PSYCH OF LEARNING - LAB

Prerequisites: PSYC BC1001, BC1020, BC1101. Corequisite: PSYC BC2107 Psychology of Learning Lecture. Students conduct experiments analyzing learning and memory in rats and humans. The following Columbia University course is considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: PSYC UN1440 Experimental Psychology: Learning and Motivation (which includes PSYC UN1441 Learning and Motivation Lab).

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• T 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Ken Light
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 15 Info
• 2.5 points

PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING - LEC

Prerequisites: PSYC BC1001 Introduction to Psychology or COGS UN1001 Introduction to Cognitive Science or permission of the instructor. Lecture course covering the basic methods, results, and theory in the study of how experience affects behavior. The roles of early exposure, habitation, sensitization, conditioning, imitation, and memory in the acquisition and performance of behavior are studied.

The following Columbia University course is considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: PSYC UN1440 Experimental: Learning and Motivation.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ken Light
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 15 Info
• 3 points

SPANISH FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS

Prerequisites: SPAN UN1108 or scoring at this level on the department’s Spanish as a Heritage Language Placement test (https://columbia-barnard.vega-labs.com).

The principal aim of SPAN UN2108 is to build upon and further develop the knowledge of Spanish that heritage learners bring to the classroom – from SPAN UN1108 and/or from family and neighborhood exposure to the language. This course cultivates intermediate-level formal speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities.

Spanish heritage language courses at Columbia/Barnard focus on the development of communicative abilities and literacy from sociolinguistic and sociocultural approaches. Throughout the semester, students will be reviewing spelling patterns, building vocabulary, acquiring and effectively using learning strategies, and strengthening composition skills in Spanish. Cultural projects and readings reinforce learners’ understanding of the multiple issues related to Hispanic cultures in the United States and in other Spanish-speaking societies.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jesus Suarez-Garcia
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 4 points

PERCEPTION - LAB

Prerequisites: PSYC BC1001, BC1020, BC1101. Corequisites: BC2110 Perception Lecture. Laboratory course to accompany BC2110. Students conduct experiments of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling, and learn to report their findings. The following Columbia University course is considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: PSYC UN1480 Perception and Attention (which includes PSYC UN1481 Perception and Attention Lab); and UN2230  Perception and Sensory Processes.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 2.5 points

PHILOSOPHY & FEMINISM

Is there an essential difference between women and men? How do questions about race conflict or overlap with those about gender? Is there a normal way of being queer? Introduction to philosophy and feminism through a critical discussion of these and other questions using historical and contemporary texts, art, and public lectures. Focus includes essentialism, difference, identity, knowledge, objectivity, and queerness.

• Department: Philosophy
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Christia Mercer
  CULPA: 56 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PHILOSOPHY & FEMINISM

Is there an essential difference between women and men? How do questions about race conflict or overlap with those about gender? Is there a normal way of being queer? Introduction to philosophy and feminism through a critical discussion of these and other questions using historical and contemporary texts, art, and public lectures. Focus includes essentialism, difference, identity, knowledge, objectivity, and queerness.

• Department: Auditing
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Christia Mercer
  CULPA: 56 Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

PERCEPTION-LECTURE

Prerequisites: PSYC BC1001 Introduction to Psychology or COGS UN1001 Introduction to Cognitive Science or permission of the instructor. Lecture course covering an introduction to problems, methods, and research in perception. Discussion of psychological studies of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling. Note that this lecture
can
be taken without its affiliated lab, PSYC BC2109, however, if a student completes this lecture, she cannot enroll in the lab in a later semester. The following Columbia University course is considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: PSYC UN1480 Perception and Attention; and PSYC UN2230 Perception and Sensory Processes.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Robert E Remez
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia h-index: 23 Info
• 3 points

APPROACHES TO THE SHORT STORY

The modern short story has gone through many transformations, and the innovations of its practitioners have often pointed the way for prose fiction as a whole. The short story has been seized upon and refreshed by diverse cultures and aesthetic affiliations, so that perhaps the only stable definition of the form remains the famous one advanced by Poe, one of its early masters, as a work of fiction that can be read in one sitting. Still, common elements of the form have emerged over the last century and this course will study them, including Point of View, Plot, Character, Setting and Theme. John Hawkes once famously called these last four elements the "enemies of the novel," and many short story writers have seen them as hindrances as well. Hawkes later recanted, though some writers would still agree with his earlier assessment, and this course will examine the successful strategies of great writers across the spectrum of short story practice, from traditional approaches to more radical solutions, keeping in mind how one period's revolution -Hemingway, for example - becomes a later era's mainstream or "commonsense" storytelling mode. By reading the work of major writers from a writer's perspective, we will examine the myriad techniques employed for what is finally a common goal: to make readers feel. Short writing exercises will help us explore the exhilarating subtleties of these elements and how the effects created by their manipulation or even outright absence power our most compelling fictions.

