ADVANCED GERMAN II

Corequisites: Course either taken before or after GERM V3001. Intensive practice in oral and written German. Discussions, oral reports, and weekly written assignments, based on material of topical and stylistic variety taken from German press and from literary sources.

• Department: German @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Motyl
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED PROJ PHOTOGRAPHY

SUPERVISED PHOTO PROJECTS

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 15 students. Designed for students to conduct independent projects in photography. Priority for enrollment to the class will be Barnard College students who are enrolling in classes at ICP (International Center of Photography). The cost of ICP will be covered by Barnard College. All of the other students enrolling in the course (CC, GS SOA) will be responsible for their own ICP course expenses.

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Irena Haiduk
  Info
• 3 points

MECHANICS

Prerequisites: general physics, and differential and integral calculus. Newtonian mechanics, oscillations and resonance, conservative forces and potential energy, central forces, non-inertial frames of reference, rigid body motion, an introduction to Lagranges formulation of mechanics, coupled oscillators, and normal modes.

• Department: Physics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Cory Dean
  h-index: 49 Info
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR CHINESE II

Third Year Chinese II, CHNS3004UN, 5 points. You are required to take Third Year Chinese I, CHNS3003UN, 5 points with this course.

Instructor
:
Zhirong Wang

Prerequisites
: Two (2) years of college-level Chinese or the equivalent

Texts
: Jingua Chinese (Columbia University staff, published by Peking University Press; simplified characters)

Introduces Chinese social values and attitudes, focusing on the rapid changes now taking place in China. Uses materials from Chinese newspapers and modern short stories to teach essential elements of semi-formal and formal writing. Reading and writing are routine tasks, and oral discussion and debate are important components of the class, allowing students to integrate and improve their communication skills in Chinese.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the

Virtual Columbia Summer Chinese Language
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 Term A & B dates.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• MTWR 4:10 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhirong Wang
  CULPA: 11 Info
• Instructor: Jia Xu
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Lingjun Hu
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Yanwen Wu
  Info
• 5 points

ACTING I

Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Course develops physical, vocal, and imaginative range and skills needed to approach the text of a play: text analysis, speech exercises, non-verbal behavior, improvisation designed to enhance embodiment, movement, and projection. 
Gateway course to advanced courses; transfer students who have previous college-level course may be exempted with approval of Chair
.
 May be retaken for full credit.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Sharon Fogarty
  Info
• Instructor: David L Skeist
  Info
• Instructor: Crystal Finn
  Info
• 3 points

NEUROBIO II: DEVPT & SYSTEMS

Prerequisites: BIOL UN3004, one year of biology, or the instructors permission. This course is the capstone course for the Neurobiology and Behavior undergraduate major at Columbia University and will be taught by the faculty of the Kavli Institute of Brain Science: http://www.kavli.columbia.edu/ Science: http://www.kavli.columbia.edu/. It is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Knowledge of Cellular Neuroscience (how an action potential is generated and how a synapse works) will be assumed. It is strongly recommended that students take BIOL UN3004 Neurobiology I: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, or a similar course, before enrolling in BIOL UN3005. Students unsure about their backgrounds should check a representative syllabus of BIOL UN3004 on the BIOL UN3004 website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/w3004/). Website for BIOL UN3005: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/w3005/index.html

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Darcy B Kelley
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

ACTING II

ACTING II: SUZUKI

Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit.  All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MW 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Tina C Mitchell
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

ACTING II

ACTING II: IMPROVISATION

Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit.  All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Kyle Decamp
  Info
• 3 points

ACTING II

ACTING II: CHEKHOV/VIEWPOINTS

Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List. Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings and audition information. May be retaken for full credit.  All sections of Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at Barnard College.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
  Info
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR CHINESE W II

Prerequisites: CHNS W4005 or the equivalent. Admission after Chinese placement exam and an oral proficiency interview with the instructor. Especially designed for students who possess good speaking ability and who wish to acquire practical writing skills as well as business-related vocabulary and speech patterns. Introduction to semiformal and formal Chinese used in everyday writing and social or business-related occasions. Simplified characters are introduced.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Hailong Wang
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 5 points

COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 12 students. Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development. FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Santos da Silva
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR JAPANESE II

Prerequisites: JPNS W4005 or the equivalent. Readings in authentic/semi-authentic texts, videos, and class discussions.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Kyoko M Loetscher
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Keiko Okamoto
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 5 points

THIRD YEAR KOREAN II

Prerequisites: KORN W1202 or the equivalent and consultation with instructor. (See Entrance to Language Courses Beyond the Elementary Level in the main bulletin under Department of Instruction -- East Asian Languages and Cultures.) Readings in modern Korean. Selections from modern Korean writings in literature, history, social sciences, culture, and videos and class discussions.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Hyunkyu Yi
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Eunice Chung
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 5 points

QUANTUM PHYSICS

Prerequisites: BC3001 or C2601 or the equivalent. Wave-particle duality and the Uncertainty Principle. The Schrodinger equation. Basic principles of the quantum theory. Energy levels in one-dimensional potential wells. The harmonic oscillator, photons, and phonons. Reflection and transmission by one-dimensional potential barriers. Applications to atomic, molecular, and nuclear physics.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Reshmi Mukherjee
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia h-index: 63 Info
• 3 points

MAJ COLLOQ:LIT/MTHDS ARCH HIST

This course, on the one hand, examines the intertwined histories of art history and architectural history from the late nineteenth century onwards and, on the other, focuses on questions that have been central to architectural history since the field’s beginnings. It combines theoretical inquiry with practical training in historical research. Students will be asked to carry out research projects in various archives in New York City and complete a single writing assignment in stages.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Zeynep Celik Alexander
  Info
• 4 points

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES & OPTICS

Prerequisites: PHYS UN3008 Maxwells equations and electromagnetic potentials, the wave equation, propagation of plane waves, reflection and refraction, geometrical optics, transmission lines, wave guides, resonant cavities, radiation, interference of waves, and diffraction.

