Second Year Chinese II

Second Year Chinese II (CHNX2002) is the continuation of Second Year Chinese I (CHNSX2001). It is designed for students who have completed a rigorous three-semester college-level Mandarin course or its equivalent. This course aims to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the Intermediate High to Advanced Low levels according to the ACTFL guidelines. Students will engage with real-world scenarios relevant to studying abroad and gain a deeper understanding of modern Chinese society and culture. Emphasis is placed on narration, description, comparison, and the development of intercultural competence through comparative cultural analysis. Course materials include dialogues and narratives to support vocabulary, grammar, communication, and cultural learning.

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Danwei Li
  Info
• 5 points

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY II

Prerequisites: EEEB UN2001 Second semester of introductory biology sequence for majors in enviromnental biology and environmental science, emphasizing the ecological and evolutionary aspects of biology. Also intended for those interested in an introduction to the principles of ecology and evolutionary biology.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew I Palmer
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 14 Info
• 4 points

STATISTICS AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

STATISTICS & EXPERIMTL DE

This course is for students interested in learning how to conduct scientific research. They will learn how to (i) design well-controlled experiments and identify “quack” science; (ii) organize, summarize and illustrate data, (iii) analyze different types of data; and (iv) interpret the results of statistical tests.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• T 2:40 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: John Glendinning
  CULPA: 23 h-index: 39 Info
• 4 points

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM-LEC+LAB

Charge, electric field, and potential. Gausss law. Circuits: capacitors and resistors. Magnetism and electromagnetism. Induction and inductance. Alternating currents. Maxwells equations. This is a calculus-based class. Familiarity with derivatives and integrals is needed.

PLEASE NOTE:  Students who take PHYS BC2002 may not get credit for PHYS BC2019 or PHYS BC2020.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 4.5 points

INTRO TO ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION

This course offers an introduction to the intellectual, social, political, and cultural formations resulting from the revelation of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century until around 1800 CE. It is a “civilization” course and is introductory in nature. It is not a course in Islamic history, religion, philosophy, art, science, or literature, although all of these will be considered in various ways throughout the semester. The intent of the course is to survey the structures, themes, keywords, and subjects that are of interest for the study of Islamic societies, and to encounter a sampling of the historical sources that inform such surveys. Whether through documents, letters, sermons, explanations, publications, songs, or literature, the intention is to use historical sources in order to illuminate our understanding of the events of the past, and in particular, to help the student evaluate narratives about the past for themselves.
The course consists of a lecture and a recitation. All students must be registered for and attend both. The lectures will contextualize the required readings and primary sources, and students will participate in discussions about them in recitation. In addition to weekly readings, assignments include a weekly response post (~1 page), a midterm exam and a final exam. All of the course materials are presented in English

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Nathanael P Shelley
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points

CARIBBEAN CULTURE & SOCIETIES

This course offers a chronological study of the Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone insular Caribbean through the eyes of some of the region’s most important writers and thinkers. We will focus on issues that key Caribbean intellectuals--including two Nobel prize-winning authors--consider particularly enduring and relevant in Caribbean cultures and societies. Among these are, for example, colonization, slavery, national and postcolonial identity, race, class, popular culture, gender, sexuality, tourism and migration. This course will also serve as an introduction to some of the exciting work on the Caribbean by professors at Barnard College and Columbia University (faculty spotlights).

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Maja Horn
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

THE ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGINATION

Introduction to the theory and practice of “ethnography”—the intensive study of peoples’ lives as shaped by social relations, cultural images, and historical forces. Considers through critical reading of various kinds of texts (classic ethnographies, histories, journalism, novels, films) the ways in which understanding, interpreting, and representing the lived words of people—at home or abroad, in one place or transnationally, in the past or the present—can be accomplished. Discussion section required.

• Department: Anthropology
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Jose de Abreu
  Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS PROOFS

INTRO TO MATHEMATICAL PRO

This is a seminar course that covers the basics of mathematical proofs and in particular the epsilon-delta argument in single variable calculus.

Students who have little experience with mathematical proofs are strongly encouraged to take this course concurrently with Honors Math, Into to Modern Algebra, or Intro to Modern Analysis.

• Department: Mathematics
• F 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Julien Dubedat
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 0 points

INTRODUCTION AFRICAN DIASPORA

Interdisciplinary and thematic approach to the African diaspora in the Americas: its motivations, dimensions, consequences, and the importance and stakes of its study. Beginning with the contacts between Africans and the Portuguese in the 15th century, this class will open up diverse paths of inquiry as students attempt to answer questions, clear up misconceptions, and challenge assumptions about the presence of Africans in the New World.

