SENIOR SEMINAR
Prerequisites: completion of either FREN UN3333-FREN UN3334 or FREN UN3420-FREN UN3421, and FREN UN3405, or the director of undergraduate studies' or the instructor's permission. Required of all French and French & Francophone Studies majors. Usually taken by majors during the fall term of their senior year. Critical discussion of a few major literary works along with some classic commentaries on those works. Students critically assess and practice diverse methods of literary analysis.
- Department: French
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Elisabeth A Ladenson
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HUMAN RIGHTS SENIOR SEMINAR
HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR
The senior seminar is a capstone course required for the human rights major. The seminar provides students the opportunity to discuss human rights from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and to explore various theoretical approaches and research methodologies. Students undertake individual research projects while collectively examining human rights through directed readings and discussion.
- Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Felisa Tibbitts
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SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS II
SENIOR THESIS MATHEMATICS
Majors in Mathematics are offered the opportunity to write an honors senior thesis under the guidance of a faculty member. Interested students should contact a faculty member to determine an appropriate topic, and receive written approval from the faculty advisor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies (faculty sponsorship is limited to full-time instructors on the staff list). Research is conducted primarily during the fall term; the final paper is submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Studies during the subsequent spring term.
MATH UN3994 SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS I must be taken in the fall term, during which period the student conducts primary research on the agreed topic. An optional continuation course MATH UN3995 SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS II is available during the spring. The second term of this sequence may not be taken without the first. Registration for the spring continuation course has no impact on the timeline or outcome of the final paper.
Sections of SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS I and II do NOT count towards the major requirements, with the exception of an advanced written approval by the DUS.
- Department: Mathematics @Barnard
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HONORS RESEARCH
Prerequisites: a formal proposal to be submitted and approved prior to registration; see the director of undergraduate studies for details. A creative/scholarly project conducted under faculty supervision, leading to completion of an honors essay, composition, or the equivalent.
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Susan Boynton
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Alessandra M Ciucci
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Zosha Di Castri
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Joseph P Dubiel
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Kevin Fellezs
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Aaron A Fox
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Giuseppe Gerbino
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Georg Friedrich Haas
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Christopher J Washburne
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SENIOR THESIS IN AMER STUDIES
A year-long seminar for outstanding majors who want to conduct research -- or to design a creative project -- on any aspect of American history and culture. During the fall, students will clarify their research agenda or creative topic, sharpen their questions, locate their primary and secondary sources, and begin their project to be completed in the spring perhaps leading to departmental honors. See American Studies website for more details.
- Department: American Studies
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HUMAN RIGHTS THESIS SEMINAR
Prerequisites: HRTS UN3994 Human Rights Senior Seminar: Research Methods. Additional information available at: http://humanrightscolumbia.org/education/undergraduate This course is designed for human rights students who wish to write a honors-eligible thesis. The course will consist of group sessions, during which time students will present their work and participate in discussions, and individual meetings with the thesis supervisor. The course instructor is the thesis supervisor for each student.
- Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tracey Holland
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
Religion Salon: New Directions
The Religion Salon is a one-point course in the Religion department, designed to offer students an introduction to new areas of the academic study of religion and/or new approaches to the field. The Religion Salon will be offered as a supplement to an existing course offered in the same semester and will be open to (but not required of) the students in that existing course as well as to students who wish to take the Salon as a stand-alone one-point course. The Religion Salon will feature guest scholars whose research and teaching extend into new areas and/or engage in new approaches to the academic study of religion.
- Department: Religion @Barnard
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Meghan E Hartman
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
For students who want to do independent study of topics not covered by normal program offerings, or for senior American studies majors working on the Senior Honors Project independent of 3990y. The student must find a faculty sponsor and work out a plan of study; a copy of this plan should be submitted to the program director.
- Department: American Studies
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Jeremy Dauber
CULPA: 21
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NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTING
AI & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
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
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Murad Megjhani
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SENIOR SEMINAR IN COMP LIT
Designed for students writing a senior thesis and doing advanced research on two central literary fields in the students major. The course of study and reading material will be determined by the instructor(s) in consultation with students(s).
- Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Emily Sun
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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
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John T Ma
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Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
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DIRECTED READINGS
Designed for undergraduates who want to do directed reading in a period or on a topic not covered in the curriculum.
