature”), or a biological process (“nature calls”). Despite—and indeed, because of—these ambiguities, nature has played pivotal roles in the territory that has come to be known as the United States. In various guises, nature has inspired pilgrims, pioneers, and tourists. At the same time, nature has staged struggles between settlers and Natives, whites and racialized peoples, upper classes and working classes. In this seminar, we will learn how nature has brought us together and torn us apart. By engaging with a variety of media—from colonial-era captivity narratives to nineteenth-century abolitionist texts to contemporary Kumeyaay poetry—we will recover conflicting ideas of nature. And by reading in the environmental humanities—including history, anthropology, and literary criticism—we will discover how these ideas have impacted all-too-human identities and more-than-human entities. While our inquiries will take us from prehistory to the present, they will converge on the future: now that we are destroying our ecosystems, extinguishing our fellow species, and altering our atmosphere, is there still such a thing as nature? During the semester, we will navigate this tricky terrain both collectively and individually, with each undergraduate completing a four-to five-page theoretical essay, a fourteen- or fifteen-page research essay, and a natural history mini-exhibit, and with each graduate student preparing a presentation for our end-of-semester conference that they then revise as a seminar paper and/or repurpose by organizing a panel for a national conference.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Carlos Nugent
  Info
• 4 points