FEMINIST FAIRYTALES

In this class we will read and discuss feminist fairy tales: adaptations of classic tales and newly-imagined stories which—rather than promising a simple and tidy “happily ever after”—privilege female agency and offer up critiques of patriarchal structures. In dialog with texts that center women and other intersecting identities, we will talk about colorism, sexuality, desire, misogyny, motherhood, and more. Analyzing how these texts unmask and challenge various forms of oppression, we will explore how and why the magical and often didactic nature of the fairy tale genre lends itself to thinking critically about our current world and to envisioning more equitable futures. Readings include literary texts by Ovid, Julia Alvarez, Olga Broumas, Charles Perrault, Luisa Valenzuela, Nalo Hopkinson, Jeanette Winterson, Amal El-Mohtar, and Kelly Link. In dialog with these literary texts, we will also engage with various theoretical texts and perspectives; with film (Georges Méliès and Disney’s 
Frozen
); with artwork; and with music (Taylor Swift).

• Department: First-Year Writing @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Penelope Usher
  Info
• 3 points

WOMEN ON THE VERGE

A HISTORY OF SEXUALITY

The "Mad Woman" is an archetype with enduring appeal in storytelling. Inimical forces conspire to curb her agency or prohibit the pursuit of her desires; how does she survive or strike back from such a disadvantaged position? How is her “madness” represented as the effect of her oppression and a consequence of her femininity? How does she weaponize the very terms by which her existence is disqualified? Moreover, under what conditions does she subject others to the same suffering imposed on her, and to what cost? This course considers the ways women of all kinds negotiate life “on the verge,” in states of extreme precarity or with the threat of violence lurking around them. What do their complicities, rebellions, and fantasies reveal about sexual difference materialized within patriarchal societies? To be “on the verge” is to hover in a liminal space between “here” and “there,” perhaps to be even something not quite human. This unique vantage point offered by this eclectic collection of women will orient our critical approach to this seminar. Possible texts include Euripides’s 
Medea
, Aeschylus’s 
Oresteia
 cycle, Valerie Solanas’s 
SCUM Manifesto
, Andrea Dworkin’s 
Right-wing Women
, Toni Morrison’s 
Beloved
, Pedro Almodóvar’s 
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
, and Coralie Fargeat’s 
The Substance
.

• Department: First-Year Writing @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew Ragni
  Info
• 3 points

ARTS OF RESISTANCE

How can the arts, particularly the literary arts, serve as tools for liberation and social change? How can writing be an act of defiance against forces of oppression? In this class, we will engage with texts that challenge dominant ideologies, resist oppressive structures, and envision new communities. We will attend to subtle and overt subversion in both the form and content of the works we discuss. The literary and theoretical works we read will provide models for creative intervention in public conversations around race, gender, sexuality, and class. Literary works may include works by Layli Long Soldier, Hala Alyan, Solmaz Sharif, Jamaica Kincaid, Sandra Cisneros, Octavia Butler, Isabel Allende, and others. Theory may include writings by Saidiya Hartman, Toni Morrison, Frantz Fanon, Judith Butler, Laura Mulvey, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and others.

• Department: First-Year Writing @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexandra P Watson
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

Poetry-ish: Hybridity and Society

Poetry-ish: Hybridity & S

Poetry-ish is a class examining how poetry speaks to, merges with, or embeds itself in other
genres in order to make a multimedia social statement. We will look at the intersections between
craft and criticism, audience and experimentation, history and self-expression. Readings will
move from early examples of hybridity to postmodern experimentation to creative examinations
into such contemporary issues as climate change, A.I., and the structural racism that inspired
Black Lives Matter. Genres include legal treaties, programming code, comics, cinema, opera,
jazz, and of course, poetry. Students will be asked to write three short essays, take turns leading
class discussion, submit one longer research-based project, and engage in various creative and
critical writing exercises throughout the semester. Planned authors include Layli Long Soldier,
William Blake, Franny Choi, JP Howard, Vanessa Anglica Villarreal, Douglas Kearney, Daveed
Diggs, and Langston Hughes.

