British Women Writers: the Woman Questio

This course will examine British women writers including Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf in the context of the (long-) nineteenth-century "Woman Question". Our inquiry will engage the controversy over a woman’s status in terms of the social and political debates of early feminism as well as the enigma of “woman’s nature” in light of the rise of psychology and psychoanalysis in the period. We will consider how women writers negotiate these current social and psychological discourses in the stories they tell about themselves and others: how do they portray a woman’s life, especially as it manifests the tension George Eliot articulates between “inward impulse and outward fact”? We will pay attention to representations of gender, subjectivity, interiority, desire, domestic affections, friendship, education, economic and professional experience, faith, and creativity as reflecting the struggle, rising influence, and emergent identity of woman. In addition to novels, poetry, and drama, we will read excerpts of critical essays from among our primary authors and other prominent thinkers of the period, such as Wollstonecraft, Martineau, Taylor Mill, and Freud, who, by the early twentieth century, still famously puzzles: “What does a woman want?”

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Aileen G Forbes
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

The Novel and Economic Justice

Global capitalism inspired novelists to explore the ways in which money, or the lack of it, forms or deforms our characters.    It also inspired the writings of Karl Marx, the great theorist of economic justice.  In this seminar we will read three early novels – Behn’s 
Orinooko
, Godwin’s  
Caleb Williams
, Austen’s 
Persuasion
 alongside Marxist theory, and then examine a cluster of twentieth century global novels in English.   We will pay special attention to Marxist notions of materialism; alienation and human flourishing; capital and labor; classes; and ideology.  Special emphasis will also be given to the Marxist approach in the study of culture, the role of intellectuals (such as ourselves) and the relationship between capitalism and culture – through theorists like Gramsci, the Frankfurt School, and Raymond Williams.     

The course tracks how key Marxist concepts such as capital and class consciousness, reification, commodification, totality, and alienation have been developed across these traditions and considers how these concepts have been used to rethink literary and mass cultural forms and their ongoing transformation in a changing world system. Writers discussed may include Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Georg Lukács, Mikhail Bakhtin, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin, C.L.R. James, Frantz Fanon, Amílcar Cabral, Edward Said, Antonio Gramsci, Raymond Williams, Giovanni Arrighi, Pascale Casanova, David Harvey, and Melinda Cooper.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Faculty supervised independent study for undergraduate Film & Media Studies majors.  Must have faculty approval prior to registration.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Robert King
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 1-3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Faculty supervised independent study for undergraduate Film & Media Studies majors.  Must have faculty approval prior to registration.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Robert King
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 1-3 points

Blackness in French: From Harlem to Pari

FREN3822OC Blackness in French: From Harlem to Paris and Beyond. 3 points.

Instructor: 
Kaiama L. Glover and Maboula Soumahoro

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Taught in English.

This course is approved as a Global Core at Columbia.

What are the historical linkages between ‘Black’ France and the United States? Between African-Americans and ‘Black’ French women and men? How is this relationship different from and contingent on the relationship between the French and their post(-)colonial ‘Others?’ Taking an internationalist (specifically transatlantic) approach and considering the 20th and 21st centuries, this course explores literature, art, culture, history, and politics emerging from or grappling with ‘Black’ France. The course features guest lectures by Black French intellectuals and cultural actors, guided museum visits and walking tours, and educational dining opportunities with owners of Black French African and Afro-Caribbean restaurants, so to offer students the opportunity to encounter ‘Black’ France in a variety of contexts, and to bring them into conversations about the fact and fantasy of ‘race’ in the complex, long-historical relationship between the United States and the French Republic. "'Blackness' in French is part of a wider 'Black France Consortium cohort that will engage over the course of the five-week session in a broad range of co-curricular activities and programming.

