Intro to East Asian Art Disc. Section
Intro East Asian Art Disc
Required discussion section for students enrolled in AHIS UN2622
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- R 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- R 11:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Andrew On-Tsun Fung
Info - 0 points
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Surveys important methods, findings, and theories in the study of social influences on behavior. Emphasizes different perspectives on the relation between individuals and society.
- Department: Psychology
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tory Higgins
CULPA: 23
Wikipedia
h-index: 134
Info
- 3 points
COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
COG SCI AND PHILOSOPHY
This course will survey a number of topics at the intersection of cognitive science and philosophy. Potential topics include free will, consciousness, embodied cognition, artificial intelligence, neural networks, and the language of thought.
- Department: Philosophy
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brendan I Fleig-Goldstein
Info - 3 points
LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION I
This course aims to give a portrait of the development of Latin America from the first contact with the Europeans to the creation of independent states. We will focus on society and interaction among the various ethnic and socio-economic groups at the level of daily life. For each class, students will have to read sections of a core text as well as a primary source, or document, from the period; before the end of every class there will be 15 minutes to discuss the document together. In addition, students will enroll in discussion sections held by TAs.
- Department: History
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Caterina Pizzigoni
CULPA: 24
Info
- 4 points
LATIN AMER CIVILIZATION I-DISC
- Department: History
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Instructor:
Caterina Pizzigoni
CULPA: 24
Info
- 0 points
MAGIC AND MODERNITY
This course introduces students to the cultural history of magic: as an idea, as a practice, and as a tool with which wield power and induce wonder. Magic, as we will explore, is a modern concept, the contours of which have been shaped by its relations with religion and science, always against larger backdrops—of the Enlightenment, Romanticism, (post) colonialism, and (post) secularism. Readings are drawn from philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, sociology, drama, literature, history, history of science, and political theory. Cases and readings focus on everything from medieval England to post-socialist Mozambique. Throughout the term, a recurring theme will be whether, and to what extent, magic is incompatible with modernity—or, actually, integral to its constitution.
By the end of this course, students should be familiar with a variety of ways in which magic has been understood since the early modern era, in a wide range of settings and cultural contexts. By tracing understandings of magic, students should also come away with an appreciation of how the authority of being “modern” is constructed (and contested) in relation to contemporary valuations of reason, science, enchantment, and the imagination.
- Department: Religion
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew Engelke
CULPA: 3 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info - 3 points
The Cold War in Latin America
This lecture offers a comprehensive view of the Cold War in Latin America and zooms in on those places and moments when it turned hot. It understands the Cold War as a complex and multi-layered conflict, which not only pitted two superpowers—the United States and the Soviet Union—against one another, but also two ideologies—capitalism and socialism—whose appeal cut across societies. In Latin America, the idea of socialist revolution attracted a diverse set of actors (workers, students, intellectuals, politicians, etc.) and posed a significant challenge to both capitalism and United States hegemony. We will probe what the Cold War meant to people across the region, paying particular attention to revolutionary and counterrevolutionary events in Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua, all the while examining the diplomatic and cultural battles for the hearts and minds of Latin Americans.
- Department: History
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alfonso Salgado
Info - 4 points
The Cold War in Latin America - DISC
DISC - The Cold War in La
Required discussion section for “The Cold War in Latin America” lecture (HIST UN2671)
- Department: History
- T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alfonso Salgado
Info - 0 points
INTRO TO PHIL OF LANGUAGE
This course gives students an introduction to various topics in the Philosophy of Language.
- Department: Philosophy @Barnard
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Karen Lewis
CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info - 4 points
Intro to Phil of Lang - REC
Required discussion for PHIL UN2685 Introduction to Philosophy of Language
- Department: Philosophy @Barnard
- R 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- R 11:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Yitu Hu
Info - 0 points
INTERMEDIATE PERSIAN I
Prerequisites: Elementary Persian II or the equivalent. This course involves reading, writing, translating, conversation and grammatical foundations for Persian Language (PL). The materials are selected from two books: Āmuzesh-e Fārsi: Intermediate Level (required) and English-Persian Dictionary, plus verb system and charts (recommended). These books are assigned and have to be available to every student. There are also handouts, which will be provided throughout the course. This course serves as intermediate and makes students able to read and compose proper Persian language as well as the colloquial one. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Saeed Honarmand
Info - 4 points
AI in Context
AI IN CONTEXT
An interdisciplinary introduction to the history, development and modern application of artificial intelligence in a variety of contexts. Context subjects and teaching staff will vary by semester.
