HUMAN RIGHTS SENIOR SEMINAR RSRCH METHOD

This course aims to introduce students to human rights research methods, while providing them with practical research tools. The course will be tailored to students’ interests, disciplinary backgrounds and research areas. The specific topics students will research and the methods they will employ will determine the substantive focus of readings. During the course we will ask the following questions: ‘what is human rights research?, how do you carry out research in an interdisciplinary field?, what distinguishes academic research from applied research and advocacy? While answering these questions, you will become familiar with the literature on human rights methodologies, and you will engage in analysis and critical assessment of important human rights research literature. In addition, the course gives a practical approach to research methodology. You will learn about a diverse set of methodologies, such as interviewing and focus groups, archival research, ethnographic and participant observation, interviewing focus groups, conducting online research; interpretive and non-empirical methods and basic quantitative methodologies to be employed in the study of human rights. As you learn about different methodological approaches, you will develop your own research project. Scholars and practitioners in the field of human rights research will present their work and engage in discussions with students about their own research, challenges, successes and publication venues. NB: This course is geared towards students who commit to writing a senior thesis. It is part of a two-course sequence: HRTS UN3994 Section 001 Human Rights Senior Seminar: Research Methods in the fall and HRTS UN3996 Human Rights Thesis Seminar in the spring. Students who do not intend to write a thesis should enroll in HRTS UN3995 section 001 Human Rights Senior Seminar, which is a one-semester course taught each semester focused on writing a seminar paper.

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

SENIOR THESIS IN MATHEMATICS I

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
• Instructor: Peter G Woit
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Francesco Lin
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• Instructor: Gyujin Oh
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• Instructor: Chiu-Chu Liu
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Ioannis Karatzas
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 58 Info
• Instructor: Mu-Tao Wang
  CULPA: 27 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Qiao He
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• Instructor: Michael Harris
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: David A Bayer
  CULPA: 43 Info
• Instructor: Daniela de Silva
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Eric Urban
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Andrew J Blumberg
  h-index: 33 Info
• Instructor: Xi S Shen
  h-index: 4 Info
• 4 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
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• 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: Antoine M Compagnon
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

HUMAN RIGHTS SENIOR 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
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Shourideh Molavi
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• 4 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
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• Instructor: Julia Doe
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• Instructor: Joseph P Dubiel
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Kevin Fellezs
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Bradford G Garton
  CULPA: 14 Info
• Instructor: Giuseppe Gerbino
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Georg Friedrich Haas
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• 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: Magdalena Baczewska
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Peter M Susser
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Christopher J Washburne
  CULPA: 31 Info
• Instructor: Knar Abrahamyan
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• 2-3 points

THE MAJOR SEMINAR

• Department: Classics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Marcus Folch
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

SPECIAL PROJECT IN ENGLISH

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: Peter Platt
  CULPA: 23 Info
• 1 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: Jhumpa Lahiri
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• 1 points

THE MAJOR SEMINAR

Prerequisites: junior standing. Required for all majors in classics and classical studies. The topic changes from year to year, but is always broad enough to accommodate students in the languages as well as those in the interdisciplinary major. Past topics include: love, dining, slavery, space, power.

• Department: Classics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Marcus Folch
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

THE MAJOR SEMINAR

Prerequisites: junior standing. Required for all majors in Classics and Classical Studies. The topic changes from year to year but is always broad enough to accommodate students in the languages as well as those in the interdisciplinary major. Past topics include: love, dining, slavery, space, power.

• Department: Classics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Marcus Folch
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED STUDY IN LONDON: MATHEMATICS

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

• Department: Global Programs
• 4 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
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: James Chu
  h-index: 18 Info
• 3-4 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: Deborah Steiner
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Marcus Folch
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Seth R Schwartz
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Katharina Volk
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisite: the written permission of the staff member under whose supervision the research will be conducted.

• Department: Anthropology
• Instructor: Nadia Abu El-Haj
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Lila Abu-Lughod
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info
• Instructor: Maria Jose de Abreu
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• Instructor: Catherine Fennell
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• Instructor: Marilyn Ivy
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Brian Larkin
  CULPA: 16 Info
• Instructor: Claudio Lomnitz
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Rosalind Morris
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Brinkley Messick
  CULPA: 19 Info
• Instructor: John Pemberton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Povinelli
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: David Scott
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 72 Info
• Instructor: Lesley Sharp
  CULPA: 22 Info
• Instructor: Paige West
  CULPA: 41 h-index: 23 Info
• Instructor: Kaya N Williams
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• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Naor H Ben-Yehoyada
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Marco Castro
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• Instructor: Zoe Crossland
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Severin Fowles
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth M Green
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Vanessa L Agard-Jones
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Hannah Chazin
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• Instructor: Audra Simpson
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Mahmood Mamdani
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia h-index: 57 Info
• Instructor: Dilshanie Perera
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• 2-6 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Prerequisites: Permission of the program director in term prior to that of independent study. Independent study form available at departmental office.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• Instructor: Karen Fairbanks
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Kadambari Baxi
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• Instructor: Ralph Ghoche
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 2 Info
• Instructor: Ignacio Gonzalez Galan
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• Instructor: Anooradha I Siddiqi
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. For an independent research project or independent study, a brief description of the proposed project or reading, with the supervising faculty member's endorsement, is required for registration. A variety of research projects conducted under the supervision of members of the faculty. Observational, theoretical, and experimental work in galactic and extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. The topic and scope of the work must be arranged with a faculty member in advance; a written paper describing the results of the project is required at its completion (note that a two-term project can be designed such that the grade YC is given after the first term). Senior majors in astronomy or astrophysics wishing to do a senior thesis should make arrangements in May of their junior year and sign up for a total of 6 points over their final two terms. Both a substantial written document and an oral presentation of thesis results are required.

• Department: Astronomy
• Instructor: Melissa K Ness
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• 3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

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, Institute for
• Instructor: Bernard Harcourt
  Wikipedia h-index: 37 Info
• 1-3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Students conduct research in environmental biology under supervision of a faculty mentor. The topic and scope of the research project must be approved before the student registers for the course.

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

SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH

SR SEM: THE POETIC CANON

Enrollment limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars

• Department: English @Barnard
• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: James G Basker
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH

SR SEM: JOHN DONNE

Enrollment limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars

• Department: English @Barnard
• T 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Achsah Guibbory
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH

SR SEM: 19TH-C AMER WOMEN WRIT

Enrollment limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars

• Department: English @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Gordis
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH

SR SEM: CHARLES DICKENS

Enrollment limited to Barnard senior English majors. To see the current course description for each section, visit the English Department website:
https://english.barnard.edu/english/senior-seminars

• Department: English @Barnard
• W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: William C Sharpe
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 11 Info
• 4 points

SUPERVISED RESRCH IN FRANCE I

DR: MARIE-ANTIONETTE

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Samantha Csenge
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• 4 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
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• Instructor: Dimitris Antoniou
  h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 1-4 points

DIRECTED READINGS

INDEPENDENT STUDY/MODERN GREEK

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

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Karen Van Dyck
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• Instructor: Stathis Gourgouris
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia 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: Carmela V Franklin
  CULPA: 2 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
• Instructor: Daniela de Silva
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info
• 1-4 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL 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
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• Instructor: David Albert
  CULPA: 32 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Akeel Bilgrami
  CULPA: 28 Wikipedia Info
• 1-3 points