DIRCTD READING-ANCIENT STUDIES

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. Program of readings in some aspect of ancient studies, supervised by an appropriate faculty member chosen from the departments offering courses in the program in Ancient Studies. Evaluation by a series of essays, one long paper, or oral or written examination(s).

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Carmela V Franklin
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Deborah Steiner
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Alan Ross
  h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Kathy H Eden
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Seth R Schwartz
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Katharina Volk
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Darcy Krasne
  h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

DIRCTD READING-ANCIENT STUDIE

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. Program of readings in some aspect of ancient studies, supervised by an appropriate faculty member chosen from the departments offering courses in the program in Ancient Studies. Evaluation by a series of essays, one long paper, or oral or written examination(s).

• Department: Classics @Barnard
• Instructor: Helene P Foley
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Ellen Morris
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Nancy Worman
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisite: the written permission of the staff member under whose supervision the research will be conducted.

• Department: Anthropology
• Instructor: Vanessa L Agard-Jones
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Naor H Ben-Yehoyada
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Partha Chatterjee
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Myron L Cohen
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Catherine Fennell
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• Instructor: Steven Gregory
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Marilyn Ivy
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Brian Larkin
  CULPA: 16 Info
• Instructor: Claudio Lomnitz
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Ellen Marakowitz
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Brinkley Messick
  CULPA: 19 Info
• Instructor: Rosalind Morris
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: John Pemberton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Povinelli
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: David Scott
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 72 Info
• Instructor: Karen Seeley
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Audra Simpson
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Paige West
  CULPA: 41 h-index: 23 Info
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Hannah Chazin
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• Instructor: Zoe Crossland
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Terence N D'Altroy
  CULPA: 37 Info
• Instructor: Severin Fowles
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Nan A Rothschild
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Camilla Sturm
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Sally Yerkovich
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• Instructor: Marco Castro
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• Instructor: Camilla Sturm
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Gretchen Pfeil
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 2 Info
• Instructor: J.C. Salyer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 2-6 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Prerequisites: Permission of the program director in term prior to that of independent study. Independent study form available at departmental office.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• Instructor: Kadambari Baxi
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• Instructor: Karen Fairbanks
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Anooradha I Siddiqi
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Ignacio Gonzalez Galan
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• 2-4 points

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. For an independent research project or independent study, a brief description of the proposed project or reading, with the supervising faculty member's endorsement, is required for registration. A variety of research projects conducted under the supervision of members of the faculty. Observational, theoretical, and experimental work in galactic and extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. The topic and scope of the work must be arranged with a faculty member in advance; a written paper describing the results of the project is required at its completion (note that a two-term project can be designed such that the grade YC is given after the first term). Senior majors in astronomy or astrophysics wishing to do a senior thesis should make arrangements in May of their junior year and sign up for a total of 6 points over their final two terms. Both a substantial written document and an oral presentation of thesis results are required.

• Department: Astronomy
• Instructor: David Kipping
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 44 Info
• 3 points

NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTING

APPLIED NLP FOR SEMANTIC EVALS

This is an undergraduate seminar for special topics in computing arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis.  Participation requires permission of the instructor.  Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam Z Poliak
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• 3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Students conduct research in environmental biology under supervision of a faculty mentor. The topic and scope of the research project must be approved before the student registers for the course.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• Instructor: Matthew I Palmer
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 14 Info
• Instructor: Jill S Shapiro
  CULPA: 46 Info
• 1-3 points

DIRECTED READINGS IN GREEK LIT

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. A program of reading in Greek literature, to be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or written examination.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Seth R Schwartz
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Deborah Steiner
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

DIRECTED READINGS

Designed for undergraduates who want to do directed reading in a period or on a topic not covered in the curriculum.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Nikolas Kakkoufa
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• Instructor: Dimitris Antoniou
  h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Karen R Van Dyck
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Stathis Gourgouris
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 1-4 points

DIRECTED READINGS IN LATIN LIT

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. A program of reading in Latin literature, to be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or written examination.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Darcy Krasne
  h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Kathy H Eden
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

DIRECTED READINGS IN LATIN LIT

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. A program of reading in Latin literature, to be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or written examination.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Alan Ross
  h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

DIRECTED READINGS IN LATIN LIT

SUPERVSD RESRCH IN LATIN LIT

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. A program of reading in Latin literature, to be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or written examination.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Carmela V Franklin
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Katharina Volk
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: the written permission of the faculty member who agrees to act as a supervisor, and the director of undergraduate studies permission. For specially selected mathematics majors, the opportunity to write a senior thesis on a problem in contemporary mathematics under the supervision of a faculty member.

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• Instructor: Daniela de Silva
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info
• 1-3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Supervised research usually with the goal of writing a senior thesis, under the direction of individual members of the department.