• Department: Writing
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Celine R Ipek
  Info
• 3 points

Mafias and Other Dangerous Affiliations

Discussion section for ANTH2017.

• Department: Anthropology
• W 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: William G Odum
  Info
• 0 points

HIST-PHIL:PRE-SOCRATCS-AUGUSTN

• Department: Philosophy
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• M 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 0 points

COMPREHENSIVE INTERMED PORT

Prerequisites: PORT UN1102 or PORT UN1320. Prerequisites: this course is an intensive and fast-paced coverage of both PORT UN2101 and PORT UN2102. Students MUST demonstrate a strong foundation in Portuguese and meet the following REQUIREMENT: A- or higher in PORT UN1102 or PORT UN1320. If you fulfill the above requirement, you do not need the instructors permission to register. HOWEVER the instructor will additionally assess student proficiency during the Change of Program Period. Students who do not have the necessary proficiency level may not remain in this course. This course replaces the sequence PORT UN2101-PORT UN2102.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Joao Nemi Neto
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

COMPREHENSIVE INTER SPANISH

Prerequisites: This course is an intensive and fast-paced coverage of both Spanish UN 2101-Intermediate Spanish I and Spanish UN 2102-Intermediate Spanish II. Students MUST demonstrate a strong foundation in Spanish and meet the following REQUIREMENTS: either a score ABOVE 480 on the Department’s Spanish as a Second Language Placement Examination; or an A or higher in SPAN UN 1102-Elementary Spanish II; or an A- or higher in SPAN UN 1120-Comprehensive Beginning Spanish. If you fulfill the above requirements, you do not need the instructor's permission to register. HOWEVER, the instructor will additionally assess student proficiency during the Change of Program Period. Students who do not have the necessary proficiency level may not remain in this course. Replaces the sequence SPAN UN2101-SPAN UN2102. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Angelina Craig-Florez
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 4 points

INTERMED CONVERSATN FRENCH I

We will be working on pronunciation, vocabulary acquisition, listening comprehension, and oral expression. Activities will include listening comprehension exercises, skits, debates, and oral presentations, as well as discussions of films, songs, short films, plays, news, articles, short stories or other short written documents. Although grammar will not be the focus of the course, some exercises will occasionally aim at reviewing particular points. The themes and topics covered will be chosen according to students’ interests.

• Department: French
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Pascale Crepon
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Hayet Sellami
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 2 points

INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN

Prerequisites: ITAL UN1102 or the equivalent, with a grade of B+ or higher. An intensive course that covers two semesters of intermediate Italian in one, and prepares students for advanced language and literature study. Grammar, reading, writing, and conversation. Exploration of literary and cultural materials. This course may be used to fulfill the language requirement.

• Department: Italian
• MTR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Luisa Gozzi
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 6 points

INTERMED CONVERSATN FRENCH II

We will be working on pronunciation, vocabulary, listening comprehension, and oral expression. Activities will include listening comprehension exercises, skits, debates, and oral presentations, as well as discussions of films, songs, short films, news, articles, short stories or other short written documents. Although grammar will not be the focus of the course, some exercises will occasionally aim at reviewing particular points.

• Department: French
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 2 points

PSYCH OF PERSONALITY - LAB

Prerequisites: PSYC BC1001, BC1020, BC1101. Corequisites: PSYC BC2125 Psychology of Personality Lecture. Laboratory consists of experiments related to the principal approaches to personality and their implications for personality development, psychological adjustment, and everyday behavior. Students will participate in all stages of personality research: conceptualizing a personality construct, designing and administering tests, identifying individual differences, and carrying out a study.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• M 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 2.5 points

PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY-LEC

Prerequisites: BC1001 or permission of the instructor. Lecture course covering the principal approaches to personality and their implications for personality development, psychological adjustment, and everyday behavior. Note that this lecture
can
be taken without its affiliated lab, PSYC BC2124, however, if a student completes this lecture, she cannot enroll in the lab in a later semester. The following Columbia University course is considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: PSYC UN2610 Introduction to Personality; and PSYC UN2680 Social and Personality Development.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tara Well
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCH - LAB

Prerequisites: PSYC BC1001, BC1020, BC1101. Corequisites: PSYC BC2129 Developmental Psychology Lecture. Laboratory course involving experiments related to cognitive, linguistic, perceptual, motor, social, affective, and personality development from infancy to adolescence. The course offers an opportunity for direct observation of children; major areas of research at each level of development are covered.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• W 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 2.5 points

