ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY

Prerequisites: CHEM UN1500 General Chemistry Lab, CHEM UN2443 Organic Chemistry I - Lecture. Techniques of experimental organic chemistry, with emphasis on understanding fundamental principles underlying the experiments in methodology of solving laboratory problems involving organic molecules. Attendance at the first laboratory session is mandatory. Please note that you must complete CHEM UN2443 Organic Chemistry I Lecture or the equivalent to register for this lab course. This course is equivalent to CHEM UN2543 Organic Chemistry Laboratory.

• MW 1:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• TR 1:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Jacopo Samson
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• 3 points

THE ARTS OF CHINA

This course introduces major forms of Chinese art from the Neolithic period to the present.  It stresses the materials and processes of bronze casting, the development of representational art, principles of text illustration, calligraphy, landscape painting, imperial patronage, and the role of the visual arts in elite culture.  Works of Chinese art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art will receive special attention, as you will be able to study these closely online and see the real things at the museum.  Throughout the course we will attempt to study not only the history of Chinese art but also 
how
 that history has been written, both in China and in the West. Please note that students will be required to keep their webcams on throughout the class sessions. We will take appropriate breaks.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Harrist
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ARTS OF CHINA JAPAN KOREA

Introduces distinctive aesthetic traditions of China, Japan, and Korea--their similarities and differences--through an examination of the visual significance of selected works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts in relation to the history, culture, and religions of East Asia.

• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Xu Tingting
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• Instructor: Naomi P Kuromiya
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• Instructor: Chen Jiang
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• 3 points

Chinese Painting of the Song Dynasty (96

An intensive examination of paintings of the Song dynasty (960-1270) focusing on works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Topics covered will include the genres of landscape, birds and flowers, and Buddhist and Daoist figures, the emergence of painting by scholar-amateurs, and relationships between words and images. Students will read translations from Chinese texts on painting as well as poems and other literature that illuminate responses of the original viewers to the works we will study.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Harrist
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites: PSYC W1001 or PSYC W1010 or the instructor's permission. An examination of definitions, theories, and treatments of abnormal behavior.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Hebert
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Surveys important methods, findings, and theories in the study of social influences on behavior. Emphasizes different perspectives on the relation between individuals and society.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Joshua M Feinberg
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• 3 points

INTRO TO SOCIAL COGNITION

Prerequisite: An introductory psychology course. An introduction to basic concepts in social cognition, an approach to understanding social judgment and behavior by investigating the underlying mental processes. Topics include attitudes, identity, and prejudice, among others.

• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Larisa A Heiphetz
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

PHOTOGRAPHY: PHOTO II

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1700) (Formerly R3702) With an emphasis on the student’s own creative practice, this course will expand on the technical and conceptual concerns first encountered in Intro to Photography. This course will explore critical issues in contemporary photography and advanced camera and production techniques through regular shooting assignments, demonstrations, critique, lectures, readings, and field trips.

• TR 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana N Buhl
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• 3 points

ANTHROPOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE

This course focuses on some of the present, and possible future, socio-ecological conditions of life on planet
earth. In particular we will work to understand the historic, economic, political, and socio-cultural forces that
created the conditions we call climate change. With this we will take a particular interest in the question of how
race, ethnicity, Indigeneity, class, and gender articulate with the material effects of climate change. The course
also focuses on how we, as scholars, citizens, and activists can work to alter these current conditions in ways
that foster social and ecological justice for all living beings. Although we will ground our scholarship in
anthropology, to encourage interdisciplinary and even transdisciplinary thought, weekly readings will be drawn
from across scholarly and activist canons. While becoming familiar with scholarly and activist conversations
about space and place, risk and vulnerability, and ontology and epistemology, we will work through a series of
recent events as case studies to understand causes, effects, affects, and potential solutions.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Paige West
  CULPA: 41 h-index: 23 Info
• 3 points

MASTERPIECES-INDIAN ART & ARCH

Introduction to 2000 years of art on the Indian subcontinent. The course covers the early art of Buddhism, rock-cut architecture of the Buddhists and Hindus, the development of the Hindu temple, Mughal and Rajput painting and architecture, art of the colonial period, and the emergence of the Modern.

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Mikael B Muehlbauer
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• Instructor: Seher Agarwala
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• Instructor: Charlotte N Gorant
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

INTRO LIT/METHODS OF ART HIST

Required course for department majors. Not open to Barnard or Continuing Education students. Students must receive instructors permission. Introduction to different methodological approaches to the study of art and visual culture. Majors are encouraged to take the colloquium during their junior year.

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Meredith Gamer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

INTRO-STUDY AND THEORY OF FILM

The nature of cinema as a technology, a business, a cultural product, an entertainment medium, and most especially an art form. Study of cinematic genres, stylistics, and nationalities; outstanding film artists and artisans; the relationship of cinema to other art forms and media, as well as to society.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Vito Adriaensens
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Testing: Mar

Nuclear Weapons/Testing

The story of the US nuclear weapons testing program in the Marshall Islands can be viewed as the collision of a powerful nuclear weapons state, eager to aggressively pursue a thermonuclear weapons development program, and an indigenous population in a remote location. After World War II, the Marshall Islands became a US territory, as specified by a UN treaty, and the US immediately initiated a testing program to be conducted in the northern expanse of the islands. The testing was done in an overtly public manner and driven at the time by a Cold War mentality. As a result of the testing, the Marshallese people were both driven away from their homes and lands and exposed to radioactive fallout. A classified human subject health monitoring program was implemented under the name Project 4.1. From these tests, the US government was able to study the effects of nuclear fallout and the correlation to cancer rates in the Marshallese population, exposed at different distances from the test sites and over a time period of decades. This course is about the violent intersection of science and culture. Students will investigate the Marshallese culture prior to the nuclear weapons testing program and then study the ways in which the culture and people were affected by the program. They will also consider the challenges the Marshallese face today. The course will end on a series of group research projects to compare and contrast the Marshall Islands case with those of other indigenous populations affected by nuclear testing performed by other nuclear weapons states. For the course’s final project, the students will apply the tools learned in this course about nuclear weapons and culture and apply them to the French government’s nuclear testing program in either French Polynesians or Algeria.

• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• Instructor: Emlyn W Hughes
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 3 points

EVAL THE EVID OF AUTHENTICITY

The adjudged authenticity of a work of art is fundamental in determining its value as a commodity on the art market or, for example, in property claim disputes or in issues of cultural property restitution. Using case studies some straightforward and others extremely vexing--this course examines the many ways in which authenticity is measured through the use of provenance and art historical research, connoisseurship, and forensic resources. From within the broader topics, finer issues will also be explored, among them, the hierarchy of attribution, condition and conservation, copies and reproductions, the period eye and the style of the marketplace.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Lynn Catterson
  CULPA: 35 h-index: 2 Info
• 4 points

FIELD GEOLOGY

The centerpiece of this course is a field trip that will take place during Spring Break in Barbados. During the term-time the class will meet 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 / 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) the class will go snorkeling. In order to observe the effects of cave formation and water flow in limestone terrains the class will visit a cave. The class will also participate in an exercise in geological mapping of a series of coral reef terraces. Priority is given to junior and senior majors and concentrators in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia College and the School of General Studies, and Barnard Environmental Science majors and minors. Barnard students must receive permission from the Barnard Environmental Science department chair in order to receive the subsidy. All others require the instructor's permission. Interested sophomores planning to major or concentrate in Earth Sciences or Environmental Sciences are encouraged to contact the instructor. By necessity (number of van seats) the course is limited to 20 or 21 students.

• 3 points

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

This course surveys some of the major historiographical debates surrounding the Second World War. It aims to provide student with an international perspective of the conflict that challenges conventional understandings of the war. In particular, we will examine the ideological, imperial, and strategic dimensions of the war in a global context. Students will also design, research, and write a substantial essay of 15-18 pages in length that makes use of both primary and secondary sources.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul T Chamberlin
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

Illness and Healing in the Classical wor

In this course we will explore the experience of illness and healing in ancient Greece and Rome, with some exploration of other contexts such as Egypt, Babylonia, and Christianity down to modern Greece. The class will focus on close reading of documents, from the viewpoint of the ill and of those who try to understand illness and act on their understanding. We will pay attention to medical texts such as the diagnostic writing of the Hippocratic corpus or the treatises of Galen, but also popular texts and artifacts such as ex-votos.

• TR 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

WAR REPORTING:THE COVERAGE OF

War Reporting: The Coverage of Armed Conflict explores the origins and roles of modern war reporting, examines the challenges journalists face, and discusses journalism's place in the public discourse of armed conflict and political violence, most notably terrorism. Taught by U.S. Marine corps veteran and Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and author, C.J. Chivers, class discussions will be lively and require student engagement. There will be guest lectures and seminars with leading journalists with experience in recent wars, as well discussions with security and legal professionals who assist and guide news organizations in their coverage of war. The examination of risks to journalists on conflict beats will include detailed case studies of real kidnappings and battlefield deaths, and study examples of risk mitigation and best practices in the field. The course is intended for students with a deep interest in war, terrorism and journalism, including both news consumers and aspiring practitioners. It aims to promote skepticism of official narratives and critical thinking about journalism itself.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher J Chivers
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• 3 points

NUMBER THEORY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY

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

• MTWR 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
• Instructor: William Y Chen
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: STAT UN1201, ECON UN3211 Intermediate Microeconomics and ECON UN3213 Intermediate Macroeconomics. Equivalent to ECON UN3025. 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.

• MW 10 a.m.-1:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamrat Gashaw
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

EARLY CHAUCER

• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: David M Yerkes
  CULPA: 41 Info
• 3 points

CELL BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: one year of biology, normally BIOL UN2005-BIOL UN2006, or the equivalent. Cell Biology 3041/4041 is an upper-division course that covers in depth all organelles of cells, how they make up tissues, secrete substances important for the organism, generate and adapt to their working environment in the body, move throughout development, and signal to each other. Because these topics were introduced in the Intro Course (taught by Mowshowitz and Chasin), this course or its equivalent is a pre-requisite for W3041/4041. Students for whom this course is useful include biology, biochem or biomedical engineering majors, those preparing to apply for medical school or graduate school, and those doing or planning to start doing research in a biology or biomedical lab. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Erin L Barnhart
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• 3 points

PROJECT LAB IN MICROBIOLOGY

Prerequisites: one year of Intro Bio. An introductory biology or chemistry lab is recommended. Bacteria are not just unicellular germs. This lab course will broaden your awareness of the amazing world of microbiology and the diverse capabilities of microbes. The focus will be on bacterial multicellularity, pigment production, and intercellular signaling. Pigment-producing bacteria will be isolated from the wild (i.e. Morningside Campus or your skin), and characterized using standard genetic tools (PCR, DNA gel electrophoresis, transformation, screen) and microbiology techniques (isolation of bacteria and growth of bacterial colonies, media preparation, enrichment techniques for pigments). These techniques will also be applied in the study of bacterial multicellularity and signaling in the standard lab strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• MWF 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Lars E Dietrich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 5 points

WORLDS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

This seminar looks at the narrative and the historical context for an extraordinary event: the conquest of the Persian empire by Alexander III of Macedonia, conventionally known as “Alexander the Great”. We will explore the different worlds Alexander grew out of, confronted, and affected: the old Greek world, the Persian empire, the ancient near-east (Egypt, Levant, Babylonia, Iran), and the worlds beyond, namely pre-Islamic (and pre-Silk Road) Central Asia, the Afghan borderlands, and the Indus valley. The first part of the course will establish context, before laying out a narrative framework; the second part of the course will explore a series of themes, especially the tension between military conquest, political negotiation, and social interactions. Overall, the course will serve as an exercise in historical methodology (with particular attention to ancient sources and to interpretation), an introduction to the geography and the history of the ancient world (classical and near-eastern), and the exploration of a complex testcase located at the contact point between several worlds, and at a watershed of world history.

• MW 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY WORK

Prerequisites: phys UN2601 or phys un2802 Primarily for junior and senior physics majors; other majors must obtain the instructors permission. Each experiment is chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor. Each section meets one afternoon per week, with registration in each section limited by the laboratory capacity. Experiments (classical and modern) cover topics in electricity, magnetism, optics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics.

• RF 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 1 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Elena Aprile
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Sebastian Will
  h-index: 18 Info
• 2 points

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: Science majors should have completed one introductory course that covers biology, ecology, evolution or conservation priort to taking this course. Non-science majors should have some exposure to these same topics but are not required to have taken courses in advance of this class.

• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexandria C Moore
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• 3 points

Hellenistic Sculpture: Intellectuals, Go

HELLENISTIC SCULPTURE

Obsession with the Classical often kept us from looking at the Hellenistic period with its artistic achievements as a time of innovation and\ experimentation in art. In Hellenistic times, new cultural and artistic centers arose besides Athens: Alexandria in Egypt, Antiocheia and Pergamon in Asia Minor, or Rhodes. Especially in sculpture, artists and patrons demonstrated an unprecedented interest in subjects such as ugly old women, working peasants, slaves with disfigured bodies, or non-Greeks. The seminar will study the sculpture of the Hellenistic period as an extremely imaginative and dynamic artistic expression without the Classical bias. In addition, it will look into the societal conditions that allowed this multi-cultural and rather inclusive style in sculpture to be created. The styles of the various Hellenistic artistic centers will be individually analysed based on representative works and then compared to each other and to the sculptural traditions of the Classical period, so that Hellenistic sculpture can be understood both as a continuation of the Classical and especially Late Classical sculpture and as an artistic, intellectual, and social creation – a creation that often went against the ideals of the past.

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ioannis Mylonopoulos
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

Political Reporting: On the Campaign Tra

Political journalism--from the campaign trail to the halls of Congress--has played a vital and important role over the last four years. This course will offer an overview and critical examination of political journalism and the interaction of media with the White House, Congress, campaigns and statehouses. It will explore how technology and polarization have changed coverage of politics, as well as ethical considerations, shifting newsroom expectations and the challenges facing journalists as they cover campaigns and American political institutions. The course is intended for students with a deep interest politics and journalism, including both news consumers and aspiring practitioners. It aims to both provide practical training and promote critical thinking about political journalism itself. The focus will be largely on print journalism, though radio and television work will be briefly explored along with opinion writing. This will be a writing intensive class with a focus on practical skills. Workshopping of written articles will be required and there will be in-class writing and reporting exercises. Students will both examine their own biases and meet with leading practioners of the craft.  The course is led by
New York Times
political reporter Lisa Lerer.

• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa R Lerer
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• 3 points

Journalism in an Age of Activism

Journ in an Age of Activi

Social and political change can be powered by protest and coordinated acts of civil dissent. In modern American life, it is easier than ever to share information and rally supporters to a cause, but the propulsive force of protest movements happens in the streets. In an age when lies and conspiracy theories can outpace the truth and protesters, counter protesters, and law enforcement all view the press with skepticism, how can journalists verify, interrogate, and report on what is happening while also remaining safe and keeping their sources safe? What does it mean to report on a protest objectively? And should that even be a goal?  This course offers an overview and critical examination of journalistic coverage of protest and civil dissent over the last sixty years. It explores specific selections of protest reporting in a range of media formats, including photography and video journalism, audio news, investigative longform, and personal essays, as well as considers the ethical considerations, risks, and challenges that journalists navigate as they cover individual protests and protest movements writ large.   Over the course of the semester, students will learn the fundamentals of modern journalistic practice as well as analyze the origins and purposes of protest reporting. We will examine the challenges the practice of civil dissent journalism faces in the present day and discuss how journalism shapes public discourse around activism, protests, and other forms of political dissent. The course is intended for students with a deep interest in activism, civil dissent, political unrest, and journalism, including both news consumers and aspiring practitioners of the craft. It aims to promote skepticism of official narratives and improve critical thinking about how protest movements are covered by journalists.

• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Sanders
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• 3 points

Endangered Languages in the Global City:

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES

Of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages – representing migrations and historical developments thousands of years old – the majority are oral, little-documented, and increasingly endangered under the onslaught of global languages like English. This course will take the unprecedented, paradoxical linguistic capital of New York City as a lens for examining how immigrants form communities in a new land, how those communities are integrated into the wider society, and how they grapple with linguistic and cultural loss. Interdisciplinary with an experiential learning component, the course will focus on texts, materials, encounters, and fieldwork with three of the city’s newest and least-studied indigenous immigrant communities (indigenous Latin Americans, Himalayans, and Central Asians).Indigeneity, though often invisible or perceived as marginal in global cities like New York, is in fact pervasive and fundamental. Cities now constitute a crucial site for understanding migration and cultural change, with language a vehicle for culture. Studying cultures only in situ (i.e. in their homelands) risks missing a crucial dimension. Students will be immersed in stateless, oral, immigrant cultures while also gaining a hands-on critical understanding of language endangerment and urban sociolinguistic research, first through field experiences and guest speakers (Endangered Language Alliance partners) and then by going out together into communities to work on projects in small teams. The Endangered Language Alliance (ELA), where the instructor is Co-Director, was formed as a non-profit research institute in 2010 as a forum for researchers, community members, activists, artists, and other New Yorkers to come together to support indigenous and minority languages. ELA’s video recordings provide first-hand testimony of endangered languages in the global city – in indigenous languages with English translation – available in few other places. Those texts will be central to this course, supplemented by the new,first-ever, detailed language map of New York City being produced by ELA.

• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross Perlin
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• 3 points

CENSORHSP/FREEDOM-EXPRESS-EURO

In this course we examine theoretical and historical developments that gave rise to notions of censorship and free expression in early modern Europe. The role of censorship has become one of the significant elements in discussions of early modern culture. The new technology of printing, the rise national political cultures and their projections of control, religious wars and denominational schisms are some of the factors that intensified debate over the free circulation of ideas and speech.  We will analyze categories of prohibited speech such as political, religious, and offensive to civil society. We will look at the mechanisms of censorship: who served as censors? How consistently was censorship applied? How effective was censorship in suppressing unwanted expression? What were its unintended consequences? We will look at ways in which censorship triggered significant reaction, such as martyrdom or created a culture of dissimulation, such as marranism and nicodemism.  Index, Inquisition, Star Chamber, book burnings and beheadings have been the subjects of an ever growing body of scholarship. Finally, we will ask whether early-modern censorship can be said to have had a constitutive role in the formation of modern culture. Students will be encouraged to discuss and form research projects on contemporary freedom of expression issues related to the themes raised in the class.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Elisheva Carlebach
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

REASON AND POLITICS

We can lean heavily on the concepts of reason and rationality to justify and criticize political thought, speech, and conduct. But we also find it difficult to explain what it means to be reasonable or rational in politics. What is reason? What does it mean to have a reason for a belief or an action? If someone behaves unreasonably, what are they failing to do? Is reason at odds with passion, rhetoric, authority, or religious conviction? Are there spcial ways in which citizens and public officials should reason in public life? Is it realistic to expect people to exercise "public" forms of reason in a culturally diverse and politically polarized society that sometimes seems indifferent to rational argument? What is the relationship between "reasonable" political discourse and familiar contemporary concepts like "political correctness"? This course studies some influential classical and contemporary answers to these and related questions drawn from a variety of thinkers, especially Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, John Rawls, Jurgen Habermas, Onora O'niell, and Christine Korsgaard.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Luke S Macinnis
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

