Tracing the Mystic

TRACING THE MYSTIC

What does it mean to be a mystic?--to follow a mystical path? This course will explore questions posed by narratives gesturing at such a path. We will expand our purview to examine how artists, writers, and thinkers have employed mystical approaches in their respective creative processes, sometimes to a surprising degree. In addition, this course will invite personal reflection, storytelling, and creative work that re-envisions the ways that our lives can be enriched when engaged in the process of tracing the mystic; i.e., viewing texts through a mystical lens. Our readings will unfold in a process of discovery and will likely include the works of William Blake, Nella Larsen, bell hooks, W.B. Yeats, Valorie D. Thomas, and others, alongside cinematic, musical, and astrological texts.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Safia Jama
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• 3 points

Anger

ANGER

This course is a transcultural exploration of anger through significant works of contemporary literature, with a particular focus on situations inflected by gender, sexuality and race. Students will reflect on the representation and role of anger, what S. Ngai has called a dysphoric, “ugly” affect at the border between internal feeling and objective reality, affective consciousness and material political conditions, by reading a range of twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels, short stories and poetry, and by viewing films. Authors will include Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, Virginie Despentes, Elena Ferrante, Nawal El Saadawi and Tayeb Salih.

• Department: First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Heydari
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• 3 points

ENERGY & ENERGY CONSERVATION

Prerequisites: No prior scientific knowledge is required, but facility with high school?level algebra and comfort with quantitative computations is important. What is energy, really, and how do we conserve it? What does energy conservation have in common with Humpty Dumpty, Buddha’s Second Noble Truth, and the Arrow of Time? How is an “alternative energy” alternative? How do you know how much energy you actually use every day? This course presents the development of the concept of energy, links the development to the social and historical contexts in which it took place, and describes the contributions of the people who propelled the development. Students gain an understanding of the scientific concept of energy, and the ability to apply that understanding in quantitative analysis of contemporary issues in energy sources, utilization, efficiency, and conservation, through individual or group projects.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: James J Valentini
  CULPA: 32 Info
• 3 points

STARS AND ATOMS

Prerequisites: recommended preparation: a working knowledge of high school algebra. What is the origin of the chemical elements? This course addresses this question, starting from understanding atoms, and then going on to look at how how atoms make stars and how stars make atoms. The grand finale is a history of the evolution of the chemical elements throughout time, starting from the Big Bang and ending with YOU. You cannot enroll in ASTR W1836 in addition to ASTR BC1754 or ASTR W1404 and receive credit for both.

• Department: Astronomy
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Kathryn V Johnston
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 54 Info
• 3 points

SEM-CONTEMP PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY

Prerequisites: any 1000-level course in the Physics or Astronomy Department. May be taken before or concurrently with this course. Lectures on current areas of research with discussions of motivation, techniques, and results, as well as difficulties and unsolved problems. Requirements include weekly problem sets and attendance of lectures.

• Department: Physics
• F 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Lam Hui
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 1 points

PILATES PRACTICE

This is a beginning level Pilates mat course consiting of one group class and one individual at-home practice required each week.  A combination of online resources in Panopto/Canvas and in-person meetings will be used to track student practice and progress.  Regular home practice will teach students to confidence and make exercise a part of their regular routine despite time constraints.

• Department: Physical Education @Barnard
• W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa K Northrop
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 1 points

INTRODUCTION TO COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

INTRO TO COMICS/GRAPHIC N

This course provides students with an introduction to the scholarly study of comics and graphic novels. It is designed to teach students how to analyze these texts by paying special attention to narrative forms and page design. As part of this focus, attention will be given to the way that comics and graphic novels are created and the importance of publication format. In addition to studying comics and graphic novels themselves, we will look at the way that scholars have approached this emergent field of academic interest.