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEC

Prerequisites: PSYC BC1001 Introduction to Psychology or COGS UN1001 Introduction to Cognitive Science or permission of the instructor. Lecture course covering cognitive, linguistic, perceptual, motor, social, affective, and personality development from infancy to adolescence. Note that this lecture
can
be taken without its affiliated lab, PSYC BC2128, however, if a student completes this lecture, she cannot enroll in the lab in a later semester. The following Columbia University course is considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: PSYC UN2280 Introduction to Developmental Psychology.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Koleen McCrink
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

American Film: The Western

This course surveys the first century of the American Western film genre, and its relation to American imaginings and ideologies of the “frontier,” with in-depth readings of key precursor texts, including memoirs, histories, novels, and essays. We will consider the evolution of the genre and its changing place within the film industry, and study exemplary films that established and challenged the genre’s narrative, aesthetic, and ideological conventions. We will explore how films engage with the history and myth of the American West. We will also be analyzing the politics of the Western, in particular how films articulate configurations of race, class, nation, sexuality and gender. And we will study the way Western films and filmmakers themselves interrogate the analytic categories we use to study them -- categories such as “genre” and “auteur” – with specific attention to the work and career of John Ford. Please note: the course requires sustained engagement with and analysis of written texts as well as films, so please be prepared for a bit more reading than what you might expect from a typical film survey course.

• Department: Film
• M 10:10 a.m.-1:55 p.m.
• Instructor: James A Schamus
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

American Film: The Western (Discussion)

American Film: Wester (DI

Discussion section for FILM2134UN.

• Department: Film
• F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• F 11:10 a.m.-noon
• F 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Cece A Wheeler
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• Instructor: Nora G Marris
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• Instructor: Alek Abate
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• 0 points

BALLET III

This course is designed for intermediate dancers who are interested in maintaining their established ballet technique as well as advancing their knowledge and familiarity with the classical vocabulary. Students of Ballet III should have completed two semesters of Ballet II or it’s equivalent, or one semester of Ballet III or its equivalent, and have a firm mental and physical understanding of barre exercises (plié, battement tendu, battement dégagé, rond de jambe à terre, battement fondu, frappé, and grand battement), as well as general center concepts such as adagio, waltz, pirouettes, and petit allegro (including changement, glissade, jeté, and assemblé). This is a graded, semester long, two credit course.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Cynthia Anderson
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• Instructor: Antonio Carmena
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• Instructor: Vincent McCloskey
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 2 points

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - LAB

Prerequisites: BC1001, BC1020, BC1101. Corequisites: BC2138 Social Psychology Lecture. Laboratory course covering contemporary theory and research on social thought and behavior. Issues such as person perception, attitudes, attraction, aggression, stereotyping, group dynamics, and social exchange will be explored. The application of theory and research to addressing social problems will be discussed.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• T 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 2.5 points

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEC

Prerequisites: BC1001 or permission of the instructor. Lecture course covering contemporary theory and research on social thought and behavior. Issues such as person perception, attitudes, attraction, aggression, stereotyping, group dynamics, and social exchange will be explored. The application of theory and research to addressing social problems will be discussed. Note that this lecture
can
be taken without its affiliated lab, PSYC BC2137, however, if a student completes this lecture, she cannot enroll in the lab in a later semester. The following Columbia University course is considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: PSYC UN2630 Social Psychology.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Katherine Thorson
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 7 Info
• 4 points

BALLET IV

This course is designed for advanced intermediate dancers who are interested in maintaining their established ballet technique as well as advancing their knowledge and familiarity with the classical vocabulary. Students of Ballet IV should have completed two semesters of Ballet III or its equivalent, or one semester of Ballet IV or its equivalent, and have a firm mental and physical understanding of ballet technical exercises. These include all barre exercises (plié, battement tendu, battement dégagé, rond de jambe à terre, battement fondu, battement frappé, and grand battement), as well as center exercises including adagio, waltz, pirouettes, petit allegro, and grand allegro. Focus of this class will be on how to practice ballet safely, efficiently, musically, and joyfully.

This is a graded, semester long, two credit course. This class is offered in person only, and no remote learning option will be available.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Vincent McCloskey
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Marjorie Folkman
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Juan Rodriguez
  Info
• 2 points

Critical Approaches in Social and Cultur

This course examines the conceptual foundations that support feminist and queer analyses of racial capitalism, security and incarceration, the politics of life and health, and colonial and postcolonial studies, among others. Open to all students; required for the major in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and the Interdisciplinary Concentration or Minor in Race and Ethnicity (ICORE/MORE).

