INTRO TO AMERICAN POLITICS

Lecture and discussion. Dynamics of political institutions and processes, chiefly of the national government. Emphasis on the actual exercise of political power by interest groups, elites, political parties, and public opinion.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Miller
  CULPA: 18 h-index: 14 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO AMERICAN POLITICS

Lecture and discussion. Dynamics of political institutions and processes, chiefly of the national government. Emphasis on the actual exercise of political power by interest groups, elites, political parties, and public opinion.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Miller
  CULPA: 18 h-index: 14 Info
• 4 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)
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonas M Mikhaeil
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• Instructor: Fangyi Chen
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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)
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• 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)
• MTWR 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Zachary Desjardins-Mooney
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• Instructor: Hayet Sellami
  CULPA: 3 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)
• MTWR 11:30 a.m.-1:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Jilian A Pizzi
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

CALCULUS IV

Prerequisites: MATH S1201, or the equivalent. Double and triple integrals. Change of variables. Line and surface integrals. Grad, div, and curl. Vector integral calculus: Green's theorem, divergence theorem, Stokes' theorem

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Luis Fernandez
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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)
• MW 6 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Nicholas M Luber
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• Instructor: Rebecca I Grossman
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 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: TBD

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

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Luca Abbattista
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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)
• R 9:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Kristina Chesaniuk
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• 0 points

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)
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Reem Faraj
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 5 points

FIRST YEAR ARABIC II

Prerequisites: MDES S1210, or the equivalent.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: May Ahmar
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 5 points

INTRO-AMERICAN POLITICS-DISC

Required discussion section for POLS UN1201: INTRO TO AMERICAN POLITICS

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 0 points

INTRO-AMERICAN POLITICS-DISC

INTRO TO AMERICAN POL DISC

Required discussion section for POLS UN1201: INTRO TO AMERICAN POLITICS

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Miller
  CULPA: 18 h-index: 14 Info
• 0 points

INTRO-AMERICAN POLITICS-DISC

INTRO TO AMERICAN POL DISC

Required discussion section for POLS UN1201: INTRO TO AMERICAN POLITICS

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Miller
  CULPA: 18 h-index: 14 Info
• 0 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)
• TR 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Klejda Bega
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• 4 points

SECOND YEAR ARABIC I

Prerequisites: MDES UN1211-UN1212, or the equivalent.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Ouijdane Absi
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

SECOND YEAR ARABIC II

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MDES UN1211-UN1212 and UN1214 or the equivalent.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Nasr Abdo
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• 5 points

INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE LATIN

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Marissa K Swan
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• 6 points

GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I

Prerequisites: PHYS S1201. May be taken before or concurrently with this course. Laboratory for PHYS S1201D. Assignments to laboratory sections are made after the first lecture, offered Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs 10.30AM-1.30PM.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• TR 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• 1 points

GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II

Prerequisites: PHYS S1202. May be taken before or concurrently with this course. Laboratory for PHYS 1202X. Assignments to laboratory sections are made after the first lecture. NOTE: Labs meet one day a week (Mon, Tues, Wed or Thurs) 1:00pm - 4:00pm only. There are no evening lab sections.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• M 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• MW 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• TR 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• 1 points

COLLOQUIUM ON MAJOR TEXTS

Readings in translation and discussion of texts of Middle Eastern and Indian origin. Readings may include the Quran, Islamic philosophy, Sufi poetry, the Upanishads, Buddhist sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, Indian epics and drama, and Gandhis Autobiography.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Peterson
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• 4 points

COLLOQUIUM ON MAJOR TEXTS: MIDDLE EAST/I

This seminar is an exploration of some "great books" from the Middle East and South Asia. We will read books, plays, stories, and poems in English translation that were originally written in Arabic, Persian, Bangla, Sanskrit. From the Thousand and One Nights to an Arabic epic about a warrior princess to the Bhagavad Gita, we will examine themes of storytelling, gender, politics, and the nature of divinity. With the exception of one Sudanese novel, we will be focusing on texts from the premodern period, and our focus will be on how to interpret texts, develop arguments about those texts, and learning about cultures of reading and writing in the past.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 3 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew L Keegan
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