• Department: Physics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: William A Zajc
  CULPA: 16 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PERFORMING GREEK TRAGEDY ON THE MODERN S

PERF GREEK TRAGDY ON MOD

This course aims to explore performing Greek tragedy on the modern stage. It will include an introduction to original performance practices in ancient Greece (space, masking, choral performance, costume, acting techniques) and an examination of how artists from different contemporary theatrical traditions have adapted ancient texts in modern performances and new versions of the plays. The bulk of the course will be focused on the problems of acting, interpreting, and reinterpreting parts of three plays on the stage, Sophocles’
Antigone
, Euripides’
Medea
, and Sophocles’
Ajax
along with a new version by Ellen McLaughlin, who teaches playwriting at Barnard,
Ajax in Iraq
. Students will view all or parts of particularly interesting recent productions from various theatrical traditions, which will help them to tackle challenging issues such as choral performance and choral rhythms, masking, character work, dialogues and presenting formal political debates.

For contemporary actors training in Greek tragedy offers a unique opportunity to improve their performance on stage through ensemble work and representing character through speech.  It enhances dramaturgical capacities that a contemporary theater practitioner must exercise in exploring theory in practice and vice versa.

This class is directed to students particularly interested in dramaturgy, directing, designing, translation, and Greek tragedy as well as acting.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 3 points

Introduction to Construction: Case Studi

Construction Case Studies

Introduction to basic principles of how builders construct different types of projects. Detailed weekly cases of construction processes for infrastructure and building projects highlighting major differences between project types; challenges and solutions typically faced by project teams during construction. Types of projects covered: tunnels, bridges, skyscrapers, neighborhood development, mega programs, airports, and education. Detailed case studies of past and current iconic national and international projects, including in New York area. Site visits to active construction projects to learn directly from site engineers and team. CEEM sophomores only.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ibrahim Odeh
  Info
• 3 points

FIELD GEOLOGY

The centerpiece of this course is a geological field trip during Spring Break in Barbados. The class will meet weekly before the trip to prepare for it and after the trip to synthesize what was learned and to create a field guide. Subjects to be covered: plate tectonics, convergent plate margins and accretionary prisms, local Barbados geology; ice ages, Milankovitch cycles, sea level; introduction to coral reefs and fossil coral reef geology; Barbados terrestrial ecology; limestone caves, hydrology; dating methods; overview of Barbados history, economy, culture. In order to observe the modern-day coral reef (the modern day live analog to the fossil coral reefs we will see) the class will go snorkeling. In order to observe the effects of cave formation and water flow in limestone terrains the class will participate in an extensive visit to a cave. The class will also participate in an exercise in geological mapping of a series of coral reef terraces.

Priority: Priority is given to junior and senior majors and concentrators in Earth Science or Environmental Science at Columbia College and the School of General Studies, and Barnard College Environmental Science majors and minors. Others (non-DEES majors and non-Barnard Environmental Science students) may also be allowed to enroll if space permits. All students need permission of the instructor. Students who sign up will be put on a waitlist and will be considered after contacting the instructor.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• T 7:30 p.m.-9:20 p.m.
• 3 points

METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: SOCI UN1000 The Social World or Instructor Permission Required for all Sociology majors. Introductory course in social scientific research methods. Provides a general overview of the ways sociologists collect information about social phenomena, focusing on how to collect data that are reliable and applicable to our research questions.

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Randa B Serhan
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

COLLAGE: MIXED MEDIA

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1000) (Formerly R3515) This course approaches drawing as an experimental and expressive tool. Students will explore the boundaries between drawing and sculpture and will be encouraged to push the parameters of drawing. Collage, assemblage and photomontage will be used in combination with more traditional approaches to drawing. The class will explore the role of the imagination, improvisation, 3-dimensional forms, observation, memory, language, mapping, and text. Field trips to artists’ studios as well as critiques will play an important role in the course. The course will culminate in a final project in which each student will choose one or more of the themes explored during the semester and create a series of artworks. This course is often taught under the nomenclature Drawing II - Mixed Media.

