THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION-DISC
- Department: Anthropology
- T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Ahmed Z Mitiche
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Wilmer I Falcon
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Shannon Oliver White
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Elementary Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Elem Spanish Heritage Spe
Prerequisites: Scoring at this level on the department’s Spanish as a Heritage Language Placement test (https://columbia-barnard.vega-labs.com).
The principal aim of SPAN UN1108 is to build upon and further develop the informal knowledge of Spanish that heritage learners bring to the classroom—usually from family and neighborhood exposure to the language—and cultivate formal speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities. Students are not expected to have any academic training in written Spanish prior to enrolling in this course.
Spanish heritage language courses at Columbia/Barnard focus on the development of communicative abilities and literacy from sociolinguistic and sociocultural approaches. Throughout the semester, students will be reviewing spelling patterns, building vocabulary, acquiring and effectively using learning strategies, and strengthening composition skills in Spanish. Cultural projects and readings reinforce learners’ understanding of the multiple issues related to Hispanic cultures in the United States and in other Spanish-speaking societies.
- Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
- TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Diana Romero
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SUPERVISED STUDIES IN GERMANY (BCGS)
German Beginner A1 + A2
- Department: Global Programs
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Carmen Mueller
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SUPERVISED STUDIES IN GERMANY (BCGS)
German Beginner A1 + A2
- Department: Global Programs
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Carmen Mueller
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POLITICAL THEORY I
This course considers key questions at the foundation of political thought. What is justice? How do we justify the coercive power of states? Do we have an obligation to obey the government? Who should make and enforce the law? What basic rights and liberties should governments protect? How should our economic system produce and divide wealth and material resources? What are the claims of excluded or marginalized groups and how can these claims be addressed? We explore these questions through the works of several classical and contemporary political thinkers. A major goal of the course is to practice the skills needed to understand a political thinker’s arguments and to construct one’s own.
BEGINNING IN FALL 2025, BARNARD STUDENTS WISHING TO TAKE POLITICAL THEORY FOR INTRO CREDIT TOWARD THE MAJOR MUST TAKE POLS-BC1110. If Barnard students enroll in POLS-UN2101, the course will only count toward their major as elective credit.
Columbia College students who take POLS-BC1110 can only apply the course toward their major for elective credit.
Students may not get credit for more than one of the following courses: POLS BC1110, POLS UN1101, or POLS-UN2101.
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Alyssa Battistoni
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BEHAVIORAL BIOL-DISC
- Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
- W 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- F 11:10 a.m.-noon
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Marina Cords
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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
- R 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
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Erica A Siegel
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Mary Laurita
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MELLON MAYS UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP JUN
MMUF JUNIOR YEAR COLLOQUI
This is a course designed for the students enrolled in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program. It should be taken fall and spring semesters of a student's third and fourth years at the college (for a total of 6 course credits total over the two years). The goal of this course is to become familiar with academic research and writing, as well as the culture of colleges/ universities in order to prepare students to apply to graduate school and earn the PhD.. The program hones academic writing skills (research papers, project and grant proposals, academic reflections designed to facilitate intentional goal setting and planning), teaches skills related to scholarly presentations (oral and written), as well as familiarizes students with academic culture in particular diversity, equity and inclusion issues and concerns in the academy. Students are expected to attend all the events and meetings associated with the program.
SODB:FIRST AND SECOND YR SEM
SODB: FIRST AND SECOND YR SEM
This is a course designed for the students enrolled in the Barbara Silver Horowitz ’55 Scholars of Distinction program. It should be taken fall and spring semesters of a students first and second years at the college (for a total of 4 course credits total over the two years). Each month is organized around an outing (or several outings) with readings and guest speakers to complement the outing. Students are expected to attend all the events and meetings. Each student will also produce a blog post connected to or inspired by each event. These posts will appear on the Barnard College website dedicated to the program. Blog posts do not have to cover the event per se, they might, for example, attend to ancillary issues raised by the event or topics raised by the accompanying readings.
