UNIVERSITY WRITING

Prerequisites: Non-native English speakers must reach Level 10 in the American Language Program prior to registering for ENGL S1010. University Writing: Contemporary Essays helps undergraduates engage in the conversations that form our intellectual community. By reading and writing about scholarly and popular essays, students learn that writing is a process of continual refinement of ideas. Rather than approaching writing as an innate talent, this course teaches writing as a learned skill. We give special attention to textual analysis, research, and revision practices.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Austin L Mantele
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

Business Foundations

Business Foundations is a MasterScholar (KSE Global) course that is in collaboration with Barnard Pre-College Programs and taught by a Barnard-affiliated professor.

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• Instructor: Gabriel Amor
  Info
• 0 points

NEW YORK CITY IN FILM

This course will explore the representation of New York City in film. We will examine the way that film portrays social problems and either creates or responds to “social panics.” We will also examine the way in which film actively creates an idea of “New York” through cinematography, directing, acting and other aspects of filmmaking.  Some topics to be considered are utopia/dystopia, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, art, immigration, houselessness, and gentrification. The course follows three main themes: 1. How the filmmaking process (camera movements, lighting, dialogue, acting, etc.) is used as a method to describe space (filmmaking as a geographic method). 2. How various genres of film have been used to portray the social geography of New York City (the geography of film). 3. The relationship between the viewer’s “place” and the places portrayed in the film (communication geography). Finally, we will also consider how our personal sense of place towards New York City has altered throughout the course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

NEW YORK CITY IN FILM

This course will explore the representation of New York City in film. We will examine the way that film portrays social problems and either creates or responds to “social panics.” We will also examine the way in which film actively creates an idea of “New York” through cinematography, directing, acting and other aspects of filmmaking.  Some topics to be considered are utopia/dystopia, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, art, immigration, houselessness, and gentrification. The course follows three main themes: 1. How the filmmaking process (camera movements, lighting, dialogue, acting, etc.) is used as a method to describe space (filmmaking as a geographic method). 2. How various genres of film have been used to portray the social geography of New York City (the geography of film). 3. The relationship between the viewer’s “place” and the places portrayed in the film (communication geography). Finally, we will also consider how our personal sense of place towards New York City has altered throughout the course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

BAD LOVE

This seminar reads stories of love gone bad, of romances that end catastrophically, that damage lovers or leave victims along the way.   We will illuminate the consuming fantasy of the romance genre in its quest for “true love,” as well as a range of emotions – rage and revenge, narcissism and self-protection, obsession and oblivion – that surface in its wake.  We will also look at shifting interpretations of “bad love,” from Plato, to the Galenic theory of the humors, to the sociology of court-culture, to Freudian and finally contemporary neurobiological explanations of feelings.  Students are welcome to propose texts of their own interests to open this course to the widest range of interests.  In addition to seminar discussion, there will be weekly individual tutorials with Professor Hamilton as well as zoom interviews with a neurobiologist and a psychologist if it can be arranged.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

BAD LOVE

This seminar reads stories of love gone bad, of romances that end catastrophically, that damage lovers or leave victims along the way.   We will illuminate the consuming fantasy of the romance genre in its quest for “true love,” as well as a range of emotions – rage and revenge, narcissism and self-protection, obsession and oblivion – that surface in its wake.  We will also look at shifting interpretations of “bad love,” from Plato, to the Galenic theory of the humors, to the sociology of court-culture, to Freudian and finally contemporary neurobiological explanations of feelings.  Students are welcome to propose texts of their own interests to open this course to the widest range of interests.  In addition to seminar discussion, there will be weekly individual tutorials with Professor Hamilton as well as zoom interviews with a neurobiologist and a psychologist if it can be arranged.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

