UNDERGRAD RES-ENVIRONMTL ENGIN

This course may be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 points of this course may be counted towards the satisfaction of the B. S. degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation in Earth and Environmental Engineering, or carry out a special project under the supervision of EAEE faculty. Credit for the course is contingent on the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report. This course cannot substitute for the Undergraduate design project (EAEE E3999x or EAEE E3999y)

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• Instructor: Alan West
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• Instructor: Bolun Xu
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• Instructor: Yin Yip Ngai
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• 0-3 points

SENIOR SEMINAR IN FILM STUDIES

A seminar for senior film majors planning to write a research paper in film history/theory/culture. Course content changes yearly.

• Department: Film
• W 2:10 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Annette Insdorf
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

UNDERGRAD RESEARCH OR PROJECT

Independent work involving experiments, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Anish Agarwal
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• Instructor: Shipra Agrawal
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• Instructor: Eric Balkanski
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• Instructor: Daniel Bienstock
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• Instructor: Agostino Capponi
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• Instructor: Rachel Cummings
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• Instructor: Antonius B Dieker
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• Instructor: Christopher J Dolan
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• Instructor: Adam N Elmachtoub
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• Instructor: Yuri Faenza
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• Instructor: Donald Goldfarb
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• Instructor: Vineet Goyal
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• Instructor: Ali Hirsa
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• Instructor: Garud Iyengar
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• Instructor: Hardeep Johar
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• Instructor: Cedric Josz
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• Instructor: Soulaymane Kachani
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• Instructor: Yaren Kaya
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• Instructor: Christian Kroer
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• Instructor: Daniel Lacker
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Henry Lam
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• Instructor: Uday Menon
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• Instructor: Jay Sethuraman
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• Instructor: Karl Sigman
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• Instructor: Clifford Stein
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• Instructor: Wenpin Tang
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• Instructor: Kaizheng Wang
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: David D Yao
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• Instructor: Yi Zhang
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• Instructor: Xunyu Zhou
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• 1-3 points

UNDERGRAD RESEARCH OR PROJECT

Independent work involving experiments, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• 1-3 points

UNDERGRAD RES IN MATERIALS SCI

May be repeated for credit, but no more than 6 points of this course may be counted toward the satisfaction of the B.S. degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation in materials science or carry out a special project under the supervision of the staff. Credit for the course is contingent upon the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Siu-Wai Chan
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• Instructor: Chris A Marianetti
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• 0-4 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: Permission of the departmental representative required. For specially selected students, the opportunity to do a research problem in contemporary physics under the supervision of a faculty member. Each year several juniors are chosen in the spring to carry out such a project beginning in the autumn term. A detailed report on the research is presented by the student when the project is complete.

• Department: Physics
• Instructor: Jeremy R Dodd
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 1-5 points

SENIOR THESIS I

Prerequisites: Department approval required. See requirements for a major in visual arts. VIAR UN3900 is the prerequisite for VIAR UN3901. Corequisites: VIAR UN3910 (Formerly R3901) Students must enroll in both semesters of the course (VIAR UN3900 and VIAR UN3901). The student is required to produce a significant body of work in which the ideas, method of investigation, and execution are determined by the student. A plan is developed in consultation with the faculty. Seminars; presentations. At the end, an exhibition or other public venue is presented for evaluation. Studio space is provided.

• Department: Visual Arts
• W 5:15 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana J Lok
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• 2 points

INDEPENDENT STDY-UNDERGRADUATE

INDEPENDENT STUDY-UNDERGRAD

• Department: African American and African Diaspora
• Instructor: Kellie Jones
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• Instructor: Farah Griffin
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• Instructor: Jafari S Allen
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• Instructor: Kevin Fellezs
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• Instructor: Frank Guridy
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• 1-4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

SR SEM: COLONIAL CITIES

See the Barnard and Columbia Architecture Department's website for the course description: 
https://architecture.barnard.edu/architecture-department-course-descriptions

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ralph Ghoche
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 2 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

Weekly seminar to accompany Senior Honors Thesis Lab (CHEM BC3903). Focus is on scientific presentation and writing skills and research conduct.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jean Vadakkan
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• 4 points

Senior Project Seminar

SENIOR PROJECT SEMINAR

Discussion of senior research projects during the fall and spring terms that culminate in written and oral senior theses. Each project must be supervised by a cognitive scientist working at Barnard or Columbia.

• Department: Cognitive Science @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: John Morrison
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• 1 points

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Fundamentals of microbiology, genetics and molecular biology, principles of microbial nutrition, energetics and kinetics, application of novel and state-of-the-art techniques in monitoring the structure and function of microbial communities in the environment, engineered processes for biochemical waste treatment and bioremediation, microorganisms and public health, global microbial elemental cycles.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Kartik Chandran
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 51 Info
• 3 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

Guided, independent, in-depth research culminating in the senior thesis in the spring. Includes discussion about scientific presentations and posters, data analysis, library research methods and scientific writing. Students review work in progress and share results through oral reports. Weekly seminar to review work in progress and share results through oral and written reports.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 3 points

SUPERVISED READINGS I

Prerequisites: The written permission of the faculty member who agrees to act as sponsor (sponsorship limited to full-time instructors on the staff list), as well as the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. The written permission must be deposited with the Director of Undergraduate Studies before registration is completed. Guided reading and study in mathematics. A student who wishes to undertake individual study under this program must present a specific project to a member of the staff and secure his or her willingness to act as sponsor. Written reports and periodic conferences with the instructor.