• Department: Philosophy
• Instructor: David Albert
  CULPA: 32 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Akeel Bilgrami
  CULPA: 28 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Taylor Carman
  CULPA: 40 Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Justin Clarke-Doane
  h-index: 10 Info
• Instructor: Jessica Collins
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• Instructor: Melissa S Fusco
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Haim Gaifman
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Lydia Goehr
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Axel Honneth
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Jenann Ismael
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• Instructor: Patricia Kitcher
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Tamar A Lando
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Karen Lewis
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• Instructor: Wolfgang R Mann
  CULPA: 36 Info
• Instructor: Christia Mercer
  CULPA: 56 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Michele Moody-Adams
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: John Morrison
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• Instructor: Frederick Neuhouser
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia h-index: 16 Info
• Instructor: Christopher Peacocke
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Carol Rovane
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Francey Russell
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Achille Varzi
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Katja Vogt
  CULPA: 36 Info
• 1-3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• Instructor: Jose A Castellanos-Pazos
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

SENIOR RESEARCH SEMINAR

Working research seminar devoted to helping students produce a substantive piece of writing that will represent the culmination of their work at the College and in the major.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Gale L Kenny
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

• Department: Slavic Languages
• Instructor: Aleksandar Boskovic
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1-4 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• Instructor: Seth R Kimmel
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

SENIOR THESIS IN PERFORMANCE

ACTING

Prerequisites: Appropriate coursework and substantial production experience, including a major crew assignment in the junior year. Enrollment limited to senior Theatre majors. Combined and special majors may be considered under exceptional circumstances. Permission of the instructor required. Students register for this course to pursue approved theses in acting, design, directing, dramaturgy, solo performance, or stage and production management. Students will act in, direct, design, stage manage or dramaturg a play in the Barnard Department of Theatre season, or write a short play or solo performance piece that will be produced (according to departmental guidelines) in the Senior Thesis Festival. Collaboration is expected and students will meet weekly with faculty and other seniors. A written proposal must be submitted in the spring of the junior year and be approved. In addition to the performance, an extensive written Casebook is required: see departmental guidelines.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS IN PERFORMANCE

DESIGN

Prerequisites: Appropriate coursework and substantial production experience, including a major crew assignment in the junior year. Enrollment limited to senior Theatre majors. Combined and special majors may be considered under exceptional circumstances. Permission of the instructor required. Students register for this course to pursue approved theses in acting, design, directing, dramaturgy, solo performance, or stage and production management. Students will act in, direct, design, stage manage or dramaturg a play in the Barnard Department of Theatre season, or write a short play or solo performance piece that will be produced (according to departmental guidelines) in the Senior Thesis Festival. Collaboration is expected and students will meet weekly with faculty and other seniors. A written proposal must be submitted in the spring of the junior year and be approved. In addition to the performance, an extensive written Casebook is required: see departmental guidelines.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• F 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Sandra Goldmark
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS IN PERFORMANCE

STAGE&PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Prerequisites: Appropriate coursework and substantial production experience, including a major crew assignment in the junior year. Enrollment limited to senior Theatre majors. Combined and special majors may be considered under exceptional circumstances. Permission of the instructor required. Students register for this course to pursue approved theses in acting, design, directing, dramaturgy, solo performance, or stage and production management. Students will act in, direct, design, stage manage or dramaturg a play in the Barnard Department of Theatre season, or write a short play or solo performance piece that will be produced (according to departmental guidelines) in the Senior Thesis Festival. Collaboration is expected and students will meet weekly with faculty and other seniors. A written proposal must be submitted in the spring of the junior year and be approved. In addition to the performance, an extensive written Casebook is required: see departmental guidelines.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• F 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Banta
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• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS IN PERFORMANCE

STAGE&PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Prerequisites: Appropriate coursework and substantial production experience, including a major crew assignment in the junior year. Enrollment limited to senior Theatre majors. Combined and special majors may be considered under exceptional circumstances. Permission of the instructor required. Students register for this course to pursue approved theses in acting, design, directing, dramaturgy, solo performance, or stage and production management. Students will act in, direct, design, stage manage or dramaturg a play in the Barnard Department of Theatre season, or write a short play or solo performance piece that will be produced (according to departmental guidelines) in the Senior Thesis Festival. Collaboration is expected and students will meet weekly with faculty and other seniors. A written proposal must be submitted in the spring of the junior year and be approved. In addition to the performance, an extensive written Casebook is required: see departmental guidelines.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• F 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Banta
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• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

A program of interdisciplinary research leading to the writing of the senior essay. All Africana majors must complete the one-semester Africana Studies Senior Seminar in the fall and submit a senior essay as one of the requirements for this course. A student who has successfully completed the Africana Studies Senior Seminar, has demonstrated the ability to complete a senior thesis, and has obtained approval from the faculty member teaching the Senior Seminar may take an Independent Study with a Barnard or Columbia faculty member or a second thesis seminar in another department in order to complete a senior thesis in Africana Studies in the spring semester.

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Colin Leach
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 41 Info
• 4 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

• Department: American Studies
• Instructor: Robert L Amdur
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 1-4 points