THE JAZZ OF CHEMISTRY

The contribution of chemistry to everyday life is immense. The applications of chemistry in medicine, petrochemicals, cosmetics, and fertilizers are readily apparent. However, the knowledge and applications of chemistry come in handy in many other fascinating fields, some of which may be less than obvious. Examples of areas in which chemistry plays a key role include forensic science; art restoration and forgery detection; and flavors and fragrances in food, beverages and other consumer products. The goal of this course is to provide insights and spur discussion of several areas and applications of chemistry, while gaining hands-on experience in techniques used in these fields.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Instructor: Meenakshi S Rao
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

THE JAZZ OF CHEMISTRY

The contribution of chemistry to everyday life is immense. The applications of chemistry in medicine, petrochemicals, cosmetics, and fertilizers are readily apparent. However, the knowledge and applications of chemistry come in handy in many other fascinating fields, some of which may be less than obvious. Examples of areas in which chemistry plays a key role include forensic science; art restoration and forgery detection; and flavors and fragrances in food, beverages and other consumer products. The goal of this course is to provide insights and spur discussion of several areas and applications of chemistry, while gaining hands-on experience in techniques used in these fields.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Instructor: Meenakshi S Rao
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

True Crime

Over the centuries, readers have been drawn to accounts of “true” crime—violent narratives involving real people and real events. And yet, as with any literary object, the notion of “truth” is always unstable—stories and their tellings are always shaped by the motivations, values, and choices of those who tell them, often with an eye toward the audience that will consume them. Whether constructed in order to moralize, to enforce or critique social or political ideologies, or purely to sell copies, “true
crime” is a literary genre that reveals attitudes about gender, race, and class; that illustrates—and sometimes calls into question—cultural norms and mores; that calls on readers to reflect on their own morbid curiosity and assumptions and fears. In this class we will engage with a diverse selection of literary texts—spanning from the Middle Ages to the present day and from a range of genres, including pamphlets, plays, novels, and more—as well as contemporary films, a tv series, and a
podcast. Through close reading and critical analysis, we will examine the evolution of the “true crime” genre and the cultural and societal contexts that shape the portrayal of crime for popular consumption. We will explore the ways in which texts and authors sensationalize, moralize, and convey the complexities of crime. We will analyze point of view: who’s telling the story, whom we sympathize with, and what insights we get into the minds of those committing crimes as well as those who fall prey to them. We will consider justice and policing— the role played by the law and its enforcers in shaping narratives about crime and punishment, right and wrong. Finally, we will reflect on the ethical implications of representing real-life crimes in literature, and how “true crime” narratives shape social perceptions, fears, prejudices, and notions of justice and morality.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Instructor: Penelope Usher
  Info
• 3 points

True Crime

Over the centuries, readers have been drawn to accounts of “true” crime—violent narratives involving real people and real events. And yet, as with any literary object, the notion of “truth” is always unstable—stories and their tellings are always shaped by the motivations, values, and choices of those who tell them, often with an eye toward the audience that will consume them. Whether constructed in order to moralize, to enforce or critique social or political ideologies, or purely to sell copies, “true
crime” is a literary genre that reveals attitudes about gender, race, and class; that illustrates—and sometimes calls into question—cultural norms and mores; that calls on readers to reflect on their own morbid curiosity and assumptions and fears. In this class we will engage with a diverse selection of literary texts—spanning from the Middle Ages to the present day and from a range of genres, including pamphlets, plays, novels, and more—as well as contemporary films, a tv series, and a
podcast. Through close reading and critical analysis, we will examine the evolution of the “true crime” genre and the cultural and societal contexts that shape the portrayal of crime for popular consumption. We will explore the ways in which texts and authors sensationalize, moralize, and convey the complexities of crime. We will analyze point of view: who’s telling the story, whom we sympathize with, and what insights we get into the minds of those committing crimes as well as those who fall prey to them. We will consider justice and policing— the role played by the law and its enforcers in shaping narratives about crime and punishment, right and wrong. Finally, we will reflect on the ethical implications of representing real-life crimes in literature, and how “true crime” narratives shape social perceptions, fears, prejudices, and notions of justice and morality.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Instructor: Penelope Usher
  Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY FRENCH I