To enroll in this course through the 
Columbia Summer in Paris
 program, you must apply to the 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: Global Programs
• 3 points

FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SYSTS

Fundamentals of computer organization and digital logic. Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, basic gates and components, flipflops and latches, counters and state machines, basics of combinational and sequential digital design. Assembly language, instruction sets, ALU’s, single-cycle and multi-cycle processor design, introduction to pipelined processors, caches, and virtual memory.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy K Paine
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

PRODUCING THE LOW BUDGET FILM

This practical lab focuses on the fundamental aspects of development, planning and preparation for low budget films. While using a short film script as their own case study – students will learn pitching, development, script breakdown, scheduling, budgeting and fundraising. Discussion of legal issues, location scouting, deliverables, marketing, distribution and film festival strategy will allow students to move forward with their own projects after completing the class. Using weekly assignments, in-class presentations and textbook readings to reinforce each class discussion topic, students will complete the class having created a final prep/production binder for their project, which includes the script breakdown, production schedule, line item budget, financing/fundraising plan and film festival strategy for their chosen script.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Joshua R Troxler
  Info
• 3 points

The Politics of Ethnicity and Religion i

Ethnicity & Religion in C

In this seminar we will examine the politics of ethnicity religion in China from the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) through the present. Our readings and discussions will touch on important themes in world history including empire and colonialism, borderlands and state-building, nationalism and representation, law and constitutional politics, and religion and ritual; as well as major topics in China studies including the legacy of the Qing dynasty, the history of the Chinese state in Inner and Southeast Asia, and the religious and ethnic policies of the Chinese Communist Party. This is not a survey of minority cultures and communities. Rather, it is a critical exploration of the maintenance and management of cultural difference within a society that is often construed as homogenous.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron N Glasserman
  Info
• 3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

If a student wishes to pursue a research project or a course of study not offered by the department, he or she may apply for an Independent Study. Application: 1. cover sheet with signatures of the professor who will serve as the project sponsor and departmental administrator or director of undergraduate studies; 2. project description in 750 words, including any preliminary work in the field, such as a lecture course(s) or seminar(s); 3. bibliography of primary and secondary works to be read or consulted. Please visit the English and Comparative Literature Department website at http://english.columbia.edu/undergraduate/forms for the cover sheet form or see the administrator in 602 Philosophy Hall for the cover sheet form and to answer any other questions you may have.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• Instructor: Molly Murray
  CULPA: 26 Info
• Instructor: Austin Graham
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Denise Cruz
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 6 Info
• 1-4 points

Research Training

Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• Instructor: Gerard A Ateshian
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• Instructor: Tal Danino
  Wikipedia h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: X. Edward Guo
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 70 Info
• Instructor: Henry Hess
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 45 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Hillman
  Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info
• Instructor: Clark T Hung
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info
• Instructor: Joshua Jacobs
  Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Christoph Juchem
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 23 Info
• Instructor: Lance Kam
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 38 Info
• Instructor: Elisa Konofagou
  Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info
• Instructor: Andrew Laine
  Wikipedia h-index: 43 Info
• Instructor: Kam W Leong
  h-index: 126 Info
• Instructor: Helen Lu
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 54 Info
• Instructor: Barclay Morrison
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 42 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Olson
  h-index: 28 Info
• Instructor: Paul Sajda
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 47 Info
• Instructor: Kenneth Shepard
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• Instructor: Shunichi Homma
  h-index: 88 Info
• Instructor: Samuel Sia
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 39 Info
• Instructor: Milan N Stojanovic
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• Instructor: Stavros Thomopoulos
  h-index: 63 Info
• Instructor: John T Vaughan
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• Instructor: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
  Wikipedia h-index: 132 Info
• Instructor: Qi Wang
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Nandan L Nerurkar
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• Instructor: Stephen H Tsang
  Wikipedia h-index: 58 Info
• Instructor: Elham Azizi
  h-index: 10 Info
• Instructor: Jose McFaline-Figueroa
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• Instructor: Treena L Arinzeh
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• Instructor: Sanja Vickovic
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• Instructor: Santiago Correa
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• Instructor: Kaveri A Thakoor
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• Instructor: Yvon Woappi
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• Instructor: Yasmine El-Shamayleh
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• 0 points

Research Training

Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• Instructor: Xuan Di
  h-index: 15 Info
• 0 points

Research Training

Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• Instructor: Vivian F McNeill
  Info
• 0 points

Research Training

Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• Instructor: Dan Steingart
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 36 Info
• 0 points

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT

Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation of some problem in chemical engineering or applied chemistry or carry out a special project under the supervision of the staff. Credit for the course is contingent upon the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report. No more than 6 points in this course may be counted toward the satisfaction of the B.S. degree requirements.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• Instructor: Vivian F McNeill
  Info
• 0-6 points

Supervised Individual Research

Supervised individual research in Cognitive Science.  1-4 points.  May be repeated for credit.