COLLOQUIUM ON MAJOR TEXTS: MIDDLE EAST/I

This seminar is an exploration of some "great books" from the Middle East and South Asia. We will read books, plays, stories, and poems in English translation that were originally written in Arabic, Persian, Bangla, Sanskrit. From the Thousand and One Nights to an Arabic epic about a warrior princess to the Bhagavad Gita, we will examine themes of storytelling, gender, politics, and the nature of divinity. With the exception of one Sudanese novel, we will be focusing on texts from the premodern period, and our focus will be on how to interpret texts, develop arguments about those texts, and learning about cultures of reading and writing in the past.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 3 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew L Keegan
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

EARTH, MOON AND PLANETS

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: a working knowledge of high school algebra. May be counted toward the science requirement for most Columbia University undergraduate students. The overall architecture of the solar system. Motions of the celestial sphere. Time and the calendar. Major planets, the earth-moon system, minor planets, comets. Life in the solar system and beyond.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: James H Applegate
  CULPA: 44 Info
• 3 points

GENERAL CHEMISTRY I-LECTURES

Prerequisites: high school chemistry and algebra, CHEM S0001, or the department's permission. Topics include stoichiometry, states of matter, nuclear properties, electronic structures of atoms, periodic properties, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, introduction to quantum mechanics and atomic theory, introduction to organic, biological chemistry and inorganic coordination chemistry. Topical subjects may include spectroscopy, solid state and materials science, polymer science and macromolecular structures. The order of presentation of topics may differ from the order presented here. Students are required to attend the separate daily morning recitations which accompany the lectures (total time block: MTWR 9:30-12:20). Registering for CHEM S1403D will automatically register students for the recitation section. Students who wish to take the full sequence of General Chemistry Lectures and General Chemistry Laboratory should also register for CHEM S1404Q and CHEM S1500 (see below). This course is equivalent to CHEM W1403 General Chemistry I Lecture.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Jason G Polisar
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

GENERAL CHEMISTRY II-LECTURES

Prerequisites: CHEM S1403 General Chemistry I Lecture or the equivalent. Topics include gases, kinetic theory of gases, states of matter: liquids and solids, chemical equilibria, acids and bases, applications of equilibria, thermochemistry and spontaneous processes (energy, enthalpy, entropy, free energy) as well as chemical kinetics and electrochemistry. The order of presentation of topics may differ from the order presented here. Students must also attend the daily morning recitations which accompany the lectures (total time block: MTWR 9:30-12:20). Registering for CHEM S1404Q will automatically register students for the recitation section. The continuation of CHEM S1403D General Chemistry I Lecture. Students who wish to take the full sequence of General Chemistry Lectures and General Chemistry Laboratory should also register for CHEM S1403D and CHEM S1500 (see below). This course is equivalent to CHEM UN1404 General Chemistry II Lecture.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Jason G Polisar
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Ruben M Savizky
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 4 points

GENERAL CHEMISTRY II-REC

Corequisites: CHEM S1404X. To be enrolled in CHEM S1404X, you must be enrolled in CHEM S1406X.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• T 5 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
• T 8 p.m.-8:50 p.m.
• R 5 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Ruben M Savizky
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 0 points

EXPERIMNTL PSYCH:HUMN BEHAVIOR

Introduction to the techniques of research employed in the study of human behavior. Students gain experience in the conduct of research, including design of simple experiments, observation and measurement techniques, and the analysis of behavioral data.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Patricia G Lindemann
  CULPA: 64 Info
• 4 points

GENERAL CHEMISTRY: LABORATORY

Prerequisites: (CHEM UN1403) Introduction to basic experimental techniques in chemistry, including quantitative procedures, chemical analysis, and descriptive chemistry. To be enrolled in CHEM S1500X you must also register for CHEM S1501 Lab Lecture.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 12:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Sarah J Hansen
  CULPA: 11 Info
• Instructor: Joseph C Ulichny
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 3 points

GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB-LECTURE

Corequisites: CHEM S1500 Lab lecture for CHEM S1500 General Chemistry Laboratory.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• M 3 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph C Ulichny
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 0 points

INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS

This course provides a broad overview of the comparative politics subfield by focusing on important substantive questions about the world today. The course is organized around four questions. First, why can only some people depend upon the state to enforce order? Second, how can we account for the differences between autocracies and democracies? Third, what different institutional forms does democratic government take? Finally, are some institutions more likely than others to produce desirable social outcomes such as accountability, redistribution, and political stability?