• Department: Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies @Barnard
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Pittman
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites: PSYCBC1001 Introduction to Psychology or its accepted equivalent. . An introduction to the study of abnormal behavior and various psychological disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and personality disorders. The course broadly reviews scientific and cultural perspectives on abnormal behavior with an emphasis on clinical descriptions and diagnosis, etiology, treatment, and research methods. The following Columbia University course is considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: PSYC UN2620 Abnormal Behavior.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Erica Musser
  Info
• 3 points

CRITICAL APPROACHES-DISC

• Department: Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies @Barnard
• 0 points

INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISMS

PRACTICING INTERSECTIONALITY

Enrollment for this class is by instructor approval and an application is required. Please fill out the form here: 
https://forms.gle/bPsV7rcf5RWB35PM9

This introductory course for the Interdisciplinary Concentration or Minor in Race and Ethnicity (ICORE/MORE) as well as Majors/Minors in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) is open to all students. We focus on the critical study of social difference as an interdisciplinary practice, using texts with diverse modes of argumentation and evidence to analyze social differences as fundamentally entangled and co-produced. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of this course, the professor will frequently be joined by other faculty and guest speakers who bring distinct disciplinary and subject matter expertise. Some keywords for this course include hybridity, diaspora, borderlands, migration, and intersectionality.

• Department: Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies @Barnard
• T 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Manijeh Moradian
  Info
• 3 points

INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISMS DISCUSSION SECT

N/A

• Department: Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies @Barnard
• R 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• R 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Manijeh Moradian
  Info
• 0 points

Music, Sound, and Antisemitism

From the Middle Ages to the present, individuals involved in making and writing about music, have engaged in behaviors, creations, and discourses steeped in hatred of Jews. This course examines the various ways in which these individuals have used music to perform and inscribe, symbolize, describe, and editorialize antisemitism. In so doing, it focuses on musicking—a term that encompasses all musical activity from composing to performing to listening—in the realms of art music, popular music, and non-Western traditions, as well as of genres that synthesize different styles. It also draws on sound, including language and speech as well as writings such as Wagner’s Judenthum in der Musik (1848−50/69) and Carl Engel’s The Music of the Most Ancient Nations (1864). All of these will serve as a window through which to address the types of Jew-hatred that have become known since the mid-nineteenth century as antisemitism—religious, national and ethnic, political, populist, economic, and institutional—as well as hate speech or “hate talk” and the Jewish responses to it. A basic familiarity with music is helpful for this course, but it is not required as long as there is an openness to listening to music and a commitment to basic aural analysis. You do not need to know Jewish history to take this class, nor do you need to be able to read music. Translations will be provided, and musical analysis will be well explained.

Suggested prerequisites: Music Humanities (Columbia University) or An Introduction to Music (Barnard)

• Department: Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tina Fruehauf
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

PSYCHOLOGY OF DRUG USE & ABUSE

PSYCHOLOGY OF DRUG USE &ABUSE

Prerequisites: BC1001 or permission of the instructor. 

The aim of this course is to critically examine the complex interaction of biological, psychological and environmental factors which impact the etiology, symptoms, and treatment of substance abuse and dependence. The course focuses on those drugs which have abuse and dependence potential with specific emphasis on Alcohol and the Depressants, the Psychostimulants, and the Opiates.  A primary objective is to provide insight into factors which contribute to challenges with substances for some individuals and to better understand their felt and lived experience with drugs.

The course begins with a review of theoretical perspectives including disease, behavioral, cognitive, social learning, psychodynamic, and neurobiological models.  The physical, psychological, and socio-cultural effects/impact of each major class of drug will then follow. Within each category, we will also discuss controversial issues related to each drug for example: methadone maintenance, needle exchange programs, Ritalin/Adderall abuse, the “opiate epidemic.”  Throughout the course, case histories, film documentaries and memoirs will provide personal accounts of the drug experience.  We conclude the course with an overview of treatment interventions.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: E'Mett McCaskill
  CULPA: 38 Info
• 3 points

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

Every day there are thousands of individuals interacting with the legal system. Are
they mentally competent to stand trial? How can a judge decide if it is in the best
interests of a child to live with one, or both (or neither) parent(s)? What is the risk of
a violent offender repeating the offense? What kinds of information influence juries?
Does mediation work to solve disputes? Forensic psychologists apply their
knowledge of psychology specifically in legal matters. This semester will focus on
the broad area of forensic psychology, exploring important legal cases relevant to
forensic psychology, police psychology, what constitutes expert testimony, how
assessments are conducted, and working as a psychologist in the correctional system.

