Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• M 6:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• M 6:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• M 7:40 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• M 7:40 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• T 7:40 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• W 7:40 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• R 8:40 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• R 8:40 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020

BIG PROBLEMS

This course, designed for First-Year Barnard students in the fall of 2020, puts our current moment into multiple contexts. COVID-19 has triggered massive social, economic, political, and environmental upheaval that requires critical analysis and broader perspectives. What does this moment reveal about existing power structures, value systems, and the institutions that (re)produce them? What might our world look like as we move forward? Through lectures by renowned experts, collaboration with Barnard’s incomparable intellectual and material resources, small discussion groups, and peer-to-peer projects that will live on in Barnard’s digital archives, students will learn how to make sense of the “big problems” of 2020.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• R 6:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• S 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• R 8:40 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
• Instructor: Sylvia C Korman
  Info
• 1 points

COMPOSITION

• Department: Juilliard
• 1-5 points

FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE

Corequisites: SCNC CC1100 The principal objectives of Frontiers of Science are to engage students in the process of discovery by exploring topics at the forefront of science and to inculcate or reinforce the specific habits of mind that inform a scientific perspective on the world. Sample topics include the brain and behavior, global climate change, relativity, and biodiversity, among others. Taught by members of natural science departments and Columbia Science Fellows.

• Department: Core (A&S)
• M 10:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Ivana N Hughes
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 4 points

THE SOCIAL WORLD

Identification of the distinctive elements of sociological perspectives on society. Readings confront classical and contemporary approaches with key social issues that include power and authority, culture and communication, poverty and discrimination, social change, and popular uses of sociological concepts.

• Department: Sociology
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Teresa Sharpe
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

BASIC DRAWING

(Formerly R1001) The fundamentals of visual vocabulary and handling of drawing materials including charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencil, pen, ink, and brushes. Various conceptual and practical approaches to image-making are explored as formal issues such as line, volume, contrast, and composition are emphasized.  Class assignments are accompanied by discussions and critiques.  Students draw largely from observation, working with a variety of sources that may include still-life objects and the human figure. Portfolio required at the end.  If the class is full, please visit
http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program
.

• Department: Visual Arts
• TR 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Carolyn H Hulbert
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• Instructor: Victoria P Roth
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• 3 points

INTRO TO AFRICAN-AMER STUDIES

Prerequisites: Students need to register for a section of AFAS UN1010, the required discussion section for this course. From the arrival of enslaved Africans to the recent election of President Barack Obama, black people have been central to the story of the United States, and the Americas, more broadly. African Americans have been both contributors to, and victims of, this “New World” democratic experiment. To capture the complexities of this ongoing saga, this course offers an inter-disciplinary exploration of the development of African-American cultural and political life in the U.S. but also in relationship to the different African diasporic outposts of the Atlantic world. The course will be organized both chronologically and thematically, moving from the “middle passage” to the present so-called “post-racial” moment—drawing on a range of classical texts, primary sources, and more recent secondary literature—to grapple with key questions, concerns, and problems (i.e. agency, resistance, culture, etc.) that have preoccupied scholars of African-American history, culture, and politics. Students will be introduced to a range of disciplinary methods and theoretical approaches (spanning the humanities and social sciences), while also attending to the critical tension between intellectual work and everyday life, which are central to the formation of African-American Studies as an academic field. This course will engage specific social formations (i.e. migration, urbanization, globalization, etc.), significant cultural/political developments (i.e. uplift ideologies, nationalism, feminism, Pan-Africanism, religion/spirituality, etc.), and hallmark moments/movements (i.e. Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights movement, etc.). By the end of the semester, students will be expected to possess a working knowledge of major themes/figures/traditions, alongside a range of cultural/political practices and institutional arrangements, in African-American Studies.