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Beatrice Bonini
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• 4 points

INTRO-COMPARATIVE POLITCS-DISC

This is the required discussion section for POLS UN1501.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Indira Tirumala
  Info
• 0 points

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

This introductory course surveys key topics in the study of international politics, including the causes of war and peace; the efficacy of international law and human rights; the origins of international development and underdevelopment; the politics of global environmental protection; and the future of US-China relations. Throughout the course, we will focus on the
interests
of the many actors of world politics, including states, politicians, firms, bureaucracies, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations; the
interactions
between them; and the
institutions
in which they operate. By the end of the semester, students will be better equipped to systematically study international relations and make informed contributions to critical policy debates.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Urte Peteris
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• 4 points

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS-DISC

This is the required discussion section for POLS UN1601.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Pierre de Dreuzy
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• 0 points

INTRO DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY

Introductory course to analog photographic tools, techniques, and photo criticism. This class explores black & white, analog camera photography and darkroom processing and printing.  Areascovered include camera operations, black and white darkroom work, 8x10 print production, and critique. With an emphasis on the student’s own creative practice, this course will explore the basics of photography and its history through regular shooting assignments, demonstrations, critique, lectures, and readings. No prior photography experience is required.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• TR 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander T McTigue
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• Instructor: Jacqueline L Silberbush
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• 3 points

INTRO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Since Walter Benjamin’s concept of “work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction” (1935), photography has been continuously changed by mechanical, and then digital, means of image capture and processing. This class explores the history of the image, as a global phenomenon that accompanied industrialization, conflict, racial reckonings, and decolonization. Students will study case studies, read critical essays, and get hands-on training in capture, workflow, editing, output, and display formats using digital equipment (e.g., DSLR camera) and software (e.g., Lightroom, Photoshop, Scanning Software). Students will complete weekly assignments, a midterm project, and a final project based on research and shooting assignments. No Prerequisites and no equipment needed. All enrolled students will be able to check out Canon EOS 5D DSLR Camera; receive an Adobe Creative Cloud license; and get access to Large Format Print service.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Dias
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• 3 points

Photo Exhibitions

A photography exhibition is a form of “show and tell” that combines a photographer’s creativity with the audience’s interaction (applause, excitement, boredom, learning). This course explores historic and modern photography exhibitions designed by curators, organizations, and artists. We explore the ways a photograph breathes in the “living” world as compared to the “static” world of newspapers, magazines, or photobooks. Making use of New York’s vast cultural network, we will go on field trips to public museums, commercial galleries, and independent spaces in Chelsea, Downtown, Long Island City, Bronx, etc. Students will design a mini-exhibition as their final project. Students will maintain a daily
Reflection Journal
to document their experiences at each location, capturing the ideas discussed and materials presented. The journal serves as a creative space for exploring the topics covered in the course and for developing concepts for the final project. The Final Project will be a collectively curated one-day exhibition on campus.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana N Buhl
  Info
• 3 points

PhotoBook History

This course explores the photobook as a central medium of lens-based contemporary art practice and bookmaking. You will be exposed to a variety of geographies (Japan, USA, Europe, Latin America, Africa), approaches (formal book, luxury volume, grassroots zine, national archive, art object), subject matters (autobiography, fiction, historical, journalism, epic events), and materials. Using Columbia’s world-famous library holdings, many photo and art books and a diverse range of viewpoints will be studied through historical lectures and New York City field trips. Students will learn hands-on processes of photobook and fanzine making.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Joao Pina
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• 3 points

DEAD MOTHERS AND WICKED STEPMOTHERS: THE

DEAD MOTHER-WICKED STEPMO

You know them well: on one side, the scheming, jealous stepmother, obsessed with her fading youth. On the other, her husband’s virginal, naive, and beautiful daughter – whose own mother is usually dead. The conflict between them is so familiar that it feels inevitable. Where, though, did these nearly universal figures come from? Why are they so ingrained in the imaginations of people around the world and across the millennia? In this course, we’ll explore the roots of the maternal in folk and fairy tales. We’ll analyze a variety of stories and films to investigate the “absent mother,” “virginal daughter,” and “wicked stepmother” from different critical perspectives, paying special attention to analytical psychology and feminist psychoanalytic theories, to try to figure out why these figures are so compelling, so ubiquitous, and so hard to shake.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Wendy C Schor-Haim
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 3 points