• Department: Visual Arts
• F 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Alejandro E Contreras
  Info
• 3 points

BEHAVIOR BIOL-LIVING PRIMATES

Prerequisites: introductory biology course in organismal biology and the instructors permission. Corequisite EEEB UN3111 Survey of non-human primate behavior from the perspective of phylogeny, adaptation, physiology and anatomy, and life history. Focus on the four main problems primates face: finding appropriate food, avoid being eaten themselves, reproducing in the face of competition, and dealing with social partners.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Marina Cords
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 3 points

LITERARY TEXTS&CRIT MTHDS(SEM)

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN3011 must also register for ENGL UN3001 Literary Texts, Critical Methods lecture. This seminar, led by an advanced graduate student in the English doctoral program, accompanies the faculty lecture ENGL UN3001. The seminar both elaborates upon the topics taken up in the lecture and introduces other theories and methodologies. It also focuses on training students to integrate the terms, techniques, and critical approaches covered in both parts of the course into their own critical writing, building up from brief close readings to longer research papers.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Sophia L Pedatella
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• Instructor: Alice Clapie
  Info
• Instructor: Yea Jung Park
  Info
• Instructor: Anirbaan Banerjee
  Info
• 0 points

LITERARY TEXTS&CRIT MTHDS(SEM)

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN3011 must also register for ENGL UN3001 Literary Texts, Critical Methods lecture. This seminar, led by an advanced graduate student in the English doctoral program, accompanies the faculty lecture ENGL UN3001. The seminar both elaborates upon the topics taken up in the lecture and introduces other theories and methodologies. It also focuses on training students to integrate the terms, techniques, and critical approaches covered in both parts of the course into their own critical writing, building up from brief close readings to longer research papers.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Ruilin Fan
  Info
• 0 points

METHODS SOCIAL RESEARCH-DISC

Prerequisites: SOCI UN1000 Section Discussion for SOCI UN3010, METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer K Leigh
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• Instructor: Seungwon Lee
  Info
• 0 points

PROBLEMS IN DRAWING

Prerequisites: VIAR R1000. (Formerly R4005) Students will connect with the very heart of the Western Art tradition, engaging in this critical activity that was the pillar of draftsmanship training from the Renaissance on through the early Modern Era. This pursuit is the common thread that links artists from Michelangelo and Rubens to Van Gogh and Picasso. Rigorous studies will be executed from plaster casts of antique sculptures, and pedagogical engravings. Students will confront foundational issues of academic training; assessing proportion and tonal value, structure and form. Hours will be spent on a single drawing pushing to the highest degree of accuracy in order develop a means for looking at nature. There is a focus on precision and gaining a thorough understanding of the interaction between light and a surface. This approach emphasizes drawing by understanding the subject and the physical world that defines it. While this training has allowed great representational artists of the past to unlock the poetry from the world around them and continues to inspire a surging new realist movement, it can also serve as a new way of seeing and a launching point for achieving creative goals. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 5 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Edward Minoff
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Students do not need to demonstrate bilingual ability to take this course. Department approval NOT needed. Corequisites: This course is open to undergraduate & graduate students. This course will explore broad-ranging questions pertaining to the historical, cultural, and political significance of translation while analyzing the various challenges confronted by the arts foremost practitioners. We will read and discuss texts by writers and theorists such as Benjamin, Derrida, Borges, Steiner, Dryden, Nabokov, Schleiermacher, Goethe, Spivak, Jakobson, and Venuti. As readers and practitioners of translation, we will train our ears to detect the visibility of invisibility of the translators craft; through short writing experiments, we will discover how to identify and capture the nuances that traverse literary styles, historical periods and cultures. The course will culminate in a final project that may either be a critical analysis or an original translation accompanied by a translators note of introduction.

• Department: Writing
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Bonnie Chau
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

BROWNFIELDS

Prerequisites: One college level science course or permission of the instructor. Anyone who has taken EESC BC1002 Introduction to Environmental Science cannot take this course. Brownfields considers interconnections between groundwater contamination, toxics, human health, government, economics, and law using the award-winning interactive learning simulation Brownfield Action, Through a semester-long, laboratory exploration of a simulated brownfield, students engage in an environmental site assessment and development of a plan for remediation and revitalization.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Sedelia Rodriguez
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Enables students to become informed users of financial information by understanding the language of accounting and financial reporting. Focuses on the three major financial statements that companies prepare for use of management and external parties--the balance sheet, the income statement, and the statement of cash flows. Examines the underlying concepts that go into the preparation of these financial statements as well as specific accounting rules that apply when preparing financial statements. Also looks at approaches to analyze the financial strength and operations of an entity. Uses actual financial statements to understand how financial information is presented and to apply analysis techniques.

• Department: Columbia College
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Pauline Lam
  Info
• 3 points

CLASSICAL LATIN PROSE

Prerequisites: LATN W2202 or equivalent This course is intended to complement Latin V3012: Augustan Poetry in providing students I a transition between the elementary, grammatical study of Latin texts to a more fluent understanding of complex literary style. Latin V3013 will largely concentrate on different styles of writing, particularly narrative, invective, and argument. Text will be drawn primarily from Ciceros orations, with some readings form his rhetorical works.