• Department: Cognitive Science
• Instructor: Mariusz Kozak
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 5 Info
• 1-4 points

Supervised Individual Research

Supervised individual research in Cognitive Science.  1-4 points.  May be repeated for credit.

• Department: Cognitive Science
• Instructor: Mariusz Kozak
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 5 Info
• 1-4 points

UNDERGRAD RES-ENVIRONMTL ENGIN

This course may be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 points of this course may be counted towards the satisfaction of the B. S. degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation in Earth and Environmental Engineering, or carry out a special project under the supervision of EAEE faculty. Credit for the course is contingent on the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report. This course cannot substitute for the Undergraduate design project (EAEE E3999x or EAEE E3999y)

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• Instructor: Athanasios Bourtsalas
  Info
• Instructor: Kartik Chandran
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 51 Info
• Instructor: Robert Farrauto
  h-index: 52 Info
• Instructor: Raymond Farinato
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Vasilis Fthenakis
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 55 Info
• Instructor: Pierre Gentine
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 43 Info
• Instructor: Shaina Kelly
  Info
• Instructor: Upmanu Lall
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 68 Info
• Instructor: Vijay Modi
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Nagaraj Devarayasamudram
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• Instructor: Ah-Hyung Alissa Park
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• Instructor: Ponisseril Somasundaran
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 82 Info
• Instructor: Dan Steingart
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 36 Info
• Instructor: Nickolas Themelis
  h-index: 44 Info
• Instructor: Alan West
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 48 Info
• Instructor: Bolun Xu
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Yin Yip Ngai
  h-index: 26 Info
• 0-3 points

Undergraduate Research

App Physics and App Math

Research experience for undergraduate students interested in gaining hands-on practical experience in research. Students work with full-time faculty in their department on a research topic in their discipline.

• Department: Engineering
• Instructor: Emily-Anne McCormack
  Info
• 0 points

Undergraduate Research

Indst Eng and Ops Research

Research experience for undergraduate students interested in gaining hands-on practical experience in research. Students work with full-time faculty in their department on a research topic in their discipline.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Undergraduate Research

Mechanical Engineering

Research experience for undergraduate students interested in gaining hands-on practical experience in research. Students work with full-time faculty in their department on a research topic in their discipline.

• Department: Engineering
• Instructor: Emily-Anne McCormack
  Info
• 0 points

UNDERGRAD RESEARCH OR PROJECT

Independent work involving experiments, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Shipra Agrawal
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Eric Balkanski
  h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Daniel Bienstock
  h-index: 38 Info
• Instructor: Agostino Capponi
  h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Rachel Cummings
  h-index: 16 Info
• Instructor: Emanuel Derman
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Antonius B Dieker
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Christopher J Dolan
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Adam N Elmachtoub
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Yuri Faenza
  h-index: 11 Info
• Instructor: Donald Goldfarb
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 55 Info
• Instructor: Vineet Goyal
  h-index: 21 Info
• Instructor: Ali Hirsa
  h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: Garud Iyengar
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Hardeep Johar
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• Instructor: Cedric Josz
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Soulaymane Kachani
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Christian Kroer
  h-index: 16 Info
• Instructor: Daniel Lacker
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Henry Lam
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Uday Menon
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• Instructor: Jay Sethuraman
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Karl Sigman
  CULPA: 15 Info
• Instructor: Clifford Stein
  CULPA: 31 Wikipedia h-index: 53 Info
• Instructor: Wenpin Tang
  h-index: 6 Info
• Instructor: Van Anh Truong
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Kaizheng Wang
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: David D Yao
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Yi Zhang
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 1-3 points