Introduction to Behavioral Economics

INTRO TO BEHAVIORAL ECON

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

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey Carpenter
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• 3 points

Provinces of the Roman Empire

Between the mid-third century BCE and mid-second century BCE, Rome rapidly acquired a Mediterranean empire consisting of territories that it divided into administrative units called provinces. Through the examination of documentary and literary sources, and art and archaeology, this seminar traces the formation and growing complexity of Roman provincial administration and life in the provinces during the Republic and imperial period. Topics of study include the responsibilities of the provincial governor and his staff; the creation of provincial landscapes through the destruction of cities and construction of long-distance roads; the emergence of new provincial identities; revolts against Rome; and provincial expressions of loyalty to the emperor.

• Department: History
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sailakshmi Ramgopal
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

BIG DATA WITH PYTHON

Big Data is changing how we interact with and understand the environment. Yet analyzing Big Data requires new tools and methods. Students will learn to use Python programming to analyze and visualize large environmental and earths systems data sets in ways that Excel is not equipped to do. This will include both time series and spatial analyses with programming occurring interactively during class and assignments designed to strengthen methods and results. Students will learn to write code in Python, plot, map, sub-select, clean, organize, and perform statistical analyses on large global scale data sets, using the data in analysis, and take any data set no matter how large or complicated.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Brian Mailloux
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

DISCRETE TIME MODELS IN FINANC

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

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

PROJECT LAB-MOLECULAR GENETICS

Multicellular animals contain a diverse array of cell types, yet start from a single cell. How do cells decide what kind of cell to be? In this lab course, we will use the tools of molecular biology and genetics to explore this fascinating question. We will use the nematode
Caenorhabditis elegans
, a powerful model organism used in hundreds of research labs. The course will be divided into three modules:
C. elegans
genetics, molecular cloning, and genetic screening. Laboratory techniques will include PCR, gel electrophoresis, restriction digest, ligation, transformation, RNAi, and
C. elegans
maintenance. Students will pursue original projects; emphasis will be placed on scientific thinking and scientific communication. SPS 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). Prerequisites: UN2005/UN2401 and UN2006/UN2402, or the equivalent at a different institution.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• MW 12:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Michelle Attner
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• 5 points

MATH & THE CITY

Prerequisites: the instructors permission. In partnership with NYC public school teachers, students will have opportunities to engage in mathematical learning, lesson study, curriculum development, and implementation, with a focus on using the City as a resource. Students will explore implications for working with diverse populations. Non-math majors, pre-service elementary students and first-year students welcome. Fieldwork and field trips required. Note: Students in the Childhood Urban Teaching Program may use this course as a pedagogical elective.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Maria S Rivera Maulucci
  h-index: 10 Info
• 4 points

POLITICAL VIOLENCE

When is violence used against noncombatants in conflicts and what is the impact of such violence? This course focuses on violence against civilians by armed organizations, whether states or non-state actors. We will examine a variety of explanations for such violence, including rationalist, psychological/emotion-based, and organizational approaches. We will also discuss the impact of political violence. Does it get the job done, so to speak? Does violence move terrorist groups closer to their goals? Does indiscriminate violence by the state spur rebellion or suppress insurgencies? Does insurgent violence against civilians make them more or less effective? While we emphasize violence intentionally causing harm to civilians we will also consider collateral damage.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Marjorie Castle
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• 3 points

ARTS AND HUMANITIES IN THE CITY:CRITICAL

ARTS & HUMANITIES IN THE CITY

Using the theme of “Arts and Humanities in the City”, this seminar will build participants’ knowledge of critical literacy, digital storytelling methods, and ways to use New York City as a resource for teaching the Arts (Dance, Theatre, Music, and Visual Arts), Social Studies, and English Language Arts in grades K-12. Critical literacy is an approach to teaching and learning that focuses on developing students’ abilities to read, analyze, understand, question, and critique hidden perspectives and socially-constructed power relations embedded in what it means to be literate in a content area.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Drew Chambers
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• 4 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

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Lars E Dietrich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 5 points

Computer Science in the City: Content &

Using the overarching theme of “Computer Science in the City,” this course will build participants’ knowledge of pedagogical methods for the teaching of computer science while exploring ways to use the City as a resource for teaching and learning. Course participants will have an opportunity to gain an understanding of concepts and practices appropriate for K-12 students as they explore the New York State Learning Standards. 