Equivalent to FREN UN1101. Designed to help students understand, speak, read, and write French, and to recognize cultural features of French-speaking communities, now with the help of a newly digitized audio program. Students learn to provide information in French about their feelings, environment, families, and daily activities. Daily assignments, quizzes, laboratory work, and screening of video material.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Pascale Crepon
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS I

Prerequisites: high school mathematics through trigonometry or MATH S1003, or the equivalent. Functions, limits, derivatives, introduction to integrals.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Penka Marinova
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• Instructor: Tomasz Owsiak
  Info
• 3 points

STATISTICS LECTURE AND RECITATION

STATISTICS LECTURE &RECIT

Prerequisite (or co-requisite): PSYC BC1001. Lecture course and associated recitation section introducing students to statistics and its applications to psychological research. The course covers basic theory, conceptual underpinnings, and common statistics. The following Columbia University courses are considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: STAT UN1001 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning; STAT UN1101 Introduction to Statistics; STAT UN1201 Introduction to Statistics.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Instructor: Mariel Roberts
  h-index: None Info
• 4 points

STATISTICS LECTURE AND RECITATION

STATISTICS LECTURE &RECIT

Prerequisite (or co-requisite): PSYC BC1001. Lecture course and associated recitation section introducing students to statistics and its applications to psychological research. The course covers basic theory, conceptual underpinnings, and common statistics. The following Columbia University courses are considered overlapping and a student cannot receive credit for both the BC course and the equivalent CU course: STAT UN1001 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning; STAT UN1101 Introduction to Statistics; STAT UN1201 Introduction to Statistics.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Instructor: Mariel Roberts
  h-index: None Info
• 4 points

BEGINNING RUSSIAN I

$15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Designed to develop all four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Taken with RUSS S1102R, equivalent to full-year elementary course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Alla Smyslova
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH I

Elementary course, equivalent to SPAN V1101 or F1101. Fundamental principles of grammar; practice in pronunciation. Reading and conversation are introduced from the beginning. Use of the language laboratory is required.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Irene Alonso-Aparicio
  Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH I

Elementary course, equivalent to SPAN V1101 or F1101. Fundamental principles of grammar; practice in pronunciation. Reading and conversation are introduced from the beginning. Use of the language laboratory is required.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 4 points

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

Prerequisites: some high school algebra. Designed for students in fields that emphasize quantitative methods. This course satisfies the statistics requirements of all majors except statistics, economics, and engineering. Graphical and numerical summaries, probability, theory of sampling distributions, linear regression, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing are taught as aids to quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Use of statistical software required. Illustrations are taken from a variety of fields. Data-collection/analysis project with emphasis on study designs is part of the coursework requirement.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Ji Meng Loh
  CULPA: 19 Info
• Instructor: Anthony Donoghue
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY FRENCH II

Prerequisites: one term of college French or one year of secondary school French. $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Equivalent to FREN UN1102. Continues the work of French S1101D and completes the study of elementary French. Students continue to develop communicative skills, narrating recent events (past, present, and future), describing daily life activities, and learning about cultural features of France and of the wider Francophone world. Following the communicative approach, students, with the help of the instructor, learn to solve problems using the language, to communicate their feelings and opinions, and to obtain information from others. Daily assignments, quizzes, laboratory work, and screening of video materials.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Samuel Skippon
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Eric T Matheis
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II

Prerequisites: ITAL S1101, or the equivalent. Continues the work of ITAL 1101 and completes the study of elementary Italian. Students continue to develop communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills). Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to provide basic information in Italian about wants and needs, personal opinions and wishes, personal experiences, past activities, and daily routines; read simple texts on familiar matters of high frequency everyday or job-related language; draw on a repertoire of vocabulary and syntax sufficient for dealing with everyday situations.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Patrizia Palumbo
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS II

Prerequisites: MATH S1101 Calculus I, or the equivalent. Methods of integration, applications of the integral, Taylor's theorem, infinite series.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 3 points