- Department: Computer Science
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Adam H Cannon
CULPA: 81
Info
- 3 points
Medieval Middle East
This course is an introduction to the medieval Middle East, starting from the Abbasid caliphate at its peak and ending with the establishment of the Timurid empire. It explores political, social, and intellectual trends that configured the region’s later history, emphasizing both its complexity and interconnectedness. The course will feature not only on the Middle East and North Africa, but also other regions such as North India and Andalusia, considering the role of the Islamicate world in global history. Special attention will be given to political formations, intellectual and social diversity, and Islam as a cultural system. Students will be introduced to a large number of primary sources from different regions, languages, and religious communities, including objects, art, and music. Students will learn to analyze these materials and understand how history is written and made. This course does not presume any foreknowledge of the topic.
- Department: History
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Ali Karjoo-Ravary
Info - 4 points
Medieval Middle East - DISC
Required zero-point/ungraded discussion section for “Medieval Middle East” lecture (HIST 2709)
- Department: History
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Instructor:
Ali Karjoo-Ravary
Info - 0 points
ADVANCED LITERARY TIBETAN
This course focuses on helping students gain greater proficiency in reading Tibetan Buddhist philosophical and religious historical texts. Readings are selected primarily from Tibetan Buddhist philosophical texts (sutras) such as shes rab snying po, thu’u bkan grub mtha’ and other Tibetan canonical texts.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sonam Tsering Ngulphu
Info - 4 points
HISTORY OF THE MOD MIDDLE EAST
This course will cover the history of the Middle East from the 18th century until the present, examining the region ranging from Morocco to Iran and including the Ottoman Empire. It will focus on transformations in the states of the region, external intervention, and the emergence of modern nation-states, as well as aspects of social, economic, cultural and intellectual history of the region. Field(s): ME
- Department: History
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Rashid I Khalidi
CULPA: 26
Wikipedia
Info
- 4 points
MOD MIDDLE EAST-DISC
- Department: History
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Instructor:
Rashid I Khalidi
CULPA: 26
Wikipedia
Info
- 0 points
World Fiction Since 1965
In the period since 1965, fiction has become global in a new sense and with a new intensity. Writers from different national traditions have been avidly reading each other, wherever they happen to come from, and they often resist national and regional labels altogether. If you ask the Somali writer Nuruddin Farah whether the precocious child of Maps was inspired by Salman Rushdie´s Midnight´s Children, he will answer (at least he did when I asked him) that he and Rushdie both were inspired by Sterne´s Tristram Shandy and Grass´s The Tin Drum. At the same time, the human experiences around which novelists organize their fiction are often themselves global, explicitly and powerfully but also mysteriously. Our critical language is in some ways just trying to catch up with innovative modes of storytelling that attempt to be responsible to the global scale of interconnectedness on which, as we only rarely manage to realize, we all live. Authors will include some of the following: Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Jamaica Kincaid, W.G. Sebald, Elena Ferrante, and Zadie Smith.
- Department: English and Comparative Literature
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Bruce Robbins
CULPA: 35
Wikipedia
h-index: 39
Info
- 3 points
World Fiction Since 1965
In the period since 1965, fiction has become global in a new sense and with a new intensity. Writers from different national traditions have been avidly reading each other, wherever they happen to come from, and they often resist national and regional labels altogether. If you ask the Somali writer Nuruddin Farah whether the precocious child of Maps was inspired by Salman Rushdie´s Midnight´s Children, he will answer (at least he did when I asked him) that he and Rushdie both were inspired by Sterne´s Tristram Shandy and Grass´s The Tin Drum. At the same time, the human experiences around which novelists organize their fiction are often themselves global, explicitly and powerfully but also mysteriously. Our critical language is in some ways just trying to catch up with innovative modes of storytelling that attempt to be responsible to the global scale of interconnectedness on which, as we only rarely manage to realize, we all live. Authors will include some of the following: Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Jamaica Kincaid, W.G. Sebald, Elena Ferrante, and Zadie Smith.