• Department: Psychology @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Kathleen M Taylor
  CULPA: 78 Info
• 3 points

EARTH'S ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS: THE SOLID

EARTH'S ENV SYSTEM:SOLID

Recommended preparation: high school chemistry and physics; and one semester of college science. Exploration of how the solid Earth works, today and in the past, focusing on Earth in the Solar system, continents and oceans, the Earth's history, mountain systems on land and sea, minerals and rocks, weathering and erosion, glaciers and ice sheets, the hydrological cycle and rivers, geochronology, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, energy resources. Laboratory exploration of topics through examination of rock samples, experimentation, computer data analysis, field exercises, and modeling. Columbia and Barnard majors should plan to take W2200 before their senior year to avoid conflicts with the Senior Seminar.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• R 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 4.5 points

Out of the Ordinary: Aesthetics, Power,

Aesthetics, Power, Bodies

This course examines twentieth-century literature, film, and music in order to explore the many and complex ways that beauty, power, and bodily identity co-articulate experiences that lie beyond the ordinary. Reading novels, essays, and poetry alongside musical interludes, we will think about bodies, power, and beauty together. This class explores the wide beyond, the other side of the everyday, the hum of being that can be discerned only in certain musical performances, the terror and pleasure that course through certain works of fiction, and the fragmented self that fails to cohere in extraordinary acts of memoir. From these pieces and unfinished conversations, we intend to collaboratively develop fresh insights on the nature of beauty and identity under increasingly draconian and profit-driven forms of knowledge and power.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO GIS METHODS

Prerequisites: Must attend first class for instructor permission.  Students create maps using ArcGIS software, analyze the physical and social processes presented in the digital model, and use the data to solve specific spatial analysis problems. Note: this course fulfills the C requirement in Urban Studies.

• Department: Urban Studies @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Christian Siener
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

CERAMICS I

(Formerly R3130) This studio course will provide the students with a foundation in the ceramic process, its history, and its relevance to contemporary art making. The course is structured in two parts. The first centers on the fundamental and technical aspects of the material. Students will learn construction techniques, glazing and finishing methods, and particulars about firing procedures. This part of the course will move quickly in order to expose the students to a variety of ceramic processes. Weekly assignments, demonstrations, and lectures will be given. The second centers on the issue of how to integrate ceramics into the students current practice. Asking the question of why we use ceramics as a material and, further, why we choose the materials we do to make art. Rigorous group and individual critiques focusing on the above questions will be held. The goal of this course is to supply the students with the knowledge and skill necessary to work in ceramics and enough proficiency and understanding of the material to enable them to successfully incorporate it into their practice. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• M 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Patrice R Washington
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• Instructor: Erica J Mao
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• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE NONFICTION WRKSHP

The intermediate workshop in nonfiction is designed for students with some experience in writing literary nonfiction. Intermediate workshops present a higher creative standard than beginning workshops and an expectation that students will produce finished work. Outside readings supplement and inform the exercises and longer written projects. By the end of the semester, students will have produced thirty to forty pages of original work in at least two traditions of literary nonfiction. Please visit
https://arts.columbia.edu/writing/undergraduate
 for information about registration procedures.

• Department: Writing
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Lars Horn
  Info
• 3 points

SECOND YEAR CHINESE I

Prerequisites
:
One (1) year of college-level Chinese or the equivalent

Texts
:

Experiencing China
 

As the first half of a one-year program for intermediate Chinese learners, this course helps students consolidate and develop language skills used in everyday communication.Texts are presented in the form of dialogues and narratives that provide language situations, sentence patterns, word usage, and cultural information.This course will enable students to conduct everyday tasks such as shopping for cell phone plans, opening a bank account, seeing a doctor, or renting a place to live. At the end of the course, students will be ready to move on to the second half of the program, which focuses on aspects of Chinese culture such as the social norms of politeness and gift-giving. Semi-formal and literary styles will also be introduced as students transition to more advanced levels of Chinese language study. While providing practical training, Second Year Chinese aims to improve the student's linguistic competence in preparation for advanced studies in Mandarin.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• MTWR 6:10 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Shaoyan Qi
  CULPA: 25 Info
• Instructor: Jia Xu
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Yike Li
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• Instructor: Yanwen Wu
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• Instructor: Kaidi Chen
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• 5 points

SECOND YEAR JAPANESE I

Prerequisites: JPNS C1102 or the equivalent. Further practice in the four language skills. Participation in a once a week conversation class is required.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Naoko Sourial
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• Instructor: Shigeru Eguchi
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Chikako Takahashi
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• Instructor: Shigeru Eguchi
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 5 points

SECOND YEAR KOREAN I

Prerequisites: KORN W1102 or the equivalent. Consultation with the instructors is required before registration for section assignment. Further practice in reading, writing, listening comprehension, conversation, and grammar.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Sue Yoon
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• Instructor: Eunice Chung
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Beom Lee
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Yongjun Choi
  Info
• 5 points

SECOND YEAR ARABIC I

Prerequisites: MDES W1210-W1211 or the equivalent. A continuation of the study of the language of contemporary writing. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Rym Bettaieb
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Nasr Abdo
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• Instructor: May Ahmar
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 5 points

SECOND YEAR ARABIC II

Prerequisites: MDES W1210-W1211 or the equivalent. A continuation of the study of the language of contemporary writing. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Ouijdane Absi
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MUSIC

An introduction to the potential of digital sound synthesis and signal processing. Teaches proficiency in elementary and advanced digital audio techniques. This course aims to challenge some of the tacet assumptions about music that are built into the design of various user interfaces and hardware and fosters a creative approach to using digital audio workstation software and equipment.  Permission of Instructor required to enroll. Music Majors have priority for enrollment.