• Department: English @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin M Breyer
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY MODERN TURKISH II

Prerequisites: MDES UN1901 An introduction to the written and spoken language of Turkey. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Zuleyha Colak
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 0 Info
• 4 points

ASTRONOMY LAB I

Laboratory for ASTR UN1403. Projects include observations with the departments telescopes, computer simulation, laboratory experiments in spectroscopy, and the analysis of astronomical data. Lab 1 ASTR UN1903 - goes with ASTR BC1753, ASTR UN1403 or ASTR UN1453.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• M 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
• W 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• M 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• 1 points

ASTRONOMY LAB II

Laboratory for ASTR UN1404. Projects include use of telescopes, laboratory experiments in the nature of light, spectroscopy, and the analysis of astronomical data. Lab 2 ASTR UN1904 - goes with ASTR BC1754 or ASTR UN1404 (or ASTR UN1836 or ASTR UN1420).

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• T 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
• 1 points

The How-Tos of Research

This course will help students acquire a toolbox of research skills, including knowledge on how to conduct a literature review; generate research questions/hypotheses; write a research proposal; conduct data cleaning, analysis, and visualization; administer surveys; create behavioral tasks; and practice reproducible science. Through scaffolded assignments and peer review, students will be led through the process of creating a research proposal to help demystify the research process.

• Department: Psychology
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lila Davachi
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 59 Info
• 3 points

MULTV. CALC. FOR ENGI & APP SCI

Differential and integral calculus of multiple variables. Topics include partial differentiation; optimization of functions of several variables; line, area, volume, and surface integrals; vector functions and vector calculus; theorems of Green, Gauss, and Stokes; applications to selected problems in engineering and applied science.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Drew C Youngren
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Core (A&S)
• Instructor: Jennifer G Rhodes
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 1 points

Core as Praxis/Fieldwork

"The Core as Praxis/Fieldwork” provides students with the opportunity to explore the connections among texts from the Core Curriculum, their work in their major field of study, and their work in a professional environment outside of Columbia’s campus. Students will be guided through a process of reflection on the ideas and approaches that they develop in Core classes and in the courses in their major, to think about how they can apply theory to practice in the context of an internship or other experiential learning environment. Students will reread and revisit a text that they have studied previously in Literature Humanities or in Contemporary Civilization as the basis for their reading and writing assignments over the semester. 
To be eligible, students must (1) be engaged during the semester in an internship or other experiential learning opportunity, (2) have completed the sophomore year, and (3) have declared their major (or concentration)
. HUMAUN2000 may not be taken with the Pass/D/Fail option. All students will receive a letter grade for the course. Students can take HUMAUN2000 twice.

• Department: Core (A&S)
• Instructor: Jennifer G Rhodes
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 1 points

INTRO TO HIGHER MATHEMATICS

Introduction to understanding and writing mathematical proofs. Emphasis on precise thinking and the presentation of mathematical results, both in oral and in written form. Intended for students who are considering majoring in mathematics but wish additional training. CC/GS: Partial Fulfillment of Science Requirement. BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning (QUA).

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Francesco Lin
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• 3 points

ETHNICITY, RACE, IDENTITY IN THE PRE-MOD

This seminar investigates the concepts of ethnicity, race, and identity, in both theory and practice,
through a comparative survey of several case studies from the Pre-Modern history of the Middle East.
The course focuses on symbols of identity and difference, interpreting them through a variety of
analytical tools, and evaluating the utility of each as part of an ongoing exploration of the subject. The
survey considers theories of ethnicity and race, as well as their critics, and includes cases from the
Ancient World (c. 1000 BCE) through the Old Regime (c. 1800 CE).

Students in this course will gain a familiarity with major theories of social difference and alterity, and
utilize them to interpret and analyze controversial debates about social politics and identity from the
history of the Middle East, including ancient ethnicity, historical racism, Arab identity, pluralism in the
Islamic Empire, and slavery, among others. In addition, students will spend much of the semester
developing a specialized case study of their own on a historical community of interest. All of the case
studies will be presented in a showcase at the end of the semester.