Sacred Travel, Shrines, and Souvenirs in

Sacred Travel in Medieval

From antiquity to the present day, people have traveled to local or far-off sites to approach holy figures, to appeal for divine intervention, and to fulfill religious obligations. This seminar explores the material dimensions of these journeys, from the spaces entered and sights encountered to the things travelers brought or took away. Classes and (if possible) collection visits will focus on medieval Christian and Islamic shrines, although student projects may cover a larger scope. *Visits to NYC-area museums, monuments, and/or special collections will be added if conditions permit, and assignments and schedule will change to incorporate them.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Megan Boomer
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• 4 points

MODERN COMPARATIVE FICTION

LIT IMPRESSIONISM 1874-1925

• TR noon-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Zachary J Roberts
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 3 points

PAINTING I

This is an intensive, six-week class moving from the basics of paint materials, techniques, issues of color, light, narrative and most of all representation. Students will begin working from still life set-ups in the studio and gradually move towards more ambitious approaches including figure painting from a model. Towards the end of the class students will be encouraged to work on a project or projects that more closely reflect their personal ideas.

• TR 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• TWR 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Pablo Montealegre
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• Instructor: Hyun Yang
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• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS

Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 and ECON UN1105 or the equivalent; one term of calculus. Corequisites: MATH UN1201. This course covers the determination of output, employment, inflation and interest rates. Topics include economic growth, business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, consumption and savings and national income accounting.

• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
• Instructor: A. Vivette Ancona
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• 4 points

INTER MACROECONOMICS-DISC

Discussion section for ECON UN3213 Intermediate Macro. Student must register for a section.

• 0 points

KOREAN LITERATURE & FILM

This course traces the history of Korean cinema and literature from the 1930s to the early 2000s. Particular attention is given to colonialism, national division, war, gender relations, authoritarianism, urbanization, consumer culture, and diaspora. What kinds of familial, social, economic, and political relations do these films and literary works envision? We will link films and literary texts to their historical context, noting how representations of people, places, and ideas have changed over time—from colonialism, through poverty and malaise in the aftermath of the Korean War, to North Korea’s continuing search for autonomy in the world system and South Korea’s current position as global economic power and maker of the “Korean Wave ”

• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Theodore Hughes
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

ART WRITING FOR WRITERS

Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.  In this course, we will look at some of the most dynamic examples of "visual writing." To begin, we will look at writers writing about art, from the Romantic period through the present. The modes of this art writing we will consider include: the practice of ekphrasis (poems which address or derive their inspiration from a work of art); writers such as Ralph Ellison, Amiri Baraka, John Ashbery, and Eileen Myles, who for periods of their lives worked as art critics; writers such as Etel Adnan and Alexander Kulge, who have produced literature and works of art in equal measure; as well as numerous collaborations between writers and visual artists. We will also look at artists who have written essays and poetry throughout their careers, like artists Robert Smithson, Glenn Ligon, David Wojnarowicz, Moyra Davey, Paul Chan, and Hannah Black, as well as professional critics whose work has been elevated to the status of literature, such as Hilton Als, Janet Malcolm, and Susan Sontag. Lastly, we will consider what it means to write through a “milieu” of sonic and visual artists, such as those associated with Dada, the Harlem Renaissance, the New York School, and Moscow Conceptualism. Throughout the course, students will also be prompted to write with and about current art exhibitions and events throughout the city. They will produce original works in various of the modes described above and complete a final writing project that incorporates what they have learned.

• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas A Donovan
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• 3 points

LIT & REVOLUTION (20TH C LIT)

The revolutionary period (1905-1938) in Russia was not only one of extreme social upheaval but also of exceptional creativity. Established ideas about individuality and collectivity, about how to depict reality, about language, gender, authority, and violence, were all thrown open to radical questioning. Out of this chaos came ideas about literature and film (just for example) which have shaped Western thought on these subjects to this day. In this course we will study a variety of media and genres (poetry, manifestos, film, painting, photomontage, the novel, theoretical essays) in an effort to gain a deep understanding of this complex and fascinating period in Russian cultural history.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jessica E Merrill
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

TRANSGENDER STUDIES - THEMES AND TOPICS

This course introduces the interdisciplinary field of transgender studies. While we will read about gender variable bodies within a long historical arc, the categories of both “transsexual” and "transgender" are recent social constructions. How did the many different forms of gender variance resolve into these singular forms and what has been lost in the medical and legal narrowing of gender variance to only these forms? Can we make any connections between witches in the 17th century (often accused on the grounds of cross-gender identification), mollies and dandies in the 19th century (often marked as effeminate), inverts in the late 19th and early 20th century and later constructions that assemble under the banner of “trans*”? Many academic disciplines-- including anthropology, history, gender studies, literary studies, and gay and lesbian/queer studies--have studied transgender identities, bodies and communities, but only very recently has the field become institutionalized in the academy as a discipline "Transgender Studies." In this course we examine the ongoing development of the concept of transgender as it is situated across social, cultural, historical, medical, and political contexts. Along the way, we will try to answer some fundamental questions: when did trans* emerge as a distinct social formation? What might be the differences between the understanding of gender variance in the second half of the 20th century and formulations of the phenomena of cross-dressing and passing and transvestism in earlier periods? Is the term "transgender" applicable to non-Western and previously occurring embodiments and practices?

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jack Halberstam
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• 3 points

SHAKESPEARE

This course provides an introduction to Shakespeare through a combination of reading his plays and viewing them in performance. On the one hand, we approach each play as a written, published text: our in-class conversation consist primarily in close analysis of key passages, and, in one class period, we visit Rare Books to examine the earliest printed versions of the plays in light of English Renaissance print technology. On the other hand, we view performances of each assigned play, including the attendance as a group of at least one Shakespeare production on an NYC stage. Our semester’s through line is to trace, from his earliest plays to Hamlet, Shakespeare’s remarkable development of the techniques of characterization that have made generations of both playgoers and readers feel that his dramatis personae are so modern, real, human. We will also devote attention to exploring the value of each play in our present moment and on our local stages. We read 8 plays in all, including Titus Andronicus, Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Douglas S Pfeiffer
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

MONEY AND BANKING

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 or the equivalent. Introduction to the principles of money and banking. The intermediary institutions of the American economy and their historical developments, current issues in monetary and financial reform.