As we explore the multitude of opportunities for teaching computer science in New York City, we will also take into consideration the diversity of the students that course participants teach or are preparing to teach. We will examine the social and political contexts that learning and teaching happen in, and consider the implications of these contexts for different groups of students. As participants develop an understanding of what it means to be literate in computer science, they will explore ways to make computer science education more meaningful and accessible to all students by infusing it with students’ daily and cultural experiences. We will explore notions of social justice and the implications for teaching computer science for social justice by addressing barriers to engagement, persistence, and achievement in mathematics.

Working in teams to plan for Computer Science Enrichment lessons, participants will explore ways to teach computer science using a constructivist approach while being responsive to the demands of the NYS Next Generation Standards, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), growth mindsets, critiques of growth mindsets, and tenets of justice and caring. Participants will also have an opportunity to build positive computer science mindsets for themselves and for K-12 students as they engage in experiential learning, plan for Computer Science Enrichment sessions that incorporate ways to visualize and communicate computer science content and skills, and evaluate the efficacy of their planning and teaching in light of their students’ learning outcomes.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Maria S Rivera Maulucci
  h-index: 10 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS II

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Tutorials and conferences on the research for and writing of the senior thesis. This is the 2nd semester of a two-semester course sequence.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• M noon-2 p.m.
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth O Ananat
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: Kurt Semm
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• Instructor: Sharon Harrison
  CULPA: 38 h-index: 13 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 15 students. A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructors choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 Info
• Instructor: Elham Saeidinezhad
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Rajiv Sethi
  CULPA: 24 h-index: 33 Info
• 4 points

STUDENT TEACHING/URBAN SCHOOLS

Prerequisites: completion of EDUC BC2052 or EDUC BC2062 and EDUC BC2055, with grades of B or better. NYCDOE Fingerprinting. Corequisites: EDUC BC3064. Enrollment limited. Supervised student teaching in elementary schools includes creating lesson plans, involving students in active learning, using cooperative methods, developmentally appropriate assessment, and meeting the needs of diverse learners in urban schools. Teaching skills developed through weekly individual and/or group supervision meetings (to be scheduled at the beginning of the semester), conferences, and portfolio design. Requires 100 hours of teaching at two different grade levels, full-time for one semester. Note: Students are only permitted to leave their student teaching placements early twice a week, once for EDUC BC3064 and one other day for one additional course having a start time of 2 pm or later. Students are only permitted to take one additional course while enrolled in EDUC BC3063 and EDUC BC3064.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Drew Chambers
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• 6 points

SECONDARY STU TCHNG URB SCHLS

Prerequisites: Completion of EDUC BC2052 or EDUC BC2062 and EDUC BC2055, with grades of B or better. NYCDOE Fingerprinting required. Corequisites: EDUC BC3064. Enrollment limited. Supervised student teaching in secondary schools includes creating lesson plans, involving students in active learning, using cooperative methods, developmentally appropriate assessment, and meeting the needs of diverse learners in urban schools. Teaching skills developed through weekly individual and/or group supervision meetings (to be scheduled at the beginning of the semester), conferences, and portfolio design. Requires 100 hours of teaching at two different grade levels, full-time for one semester. Note: Students are only permitted to leave their student teaching placements early twice a week, once for EDUC BC3064 and one other day for one additional course having a start time of 2 pm or later. Students are only permitted to take one additional course while enrolled in EDUC BC3064 and EDUC BC3065.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ishrat Ahmed
  Info
• 6 points