• Department: English @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Quincy Jones
  Info
• 3 points

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-DISC

Required Discussion section for ECON UN1105 Principles of Economics

• Department: Economics
• 0 points

BANNED: DANGEROUS ART

In this course we will engage with various forms of artistic production (literary, cinematic, pictorial, musical) that have been banned or censored by religious authority, governmental institutions, or by public opinion. While discussing these primary texts we will investigate who gets to censor art, to what ends, and according to which criteria. Who is protected from tasteless, subversive, or obscene art? How do these categories change with time, and from culture to culture?

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Santos da Silva
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

BEGINNING NONFICTION WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required. The beginning workshop in nonfiction is designed for students with little or no experience in writing literary nonfiction. Students are introduced to a range of technical and imaginative concerns through exercises and discussions, and they eventually submit their own writing for the critical analysis of the class. Outside readings supplement and inform the exercises and longer written projects.

• Department: Writing
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Gabriella N Etoniru
  Info
• Instructor: Ade Khan
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO-ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Basic concepts of electrical engineering. Exploration of selected topics and their application. Electrical variables, circuit laws, nonlinear and linear elements, ideal and real sources, transducers, operational amplifiers in simple circuits, external behavior of diodes and transistors, first order RC and RL circuits. Digital representation of a signal, digital logic gates, flipflops. A lab is an integral part of the course. Required of electrical engineering and computer engineering majors.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: David G Vallancourt
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 3.5 points

CALCULUS III

Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 or the equivalent Vectors in dimensions 2 and 3, complex numbers and the complex exponential function with applications to differential equations, Cramers rule, vector-valued functions of one variable, scalar-valued functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, surfaces, optimization, the method of Lagrange multipliers. (SC)

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Chris Ivanov
  Info
• 3 points

GENERAL PHYSICS I

Prerequisites: some basic background in calculus or be concurrently taking MATH UN1101 Calculus I. The accompanying laboratory is PHYS UN1291-UN1292 The course will use elementary concepts from calculus. The accompanying laboratory is PHYS UN1291 - UN1292. Basic introduction to the study of mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, special relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics.

• Department: Physics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gabriel E Perez-Giz
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO AMERICAN POLITICS

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the principles of American politics and governance. Upon completing the class, students should be more informed about the American political process and better able to explain contemporary American political phenomena, as well as being more likely to engage with politics and elections.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael Pomirchy
  Info
• 4 points

CALC-BASED INTRO TO STATISTICS

Prerequisites: one semester of calculus. Designed for students who desire a strong grounding in statistical concepts with a greater degree of mathematical rigor than in STAT W1111. Random variables, probability distributions, pdf, cdf, mean, variance, correlation, conditional distribution, conditional mean and conditional variance, law of iterated expectations, normal, chi-square, F and t distributions, law of large numbers, central limit theorem, parameter estimation, unbiasedness, consistency, efficiency, hypothesis testing, p-value, confidence intervals, maximum likelihood estimation. Serves as the pre-requisite for ECON W3412.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Hammou El Barmi
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Joyce T Robbins
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

CALCULUS IV

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent Multiple integrals, Taylor's formula in several variables, line and surface integrals, calculus of vector fields, Fourier series. (SC)

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ovidiu Savin
  CULPA: 22 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Sangiovanni Vincentelli Marco
  Info
• 3 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II

Prerequisites: This course will use elementary concepts from calculus. Students should therefore have had some high school calculus, or be concurrently enrolled in MATH UN1101. Taken with accompanying lab PHYS UN1291- PHYS UN1292, the sequence PHYS UN1201- PHYS UN1202 satisfies requirements for medical school. Electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics.

• Department: Physics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: P. Michael Tuts
  Info
• Instructor: Jeremy R Dodd
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I

Prerequisites: FREN BC1001, BC1002, BC1102, C1101 and C1102, or an appropriate score on the placement test. Further development of oral and written communication skills. Readings in French literature.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Hadley T Suter
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

GENERAL PHYSICS I - REC

• Department: Physics
• M 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Gabriel E Perez-Giz
  Info
• 0 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II

Advanced work in language skills. Readings in French literature. Prerequisites: FREN BC1203 or an appropriate score on the placement test.

