The Future of the Space Economy

• Department: Pre-College Programs (SHSP)
• MTWRF 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• 0 points

Process Group 1

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• Instructor: Corianna Sichel
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• Instructor: Tamara Sussman
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• Instructor: Narolyn G Mendez
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• 1 points

Forensic Psychology

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

This course is an examination of the interaction between the discipline of psychology and the criminal justice system. It examines the aspects of human behavior directly related to the legal process such as eyewitness memory, testimony, jury decision making, and criminal behavior in addition, the course focuses on the ethical and moral tensions that inform the law.

Appropriate for Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Joshua M Feinberg
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• 0 points

Applied Genetic Counseling 1

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• 1 points

Translational Genomics

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• Instructor: Anya Revah Politi
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• 2 points

Scholarly Project

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• Instructor: Priyanka Ahimaz
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• 2 points

Independent Study

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• Instructor: Amanda Bergner
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• 2 points

TOPICS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL

RESILIENT AGING

• Department: Social Work
• W 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Lauren Taylor
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• 1.5 points

TOPICS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL

MASS INCARCERATION & RE-ENTRY

• Department: Social Work
• R 4:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Priya U Seshan
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• 1.5 points

TOPICS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL

TRAUMA/LOSS IN CHILDHOOD

• Department: Social Work
• T 8 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
• 1.5 points

TOPICS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL

GENDER AND SEXUALITY

• Department: Social Work
• W 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Marybec Griffin
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• 1.5 points

TOPICS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL

MASS INCARCERATION & RE-ENTRY

• Department: Social Work
• W 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Durrell M Washington
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• 1.5 points

TOPICS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL

TRAUMA AND ITS IMPACT

• Department: Social Work
• R 4:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Patricia Moles
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• 1.5 points

TOPICS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL

SOC DETERMINANTS SUBSTANCE USE

• Department: Social Work
• T 8 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy J Bustle
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• 1.5 points

TOPICS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL

RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY

• Department: Social Work
• W 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Frederick Streets
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• 1.5 points

Cancer Genetics Internship

Internship: Cancer

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• 4 points

Pediatric Genetics Internship

Internship: Pediatrics

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• 4 points

Pediatric Genetics Internship

Internship: Pediatrics

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• 4 points

Reproductive Genetics Internship

Internship: Reproductive

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• 4 points

Adult Genetics Internship

Internship: Adult

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• 4 points

Adult Genetics Internship

Internship: Adult

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• 4 points

Adult Genetics Internship

Internship: Adult

• Department: Genetic Counseling
• 4 points

Generative AI Literacy: Navigating the A

This short course teaches students how to ethically and effectively use Generative AI (GAI) , a critical skill for academic success and beyond. To facilitate students’ learning, this course will be organized into three sections: how GAI works, how to use it, and how to critically evaluate its output. Students will develop a general understanding of how AI works and what distinguishes GAI from AI, as well as how GAI is different from human communication. Students will practice composing prompts using some of the different AIs to determine the advantages and disadvantages of each. This will lead us to consider questions pertaining to the accuracy of the outputs and potential biases. We’ll consider the impact of AI technology on the environment and on human labor. Issues pertaining to intellectual property and personal privacy will also be discussed. Students will understand the importance of adhering to course and school policies relating to GAI use. Course assignments will consist of quizzes and short writing assignments to facilitate student learning as they use GAI in this course. The course will culminate with a final assignment in which each student will design and carry out an original research project that utilizes GAI.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• MTR 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin M Breyer
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 0 points

Julie's Test Course

JTestCourse

**Admission priorities**

Priority will be given to CS students closer to graduation. Your number on the waitlist is not a factor in admission. But this class is large, and we hope to accommodate everyone who needs to take the class. Last year's class is a good model for what this year's syllabus will be: 
http://coms4170.cs.columbia.edu/2024-spring/

**Attendance required**
This class is highly interactive, and attendance for many of the lectures is mandatory. Especially in the second half of the class, students must attend in-class project mentoring sessions to get feedback from their TA and fellow students.


**Technical Preparation**
The first half of the class is quite technical, we introduce principles of usable design and integrate them in to technical assignments. There is a lot of programming in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap, and Python (server-side). Whereas we do teach these technologies, we constantly find that students who have seen them before have a better time in class. Former students have advised future students to do an online web programming series like CodeAcademy (which is sadly no longer free). Advanced Programming is an advised pre- requisite, but the true pre-requisite is simply coding experience. You will be expected to figure out some of the programming aspects by yourself, and you need the maturity to do that. Hint: ask GPT. If you are going to email me about this class, please use a subject line
that says I read the SSOL message for COMS 4170 and I still have a question. I hope to see many of you in the spring :)
Lydia

• Department: OFFC OF THE REGISTRAR
• M 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• 5.5-7.5 points