SURREALISM

This course examines the aesthetic, psycho-sexual, and socio-political dimensions and implications of Surrealism, an international avant-garde movement that emerged in Paris in the wake of World War I. Focusing on artworks from a number of different genres, we will explore such issues as: the avant-garde reformulation, subversion, and/or destruction of pre-existing artistic conventions and practices; the development of an alternative literary tradition privileging the “humour noir” of such subversive authors as Jonathan Swift and the Marquis de Sade; the celebration of dreams, desire, and the unconscious, as conceived by Sigmund Freud; the rejection of “bourgeois” values such as order, rationality, morality, decency, patriotism, work, and “high culture”; the transformation of lieux communs into artistic dreamscapes; the rhetoric of violence and anarchy; and the politics of gender.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Caroline Weber
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

African American Anthropology

From the early days when the discipline of anthropology was actively constructing notions of race and debating the relationship between race and culture, Black people in the United States have been subjects, objects, authors, and, at times a conundrum of categorization, helping to define and shape social science fields. This course surveys anthropology’s history, methods, debates, big questions, and recurring themes, primarily (though not exclusively) as they relate to Black people in the U.S. It takes into account the specificities of U.S. racial formations and American-style cultural anthropology. What theories and sensibilities emerge within and outside of the disciplinary confine in work by, with, and about Black people in the Americas? This course engages foundational work as well as newer ethnographic writings and other media that push the anthropological horizon. Through reading, listening, watching, discussing, collaborative study, and writing assignments, the course probes key concepts including the social construction of race, the culture concept, “the field,” diaspora, and many others. It also explores more recent turns to decolonizing, activist, and abolitionist anthropologies. Instructor's permission required for enrollment.

• Department: Anthropology
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Lashaya Howie
  Info
• 4 points

RESEARCH SEM ECONOMIC HIST II

Must be supervised by a faculty member approved by te program adviser. This is the 2nd semester of a two-semester course sequence.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Dye
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 4 points

Education, Crisis and Futures

Education is a social project of making futures. It is a field where people imagine selves and worlds to come
while navigating current constraints and past legacies. Even in the face of various crises that disrupt
educational systems globally, education is often understood as a crisis response and charged with the task of
forging alternative futures and driving social and economic progress.
In this course, we will interrogate the politics of crisis and futurity in education. First, we will explore how
notions of crisis are mobilized to define problems and solutions in education research and policy. In this
exploration, we will ask how histories and politics of domination along lines of race, class, gender, and other
social categories are articulated or silenced in discourses of educational crisis. We will attend to how crises
create both danger and opportunity by considering how they serve to justify violent, dispossessive restructuring
and how they lay bare structures of inequality in ways that generate collective action and transformation.
Next, we will Interrogate education’s futural orientations. We will probe familiar progress narratives and explore
what roles education plays in shaping how marginalized communities imagine and enact futures beyond the
status quo, attending to both its affordances and limitations. Throughout the course, we will draw on
speculative fiction and on scholarship in anthropology, Black studies, and comparative education to investigate
the politics of crisis and futurity in diverse educational contexts. We will engage study as speculative practice
through collaborative and independent exercises that invite us to develop praxes for just futures of education.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Amelia S Herbert
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• 4 points

Society and Power in the Hellenistic Age

SOCIETY/POWER HELLENISTIC

This course explore the Hellenistic world (not to be confused with the “Hellenic world”)— the spaces and communities in the Mediterranean, Africa and Western Asia, in the centuries following the destruction of the Achaimenid empire. The themes studied include the formation of large tributary empires, and their strategies for implementing control; local political agency; cultural interaction, within frameworks of imperial power, between Greek and non-Greek; social relations; economic history; and more. This world seems created by a historical accident, but might equally be described as the result of deep structural features (the convergence of polis institutions, the rise of a connected economy, the spread of Greek cultural forms). The interpretation of this extraordinary period has been influenced by a number of factors, some intrinsic to the field (the availability of rich documentary evidence), some extrinsic (the rise and fall of European colonialism); it also has been characterised by paradigm shifts (from decline to vitality to diversities). This course will offer the occasion to test paradigms of “globalization” across many ancient contexts. It will do so by close reading of courses, broader surveys, and constant engagement with historical problems. Its main focus will be on the third and early second centuries BCE (“high Hellenistic period”), with some attention paid to the following century. The historian Polybios (ca. 200 BCE-after 118 BCE) will serve as a guide for both periods, especially his narrative of the year 217 BCE which culminates in the narrative of the battle of Raphia (as well as the arrival of the Roman Republic on the political scene of the Eastern Mediterranean).