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Celia E Naylor
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

PAINTING II

A continuation of painting I - III, open to all skill levels. Students will further develop techniques to communicate individual and collective ideas in painting. This course will focus on individual and collaborative projects designed to explore the fundamental principles of image making. Students acquire a working knowledge of traditional studio skills and related concepts in contemporary art through class critiques, discussion, and individual meetings with the professor. Reading materials will provide historical and philosophical background to the class assignments. Class projects will range from traditional to experimental and multi-media. Image collections will be discussed in class with an awareness of contemporary image production.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joan Snitzer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: BIOL UN2005, or the instructors permission. Lecture and recitation. Recommended second term of biology for majors in biology and related majors, and for premedical students. Cellular biology and development; physiology of cells and organisms. SPS, Barnard, and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. 
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf
 . Students must register for a recitation section BIOL UN2016.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 4 points

PAINTING IV

PAINTING 1V

A continuation of painting I - III, open to all skill levels. Students will further develop techniques to communicate individual and collective ideas in painting. This course will focus on individual and collaborative projects designed to explore the fundamental principles of image making. Students acquire a working knowledge of traditional studio skills and related concepts in contemporary art through class critiques, discussion, and individual meetings with the professor. Reading materials will provide historical and philosophical background to the class assignments. Class projects will range from traditional to experimental and multi-media. Image collections will be discussed in class with an awareness of contemporary image production.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joan Snitzer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

CONTEMP ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION

Lecture and recitation. No previous study of Islam is required. The early modern, colonial, and post-colonial Islamic world studied through historical case studies, translated texts, and recent anthropological research. Topics include Sufism and society, political ideologies, colonialism, religious transformations, poetry, literature, gender, and sexuality.

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew L Keegan
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

ADAPTIVE OR ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT OF THE

ADOLESCENT BRAIN

The teen brain has received a lot of media coverage with advances in brain imaging techniques that
provide a voyeuristic opportunity for us to look under the hood of the behaving adolescent brain. This
course will cover empirical and theoretical accounts of adolescent-specific changes in brain and behavior
that relate to the development of self control. These accounts of adolescent brain and behavior will then
be discussed in the context of relevant legal, social and health policy issues. Lectures and discussion will
address: Under what circumstances self control appears to be diminished in adolescents. How do
dynamic changes in neural circuitry help to explain changes in self control across development? When
does the capacity for self control fully mature? Are these changes observed in other species? How might
these changes be evolutionarily adaptive and when are they maladaptive? How might understanding
adolescent brain and behavioral development inform interventions and treatments for maladaptive
behavior or inform policy for changing the environment to protect youth?

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Bj Casey
  Info
• 3 points

THE ECONOMICS OF GENDER

Examination of gender differences in the U.S. and other advanced industrial economies. Topics include the division of labor between home and market, the relationship between labor force participation and family structure, the gender earnings gap, occupational segregation, discrimination, and historical, racial, and ethnic group comparisons.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ashley Wong
  Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST I: BEGIN-1930

This course rethinks the ;birth of cinema; from the vantage of ;when old media was new.; Following standard approaches, it moves from actualities to fiction, from the ;cinema of attractions; to narrative, from the cinematographe to cinema, from cottage industry to studio system. Units in silent film music, early genres, film piracy and copyright, word and moving image, and restoration--the film archivists dilemma in the digital era. FILM W2011

• Department: Film
• Instructor: Jane Gaines
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

LINEAR ALGEBRA

Matrices, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, canonical forms, applications. (SC)

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lindsay C Piechnik
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST I:BEGIN-1930-DISC

• Department: Film
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 0 points

LAB METHODS ARCHAEOLOGY

Only the most recent chapters of the past are able to be studied using traditional historiographical methods focused on archives of textual documents. How, then, are we to analyze the deep history of human experiences prior to the written word? And even when textual archives do survive from a given historical period, these archives are typically biased toward the perspectives of those in power. How, then, are we to undertake analyses of the past that take into account the lives and experiences of all of society’s members, including the poor, the working class, the colonized, and others whose voices appear far less frequently in historical documents? From its disciplinary origins in nineteenth century antiquarianism, archaeology has grown to become a rigorous science of the past, dedicated to the exploration of long-term and inclusive social histories.