Introduction to Writing about Literature

Intro Writing Lit & Cultu

What does it mean to close read? Does the author’s biography matter to understanding a text? What about the time and place that the text was written? This course will introduce students to a range of habits, practices, and approaches to writing about literature and culture that widen and deepen how one can respond to and interpret a novel, a poem, and various other cultural artifacts. At the same time, we will engage in writing practices that empower students to locate and articulate what interests them about a particular piece of writing or culture, to make a claim about it, and to articulate that claim against other interpretations. Foundational to this endeavor is re-envisioning the writing process, from an isolated, individual process to one that involves collaboration and conversation; copious in-class writing; peer workshops; the power of drafts and revision; and the inclusion of research and theoretical frames. We will use Jamaica Kincaid’s novella Lucy as our main text, accompanied by shorter readings and visits to the museum, Barnard library and archive and other excursions that expand the world of our writing and the objects we wish to understand.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 9:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Tara Needham
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• 0 points

Intro to NeuroScience

INTRO NEUROSCIENCE

This course will introduce and explore core concepts related to neuroscience, with an emphasis on psychobiology (or biological psychology), namely the biological basis of mental states and behavior.Topics will include nerve cells and impulses, synaptic transmission, hormone/endocrine signaling,neuroanatomy, sensation and perception, regulation of sleep and wake states, physiologic homeostasis,emotion, learning/memory, neurocognition, and psychological disorders.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 9:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Ari Shechter
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 23 Info
• 0 points

Beat by Beat: Understanding Heart Functi

Through this course, students will learn about the anatomy of the heart, the electrical conduction system that regulates the heartbeat and the interactions that the heart has with other organs in our body. Through lectures and discussions, students will gain an understanding of how the heart sustains life and how we can measure the activity of our heart through electrical readings produced on an Electrocardiogram (ECG). Students will then apply what they learn in the lab by considering how external factors can impact the overall health of the heart by performing independent research experiments and doing ECGs using themselves as test subjects. The course will culminate with a final research presentation where students will present their findings to their peers following the standards of the scientific method and simulating how scientists come together to present their data at scientific conferences.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• MTR 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Henry Truong
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• 0 points

Social Movements in the Modern United St

Modern US Social Movement

Throughout the history of the United States, groups of people have organized collectively into
social movements
to protest injustice and create social change. This course will provide a concise survey of six key social movements over the past century: labor, civil rights/Black Power, feminist, LGBTQ, disability, and environmental justice movements. By approaching these through an intersectional historical lens, we will consider how activists identify and pursue their goals, and how historians shape our memory of their accomplishments. Students will learn to identify and closely read the types of sources historians draw on to tell the story of social movements, including periodicals, memoirs, oral history interviews, government documents, photographs, and more. We will pay attention to the debates within movements over strategies and tactics, to conflicts and collaborations between them, and to the lessons they offer to contemporary activists who are working to change the world. The course will include field trips to sites around New York City with significance to the history of social movements, and will conclude with students undertaking a process of research and discovery around a social movement of their choosing.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• MTR 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Nikita Shepard
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• 0 points

Trans Health, Trans History, Trans Resea

Trans Health History Rese

This Research Colloquium uses Trans Studies - specifically trans history and health  - as an occasion for students to engage creatively with complex research. Taught by two librarians, this course will give students the opportunity to focus on the research process and explore archives, oral histories, scholarly articles and more.  The first portion of the course will focus on Trans History: Students will engage with writings of select trans activists and select moments in trans history and in the emergence of Trans Studies from the 1900s-the present. The second portion of the course will focus on Trans Health. We will explore the fundamentals of health information research and literacy, and develop practical skills such as searching specialized health databases like PubMed.  We'll also focus on trans and queer health information networks prior to the advent of the internet: How did alternative sources of information circulate? We'll look at some examples such as zines, pamphlets, and VHS tapes. The course will culminate in students assembling a creative research dossier.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• MTR 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 0 points

Algorithms in Daily Life

This course provides an introduction to algorithmic thinking, emphasizing the ways systematic problem-solving can improve everyday tasks. Students will explore how to break down real-world challenges—such as scheduling and route-finding—into logical steps. Through hands-on exercises, they will design, visualize, and optimize simplified “everyday algorithms,” ultimately presenting a brief demonstration of an algorithmic solution to a practical problem.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• MTR 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Wendy C Schor-Haim
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 0 points

Finding Climate Solutions

In this course, we will explore a wide array of climate change solutions - from the natural and traditional to the ultramodern and technological. Through this exploration, we will cover concepts across all earth and environmental science and provide an overview of topics that you may want to dive more deeply into in future courses and/or projects. We will begin with an introduction to climate change and follow this with three modules on terrestrial, ocean-based, and engineering solutions. You will engage in group and class-wide discussion – specifically on solutions that spark your curiosity so that you take responsibility in course direction and engage intentionally, critically, and freely.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 9:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Jonathan Lambert
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• 0 points