The course aims to achieve the following goals. First, to impart familiarity with events in a crucial period of ancient history. Second,  to impart with the physical, historical, and human geographies of the area covered by the “Hellenistic world”— in the longue durée. This means spaces and regions from Spain to Central Asia: ancient Afro-Eurasia.Thirdly, to learn how to read fragmentary or indirect sources, often documentary, and in conjunction with material and visual evidence. Fourthly, to read historical studies by modern scholars, evaluate academic argument (notably in the deployment of evidence but also of theoretical models), and to produce historical argument in exams and paper. Fifthly, to evaluate the history of the Hellenistic age from a

• Department: Classics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

Growing Up Palestinian

This course explores broad questions about how sociopolitical contexts shape the development of children and youth, by focusing on the experiences of young Palestinians growing up across multiple geographies. We will read a variety of texts—primarily those narrated by Palestinians—including, memoir, film, and social science research to address the following questions: How do the various social, cultural, political, and legal contexts in which Palestinians grow up affect the experiences of growing up Palestinian? How (and why) do young people forge a sense of national identity across diverse territories, both within and outside of the borders of their historic homeland? How do socio-political contexts shape young people’s rights, including the right to education? How do children and youth shape their environments?  How does a close examination of the Palestinian case challenge normative ideas about childhood and youth, while also supporting us to articulate universal conditions that would support the well-being of all young humans?

• Department: Education @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Thea R Abu El-Haj
  Info
• 4 points

Society and Power in the Hellenistic Age

Society/Power Hellenistic

Discussion Sections for CLCV UN3069

• Department: Classics
• F 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Jose M Romero Lotero
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• Instructor: Araceli T Rizzo
  Info
• 0 points

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II-LECTURES

Prerequisites: CHEM UN3079 Corequisites: CHEM UN3086 CHEM UN3080 covers the quantum mechanics of atoms and molecules, the quantum statistical mechanics of chemical systems, and the connection of statistical mechanics to thermodynamics. Although CHEM UN3079 and CHEM UN3080 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially. A recitation section is required. Please check the Directory of Classes for details and also speak with the TA for the course.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Xiaoyang Zhu
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 85 Info
• 4 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.

• Department: Physics
• F 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Morgan May
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 2 points

DIGITAL SYSTEMS LABORATORY

Companion lab course for CSEE W3827. Experiments cover such topics as logic gates; flip-flops; shift registers; counters; combinational logic circuits; sequential logic circuits; programmable logic devices. The lab generally meets on alternate weeks.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenneth Shepard
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• 1 points

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS LABORATORY

Companion lab course for ELEN E3331. Experiments cover such topics as macromodeling of nonidealities of opamps using SPICE; Schmitt triggers and astable multivibrations using op-amps and diodes; logic inverters and amplifiers using bipolar junction transistors; logic inverters and ring oscillators using MOSFETs; filter design using opamps. The lab generally meets on alternate weeks.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: David G Vallancourt
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 1 points

ELECTRONICS LABORATORY

Prerequisites: PHYS UN3003 or PHYS UN3007 May be taken before or concurrently with this course. A sequence of experiments in solid-state electronics, with introductory lectures.

• Department: Physics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: John Parsons
  CULPA: 31 Info
• 3 points

Quantum Simulation and Computing Lab

Quantum Simul. & Computin

The “Quantum Simulation and Computing Lab” will give students hands-on experience in quantum optics, quantum simulation and quantum computing. The course combines lectures, tutorials, and two lab sections. In one lab section, students will do experiments with entangled photons. In the second lab section, students will program quantum computers and run algorithms on them using the IBM Qiskit platform.

