SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

ANIME CULTURE:ADV.PROJECT

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

JAP.RELIGION:INTERM PROJ.

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

WOMEN'S DOC. FILM E.ASIA

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

RELIGIOUS VISUAL CULTURE

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

LANGUAGE OF EAST ASIA

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

FILMS OF JAPAN & AMERICA

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

"""FOUR SEASONS""MOD.JAP.LIT"

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SELECTED TOPICS: KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR J

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS/TUTORIAL

Prerequisites: the faculty advisers permission. Senior thesis or tutorial project consisting of independent scholarly work in an area of study of the student’s choosing, under the supervision of a member of the faculty.

• Department: Italian
• Instructor: Teodolinda Barolini
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Leake
  Info
• 3 points

SENIOR THESIS/TUTORIAL

Prerequisites: the faculty advisers permission. Senior thesis or tutorial project consisting of independent scholarly work in an area of study of the student’s choosing, under the supervision of a member of the faculty.

• Department: Italian @Barnard
• 3 points

SENIOR THESIS/TUTORIAL

Prerequisites: the faculty advisers permission. Senior thesis or tutorial project consisting of independent scholarly work in an area of study of the student’s choosing, under the supervision of a member of the faculty.

• Department: Italian
• Instructor: Pier Mattia Tommasino
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Konstantia Zanou
  Info
• 3 points

URBAN STUDIES SENIOR SEMINAR

Prerequisites: Senior standing. Year-long course; participation is for two consecutive terms. No new students admitted for spring. Emphasizes the study of the built environment of cities and suburbs, and the related debates. Readings, class presentations, and written work culminate in major individual projects, under the supervision of faculty trained in architecture, urban design, or urban planning.

• Department: Urban Studies @Barnard
• W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Aaron Passell
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 3 Info
• Instructor: Noah Allison
  Info
• Instructor: Christian Siener
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Andreina Torres Angarita
  Info
• 4 points

SPECIAL READING COURSE

SPEC READ COURSE: 17TH C TEXTS

See department for course description

• Department: Germanic Languages
• W 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Wijnie de Groot
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 1 points

EBHS SENIOR THESIS SEMINAR

Prerequisites: the instructors permission and senior standing as a major in The Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species (EBHS). Year-long seminar in which senior EBHS majors develop a research project and write a senior thesis. Regular meetings are held to discuss research and writing strategies, review work in progress, and share results through oral and written reports.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• M 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Jill S Shapiro
  CULPA: 46 Info
• 3 points

SELECTED TOPICS: FRANCE

Cont. Fr Cinema 1980-2018

FRST3994OC History of Contemporary French Cinema (1990-2018).
3 points.

Taught in French.

Prerequisite: 4-5 semesters of French language study or the equivalent.

French cinema is characterized by its artistic richness, its vigor and, above all, its diversity. This film history course will function as a journey in which we explore contemporary French cinema. Our itinerary will take us from the 1990s, those of “young French cinema” and neoclassicism, to the end of the 2010s, those of directors like Julie Delpy and Christophe Honoré. Together, we will develop a panorama in which the works of Cédric Klapisch and Nicole Garcia will intersect, as well as those of Céline Sciamma and Arnaud Desplechin.

The objective of this course will be to introduce students to French cinema, its history and its diversity. We will also have the chance to correlate academic knowledge and practical experience, so as to give the students a significant idea of French film activity. The application process is competitive and will take place onsite in February.

To enroll in this course through the
Columbia Summer in Paris
program, you must apply to the through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• 3 points

SELECTED TOPICS: FRANCE

20TH CENTURY WARS FRANCE

FRST3994OC History of Contemporary French Cinema (1990-2018).
3 points.

Taught in French.

Prerequisite: 4-5 semesters of French language study or the equivalent.

French cinema is characterized by its artistic richness, its vigor and, above all, its diversity. This film history course will function as a journey in which we explore contemporary French cinema. Our itinerary will take us from the 1990s, those of “young French cinema” and neoclassicism, to the end of the 2010s, those of directors like Julie Delpy and Christophe Honoré. Together, we will develop a panorama in which the works of Cédric Klapisch and Nicole Garcia will intersect, as well as those of Céline Sciamma and Arnaud Desplechin.

The objective of this course will be to introduce students to French cinema, its history and its diversity. We will also have the chance to correlate academic knowledge and practical experience, so as to give the students a significant idea of French film activity. The application process is competitive and will take place onsite in February.