“Laboratory Methods in Archaeology” is an intensive introduction to the analysis of archaeological artifacts and samples in which we explore how the organic and inorganic remains from archaeological sites can be used to build rigorous claims about the human past. The 2022 iteration of the course centers on assemblages from two sites, both excavated by Barnard’s archaeological field program in the Taos region of northern New Mexico: (1) the Spanish colonial site of San Antonio del Embudo founded in 1725 and (2) the hippie commune known as New Buffalo, founded in 1967. Participants in ANTH BC2012 will be introduced to the history, geology, and ecology of the Taos region, as well as to the excavation histories of the two sites. Specialized laboratory modules focus on the analysis of chipped stone artifacts ceramics, animal bone, glass, and industrial artifacts.

The course only demands participation in the seminars and laboratory modules and successful completion of the written assignments, but all students are encouraged to develop specialized research projects to be subsequently expanded into either (1) a senior thesis project or (2) a conference presentation at the Society for American Archaeology, Society for Historical Archaeology, or Theoretical Archaeology Group meeting.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Severin Fowles
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 4 points

Linear Algebra and Probability

Linear algebra with a focus on probability and statistics. The course covers the standard linear algebra topics: systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces, bases, dimension, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, the Spectral Theorem and singular value decompositions. It also teaches applications of linear algebra to probability, statistics and dynamical systems giving a background sufficient for higher level courses in probability and statistics. The topics covered in the probability theory part include conditional probability, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions and the limit theorems, as well as Markov chains, curve fitting, regression, and pattern analysis. The course contains applications to life sciences, chemistry, and environmental life sciences. No a priori background in the life sciences is assumed.

This course is best suited for students who wish to focus on applications and practical approaches to problem solving. It is recommended to students majoring in engineering, technology, life sciences, social sciences, and economics.

Math majors, joint majors, and math concentrators must take MATH UN2010 Linear Algebra or MATH UN1207 Honors Math A, which focus on linear algebra concepts and foundations that are needed for upper-level math courses. MATH UN2015 (Linear Algebra and Probability) does NOT replace MATH UN2010 (Linear Algebra) as prerequisite requirements of math courses. Students may not receive full credit for both courses MATH UN2010 and MATH UN2015. Students who have taken MATH UN2015 and consider taking higher level Math courses should contact a major advisor to discuss alternative pathways.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Evan Sorensen
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 0 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• T 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 0 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 0 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 0 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 0 points

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM-LAB ONLY

PHYS BC2020 Electricity & Magnetism -- Lecture Only is required as a pre- or co-requisite for this lab.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• Instructor: Stiliana Savin
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 1.5 points

INTRO TO DEVELOPMENT ECON

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mulu Gebreyohannes
  Info
• 3 points

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM-LEC ONLY

Prerequisite: Physics BC2001 or the equivalent.

Charge, electric field, and potential. Gauss's law. Circuits: capacitors and resistors. Magnetism and electromagnetism. Induction and inductance. Alternating currents. Maxwell's equations.  This is a calculus-based class. Familiarity with derivatives and integrals is needed.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Janna Levin
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE SHOW 1

May be retaken for full credit.

Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as actors in a departmental stage production register for this course; course emphasizes the collaborative nature of production, and appropriate research and reading required in addition to artistic assignments. Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: 
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• 3 points

PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE THESIS 1

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as actors in a Senior Thesis in Directing register for this course.  Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: 
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MTWRF 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Banta
  Info
• 3 points

Developmental Neuroscience

This upper-level lecture course will introduce students to the development of the nervous system. Topics will include: the formation of nerve cells, their migration, axonal pathfinding, and synapse formation. The course will discuss how these processes are influenced by experience, and various roles they play in neurodevelopmental disorders.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexis S Hill
  Info
• 3 points

PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE THESIS 2

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as actors in a Senior Thesis in Directing register for this course.  Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: 
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MTWRF 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Banta
  Info
• 3 points

PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE THESIS 3

May be retaken for full credit. 

Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as actors in a Senior Thesis in Directing register for this course.  Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: 
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MTWRF 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Banta
  Info
• 3 points

THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to methods and theory in archaeology – by exploring how archaeologists work to create narratives about the past (and the present) on the basis on the material remains of the past. The course begins with a consideration of how archaeologists deal with the remains of the past in the present: What are archaeological sites and how do we ‘discover’ them? How do archaeologists ‘read’ or analyze sites and artifacts? From there, we will turn to the question of how archaeologists interpret these materials traces, in order to create narratives about life in the past. After a review of the historical development of theoretical approaches in archaeological interpretation, the course will consider contemporary approaches to interpreting the past.