All assigned readings for the course will be in English. Primary sources will be provided in translation.
The course meets once a week and sessions are two hours long.

• Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Nathanael P Shelley
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

The course provides an overview of environmental law for students without a legal background. It examines U.S. statutes and regulations regarding air, water, hazardous and toxic materials, land use, climate change, endangered species, and the like, as well as international environmental issues. After completing the course students should be equipped to understand how the environmental laws operate, the role of the courts, international treaties and government agencies in implementing environmental protection, and techniques used in addressing these issues.

• Department: Earth Institute
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Philip Weinberg
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• 3 points

MULTV. CALC. FOR ENGI & APP SCI

Required recitation session for students enrolled in APMA E2000.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• F 2:40 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Yin Zhou
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• Instructor: Yinxi Pan
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• Instructor: Yin Zhou
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• Instructor: Matthew B Sisson
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• 0 points

LABORATORY IN NEUROSCIENCE

NEUROSCIENCE LAB

This course provides a hands-on introduction to techniques commonly used in current neurobiological research. Topics covered will include neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and invertebrate animal behavioral genetics. Participation in this course involves dissection of sheep brains and experimentation with invertebrate animals.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• M 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 9:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 3 points

INTRO TO ASTROPHYSICS II

Prerequisites: a working knowledge of calculus. Corequisites: the second term of a course in calculus-based general physics. Continuation of ASTR UN2001; these two courses constitute a full year of calculus-based introduction to astrophysics. Topics include the structure of our galaxy, the interstellar medium, star clusters, properties of external galaxies, clusters of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, and cosmology.

• Department: Astronomy
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Mary Putman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 54 Info
• 3 points

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCES

Unconventional, alternative energy resources. Technological options and their role in the world energy  markets. Comparison of conventional and unconventional, renewable and nonrenewable energy  resources and analysis of the consequences of various technological choices and constraints. Economic considerations, energy availability, and the environmental consequences of large-scale, widespread use of each particular technology. Introduction to carbon dioxide capture and carbon dioxide disposal as a means of sustaining the fossil fuel option.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Dan Steingart
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY II

Prerequisites: EEEB UN2001 Second semester of introductory biology sequence for majors in enviromnental biology and environmental science, emphasizing the ecological and evolutionary aspects of biology. Also intended for those interested in an introduction to the principles of ecology and evolutionary biology.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 4 points

STATISTICS AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

STATISTICS & EXPERIMTL DE

This course is for students interested in learning how to conduct scientific research. They will learn how to (i) design well-controlled experiments and identify “quack” science; (ii) organize, summarize and illustrate data, (iii) analyze different types of data; and (iv) interpret the results of statistical tests.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• W 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: John Glendinning
  CULPA: 23 h-index: 39 Info
• 4 points

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM-LEC+LAB

Charge, electric field, and potential. Gausss law. Circuits: capacitors and resistors. Magnetism and electromagnetism. Induction and inductance. Alternating currents. Maxwells equations. This is a calculus-based class. Familiarity with derivatives and integrals is needed.

PLEASE NOTE:  Students who take PHYS BC2002 may not get credit for PHYS BC2019 or PHYS BC2020.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 4.5 points

INTRODUCTN TO AFRICAN STUDIES

Interdisciplinary and thematic approach to the study of Africa, moving from pre-colonial through colonial and post-colonial periods to contemporary Africa. Focus will be on its history, societal relations, politics and the arts. The objective is to provide a critical survey of the history as well as the continuing debates in African Studies.

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Abosede A George
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

CARIBBEAN CULTURE & SOCIETIES

This course offers a chronological study of the Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone insular Caribbean through the eyes of some of the region’s most important writers and thinkers. We will focus on issues that key Caribbean intellectuals--including two Nobel prize-winning authors--consider particularly enduring and relevant in Caribbean cultures and societies. Among these are, for example, colonization, slavery, national and postcolonial identity, race, class, popular culture, gender, sexuality, tourism and migration. This course will also serve as an introduction to some of the exciting work on the Caribbean by professors at Barnard College and Columbia University (faculty spotlights).

