ELEMENTARY SPANISH II

Prerequisites: SPAN UN1101 or a score of 280-379 on the department’s Spanish as a Second Language Placement exam. An intensive introduction to Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, writing and cultural knowledge as a continuation of SPAN UN1101. The principal objectives are to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of immediate relevance; communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a direct exchange of information on familiar matters; describe in simple terms aspects of our background and personal history; understand the main point, the basic content, and the plot of filmic as well as short written texts. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MWF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TRF 8:40 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MWF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Lee B Abraham
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Juan P Jimenez-Caicedo
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

Intro to Statistics Recitation

This is only recitation for STAT UG1101. We are requesting 8 sections of recitation to align with the two sections of 1101 offered for Fall 2024.

• Department: Statistics
• M 12:10 p.m.-1:25 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• T 12:10 p.m.-1:25 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alex Pijyan
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• 0 points

Intro to Statistics Recitation

This is only recitation for STAT UG1101. We are requesting 8 sections of recitation to align with the two sections of 1101 offered for Fall 2024.

• Department: Statistics
• T 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• W 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Alex Pijyan
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• 0 points

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

Corequisites: ECON UN1155 How a market economy determines the relative prices of goods, factors of production, and the allocation of resources and the circumstances under which it does it efficiently. Why such an economy has fluctuations and how they may becontrolled.

• Department: Economics
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sunil K Gulati
  CULPA: 113 Info
• Instructor: Prajit K Dutta
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Waseem Noor
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

HEALTH COACHING

This course is designed to teach students the process of identifying, setting, and achieving a specific health behavior change goal within the Wheel of Health. The course will consist of short lectures, discussions, and individual health coaching sessions. Action steps towards the health goal will be expected each week outside of class meeting times.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• T 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa K Northrop
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 1 points

Elementary Spanish for Heritage Speakers

Elem Spanish Heritage Spe

Prerequisites: Scoring at this level on the department’s Spanish as a Heritage Language Placement test (https://columbia-barnard.vega-labs.com).

The principal aim of SPAN UN1108 is to build upon and further develop the informal knowledge of Spanish that heritage learners bring to the classroom—usually from family and neighborhood exposure to the language—and cultivate formal speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities. Students are not expected to have any academic training in written Spanish prior to enrolling in this course.

Spanish heritage language courses at Columbia/Barnard focus on the development of communicative abilities and literacy from sociolinguistic and sociocultural approaches. Throughout the semester, students will be reviewing spelling patterns, building vocabulary, acquiring and effectively using learning strategies, and strengthening composition skills in Spanish. Cultural projects and readings reinforce learners’ understanding of the multiple issues related to Hispanic cultures in the United States and in other Spanish-speaking societies.

• Department: Spanish and Latin American Culture
• TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Antoni Fernandez Parera
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 1 Info
• 4 points

HUMAN ORIGINS & EVOLUTION-DISC

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Jill S Shapiro
  CULPA: 46 Info
• 0 points

Discrete Probability

DISCRETE PROBABILITY

This introductory-level course teaches students the basic concepts of probability and statistics, and the logic of probabilistic reasoning. The course is designed for students with no prior knowledge in probability or statistics, its only prerequisite is basic algebra. We will discuss axioms of probability, random variables, useful distributions, law of large numbers and central limit theorem, confidence intervals, discrete-time Markov chains, Brownian motion, introduction to inference and hypothesis testing.

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Alisa Knizel
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I

ELEMENTARY ASL I

The first half of a two-semester introduction to American Sign Language, intended for students with no prior experience in ASL.