• Department: Anthropology
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Hannah Chazin
  Info
• 4 points

THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST - DISC

THINK LIKE AN ARCH - DISC

Discussion section for course ANTH UN2028 THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

• Department: Anthropology
• 0 points

THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST - DISC

THINK LIKE AN ARCH - DISC

Discussion section for course ANTH UN2028 THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

• Department: Anthropology
• 0 points

THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST - DISC

THINK LIKE AN ARCH - DISC

Discussion section for course ANTH UN2028 THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

• Department: Anthropology
• 0 points

THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST - DISC

THINK LIKE AN ARCH - DISC

Discussion section for course ANTH UN2028 THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

• Department: Anthropology
• 0 points

THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST - DISC

THINK LIKE AN ARCH - DISC

Discussion section for course ANTH UN2028 THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

• Department: Anthropology
• 0 points

THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST - DISC

THINK LIKE AN ARCH - DISC

Discussion section for course ANTH UN2028 THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

• Department: Anthropology
• 0 points

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent. Special differential equations of order one. Linear differential equations with constant and variable coefficients. Systems of such equations. Transform and series solution techniques. Emphasis on applications.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeanne Boursier
  Info
• 3 points

MUSIC & MYTH

• Department: Music
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Giuseppe Gerbino
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HISTORY IV: AFTER 1990

This course brings our survey of the development of the art, technology, and industry of motion images up to the present. During this era, most people no longer watched movies (perhaps the most neutral term) in theaters, and digital technology came to dominate every aspect of production, distribution, and exhibition. Highlighted filmmakers include Michael Haneke, Lars von Trier, Wong Kar-wei, and Steve McQueen. Topics range from contemporary horror to animation. Requirements: short (2-3 pages) papers on each film shown for the class and a final, take-home exam. FILM W2041

• Department: Film
• T 10:10 a.m.-1:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Racquel Gates
  Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST IV:AFTER 1990-DISC

• Department: Film
• F 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• 0 points

INTENSVE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: A grade of 5 on the Chemistry Advanced Placement exam and an acceptable grade on the Department placement exam. Corequisites: CHEM UN1507 Premedical students may take CHEM UN2045, CHEM UN2046, CHEM UN1507 and CHEM UN2545 to meet the minimum requirements for admission to medical school. This course covers the same material as CHEM UN2443-CHEM UN2444, but is intended for students who have learned the principles of general chemistry in high school OR have completed CHEM UN1604 in their first year at Columbia. First year students enrolled in CHEM UN2045-CHEM UN2046 are expected to enroll concurrently in CHEM UN1507. Although CHEM UN2045 and CHEM UN2046 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially. A recitation section is required. Please check the Directory of Classes for details and also speak with the TA for the course.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: James Leighton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• 4 points

Introduction to Afro-diasporic Religions

Intro Afro-diasporic Reli

This is an introductory lecture course to the study of Afro-diasporic religions particularly its evolution from the period of transatlantic slavery to present. Students will explore the linkages between Africa and its diaspora, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean and the United States. Through an interdisciplinary approach and Black feminist lens, with a focus on the historical, ethnographical, and philosophical, the course will traverse through selected religions and regions such as Santería & Lucumí in Cuba and Puerto Rico, Vodou in Haiti and Dominican Republic, Obeah and Rastafari in Jamaica, Camdomblé in Brazil, Islam in Guyana, African American Christianity and Hoodoo, and Obeah and Orisha tradition in Trinidad and Tobago. Collectively we will explore questions of Black diasporic liberatory practices and formation, queerness, transness, spiritual possession, resistance, and ancestral veneration. Through a combination of lectures, readings, films, audio recordings, and guest presentations, we will explore the historical development, contemporary manifestations, and contentions of these spiritual traditions; their connections and dissimilarities; their impact on visual artists and writers; their relationship to Christianity by way of colonization, and their meaning in the context of the ongoing struggle of Black people to imagine and embody sane, inclusive, healthy alternatives to a pervasive model of white supremacy.