Functional Anatomy for Movement

Functional Anatomy Moveme

This is an introduction to the study of Countertechnique® taught by certified Teacher, Francesca Dominguez. Countertechnique® is a system of movement designed for dancers to practice self-direction and to cultivate availability to movement while learning to take risks. Developed over the past 25 years by Dutch choreographer, Anouk Van Dijk, the technique utilizes a task-based approach for body and mind as the vehicle to approach dance. It is a movement system that helps the dancer think with the dancing body by focusing on the process of incorporating anatomical information into action; and beginning to direct and counter-direct the body through space as an alternative to gripping or falling over. Dancers are encouraged to be proactive in discovering connections and solutions, to be less concerned with judging themselves, and to work in a healthy way physically, mentally, and emotionally. The priority is to experience clarity and enjoyment of movement while utilizing the Countertechnique® principles. ☺ www.countertechnique.com By the end of the semester, students will have a clarified relationship to space; a developed coordination and articulation of the body; they will gain knowledge about the anatomy of the body especially joint structure, location, and range; and will be able to begin Scanning – the ability to observe one’s own state-of-being and draw upon solutions according to need and/or experimentation.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 9:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Francesca Dominguez
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• 0 points

BIODIVERSITY

An introduction to the enormous diversity of life on Earth. From bacteria to mammals, this course will survey species diversity, with an emphasis on ecological interactions and conservation. The course will also use basics of genetics and evolutionary biology to explore how diversity is generated and maintained. No previous knowledge of science is assumed. Fulfills a science requirement for most Columbia and GS undergraduates.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Steffen Foerster
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• Instructor: Palani R Akana
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• 3 points

City to City: Writing in New York

New York, NY:  The Big Apple.  Or apple tree.  Or orchid.  Or more like a fruit salad. New York is a city of cultures, subcultures, and sub-subcultures from all across the world mixing and co-mingling across interlocking urban blocks.  New York writers have emerged from all walks of life, across various races, genders, languages, social-economic classes, and of course from across the sea.  In this class students will read various stories, poems, and essays from authors showing this city through their various points of view.  We will study them from both a historical and contemporary lens.  Students in turn will write about their own experience in the city in both familiar genres and more experimental ones.  By the end of the semester, students will submit a research project, utilizing both creative and critical writing, connecting their homelands to their new home. Readings include Walt Whitman, Michelle Zauner, Miguel Piñero, June Jordan, Bushra Rehman, and Langston Huhges.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• MTR 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Quincy Jones
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• 0 points

CRITICAL THEORY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

The purpose of this foundational course is to introduce Columbia undergraduate students, in the context of their Global Core curriculum, to the seminal field of critical theory. The historical domain of this course is within the last century and its geographical spectrum is global. European critical thinkers are included in this course but not privileged. Thinkers from Asia, Africa, Europe, North, South, and Latin America, are examined here in chronological order and in equal democratic footing with each other. This course as a result is decidedly cross-cultural, one step forward towards de-alienating critical thinkers from around the globe and the issues they address without pigeonholing them as something “other” or “different.” The course is designed and offered in the true spirit of the “Global Core.” The purpose of the course is to reach for the common denominator of serious critical thinking about the fate of our humanity and the health of our social relations in an increasingly fragile world—where the false binaries of “the West” and “the Rest” no longer hold. The roster of critical thinkers we will examine is by no means exhaustive but representative. Any number of other critical thinkers can be added to this roster but none of those we will examine can be excluded from them. The course is divided into thirteen successive weeks and for each week a number of seminal, original, and groundbreaking texts are identified. Each week we will examine selected passages from these texts. The course is designed as a lecture course, and my lectures are based on the totality of these texts but students will be assigned specific shorter passages to read.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Hamid Dabashi
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE

This course is required for all the other courses offered in Neuroscience and Behavior. The course introduces students to the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. The topics include the biological structure of the nervous system and its different cell types, the basis of the action potential, principles of neurotransmission, neuronal basis of behavior, sleep/wake cycles, and basic aspects of clinical neuroscience.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Anamaria Alexandrescu
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE

This course is required for all the other courses offered in Neuroscience and Behavior. The course introduces students to the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. The topics include the biological structure of the nervous system and its different cell types, the basis of the action potential, principles of neurotransmission, neuronal basis of behavior, sleep/wake cycles, and basic aspects of clinical neuroscience.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Anamaria Alexandrescu
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• 3 points