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Khemani Gibson
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• 3 points

THE ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGINATION

Introduction to the theory and practice of “ethnography”—the intensive study of peoples’ lives as shaped by social relations, cultural images, and historical forces. Considers through critical reading of various kinds of texts (classic ethnographies, histories, journalism, novels, films) the ways in which understanding, interpreting, and representing the lived words of people—at home or abroad, in one place or transnationally, in the past or the present—can be accomplished. Discussion section required.

• Department: Anthropology
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Jose de Abreu
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS PROOFS

INTRO TO MATHEMATICAL PRO

This is a seminar course that covers the basics of mathematical proofs and in particular the epsilon-delta argument in single variable calculus.

Students who have little experience with mathematical proofs are strongly encouraged to take this course concurrently with Honors Math, Into to Modern Algebra, or Intro to Modern Analysis.

• Department: Mathematics
• F 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Mu-Tao Wang
  CULPA: 27 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• 0 points

FLAVOR PERCEPTION AND THE HUMAN DIET

FLAVOR PERCEPTION & HUMAN

This course will provide an introduction to how humans decide what foods to include in their
diet. First, we will examine the sensory systems that evaluate food—vision, olfaction, taste,
olfaction, somatosensation and intestinal chemosensation. Second, we will study how the brain
integrates inputs from these sensory systems to create flavor perceptions. Third, we will
consider what is known about the evolution of the human flavor system. Fourth, we will examine
the development of food processing and preparation techniques. Fifth, we will examine the diet
of extant hunter-gatherer societies. Sixth, we will investigate how genetics and environment
factors (e.g., early dietary experience, nutritional status and culture) interact to shape diet.
Finally, we will investigate the functional consequences of the human flavor system to nutrition,
health and the future of food.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: John Glendinning
  CULPA: 23 h-index: 39 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION AFRICAN DIASPORA

Interdisciplinary and thematic approach to the African diaspora in the Americas: its motivations, dimensions, consequences, and the importance and stakes of its study. Beginning with the contacts between Africans and the Portuguese in the 15th century, this class will open up diverse paths of inquiry as students attempt to answer questions, clear up misconceptions, and challenge assumptions about the presence of Africans in the New World.

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamara Walker
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• 3 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: BIOL UN2005, or the instructors permission. Lecture and recitation. Recommended second term of biology for majors in biology and related majors, and for premedical students. Cellular biology and development; physiology of cells and organisms. SPS, Barnard, 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
 . Students must register for a recitation section BIOL UN2016. Course website: 
https://biology.columbia.edu/content/intro-bio

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 4 points

COMBINATORICS

• Department: Mathematics @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: David A Bayer
  CULPA: 43 Info
• 3 points

MIND/BRAIN DISORDERS

DISORDERS OF MIND/BRAIN

This course explores how neural processes giving rise to the mind can become disordered, resulting in devastating mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression, dementia, and autism. Students will review genetic, structural and functional research findings showing changes in the brain associated with psychiatric, neurological, and neurodevelopmental disorders. This course will cover the empirical and theoretical accounts of the biological mechanisms that underlie mental illness. Throughout the course, students will gain exposure to genetic, neuroimaging, and behavioral methods commonly used to study brain function and cognition in clinical populations. By studying how changes in the brain result in cognitive dysfunction and mental illness, students will deepen their understanding of the biological foundations of human thought, emotion, memory, and social behavior.

