Literature Humanities II
In Literature Humanities, students make sense of literary texts together, on paper and in discussion. We read significant and challenging books that require collective exploration in a seminar setting to be best understood and appreciated, books that enable us to ask questions about literature and how it works, about our place in histories and traditions, about ourselves as beings and members of a society. We read with and against the grain of canon and tradition, and we pursue understanding together, in a shared classroom community, to learn not only how to be better readers and writers but also how to be in intellectual community with one another. Over the course of the semester, students become acquainted with specific works of literature; they become aware of those works’ relations to one another; and they become conversant in the questions those works ask and the questions they make it possible for us to ask.
- Department: Core (A&S)
- TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Mia C Florin-Sefton
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Geoffrey Harmsworth
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Ararat Sekeryan
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Eduardo Andres Vergara Torres
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Instructor:
Emily L Madison
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Literature Humanities II
In Literature Humanities, students make sense of literary texts together, on paper and in discussion. We read significant and challenging books that require collective exploration in a seminar setting to be best understood and appreciated, books that enable us to ask questions about literature and how it works, about our place in histories and traditions, about ourselves as beings and members of a society. We read with and against the grain of canon and tradition, and we pursue understanding together, in a shared classroom community, to learn not only how to be better readers and writers but also how to be in intellectual community with one another. Over the course of the semester, students become acquainted with specific works of literature; they become aware of those works’ relations to one another; and they become conversant in the questions those works ask and the questions they make it possible for us to ask.
- Department: Core (A&S)
- MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
- TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alec L Joyner
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Rachel Adams
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Katrina M Dzyak
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Bianca F Calabresi
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Instructor:
Elisabeth A Ladenson
CULPA: 13 Info - 4 points
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II
Ciao!
I am so thrilled that you have chosen to study Italian at Barnard. This class marks the beginning of your journey through the wonderful language, history, and culture of Italy. I am hopeful that our time together will be fruitful, informative, and fun.
This document outlines the course objectives, requirements and policies for Elementary Italian 2. I have chosen to outline these policies in English so that they are as clear as possible, but
Italian is the official language of the course
, and classes will be conducted accordingly. Some English will be used at the beginning of the semester as we get to know each other, but it will be phased out over the course of our time together.
- Department: Italian @Barnard
- TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Emilia Gambardella
Info - 4 points
FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC
Introduction to music, including notation, written and aural skills, and basic conceptual resources of music theory. Exploration of scale, mode, rhythm, meter, texture and form, with reference to a diverse range of musics.
- Department: Music
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Imogen L Wilson
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AN INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC II
Prerequisites: no previous knowledge of music is required.
- Department: Music @Barnard
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gail R Archer
CULPA: 24
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Instructor:
Marilyn McCoy
CULPA: 7
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Introductory Laboratory in Neuroscience
Intro Neuroscience Lab
This laboratory course will introduce students to concepts, topics, and techniques used to examine brain and behavior. Specifically, this class will engage students in experimental design, data collection and analysis, and results presentation. The experimental units are designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system.
- Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
- T 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- W 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
- W 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kara Pham
CULPA: 9
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- 2.5 points
Blackness and Frenchness: A Radical Gene
How have Black radicals embraced the French language and, at times, Frenchness without espousing France’s dominance and its doctrines of assimilation? This course explores the watershed moments from the past three centuries that redefine the articulations of blackness in French, in France and beyond—from revolutionary or constitutional independence in the post-colony to recent social movements in continental Europe. In addition to the opening inquiry, guiding questions for this course include but are not limited to the following. What kinds of state-sanctioned backlash in France have ensued in the face of affirmative reclamations of blackness (e.g. Négritude and Afroféminisme)? And, what are the historical linkages between Black radicalism in France and the United States? Through an intra-imperial and inter-imperial lens, this course will center contributions from Black writers, artists, and intellectuals of divergent colonial histories with especial consideration to those for whom French and France is their native language and land.