• MW 3 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Tri Vi Dang
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

WALT WHITMAN AND NEW YORK

Walt Whitman was not the first to write about New York. But he was the first of many to let New York write him. By age 43, Whitman had composed most of his best poetry, published three editions of Leaves of Grass, and left New York only twice. How did the second son of an unsuccessful farmer, a grammar school dropout and hack writer become America’s greatest poet? This course offers a response to this perennial mystery of literary scholarship by proposing that “Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son” was indeed a product of his environment. Coming of age as a writer at the same time the city was emerging as a great metropolis, he received his education and inspiration from New York itself. Course time is equally divided between discussions of Whitman’s antebellum poetry, journalism, and prose (including the newly recovered Life and Adventures of Jack Engle) in their cultural and geographical contexts, and on-site explorations that retread Whitman’s footsteps through Brooklyn and his beloved Mannahatta. Experiential learning is further encouraged through assignments based in archives, museums, and at historic sites throughout the city.

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen Karbiener
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

ISLAM&CHRISITIANITY IN SPAIN

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102 or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the Directory of Classes for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• MTWR 2 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Reyes Llopis-Garcia
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT

INTRODUCTION CATALAN CULTURES

Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102 or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score. An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the Directory of Classes for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• MTWR 2 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Elsa Ubeda
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY

Introduction to and analysis of major myths in classical literature. Topics include the changing attitudes and applications of myth from Greek epic to tragedy, as well as modern approaches to myth. Readings include Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. All readings in English.

• MTWR 6:15 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Catherine J Lambert
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• 3 points

RACE, SPACE AND URBAN SCHOOLS

Many people don’t think of themselves as having attended segregated schools.  And yet, most of us went to schools attended primarily by people who look very much like ourselves.  In fact, schools have become more segregated over the past 30 years, even as the country becomes increasingly racially diverse.  In this class, we will use public schools in New York as an example to examine the role race plays in shaping urban spaces and institutions.

We will begin by unpacking the concept of racialization, or the process by which a person, place, phenomenon, or characteristic becomes associated with a certain race. Then, we will explore the following questions: What are the relationships between city schools and their local contexts?  What does it mean to be a “neighborhood school”?  How are spaces inside of schools racialized?  We will use ethnographies, narrative nonfiction, and educational research to explore these questions from a variety of perspectives.  You will apply what you have learned to your own experiences and to current debates over urban policies and public schools.

This course will extend your understanding of key anthropological and sociological perspectives on urban inequality in the United States, as well as introduce you to critical theory.

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Chandler Miranda
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

FEMINIST THEORY

Prerequisites: LIMITED TO 20 BY INSTRUC PERM; ATTEND FIRST CLASS This course provides a theoretical itinerary to the emergence of contemporary queer theory and engagement with some contemporary legacies of the movement. The goal is not to be exhaustive nor to establish a correct history of queer theory but to engage students in the task of understanding and creating intellectual genealogies.

• TR 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Povinelli
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

MUSIC IN EAST ASIA

A topical approach to the concepts and practices of music in relation to other arts in the development of Asian civilizations.

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin Fellezs
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Kyle A Decoste
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• 3 points

Modern Titian

In The Stroke of the Brush (1989), David Rosand introduced the authoriality of Titian’s brushwork by discussing it in the light of contemporary painting processes, such as Willem de Kooning’s Abstract Expressionism. In the exhibition Titian: Love, Desire, Death, currently at the National Gallery, London, Matthias Wivel presents the Renaissance Venetian artist as the “father of modern painting”. To what extent can a Renaissance painter be modern? How can we conceptualize that modernity? Examining Titian’s life and work in sixteenth century Venice in the light of sources, literature and technical data, the seminar will reconsider the paradigm of the modernity of the Renaissance master. Investigating what defined painting as ‘modern’ in Titian’s own period, as well as its reception in modern time, the seminar will also discuss how the theorization of contemporary societal issues could allow us to think differently about Titian’s work. The course will be run as a seminar, with meetings devoted to discussions. Students will be responsible for the summary and introduction of the weekly readings for discussion. Each student will also be asked to carry out a research project, culminating in a class presentation and a final paper (10/ 15 double-spaced typed pages + illustrations).

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Diane Bodart
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

MUSICS OF INDIA & WEST ASIA

This course is a topical (not comprehensive) survey of some of the musical traditions of South and West Asia, and of their diasporas. Each tradition will be described locally, connecting it to critical themes that the course aims to explore. The purpose of the course is to introduce you to a range of indigenous and diasporic “Asian” musical styles, ideas, traditions, and artists through an interdisciplinary approach to the study of music as culture. No previous background in music is required.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Alessandra M Ciucci
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1492-1852

The class aims to provide a broad acquaintance with classic works of American literature from the period 1492-1852. The emphasis will be on literature produced before the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Most people grow up thinking of this date as the starting point of US history: “a new birth of freedom,” as Abraham Lincoln called it. And it was, in a way. But we will be trying to understand it differently: as an end-point of the chaotic, multinational, multicultural world that was North America before the USA existed. Most of the texts composed during the first three centuries of American literature were written by authors who assumed that North America was destined forever to remain an outpost of the British, French, and Spanish empires. Before 1776, the Americans who most often dreamed of “declaring independence” were not white men in wigs, but rather enslaved people of African descent or members of Indigenous nations fighting to retain their sovereignty against the European empires. From these peoples’ perspective, the Revolutionary War did not bring an end to the “colonial period” of American history, as white Americans began telling themselves in the 1780s and 90s. According to early US nationalists like James Fenimore Cooper, America had already achieved freedom in a legal and political sense by the year 1800; now it just had to bring its culture up to speed. In reality, however, the ink on the Constitution had hardly dried before the USA became an empire in its own right. Freedom remained an unresolved problem that creators of American literature had to work through. That ongoing process, which began in the fifteenth century and continues today, is mainly what we will be studying.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ryan Carr
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• 3 points

URBAN SPACE & CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

This course explores how civil war, revolution, militarization, mass violence, refugee crises, and terrorism impact urban spaces, and how city dwellers engage in urban resilience, negotiate and attempt to reclaim their right to the city. Through case studies of Beirut (1975-present), Baghdad (2003-present), Cairo (2011-present), Diyarbakir (1914-present), Aleppo (1914-present), and Jerusalem (1914-present), this course traces how urban life adjusted to destruction (and post-conflict reconstruction), violence, and anarchy; how neighborhoods were reshaped; and how local ethnic, religious, and political dynamics played out in these cities and metropolises. Relying on multi-disciplinary and post-disciplinary scholarship, and employing a wealth of audiovisual material, literary works, and interviews conducted by the instructor, the course scrutinizes how conflicts have impacted urban life in the Middle East, and how civilians react to, confront, and resist militarization in urban spaces.

• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Khatchig Mouradian
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• 3 points

EAST/WEST FRAMETALE NARRATIVES

A study of frame tale collections from India, Persia, the Middle East, and Western Europe from the 5th century C.E. through the 17th century. We will trace the development of short story/novella from their oral traditions and written reworkings, studying such texts as 1001 Nights, Kalila wa-Dimnah, Scholar’s Guide, and the works of Boccaccio, Marguerite de Navarre, Cervantes, and María de Zayas. This is a Global Core course. Application Instructions: E-mail Professor Patricia E. Grieve (peg1@columbia.edu), with the subject heading Application: E/W Frametale Narratives. In your message, include basic information: your name, school, major, year of study, and relevant courses taken, along with a brief statement about why you are interested in taking the course. Applicants will be notified of decisions within a week.

• TR 12:10 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Patricia E Grieve
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 4 points

Art Itineraries: Italian through Art

ITALIAN THROUGH ART

Prerequisites: (ITAL UN2102) or (ITAL UN2121) Students must have completed Intermediate level Italian language proficiency. The course, designed for students who have mastered the grammatical structure of the language, will give the students the opportunity to improve their language skills and discover Italian art from Middle Ages to the second half of twentieth century. The works of the artists will be studied and discussed with the intent of developing knowledge of the main features of artistic and cultural movements and of the appropriate vocabulary and terminology to describe and talk about them. A particular emphasis will be put to oral and written productions: various kinds of texts and genres will be practiced (description, narration, critical analysis). Students will learn how to describe and interpret a work of art, examine the main characteristics and the techniques used by the artists and will be able to look for themes recurring in the artistic productions. The artists covered during the course will be introduced along the lines of their unique artistic, historical and socio-cultural relevance through different sources: images, scholarly essays, literature, video and music. Two visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and to CIMA (Center for Modern Italian Art) will be organized. In Italian.

• MTWR 1 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Alessandra Saggin
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY CINEMA & MEDIA CUL

JAPANESE CONTMP CINEMA &

The course will closely examine 1) the various traits of postmodern Japanese cinemas in the 1980s and the 1990s after the phase of global cinematic modernism, 2) contemporary media phenomena such as media convergence and the media ecologies of anime, 3) media activism after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, and beyond. We will proceed through careful analysis of films, anime, and digital media, while also addressing larger questions of historiography in general.

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Takuya Tsunoda
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• 4 points

CIRCULATION OF OBJECTS: MAT CULT-LAT AM

The course focuses on material culture in contemporary Latin America through literature, essays, visual text, films, and new cultural experiences. Materiality is the media but also is part of the symbolic choice of artists and cultural agents...... The course will be conducted in Spanish and all written assignments will also be in that language.

• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Graciela Montaldo
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• 3 points

HISPANIC CULTURES I (SP)

Prerequisites: L course: enrollment limited to 15 students. Completion of language requirement, third-year language sequence (W3300). Provides students with an overview of the cultural history of the Hispanic world, from eighth-century Islamic and Christian Spain and the pre-Hispanic Americas through the late Middle Ages and Early Modern period until about 1700, covering texts and cultural artifacts from both Spain and the Americas.

• MTWR 4 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel S Saenz
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• 3 points

EXISTENTIALISM

A survey of major themes of Existentialist philosophy in Europe from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century, this class will focus on Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Sartre and their influences on philosophical conceptions of the human being and the form of its freedom, and the consequences of anxiety, nihilism, and despair in the face of death.

• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Taylor Carman
  CULPA: 40 Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info
• 3 points

HISPANIC CULTURES II (SP)

This course surveys cultural production of Spain and Spanish America from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Students will acquire the knowledge needed for the study of the cultural manifestations of the Hispanic world in the context of modernity. Among the issues and events studied will be the Enlightenment as ideology and practice, the Napoleonic invasion of Spain, the wars of Spanish American independence, the fin-de-siecle and the cultural avant-gardes, the wars and revolutions of the twentieth century (Spanish Civil War, the Mexican and Cuban revolutions), neoliberalism, globalization, and the Hispanic presence in the United States. The goal of the course is to study some key moments of this trajectory through the analysis of representative texts, documents, and works of art. Class discussions will seek to situate the works studied within the political and cultural currents and debates of the time. All primary materials, class discussion, and assignments are in Spanish. This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies.

• MTWR 9 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
• Instructor: Graciela Montaldo
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• 3 points

THE MEDIEVAL VERSION

The history of literature is in many ways a history of rewriting. Just as medieval writers sought inspiration in antiquity, so have writers since the Middle Ages recycled its stories and aesthetics for their own cultural moment. This course thus asks questions such as: what distinguishes “the medieval version” from antique precedents, and what can we learn about medieval culture from the juxtaposition of source and adaptation? In turn, what imaginative possibilities did the medieval world hold for later writers? Readings will range from Ovid to Chaucer, from Malory to Kazuo Ishiguro. We will focus on narratives in prose and verse. This course has a robust reading list, and since we are meeting in a compressed form, you should plan on reading approximately two hours per day to keep up with the assignments.

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Hannah Weaver
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN MUSIC & SOCIETY

This course seeks to approach the study of music and society by comparatively studying repertories from different parts of the world, how the history of ideas and methods of studying such repertoires shaped them, the practices that constitute them and the ways they are understood and used by different peoples. Central to this course is the interrelationship between the constitution of a repertoire and the history of the construction of knowledge about it.

• MTWR 1 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

JAPANESE POP CULTURE II

This Japanese language course examines various aspects of Japanese pop culture including, but not limited to anime, pop idols, music, and otaku. This is a Third Year Japanese Level course and will be conducted entirely in Japanese.

• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Naofumi Tatsumi
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 2.5 points

THIRD-YEAR GRAMMAR & COMP

Prerequisites: FREN UN3405 must be taken before FREN UN3333/4 unless the student has an AP score of 5 or the director of undergraduate studies permission. The goal of FREN UN3405 is to help students improve their grammar and perfect their writing and reading skills, especially as a preparation for taking literature or civilization courses, or spending a semester in a francophone country. Through the study of two full-length works of literature and a number of short texts representative of different genres, periods, and styles, they will become more aware of stylistic nuances, and will be introduced to the vocabulary and methods of literary analysis. Working on the advanced grammar points covered in this course will further strengthen their mastery of French syntax. They will also be practicing writing through a variety of exercises, including pastiches and creative pieces, as well as typically French forms of academic writing such as “résumé,” “explication de texte,” and “dissertation.