DEAD MOTHERS AND WICKED STEPMOTHERS: THE

DEAD MOTHER-WICKED STEPMO

You know them well: on one side, the scheming, jealous stepmother, obsessed with her fading youth. On the other, her husband’s virginal, naive, and beautiful daughter – whose own mother is usually dead. The conflict between them is so familiar that it feels inevitable. Where, though, did these nearly universal figures come from? Why are they so ingrained in the imaginations of people around the world and across the millennia? In this course, we’ll explore the roots of the maternal in folk and fairy tales. We’ll analyze a variety of stories and films to investigate the “absent mother,” “virginal daughter,” and “wicked stepmother” from different critical perspectives, paying special attention to analytical psychology and feminist psychoanalytic theories, to try to figure out why these figures are so compelling, so ubiquitous, and so hard to shake.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Wendy C Schor-Haim
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 3 points

GLOBAL BEHAVORIAL SCIENCE

Global Behavioral Science

PSYC1991OC, Global Behavioral Science, 4 credits. 
Instructor: Dr. Sarah Ashcroft-Jones .Eligibility
: 
This course is open to undergraduates, graduate students, and visiting students.

Students will participate in a practicum hosted at the University of Cambridge (UCAM). They will work with 20 to 30 psychology students on the
Junior Research Programme
from multiple universities and countries who will join the practicum, along with over 100 other research collaborators. The objective is for students to get hands-on experience in carrying out behavioral science research, from study development to dissemination, while participating in a large, international collaboration. Specific skills to be acquired include multicultural teamwork, research design, data collection (internationally), data analysis, scientific writing, and academic presentation. Students are encouraged to engage in the publication and revision process, subject to feasibility. All contributors will receive authorship credit.

Examples of previous publications:  


Summer 2022 Cohort

Summer 2023 Cohort
 (Pre-print)


Academic Schedule:
Students will be expected to complete some assignments prior to the program start. This pre-work will take a maximum of 3 total working days, and will need to be completed by July 10th. Students will occasionally be expected to be available outside of the regularly schedule course times in to support collaborators who are in different time zones.  Outside of course meetings, students will be expected to complete independent task, training, group work, and maintain some flexibility in their schedulesas needed.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
Columbia Summer Research Practice in Global Behavioral Science​​​​​ Program
through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE). ).

Global Learning Scholarships
Vergil

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Sarah Ashcroft-Jones
  Info
• 4 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Jenny Rhodes
  Info
• 1 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Jenny Rhodes
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• Instructor: Steven J Baker
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Gal Katz
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• Instructor: Jason Z Resnikoff
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Zachary J Levine
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• Instructor: Nicole M Gervasio
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 1 points

DRAWING STUDIO

This course delves into drawing as an expansive, exploratory practice that underpins all forms of visual art. Designed primarily as a hands-on workshop, the class is enriched with slide lectures, video presentations, and field trips. Throughout the semester, students will engage in individual and group critiques, fostering dialogue about their work. Beginning with still life and progressing to drawings of artworks, artifacts, and figure studies, the course investigates drawing as a dynamic practice connected to a wide array of visual cultures.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jozefina Chetko
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• 3 points

DRAWING STUDIO

This course delves into drawing as an expansive, exploratory practice that underpins all forms of visual art. Designed primarily as a hands-on workshop, the class is enriched with slide lectures, video presentations, and field trips. Throughout the semester, students will engage in individual and group critiques, fostering dialogue about their work. Beginning with still life and progressing to drawings of artworks, artifacts, and figure studies, the course investigates drawing as a dynamic practice connected to a wide array of visual cultures.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jozefina Chetko
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• 3 points

DANCE IN PARIS

This 28-day course is an immersion in Parisian culture from the point of view of the dancer.  The course is divided into three major components: technique, composition, and history.  Students will take a series of technique classes in modern, ballet, improvisation, world dance forms, and yoga, taught by Barnard/USF and international guest faculty, as well as opportunities to take alternative technique classes in some of Paris’s professional dance studios.  Students will be exposed to the rich artistic side of Paris through lectures and performances, as well as assigned readings by major dancers/writers/artists who have drawn on the Parisian landscape as inspiration for their work. 