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Luca Iemi
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• 3 points

CONTEMP ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION

Lecture and recitation. No previous study of Islam is required. The early modern, colonial, and post-colonial Islamic world studied through historical case studies, translated texts, and recent anthropological research. Topics include Sufism and society, political ideologies, colonialism, religious transformations, poetry, literature, gender, and sexuality.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Alison Vacca
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• 4 points

ADAPTIVE OR ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT OF THE

ADOLESCENT BRAIN

The teen brain has received a lot of media coverage with advances in brain imaging techniques that
provide a voyeuristic opportunity for us to look under the hood of the behaving adolescent brain. This
course will cover empirical and theoretical accounts of adolescent-specific changes in brain and behavior
that relate to the development of self control. These accounts of adolescent brain and behavior will then
be discussed in the context of relevant legal, social and health policy issues. Lectures and discussion will
address: Under what circumstances self control appears to be diminished in adolescents. How do
dynamic changes in neural circuitry help to explain changes in self control across development? When
does the capacity for self control fully mature? Are these changes observed in other species? How might
these changes be evolutionarily adaptive and when are they maladaptive? How might understanding
adolescent brain and behavioral development inform interventions and treatments for maladaptive
behavior or inform policy for changing the environment to protect youth?

• Department: Neuroscience & Behavior @Barnard
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Bj Casey
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• 3 points

CINEMA HIST I: BEGIN-1930

This course rethinks the ;birth of cinema; from the vantage of ;when old media was new.; Following standard approaches, it moves from actualities to fiction, from the ;cinema of attractions; to narrative, from the cinematographe to cinema, from cottage industry to studio system. Units in silent film music, early genres, film piracy and copyright, word and moving image, and restoration--the film archivists dilemma in the digital era. FILM W2011

• Department: Film
• F 10 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Vito Adriaensens
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

LINEAR ALGEBRA

Matrices, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, canonical forms, applications. (SC)

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Amadou Bah
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• 3 points

CINEMA HIST I:BEGIN-1930-DISC

• Department: Film
• M 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• M 1:05 p.m.-1:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Eva V Vidan Gallagher
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• Instructor: Christopher Wang
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• Instructor: Yunxia Wang
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• 0 points

LAB METHODS ARCHAEOLOGY

Only the most recent chapters of the past are able to be studied using traditional historiographical methods focused on archives of textual documents. How, then, are we to analyze the deep history of human experiences prior to the written word? And even when textual archives do survive from a given historical period, these archives are typically biased toward the perspectives of those in power. How, then, are we to undertake analyses of the past that take into account the lives and experiences of all of society’s members, including the poor, the working class, the colonized, and others whose voices appear far less frequently in historical documents? From its disciplinary origins in nineteenth century antiquarianism, archaeology has grown to become a rigorous science of the past, dedicated to the exploration of long-term and inclusive social histories.

“Laboratory Methods in Archaeology” is an intensive introduction to the analysis of archaeological artifacts and samples in which we explore how the organic and inorganic remains from archaeological sites can be used to build rigorous claims about the human past. The 2022 iteration of the course centers on assemblages from two sites, both excavated by Barnard’s archaeological field program in the Taos region of northern New Mexico: (1) the Spanish colonial site of San Antonio del Embudo founded in 1725 and (2) the hippie commune known as New Buffalo, founded in 1967. Participants in ANTH BC2012 will be introduced to the history, geology, and ecology of the Taos region, as well as to the excavation histories of the two sites. Specialized laboratory modules focus on the analysis of chipped stone artifacts ceramics, animal bone, glass, and industrial artifacts.

The course only demands participation in the seminars and laboratory modules and successful completion of the written assignments, but all students are encouraged to develop specialized research projects to be subsequently expanded into either (1) a senior thesis project or (2) a conference presentation at the Society for American Archaeology, Society for Historical Archaeology, or Theoretical Archaeology Group meeting.