BEGINNING RUSSIAN II

Prerequisites: RUSS UN1101 or placement test $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Continuation of RUSS S1101H.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Alla Smyslova
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SPANISH II

Prerequisites: SPAN S1101, or the equivalent. Equivalent to SPAN F1102 or V1102. Grammar exercises, prose readings, and practice in the spoken language.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Juan P Jimenez-Caicedo
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Aaron R Boalick
  Info
• 4 points

First-Year Chinese I

This course aims to introduce students to the Chinese language and cultivate their basic communicative competence by providing a comprehensive training in listening, speaking, reading and writing in Chinese. In addition, the course will bring real life tasks into classroom and prepare students to use Chinese language to function in an immersive environment.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Shaoyan Qi
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 5 points

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

Equivalent to ECON UN1105, the first course for the major in economics. How a market economy determines the relative prices of goods, factors of production, and the allocation of resources; the circumstances under which it does these things efficiently. Why such an economy has fluctuations and how they may be controlled.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Nikita Raheja
  Info
• 4 points

First-Year Chinese II

In this course students will continue to develop basic communicative competence in Chinese. More emphasis will be given to reading and writing Chinese characters than First Year Chinese (I). In addition to bringing real life tasks into classroom and preparing students to use Chinese language to function in an immersive environment, the course also aims to cultivate inter-cultural communication awareness among students.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Shaoyan Qi
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 5 points

A BARNARD EDUCATION AT WORK

Per its mission statement, “Barnard College aims to provide the highest-quality liberal arts
education to promising and high-achieving young women… They graduate prepared to lead
lives that are professionally satisfying and successful, personally fulfilling, and enriched by a love
of learning.” This course finds its roots in the connection posited here, between undergraduate
study and professional life. Students will be asked to revisit a foundational text they have
encountered in their major, and use it as a mode of exploration and reflection on an internship.
They will consider how the text’s themes and ideas can be reinterpreted and recontextualized in
the working world, and think about what practical, moral, political, aesthetic and personal
insights it affords. More broadly, students will be prompted to consider the relationship of the
liberal arts degree (which purports to prepare students for no particular career) to their chosen
career path. This course will further hone the critical thinking and writing skills that are
translatable to any profession, and enables a Barnard student to put into practice the
complexities they have learned in the classroom, by encouraging them to analyze the
professional world from different perspectives, and in the context of other ideas and traditions.
The text will be selected from a list provided by the student’s major department, and will be
subject to approval from the course instructor.
On a weekly basis, in this discussion-based class, the student shares their ideas about their text
and how it relates to their internship. They respond to and engage with their classmates. They
are required to spend about two hours with their text per week. They are also required to
create a presentation, to be shared with the full group. The group is also
responsible for providing feedback on the presentation. The presentation ultimately evolves
into a final paper that explores the line of inquiry from their text as it is
instantiated in their work experience. Students are graded on their discussion (40%),
presentation (25%), and final paper (35%).

• Department: Barnard College
• Instructor: Mary Laurita
  Info
• 1 points

THE LIFE AQUATIC

Water covers the majority of the earth’s surface but what of the life in these waters? Rivers, wetlands, lakes, estuaries and oceans provide habitat for an extraordinary diversity of animals. This course explores the amazing array of aquatic animals that occupy both freshwater and marine ecosystems as well as the natural and human activities that impact their survival. No previous knowledge of science is assumed. Fulfills the science requirement for most Columbia and GS undergraduates.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Mercer R Brugler
  Info
• 3 points

ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY TRANSL & READING

ACCELERAT ELEM TRANSL REA

Prerequisites: no previous knowledge of German required, but some background is strongly recommended. This accelerated survey of German grammar, reading techniques, and dictionary skills is designed primarily for graduate students preparing for reading proficiency exams or wishing to do research in German-language literature. In addition to translation, the course focuses on strategies for extracting general and specific information from German texts (skimming and scanning) and judging their relevance for a specific research purpose. Reading texts take students' fields of study into consideration. Although this course does not satisfy any part of the foreign language requirement for degree candidates, successful completion of the translation on the final exam fulfills the German reading proficiency requirement in most graduate programs. Students are advised that this course is a full-time commitment. Students should expect to study 2 hours every day for every hour spent in the classroom and additional time on weekends. Students who would like to gain speaking and listening skills are advised to enroll in the Intensive Elementary German I and II, or another appropriate German course. The Department of Germanic Languages will assist in selecting the appropriate course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Christopher T Hoffman
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• Instructor: Simona C Vaidean
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

Art Humanities

Discussion and analysis of the artistic qualities and significance of selected works of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Parthenon in Athens to works of the 20th century.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Holger A Klein
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Alessandra Di Croce
  Info
• Instructor: John M Beeson
  Info
• Instructor: Alex Marko
  Info
• Instructor: Janina P Marshall
  Info
• Instructor: Valerie J Zinner
  Info
• Instructor: Denise M Budd
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Pujan Karambeigi
  Info
• Instructor: Martina Mims
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Leslie Tait
  Info
• Instructor: Michael J Waters
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 3 Info
• Instructor: Muge Arseven
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Anna R Hetherington
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Nicholas S Fitch
  Info
• Instructor: David Sledge
  Info
• Instructor: Sophia D'Addio
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Nikki E Sarto
  Info
• Instructor: Laura Tibi
  Info
• Instructor: Kasiet Toktomusheva
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• Instructor: Sinclair Spratley
  Info
• Instructor: Isabel Biascoechea
  Info
• 3 points

Art Humanities

Discussion and analysis of the artistic qualities and significance of selected works of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Parthenon in Athens to works of the 20th century.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Isabel Biascoechea
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• Instructor: Matthew N Peebles
  Info
• 3 points

ART HUMANITIES

ART HUMANITIES-PARIS

HUMA1121OC. Art Humanities (Paris). 3 points.

Art Humanities teaches students how to look at, think about, and engage in critical discussion of the visual arts. The course focuses on the formal structure of works of architecture, painting, and other media, as well as the historical context in which these works were made and understood. In addition to discussion-based classes like those held in New York, Art Humanities in Paris and in Berlin will make extensive use of the city through field trips to museums, buildings, and monuments. 
Please note that attendance at all class meetings, concerts, and excursions, unless otherwise indicated, is mandatory.

To enroll in this course in Paris
, you can apply to the
Columbia Summer Core In Paris: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
 through Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE). Participants are required to take Music Humanities (HUMA1123OC) for 3 points alongside Art Humanities.  If you apply to the 
Columbia Summer in Paris: English Track
, you must take this course plus an additional 3-point course within the program.
 
Global Learning Scholarships
available. Tuition charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Sessions Terms. Visit the
UGE
website for the start and end dates for these programs. Email
uge@columbia.edu
with any questions you may have.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Irina T Oryshkevich
  CULPA: 11 Info
• Instructor: Ioannis Mylonopoulos
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Barry G Bergdoll
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Intensive Elem Italian:Venice

Italian In Venice, ITAL1121. Intensive Elementary Italian. 6 points

Instructor: TBD

Syllabus - Intensive Elementary

The equivalent of Italian 1101/1102 at Columbia. This intensive first year course, open to students with no previous training in Italian, prepares students to move into intermediate Italian.

The course provides students with a foundation in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students are encouraged to participate actively in class discussions and activities and to interact with teacher and classmates. We will learn Italian not only thanks to exercises and conversation, but also through songs, clips, pictures, food, and games. Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:


provide basic information in Italian about themselves, their interests, their daily activities;

participate in a conversation on everyday topics using the major time frames of present and past;read short edited texts, understand the main ideas, and pick out important information from authentic texts (e.g. menus, signs, train schedules, etc.)

write short compositions on familiar topics;

identify basic cultural rituals and practices in the context of their occurrence.