Brain Studies: A Hands-On Neuroscience L

BRAIN STUDIES

Scientific discoveries don’t happen in a classroom—they happen in the lab! In this immersive neuroscience course, students will explore the nervous system through short lectures, interactive discussions, and hands-on lab activities, investigating how neurons communicate and influence behavior. In the first week, students will examine preserved brain tissue to study functional neuroanatomy in relation to real clinical cases of brain injury. In the second week, they will learn about neural communication and record electrical signals from neurons in an earthworm. The final week will explore the relationship between brain signals and behavior. Students will use electroencephalography (EEG) to record their own brain waves and analyze how neural activity shifts during cognitive tasks. To complement these lessons, students will visit cutting-edge neuroscience research facilities and NYC landmarks such as the American Museum of Natural History and the Bronx Zoo. By the end of the course, students will have a foundational understanding of neuroscience and firsthand experience with experimental techniques used by scientists to study the brain.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Abigail N Zadina
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• 0 points

THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY

Introduction to the science of human behavior. Topics include history of psychology, brain function and development, sleep and dreams, sensation and perception, learning and memory, theories of development, language and cognition, research methods, emotion, mental illness, and therapy.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Sarah Demoya
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• Instructor: Tina Kao
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

Taste

Taste is a peculiar thing. It is one of the five senses we all share, a combination of nose and tongue, yet it also names an entirely subjective set of personal preferences that goes well beyond what we like to eat. This is why taste is a major problem for scientists and philosophers. If everybody’s sensory faculties work more or less in the same way, then how are we to explain the infinite variety of tastes that make us unique and our lives so interesting? In this class, we are going to do just that. We will consider theories of taste from the eighteenth century to today, including how critics, scholars, and scientists have attempted to define taste and to refine it. Beyond these questions, we will put theory into practice by tasting our way through some of the many artistic, literary, and culinary riches New York City has to offer. Over the course of our class, you will keep a "taste journal" that you will develop into a research paper. Bring your appetites!

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• MTR 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Nathan Gorelick
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• 0 points

Writing for TV: Discovering Your Voice i

Successfully selling a television show requires a writer to have a unique POV, engaging characters and a solid story engine. A series creator must develop two important documents to help them sell their show to television executives – the series bible and the pilot script. Through a number of creative exercises, students will learn the intricacies of the unique screenwriting formats that are the half-hour and hour-long teleplays. Together we will cover the differences between an episode arc and a seasonal one, the requirements of A/B/C story plotting, and how to write an effective show bible.

We will survey popular tv series from diverse voices, primarily focusing on women showrunners and/or series with strong female leads (including New Girl, Stranger Things, Never Have I Ever, Abbott Elementary, Ginny & Georgia, Derry Girls and more). By the end of the course, students will have a written mini series bible, a detailed pilot outline and the first act of their pilot script, which will be the springboard for creating a series that truly stands out!

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 9:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Dafina Roberts
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• 0 points

BASIC DRAWING

Fundamentals of visual vocabulary. Students work from observation using still-life objects and the human figure. Emphasizes the relationship of lines and forms to each other and to the picture format. Materials used: vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencil, pen, ink, and brushes. Class assignments, discussions, and critiques.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TWR 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: In June Park
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• 3 points

FICTION WORKSHOP

The Fiction Writing Workshop is designed for students who have little or no experience writing imaginative prose. Students are introduced to a range of craft concerns through exercises and discussions, and eventually produce their own writing for the critical analysis of the class. Outside readings supplement and inform the exercises and longer written projects. Enrollment limited to 15.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Erroll G McDonald
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• Instructor: Dennard T Dayle
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• 3 points

THE INTERPRETATION OF CULTURE

The anthropological approach to the study of culture and human society. Using ethnographic case studies, the course explores the universality of cultural categories (social organization, economy, law, belief systems, arts, etc.) and the range of variation among human societies.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Maxine Weisgrau
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

NYC Nature: From the River to the Roofto

In NYC Nature: From the River to the Rooftops, students will collect and analyze data from local habitats on and near the Barnard campus including the Hudson River, Riverside Park forest and the wildflower meadows planted on top of Barnard College buildings. Students will examine the water quality of the Hudson, measure carbon storage in campus trees, survey birds in relationship to tree canopy density in Riverside Park, simulate a paleoecological investigation of Manhattan using the Virtual Forest and quantify biodiversity on NYC rooftops. It is an investigation of how NYC nature, from plankton to peregrines, responds to environmental change, and will be hands-on, inquiry-based, include field experiences and involve data collection, analysis and presentations. Each meeting will begin with a discussion of the day's topic and then we will head outside to collect data, for example, water samples, tree measurements, plant and bird surveys, etc. Back in the lab, the data will be visualized, analyzed and discussed in the form of team presentations.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
  CULPA: 14 h-index: 5 Info
• 0 points