• Department: Anthropology @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Severin Fowles
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 4 points

Linear Algebra and Probability

Linear algebra with a focus on probability and statistics. The course covers the standard linear algebra topics: systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces, bases, dimension, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, the Spectral Theorem and singular value decompositions. It also teaches applications of linear algebra to probability, statistics and dynamical systems giving a background sufficient for higher level courses in probability and statistics. The topics covered in the probability theory part include conditional probability, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions and the limit theorems, as well as Markov chains, curve fitting, regression, and pattern analysis. The course contains applications to life sciences, chemistry, and environmental life sciences. No a prior i background in the life sciences is assumed.

This course is best suited for students who wish to focus on applications and practical approaches to problem solving. It is recommended to students majoring in engineering, technology, life sciences, social sciences, and economics. Math majors, joint majors, and math concentrators must take MATH UN2010 Linear Algebra, which focuses on linear algebra concepts and foundations that are needed for upper-level math courses. MATH UN2015 (Linear Algebra and Probability) does NOT replace MATH UN2010 (Linear Algebra) as prerequisite requirements of math courses. Students may not receive full credit for both courses MATH UN2010 and MATH UN2015.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: George Dragomir
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 0 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• T 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 0 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 0 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 0 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 0 points

INTRO BIO II:CELL BIO,DEV/PHYS

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Corequisites: BIOL UN2006 Prerequisites: Course does not fulfill Biology major requirements or premedical requirements. Enrollment in laboratory limited to 16 students per section. Exploration of the major discoveries and ideas that have revolutionized the way we view organisms and understand life. The basic concepts of cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, evolution, and ecology will be traced from seminal discoveries to the modern era. The laboratory will develop these concepts and analyze biological diversity through a combined experimental and observational approach.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 0 points

Mafias and Other Dangerous Affiliations

GETTING THE MAFIA

Regimes of various shapes and sizes tend to criminalize associations, organizations, and social relations that these ruling powers see as anathema to the social order on which their power depends: witches, officers of toppled political orders, alleged conspirators (rebels, traitors, terrorists, and dissidents), gangsters and mafiosi, or corrupt officers and magnates. Our main goal will be to understand how and under what conditions do those with the power to do so define, investigate, criminalize and prosecute those kinds of social relations that are cast as enemies of public order. We will also pay close attention to questions of knowledge – legal, investigative, political, journalistic, and public – how doubt, certainty, suspicion and surprise shape the struggle over the relationship between the state and society.

The main part of the course is organized around six criminal investigations on mafia-related affairs that took place from the 1950s to the present (two are undergoing appeal these days) in western Sicily. After the introductory section, we will spend two weeks (four meetings) on every one of these cases. We will follow attempts to understand the Mafia and similarly criminalized organizations, and procure evidence about it. We will then expand our inquiry from Sicily to cases from all over the world, to examine questions about social relations, law, the uses of culture, and political imagination.

*Although this is a social anthropology course,
no previous knowledge of anthropology is required or presumed
. Classroom lectures will provide necessary disciplinary background.

• Department: Anthropology
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Naor H Ben-Yehoyada
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM-LAB ONLY

PHYS BC2020 Electricity & Magnetism -- Lecture Only is required as a pre- or co-requisite for this lab.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• Instructor: Stiliana Savin
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 1.5 points

SALSA, SOCA & REGGAE

SALSA SOCA & REGGAE

Salsa Soca Reggae is an introduction to Caribbean popular music that surveys music from 1800 to the present. The course focuses on the cultural and social history of the music and traces its influence on global cultural and musical expression.

• Department: Music
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher J Washburne
  CULPA: 31 Info
• 3 points

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM-LEC ONLY

Prerequisite: Physics BC2001 or the equivalent.