A final choreographic project based on compositional exercises that will take students to various Parisian locales, will be presented during the final week of the course.  We will also visit many important locations essential to studying the history of dance in Western culture, including Versailles, Théâtre de la Ville and the Paris Opera.

• Department: Dance @Barnard
• Instructor: Colleen Thomas
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

Introduction to US Constitutional Law

Intro to US Constitutiona

This course will introduce students to basic concepts in American Constitutional Law - including the history and development of the U.S. Constitution, theories and practice of constitutional interpretation, and the historical context of major controversies of the Supreme Court. Students will develop the intellectual ability to read case law, properly conceptualize and analyze constitutional issues, and will foster an informed perspective on the nature and limits of constitutional decision making. Class will spend particular attention on the development of civil rights and civil liberties. Specifically, this semester will cover freedom of the press, the right to keep and bear arms, reproductive freedom, the right to privacy, constitutional police procedure, discrimination, voting rights, and political repression.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan J Keller
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• 3 points

Introduction to US Constitutional Law

Intro to US Constitutiona

This course will introduce students to basic concepts in American Constitutional Law - including the history and development of the U.S. Constitution, theories and practice of constitutional interpretation, and the historical context of major controversies of the Supreme Court. Students will develop the intellectual ability to read case law, properly conceptualize and analyze constitutional issues, and will foster an informed perspective on the nature and limits of constitutional decision making. Class will spend particular attention on the development of civil rights and civil liberties. Specifically, this semester will cover freedom of the press, the right to keep and bear arms, reproductive freedom, the right to privacy, constitutional police procedure, discrimination, voting rights, and political repression.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan J Keller
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• 3 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: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Maja Horn
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 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: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Maja Horn
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

LINEAR ALGEBRA

Prerequisites: MATH S1201 Calculus III, or the equivalent. Matrices, vector spaces, linear transformation, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, canonical forms, applications.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Baiqing Zhu
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• Instructor: Rafah Hajjar Munoz
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• 3 points

Architectural Design Summer Studio: Envi

Arch Design: Envr Mediato

This architectural design summer studio course explores modes of visualization, technologies of mediation, and

spaces of environmental and material transformations. These explorations will be used as catalysts for

architectural analysis and design experimentation.

Introducing design methodologies that allow us to perceive and reshape spatial and material interactions in new

ways, the studio will focus on how architecture negotiates, alters or redirects multiple forces in our world:

physical, cultural, social, technological, political etc. The semester progresses through two projects that examine

unique atmospheric, spatial and urban conditions with the aid of multimedia visual techniques; and that employ

design to develop critical and creative interventions at different scales. Learning analog and digital drawing

techniques, physical model-making, and multimedia image production, students will work in the studio and

digital architecture lab. The course includes site visits and field trips in the city.

NOTE: The course may be used to fulfill major requirements. It can replace: ARCH 2101 Architectural Design:

Environment Mediations OR ARCH 2103 Architectural Design: Systems and Materials. OR students may use it as

an additional optional studio course to complement their overall studies in the major. Preference will be given

to students who have completed one studio course or Design Futures course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Kadambari Baxi
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• 4 points

Architectural Design Summer Studio: Envi

Arch Design: Envr Mediato

This architectural design summer studio course explores modes of visualization, technologies of mediation, and

spaces of environmental and material transformations. These explorations will be used as catalysts for

architectural analysis and design experimentation.

Introducing design methodologies that allow us to perceive and reshape spatial and material interactions in new

ways, the studio will focus on how architecture negotiates, alters or redirects multiple forces in our world:

physical, cultural, social, technological, political etc. The semester progresses through two projects that examine

unique atmospheric, spatial and urban conditions with the aid of multimedia visual techniques; and that employ

design to develop critical and creative interventions at different scales. Learning analog and digital drawing

techniques, physical model-making, and multimedia image production, students will work in the studio and

digital architecture lab. The course includes site visits and field trips in the city.