Seizing the Means of Publication: Zines,

Publication: Zines, Power

In this course, we will explore zines, self-published works that allow individuals to creatively express their ideas, experiences, and perspectives. Using holdings from the Barnard Zine Library, we will engage in close and distant (i.e., computational) reading to explore the wide range of topics and styles represented in zines. Students will also create their own research-based zines, reimagining traditional academic models of research and writing in a more personal and accessible format.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• MTR 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jenna Freedman
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• 0 points

CRITICAL THEORY:G.P.-DISC

Corequisites: MDES UN1001. Discussion sections (TWO) to accompany the course MDES UN1001, Critical Theory: A Global Perspective.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 11:10 a.m.-noon
• TR 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Chandana Krishnegowda
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• Instructor: Hazem Fahmy
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• 0 points

Imagining Global Warming: Climate Change

IMG GLOBAL WARMING

While Global Warming has historically been seen as a matter best understood through a scientific lens, more recently it has been recognized as a quintessentially "wicked"problem," one that cannot be understood from a single perspective. Keeping in mind the value of bringing different disciplinary attitudes to such a problem, this course supplements a purely scientific approach to Global Warming by calling on the many different ways that the human mind--and eye, hand, and ear--have sought to understand and react to our ever-changing environment. Students will begin by reviewing in the first week of the course the basic science of Climate Change and then studying the roots of our understanding of nature, including a variety of ancient religious texts and a wide range of Creation Narratives from around the globe. The second week of the course will be an introduction to a critical examination of artistic responses to Climate Change in recent decades. This will include Land Art that questions and tests our control over the landscape, a century of films that feature natural disaster scenarios, dystopian poems and short stories, music that seeks to represent the challenges of climate change in the auditory dimension, paintings and sculptures that visualize global warming, and performance art that uses the human body to dramatize the ways in we have been transforming nature. In the third week of the course, students will be exposed to the history of environmentalism itself before spending the final sessions in groups producing their own artistic responses to Climate Change.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan P Gill
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• 0 points

INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Danielle S Smoller
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• 3 points

The Fun of the Story: Humor Writing

In this generative workshop, we will study a variety of comedic forms and styles including satire, parody, sketch and joke writing. We’ll think about how comedy comes simply from finding the fun in the story we want to tell. We take our fun seriously, thinking about how comedy can be used to challenge constructs of identity and power. How can humor be illuminating?  How can humor be feminist? How can humor be intersectional? How can humor help us tell the hard truths?  Can we laugh at oppression without laughing it off? The fun of the story is sometimes a good joke, sometimes it’s simply that we’ve lived to tell. Coursework will include in-class writing exercises and short pieces through which students will develop a research question that they will work into a final research presentation.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• MTR 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Nina Sharma
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 0 points

COLLEGE ALGEBRA-ANLYTC GEOMTRY

Prerequisites: Mathematics score of 550 on the SAT exam, taken within the past year. Recommended: MATH S0065. 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.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TWR 6:10 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Xiaorun Wu
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• 3 points

Introduction to American Constitutional

INTRO US CONSTITUTIONAL L

This 3-week course will introduce you to basic concepts in American Constitutional Law - including the founding and development of the US Constitution and the historical context of major controversies of the US Supreme Court -- such as slavery, gun rights, reproductive freedom, and free speech in the age of social media. You will also learn how to read Supreme Court cases, and be given the tools to evaluate the different approaches Justices use to interpret the Constitution. You will emerge with a deeper understanding of the role the Constitution and the Supreme Court play in American society in 2024.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan J Keller
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• 0 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: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 2 points

INTRO-COMPUT SCI/PROG IN JAVA

INTRO-COMPUTER PROGRAM 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
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul S Blaer
  CULPA: 46 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

Dinosaurs and the History of Life

Dinos and the History of

Dinosaurs  
explores how science works and provide practical knowledge about the history of life and how we have come to understand it. We learn how to analyze the evolutionary relationships of organisms and examine how dinosaurs came to be exemplars of a very successful group of organisms dominant on land for 140 million years. We will delve deeply into how direct descendants of small carnivorous theropod dinosaurs evolved into birds, still more diverse than mammals, dominating the air. The Mesozoic, a “hot-house world”, with no ice caps and was the kind of world we are hurtling towards because of our input of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and we will look at how their time is a natural experiment for our future. The non-avian dinosaur met their end in a remarkable cataclysm discovered by detective work that we will delve deeply into as a paradigm of the scientific method  Finally, they are fun and spectacular - monsters more fantastic than any person has invented in legend or religion - and they are still with us!