Supervising Readings do NOT count towards major requirements, with the exception of an advanced written approval by the DUS.

• Department: Mathematics
• Instructor: Peter G Woit
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• Instructor: Dusa McDuff
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• Instructor: Nathan H Chen
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• Instructor: Aise Johan de Jong
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• Instructor: Amadou Bah
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• Instructor: Andrew J Blumberg
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• Instructor: Michael Thaddeus
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• 1-3 points

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH I

• Department: Political Science
• Instructor: Andrew J Nathan
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• Instructor: Michael Ting
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• Instructor: Robert Y Shapiro
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• Instructor: Lincoln A Mitchell
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• Instructor: Justin H Phillips
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• Instructor: Chiara Superti
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• Instructor: Yamil R Velez
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• Instructor: Qin Gao
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• 1-6 points

GUIDED READING AND RESEARCH

Prerequisites: the instructors permission.

• Department: Religion
• Instructor: Gil Anidjar
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• Instructor: Courtney Bender
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• Instructor: Clemence C Boulouque
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• Instructor: Michael Como
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• Instructor: Matthew Engelke
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Katherine Ewing
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 22 Info
• Instructor: Bernard Faure
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• Instructor: Aziza Shanazarova
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• Instructor: Josef Sorett
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• Instructor: Mark C Taylor
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• Instructor: Yannik Thiem
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• Instructor: Zhaohua Yang
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• Instructor: Elizabeth Castelli
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• Instructor: Gale L Kenny
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• 1-4 points

SENIOR THESIS II

Prerequisites: VIAR UN3900 Department approval required. See requirements for a major in visual arts. VIAR UN3900 is the prerequisite for VIAR UN3901. Corequisites: VIAR UN3911 Students must enroll in both semesters of the course (VIAR UN3900 and VIAR UN3901). The student is required to produce a significant body of work in which the ideas, method of investigation, and execution are determined by the student. A plan is developed in consultation with the faculty. Seminars; presentations. At the end, an exhibition or other public venue is presented for evaluation. Studio space is provided.

• Department: Visual Arts
• W 5:15 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana J Lok
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• 2 points

SENIORS HONORS THESIS LAB

Corequisites: CHEM BC3901 Guided research in Chemistry or Biochemistry, under the sponsorship of a faculty member, leading to the senior thesis. A minimum of 8 hours of research per week, to be arranged.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• Instructor: Christian Rojas
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Marisa C Buzzeo
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Dina C Merrer
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Andrew C Crowther
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• Instructor: Michael Campbell
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• Instructor: Rachel Austin
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia h-index: 28 Info
• Instructor: Christina Vizcarra
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• Instructor: Rebecca Donegan
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• 0 points

SENIORS HONORS THESIS LAB

Corequisites: CHEM BC3901 Guided research in Chemistry or Biochemistry, under the sponsorship of a faculty member, leading to the senior thesis. A minimum of 8 hours of research per week, to be arranged.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• 0 points

Senior Project

Senior Project in Cognitive Science.

• Department: Cognitive Science @Barnard
• Instructor: John Morrison
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• Instructor: Mariusz Kozak
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Janet Metcalfe
  CULPA: 31 h-index: 70 Info
• Instructor: William Foley
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• Instructor: John Glendinning
  CULPA: 23 h-index: 39 Info
• Instructor: Robert E Remez
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• Instructor: Luca Iemi
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• Instructor: Christopher Baldassano
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• Instructor: Jon B Freeman
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• Instructor: Michael D Woodford
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• Instructor: John E Wilcox
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• 3 points

What Is Art For?: Modernism and the Prob

WHAT IS ART FOR?

What is art for? Are art objects – poems or paintings, plays or prose fiction – similar in kind to everyday things like shopping lists or shopping malls? When we decide that a poem is good, is that the same sort of judgment as when we say that a tool is useful? What Oscar Wilde mean when he says a novel can never be immoral, no matter its content?

The standard philosophical line is to say that, for thousands of years, such questions would have made no sense. For generations, there was no hard line between art and life—between, for instance, making beautiful things and worshipping gods. And yet, so the story goes, at some point during the eighteenth century artists and intellectuals began to suggest that our experiences of art (and, maybe, the meaning of art itself) are separate fro, the religious, social, ethical, or economic contexts in which artworks get made. For these Enlightenment thinkers, art is
autonomous
—that is, as Immanuel Kant famously argued, the very purpose of an artwork is that it has no purpose beyond being itself.

This seminar picks up this story in the late 19th century, stitching together a story about European and American modernism by considering various answers to the question: What is art for?

Modernist artists are famous for fomenting revolutions in form and value. But did those revolutions attack the idea of aesthetic autonomy or entrench it? The right answers are “yes” and “neither.” Our seminar will map the split character of modernist attitudes towards aesthetic autonomy. To prepare we’ll read some classic and new works of aesthetic philosophy; survey a variety of modernist assaults on autonomous form, as well as different attempts to formalize the breach between art and life; and conclude by thinking about autonomy, contemporary writing, and the afterlives of the modernist avant-gardes. Our conversations will interest students with an interest in the philosophy of art, literary theory, British and American literature, and the history and futures of modernist culture.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Hart
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points