• Department: American Studies @Barnard
• MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MWR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MWR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Kailyn Aaron-Lozano
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• 4 points

FIRST YEAR CHINESE W

The course is specially designed for students of Chinese heritage and advanced beginners with good speaking skills. It aims to develop the student's basic skills to read and write modern colloquial Chinese. Pinyin system is introduced; standard Chinese pronunciation, and traditional characters. Classes will be conducted mostly in Chinese. Open to students with Mandarin speaking ability in Chinese only. CC GS EN CE

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MWR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• MTR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MWR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Yijia Geng
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• Instructor: Hailong Wang
  CULPA: 22 Info
• Instructor: Xiaonan Chu
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• Instructor: Yike Li
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• 5 points

A BARNARD EDUCATION AT WORK

Per its mission statement, “Barnard College aims to provide the highest-quality liberal arts
education to promising and high-achieving young women… They graduate prepared to lead
lives that are professionally satisfying and successful, personally fulfilling, and enriched by a love
of learning.” This course finds its roots in the connection posited here, between undergraduate
study and professional life. Students will be asked to revisit a foundational text they have
encountered in their major, and use it as a mode of exploration and reflection on an internship.
They will consider how the text’s themes and ideas can be reinterpreted and recontextualized in
the working world, and think about what practical, moral, political, aesthetic and personal
insights it affords. More broadly, students will be prompted to consider the relationship of the
liberal arts degree (which purports to prepare students for no particular career) to their chosen
career path. This course will further hone the critical thinking and writing skills that are
translatable to any profession, and enables a Barnard student to put into practice the
complexities they have learned in the classroom, by encouraging them to analyze the
professional world from different perspectives, and in the context of other ideas and traditions.
The text will be selected from a list provided by the student’s major department, and will be
subject to approval from the course instructor.
On a weekly basis, in this discussion-based class, the student shares their ideas about their text
and how it relates to their internship. They respond to and engage with their classmates. They
are required to spend about two hours with their text per week. They are also required to
create a presentation, to be shared with the full group. The group is also
responsible for providing feedback on the presentation. The presentation ultimately evolves
into a final paper that explores the line of inquiry from their text as it is
instantiated in their work experience. Students are graded on their discussion (40%),
presentation (25%), and final paper (35%).

• Department: Barnard College
• W 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• W 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• R 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• T 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• R 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Erica A Siegel
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• Instructor: Mulu Gebreyohannes
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• Instructor: Mary Laurita
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• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 1 points

FIRST-YEAR KOREAN I

This introductory course is designed to equip beginners with a solid foundation in modern Korean
language and culture through the integrated development of the four core language skills: speaking,
listening, reading, and writing. Students will begin by mastering the Korean writing system (Hangul)
within the first two weeks, followed by seven structured lessons focusing on essential grammatical
structures, vocabulary, and basic conversational skills.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
§ Understand and use basic grammatical structures and vocabulary in everyday conversations.
§ Comprehend spoken and written Korean in structured contexts, such as classroom dialogues and
short passages.
§ Deliver short, structured presentations in Korean on familiar topics using appropriate vocabulary,
grammar, and pronunciation.

§ Engage in simple interpersonal communication on familiar topics, such as greetings, self-
introduction, daily routines, and preferences.

§ Demonstrate cultural understanding of modern Korean society through exposure to authentic
media and participation in cultural activities.

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• MTWR 8:40 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• Instructor: Hwanhee Kim
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• 5 points

MELLON MAYS UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP JUN

MMUF JUNIOR YEAR COLLOQUI

This is a course designed for the students enrolled in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program.  It should be taken fall and spring semesters of a student's third and fourth years at the college (for a total of 6 course credits total over the two years). The goal of this course is to become familiar with academic research and writing, as well as the  culture of colleges/ universities in order to prepare students to apply to graduate school and earn the PhD.. The program hones academic writing skills (research papers, project and grant proposals, academic reflections designed to facilitate intentional goal setting and planning), teaches skills related to scholarly presentations (oral and written), as well as familiarizes students with academic culture in particular diversity, equity and inclusion issues and concerns in the academy. Students are expected to attend all the events and meetings associated with the program.