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul E Olsen
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info
• 3 points

Wall Street and the Public Culture of Fi

WALL STREET AND PCF

Wall Street has been imagined as a site of democracy, capitalism, and the pursuit of the American Dream; it has also been imagined as a place of immorality, filled with greedy global elite male financiers taking advantage of the “99 percent”. This seminar will consider how capital, gender, race, culture, and power shape understandings of Wall Street in the popular imagination, and how people’s everyday practices reshape that understanding. Drawing on a variety of texts –anthropological, sociological, political-economic, historical, literary, and cinematic – we will examine the ways new forms of capital produce financial subjects, class difference, and crisis, within the global economy. We will also explore the ways Occupy Wall Street, Me Too, Black Lives Matter and other social movements are recapturing the radical imagination and the possibilities of new forms of resistance to capitalism that often intersect with sexism, racism, and other systems of power. Using interdisciplinary methodologies such as fieldwork, archival research, and literary analysis students will produce short papers and one research paper that allows them to take advantage of conducting research in New York City.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• R 9:30 a.m.-noon
• 0 points

The Triple Global Challenges: Climate, I

As future global leaders, students must understand the complex challenges shaping our world—climate change threatens ecosystems and economies, inequality fuels social unrest, and conflicts destabilize nations. This course provides a foundational understanding of how these crises are interconnected and their impact on global stability and development. Students will explore key concepts and debates in climate science, economic inequality, and conflict studies. Topics include the causes and recurrence of conflicts, economic disparities and environmental threats, the security-development nexus, the role of natural resources in conflict, climate change and migration, and sustainable development.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• MTR 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mulu Gebreyohannes
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• 0 points

Aristotle & AI

What do the robots in ancient Greek mythology have to tell us about today’s AI? How did slavery shape how Greeks and Romans imagined autonomous tools? Where does artificial intelligence come from, and why do we tell the stories we do about what it can do and how it will change the world?
This course offers an introduction to the intellectual history of classical antiquity and a critical examination of artificial intelligence in the current cultural and political moment. Students in the course will learn about a topic in ancient Greek and Roman thought — stories about autonomous tools — and how that topic relates to social history and culture in the ancient world. They will then use that knowledge to frame questions about artificial intelligence and robots in present society, and examine critical approaches to the large generative models that are garnering so much attention today. The goal is equip students with a) a basic familiarity with how ancient Greek and Roman thought relates to its cultural context, b) an analytical framework for approaching claims about technology in historical and present contexts, and c) an appreciation for how humanistic inquiry can answer urgent questions in their lives.
Prerequisites: none
The course is intended for students for little or no familiarity with the study of the ancient world, and as an introduction to the study of ancient Greece and Rome. Familiarity with texts encountered in the fall semesters of Literature Humanities or Contemporary Civilizations will be helpful, but is neither required or presumed on the part of the instructor.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph A Howley
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

UNIVERSITY WRITING

Prerequisites: Non-native English speakers must reach Level 10 in the American Language Program prior to registering for ENGL S1010. University Writing: Contemporary Essays helps undergraduates engage in the conversations that form our intellectual community. By reading and writing about scholarly and popular essays, students learn that writing is a process of continual refinement of ideas. Rather than approaching writing as an innate talent, this course teaches writing as a learned skill. We give special attention to textual analysis, research, and revision practices.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
• TR 10 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
• MW 1 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
• MW 10 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
• MW 7 p.m.-8:35 p.m.
• TR 10 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
• MW 10 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
• MW 7 p.m.-8:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph W Bubar
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• Instructor: Austin L Mantele
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Kirkwood F Adams
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• Instructor: Celine M Aenlle-Rocha
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• Instructor: Abigail R Melick
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• Instructor: Levi C Hord
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• Instructor: Leia K Bradley
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• Instructor: Allison T Fowler
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• Instructor: Alice Clapie
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• 3 points

Business Foundations

Business Foundations is a MasterScholar (KSE Global) course that is in collaboration with Barnard Pre-College Programs and taught by a Barnard-affiliated professor.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• Instructor: Gabriel Amor
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• 0 points

NEW YORK CITY IN FILM

This course will explore the representation of New York City in film. We will examine the way that film portrays social problems and either creates or responds to “social panics.” We will also examine the way in which film actively creates an idea of “New York” through cinematography, directing, acting and other aspects of filmmaking.  Some topics to be considered are utopia/dystopia, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, art, immigration, houselessness, and gentrification. The course follows three main themes: 1. How the filmmaking process (camera movements, lighting, dialogue, acting, etc.) is used as a method to describe space (filmmaking as a geographic method). 2. How various genres of film have been used to portray the social geography of New York City (the geography of film). 3. The relationship between the viewer’s “place” and the places portrayed in the film (communication geography). Finally, we will also consider how our personal sense of place towards New York City has altered throughout the course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