NOTE: The course may be used to fulfill major requirements. It can replace: ARCH 2101 Architectural Design:

Environment Mediations OR ARCH 2103 Architectural Design: Systems and Materials. OR students may use it as

an additional optional studio course to complement their overall studies in the major. Preference will be given

to students who have completed one studio course or Design Futures course.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Kadambari Baxi
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• 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: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Jorge Pineiro Barcelo
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• 3 points

Cell Phone Photography: Exploring Digita

Today’s cell phones are equipped with cameras that far surpass those used by the pioneers of digital photography, offering superior resolution and multi-sensor capabilities that revolutionize how we capture and process images. This course explores the creative and technical potential of smartphone photography, focusing on accessible tools and workflows that empower students to produce compelling digital works. The curriculum emphasizes post-production and digital media techniques over traditional camera mastery. Students will develop foundational skills in Adobe Suite applications, including Lightroom and Photoshop for photo editing and After Effects and Premiere for video production. We will also discuss the integration of artificial intelligence in modern photography, examining how AI enhances editing processes and opens new creative possibilities. A significant part of the course will address fundamental questions of light in photography, the use of RAW formats—offered by many smartphones but seldom understood—and the structure of digital image files. Students will also learn about post-production techniques for preparing images for print, as well as for projection or display on digital screens, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end digital photography workflow. Thinking Locally: Street photography serves as a central theme in this course, encouraging students to document the vibrant life of New York City through weekly assignments. A guided photo walk in Harlem will provide hands-on experience in capturing unique, candid moments. Ethical considerations will be a key focus, addressing topics like consent, privacy, and best practices for interacting with subjects. Discussions will be complemented by readings, critiques, and a guest lecture from a professional street photographer. By the end of the course, students will have transformed their understanding of smartphone photography, creating works that push the boundaries of accessible technology while building a strong foundation in contemporary digital media.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jozefina Chetko
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• 3 points

Cell Phone Photography: Exploring Digita

Today’s cell phones are equipped with cameras that far surpass those used by the pioneers of digital photography, offering superior resolution and multi-sensor capabilities that revolutionize how we capture and process images. This course explores the creative and technical potential of smartphone photography, focusing on accessible tools and workflows that empower students to produce compelling digital works. The curriculum emphasizes post-production and digital media techniques over traditional camera mastery. Students will develop foundational skills in Adobe Suite applications, including Lightroom and Photoshop for photo editing and After Effects and Premiere for video production. We will also discuss the integration of artificial intelligence in modern photography, examining how AI enhances editing processes and opens new creative possibilities. A significant part of the course will address fundamental questions of light in photography, the use of RAW formats—offered by many smartphones but seldom understood—and the structure of digital image files. Students will also learn about post-production techniques for preparing images for print, as well as for projection or display on digital screens, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end digital photography workflow. Thinking Locally: Street photography serves as a central theme in this course, encouraging students to document the vibrant life of New York City through weekly assignments. A guided photo walk in Harlem will provide hands-on experience in capturing unique, candid moments. Ethical considerations will be a key focus, addressing topics like consent, privacy, and best practices for interacting with subjects. Discussions will be complemented by readings, critiques, and a guest lecture from a professional street photographer. By the end of the course, students will have transformed their understanding of smartphone photography, creating works that push the boundaries of accessible technology while building a strong foundation in contemporary digital media.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jozefina Chetko
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• 3 points

Changemakers: Shaping social change in t

Changemakers: Climate

In the context of the climate change, this course asks: how do we shape, spark, facilitate, and accelerate social change?

In order to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change, individuals, communities, organizations, and societies around the world – especially in wealthy nations – face the urgent need to implement significant changes, quickly. To avoid the worst climate scenarios, energy systems, patterns of production and consumption, political landscapes, daily habits, and even modes of thinking must evolve at every scale. The risks and impacts of climate change are well known and all too evident; and yet, global emissions continue to rise, natural ecosystems continue to be exploited and degraded, and frontline communities and nations continue to bear the brunt. To date, we have largely failed to implement the necessary changes to our current social and economic systems, by multiple metrics and at multiple scales. This course asks: what skills and practices are needed to more effectively spark, facilitate, accelerate, and manage the personal, social, organizational, and political changes needed at a range of scales to mitigate and adapt to climate change, all in an era of increasing disasters and social upheaval?