- Department: Auditing
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Bruce Robbins
CULPA: 35
Wikipedia
h-index: 39
Info
- 0 points
GENDER & SEXUALITY IN AFRICA
- Department: History
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Rhiannon Stephens
CULPA: 2 Info - 4 points
GENDER & SEXUALITY IN AFRICA
- Department: Auditing
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Rhiannon Stephens
CULPA: 2 Info - 0 points
GENDER & SEXUALITY IN AFRICA-DISC
- Department: History
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Instructor:
Rhiannon Stephens
CULPA: 2 Info - 0 points
Mysticism and Medieval Drama
ENGL GU4791 Mysticism and Medieval Drama will be renumbered to ENGL UN2791 with a graduate section added to ENGL GR6998.
- Department: English and Comparative Literature
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Eleanor Johnson
CULPA: 20
Info
- 3 points
Mysticism and Medieval Drama
ENGL GU4791 Mysticism and Medieval Drama will be renumbered to ENGL UN2791 with a graduate section added to ENGL GR6998.
- Department: Auditing
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Eleanor Johnson
CULPA: 20
Info
- 0 points
ACCELERATED PHYSICS I
Prerequisites: Advanced Placement in physics and mathematics, or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission. (A special placement meeting is held during Orientation.) This accelerated two-semester sequence covers the subject matter of PHYS UN1601, PHYS UN1602 and PHYS UN2601, and is intended for those students who have an exceptionally strong background in both physics and mathematics. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields. There is no accompanying laboratory; however, students are encouraged to take the intermediate laboratory, PHYS UN3081, in the following year.
- Department: Physics
- TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Yury Levin
h-index: 91 Info - 4.5 points
History of English Novel II
ENGL GU4802 History of English Novel II will be renumbered to ENGL UN2802 with a graduate section added to ENGL GR6998.
- Department: English and Comparative Literature
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
James E Adams
CULPA: 12
Info
- 3 points
History of English Novel II
ENGL GU4802 History of English Novel II will be renumbered to ENGL UN2802 with a graduate section added to ENGL GR6998.
- Department: Auditing
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
James E Adams
CULPA: 12
Info
- 0 points
American Modernism
This course approaches modernism as the varied literary responses to the cultural, technological, and political conditions of modernity in the United States. The historical period from the turn of the century to the onset of World War II forms a backdrop for consideration of such authors as Getrude Stein, Willa Cather, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Djuna Barnes. Assigned readings will cover a range of genres, including novels, poetry, short stories, and contemporary essays.
- Department: English and Comparative Literature
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ross Posnock
CULPA: 14
Info
- 3 points
American Modernism
This course approaches modernism as the varied literary responses to the cultural, technological, and political conditions of modernity in the United States. The historical period from the turn of the century to the onset of World War II forms a backdrop for consideration of such authors as Getrude Stein, Willa Cather, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Djuna Barnes. Assigned readings will cover a range of genres, including novels, poetry, short stories, and contemporary essays.
- Department: Auditing
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ross Posnock
CULPA: 14
Info
- 0 points
Making Modern Korea
This course explores Korea’s history from the late nineteenth century to the present with a particular focus on caste/class, gender, war and industrialization. Using primary and secondary texts as well as documentary film and literary ephemera, the seminar analyses such topics as the relationship between imperialism and rebellions in the nineteenth century; the uneven experience of Japanese colonial rule; Korea’s early feminist movement; how North Korea became a communist society; the deep scars of the Korean War; cultures of industrialism in South and North Korea; counter-cultural movements in 1970s, 1980s and 1990s South Korea; and contemporary challenges facing the peninsula. This course will give students a thorough grounding in modern Korean history and introduce them to major interpretative currents in the study of Korean history.