Charge, electric field, and potential. Gauss's law. Circuits: capacitors and resistors. Magnetism and electromagnetism. Induction and inductance. Alternating currents. Maxwell's equations.  This is a calculus-based class. Familiarity with derivatives and integrals is needed.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Janna Levin
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Re/Making Shakespeare s Sonnets: Race

ReMaking Shakespeare's So

While literary scholars use “intertextuality” to identify the relationships between texts a poet may have read, this course will use “intertexture-ality” and premodern critical race studies to read and creatively engage with Shakespeare’s sonnets.  Over five sessions, we will learn the material and political underpinnings of the sonnets as well as techniques (collage and bookmaking) that will help us think about the layering that happens with the creation of the poem as well as with the making of an art object.  The last three sessions explore what happens when we unmake/remake sonnets into artworks that reflect who we are as readers.  What was the relationship between fabric and paper in early modern England? What social relations are embedded in actual books? How do we make abstractions visible? Can we find examples of literary devices in the material word?   The course includes a full day workshop on 24-25 February. Students must attend all lectures and workshops and have safety training with the Design Center. Apply for this course online: https://bit.ly/ReMakeSonnets

• Department: Africana Studies (AFSB)
• F 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Kim F Hall
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 2 points

A Day in the Life of a New York Scientis

Day in the Life of a Scie

NY based scientists conduct enriching laboratory- and field-based research on a variety of topics related to environmental science. In this course we will visit various field and lab sites to learn about the different methodologies utilized by these scientists. With hands-on experiments and data collection you will experience a day in the life of a scientist, develop new skills, and explore various career paths.

• Department: Environmental Sciences @Barnard
• R 3 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• 2 points

PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE SHOW 1

Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit.

Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as actors in a departmental stage production register for this course; course emphasizes the collaborative nature of production, and appropriate research and reading required in addition to artistic assignments. Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: 
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
.

• Department: Theatre @Barnard
• MTWRFS 6:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Gisela D Cardenas Ojeda
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• 1-3 points

THINK LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to methods and theory in archaeology – by exploring how archaeologists work to create narratives about the past (and the present) on the basis on the material remains of the past. The course begins with a consideration of how archaeologists deal with the remains of the past in the present: What are archaeological sites and how do we ‘discover’ them? How do archaeologists ‘read’ or analyze sites and artifacts? From there, we will turn to the question of how archaeologists interpret these materials traces, in order to create narratives about life in the past. After a review of the historical development of theoretical approaches in archaeological interpretation, the course will consider contemporary approaches to interpreting the past.

• Department: Anthropology
• TR 7:40 p.m.-8:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Allison McGovern
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• 4 points

INTRO TO 21ST CENT ARCH-DISC

• Department: Anthropology
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• T 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Esther A Althoff
  Info
• 0 points

FED CHALLENGE WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: (ECON UN1105) The workshop prepares students to compete in the annual College Fed Challenge sponsored by the Federal Reserve. Topics covered include macroeconomic and financial conditions, monetary policy, financial stability and the Federal Reserve System.

• Department: Economics
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamrat Gashaw
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 1 points

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent. Special differential equations of order one. Linear differential equations with constant and variable coefficients. Systems of such equations. Transform and series solution techniques. Emphasis on applications.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy M Large
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• Instructor: Florian Johne
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HISTORY IV: AFTER 1990

This course brings our survey of the development of the art, technology, and industry of motion images up to the present. During this era, most people no longer watched movies (perhaps the most neutral term) in theaters, and digital technology came to dominate every aspect of production, distribution, and exhibition. Highlighted filmmakers include Michael Haneke, Lars von Trier, Wong Kar-wei, and Steve McQueen. Topics range from contemporary horror to animation. Requirements: short (2-3 pages) papers on each film shown for the class and a final, take-home exam. FILM W2041

• Department: Film
• W 2:10 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard A Pena
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST IV:AFTER 1990-DISC

• Department: Film
• F 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• F 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth P Wills
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• Instructor: Miranda D Disick
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• Instructor: Katherine L Folker
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• Instructor: Maxwell Gaan
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• 0 points