• Department: Classics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph A Howley
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

LABORATORY IN MATERIALS SCI II

Metallographic sample preparation, optical microscopy, quantitative metallography, hardness and tensile testing, plastic deformation, annealing, phase diagrams, brittle fracture of glass, temperature and strain-rate dependent deformation of polymers; written and oral reports. This is the second of a two-semester sequence materials laboratory course.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Ismail C Noyan
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

Neurobiology II Recitation

Discussion/recitation section for BIOL UN3005 Neurobiology II

• Department: Biological Sciences
• M 6 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
• T 5 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• T 6 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
• W 5:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
• W 6 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
• R 1 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Abhishek Shah
  Info
• Instructor: Claire P Everett
  Info
• Instructor: Bovey Y Rao
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• Instructor: Jessica E Burke
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• Instructor: Michaela M Pauers
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• Instructor: Elias Gumnit
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• 0 points

ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURMENTS

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Required field trip on first Friday of the semester. Hands-on approach to learning environmental methods. Students take a one-day cruise on the Hudson River to collect environmental samples. These samples are then analyzed throughout the semester to characterize the Hudson River estuary. Standard and advanced techniques to analyze water and sediment samples for nutrients and contaminants are taught.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Mailloux
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ORAL FRENCH

Prerequisites: At least one French course after completion of FREN BC1204: Intermediate II or permission of the instructor. Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Boyman
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: One year of college science or EESC V2100 or permission of the instructor. Acquisition, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of environmental data, assessment of spatial and temporal variability. Focus on water quality issues and storm surges. Uses existing and student-generated data sets. Basic principles of statistics and GIS, uses standard software packages including EXCEL and ArcGIS. Includes a half-day field trip on a Saturday or Sunday. General Education Requirement: Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning (QUA).

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Mike Z He
  Info
• 3 points

ECONOMETRICS

Prerequisites: ECON BC3033 or ECON BC3035, and ECON BC2411 or STAT W1111 or STAT W1211, or permission of the instructor. Specification, estimation and evaluation of economic relationships using economic theory, data, and statistical inference; testable implications of economic theories; econometric analysis of topics such as consumption, investment, wages and unemployment, and financial markets.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Camilo Rubbini
  Info
• 4 points

Brain Evolution

If an engineer were to build “the brain”, they would not be able to reproduce any of the brains that exist on Earth. Our brains were not designed to be perfect, but are a result of millions of years of evolution and adaptation. The goal of this course is to provide an overview of brain evolution, ranging from the evolution of the first neurons to the origin of the human brain. Specifically, the course will focus on recent insights emerging from studies of development, gene expression, and neural circuit architecture. The evolutionary perspective on commonly used terms, such as “neuron” and “brain”, and general principles of brain organization and function emerging from comparative studies will be discussed.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Maria Tosches
  Info
• 3 points

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING II

Various concepts within the field of biomedical engineering, foundational knowledge of engineering methodology applied to biological and/or medical problems through modules in biomechanics, bioinstrumentation, and biomedical imaging.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 3 points

ANALYSIS OF CHEM ENGIN PROBLMS

Advance chemical-engineering problem-solving skills through the use of computational tools (primarily developed in Excel or Python).  Examples are drawn from thermodynamics, transport phenomena, and chemical kinetics. The course is project based, emphasizing data analysis and report writing. Unstructured collaboration with peers is highly encouraged. Requisite numerical methods and Chemical Engineering concepts introduced.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Urban
  h-index: 24 Info
• 3 points

NUMBER THEORY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY

Prerequisites: one year of calculus. Prerequisite: One year of Calculus. Congruences. Primitive roots. Quadratic residues. Contemporary applications.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Daniele Alessandrini
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Designed to provide students with an understanding of the fundamental marketing concepts and their application by business and non-business organizations. The goal is to expose students to these concepts as they are used in a wide variety of settings, including consumer goods firms, manufacturing and service industries, and small and large businesses. The course gives an overview of marketing strategy issues, elements of a market (company, customers, and competition), as well as the fundamental elements of the marketing mix (product, price, placement/distribution, and promotion).

• Department: Columbia College
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Jenny M Fernandez
  Info
• 3 points

THE GREEK INVENTION OF HISTORY

• Department: History
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Richard A Billows
  CULPA: 40 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

MAJOR FRENCH TEXTS II

Prerequisites: FREN BC3021 may be taken for credit without completion of FREN BC3022. The Age of Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, and Symbolism. FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.

• Department: French @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian D O'Keeffe
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 3 points

VIENNA STORIES

Prerequisites: (GERM UN3002) Students explore film, podcasts and digital technology as tools for analyzing culture, language and identity. Integrated in this course is an in-person, on-site segment involving faculty leading study abroad in one of Europe’s most diverse cities: Vienna, Austria. During a one-week stay in Vienna during the spring break, students will put their German-language, filming and digital technology skills to use and gather ethnographic material to produce a short German-language documentary film on identity, the notion of homeland, and stereotypes. Live encounters with native Viennese as well as with recent migrants from Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, former Yugoslavia, and/or Syria in formal and informal settings and a field study project will serve as the main sources for the video. After the on-site and out-of-classroom segment, students will edit their film material and present the final video in the class, Advanced German II: Vienna now and then, which will take place during the same semester. A course website will be created to host final video projects for future reference. Student videos will thereby serve as authentic classroom material for German courses at Barnard and elsewhere. This course includes a one-week study abroad project in Vienna during spring break.

• Department: German @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Motyl
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

Hauntings: Ghosts, Presences & Residues

Hauntings: Ghosts in Lit

“I believe
—
I know that ghosts
have
wandered the earth. Be with me always
—

take any form
—
drive me mad!”