NEW YORK CITY IN FILM

This course will explore the representation of New York City in film. We will examine the way that film portrays social problems and either creates or responds to “social panics.” We will also examine the way in which film actively creates an idea of “New York” through cinematography, directing, acting and other aspects of filmmaking.  Some topics to be considered are utopia/dystopia, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, art, immigration, houselessness, and gentrification. The course follows three main themes: 1. How the filmmaking process (camera movements, lighting, dialogue, acting, etc.) is used as a method to describe space (filmmaking as a geographic method). 2. How various genres of film have been used to portray the social geography of New York City (the geography of film). 3. The relationship between the viewer’s “place” and the places portrayed in the film (communication geography). Finally, we will also consider how our personal sense of place towards New York City has altered throughout the course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

BAD LOVE

This seminar reads stories of love gone bad, of romances that end catastrophically, that damage lovers or leave victims along the way.   We will illuminate the consuming fantasy of the romance genre in its quest for “true love,” as well as a range of emotions – rage and revenge, narcissism and self-protection, obsession and oblivion – that surface in its wake.  We will also look at shifting interpretations of “bad love,” from Plato, to the Galenic theory of the humors, to the sociology of court-culture, to Freudian and finally contemporary neurobiological explanations of feelings.  Students are welcome to propose texts of their own interests to open this course to the widest range of interests.  In addition to seminar discussion, there will be weekly individual tutorials with Professor Hamilton as well as zoom interviews with a neurobiologist and a psychologist if it can be arranged.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

BAD LOVE

This seminar reads stories of love gone bad, of romances that end catastrophically, that damage lovers or leave victims along the way.   We will illuminate the consuming fantasy of the romance genre in its quest for “true love,” as well as a range of emotions – rage and revenge, narcissism and self-protection, obsession and oblivion – that surface in its wake.  We will also look at shifting interpretations of “bad love,” from Plato, to the Galenic theory of the humors, to the sociology of court-culture, to Freudian and finally contemporary neurobiological explanations of feelings.  Students are welcome to propose texts of their own interests to open this course to the widest range of interests.  In addition to seminar discussion, there will be weekly individual tutorials with Professor Hamilton as well as zoom interviews with a neurobiologist and a psychologist if it can be arranged.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

True Crime

Over the centuries, readers have been drawn to accounts of “true” crime—violent narratives involving real people and real events. And yet, as with any literary object, the notion of “truth” is always unstable—stories and their tellings are always shaped by the motivations, values, and choices of those who tell them, often with an eye toward the audience that will consume them. Whether constructed in order to moralize, to enforce or critique social or political ideologies, or purely to sell copies, “true
crime” is a literary genre that reveals attitudes about gender, race, and class; that illustrates—and sometimes calls into question—cultural norms and mores; that calls on readers to reflect on their own morbid curiosity and assumptions and fears. In this class we will engage with a diverse selection of literary texts—spanning from the Middle Ages to the present day and from a range of genres, including pamphlets, plays, novels, and more—as well as contemporary films, a tv series, and a
podcast. Through close reading and critical analysis, we will examine the evolution of the “true crime” genre and the cultural and societal contexts that shape the portrayal of crime for popular consumption. We will explore the ways in which texts and authors sensationalize, moralize, and convey the complexities of crime. We will analyze point of view: who’s telling the story, whom we sympathize with, and what insights we get into the minds of those committing crimes as well as those who fall prey to them. We will consider justice and policing— the role played by the law and its enforcers in shaping narratives about crime and punishment, right and wrong. Finally, we will reflect on the ethical implications of representing real-life crimes in literature, and how “true crime” narratives shape social perceptions, fears, prejudices, and notions of justice and morality.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Penelope Usher
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• 3 points

True Crime

Over the centuries, readers have been drawn to accounts of “true” crime—violent narratives involving real people and real events. And yet, as with any literary object, the notion of “truth” is always unstable—stories and their tellings are always shaped by the motivations, values, and choices of those who tell them, often with an eye toward the audience that will consume them. Whether constructed in order to moralize, to enforce or critique social or political ideologies, or purely to sell copies, “true
crime” is a literary genre that reveals attitudes about gender, race, and class; that illustrates—and sometimes calls into question—cultural norms and mores; that calls on readers to reflect on their own morbid curiosity and assumptions and fears. In this class we will engage with a diverse selection of literary texts—spanning from the Middle Ages to the present day and from a range of genres, including pamphlets, plays, novels, and more—as well as contemporary films, a tv series, and a
podcast. Through close reading and critical analysis, we will examine the evolution of the “true crime” genre and the cultural and societal contexts that shape the portrayal of crime for popular consumption. We will explore the ways in which texts and authors sensationalize, moralize, and convey the complexities of crime. We will analyze point of view: who’s telling the story, whom we sympathize with, and what insights we get into the minds of those committing crimes as well as those who fall prey to them. We will consider justice and policing— the role played by the law and its enforcers in shaping narratives about crime and punishment, right and wrong. Finally, we will reflect on the ethical implications of representing real-life crimes in literature, and how “true crime” narratives shape social perceptions, fears, prejudices, and notions of justice and morality.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Penelope Usher
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• 3 points