- Department: African American and African Diaspora
- M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Veronique Charles
Info - 4 points
INTRO TO ECONOMIC REASONING
Covers basic elements of microeconomic and marcoeconomic reasoning at an introductory level. Topics include Individual Constraints and Preferences, Production by Firms, Market Transactions, Competition, The Distribution of Income, Technological Progress and Growth, Unemployment and Inflation, the Role of Government in the Economy. Note: Students cannot get credit for ECON BC1003 if they have taken the Columbia introductory course ECON W1105 Principles of Economics.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alan Dye
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Instructor:
John Park
CULPA: 4
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- 4 points
COLLEGE ALGEBRA-ANLYTC GEOMTRY
Prerequisites: score of 550 on the mathematics portion of the SAT completed within the last year, or the appropriate grade on the General Studies Mathematics Placement Examination. For students who wish to study calculus but do not know analytic geometry. Algebra review, graphs and functions, polynomial functions, rational functions, conic sections, systems of equations in two variables, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions and trigonometric identities, applications of trigonometry, sequences, series, and limits.
This course may not be taken for credit after the successful completion of any course in the Calculus sequence.
- Department: Mathematics
- MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
- 3 points
Foundations of Biology
General Chemistry I is a pre-requisite; General Chemistry II is a pre/co-requisite. In this course, we will introduce basic terminology, important concepts, and basic problem-solving skills in order to prepare biology and pre-health students for the challenging Biology courses they will take at Columbia. We will do a deep dive into a small number of topics and use these as access points to teaching skills that will aid students in future STEM courses. Classes will include time for problem solving. Recitations will involve problem solving and student presentations of solutions to problems.
- Department: Biological Sciences
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mary Ann Price
CULPA: 5 Info - 2 points
INTRO-COMPUT SCI/PROG IN JAVA
A general introduction to computer science for science and engineering students interested in majoring in computer science or engineering. Covers fundamental concepts of computer science, algorithmic problem-solving capabilities, and introductory Java programming skills. Assumes no prior programming background. Columbia University students may receive credit for only one of the following two courses: 1004 or 1005.
- Department: Computer Science
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Chris Murphy
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Basic Drawing - NYC as Muse
New York City is our source of inspiration as we hone the fundamentals of visual vocabulary and handling of
drawing materials including charcoal, pencil, and ink with pen and brushes. The city’s natural setting, its social
and cultural history and urban-architectural structure inform our work as we explore various conceptual and
practical approaches to image-making as well as formal issues including line, volume, contrast, and
composition. In this time of remote learning, the experience of drawing on NYC for inspiration will be a way to
connect with the city whether you are physically in New York or not. Class assignments are accompanied by
discussions and critiques. Students draw from observation and imagination, working with a variety of sources
including still-life objects, photographs and other references.
- Department: Visual Arts
- F 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Naomi Safran-Hon
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MAKE LAB
Make Lab is for makers and the maker-curious. It is designed for all students, studying across all fields of inquiry. It is for everyone who wants to explore, experiment, and think through making. You may already be a maker and want to expand your familiarity with new tools and techniques. Or you may not have had the time or opportunity to work with a broad range of tools and materials – this course is also for those who are curious about making and design. For all, it provides a foundation to fully engage in making and to learn about the design process through your participation in workshops and directed experimentation in the Design Center.
Utilizing the existing introductory workshops offered in the Design Center, you will be asked to expand your knowledge of different tools and technologies by attending a range of workshops over the course of the semester. The final deliverable will be a dossier (small portfolio or collection of images and text) that documents your work in the workshops as well as your design process and work from an independent project that expands on one or more techniques/tools you’ve worked with over the semester. Additional work includes a short reading response during the first week and a case study presentation of the design work of a “maker” who inspires you.