 
—Emily Brontë
, Wuthering Heights

 

In this course we’ll expand our understanding of how writing is often the site of lingering, numinous, immaterial presences. We’ll begin with the tradition of
the ghost story
— a literary device beloved by writers for centuries across many genres. Beyond the consideration of the supernatural, we’ll also investigate more abstract capacities in which texts—and writers (and sometimes editors!)—are inevitably possessed by an
other
, a presence that lingers persistently, making itself known whether we welcome it or not. Memory and trauma are their own kinds of ghosts. Similarly, we’ll discover how traces of works by writers we admire, our teachers, even a specific text or image, can manifest as spectral forms inhabiting our work. We’ll address the complexities of those vestiges in terms of appropriation and originality—what Harold Bloom calls “the anxiety of influence.” Students will process and explore these ideas in both creative and analytical writings throughout the semester.

Course Books (available at Book Culture):

Eileen Myles
, Afterglow

Diana Khoi Nguyen,
Ghost Of

Lucie Brock Broido,

Trouble in Mind

Mary Reufle
, A Little White Shadow

Max Porter
, Grief is the Thing With Feathers

All other readings will be posted on Courseworks as PDFs.

• Department: Writing
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Samantha Zighelboim
  Info
• 3 points

MIGRATION & ECONOMIC CHANGE

Prerequisites: (Econ BC 3035) or (Econ BC 3033) This course examines a wide variety of topics about migration and its relationship to economic development, globalization, and social and economic mobility. At its core, this course reflects a key reality: that the movement of people--within regions, within countries, and across borders--is both the result of and impetus for economic change.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ashley Timmer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and STAT UN1201 Institutional nature and economic function of financial markets. Emphasis on both domestic and international markets (debt, stock, foreign exchange, eurobond, eurocurrency, futures, options, and others). Principles of security pricing and portfolio management; the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Elham Saeidinezhad
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Miles Leahey
  Info
• 3 points

INCLUSIVE APPROACHES TO TEACHING LITERAC

LITERACY: THEORY & PRACTI

This seminar engages students in an exploration of how schools prepare students to be literate across multiple subject areas. Engaging students with theory and practice, we will look at how students learn to read and write, considering approaches for literacy instruction from early childhood through adolescence. Understanding that schools are required to meet the needs of diverse learners, we will explore literacy instruction for K-12 students with special needs, multilingual learners, and students from diverse cultural backgrounds.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• R 8:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Edstrom
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

BIRD,PLANT &LAND-USE DYNAMICS

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students. One year of college-level science. Primarily for Environmental Majors, Concentrators and Minors. This class looks at the response of wildlife (birds and plants) to climate change and land-use issues from the end of the last glaciation to the present. Case study topics are: (1) land-use and climate change over time: a paleoenvironmental perspective, (2) environmental transformations: impact of invasive plants and birds and pathogens on local environments and (3) migration of Neotropical songbirds between their wintering and breeding grounds: land-use, crisis and conservation. We visit wildlife refuges along a rural-suburban-urban gradient in order to observe and measure the role refuges play in conservation.  Format: lecture, student presentations, short labs, data collection/analysis and field trips (some on a weekend day in April in place of the week day meeting).

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• R 12:10 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
  CULPA: 14 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

Economic History of Global Capitalism

ECON HIST OF GLOBAL CAPIT

The course is an introduction to the economic developments that gave rise to capitalist economies and economic globalization from 1500 to the 20th century. We apply economic and empirical reasoning to examine many transformations that have shaped the economies of the modern era—demographic, technological, and institutional changes. We compare the rise of Europe and other Eurasian civilizations, especially China. We examine the role of slavery and imperialism in global economic integration. We examine how the rise of modern capitalism influenced human material well-being and conflict and has led to the convergence and divergence of nations in the global economy.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Dye
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 3 points

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Prerequisites: (MATH UN2010 and MATH UN2030) or the equivalent introduction to partial differential equations. First-order equations. Linear second-order equations; separation of variables, solution by series expansions. Boundary value problems.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elena Giorgi
  h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB II

Experiments in engineering and physical phenomena: aerofoil lift and drag in wind tunnels, laser Doppler anemometry in immersed fluidic channels, supersonic flow and shock waves, Rankine thermodynamical cycle for power generation, and structural truss mechanics and analysis.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• TR 11:40 a.m.-2:10 p.m.
• TR 2:20 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Qiao Lin
  h-index: 41 Info
• 3 points

LOST & FOUND IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

CG SEM - ANTHROPOCENE

We are living through a time of unprecedented change. This change is characterized by “solastalgia,” a word that describes a response to environmental loss in our daily lives which encompasses both pain and solace. In this course we will think seriously about the imperative to notice, pay attention, and remember that which is changing or disappearing. How might we work through and with loss, and how might we harness attention and awareness to envision different futures and new creative approaches? Students will consider the ways writers and other artists are working with losing and finding in a posthuman world across different forms, genres, and cultures. Will take an imaginative and interdisciplinary attitude to these questions, studying literary work alongside visual art, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and science. We will consider extinction, elegy, landscape, geological temporalities, fragments, trash, and ghosts. In his call to arms,
The Great Derangement,
author Amitav Ghosh writes that climate change resists so many of the literary and artistic forms we currently possess. As such, he calls for an embrace of hybrid genres. Through reflections, critical essays, and their own creative work, students will think seriously about hybridity and the imaginative challenge of being alive in the world today.