NOTE: This course
does not
fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement.

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Heydari
  Info
• 3 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II - REC

• Department: Physics
• M 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• M 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• T 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• T 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• M 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• M 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: P. Michael Tuts
  Info
• 0 points

ACCELERATED MULTIVARIABLE CALC

Prerequisites: (MATH UN1101 and MATH UN1102). Vectors in dimensions 2 and 3, vector-valued functions of one variable, scalar-valued functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, optimization, Lagrange multipliers, double and triple integrals, line and surface integrals, vector calculus. This course is an accelerated version of MATH UN1201 - MATH UN1202. Students taking this course may not receive credit for MATH UN1201 and MATH UN1202.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Marco Castronovo
  Info
• 4 points

HONORS MATHEMATICS B

Prerequisites: (see "Guidance for First-Year Students" in the Bulletin). The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Multivariable calculus and linear algebra from a rigorous point of view. Recommended for mathematics majors. Fulfills the linear algebra requirement for the major. (SC)

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeanne Boursier
  Info
• 4 points

FIRST YEAR ARABIC I

An introduction to the language of classical and modern Arabic literature. 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

FIRST YEAR ARABIC II

Prerequisites: First Year Arabic I or instructor permission. An introduction to the language of classical and modern Arabic literature. 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 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Nasr Abdo
  Info
• Instructor: Rym Bettaieb
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: May Ahmar
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 5 points

INTRO-AMERICAN POLITICS-DISC

Required discussion section for POLS UN1201: INTRO TO AMERICAN POLITICS

• Department: Political Science
• R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• M 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• F 11:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Allen J Kim
  Info
• 0 points

INTERMEDIATE CONVERSTN ITAL II

Prerequisites: ITAL W1221 or sufficient fluency to satisfy the instructor. Corequisites: Recommended: ITAL V1201-V/W1202 or ITAL W1201-W1202. Conversation courses may not be used to satisfy the language requirement or fulfill major or concentration requirements. Intensive practice in the spoken language, assigned topics for class discussions, and oral reports.

• Department: Italian
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Barbara Spinelli
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 2 points

UNIVERSAL TIMEKEEPER

• Department: Astronomy
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David J Helfand
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 3 points

UNIVERSAL TIMEKEEPER

THE UNIVERSAL TIMEKEEPER

• Department: Auditing
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David J Helfand
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 0 points

HIP HOP DANCE & CULTURE I

This course introduces students to urban dance styles, focusing on the foundations and origins of hip-hop dance, street dance culture, and the physical vocabularies of hip-hop and freestyle dance. 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.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer Archibald
  Info
• 2 points

GENERAL PHYSICS I LAB

Corequisites: PHYS UN1201 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.

• Department: Physics
• M 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• M 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
• T 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• W 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
• R 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Giuseppina C Cambareri
  Info
• 1 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY

Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (PHYS UN1201 - PHYS UN1202) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.

• Department: Physics
• M 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Giuseppina C Cambareri
  Info
• 1 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY

Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (PHYS UN1201 - PHYS UN1202) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.

• Department: Physics
• M 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• M 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Giuseppina C Cambareri
  Info
• 1 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY

Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (PHYS UN1201 - PHYS UN1202) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.

• Department: Physics
• M 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• M 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
• T 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Giuseppina C Cambareri
  Info
• 1 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY

Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (PHYS UN1201 - PHYS UN1202) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.

• Department: Physics
• T 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• T 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
• W 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Giuseppina C Cambareri
  Info
• 1 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY

Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (PHYS UN1201 - PHYS UN1202) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.

• Department: Physics
• W 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Giuseppina C Cambareri
  Info
• 1 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY

Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (PHYS UN1201 - PHYS UN1202) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.

• Department: Physics
• W 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• W 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
• R 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• R 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
• F 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Giuseppina C Cambareri
  Info
• 1 points