• Department: Music
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Anna Meadors
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• 3 points

ARABIC FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS I

Prerequisites: Instructor permission. This is an intensive course that combines the curriculum of both First and Second Year Arabic in two semesters instead of four, and focuses on the productive skills (speaking and writing) in Modern Standard Arabic (Fusha). Students are exposed intensively to grammar and vocabulary of a high register. After successful completion of this course, students will be able to move on to Third Year Arabic. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• Instructor: Youssef Nouhi
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 5 points

CULTURE IN AMERICA

An examination of the diverse values, meanings and identities that comprise American pluralism, the moral and political clashes and communities that emerge from them, and the sociological concepts that make sense of them. Part One explores larger macro-themes (American exceptionalism; individualism and community; religion and secularism; pleasure and restraint in post-Puritan America; race, immigration and identity). Part Two explores the interplay between these large themes and cultural polarization in post-Trump America, with special focus on the cultural forces at play in the 2024 presidential election: red states, blues states and cultural sorting;  changing conceptions of liberalism and conservatism; class divisions and the global rise of cultural populism;  the concept of “epistemic tribes” and media silos; fights over religion and race, sexuality and family; the current war on “wokeness” and the debate on free expression.

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Rieder
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

GRAMMATIK AKTIV

An intensive study of key features of German grammar, with an emphasis on skill-building exercises and practical solutions to common problems of writing and speaking on the intermediate level; aims at building confidence in using simple and more complex sentence structures.

• Department: German @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Motyl
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 2 points

TRADITIONS IN NONFICTION

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required. The seminar provides exposure to the varieties of nonfiction with readings in its principal genres: reportage, criticism and commentary, biography and history, and memoir and the personal essay. A highly plastic medium, nonfiction allows authors to portray real events and experiences through narrative, analysis, polemic or any combination thereof. Free to invent everything but the facts, great practitioners of nonfiction are faithful to reality while writing with a voice and a vision distinctively their own. To show how nonfiction is conceived and constructed, class discussions will emphasize the relationship of content to form and style, techniques for creating plot and character under the factual constraints imposed by nonfiction, the defining characteristics of each authors voice, the authors subjectivity and presence, the role of imagination and emotion, the uses of humor, and the importance of speculation and attitude. Written assignments will be opportunities to experiment in several nonfiction genres and styles.

• Department: Writing
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ade Khan
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• 3 points

GRAMMATIK ACTIV

An intensive study of key features of German grammar, with an emphasis on skill-building exercises and practical solutions to common problems of writing and speaking on the intermediate level; aims at building confidence in using simple and more complex sentence structures. For an additional point, students will hand in a weekly 150-200 word summary in German in which they highlight what they have learned, explain the rules and applications of the linguistic feature on hand. In the last portion of the summary students will reflect on their learning process during each week to document their progress. Individual meetings with the Professor to clarify and practice student specific grammar issues will be scheduled.

• Department: German @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Motyl
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

COGNITION: MEMORY AND STRESS

Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001 or PSYC UN1010 or the instructors permission. Memory, attention, and stress in human cognition.

• Department: Psychology
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Janet Metcalfe
  CULPA: 31 h-index: 70 Info
• 3 points

SECOND YEAR CHINESE W

SECOND YEAR CHINESE W I

Second-Year Chinese W (I & II) : This course is designed for heritage learners with conversational abilities and foundational literacy skills in Mandarin Chinese. Through interactive lessons, targeted linguistic exercises, cultural exploration and comparison, and real-world applications, students will deepen their understanding of their cultural heritage while expanding their vocabulary and enhancing their language skills. By the end of the course, students will be better equipped to engage confidently with family members and other Chinese-speaking communities.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTR 12:10 p.m.-1:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Yuan-Yuan Meng
  CULPA: 33 Info
• 5 points

Accelerated Korean for Heritage Speakers

Accelerated Korean I

This course is the first half of Accelerated Korean for Heritage Speakers. This course is designed specifically for heritage students who have some previous knowledge of Hangul and basic sentence patterns of everyday Korean. Upon completion of this course, students may advance to Accelerated Korean for Heritage Speakers II to complete the college's two-year foreign language requirement in one year.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Ji-Young Jung
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• 5 points