Students will explore a range of texts and thinkers that grapple with the subject of change; gain fluency with a range of “change management” tools and frameworks; analyze strategies for facilitating, accelerating, or shaping change process in a range of organizations and systems; learn from a series of guest “change experts;” and build their own theory of change for a specific problem or system.

Authors may include: Adrienne Maree Brown, Kate Crowley, Dennis Dalton, Ruth DeFries, Eknath Easwaran, Mahatma Gandhi, Ezra Klein, Margaret Heffernan, Brian Head, Ian Hodder, Robert Kegan, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Lisa Laskow Lahey, Jonah Lehrer, Andrew Marantz, Donella Meadows, Kendra Pierre-Louis, Horst Rittel, Isabel Romanzcy, Jonathan Safran-Foer, Leith Sharp, Twyla Tharp, Melvin Webber.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sandra Goldmark
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

Changemakers: Shaping social change in t

Changemakers: Climate

In the context of the climate change, this course asks: how do we shape, spark, facilitate, and accelerate social change?

In order to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change, individuals, communities, organizations, and societies around the world – especially in wealthy nations – face the urgent need to implement significant changes, quickly. To avoid the worst climate scenarios, energy systems, patterns of production and consumption, political landscapes, daily habits, and even modes of thinking must evolve at every scale. The risks and impacts of climate change are well known and all too evident; and yet, global emissions continue to rise, natural ecosystems continue to be exploited and degraded, and frontline communities and nations continue to bear the brunt. To date, we have largely failed to implement the necessary changes to our current social and economic systems, by multiple metrics and at multiple scales. This course asks: what skills and practices are needed to more effectively spark, facilitate, accelerate, and manage the personal, social, organizational, and political changes needed at a range of scales to mitigate and adapt to climate change, all in an era of increasing disasters and social upheaval?

Students will explore a range of texts and thinkers that grapple with the subject of change; gain fluency with a range of “change management” tools and frameworks; analyze strategies for facilitating, accelerating, or shaping change process in a range of organizations and systems; learn from a series of guest “change experts;” and build their own theory of change for a specific problem or system.

Authors may include: Adrienne Maree Brown, Kate Crowley, Dennis Dalton, Ruth DeFries, Eknath Easwaran, Mahatma Gandhi, Ezra Klein, Margaret Heffernan, Brian Head, Ian Hodder, Robert Kegan, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Lisa Laskow Lahey, Jonah Lehrer, Andrew Marantz, Donella Meadows, Kendra Pierre-Louis, Horst Rittel, Isabel Romanzcy, Jonathan Safran-Foer, Leith Sharp, Twyla Tharp, Melvin Webber.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Sandra Goldmark
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 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: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Qiyao Yu
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• Instructor: Tat Sang Fung
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• 3 points

Understanding Rikers Island and Other Ci

Understanding City Jails

Municipal jails are one of the most impactful institutions of criminal justice in the United States; and yet many Americans do not even know the difference between a prison and a jail. This course will investigate the conditions of mass incarceration in America by centering the municipal jail. We will begin with the question “what is a jail,” and move from there to interrogate the cultural, economic, political and legal forces that shape the conditions of possibility for the 21st century jail. Taking as objects of study both the jail itself and the practice of incarcerating people in local jails, this course will combine scholarly work on U.S. criminal justice with a variety of non-academic texts including legal decisions, contemporary journalism, and documentary film. Over the course of the semester students will learn to “locate” the city jail in a number of different ways: within the complex political and economic structures of the American municipality, within the criminal justice system writ large, and within the country’s long history of anti-black racism and struggles for freedom. In addition to readings and discussions, students will get to know practices of municipal incarceration first-hand through observations in New York City’s criminal courthouses and other ethnographic excursions in the city. Because we are in New York City, we will pay particular attention throughout the semester to Rikers Island and the city’s proposed Borough-Based Jails Plan.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kaya N Williams
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• 3 points