• Department: Writing
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Madeleine J Watts
  Info
• 3 points

EMPIRICAL APPROACHES DEVLPMNT

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anja Tolonen
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

Bermuda: Case Studies in Environmental S

Bermuda: Env Susdev

This course focuses on the ecology, geology, and sustainability of Bermuda. Students will explore the local flora, fauna, geology and hydrology of various habitats in the context of environmental change brought on by issues such as rising global temperatures, invasive species, and development.  Students will also look into sustainability issues, such as energy, drinking water, solid waste, and wastewater issues, some of which the country addresses in unique ways. The course will also contrast some of these topics with those in the NYC area and other subtropical and tropical islands.

Classes will meet during the spring semester at Barnard in preparation for a field trip to Bermuda for five days during spring break. 

Students and faculty will use the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) field station for both lodging and laboratory facilities.  BIOS will provide bus and boat-based transportation.  

The excursions to caves, volcanic and pink sand beaches, outcrops, rare plant habitats and bird conservation areas in addition to engagement with the local experts at BIOS will provide an authentic opportunity to study the natural history of and environmental threats to an offshore island compared to our local environment in NYC.  

Students will take detailed field notes in Bermuda. After returning from the trip, they will focus on one or two aspects of the field trip and research related issues in depth. Topics will include:  transportation, energy acquisition, electricity generation, wind energy, solar power, carbon capture and storage, drinking water, waste management, sewage treatment and disposal, biological conservation, ecological restoration, social & environmental justice, economy, and food supply. Students are also encouraged to compare issues in Bermuda with NYC and other islands. 

The final products of the semester will be a detailed field journal, a mini research project  with an annotated bibliography and a poster summarizing the results.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• W 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• 3 points

Critical Pedagogies

CRITICAL PEDAGOGIES

This course explores education as a process through which critical consciousness and epistemic justice combat oppression in communities. Students will connect seminal work by critical pedagogues, such as Paolo Freire and bell hooks, to systemic educational challenges and lived experience. As a class, we will investigate power dynamics and structural inequalities at the systemic, institutional, interpersonal and individual levels. Students will problem-pose, dialogue and create pedagogical tools through praxis, by integrating the theory learned in the class to educational practice.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Natalia Ortiz
  Info
• 4 points

IMAGERY AND FORM IN THE ARTS

Operation of imagery and form in dance, music, theater, visual arts and writing; students are expected to do original work in one of these arts. Concepts in contemporary art will be explored.

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

GENETICS

Prerequisites: BIOL UN2005 and BIOL UN2006. General genetics course focused on basic principles of transmission genetics and the application of genetic approaches to the study of biological function. Principles will be illustrated using classical and contemporary examples from prokaryote and eukaryote organisms, and the experimental discoveries at their foundation will be featured. Applications will include genetic approaches to studying animal development and human diseases. SPS and TC students must obtain the written permission from the instructor, by filling out a Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). https://www.registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 3 points

INTRO TO AUDIO STORYTELLING

CG SEM - INTRO TO AUDIO S

It’s one thing to tell a story with the pen. It’s another to transfix your audience with your voice. In this class, we will explore principles of audio narrative. Oral storytellers arguably understand suspense, humor and showmanship in ways only a live performer can. Even if you are a diehard writer of visually-consumed text, you may find, once the class is over, that you have learned techniques that can translate across borders: your written work may benefit. Alternatively, you may discover that audio is the medium for you.

We will consider sound from the ground up – from folkloric oral traditions, to raw, naturally captured sound stories, to seemingly straightforward radio news segments, to highly polished narrative podcasts. While this class involves a fair amount of reading, much of what we will be studying and discussing is audio material. Some is as lo-fi as can be, and some is operatic in scope, benefitting from large production budgets and teams of artists. At the same time that we study these works, each student will also complete small audio production exercises of their own; as a final project, students will be expected to produce a trailer, or “sizzle” for a hypothetical multi-episode show.

This class is meant for beginners to the audio tradition. There are some tech requirements: a recording device (most phones will suffice), workable set of headphones, and computer. You’ll also need to download the free audio editing software Audacity.

• Department: Writing
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mallika Rao
  Info
• 3 points

IT'S COMPLICATED: WRITING AS A RELATIONS

CG SEM - WRIT AS RELATION

In this cross-genre class, we’ll explore writing process as relationship, one that reflects how we relate to both ourselves and the world. How do we bring the public back to the private space of the writing desk? How do our social, cultural, and political realities and histories influence our writing process? How is our relationship with our audience informed by our relationship with language? How can we be at play in structures of grammar and narrative without assimilating to what seems otherwise unrelatable? Seeing the sentence as a set of relationships, one tied to our human relations, we will write and revise with the hope of fostering an enduring relationship with the page. Coursework will include in-class writing exercises and 3 short (3-6 page) pieces.