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Nikolas Kakkoufa
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Paraskevi Martzavou
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Karen Van Dyck
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Dimitris Antoniou
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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
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Gareth Williams
CULPA: 7
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Katharina Volk
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Rosalie Stoner
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Joseph A Howley
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Carmela V Franklin
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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
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Faculty
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SENIOR THESIS IN PERFORMANCE
SR THESIS/PERF: 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.
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Instructor:
Michael Banta
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SENIOR THESIS IN PERFORMANCE
SR THESIS/PERF: DIRECTING
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.
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Alice A Reagan
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info - 4 points
SENIOR THESIS IN PERFORMANCE
SR THESIS/PERF: PLAYWRITING
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
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Ro Reddick
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SENIOR THESIS IN PERFORMANCE
SR THESIS/PERF: SOLO PERF
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
- TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Kyle Decamp
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DIRCTD RSRCH-ANCIENT STUDIES I
DIRECTED RESEARCH ANC STUD I
Program of research in ancient studies under the direction of an advisor associated with the program, resulting in a research paper. Outline and bibliography must be approved by the director of undergraduate studies before credit will be awarded for ANCS V3995.
- Department: Classics
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Nikolas Kakkoufa
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Karen Van Dyck
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
Prerequisite: the written permission of the staff member under whose supervision the research will be conducted.
- Department: Anthropology
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Nadia Abu El-Haj
CULPA: 13
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Lila Abu-Lughod
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Vanessa L Agard-Jones
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Brian Boyd
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Zoe Crossland
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Radhika Govindrajan
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Elizabeth M Green
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Marilyn Ivy
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Jacob A Bessen
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Brian Larkin
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Audra Simpson
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Severin Fowles
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Amanda Althoff
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Ellen Marakowitz
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
Prerequisite: the written permission of the staff member under whose supervision the research will be conducted.
- Department: Anthropology
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
Prerequisite: the written permission of the staff member under whose supervision the research will be conducted.
- Department: Anthropology
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Rosalind Morris
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John Pemberton
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Elizabeth Povinelli
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Paige West
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J.C. Salyer
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Gina A Jae
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INDEPENDENT STUDY
Prerequisites: Permission of program director in the semester prior to that of independent study.
- Department: Architecture @Barnard
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Kadambari Baxi
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Karen Fairbanks
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Ralph Ghoche
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Ignacio Gonzalez Galan
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INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. For an independent research project or independent study, a brief description of the proposed project or reading, with the supervising faculty members 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
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PROJECTS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGIN
Projects in Biomedical Enginee
Independent projects involving experimental, theoretical, computational, or engineering design work. May be repeated, but no more than 3 points of this or any other projects or research course may be counted toward the technical elective degree requirements as engineering technical electives.
- Department: Biomedical Engineering
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Lauren N Heckelman
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Tal Danino
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X. Edward Guo
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Henry Hess
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Clark T Hung
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Lance Kam
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Elisa Konofagou
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Andrew Laine
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Kam W Leong
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Helen Lu
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Barclay Morrison
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Paul Sajda
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Samuel Sia
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
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Qi Wang
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Treena L Arinzeh
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Santiago Correa
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PROJECTS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGIN
Projects in Biomedical Enginee
Independent projects involving experimental, theoretical, computational, or engineering design work. May be repeated, but no more than 3 points of this or any other projects or research course may be counted toward the technical elective degree requirements as engineering technical electives.
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Santiago Correa
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Grace McIlvain
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Ke Cheng
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Parisa Yousefpour
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John T Vaughan
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SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH
SR SEM: PERSIAN&WORLD LIT
Enrollment is limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars
- Department: English @Barnard
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Atefeh Akbari Shahmirzadi
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SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH
SR SEM:SHAKESP. TRAGEDIES
Enrollment is limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars
- Department: English @Barnard
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Rachel Eisendrath
CULPA: 6
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SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH
SR SEM: WRITE TO VOTE
Enrollment is limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars
- Department: English @Barnard
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Jennie Kassanoff
CULPA: 20
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SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH
SR SEM: SINGING IN DARK
Enrollment is limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars
SUPERVISED RSRCH IN GREEK LIT
Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. A program of research in Greek literature. Research paper required.