The course starts with a recap of linear algebra and quantum mechanics, followed by an introduction to quantum optics and quantum information. Two-level systems, Bloch sphere, quantum gates, and elementary quantum algorithms will be discussed. Quantum teleportation and quantum key distribution will be introduced as applications of entanglement. The lecture content will be directly applied in experiments with entangled photons. In the following, state-of-the-art quantum algorithms will be discussed, related to cutting-edge research results in quantum computing. This includes quantum Fourier transform, quantum simulation of the Schroedinger equation, and the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) algorithm. During the course students will do one experimental project with entangled photons and one quantum programming project. Students will be guided to implement a quantum algorithm of their choice and run it on a quantum computer (IBM, IonQ, QuEra).

• Department: Physics
• WF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Sebastian Will
  h-index: 18 Info
• 3 points

PHYSICL-ANALYTCL LABORATORY II

Prerequisites: CHEM UN3085 , CHEM UN3080 is acceptable corequisite for CHEM UN3086. A student-centered experimental course intended for students who are co-registered or have complete CHEM UN3079 and CHEM UN3080. The course emphasizes techniques of experimental physical chemistry and instrumental analysis, including vibrational, electronic, and laser spectroscopy; electroanalytical methods; calorimetry; reaction kinetics; hydrodynamic methods; scanning probe microscopy; applications of computers to reduce experimental data; and computational chemistry. Students must also attend the compulsory Mentoring Session. Please check the Directory of Classes for details.

• Department: Chemistry
• T noon-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Luis A Avila
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 4 points

QUANTUM PHYSICS LABORATORY

Experiments illustrating phenomenological aspects of the early quantum theory: (i) Hydrogenic Spectra: Balmer Series - Bohr-Sommerfeld Model; (ii) Photoelectric Effect: Millikans Determination of h/e; (iii) Franck-Hertz Experiment; and (iv) Electron Diffraction Phenomena. Substantial preparation required, including written and oral presentations, as well as an interest in developing the knack and intuition of an experimental physicist. This course is best taken concurrently with PHYS BC3006 Quantum Physics.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• W 4 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Reshmi Mukherjee
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia h-index: 63 Info
• 3 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.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Dustin Partridge
  Info
• 3 points

ADV ELECTROMAGNETISM LAB

Classical electromagnetic wave phenomena via Maxwells equations, including: (i) Michaelson and Fabry-Perot Interferometry, as well as a thin-film interference and elementary dispersion theory; (ii) Fraunhofer Diffraction (and a bit of Fresnel); (iii) Wireless Telegraphy I: AM Radio Receivers; and (iv) Wireless Telegraphy II: AM Transmitters. Last two labs pay homage to relevant scientific developments in the period 1875-1925, from the discovery of Hertzian waves to the Golden Age of Radio. Complements PHYS W3008 Electromagnetic Waves and Optics.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• F 10:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Stiliana Savin
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INDIVIDUAL SENIOR PROJECTS

Prerequisites: Meets senior requirement. Instructor permission required. The instructor will supervise the writing of long papers involving some form of sociological research and analysis.

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• Instructor: Deborah Becher
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Bernstein
  CULPA: 27 Info
• Instructor: Maricarmen Hernandez
  Info
• Instructor: Debra Minkoff
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Mignon R Moore
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Jonathan Rieder
  CULPA: 17 Info
• Instructor: Angela Simms
  Info
• Instructor: Amy Zhou
  Info
• Instructor: Randa B Serhan
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

Senior Research Seminar: Inquiry

SENIOR RESEARCH SEMINAR I

This is the second semester of a year-long senior capstone experience for Educational Studies majors. Over the course of the year, you will design and carry-out an inquiry project, and you will report on this project through an appropriate medium, for a specific purpose and audience.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Thea R Abu El-Haj
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• Instructor: Rachel A Longa
  Info
• 4 points