• Department: Writing
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Nina Sharma
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDTE MACROECONOMC THEORY

Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics and a functioning knowledge of high school algebra and analytical geometry or permission of the instructor. Systematic exposition of current macroeconomic theories of unemployment, inflation, and international financial adjustments.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Miguel Casares
  Info
• 4 points

INTERMEDTE MICROECONOMC THEORY

Prerequisites: An introductory course in microeconomics or a combined macro/micro principles course (ECON BC1003 or ECON W1105, or the equivalent) and one semester of calculus or ECON BC1007, or permission of the instructor. Preferences and demand; production, cost, and supply; behavior of markets in partial equilibrium; resource allocation in general equilibrium; pricing of goods and services under alternative market structures; implications of individual decision-making for labor supply; income distribution, welfare, and public policy. Emphasis on problem solving.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 Info
• 4 points

Urban Oceanography: Where the City Meets

New York City’s population of ~8.4 million is surrounded by a coastline that stretches 520 miles (~837 km), abutting the ocean, rivers, estuaries, bays, and inlets. Together these components make up the urban ocean system. To put this in perspective, the length of NYC’s coastline exceeds the sum of Miami’s, Boston’s, Los Angeles’, and San Francisco’s coastlines. This presents a unique interplay between nature and the human population, with all of the nuances associated with social behavior. Therefore, it is critical to combine a deep knowledge of the physical, chemical, geological, and biological properties of coastal waters with a thorough understanding of climate change, influence of policies, and the systemic and cascading impacts of environmental racism. In this class we will study the components of urban oceanography in the context of NYC with local case studies. We will collect data in the field, conduct hands-on activities, use technology, and learn from climate activists to deepen our understanding of the water that surrounds us, and our relationship to it. We will utilize a variety of technical readings, essays, and poems to catalyze written reflections and discussions.

 

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, students will:


Develop, deepen, and demonstrate their knowledge base covering the physical, chemical, biological, and social components characteristic of urban oceans, globally and in New York City

Communicate the complexities that underpin urban oceanographic processes using both oral and written methods in a manner appropriate for a range of audiences

Utilize technology and generate data to ask, analyze, and answer scientific questions

Conduct field and lab work that promotes exploration of local coastal ecosystems

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Logan Brenner
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

Writing Medieval Illness

How did medieval people imagine their bodies in terms of health and illness? What did they feel, or say they felt, when they were sick? What stories did they tell about why some people fell ill while others didn’t, and how it could be dealt with? From mundane preoccupations such as skincare or diet to life-altering maladies such as leprosy or dementia, physical and mental distress had a firm hold on the medieval imagination, calling for a wealth of explanations, coping methods, and lots of venting, whether in real life or in fiction. The suffering or malfunctioning body has always been a matter of personal and social concern from antiquity to the present, but writers, thinkers, and medical practitioners of the Middle Ages grappled with it under their own peculiar sets of terms, some shocking, some familiar, but all intriguing. In this seminar, we will explore how medieval literary works present illness and health in modes spanning personal suffering, diagnosis, healing, and caregiving. We will read an eclectic mix of poetry and narrative together with important medical, scientific, and philosophical writings that shaped medieval outlooks on health, framed by relevant scholarship in the history of medicine. Our readings will lead us to rethink, and play with, the apparent boundaries between practical writing and literary fiction. We will also use medieval texts as stepping-off points to question our own ingrained notions of the relations between body, health, and representation. Together, we will work toward building a richer literary history of what it means to be, seem, or feel healthy—or not so healthy.

Our main focus will be on literature circulating in early forms of English up to the 15th century, but we will also look at texts written in other classical and medieval languages, to get a better sense of the wider European and global context. Our time will be divided between collaborative close reading and focused discussion, with occasional instructor mini-lectures as necessary.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Yea Jung Park
  Info
• 4 points

ENVIRONMENTAL & NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMI

ENVRNMTL & NTRL RESOURCE

Prerequisites: ECON BC1003 or ECON W1105. Prerequisite for Economics majors: ECON BC3035. Link between economic behavior and environmental quality: valuation of non-market benefits of pollution abatement; emissions standards; taxes; and transferable discharge permits. Specific problems of hazardous waste; the distribution of hazardous pollutants across different sub-groups of the U.S. population; the exploitation of commonly owned natural resources; and the links between the environment, income distribution, and economic development.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Belinda Archibong
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 7 Info
• 3 points

MIGRATION, GLOBALIZATION, AND EDUCATION

Globalization and mass migration are reconfiguring the modern world and reshaping the contours of nation-states. New technologies that facilitate the movement of information, goods and people across borders have made it easier for people to remain culturally, politically, economically and socially connected to the places from which they migrated. This seminar focuses on the experiences of the youngest members of these global migration patterns—children and youth—and asks: What do these global flows mean for educating young people to be members of the multiple communities to which they belong?

This seminar will explore the following questions: What is globalization and why is it leading to new patterns of migration? How do children and youth experience ruptures and continuities across contexts of migration? How do language policies affect young people’s capacity to be educated in a new land? What does it mean to forge a sense of belonging and citizenship in a “globalized” world, and how does this challenge our models of national citizenship? How are the processes by which young people are incorporated into their new country entwined with structures of race, class, and gender? Drawing on fiction, autobiography, and anthropological and sociological research this class will explore these questions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Chandler Miranda
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 4 Info
• 4 points

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Process-oriented introduction to the law and its use in environmental policy and decision-making. Origins and structure of the U.S. legal system. Emphasis on litigation process and specific cases that elucidate the common law and toxic torts, environmental administrative law, and environmental regulation through application and testing of statutory law in the courts. Emphasis also on the development of legal literacy, research skills, and writing.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• F 8:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
• Instructor: Dana Neacsu
  h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

THEORETICL FOUNDTNS-POLIT ECON

Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics or permission of the instructor. Intellectual origins of the main schools of thought in political economy. Study of the founding texts in classical political economy, Marxian economics, neoclassicism, and Keynesianism.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Belinda Archibong
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 7 Info
• 3 points