MELLON MAYS UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP SEN

MMUF SENIOR YEAR COLLOQUI

This is a course designed for the students enrolled in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program.  It should be taken fall and spring semesters of a student's third and fourth years at the college (for a total of 6 course credits total over the two years). The goal of this course is to become familiar with academic research and writing, as well as the  culture of colleges/ universities in order to prepare students to apply to graduate school and earn the PhD.. The program hones academic writing skills (research papers, project and grant proposals, academic reflections designed to facilitate intentional goal setting and planning), teaches skills related to scholarly presentations (oral and written), as well as familiarizes students with academic culture in particular diversity, equity and inclusion issues and concerns in the academy. Students are expected to attend all the events and meetings associated with the program.

• Department: Barnard College
• F noon-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamara Walker
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• 1.5 points

SODB: THIRD & FOURTH YR SEM

Prerequisites: SODBX1111 Must be enrolled on Scholars of Distinction Program This is the course associated with the Barbara Silver Horowitz Scholars of Distinction program. It is for students in that program. Note at the end of their second year, the students will have developed a project for the summer between their second and third years at Barnard. During their third year, they will develop a robust research project connected to or deriving from that summer’s work.

• Department: Scholars of Distinction @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 1.5 points

History and Practice of Electronic Music

History & Practice of Ele

This course will provide a critical survey of the development of electronic and computer music and sound from around the globe. From early experiments and precursors in the late 19th century through to modern-day experimental and popular music practices, this course aims to trace the development of technologies used in the production of electronic and computer derived sound and music alongside the economic, cultural, and social forces that contribute to the development of audiences. The course will focus intently on listening through a series of curated playlists in an effort to unpack style and genre distinctions. Readings and listening examples will be paired with small, hands-on assignments, that demonstrate the effect of music making tools on the process and structure of musical genres and styles ranging from the experimental practices of musique concrete, drone, and harsh noise to the mainstream practices of dub, techno, vaporwave, hyperpop, and hip hop and more.

• Department: Music
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Seth Cluett
  h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

JAZZ DANCE II

This class explores contemporary jazz movement using music from both American and Diasporic pop culture.
Students can expect to work on technique, performance, groove, musicality, and retention of choreography (additional emphasis on story-telling).
There will be opportunities for discussions of professional development pertaining to navigating a career in dance (auditioning, submissions, agencies/representation, etc) on evaluation days.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ehizoje J Azeke
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• 2 points

AFRICAN DANCE I

In West Africa, dance is part of daily life. It is used to mark occasions such a birth, death, harvest, and  marriage. It is also used to unite the community in times of crisis. West African dance is not as much a strict  technique as it is a movement coming from the spirit and the rhythm of the drum and the energy of the  people. While there are certain steps that go with specific rhythms, it leaves space for the individual  interpretation and improvisations which is an important element. Dancing is more about the communication  between dancer and drummer. The movement of West African dance tends to be energetic and big. It is very  expressive, and the energy is outward. 

Some African dance steps are taken directly from daily activities such as planting or hunting. Most, however,  are an expression of joy or release of the spirit. Dancing is done by communicating with a drummer to create  positive energy. It is a way to enjoy oneself and each other. In African dance, the name of the dance is the  same as the name of the rhythm played by the drummer. The individual steps that make up the dance do not  have names. In this course, we are going to be learning various West African dances such as Sikko, Socco,  Kuku, Mandiany, Farakorroba, Sunu, Soli, Lamba, Mandjo, Diambadong, Doundounba, Kaolask,  Thieboudjeune, Niarry---gorong, Ekongkong, Wolossodong, Zaouly, Ngorong, Niakka, Maraka, Djansa and  Lengeng/Kutiro.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Maguette Camara
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 2 points

AFRICAN DANCE II

Prerequisites: DNCE BC2252 or permission of instructor.

In West Africa, dance is part of daily life. It is used to mark occasions such a birth,  death, harvest, and marriage. It is also used to unite the community in times of  crisis. West African dance is not as much a strict technique as it is a movement  coming from the spirit and the rhythm of the drum and the energy of the people.  While there are certain steps that go with specific rhythms, it leaves space for the  individual interpretation and improvisations which is an important element. Dancing  is more about the communication between dancer and drummer. The movement of  West African dance tends to be energetic and big. It is very expressive, and the  energy is outward. 

Some African dance steps are taken directly from daily activities such as planting or  hunting. Most, however, are an expression of joy or release of the spirit. Dancing is  done by communicating with a drummer to create positive energy. It is a way to  enjoy oneself and each other. 