- Department: Architecture @Barnard
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Instructor:
Marina Correia
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WHAT'S NEW IN EARTH, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND
NEW IN EARTH, ENV, CLIM S
This course provides an overview of current research at the world-renowned Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Various Lamont researchers will present their latest research in earth, environmental, and climate science, providing students a cross-section of research projects across the LDEO divisions. Students are expected to attend each class, and meaningfully participate in class discussion.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
- R 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Galen A McKinley
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 32 Info - 1 points
INTRO TO COMP FOR ENG/APP SCI
An interdisciplinary course in computing intended for first year SEAS students. Introduces computational thinking, algorithmic problem solving and Python programming with applications in science and engineering. Assumes no prior programming background.
- Department: Computer Science
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- 3 points
MATH METHODS FOR ECONOMICS
Covers basic mathematical methods required for intermediate theory courses and upper level electives in economics, with a strong emphasis on applications. Topics include simultaneous equations, functions, partial differentiation, optimization of functions of more than one variable, constrained optimization, and financial mathematics. This course satisfies the Calculus requirement for the Barnard Economics major. NOTE: students who have previously taken Intermediate Micro Theory (ECON BC3035 or the equivalent) are *not* allowed to take Math Methods for Economics.
- Department: Economics @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mulu Gebreyohannes
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Instructor:
Sharon Harrison
CULPA: 38
h-index: 13
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- 4 points
INTRO TO MACHINING
Introduction to the manual machine operation, CNC fabrication and usage of basic hand tools, band/hack saws, drill presses, grinders and sanders.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
- F 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- F 11:05 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- F 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- F 11:05 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- 1 points
GLOBAL WARMING FOR GLOBAL LEADERS
Global Warming will dominate civic discourse and inform economic, social, and governmental policies throughout the 21st century, in all walks of life. This course will cover the basics of climate science, anthropogenic global warming, proposed solutions and policy challenges facing society in response to our changing planet. This course will increase your confidence and ability to engage in public discourse on the subject of climate change, climate change solutions, and public policy concerning our collective future.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Baerbel Hoenisch
CULPA: 3 h-index: 33 Info - 3 points
INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES
This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the values and cultural expressions of the people of the United States since the late nineteenth century. We will examine a variety of works in literature, history, cultural and social criticism, music, the visual arts and the built environment with an eye to understanding how Americans of different backgrounds, living at different times and in different locations, have understood and argued about the meaning and significance of American national identity. Our goal is to make connections between different genres of expression and consider how different cultural forms have served as opportunities to ponder the meaning of modern life in the United States. Lectures and readings will give particular attention to the sites—real and imagined--where Americans have identified the promise and perils of American life. Discussion section required: AMST UN1011
- Department: American Studies
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Jeremy Dauber
CULPA: 21
Wikipedia
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- 4 points
DESIGN FUTURES: NEW YORK CITY
How does design operate in our lives? What is our design culture? In this course, we explore the many scales of design in contemporary culture -- from graphic design to architecture to urban design to global, interactive, and digital design. The format of this course moves between lectures, discussions, collaborative design work and field trips in order to engage in the topic through texts and experiences.
- Department: Architecture @Barnard
- F 1:10 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Richard T Rouhe
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Instructor:
Marina Correia
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Instructor:
Clara Kraft Isono
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INTRODUCTORY CHINESE A
This is an introductory course to the Chinese language for absolute beginners. Students will develop basic skills in listening and speaking Chinese, while familiarizing themselves with its writing system. This course is divided into two parts: Introductory Chinese A and Introductory Chinese B. The two parts together cover the same materials as CHNS UN1101 FIRST YEAR CHINESE I.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
- 2.5 points
GEOLO EXCUR TO DEATH VALLEY,CA
The trip is restricted to first-years and sophomores from Columbia College/General Studies, Barnard College, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Early application is advised, please visit the course website below for the application deadline. A spring-break excursion focused on the geology of Death Valley and adjacent areas of the eastern California desert. Discussion sessions ahead of the trip provide necessary background. Details at:
https://eesc.columbia.edu/content/eesc-un1010
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- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
- F 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
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Instructor:
Folarin Kolawole
Info - 2 points
METHDS/PROB OF PHILOS THOUGHT
Critical introduction to philosophical problems, ideas and methods.