Grace Lee Boggs Learning Lab

We have witnessed a significant increase in hate crimes against the AAPI community due to
COVID-19 as well as the remarkable response to these atrocities, particularly among BIPOC
individuals and their white allies. Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese American woman and Barnard
alumna, dedicated her life to addressing inequity in its myriad forms. This lab-based research course
will explore Boggs’ life as an activist and educator and will give students an opportunity to develop
an action-based digital research project to advance equity and justice in New York City.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 4 points

Ulysses

The seminar will look at the structure of the novel, its plan, with special attention paid to ‘The Odyssey’, but also to the variations in tone in the book, the parodies and elaborate games becoming more complex as the book proceeds. We will examine a number of Irish texts that are relevant to the making of ‘Ulysses’, including Robert Emmett’s speech from the dock, Yeats’s ‘The Countess Cathleen’ and Lady Gregory translations from Irish folk-tales.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Colm Toibin
  Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI POLIT/SOC

The History of the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskala) in 19th century Europe and the development of Zionism through the current peace process between the state of Israel and the Arab states and the Palestinian national movement. Provides a historical overview of the Zionist-Palestinian conflict to familiarize undergraduates with the background of the current situation. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph A Massad
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

Making Change: Activism, Social Movement

Activism and Education

Making Change: Activism, Social Movements and Education will look at the ways people power has pushed for change in the United States educational landscape. We will study historical and current social political education movements to answer questions such as: What does education/teacher activism look like? Who engages in educational social activism, and why? What do different models for organizing look like, past to present? We will learn from the examples of the Freedom Schools, the Chicago Teachers Union, the Tucson Unified School District fight for ethnics studies, BLM at Schools, Teacher Activist Groups and more. We will engage in readings, watch documentaries and hear from education activist guest lecturers.

Learning Outcomes: 


You will explore the historical relationships between and across social movements in education and its social contexts. 

You will reflect on major educational justice movements from across the country and analyze its impact and importance. 

You will evaluate the changing role of education and schools in our society and propose actions that could be taken to improve education and schools in the future.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Natalia Ortiz
  Info
• 4 points

PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI POL/SOC DS

Required discussion section for MDES UN3042: Palestinian and Israeli Politics and Society

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Elias M Taweel
  Info
• 0 points

COMPLICATING CLASS: EDUCATION AND THE L

EDUCATION & LIMITS EQUITY

In this course, we start from the premise that a failure to understand what social class is and how social class matters in daily life stops us from having conversations about the possibilities and limitations of schooling and, as such, prevents us from doing what we can to improve the schooling experiences of poor and working-class students. Throughout the semester, we will work to “complicate class”, reconsidering what class is, why class matters, and how we can best think about the relationship between social class and schooling. You will develop a language for talking about class, considering the affordances and constraints of various conceptions of class. You will also leave with critical questions about the possibilities and limitations of relying on schools as a solution to social problems. Recognizing restraints, we will conclude by reflecting on how we might work toward creating more equitable learning environments for poor and working-class students.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel Throop
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

Coll: Transnational Feminism

COLL: TRANSNATIONAL FEMIN

NOTE: apply through Barnard Political Science department (https://polisci.barnard.edu/course-requirements#colloquia-2)

 

What do women need in order to thrive? Is it becoming a “girl boss”? Moving to a rich nation? Getting a loan? The opening of a new multinational factory in their town? Stricter laws punishing people who try to harm them? Removing their veil? 

This course examines the way transnational feminists challenge the limitations of so-called “white feminism”; make sense of intersecting oppressions; and propose transformative solutions to many feminist concerns. From a variety of global perspectives, we will explore topics including: electoral politics, sex work, borders, religion, land, abortion, domestic labor, and more. 

Our readings this semester focus on revolutionary feminist thinkers from across the globe who insist that in order to understand women’s lives—and properly diagnose what might remedy the harms they experience—we must root our inquiries at the heart of institutional overlap, or intersectionality.  In other words, how do women’s race, class, gender, sexuality, nationality and more, shape their experiences of the world and their understanding of the transformations necessary to make them not only safe, but also free?

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Wilson Sherwin
  Info
• 4 points

Introduction to Behavioral Economics

INTRO TO BEHAVIORAL ECON

This course reviews the assumption of rationality in microeconomic theory and presents evidence (primarily from experimental psychology and economics) of how judgement and decision-making systematically deviate from what rationality predicts.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Homa S Zarghamee
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

Health Economics

HEALTH ECONOMICS

Health economics is an expansive and growing field within the larger microeconomic literature.  From examining the impact of Medicaid on health care utilization to the public health consequences of marijuana legalization, health economics offers a variety of profound economic insights and policy recommendations.  This course uses many familiar concepts from microeconomic theory and econometrics in order to better understand health and healthcare—with students engaging economic models describing the demand for health, addiction, medical care, health insurance, and risky behaviors in addition to interpreting important empirical evidence within these spaces.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Morgan C Jr. Williams
  Info
• 3 points

DISCRETE TIME MODELS IN FINANC

Prerequisites: (MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201) or (MATH UN1101 and MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201) and MATH UN2010 Recommended: MATH UN3027 (or MATH UN2030 and SIEO W3600). Elementary discrete time methods for pricing financial instruments, such as options. Notions of arbitrage, risk-neutral valuation, hedging, term-structure of interest rates.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Mikhail Smirnov
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points