- Department: History
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ruth Barraclough
Info - 4 points
Making Modern Korea - DISC
Required discussion section for “Making Modern Korea” lecture (HIST 2851)
- Department: History
- 0 points
FRONTIERS OF ASTROPHYSICS
Several members of the faculty each offer a brief series of talks providing context for a current research topic in the field and then present results of their ongoing research. Opportunities for future student research collaboration are offered. Grading is Pass/Fail.
- Department: Astronomy
- F 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Greg Bryan
CULPA: 4
h-index: 70
Info
- 1 points
INTERMEDIATE MODERN TURKISH I
A continuation of the study of the written and spoken language of Turkey, with readings of literary, historical, and other texts. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Zuleyha Colak
CULPA: 2 h-index: 0 Info - 4 points
Arts of North America
This class provides an introduction to the visual and material cultures of North America, primarily the United States, from the Colonial Period until World War II, produced by artists with a variety of cultural and social identities. Through the close visual analysis of images and objects, the careful reading of primary sources, and the strategic engagement with recent scholarship, we will study how what and who is “American” have been defined and redefined over the past three centuries. In 2024, the course will be organized into four large thematic units focusing on the relationships between visual culture and a) materials and material practices, b) a) social and political identities, c) nature and the environment, and d) cultural institutions and public spaces. Each of these themes is keyed primarily to a different historical moment, but will reach beyond those boundaries. Painters, craftspeople, sculptors and photographers discussed will include (but not be limited to) Miguel Cabrera, Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Cole, Lilly Martin Spencer, Harriet Powers, Rafael Aragon, Robert Duncanson, Frederick Church, Winslow Homer, Francisco Oller, Thomas Eakins, Timothy O’Sullivan, James MacNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Frida Kahlo, and Dorothea Lange. Readings draw heavily on primary sources to give students a feel for how artists and audiences described their own historical situations.
- Department: Art History @Barnard
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Elizabeth Hutchinson
CULPA: 9 Info - 4 points
AFRICA BEFORE COLONIALISM
This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the precolonial history of the African continent. It investigates in-depth the political, social, cultural and economic developments of different Africa communities, covering various regions and periods, from prehistory to the formation of the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds. Its focus is the intersection of politics, economics, culture and society. Using world history and Africa’s location in the production of history as key analytical frames, it pays special attention to social, political and cultural changes that shaped the various individual and collective experiences of African peoples and states and the historical discourses associated to them.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mamadou Diouf
CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
Unsettling Science
Unsettling Science invites students to do exactly that: ask big questions about science and interrupt preconceived ideas about what science is and who does it. This course is an introductory dive into the interplay between science, technology, health, environment, and society. By offering deep historical and contemporary perspectives, this course equips students with skills essential to critically exploring not only longstanding questions about the world but also urgent issues of our time. Unsettling Science will provide students with the critical and methodological tools to think creatively about local and global challenges and develop interventions. To do so, the course focuses on a series of fundamental questions that underpin the study of science and society from a variety of perspectives.
- Department: History
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Madisson Whitman
Info - 4 points
Science and Pseudoscience: Alchemy to AI
During the 2020 US presidential election and the years of the COVID-19 pandemic, science and “scientific truths” were fiercely contested. This course provides a historical perspective on the issues at stake. The course begins with an historical account of how areas of natural knowledge, such as astrology, alchemy, and “natural magic,” which were central components of an educated person’s view of the world in early modern Europe, became marginalized, while a new philosophy of nature (what we would now call empirical science) came to dominate the discourse of rationality. Historical developments examined in this course out of which this new understanding of nature emerged include the rise of the centralized state, religious reform, and European expansion. The course uses this historical account to show how science and pseudoscience developed in tandem in the period from 1400 to 1800. This historical account equips students to examine contemporary issues of expertise, the social construction of science, pluralism in science, certainty and uncertainty in science, as well as critical engagement with contemporary technologies.
- Department: History
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- 4 points
Science and Pseudoscience: Alchemy to AI
Required discussion section for HIST UN2978 lecture.