To enroll in this course through the
Columbia Summer in Paris
program, you must apply to the through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• 3 points

SUPERVISED IND RES-LING THESIS

• Department: Slavic Languages
• F 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 1-4 points

TOPICS IN BIOLOGY

Topics in Biology: Crossroads in Bioethics. This two credit multidisciplinary and interactive course will focus on contemporary issues in bioethics and medical ethics. Each topic will cover both the underlying science of new biotechnologies and the subsequent bioethical issues that emerge from these technologies. Each topic will introduce a bioethical principle that will be explored using case studies. Students are expected to prepare for each class based on the assignment so that classroom time will be devoted to discussion, case presentations, and role playing rather than merely lectures. Topics include stem cell research, human reproductive cloning, bioterrorism, neuroethics, genetic screening, medical stem cell tourism, patents and science, forensic science and the interface of science and culture/religion.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• T 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: John Loike
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia Info
• 2 points

SENIOR THESIS IN COMP LIT/SOC

This year-long, three-credit course is mandatory for students who will be writing their Senior Thesis in Comparative Literature and Society or in Medical Humanities. Students who wish to be considered for Departmental honors are required to submit a Senior Thesis. The thesis is a rigorous research work of approximately 40 pages, and it will include citations and a bibliographical apparatus. It may be written in English or, with the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies, in another language relevant to the students scholarly interests. Although modeled after an independent study, in which core elements of the structure, direction, and pace of the work are decided together by the student and their faculty thesis supervisor, students are nonetheless expected to complete certain major steps in the research and writing process according to the timeline outlined by the ICLS DUS.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• Instructor: Tadas Bugnevicius
  Info
• 1.5 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

Prerequisites: completion of either FREN UN3333-FREN UN3334 or FREN UN3420-FREN UN3421, and FREN UN3405, or the director of undergraduate studies' or the instructor's permission. Required of all French and French & Francophone Studies majors. Usually taken by majors during the fall term of their senior year. Critical discussion of a few major literary works along with some classic commentaries on those works. Students critically assess and practice diverse methods of literary analysis.

• Department: French
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joanna R Stalnaker
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 3 points

HUMAN RIGHTS SENIOR SEMINAR

HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR

The senior seminar is a capstone course required for the human rights major. The seminar provides students the opportunity to discuss human rights from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and to explore various theoretical approaches and research methodologies. Students undertake individual research projects while collectively examining human rights through directed readings and discussion.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Felisa Tibbitts
  Info
• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS II

SENIOR THESIS MATHEMATICS

Majors in Mathematics are offered the opportunity to write an honors senior thesis under the guidance of a faculty member. Interested students should contact a faculty member to determine an appropriate topic, and receive written approval from the faculty advisor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies (faculty sponsorship is limited to full-time instructors on the staff list). Research is conducted primarily during the fall term; the final paper is submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Studies during the subsequent spring term.

MATH UN3994 SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS I must be taken in the fall term, during which period the student conducts primary research on the agreed topic. An optional continuation course MATH UN3995 SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS II is available during the spring. The second term of this sequence may not be taken without the first. Registration for the spring continuation course has no impact on the timeline or outcome of the final paper.

Sections of SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS I and II do NOT count towards the major requirements, with the exception of an advanced written approval by the DUS.

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• Instructor: Alisa Knizel
  Info
• Instructor: Dusa McDuff
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Andrew J Blumberg
  h-index: 33 Info
• Instructor: Duong H Phong
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Ivan Corwin
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• Instructor: Mu-Tao Wang
  CULPA: 27 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• 2 points

HONORS RESEARCH

Prerequisites: a formal proposal to be submitted and approved prior to registration; see the director of undergraduate studies for details. A creative/scholarly project conducted under faculty supervision, leading to completion of an honors essay, composition, or the equivalent.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Susan Boynton
  CULPA: 18 Info
• Instructor: Alessandra M Ciucci
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Zosha Di Castri
  Info
• Instructor: Julia Doe
  Info
• Instructor: Joseph P Dubiel
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Kevin Fellezs
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Walter M Frisch
  CULPA: 17 Info
• Instructor: Bradford G Garton
  CULPA: 14 Info
• Instructor: Giuseppe Gerbino
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Georg Friedrich Haas
  Info
• Instructor: Marcos Balter
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Mariusz Kozak
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: George Lewis
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: Jeffrey Milarsky
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Seth Cluett
  h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Elaine Sisman
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Benjamin A Steege
  Info
• Instructor: Magdalena Baczewska
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Peter M Susser
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Christopher J Washburne
  CULPA: 31 Info
• Instructor: Knar Abrahamyan
  Info
• Instructor: Ruth Opara
  Info
• 2-3 points

SPECIAL PROJECT IN ENGLISH

SPECIAL PROJ: CREATIVE WRITING

Application required:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/independent-studies
. Senior English majors who are concentrating in writing and who have completed two creative writing courses will normally take this Special Project in combination with an additional creative writing course.

Senior English majors who are concentrating in theatre and who have completed three courses in theatre history/dramatic literature will normally take this Special Project in combination with an additional dramatic literature course. 

For both writing and theatre concentrators, this combined special project counts in place of one senior seminar. 

In certain cases, ENGL BC3999 may be substituted for the Special Project. 

In rare cases, the English Department Chair may permit an English major not concentrating in writing or theatre to take ENGL BC3996 in combination with another course.