• MWR 9 a.m.-11:05 a.m.
• Instructor: Sophia Mo
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• 3 points

ARCH OF NYC LEISURE INDUSTRY

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Irina T Oryshkevich
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO SYMBOLIC LOGIC

Advanced introduction to classical sentential and predicate logic. No previous acquaintance with logic is required; nonetheless a willingness to master technicalities and to work at a certain level of abstraction is desirable.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Achille Varzi
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING I

Introduction to the fundamentals of silkscreen techniques. Students gain familiarity with the technical processes of silkscreen and are encouraged to use the processes to develop their visual language. Students are involved in a great deal of drawing for assigned projects. Portfolio required at end.

• MW 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Tomas Vu Daniel
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Cara M Lynch
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• 3 points

INTRO TO ECONOMETRICS

Prerequisites: STAT UN1201 Intro to Stats w/Calculus, MATH UN1201 Calculus III, and either intermediate micro or macro (UN3211 or UN3213). Equivalent to ECON UN3412. Modern econometric methods, the general linear statistical model and its extensions, simultaneous equations and the identification problem, time series problems, forecasting methods, extensive practice with the analysis of different types of data.

• MW 11 a.m.-12:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Seyhan Erden
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO ECONOMETRICS-DIS

Required discussion section for ECON UN3412: Intro to Econometrics

• 0 points

INTRO-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES I

Prerequisites: FREN UN3405 Advanced Grammar and Composition or an AP score of 5 or the director of undergraduate studies' permission. Examines conceptions of culture and civilization in France from the Enlightenment to the Exposition Coloniale of 1931, with an emphasis on the historical development and ideological foundations of French colonialism. Authors and texts include: the Encyclopédie; the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen; the Code noir; Diderot; Chateaubriand; Tocqueville; Claire de Duras; Renan; Gobineau; Gauguin; Drumont.

• TRF 10 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Tommaso Manfredini
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• 3 points

PRINTMAKING II: INTAGLIO

Prerequisites: VIAR UN2420 (Formerly R3402) Continues instruction and demonstration of further techniques in intaglio. Encourages students to think visually more in the character of the medium, and personal development is stressed. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• MW 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Emma F Hammond-Thomas
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• 3 points

JACKSON POLLOCK & THE NY SCHOOL

Coming on the heels of the MoMA's blockbuster exhibit, this seminar will trace the rise and fall of Abstract Expressionism, from its pre-World War II precipitates in Europe (Surrealism) and in America (Regionalism), to the crucial moment when, as scholar Serge Guilbaut has argued, New York 'stole' the idea of modern art, and finally, through the decade when Pop Art rendered Abstract Expressionism obsolete. Although special emphasis will be given to Jackson Pollock, whose persona and work reside at the literal and figurative center of the movement, we will also look closely at works by Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Willem DeKooning, Lee Krasner, Louise Bourgeois, Helen Frankenthaler, Eva Hesse, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Cy Twombly. Class lectures and presentations will be supplemented with trips to New York's world-renowned museums.

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kent M Minturn
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

US PRESIDENCY WASHINGTON TO TRUMP

This lecture examines how the American presidency evolved into the most important job on earth. It examines how major events in US and world history shaped the presidency. How changes in technology and media augmented the power of the president and how the individuals who served in the office left their marks on the presidency. Each class will make connections between past presidents and the current events involving today's Commander-in-Chief. Some topics to be discussed: Presidency in the Age of Jackson; Teddy Roosevelt and Presidential Image Making; Presidency in the Roaring ‘20s; FDR and the New Deal; Kennedy and the Television Age; The Great Society and the Rise of the New Right; 1968: Apocalyptic Election; The Strange Career of Richard Nixon; Reagan's Post Modern Presidency; From Monica to The War on Terror.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: David Eisenbach
  CULPA: 24 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

NYC AND THE HISTORY OF MUSEUM

This course will introduce students to the history of museums and display practices through New York collections. The birth of the museum as a constitutive element of modernity coincides with the establishment of European nation states. Throughout the course of the nineteenth century, museums were founded in major European and American cities to classify objects, natural and manmade, from plants and fossils to sculpture and clothing. This course presents the alternate art history that can be charted through an examination of the foundation and development of museums from cabinets of curiosity to the collection-less new museums currently being built in the Middle East and beyond. We will consider broad thematic issues such as nationalism, colonialism, canon formation, the overlapping methods of anthropology and art history, and the notion of 'framing' from the architectural superstructure to exhibition design. We will visit a wide variety of museums from the American Museum of Natural History to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum as in-depth case studies of more general concepts. Students will have the opportunity to meet museum educators, conservators and curators through on site teaching in a variety of institutions.

• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Risham Majeed
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

GLOBAL HIST OF THE US MILITARY

America's wars in context, from King Philip's War in 1675 to present conflicts in Afghanistan and the Middle East. This course charts the expansion of U.S. military power from a band of colonists to a globe-girdling colossus with over two million personnel, some 800 bases around the world, and an annual budget of approximately $686 billion - about 57 percent of federal discretionary spending, and more than the next 14 nations combined. It introduces students to the history of American military power; the economic, political, and technological rise of the military-industrial complex and national security state; the role of the armed services in international humanitarian work; and the changing role of the military in domestic and international politics. A three-point semester-long course compressed into six weeks. Syllabus is located here: http://www.bobneer.com/empireofliberty/.

• TR 2 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert M Jr Neer
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• 3 points

THE NOVEL OF SLAVERY

In this course, we’ll be studying a subgenre of U.S. literature known as “the novel of slavery,” and we’ll be reading fictions by literary artists who attempted, in their various and distinctive ways, to come to terms with the atrocity of human bondage. In the first half of the course, we’ll read authors who wrote in the period before the legal abolition of slavery in the U.S., and whose works made direct contributions to the abolitionist cause. In the second half of the course, we’ll read authors who wrote in the years after the Civil Rights Movement, and whose works treated slavery as a historical phenomenon. But regardless of whether we’re discussing literature from the nineteenth century or the twentieth in our meetings, we’ll always be studying novels that condemn slavery as a legal, moral, and social institution; and that explore the wounds that slavery left upon individual and collective psyches; and that ask whether and how slavery’s tremendous wrongs could ever be redressed.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Austin Graham
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

INDEP BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: Concurrent with registering for this course, a student must register with the department and provide a written invitation from a mentor; details of this procedure are available at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/w3500/index.htm. Students must register for recitations UN3510 or consult the instructor. Corequisites: BIOL UN3510 The course involves independent study, faculty-supervised laboratory projects in contemporary biology. Concurrent with registering for this course, a student must register with the department, provide a written invitation from a mentor and submit a research proposal; details of this procedure are available at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/w3500/index.htm. A paper summarizing results of the work is required by the last day of finals for a letter grade; no late papers will be accepted. See the course web site (above) for more details. Students can take anywhere from 2-4 points for this course.