Please note:  If you have completed Elementary 1, you are welcome to enroll in the Intensive Elementary course. You will be expected to enroll in the full 6 point course. While there will be some overlap in the coursework that you already completed at Columbia, it will benefit you to be in Venice to reinforce and enhance your language studies before continuing on to new material. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded 4 points for the Intensive course.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
 
Columbia in Venice
 
program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
 
Global Learning Scholarships 
available. 
Tuition
 charges apply.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Ricardo A Belisario
  Info
• 6 points

MUSIC HUMANITIES

MUSIC HUMANITIES: PARIS

HUMA1123OC. Music Humanities (Paris). 3 points.

The focus of Music Humanities is the masterpieces of Western art music in their historical and cultural contexts. The specific goals of the course are to awaken and encourage an appreciation of Western music, to help the student learn to respond intelligently to a variety of musical idioms, and to engage the student in the issues of various debates about the character and purposes of music that have occupied composers and musical thinkers since ancient times. Students become actively involved in the process of critical listening both in the classroom and in the live performances that are as central to the course in Berlin and in Paris as in New York. Using a “great works” approach, the course will look at the changing genres and styles of music, examining composers’ choices and assumptions, as well as those of their patrons and audiences, as it moves chronologically from the Middle Ages to the present. 
Please note that attendance at all class meetings, concerts, and excursions, unless otherwise indicated, is mandatory.

To enroll in this course in Paris
, you can apply to the 
Columbia Summer Core In Paris: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
 through Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE). Participants are required to take Art Humanities (HUMA1121OC) for 3 points alongside Music Humanities.  If you apply to the 
Columbia Summer in Paris: English Track
, you must take this course plus an additional 3-point course within the program.
 
Global Learning Scholarships 
available. Tuition charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Sessions Terms. Visit the 
UGE
 website for the start and end dates for these programs. Email 
uge@columbia.edu
 with any questions you may have.

Please email 
uge@columbia.edu
 with any questions you may have.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Walter M Frisch
  CULPA: 17 Info
• Instructor: Mariusz Kozak
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Magdalena Baczewska
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

Music Humanities

Analysis and discussion of representative works from the Middle Ages to the present.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Peter M Susser
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Joshua A Mastel
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• Instructor: Ruth Opara
  Info
• Instructor: Benjamin A Steege
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• Instructor: Sasha Doster
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• Instructor: Unnur F Evans
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• Instructor: Amanda L Morrill
  Info
• Instructor: Shirley Chikukwa
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• Instructor: Phoenix E Collins-Sadriyoun
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• Instructor: Ruth Opara
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• Instructor: Cristina Gonzalez Rojo
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• Instructor: David A Farrow
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• Instructor: Knar Abrahamyan
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• Instructor: Jonathon S Crompton
  Info
• 3 points

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-DISC

Required Discussion section for ECON UN1105 Principles of Economics

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 0 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Sophie Queuniet
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Hayet Sellami
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I

Prerequisites: ITAL V1102 or W1102, or the equivalent. If you did not take Elementary Italian at Columbia in the semester preceding the current one, you must take the placement test, offered by the Italian Department at the beginning of each semester. Same course as ITAL V1201-V1202.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Alessandra Saggin
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS III

Prerequisites: MATH S1102, or the equivalent. Columbia College students who aim at an economics major AND have at least the grade of B in Calculus I may take Calculus III directly after Calculus I. However, all students majoring in engineering, science, or mathematics should follow Calculus I with Calculus II. Vectors in dimensions 2 and 3, complex numbers and the complex exponential function with applications to differential equations, Cramer's rule, vector-valued functions of one variable, scalar-valued functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, surfaces, optimization, the method of Lagrange multipliers.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 3 points

CALCULUS III

Prerequisites: MATH S1102, or the equivalent. Columbia College students who aim at an economics major AND have at least the grade of B in Calculus I may take Calculus III directly after Calculus I. However, all students majoring in engineering, science, or mathematics should follow Calculus I with Calculus II. Vectors in dimensions 2 and 3, complex numbers and the complex exponential function with applications to differential equations, Cramer's rule, vector-valued functions of one variable, scalar-valued functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, surfaces, optimization, the method of Lagrange multipliers.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• 3 points