Understanding Rikers Island and Other Ci

Understanding City Jails

Municipal jails are one of the most impactful institutions of criminal justice in the United States; and yet many Americans do not even know the difference between a prison and a jail. This course will investigate the conditions of mass incarceration in America by centering the municipal jail. We will begin with the question “what is a jail,” and move from there to interrogate the cultural, economic, political and legal forces that shape the conditions of possibility for the 21st century jail. Taking as objects of study both the jail itself and the practice of incarcerating people in local jails, this course will combine scholarly work on U.S. criminal justice with a variety of non-academic texts including legal decisions, contemporary journalism, and documentary film. Over the course of the semester students will learn to “locate” the city jail in a number of different ways: within the complex political and economic structures of the American municipality, within the criminal justice system writ large, and within the country’s long history of anti-black racism and struggles for freedom. In addition to readings and discussions, students will get to know practices of municipal incarceration first-hand through observations in New York City’s criminal courthouses and other ethnographic excursions in the city. Because we are in New York City, we will pay particular attention throughout the semester to Rikers Island and the city’s proposed Borough-Based Jails Plan.

• Department: BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kaya N Williams
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• 3 points

Introduction to Mathematical Modeling I

Intro Mathematical Modeli

Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 (Calculus I) or equivalent courses. This course introduces students to mathematical modeling through hands-on, project-based learning. Topics include fundamental concepts from linear algebra, multivariable calculus, differential equations, probability and statistics, and introductory machine learning.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: George Dragomir
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I

Prerequisites: Equivalent to GERM UN2101 Topics include personal interests, biographies, German unification, stereotypes, and German-American relations. Assignments and activities are diversified to integrate undergraduate and graduate students’ academic and personal interests. Upon successful completion of the course (with a minimum grade of B), students should achieve intermediate-high proficiency (ACTFL scale) in speaking, listening, reading, and writing German. 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 planning to study in Berlin in spring are advised to complete GERM S2101 in the Summer Session. The Department of Germanic Languages will assist in selecting the appropriate course. Equivalent to GERM UN2101 taught during the regular semesters.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Xuxu Song
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• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN I

Prerequisites: RUSS UN1101 and RUSS UN1102 or placement test $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Builds upon skills acquired at introductory level. Emphasis on speaking, reading, writing, and grammar review. Taken with RUSS S2102R, equivalent to full-year intermediate course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Marina Grineva
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• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I

Prerequisites: SPAN S1102, or the equivalent. Equivalent to SPAN C1201 or F1201. Rapid grammar review, composition, and reading of literary works by contemporary authors.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• MTWR 8:30 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• Instructor: Leyre Alejaldre Biel
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Juan P Jimenez-Caicedo
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Aaron R Boalick
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• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II

Prerequisites: Equivalent to GERM UN2102 Topics cover areas of German literature, history, art, and society. Students also read a German drama. Assignments and activities are diversified to integrate undergraduate and graduate students’ academic and personal interests. Intermediate-high to advanced-low proficiency (ACTFL scale) in speaking, listening, reading, and writing German is expected upon successful completion (with a minimum grade of B). Prepares students for advanced German, upper-level literature and culture courses and study in Berlin. 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 planning to study in Berlin in spring are advised to complete GERM S2102 in the Summer Session. The Department of Germanic Languages will assist in selecting the appropriate course. Equivalent to GERM UN2102 taught during the regular semesters.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Motyl
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II

Prerequisites: RUSS UN2101 or placement test $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Continuation of RUSS S2101H.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Marina Grineva
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• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II

Prerequisites: SPAN S1201, or the equivalent. Equivalent to SPAN C1202 or F1202. Readings of contemporary authors, with emphasis on class discussion and composition.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 8:30 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Francisca Aguilo Mora
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Javiera Irribarren Ortiz
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• 4 points

THE AMERICAN ECONOMY

Prerequisites: ECON UN1105 The course surveys issues of interest in the American economy, including economic measurement, well-being and income distribution, business cycles and recession, the labor and housing markets, saving and wealth, fiscal policy, banking and finance, and topics in central banking. We study historical issues, institutions, measurement, current performance and recent research.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• 3 points

RAPID READING AND TRANSLATION

Primarily for graduate students in other departments who have some background in French and who wish to meet the French reading requirement for the Ph.D. degree, or for scholars whose research involves references in the French language. Intensive reading and translation, both prepared and at sight, in works drawn from literature, criticism, philosophy, and history. Brief review of grammar; vocabulary exercises.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TWR 12:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Nadrah S Mohammed
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• 3 points