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Aurelis Troncoso
  Info
• 3 points

Intensive Organic Chemistry I - RECITATI

INTENSIVE ORG CHEM I - RE

Corequisites: TO BE ENROLLED IN UN2045, YOU MUST REGISTER FOR UN2047 RECITATION

• Department: Chemistry
• T 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: James Leighton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• 0 points

DIVAS AND THEIR PUBLICS

In order to exist, the female vocal celebrity needs a public. This course takes a global perspective on women’s voices, bodies, and performances, examining them in deep sociocultural contexts across a range of classical and popular music genres. Guiding questions interrogate the role of media and technology in commercializing and circulating the sounds and images of women singers on an international scale, forging new arenas for meaning-making around gender, race, and citizenship. Considering the historically, socially, and materially situated circumstances in which celebrated women performers have emerged in the modern era, the course asks: How did the expressive labor of virtuosic female singers shape the early US entertainment industry? In what ways have women singers around the world impacted nation-centered political agendas, struggles for racial equality, and other powerful religious and secular social formations? How did sound reproduction and broadcasting technology not only expand audiences on an exponential scale, but transform listeners’ experience of female singers’ live performance? Cross-culturally and throughout history, why have exceptional women vocalists had greater public impact than women instrumentalists?

• Department: Music @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lauren E Ninoshvili
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL STUDIES

INTRO TO ANIMAL STUDIES

The course introduces students to animal studies, a multidisciplinary field that investigates relations
between human and nonhuman animals across historical periods, political regimes, cultural contexts, and
institutional settings. Beginning with the foundational concepts of animal studies and moving toward
contemporary debates, the course traces how animals have been mediated through philosophy, science,
and law, as well as cultural artifacts. Through readings of classic and contemporary texts—from Aristotle,
Descartes, and Bentham to Peter Singer, Carol J. Adams, and Donna J. Haraway—the course examines
how ideas concerning animal nature, moral worth, legal status, and political inclusion are produced,
contested, and transformed.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Hana Worthen
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• 3 points

Making Vikings

Between the 700s and 1000s, pirates known as Vikings raided much of Europe. Some were linked to merchant groups reaching into Central Asia, while others joined diaspora communities that sailed across the Atlantic. They made their worlds in many ways—through texts, images, artifacts, and behaviors. In this class, students will accomplish the same, guided by the principle that making is best studied by doing. This will be accomplished through a series of creative assignments accompanied by written discussions drawing on scholarship and historical materials. The course will culminate in a written proposal for a museum exhibit allowing students to explore chosen narratives or thematic interests. Through this work, students will learn how Viking-Age peoples made their world and consider how we recreate and represent that world today

• Department: History @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Delvaux
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• 3 points

MOLECULAR & MENDELIAN GENETICS

Mendelian and molecular genetics of both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, with an emphasis on human genetics. Topics include segregation, recombination and linkage maps, cytogenetics, gene structure and function, mutation, molecular aspects of gene expression and regulation, genetic components of cancer, and genome studies.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Brian Morton
  CULPA: 21 Info
• 3 points

EARTH'S ENVIRO SYST: CLIM SYST

Prerequisites: high school algebra. Recommended preparation: high school chemistry and physics; and one semester of college science. Origin and development of the atmosphere and oceans, formation of winds, storms and ocean currents, reasons for changes through geologic time. Recent influence of human activity: the ozone hole, global warming, water pollution. Laboratory exploration of topics through demonstrations, experimentation, computer data analysis, and modeling. Students majoring in Earth and Environmental Sciences should plan to take EESC W2100 before their senior year to avoid conflicts with Senior Seminar.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• T 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 4.5 points

Introduction to Climate Justice

INTRO TO CLIMATE JUSTICE

Today, it’s impossible to talk about the climate crisis without talking about justice. Thanks to the continued activism of grassroots and frontline community organizers, progressive NGOs, and coalitions of small island states, climate politics are now deeply linked to questions of social justice and equity.

This course introduces students to key topics and issues in climate justice in order to gain a foundational understanding of the field. Themes and topics include: theoretical frameworks of climate justice; climate justice and gender; the justice dimensions of climate adaptation and managed retreat; energy democracy and just transitions; the question of culpability and who should be held responsible for causing global warming; and historical efforts to codify justice considerations at international institutions like the UN.