• Department: English @Barnard
• Instructor: Nellie G Hermann
  Info
• Instructor: Monica Sok
  Info
• 1 points

SENIOR TUTORIAL IN LITERATURE

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. Required for majors wishing to be considered for departmental honors. This course may also be taken at Reid Hall. Recommended for seniors majoring or concentrating in French and open to other qualified students. Preparation of a senior essay. In consultation with a staff member designated by the director of undergraduate studies, the student develops a topic withing the areas of French language, literature, or intellectual history.

• Department: French
• Instructor: Aubrey A Gabel
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

HUMAN RIGHTS THESIS SEMINAR

Prerequisites: HRTS UN3994 Human Rights Senior Seminar: Research Methods. Additional information available at: http://humanrightscolumbia.org/education/undergraduate This course is designed for human rights students who wish to write a honors-eligible thesis. The course will consist of group sessions, during which time students will present their work and participate in discussions, and individual meetings with the thesis supervisor. The course instructor is the thesis supervisor for each student.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tracey Holland
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Religion Salon: New Directions

The Religion Salon is a one-point course in the Religion department, designed to offer students an introduction to new areas of the academic study of religion and/or new approaches to the field. The Religion Salon will be offered as a supplement to an existing course offered in the same semester and will be open to (but not required of) the students in that existing course as well as to students who wish to take the Salon as a stand-alone one-point course. The Religion Salon will feature guest scholars whose research and teaching extend into new areas and/or engage in new approaches to the academic study of religion.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Meghan E Hartman
  Info
• 1 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

Prerequisites: required methods and theory courses for the major, and the instructors permission. Students wishing to qualify for departmental honors must take W3996y. Students carry out individual research projects and write a senior thesis under the supervision of the instructor and with class discussion. Written and oral progress reports.

• Department: Sociology
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: James Chu
  h-index: 18 Info
• 3-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY-NON AFAM

• Department: African American and African Diaspora
• Instructor: Farah Griffin
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 1-4 points

DIRCTD READING-ANCIENT STUDIES

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. Program of readings in some aspect of ancient studies, supervised by an appropriate faculty member chosen from the departments offering courses in the program in Ancient Studies. Evaluation by a series of essays, one long paper, or oral or written examination(s).

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Carmela V Franklin
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth K Irwin
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Kathy H Eden
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Katharina Volk
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Joseph A Howley
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Seth R Schwartz
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTING

BUILDING USABLE SECURITY

This is an undergraduate seminar for special topics in computing arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis.  Participation requires permission of the instructor.  Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Lucy Simko
  Info
• 3 points

NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTING

DIGITAL GAME DESIGN

This is an undergraduate seminar for special topics in computing arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis.  Participation requires permission of the instructor.  Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Soros
  Info
• 3 points

NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTING

LLM FOUNDATIONS & ETHICS

This is an undergraduate seminar for special topics in computing arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis.  Participation requires permission of the instructor.  Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Smaranda Muresan
  h-index: 22 Info
• 3 points

SENIOR SEMINAR IN COMP LI

Designed for students writing a senior thesis and doing advanced research on two central literary fields in the students major. The course of study and reading material will be determined by the instructor(s) in consultation with students(s).

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
• T 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Emily Sun
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

DIRECTED READINGS IN GREEK LIT

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. A program of reading in Greek literature, to be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or written examination.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth K Irwin
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

DIRECTED READINGS

Designed for undergraduates who want to do directed reading in a period or on a topic not covered in the curriculum.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Nikolas Kakkoufa
  Info
• Instructor: Stathis Gourgouris
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Dimitris Antoniou
  h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Karen Van Dyck
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 1-4 points

DIRECTED READINGS IN LATIN LIT

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. A program of reading in Latin literature, to be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or written examination.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Gareth Williams
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

DIRECTED READINGS IN LATIN LIT

DIRECTED LATIN READINGS

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. A program of reading in Latin literature, to be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or written examination.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Joseph A Howley
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

DIRECTED READINGS IN LATIN LIT

Prerequisites: the director of undergraduate studies permission. A program of reading in Latin literature, to be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or written examination.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Kathy H Eden
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Seth R Schwartz
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: the written permission of the faculty member who agrees to act as a supervisor, and the director of undergraduate studies permission. For specially selected mathematics majors, the opportunity to write a senior thesis on a problem in contemporary mathematics under the supervision of a faculty member.

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• Instructor: Dusa McDuff
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 1-4 points

SUPERVISED SENIOR RESEARCH

Supervised research usually with the goal of writing a senior thesis, under the direction of individual members of the department.

• Department: Philosophy
• Instructor: Allison Aitken
  Info
• Instructor: David Albert
  CULPA: 32 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Akeel Bilgrami
  CULPA: 28 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Justin Clarke-Doane
  h-index: 10 Info
• Instructor: Jessica Collins
  Info
• Instructor: Melissa S Fusco
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Haim Gaifman
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Lydia Goehr
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Axel Honneth
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Dhananjay Jagannathan
  Info
• Instructor: Tamar A Lando
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Michele Moody-Adams
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Christopher Peacocke
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points