- Department: History
- M 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- M 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Pamela Smith
CULPA: 4 Info - 0 points
WORLD MIGRATION
Overview of human migration from pre-history to the present. Sessions on classical Rome; Jewish diaspora; Viking, Mongol, and Arab conquests; peopling of New World, European colonization, and African slavery; 19th-century European mass migration; Chinese and Indian diasporas; resurgence of global migration in last three decades, and current debates.
- Department: History @Barnard
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Jose Moya
CULPA: 19
h-index: 18
Info
- 3 points
INTRO LIT/METHODS OF ART HIST
Required course for department majors. Not open to Barnard or Continuing Education students. Students must receive instructors permission. Introduction to different methodological approaches to the study of art and visual culture. Majors are encouraged to take the colloquium during their junior year.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Avinoam Shalem
CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info -
Instructor:
Meredith Gamer
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
TUTORIAL IN EARTH SCIENCE
Prerequisites: declared major in Earth and environmental sciences and the departments permission. Students with particular interest in one of the many components of the Earth and environmental sciences should approach a director of undergraduate studies during the registration period so that tutorial-level exposure to the subject can be arranged. Each point requires two hours each week of readings, discussion, and research work under the close supervision of a member of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, American Museum of Natural History, or Goddard Institute for Space Studies. In consultation with the supervisor, the student selects a topic for intensive study and the time and place of the tutorial discussion sessions. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 12 points, with a maximum of 6 points with each staff member.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Instructor:
Folarin Kolawole
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Instructor:
Galen A McKinley
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 32 Info -
Instructor:
Christine McCarthy
Info -
Instructor:
Einat Lev
h-index: 16 Info - 1-3 points
SOCIAL THEORY
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. Required for all sociology majors. Prerequisite: at least one sociology course of the instructor's permission. Theoretical accounts of the rise and transformations of modern society in the19th and 20th centuries. Theories studied include those of Adam Smith, Tocqueville, Marx, Durkheim, Max Weber, Roberto Michels. Selected topics: individual, society, and polity; economy, class, and status: organization and ideology; religion and society; moral and instrumental action.
- Department: Sociology
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ryan Hagen
Info - 4 points
Cultural Studies
The study of culture is at the heart of the humanities and social sciences. Each discipline outlines a specific way of defining culture, a specific set of research questions, and a specific way to collect and analyze evidence. Though it is an interdisciplinary formation, American Studies, too, is marked by specific ways of approaching the study of culture. In contemporary American Studies, this approach is rooted in the approach that was first developed at the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies. This course serves as an introduction to cultural studies, with a particular focus on the concept of “structures of feeling,” as proposed by the Welsh critic Raymond Williams.
- Department: American Studies @Barnard
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Manu Karuka
Info - 4 points
INTRO TO COMPARATIVE LITERATUR
Introduction to the study of literature from a comparative and cross-disciplinary perspective. Readings will be selected to promote reflection on such topics as the relation of literature to the other arts; nationalism and literature; international literary movements; post-colonial literature; gender and literature; and issues of authorship, influence, originality, and intertextuality.
- Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Emily Sun
CULPA: 4
Info
- 3 points
HISTORY OF THEATRICAL DANCING
Focuses on the history of theatre dance forms originating in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the present. Includes reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of sources such as film, text, original documentation, demonstration, and performance.
- Department: Dance @Barnard
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Seth S Williams
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
ADVANCED GERMAN I
Prerequisites: GERM UN2102. If you have prior German outside of Columbia’s language sequence, the placement exam is required. Note: UN3001 and UN3002 are not sequential.
German UN3001 is an ambitious socio-cultural exploration of Berlin. Designed to follow up the language skills acquired in first- and second-year language courses (or the equivalent thereof), this course gives students greater proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing German while focusing on topics from German society today through various German media, such as internet, film, and literature through the lens of Germany’s capital, Berlin. Topics discussed include: cultural diversity in Berlin's multi-cultural neighborhoods; questioning and reflecting upon Berlin's recent past; developing your own Berlin experience and presenting your interests in various forms, such as presentations, an essay, your CV, an application letter and interview for an internship in Berlin. The course represents a gateway class to literature courses and counts towards the major and concentration in German. Taught in German.