- Department: Philosophy
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jessica Collins
Info - 3 points
INTRO LAB EXPERIMENTAL PSYCH
Corequisites: PSYC BC1001, or its equivalent. While this lab is not required for either Psychology Major or Non-Major, it is not open to students who have already completed or are concurrently enrolled in PSYC BC1020 Research Methods and Analysis. This lab course is intended for students who have not previously been enrolled in a psychology lab course; and a majority of seats are reserved for First Year and Sophomore students. A laboratory-based introduction to experimental methods used in psychological research. Upon successful completion of this course, students will know how to review the primary literature and formulate a hypothesis, design an experiment, analyze data using statistical methods, communicate the results of a scientific study through oral presentation and written manuscript, and carry out research studies under ethical guidelines. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in all disciplines of Psychology and will be prepared to engage in advance research in fields including, but not limited to, Cognition, Learning, Perception, Behavioral Neuroscience, Development, Personality, and Social Psychology.
- Department: Psychology @Barnard
- M 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
- M 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- T 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- T 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- W 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- R 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
- R 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- F 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mariel Roberts
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Instructor:
Angelika Seidel
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BEHAVIOR BIOL-LIVING PRIMATES
Prerequisites: Corequisite EEEB UN1111 Study of non-human primate behavior from the perspective of phylogeny, adaptation, physiology and anatomy, and life history. Focuses on the four main problems primates face: finding appropriate food, avoiding being eaten themselves, reproducing in the face of competition, and dealing with social partners. Along with Human Origins - Evolution, this serves as a core required class for the EBHS program.
- Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Marina Cords
CULPA: 19 Info - 3 points
Introduction to Computational Thinking a
INTRO COMP THINK AND DATA
This course and its co-requisite lab course will introduce students to the methods and tools used in data science to obtain insights from data. Students will learn how to analyze data arising from real-world phenomena while mastering critical concepts and skills in computer programming and statistical inference. The course will involve hands-on analysis of real-world datasets, including economic data, document collections, geographical data, and social networks. The course is ideal for students looking to increase their digital literacy and expand their use and understanding of computation and data analysis across disciplines. No prior programming or college-level math background is required.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Prerequisites: high school science and math. A review of the history and environmental consequences of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction (WMD); of how these weapons work, what they cost, how they have spread, how they might be used, how they are currently controlled by international treaties and domestic legislation, and what issues of policy and technology arise in current debates on WMD. What aspects of the manufacture of WMD are easily addressed, and what aspects are technically challenging? It may be expected that current events/headlines will be discussed in class.
- Department: Physics
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Szabolcs Marka
CULPA: 25 h-index: 127 Info - 3 points
AFRICAN CIVILIZATION
This course provides a general introduction to some of the key intellectual debates in Africa by Africans through primary sources, including scholarly works, political tracts, fiction, art, and film. Beginning with an exploration of African notions of spiritual and philosophical uniqueness and ending with contemporary debates on the meaning and historical viability of an African Renaissance, this course explores the meanings of ‘Africa and ‘being African. Field(s): AFR*. NO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS PERMITTED.
- Department: Core (A&S)
- TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Gregory Mann
CULPA: 15 h-index: 13 Info - 4 points
INTRO-ARCH DESIGN/VIS CULTURE
Introductory design studio to introduce students to architectural design through readings and studio design projects. Intended to develop analytic skills to critique existing media and spaces. Process of analysis used as a generative tool for the students own design work. Must apply for placement in course. Priority to upperclass students. Class capped at 16.