- Department: Scholars of Distinction @Barnard
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Elementary American Sign Language (ASL)
ELEMENTARY ASL II
This course is an introduction to the basic skills in developing production and comprehension skills in American Sign Language (ASL). Students will learn ASL vocabulary, structure, and grammar. Course content also includes the manual alphabet and numbers. Students will develop basic conversational abilities, culturally appropriate behaviors, and learn about the culture and history of Deaf communities.
- Department: American Studies @Barnard
- MWF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Kailyn Aaron-Lozano
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FIRST YEAR CHINESE W II
The course is specially designed for students of Chinese heritage and advanced beginners with good speaking skills. It aims to develop the students basic skills to read and write modern colloquial Chinese. Pinyin system is introduced; standard Chinese pronunciation, and traditional characters. Classes will be conducted mostly in Chinese. Open to students with Mandarin speaking ability in Chinese only. CC GS EN CE
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MWR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- MTR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- MWR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Hairong Zhang
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Xiaonan Chu
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Yike Li
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FIRST-YEAR KOREAN II
This course is the second half of Elementary Korean (continuation of First-Year Korean I), designed to
help beginners solidify their foundation in Korean language, structure, and culture. Building upon the
skills established in the previous semester, students will continue to develop balanced proficiency in the
interpersonal (communicative), interpretive (reading & listening), and presentational (formal spoken &
written) modes, as well as cultural competence.
- Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
- MTWR 8:40 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
- MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
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Hwanhee Kim
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INTRO TO POLITICAL THEORY - DISC.
INTRO TO POL THEORY - DIS
Required Discussion Section for Barnard-taught Intro to Political Theory (POLS-BC1110).
Students enrolled in POLS-BC1110 must enroll in a section of POLS-BC1112.
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- T 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- T 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- T 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Mette Christiansen
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COMPREHENSIVE BEG CATALAN
An extensive introduction to the Catalan language with an emphasis on oral communication as well as the reading and writing practice that will allow the student to function comfortably in a Catalan environment.
- Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
- TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Elsa Ubeda
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INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY GREEK
Covers all of Greek grammar and syntax in one term. Prepares the student to enter second-year Greek (GREK UN2101 or GREK UN2102).
- Department: Classics
- TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Georgios Spiliotopoulos
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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: Core (A&S)
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Martina Mims
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Irina T Oryshkevich
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Caroline A Wamsler
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Martina Mims
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Irina T Oryshkevich
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Sophia D'Addio
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Sophia D'Addio
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Sophia A Merkin
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Luisa Valle
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Leslie Tait
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Gwen A Unger
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Alessandra Di Croce
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Emily Spratt
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Leslie Tait
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Gwen A Unger
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Alessandra Di Croce
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Muge Arseven
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Diana Mellon
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Christia Mercer
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Diana Mellon
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Ioanna Theocharopoulou
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INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY ITALIAN
An intensive course that covers two semesters of elementary Italian in one, and prepares students to move into Intermediate Italian. Students will develop their Italian communicative competence through listening, (interactive) speaking, reading and (interactive) writing. The Italian language will be used for real-world purposes and in meaningful contexts to promote intercultural understanding. This course is especially recommended for students who already know another Romance language. May be used toward fulfillment of the language requirement.
- Department: Italian
- TRF 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Barbara Spinelli
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INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY COURSE
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- Department: Classics @Barnard
- MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Darcy Krasne
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Music Humanities
Analysis and discussion of representative works from the Middle Ages to the present.
- Department: Core (A&S)
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Virginia L Dellenbaugh
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Ralph R Whyte
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Virginia L Dellenbaugh
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Joshua Navon
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Elaine Sisman
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Hannah S Kendall
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Larry Jackson
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Diana M Rodriguez Aguilar
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Samuel F Yulsman
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Gabrielle E Ferrari
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