Isiac cults in contexts; Egyptian cults

Isiac Cults In Contexts

This course looks at the long history of the “Egyptian” cults (cults of Isis, Osiris, Anubis, Sarapis, and Harpocrates) mainly outside of Egypt and in periods much later than the Pharaonic heyday of Ancient Egypt, that is, the Hellenistic and the Roman empire. By looking at and closely reading primary documents in translation, visual evidence, and archaeological remains, we aim to explore critical issues in the study of ancient polytheism, such as sacred space, the role of priests, religious sociology problems, forms of religious, ritual dynamics, construction of emotions religious and the sense of self and community. An issue of particular interest is the relationship between religious ethos and economic life and the relationship with various forms of power. Questions of gender will be central to the
problematique
. In addition to the seminar, there will be frequent visits to the Met, individually or as a group.

• Department: Classics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Paraskevi Martzavou
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

ARTEMIS RISING SHORT COURSE IN FILM PROD

ARTEMIS COURSE:FILM PRODU

The Artemis Rising Short Course in Film Production is a one-point credit short workshop presented by an Artemis Rising Foundation Filmmaker Fellow (ARFF).  It consists of four workshops on a special aspect of film production and one final project. This series was endowed by the Artemis Rising Foundation to bring world-class filmmakers with hands-on experience and fresh perspectives to Barnard to connect with students interested in filmmaking as a vocation and media literacy.

It can only be taken for pass/fail for 1 point. 
Students must attend all four class workshops and produce one final project in order to receive credit for this course. 
To see the dates/times that the Artemis Rising Short Course will meet this semester, the current course description, and the biography of the visiting filmmaker, please visit the ARFF website:
https://athenacenter.barnard.edu/arff
.

• Department: Film @Barnard
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Ross T Hamilton
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 1 points

SENIOR THESIS

French majors will write their senior thesis under the supervision of the instructor.

• Department: French @Barnard
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian D O'Keeffe
  CULPA: 28 Info
• 4 points

SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT RES

Prerequisites: the instructors permission for entrance, and the departmental representatives permission for aggregate points in excess of 12 or less than 4. This course may be repeated for credit (see major and concentration requirements). Individual research under the supervision of a member of the staff. Research areas include organic, physical, inorganic, analytical, and biological chemistry. Please note that CHEM UN3098 is offered in the fall and spring semesters.

• Department: Chemistry
• Instructor: Vesna Gasperov
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 4 Info
• 4 points

SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT RES

Prerequisites: the instructors permission for entrance, and the departmental representatives permission for aggregate points in excess of 12 or less than 4. This course may be repeated for credit (see major and concentration requirements). Individual research under the supervision of a member of the staff. Research areas include organic, physical, inorganic, analytical, and biological chemistry. Please note that CHEM UN3098 is offered in the fall and spring semesters.

• Department: Chemistry
• Instructor: Vesna Gasperov
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

GUIDED RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: Instructors permission Provides students with the experience of participating in the research process by matching them to a faculty mentor who will put them to work on one of his or her current research projects.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• Instructor: Martina Jasova
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 7 Info
• 1-2 points

GUIDED RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: Instructors permission Provides students with the experience of participating in the research process by matching them to a faculty mentor who will put them to work on one of his or her current research projects.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• Instructor: Martina Jasova
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 7 Info
• 1-2 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• Instructor: Abosede A George
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• Instructor: Joan Snitzer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Independent Study. Instructor permission required.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• Instructor: Brian K Plancher
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• Instructor: Tiffany Tseng
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• Instructor: Lucy Simko
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• Instructor: Smaranda Muresan
  h-index: 22 Info
• Instructor: Rebecca N Wright
  Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• Instructor: Lucy Simko
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• Instructor: Lisa Soros
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• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Independent Study in Human Rights.