GENERAL PHYSICS I

Prerequisites: this course uses elementary concepts from calculus, and students should therefore have some basic background in differentiation and integration. Assignments to discussion sections are made after the first lecture. Basic introduction to the study of mechanics, fluids, and thermodynamics. The accompanying laboratory is PHYS S1291D. NOTE: There are two recitation sessions that meet for one hour each week. The recitation times will be selected at the first class meeting.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Eric Raymer
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

CALC-BASED INTRO TO STATISTICS

Prerequisites: working knowledge of calculus (differentiation and integration). 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. Satisfies the pre-requisites for ECON W3412.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Victor Daniel
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• Instructor: Dan Twili
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• 3 points

POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP

The Poetry Writing Workshop is designed for all students with a serious interest in poetry writing, from those who lack significant workshop experience or training in the craft of poetry to seasoned workshop participants looking for new challenges and perspectives on their work. Students will be assigned writing exercises emphasizing such aspects of verse composition as the poetic line, the image, rhyme and other sound devices, verse forms, repetition, collage, and others. Students will also read an variety of exemplary work in verse, submit brief critical analyses of poems, and critique each others original work.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Timothy B Donnelly
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• Instructor: Dorothea S Lasky
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• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Alexandra Borer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Marie-Helene Koffi-Tessio
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN II

Prerequisites: ITAL V1201 or W1201, or the equivalent. If you did not take Elementary Italian at Columbia in the semester preceding the current one, you must take the placement test, offered by the Italian Department at the beginning of each semester. A review of grammar, intensive reading, composition, and practice in conversation. Exploration of literary and cultural material. Lab: hours to be arranged. ITAL V1202 fulfils the basic foreign language requirement and prepares students for advanced study in Italian language and literature.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Patrizia Palumbo
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 4 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II

Prerequisites: PHYS S1201 or the equivalent. This course uses elementary concepts from calculus, and students should therefore have some basic background in differentiation and integration. The same course as PHYS S1202X, but given in a six-week session. Assignments to discussion sections are made after the first lecture. Basic introduction to the study of electricity, magnetism, optics, special relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics. The accompanying laboratory is PHYS S1292Q. NOTE: There are two recitation sessions that meet for one hour each week. The recitation times will be selected at the first class meeting.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Nicholas M Luber
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• 3 points

GENERAL PHYSICS II

Prerequisites: PHYS S1201 or the equivalent. This course uses elementary concepts from calculus, and students should therefore have some basic background in differentiation and integration. The same course as PHYS S1202X, but given in a six-week session. Assignments to discussion sections are made after the first lecture. Basic introduction to the study of electricity, magnetism, optics, special relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics. The accompanying laboratory is PHYS S1292Q. NOTE: There are two recitation sessions that meet for one hour each week. The recitation times will be selected at the first class meeting.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Nicholas M Luber
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• 3 points

Intensive Inter Italian:Venice

Italian in Venice ITAL1203OC. Intensive Intermediate Italian. 6 points.  
Prerequisites: One year of college-level Italian or the equivalent. 

Instructor: Luca Abbattista

The equivalent of Italian 1201/1202. This intensive second year course allows students to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Italian and a better understanding of Italian culture. Students are involved in activities outside the classroom, where they gather information on Italian cultural topics through interviews and surveys that allow them to engage directly with the local community. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:



use a sufficient range of language to be able to give clear description;



express viewpoints on most general topics;



show a relatively high degree of grammatical control;



use cohesive devices to link their utterances into clear and coherent discourse;



give detailed descriptions and presentations on a wide range of subjects related to their fields of interest, expanding and supporting their ideas;



write clear and detailed text on a variety of subjects related to their field of interest, synthesizing and evaluating information and arguments;



understand straightforward factual information about common everyday life;



interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes for regular interaction;



express news and views effectively in writing, and relate to those of others;



express themselves appropriately in different cultural and communicative situations;



and be aware of the most significant differences between the customs, usages, attitudes, values, and beliefs prevalent in the Italian culture and those of their own.