• Department: African American and African Diaspora
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Josef Sorett
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY I

Attempting to offer an introduction to artistic creation on a global scale, this course is team-taught by specialists in a number of different cultural and historical traditions. In the fall semester we will discuss the art of Europe, the Middle East, India, Japan, and China, in periods ranging from the Paleolithic to the Renaissance. Museum trips are an integral part of the course. Note: weekly discussion groups to be arranged. Discussion Section Required.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory Bryda
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 1 Info
• 4 points

DINOSAURS AND HISTORY OF LIFE

• Department: Auditing
• Instructor: Paul E Olsen
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info
• 0 points

DINOSAURS AND HISTORY OF LIFE

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: basic high school science and math. Lab is a hands-on introduction to geochronology, paleontology, and historical geology with field trips. (See W1401 for lectures only.) Dinosaurs: a spectacular example of a common, highly successful form of life, dominant for 135 million years. Where did they come from? Why were they so successful? Why did they die out? A basic introduction to interface between geology and biology.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• M 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul E Olsen
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info
• 4 points

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE I

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Students must also sign up for the corresponding lab course, EESC BC1011 to receive credit. Note BC1001 is not required for an environmental policy major. This class examines the basic principles of environmental science using current local and global environmental news as case studies. Issues covered are climate change, invasive species, water resources, sustainability, etc. A major goal is for students to understand the science behind environmental issues. Readings from the scientific literature, various newspaper articles, magazines and an online textbook are carefully coordinated with the topics. Because of our location, the lab curriculum features studies of the Hudson River and its forested shorelines. The lab is closely paired with the lecture and features hands-on and inquiry-based lab and field studies of statistics, data presentation, writing in the format of a scientific paper, data collection (on land and on the Hudson River), water chemistry, microbiology, microscopic and macroscopic life in the river, birds and plants in Riverside Park, biodiversity on a green roof, local geology, topographical maps, compass use, and museum studies. Students must also register for one of the eight lab sections EESCX1011. Students must take both lecture and lab.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
  CULPA: 14 h-index: 5 Info
• 4.5 points

INTRO-FILM & MEDIA STUDIES-DIS

Co-requisite discussion section for FILM UN 1000 INTRO TO FILM & MEDIA STUDIES.

• Department: Film
• R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Grace A Philips
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• Instructor: Tarek A Aryani
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• Instructor: Dhruv Sud
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• Instructor: Ji-Heuk Kim
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• Instructor: Simone T Dill
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• 0 points

ELEMENTARY FRENCH I

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.
• Instructor: Elsa Stephan
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

EURPN LIT-PHILOS MASTERPIECS I

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 Latin American and Iberian Cultures; 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: Core (A&S)
• MW 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Eliza Zingesser
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 3 Info
• Instructor: Tiana A Reid
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Sophie C Pinkham
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• Instructor: Michael S Paulson
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Jennifer G Rhodes
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Nassime J Chida
  CULPA: 16 Info
• Instructor: Umberto Mazzei
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• Instructor: Liza Knapp
  CULPA: 28 Info
• Instructor: Sarah H Arkebauer
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Jessica Collins
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• Instructor: Warren R Kluber
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Nassime J Chida
  CULPA: 16 Info
• Instructor: Sahar I Ullah
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Lisa K Hollibaugh
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Jeffrey M Wayno
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Caio M Ferreira
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Sarah H Arkebauer
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Heintges
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• Instructor: Erica S Drennan
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• Instructor: Will A Glovinsky
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Alwin J Franke
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Katherine L Bergevin
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Michael D Weinstein
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Hannah Weaver
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• Instructor: Alejandro Cuadrado
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• Instructor: Mark M Anderson
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Karen R Van Dyck
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Nicholas Dames
  CULPA: 35 Info
• Instructor: Pier Mattia Tommasino
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Eleanor Johnson
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Valentina Izmirlieva
  CULPA: 14 Info
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Clemence C Boulouque
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Joseph Albernaz
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Zachary J Roberts
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Sailakshmi Ramgopal
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Zachary J Roberts
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Dalia Inbal
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Katherine Raichlen
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• Instructor: Lorenzo Mecozzi
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• Instructor: Shulamit Shinnar
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• Instructor: Molly Murray
  CULPA: 26 Info
• Instructor: Alan Ross
  h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Bernadette A Myers
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• Instructor: Edward Mendelson
  CULPA: 64 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Nolan T Gear
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Evan Parks
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Bianca F Calabresi
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• Instructor: Dustin Stewart
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Michael S Paulson
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth K McIntosh
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• Instructor: Zachary M Domach
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• Instructor: Timothy S Lundy
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points