• Department: Human Rights (HRTB)
• Instructor: J.C. Salyer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Maja Horn
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Widney Brown
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

This course can be worth 1 to 4 credits (each credit is equivalent to approximately three hours of work per week) and requires a Barnard faculty as a mentor who has to provide written approval. The course entails a scholarly component; for this, a research report is required by the end of the term. The research report can take the form that best suits the nature of the project. The course will be taken for a letter grade, regardless of whether the student chooses 1, 2, 3, or 4 credits.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• Instructor: Peter D Balsam
  CULPA: 25 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth P Bauer
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 21 Info
• Instructor: Bj Casey
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• Instructor: Gabrielle J Gutierrez
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• Instructor: Russell D Romeo
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Rae Silver
  Wikipedia h-index: 69 Info
• Instructor: Alex White
  h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: E'Mett McCaskill
  CULPA: 38 Info
• Instructor: Kara Pham
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Anamaria Alexandrescu
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• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT PROJECTS

• Department: Sociology @Barnard
• Instructor: Randa B Serhan
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Independent study.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• Instructor: Javier Perez Zapatero
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 1-4 points

INTRO TO QUANTUM MECHANICS

Basic concepts and assumptions of quantum mechanics, Schrodinger's equation, solutions for one-dimensional problems including square wells, barriers and the harmonic oscillator, introduction to the hydrogen atom, atomic physics and X-rays, electron spin.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Aravind Devarakonda
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• 3 points

JUSTICE

An inquiry into the nature and implications of justice in areas ranging from criminal justice to social justice to the circumstances of war and peace, considering issues such as abortion, the criminalization of behavior, the death penalty, climate change, global poverty, civil disobedience, and international conflict.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David C Johnston
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 3 points

FUNDAMENTALS OF GLOBAL HEALTH

Many of the greatest challenges in public health are global. This course uses a multidisciplinary approach to discuss the major underlying determinants of poor health and the relationship between health and political, social and economic development. Drawing upon the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, students will be introduced to the evolution of modern approaches to the setting of global health priorities, the functions and roles of health systems, an overview of current global health practices, and the major institutional players in global health. The first unit of the class will focus on establishing the foundations for a public health approach to understanding the challenges of global health. This will involve exploration of the factors shaping the global distribution of disease and their connection with issues of social, economic, and political development, as reflected in the Millennium Development Goals. The second unit will explore in further detail a number of major health priorities. A significant goal of the class will be to identify common sources of vulnerability and challenge across health risks, and the consequent need for a systemic approach to their being addressed. The third and final unit builds upon this analysis to demonstrate the multi-disciplinary, multi-level approach required to effectively address global health priorities, and the political and organizational cooperation required to achieve this. The class concludes with an analysis of the major challenges and threats to global coordination regarding such threats as pandemic influenza and emerging health threats related to climate change. Offered in the spring.

• Department: Columbia College
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 3 points

ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHY

Archive Photography

When millions of images are made every day, how can a photographer create an original body of work? This class proposes that parsing humanity’s existing shared archive of images is more relevant than generating new images. Following models such as Nepal Picture Library, Magnum Foundation, Drik/Majority World, and Arab Image Foundation, contemporary photography has remapped its practice around the reimagining and explanation, of the archival object. This class explores many archives–family albums, historical photographs, government records, fragile maps, musical albums, and flea market collectibles. We will use a series of lens-based technologies, starting from the flatbed scanner and Photoshop retouching and radiating outward. We will explore archive concerns, including consent, ownership, privacy, circulation, respect, and political impact. Students will explore display forms, including slide shows, zines, books, and exhibitions. There will be a strong complement of reading and writing in this class around the theory and practice of archives from the Western North and Global South.

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Naeem Mohaiemen
  Wikipedia h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED FICTION WORKSHOP

Building on the work of the Intermediate Workshop, Advanced Workshops are reserved for the most accomplished creative writing students. A significant body of writing must be produced and revised. Particular attention will be paid to the components of fiction: voice, perspective, characterization, and form. Students will be expected to finish several short stories, executing a total artistic vision on a piece of writing. The critical focus of the class will include an examination of endings and formal wholeness, sustaining narrative arcs, compelling a reader's interest for the duration of the text, and generating a sense of urgency and drama in the work. Please visit
https://arts.columbia.edu/writing/undergraduate
 for information about registration procedures.