- Department: Architecture @Barnard
- MW 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Madeline K Schwartzman
CULPA: 11
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- 3 points
BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH METHODS AND ANALYSIS
BEHAVRL RESRCH METHOD ANA
This course is one of three prerequisites for all 2000-level PSYC lab courses, and is a requirement for the Psychology Major. PSYC BC1001, or its equivalent, must be completed prior to or concurrently with this course. Also note that once this course has been completed a student
cannot
then enroll in PSYC BC1010 Intro Lab. (If a student chooses to take BC1010 Intro Lab, it must be completed
before
BC1020 Research Methods.) This class will introduce students to the fundamental scientific principles, experimental methods, and analytical approaches involved in the study of human behavior. The initial major topics to be covered include how basic scientific approach can be gainfully and ethically used to study human behavior. The following topics in the course will cover the most prevalent manners of collecting data in behavioral research and the most common types of statistical analyses and tests such data is subjected to. The latter topics in the course will introduce some of the more advanced experimental designs and statistical approaches that are more specific to the social sciences.
- Department: Psychology @Barnard
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Mariel Roberts
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Instructor:
Tamar Kraft
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HUM RGTS IN THEORY& PRACTICE
Provides a broad overview of the rapidly expanding field of human rights. Lectures on the philosophical, historical, legal and institutional foundations are interspersed with weekly presentations by frontline advocates from the U.S. and overseas.
- Department: Human Rights (HRTB)
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Widney Brown
CULPA: 4
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- 3 points
Ghost Stories
GHOST STORIES
What are ghosts? Why are we haunted by them? And why are we so drawn to telling stories about these hauntings? In this class, we will read ghost stories from the 17th century through the present day; in the process, we will examine what these stories reveal about our own preoccupations, fears, and desires. Writers and readers turn to ghost stories for horror and suspense, for sure, but also because they’re a powerful medium for reckoning with history and memory—with the past’s hold over the present—particularly when it comes to violence, loss, oppression, and trauma. Ghost stories engage with issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality; with social otherness; with marginalization. Ghost stories stage problems of justice, vengeance, and guilt. Ghost stories trouble the nature of the body, and the meaning of (and boundaries between) life and death. Ghost stories lend themselves both to fear and to laughter, both to questions and to answers. While exploring all of these topics and themes, we will also consider the trope of storytelling itself, which figures prominently in so many works of the genre. What is wrapped up in the gesture of telling a story, and in the ways, contexts, and reasons in and for which these stories get told? Readings (subject to change) include works by Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Shirley Jackson, Helen Oyeyemi, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Oscar Wilde, and others.
- Department: English @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Penelope Usher
Info - 3 points
Children s Literature
Children's Literature
This is a historical survey of literature (mostly narrative) intended primarily for children, which will explore not only the pleasures of imagination but the varieties of narrative and lyric form, as well as the ways in which story-telling gives shape to individual and cultural identity. Drawing on anonymous folk tale from a range of cultures, as well as a variety of literary works produced from the late 17th century to the present, we’ll attend to the ways in which changing forms of children’s literature reflect changing understandings of children and childhood, while trying not to overlook psychological and formal structures that might persist across this history. Readings of the primary works will be supplemented by a variety of critical approaches—psychoanalytic, materialist, feminist, and structuralist—that scholars have employed to understand the variety and appeal of children’s literature.
- Department: English and Comparative Literature
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
James E Adams
CULPA: 12
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- 3 points
FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE-DISC
Accompanying discussion section for SCNC C1000 Frontiers of Science.
- Department: Core (A&S)
- T 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- T 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Christopher Hwu
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Klejda Bega
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Palani R Akana
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Klejda Bega
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Palani R Akana
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Tiago Altavini
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Instructor:
Orit Karni-Schmidt
CULPA: 4
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Darren McKee
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Athira Menon
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Mikaila Hoffman
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Keith Perkins
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Tiago Altavini
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Nina Gnadig-Schoenfeld
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Instructor:
Orit Karni-Schmidt
CULPA: 4
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Nicholas M Luber
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Bita Alaghebandan
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Instructor:
Malcolm Rosenthal
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Keith Perkins
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Mikaila Hoffman
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Athira Menon
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Nina Gnadig-Schoenfeld
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Bita Alaghebandan
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Nicholas M Luber
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Darren McKee
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Malcolm Rosenthal
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Christopher Hwu
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