In African dance, the name of the dance is the same as the name of the rhythm  played by the drummer. The individual steps that make up the dance do not have  names. 

In this course, we are going to be learning various West African dances such as  Sikko, Socco, Kuku, Mandiany, Farakorroba, Sunu, Soli, Lamba, Mandjo,  Diambadong, Doundounba, Kaolask, Thieboudjeune, Niarry-gorong, Ekongkong,  Wolossodong, Zaouly, Ngorong, Niakka, Maraka, Djansa and Lengeng/Kutiro.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Maguette Camara
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 2 points

INDIAN DANCE: BHARATANATYAM

CLASSICAL INDIAN I

Bharatanatyam is typically studied as a theater dance form, and as a spiritual practice.  In this class, traditional and contemporary teaching approaches are combined to introduce the participant to an overview of technical and performative aspects of the form. An example of the adjusted structure of the classes is that we begin each class with hatha yoga based stretches and dance warm ups that specifically target the kind of joint articulation that the form presupposes.

We focus on the basic stance, the 
ardha-mandi
, along with the technique of stamping as exemplified in the series of 
adavu, 
(basic combinations of hand, foot and rhythmic movement.) Following the progressive difficulty of the 
adavu 
system itself, more challenging combinations of hand and footwork will be introduced. Head and eye techniques will be introduced first in isolation then in combination.

The last stage of this class involves learning a short abstract dance to music especially pre-recorded for a particular version of a dance genre and adjusted for difficulty level. This is in order to experience how the parts of the technique are integrated and to experience the state of performing.  Students will be invited to perform at informal showings.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Uttara Coorlawala
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 2 points

AFRO-CUBAN DANCE

This course introduces students to the African-based dances of Cuba, including dances for the Orisha, Rumba, and the immensely joyful “Rueda de Casino” style of Salsa. In addition to learning rhythms, songs, and dances, we will have an ongoing, informal discussion about the historical and contemporary significance of Afro-Cuban dance performance, making connections to personal experience through practice and ongoing reflection. We engage Afro-Cuban music and dance as a living and evolving tradition, where culture, artistry, and history are intimately bound.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• F 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Rebecca Bliss
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• 2 points

Advanced Explorations in AfroCuban Dance

Advanced AfroCuban Dance

An upper-level exploration of Afro-Cuban Dance focused on performance. Building on the foundation of Afro-Cuban Dance: Orisha, Rumba, Salsa, this course is a deeper dive into aesthetic principles, cultural themes, and improvisation as performance in the African dance context. Students explore multiple distinct dances and learn to engage the storytelling and cultural significance of each dance through improvisation with the drums. The course culminates with final, in-class presentations. Open to experienced movers and students who have completed Afro-Cuban Dance: Orisha, Rumba, Salsa. Permission of instructor required.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• F 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Rebecca Bliss
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• 2 points

HIP HOP DANCE & CULTURE III (ADVANCED)

HIP HOP DANCE & CULTURE 3

Advanced technique and repertory in hip hop. Classes are geared to condition the body for the rigors of hip-hop technique by developing strength, coordination, flexibility, stamina, and rhythmic awareness, while developing an appreciation of choreographic movement and structures. Compositional elements of hip-hop will be introduced and students may compose brief movement sequences. The course meets twice weekly and is held in the dance studio.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Candace Brown
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• 2 points

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE FOR ECONOMICS

Financial accounting is concerned with the preparation and public dissemination
of financial reports designed to reflect corporate performance and financial
condition. By providing timely, relevant, and reliable information, these reports
facilitate the decision-making of investors, creditors, and other interested parties.
Financial markets depend on the information contained in these reports to
evaluate executives, estimate future stock returns, assess firms’ riskiness, and
allocate society’s resources to their most productive uses.
This course provides a base level of knowledge needed by corporate executives
to understand and discuss corporate financial statements. The process of
learning how various business activities impact financial statements will also give
you opportunities to learn and think about the business activities, themselves.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elham Saeidinezhad
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

For undergraduates only. Examines the fundamental concepts of financial accounting and finance, from the perspective of both managers and investors. Key topics covered include principles of accrual accounting; recognizing and recording accounting transactions; preparation and analysis of financial statements; ratio analysis; pro-forma projections; time value of money (present values, future values and interest/discount rates); inflation; discounted-cash-flow (DCF) project evaluation methods; deterministic and probabilistic measures of risk; capital budgeting.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher A Perez
  Info
• 3 points

Developmental Psychology

Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001 or PSYC UN1010 or the equivalent. Introduction to the scientific study of human development, with an emphasis on psychobiological processes underlying perceptual, cognitive, and emotional development.

• Department: Psychology
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Nim L Tottenham
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• 3 points