• Instructor: Ron M Prywes
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 2-4 points

SUPERVISED READINGS IN PHYSICS

Prerequisites: the written permission of the faculty member who agrees to act as supervisor, and the director of undergraduate studies permission. Readings in a selected field of physics under the supervision of a faculty member. Written reports and periodic conferences with the instructor.

• Instructor: Jeremy R Dodd
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

BIOCHEM I-STRUCT/METABOLSM-REC

How does life work on a molecular level? Why do we succumb to disease, and how can we create new cures? This course will explore the biochemistry of life and how this knowledge can be harnessed to create new medicines. You will learn how cells convert environmental resources into energy through metabolism, how cellular molecules function, and how to use this biochemical knowledge for drug discovery related to neurodegeneration, cancer, and the current SARS-CoV-2 COVID19 pandemic. At the conclusion of the course, you will be able to diagram the major metabolic pathways and compare how these pathways are dysregulated in normal tissues in and disease states, and to design your own drug discovery program to create therapeutic for diseases such as COVID-19. In addition, you will know what techniques are used to uncover biochemical knowledge and how to design and interpret relevant experiments. You will be capable of collaborating with other people in the analysis and interpretation of biochemical data, and be able to communicate, defend and refute interpretations of data. You will learn how to create an original research proposal in the form of a research grant application. Having completed one year of college-level biology and one year of organic chemistry will be helpful to maximally benefit from this course. This course satisfies the requirement of most medical schools for introductory biochemistry, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, and beginning graduate students; this replaces the previous UN3501 course.

• M 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• T 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• W 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• T 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Brent R Stockwell
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia h-index: 79 Info
• 0 points

HIST OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

The social, cultural, economic, political, and demographic development of America's metropolis from colonial days to present. Slides and walking tours supplement the readings.

• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephen J Sullivan
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Philosophical problems within science and about the nature of scientific knowledge in the 17th-20th centuries. Sample problems: causation and scientific explanation; induction and real kinds; verification and falsification; models, analogies and simulations; the historical origins of the modern sciences; scientific revolutions; reductionism and supervenience; differences between physics, biology and the social sciences; the nature of life; cultural evolution; human nature; philosophical issues in cosmology.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jenann Ismael
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SHAKESPEARE

This course covers a selection of plays by William Shakespeare. It will combine careful attention to the plays’ poetic richness with a focus on their theatrical inventiveness, using filmed productions of many of the plays to explore their staging possibilities. At the same time, we will place Shakespeare’s dramatic work in the historical and cultural contexts in which it was written; we will use the plays as thematic springboards for exploring the questions of politics, class, gender, and race that shaped the moment in which Shakespeare lived.

• MW 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Lauren E Robertson
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

Seeing Like the Sea

This course will explore the environmental, social and political histories of the seas, with a particular focus on the modern Mediterranean. The invitation in the title – to see like the sea – is one in which you are asked to imagine how to view the world from the perspective of the seas along with the peoples, goods and ideas that crossed them.

• MW 6:15 p.m.-9:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Marwa Elshakry
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL: GENRE AND

In the late seventeenth century, a new genre appears across Europe: the novel.  It told the stories – not of the princes and princesses – but of ordinary people on extraordinary voyages, from villages to the Metropolis, from England to Africa and the Americas. In their travels, they encountered not the dragons or giants of romance, but the people and things that made up everyday life in the eighteenth century – country houses and whorehouses, aristocrats and the merchants, pirates and slaves, and a vast array of enticing goods (shoes and coats, silks and ribbons, coffee and opium) produced in early capitalism. Why does the novel appear?  What role does it play, in personal psychology as well as society?  Can we account for its increasing popularity as well as its transformations across the eighteenth century?  To puzzle these questions, we will place the development of the novel within the history of art, philosophy and science, as well as psychology and literary theory.  Writers include Mme. de La Fayette, Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Eliza Heywood, Henry Fielding, John Cleland, William Godwin, and Jane Austen. Critical readings include selections from Benjamin, Adorno,
Foucault, Elias, Moretti, and others.  Note: we will read primarily novellas (short novels) or selections from longer novels in this course.

• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

HIST OF LATINOS/AS IN THE U.S.

Even before the U.S. existed as a republic, people from 'Hispanic' and Indo-America have been incorporated into the culture, history, life, and occupational fabric of the United States. Yet, forces, figures, and factions in larger society frequently perceived Latin American heritage people as members of an 'alien' culture. Through histories of coercion, migration, labor recruitment, family networks, religious conversion, wars of occupation, economic need, political exile, education inequities, electoral participation, and unimaginative representations in film, fiction, and broader popular culture, millions of people from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Ecuador, and the rest of Latin America have somehow become American, while still remaining outside the national community. This 3-point undergraduate lecture course will examine the process of departure and arrival-the historical forces pushing and pulling people from Latin America to the United States. We will also examine how 'Spanish,' 'Latins,' 'Hispanics,' and 'Latinos' adjust, integrate, assimilate, resist, and adapt to the many forces that affect their lives in the U.S. over the last century and a half, creating new ethnic, racial and local identities in the process. By studying the experience of Latinos/as and Latin American immigrants with an eye toward patterns of second-class citizenship, identity formation, ethnic culture, community maturation, labor struggles, and social mobility, we will map out the heterogeneous mosaic of Latin American and Caribbean diasporas in the U.S. Due in large part to ongoing immigration from Mexico, the Mexican-origin population has grown appreciably from approximately 100,000 at the turn of the twentieth century to thirty-five million today (10% of the overall U.S. population and about 65% of the collective Latino community). We shall therefore pay special attention to what ethnic Mexicans, their offspring, and other Americans have had to say about the Mexican American experience and its effects on Latino/a social life as well as the nation's economy, society, and culture. Naturally, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Hispanic Caribbean, and Central/South American communities in the United States will be examined as well. The study of Latino history is a young discipline, with many gaps and grey areas. It also exists in a complex and tense dialogue (often a monologue) within broader U.S. history. During the last two decades as th

• MW 12:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Darius V Echeverria
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points