• Department: Earth Institute
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Leah V Aronowsky
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• 3 points

DATA. MAPPING, AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS

DATA, MAPNG & SPATIAL ANA

Data, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis is an introductory course for non-majors. Through the semester, the class covers the technologies for mapping, analyzing, and making spatial data as well as their histories; engages qualitative and quantitative data sets within a geographic information system (GIS) framework; discusses situated, context-specific, and community-based methods alongside top-down modes of spatial research; and introduces students to cartographic principles and map design. Students will learn the tools and techniques of digital mapping and GIS through lecture, hands-on exercises, and a small, self-designed final project.

• Department: Urban Studies @Barnard
• T 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Leah M Meisterlin
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

PAINTING I

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1000) (Formerly R3201) Introduction of the fundamental skills and concepts involved in painting. Problems are structured to provide students with a knowledge of visual language along with a development of expressive content. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• M 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana J Lok
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• 3 points

THE ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGINAT-DISC

THE ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGI-DIS

• Department: Anthropology
• 0 points

THE ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGINAT-DISC

THE ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGI-DIS

• Department: Anthropology
• 0 points

THE ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGINAT-DISC

THE ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGI-DIS

• Department: Anthropology
• 0 points

INTRO TO APPLIED MATHEMATICS

A unified, single-semester introduction to differential equations and linear algebra with emphases on (1) elementary analytical and numerical technique and (2) discovering the analogs on the continuous and discrete sides of the mathematics of linear operators: superposition, diagonalization, fundamental solutions. Concepts are illustrated with applications using the language of engineering, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. Students execute scripts in Mathematica and MATLAB (or the like) to illustrate and visualize course concepts (programming not required).

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Yuan He
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: SYSTEMS AND MATERI

ARCH DESIGN: SYSTMS & MTR

This architectural design studio explores material assemblies, techniques of fabrication, and systems of organization. These explorations will be understood as catalysts for architectural analysis and design experimentation.

Both designed objects and the very act of making are always embedded within a culture, as they reflect changing material preferences, diverse approaches to durability and obsolescence, varied understandings of comfort, different concerns with economy and ecology. They depend on multiple resources and mobilize varied technological innovations. Consequently, we will consider that making always involves making a society, for it constitutes a response to its values and a position regarding its technical and material resources. Within this understanding, this studio will consider different cultures of making through a number of exercises rehearse design operations at different scales—from objects to infrastructures.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• MW 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael E Schissel
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• 4.5 points

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I

This course will further your awareness and understanding of the French language, culture and literature, provide a comprehensive review of fundamental grammar points while introducing more advanced ones, as well as improve your mastery of oral, reading, and writing skills. By the end of the course, you will be able to read short to medium-length literary and non-literary texts, and analyze and comment on varied documents and topics, both orally and in writing.

• Department: French
• MTWR 11:10 a.m.-noon
• MTWR 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• TRF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Hayet Sellami
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I

Prerequisites: GERM UN2101 or the equivalent. If you have prior German outside of Columbia’s language sequence, the placement exam is required.

Intermediate German UN2102 is conducted entirely in German and emphasizes the four basic language skills, cultural awareness, and critical thinking. A wide range of topics (from politics and poetry to art) as well as authentic materials (texts, film, art, etc.) are used to improve the 4 skill. Practice in conversation aims at enlarging the vocabulary necessary for daily communication. Grammar is practiced in the context of the topics. Learning and evaluation are individualized (individual vocabulary lists, essays, oral presentations, final portfolio) and project-based (group work and final group project).

• Department: Germanic Languages
• MTR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MTR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Varol Kahveci
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• Instructor: Simona C Vaidean
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE GREEK: PROSE

Prerequisites: GREK UN1101- GREK UN1102 or the equivalent. Selections from Attic prose.

• Department: Classics
• TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Georgios Spiliotopoulos
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• 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.

• Department: Italian
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE LATIN I

Prerequisites: LATN UN1101 & UN1102 or LATN UN1121 or equivalent. Selections from Catullus and Cicero.

• Department: Classics @Barnard
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Darcy Krasne
  h-index: 5 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE I

Prerequisites: PORT W1120 or the equivalent. General review of grammar, with emphasis on self-expression through oral and written composition, reading, conversation, and discussion.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I

Prerequisites: SPAN UN1102 or SPAN UN1120 or or a score of 380-449 in the departments Placement Examination. An intensive course in Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on oral interaction, reading, writing, and culture as a continuation of SPAN UN1102 or SPAN UN1120. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• MWF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MWF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron R Boalick
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• 4 points