- Department: Germanic Languages
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jutta Schmiers-Heller
CULPA: 19
Info
- 3 points
INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS
Evolution of the theory and content of human rights; the ideology and impact of human rights movements; national and international human rights law and institutions; their application with attention to universality within states, including the U.S. and internationally.
- Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew J Nathan
CULPA: 44 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info - 3 points
CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE + LAB
CLASSICAL WAVES -LECTURE
Prerequisites: Physics BC2002 or the equivalent. Corequisites: Calculus III. Nonlinear pendula, transverse vibrations-elastic strings, longitudinal sound waves, seismic waves, electromagnetic oscillations - light, rainbows, haloes, the Green Flash; polarization phenomena - Haidingers Brush, Brewsters angle, double refraction, optical activity; gravity - capillary waves; interference, diffraction, lenses - mirrors. PLEASE NOTE: Students who take PHYS BC3001 may not receive credit for PHYS BC3010.
- Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
- W 4 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Timothy J Halpin-Healy
CULPA: 6 Info - 5 points
SUPERVISED READINGS I
- Department: Language Resource Center
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Instructor:
Sandeep Singh
Info - 1-4 points
Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Testing: Mar
Nuclear Weapons/Testing
The story of the US nuclear weapons testing program in the Marshall Islands can be viewed as the collision of a powerful nuclear weapons state, eager to aggressively pursue a thermonuclear weapons development program, and an indigenous population in a remote location. After World War II, the Marshall Islands became a US territory, as specified by a UN treaty, and the US immediately initiated a testing program to be conducted in the northern expanse of the islands. The testing was done in an overtly public manner and driven at the time by a Cold War mentality. As a result of the testing, the Marshallese people were both driven away from their homes and lands and exposed to radioactive fallout. A classified human subject health monitoring program was implemented under the name Project 4.1. From these tests, the US government was able to study the effects of nuclear fallout and the correlation to cancer rates in the Marshallese population, exposed at different distances from the test sites and over a time period of decades.
This course is about the violent intersection of science and culture. Students will investigate the Marshallese culture prior to the nuclear weapons testing program and then study the ways in which the culture and people were affected by the program. They will also consider the challenges the Marshallese face today. The course will end on a series of group research projects to compare and contrast the Marshall Islands case with those of other indigenous populations affected by nuclear testing performed by other nuclear weapons states. For the course’s final project, the students will apply the tools learned in this course about nuclear weapons and culture and apply them to the French government’s nuclear testing program in either French Polynesians or Algeria.
- Department: Physics
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Emlyn W Hughes
CULPA: 18 Info - 3 points
SLAVIC CULTURES
The history of Slavic peoples - Russians, Czechs, Poles, Serbs, Croats, Ukrainians, Bulgarians - is rife with transformations, some voluntary, some imposed. Against the background of a schematic external history, this course examines how Slavic peoples have responded to and have represented these transformations in various modes: historical writing, hagiography, polemics, drama and fiction, folk poetry, music, visual art, and film. Activity ranges over lecture (for historical background) and discussion (of primary sources).
- Department: Slavic Languages
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- 3 points
Social Theory- DISC
SOCIAL THEORY- DISC
Discussion section for Social Theory (SOCI UN3000).
- Department: Sociology
- R 8:10 a.m.-9 a.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Elizaveta Sheremet
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Instructor:
Charlotte X Wang
Info - 0 points
SENIOR THESIS
Prerequisites: the departments permission. Required for all thesis writers.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Barry G Bergdoll
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
SUPERVISED PROJ PHOTOGRAPHY
In this course, you will conduct independent projects in photography in a structured setting under faculty supervision. You are responsible for arranging for your photographic equipment in consultation with the instructor.
This course will afford you a framework in which to intensively develop a coherent body of photographs, critique this work with your classmates, and correlate your goals with recent issues in contemporary photography.
Students are required to enroll in an additional fifteen contact hours of instruction at the International Center for Photography. Courses range from one-day workshops to full-semester courses.
Permission of instructor only. The class will be limited to 20 students.