ELEMENTARY FRENCH I

Equivalent to FREN UN1101. Designed to help students understand, speak, read, and write French, and to recognize cultural features of French-speaking communities, now with the help of a newly digitized audio program. Students learn to provide information in French about their feelings, environment, families, and daily activities. Daily assignments, quizzes, laboratory work, and screening of video material.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexandra Borer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ITALIAN I

Equivalent to ITAL V1101. Students will develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Italian and an understanding of Italian culture. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to provide basic information in Italian about themselves, their families, interests, likes and dislikes, and daily activities; participate in a simple conversation on everyday topics; to read edited texts on familiar topics; and produce Italian with basic grammatical accuracy and accurate pronunciation.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 11:30 a.m.-1:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Luisa Gozzi
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS I

Prerequisites: high school mathematics through trigonometry or MATH S1003, or the equivalent. Functions, limits, derivatives, introduction to integrals.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Aditya Ghosh
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• Instructor: Tomasz Owsiak
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• 3 points

BEGINNING RUSSIAN I

$15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Designed to develop all four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Taken with RUSS S1102R, equivalent to full-year elementary course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Alla Smyslova
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH I

Elementary course, equivalent to SPAN V1101 or F1101. Fundamental principles of grammar; practice in pronunciation. Reading and conversation are introduced from the beginning. Use of the language laboratory is required.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 8:30 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Alonso-Aparicio
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• Instructor: Ramon Flores Pinedo
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• 4 points

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

Prerequisites: some high school algebra. Designed for students in fields that emphasize quantitative methods. This course satisfies the statistics requirements of all majors except statistics, economics, and engineering. Graphical and numerical summaries, probability, theory of sampling distributions, linear regression, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing are taught as aids to quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Use of statistical software required. Illustrations are taken from a variety of fields. Data-collection/analysis project with emphasis on study designs is part of the coursework requirement.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Ji Meng Loh
  CULPA: 19 Info
• Instructor: Anthony Donoghue
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY FRENCH II

Prerequisites: one term of college French or one year of secondary school French. $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Equivalent to FREN UN1102. Continues the work of French S1101D and completes the study of elementary French. Students continue to develop communicative skills, narrating recent events (past, present, and future), describing daily life activities, and learning about cultural features of France and of the wider Francophone world. Following the communicative approach, students, with the help of the instructor, learn to solve problems using the language, to communicate their feelings and opinions, and to obtain information from others. Daily assignments, quizzes, laboratory work, and screening of video materials.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Pascale Crepon
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Samuel Skippon
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II

Prerequisites: ITAL S1101, or the equivalent. Continues the work of ITAL 1101 and completes the study of elementary Italian. Students continue to develop communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills). Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to provide basic information in Italian about wants and needs, personal opinions and wishes, personal experiences, past activities, and daily routines; read simple texts on familiar matters of high frequency everyday or job-related language; draw on a repertoire of vocabulary and syntax sufficient for dealing with everyday situations.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 11:30 a.m.-1:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Patrizia Palumbo
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS II

Prerequisites: MATH S1101 Calculus I, or the equivalent. Methods of integration, applications of the integral, Taylor's theorem, infinite series.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicolas I Vilches Reyes
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• Instructor: Yipeng Wang
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• 3 points

BEGINNING RUSSIAN II

Prerequisites: RUSS UN1101 or placement test $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Continuation of RUSS S1101H.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Alla Smyslova
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH II

Prerequisites: SPAN S1101, or the equivalent. Equivalent to SPAN F1102 or V1102. Grammar exercises, prose readings, and practice in the spoken language.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 8:30 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Lorena Garcia Barroso
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Aaron R Boalick
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• 4 points

First-Year Chinese I

This course aims to introduce students to the Chinese language and cultivate their basic communicative competence by providing a comprehensive training in listening, speaking, reading and writing in Chinese. In addition, the course will bring real life tasks into classroom and prepare students to use Chinese language to function in an immersive environment.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Shaoyan Qi
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 5 points

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

Equivalent to ECON UN1105, the first course for the major in economics. How a market economy determines the relative prices of goods, factors of production, and the allocation of resources; the circumstances under which it does these things efficiently. Why such an economy has fluctuations and how they may be controlled.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 10:20 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Renee C Garrow
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• 4 points

First-Year Chinese II

In this course students will continue to develop basic communicative competence in Chinese. More emphasis will be given to reading and writing Chinese characters than First Year Chinese (I). In addition to bringing real life tasks into classroom and preparing students to use Chinese language to function in an immersive environment, the course also aims to cultivate inter-cultural communication awareness among students.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 10 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Shaoyan Qi
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 5 points