• Department: Writing
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Marie G Lee
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Sophie F Kemp
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

An introduction to the study of language from a scientific perspective. The course is divided into three units: language as a system (sounds, morphology, syntax, and semantics), language in context (in space, time, and community), and language of the individual (psycholinguistics, errors, aphasia, neurology of language, and acquisition). Workload: lecture, weekly homework, and final examination.

• Department: Cognitive Science @Barnard
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Maya Barzilai
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• 3 points

WOMEN WRITERS OF E EUR: BELARUS,UKR,&RUS

WOMEN WRITERS OF EASTRN E

The course addresses the works of women writers of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia from the 19th century to the present. All assigned readings will be in English. The purpose of the course is to become familiar with the struggles and concerns of these authors, as well as the general features of their lives and cultural contexts. Most readings assigned are primary texts. These will be supplemented during course meetings: the instructor will bring in various materials that would be obscure if assigned to students outside of class, but with live explanations in-class, will enrich their understanding of the primary readings.

• Department: Slavic Languages @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: John C Wright
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

SENIOR FICTION WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: The department's permission required through writing sample. Please go to 609 Kent for submission schedule and registration guidelines or see http://www.arts.columbia.edu/writing/undergraduate. Seniors who are majors in creative writing are given priority for this course. Enrollment is limited, and is by permission of the professor. The senior workshop offers students the opportunity to work exclusively with classmates who are at the same high level of accomplishment in the major. Students in the senior workshops will produce and revise a new and substantial body of work. In-class critiques and conferences with the professor will be tailored to needs of each student.

• Department: Writing
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Samuel Lipsyte
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

APPLIED MATHEMATICS II: PDE'S

Introduction to partial differential equations; integral theorems of vector calculus. Partial differential equations of engineering in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Separation of the variables. Characteristic-value problems. Bessel functions, Legendre polynomials, other orthogonal functions; their use in boundary value problems. Illustrative examples from the fields of electromagnetic theory, vibrations, heat flow, and fluid mechanics.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael K Tippett
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 43 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED BENGALI II

• Department: Language Resource Center
• 3 points

ADVANCED DUTCH II

see department for details

• Department: Germanic Languages
• TR 1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Wijnie de Groot
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 3 points

ADV ANCIENT EGYPTIAN II

• Department: Language Resource Center
• F 9 a.m.-noon
• 4 points

ADVANCED INDONESIAN II

This course offers students the opportunity to practice advanced structures of Bahasa Indonesia, a major language of Indonesia and South East Asia. This course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR JAPANESE II

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• Instructor: Fumiko Nazikian
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

THIRD-YEAR RUSSIAN II

Prerequisites: RUSS UN2102 or the equivalent and the instructors permission. Enrollment limited. Recommended for students who wish to improve their active command of Russian. Emphasis on conversation and composition. Reading and discussion of selected texts and videotapes. Lectures. Papers and oral reports required. Conducted entirely in Russian.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Tatiana Mikhailova
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• 4 points

Literary Sinhala II

This one-semester course further develops students' comprehension of written Literary Sinhala, using sample materials from a variety of genres prepared by the instructor, as well as excerpts from texts relevant to graduate student research (when appropriate).

• Department: Language Resource Center
• T 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 3 points

PAINTING III: Advanced Painting

PAINTING III: Adv Paintin

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1000) and (VIAR UN2100) Painting III:  Advanced study in painting will be a material inquiry into the consequential concepts, histories, and critical language embedded in making painting’s historical past and its’ present.  Is painting now a singular “medium”? How do facture, scale, form and a multitude of image-making options, regardless of “style”, accrue as to create meaning?  Participants are expected to present work weekly, as Individual studio or group critiques. These will be augmented by readings of selected historical essays and contemporaneous writings, as well as visual presentations on a rotating basis.

• Department: Visual Arts
• F 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Eric Mack
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• 3 points