- Department: Art History @Barnard
- M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
John Miller
CULPA: 2 Info - 4 points
THIRD YEAR CHINESE I
THIRD YEAR CHINESE N I
This course offers an expansive journey into the Chinese language and culture. It focuses on essential semi-formal and formal writing skills while refining discourse-level competency. Students will enhance their linguistic abilities and communication skills in Chinese through reading and writing assignments, oral presentations, and discussions. This approach fosters adept communication and a deeper connection with the complexities of Chinese culture, preparing students to engage thoughtfully with contemporary issues and traditions.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.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.
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Instructor:
Jia Xu
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Lingjun Hu
CULPA: 5
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Instructor:
Zhirong Wang
CULPA: 11
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Instructor:
Yanwen Wu
Info - 5 points
NEUROBIO I:CELLULAR & MOLECULR
Prerequisites: one year of biology; a course in physics is highly recommended. This is an advanced course intended for majors providing an in depth survey of the cellular and molecular aspects of nerve cell function. Topics include: the cell biology and biochemistry of neurons, ionic and molecular basis of electrical signals, synaptic transmission and its modulation, function of sensory receptors. Although not required, it is intended to be followed by Neurobiology II (see below).
- Department: Biological Sciences
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Ishmail J Abdus-Saboor
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Instructor:
Rafael Yuste
CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 106 Info - 4 points
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS
Introduction to: (a) the infrastructure systems that support urban socioeconomic activities and (b) fundamental system design and analysis methods. Coverage of water supply, transportation, buildings, and energy infrastructure, as well as their interdependencies. Emphasis upon the process that these systems serve, the factors that influence their performance, the basic mechanisms that govern their design and operation, and the impacts that they have regionally and globally. Student teams complete a design/analysis project on a large-scale urban development site in New York City with equal emphasis given to water resources/environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, and construction engineering and management topics.
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Markus Schlaepfer
Info - 3 points
ACTING I
Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Course develops physical, vocal, and imaginative range and skills needed to approach the text of a play: text analysis, speech exercises, non-verbal behavior, improvisation designed to enhance embodiment, movement, and projection.
Gateway course to advanced courses; transfer students who have previous college-level course may be exempted with approval of Chair
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May be retaken for full credit.
- Department: Theatre @Barnard
- TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- MW 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- TR 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Elena Zucker
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Tina C Mitchell
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Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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Instructor:
Elena Zucker
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Instructor:
David L Skeist
Info - 3 points
THIRD YEAR CHINESE W
Prerequisites: CHNS C1222 or F1222, or the equivalent. Admission after Chinese placement exam and an oral proficiency interview with the instructor. Especially designed for students who possess good speaking ability and who wish to acquire practical writing skills as well as business-related vocabulary and speech patterns. Introduction to semiformal and formal Chinese used in everyday writing and social or business-related occasions. Simplified characters are introduced.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Hailong Wang
CULPA: 22 Info - 5 points
INTRO-STAT-ECOLOGY & EVOL BIOL
Intended for those WITHOUT prior knowledge of statistics. Some background in ecology, evolutionary biology required. This is an introduction to the theoretical principles and practical application of statistical methods in ecology and evolutionary biology. The course will cover the conceptual basis for a range of statistical techniques through a series of lectures using examples from the primary literature. The application of these techniques will be taught through the use of statistical software in computer-based laboratory sessions.
- Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Steffen Foerster
Info - 3 points
THIRD YEAR JAPANESE I
Prerequisites: JPNS C1202 or the equivalent. Readings in authentic/semi-authentic texts, videos, and class discussions.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
- MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kyoko M Loetscher
CULPA: 3
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Instructor:
Naoko Sourial
Info - 5 points
THIRD YEAR KOREAN I
Prerequisites: KORN W1202 or the equivalent and consultation with instructor. (See Entrance to Language Courses Beyond the Elementary Level in the main bulletin under Department of Instruction -- East Asian Languages and Cultures.) Readings in modern Korean. Selections from modern Korean writings in literature, history, social sciences, culture, and videos and class discussions.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hyunkyu Yi
CULPA: 8
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Instructor:
Eunice Chung
CULPA: 1 Info - 5 points
GLOBAL POL CLIMATE CHNG - DISC
Discussion section for POLS BC3605
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- T 5 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
- R 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
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