Please note: If you have completed Intensive 1, you are welcome to enroll in the Intensive Intermediate course. You will be expected to enroll in the full 6-point course. While there will be some overlap in the coursework that you already completed at Columbia, it will benefit you to be in Venice to reinforce and enhance your language studies before continuing on to new material. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded 4 points for the Intensive course.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
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• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Matteo Heilbrun
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• 6 points

CHANGES SPACES AND MOBILITIES: WOMEN IN

The turn-of-the-century United States was a nation on the cusp of a number of momentous social, cultural, and political movements. One of the biggest changes was in the status and role of women. From the emergence of the New Woman in the last decade of the 19th century, to the suffragette in the 1910s and the flapper in the 1920s, the roles and positions of women were expanding and evolving in unprecedented ways. Coupled with the growth and expansion of cities, women’s mobility and the spaces they occupied changed dramatically during this time period. In this course, we will examine texts that depict the situation of women and their mobility in various social and cultural contexts in the shifting urban landscape of early twentieth-century New York City. What spaces were women allowed/expected to occupy? What spaces were considered taboo or off limits? What were the effects and consequences of the spaces that women occupied? How did women’s mobility differ to men’s? How do race and class impact mobility and space? What factors influenced women’s mobility and how did these factors change/develop over time? Course materials will likely include work by Nella Larsen, Djuna Barnes, Sui Sin Far, Anzia Yezierska, Edith Wharton, and Faith Baldwin, as well as the film Skyscraper Souls

• Department: Pre-College Program (Barnard)
• Instructor: Kristina Chesaniuk
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Accel Intermed French: Paris

Accelerated Intermediate French FREN1205OC.  6 points.

Instructor: 
 
Karen Santos Da Silva
, Senior Lecturer of French at Barnard College

On this program, students will prepare for advanced French language and culture with an emphasis on developing highly accurate speaking, reading, and writing skills. While we will read a variety of French and Francophone primary texts, the most important primary text with which students will be engaging on a daily basis is Paris and its diverse inhabitants.

At the conclusion of this course, students will


be able to communicate with French native speakers and navigate living in Paris with ease

be able to confidently express simple concepts in written and spoken French, and begin to express abstract ideas in written and spoken French

be able to describe, narrate, and analyze their cultural experiences orally

have a better mastery of French pronunciation, and colloquial French

have a solid base of knowledge about French and Francophone culture


To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
 
Columbia Summer Accelerated French in Paris
 
program 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 Sessions Terms. Visit the

UGE
website for the start and end dates for the Columbia Summer Accelerated French in Paris program.

Please email
uge@columbia.edu

with any questions you may have.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Karen Santos da Silva
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 6 points

FIRST YEAR ARABIC I

Prerequisites: Students that are not registering for MDES S1211 will be required to request professor permission (tb46@columbia.edu) to enroll.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: May Ahmar
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 5 points

FIRST YEAR ARABIC II

Prerequisites: MDES S1210, or the equivalent.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Reem Faraj
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 5 points

Foundations of Science

Using modern, student-centered, active and collaborative learning techniques, students will engage — through field observations, in-class experiments, computer simulations, and selected readings — with a range of ideas and techniques designed to integrate and anchor scientific habits of mind. Throughout the term, all students will satisfy a detailed set of rubrics by documenting their learning in reflection postings designed to serve as a future reference for how they, individually, went from not understanding an idea to understanding it. Topics covered will include statistics, basic probability, a variety of calculational skills, graph reading, and estimation — all aimed at elucidating such concepts as energy, matter, cells, and genes in the context of astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, neuroscience, and physics.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Klejda Bega
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• 4 points