• Department: Barnard College
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamara Walker
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• 1.5 points

ORIGINS AND MEANING

This course is a one-semester journey across cosmological history, from the beginning of time to something akin to its end. We will explore the origin of inanimate physical structures (the cosmos as a whole, as well as that of galaxies, stars, planets, particles, atoms and complex molecules), the origin of life (replicating molecules, the first cells, as well as more complex life forms), the origin of mind (self-reflective conscious awareness) and the origin of culture (language, myth, religion, art, and science). We will then consider what science in particular tells us about the very far future, where we will encounter the likely demise of all complex matter, all life and all consciousness. In the face of such disintegration we will examine the nature of value and purpose. We will recognize that the deepest understanding of reality emerges from blending all of the accounts we discuss—from the reductionist to the humanist to the cosmological—and only through such amalgamation can we fully grasp the long-standing human search for meaning.

• Department: Physics
• F 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Greene
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SODB:FIRST AND SECOND YR SEM

SODB: FIRST AND SECOND YR SEM

This is a course designed for the students enrolled in the Barbara Silver Horowitz ’55 Scholars of Distinction program. It should be taken fall and spring semesters of a students first and second years at the college (for a total of 4 course credits total over the two years). Each month is organized around an outing (or several outings) with readings and guest speakers to complement the outing. Students are expected to attend all the events and meetings. Each student will also produce a blog post connected to or inspired by each event. These posts will appear on the Barnard College website dedicated to the program. Blog posts do not have to cover the event per se, they might, for example, attend to ancillary issues raised by the event or topics raised by the accompanying readings.

• Department: Scholars of Distinction @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 1 points

EUR HIST 1500-1789 DISC

• Department: History @Barnard
• T 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• F 11:10 a.m.-noon
• W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 0 points

Discrete Probability-DISC

DISCRETE PROBABILITY-DISC

Required discussion section for MATH BC1110

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 0 points

COMPREHENSIVE BEG CATALAN

An extensive introduction to the Catalan language with an emphasis on oral communication as well as the reading and writing practice that will allow the student to function comfortably in a Catalan environment.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Elsa Ubeda
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

Love Your Enemies?

We all have enemies, individual and collective, private and public, ephemeral or persistent. This seems increasingly true. But do we choose our enemies or do our enemies choose us? Do we invent the enemy? Is the enemy a “social construction,” a fiction or is the enemy a “fact”? Do we need to believe in the enemy or is it better to know the enemy? And once there are enemies, is it really possible to love them? All enemies? Is that a religious commandment? Does religion have a special relationship to enemies? And what about frenemies? This course will explore different kinds of enemies such as they appear in sacred texts (the Bible, the Qur’ān), novels, films and
popular culture. And yes, we will try to learn whether we can love our enemies.

• Department: Religion
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Gil Anidjar
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 4 points

INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY GREEK

Covers all of Greek grammar and syntax in one term. Prepares the student to enter second-year Greek (GREK UN2101 or GREK UN2102).

• Department: Classics
• MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lien Van Geel
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

Art Humanities

Discussion and analysis of the artistic qualities and significance of selected works of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Parthenon in Athens to works of the 20th century.

• Department: Core (A&S)
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Mikael B Muehlbauer
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• Instructor: Irina T Oryshkevich
  CULPA: 11 Info
• Instructor: Martina Mims
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: John M Beeson
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• Instructor: Sophia A Merkin
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• Instructor: Martina Mims
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Emily Spratt
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• Instructor: John M Beeson
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• Instructor: Sophia A Merkin
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• Instructor: Irina T Oryshkevich
  CULPA: 11 Info
• Instructor: Ioanna Theocharopoulou
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• Instructor: Susannah E Blair
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• Instructor: Mikael B Muehlbauer
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• Instructor: Tara Kuruvilla
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Monica K Bulger
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• Instructor: Susannah E Blair
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• Instructor: Sophia D'Addio
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Monica K Bulger
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• Instructor: Valerie J Zinner
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• Instructor: Sophia D'Addio
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Alex Marko
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• Instructor: Valerie J Zinner
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• Instructor: Luisa Valle
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• Instructor: Gwen A Unger
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Page S Knox
  CULPA: 14 Info
• Instructor: Alexandra R Nicolaides
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• Instructor: Alessandra Di Croce
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• Instructor: Gwen A Unger
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Catherine M Zhu
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• Instructor: Leslie Tait
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• 3 points