INTENSVE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: A grade of 5 on the Chemistry Advanced Placement exam and an acceptable grade on the Department placement exam. Corequisites: CHEM UN1507 Premedical students may take CHEM UN2045, CHEM UN2046, CHEM UN1507 and CHEM UN2545 to meet the minimum requirements for admission to medical school. This course covers the same material as CHEM UN2443-CHEM UN2444, but is intended for students who have learned the principles of general chemistry in high school OR have completed CHEM UN1604 in their first year at Columbia. First year students enrolled in CHEM UN2045-CHEM UN2046 are expected to enroll concurrently in CHEM UN1507. Although CHEM UN2045 and CHEM UN2046 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
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Luis M Campos
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 45 Info
• 4 points

Intensive Organic Chemistry I - RECITATI

INTENSIVE ORG CHEM I - RE

Corequisites: TO BE ENROLLED IN UN2045, YOU MUST REGISTER FOR UN2047 RECITATION

• Department: Chemistry
• M 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• F 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Luis M Campos
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 45 Info
• 0 points

DAILY LIFE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE

This course is designed as travellers guide to medieval Europe. Its purpose is to provide a window to a long-lost world that provided the foundation of modern institutions and that continues to inspire the modern collective artistic and literary imagination with its own particularities. This course will not be a conventional history course concentrating on the grand narratives in the economic, social and political domains but rather intend to explore the day-to-day lives of the inhabitants, and attempts to have a glimpse of their mindset, their emotional spectrum, their convictions, prejudices, fears and hopes. It will be at once a historical, sociological and anthropological study of one of the most inspiring ages of European civilization. Subjects to be covered will include the birth and childhood, domestic life, sex and marriage, craftsmen and artisans, agricultural work, food and diet, the religious devotion, sickness and its cures, death, after death (purgatory and the apparitions), travelling, merchants and trades, inside the nobles castle, the Christian cosmos, and medieval technology. The lectures will be accompanied by maps, images of illuminated manuscripts and of medieval objects. Students will be required to attend a weekly discussion section to discuss the medieval texts bearing on that weeks subject. The written course assignment will be a midterm, final and two short papers, one an analysis of a medieval text and a second an analysis of a modern text on the Middle Ages.

• Department: History
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Neslihan Senocak
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

DAILY LIFE IN MED EUR-DISC

MANDATORY Discussion Section for HIST UN 2072 Daily Life in Medieval Europe. Students must also be registered for HIST UN 2072.

• Department: History
• 0 points

MOLECULAR & MENDELIAN GENETICS

Mendelian and molecular genetics of both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, with an emphasis on human genetics. Topics include segregation, recombination and linkage maps, cytogenetics, gene structure and function, mutation, molecular aspects of gene expression and regulation, genetic components of cancer, and genome studies.

• Department: Biological Sciences @Barnard
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Claudia Cosentino
  Info
• 3 points

EARTH'S ENVIRO SYST: CLIM SYST

Prerequisites: high school algebra. Recommended preparation: high school chemistry and physics; and one semester of college science. Origin and development of the atmosphere and oceans, formation of winds, storms and ocean currents, reasons for changes through geologic time. Recent influence of human activity: the ozone hole, global warming, water pollution. Laboratory exploration of topics through demonstrations, experimentation, computer data analysis, and modeling. Students majoring in Earth and Environmental Sciences should plan to take EESC W2100 before their senior year to avoid conflicts with Senior Seminar.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• T 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 4.5 points

PAINTING I

Prerequisites: (VIAR UN1000) (Formerly R3201) Introduction of the fundamental skills and concepts involved in painting. Problems are structured to provide students with a knowledge of visual language along with a development of expressive content. Individual and group critiques. Portfolio required at end. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• M 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Annette Hur
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• Instructor: Henry G Anker
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• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE FICTION WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: The departments 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. Intermediate workshops are for students with some experience with creative writing, and whose prior work merits admission to the class (as judged by the professor). Intermediate workshops present a higher creative standard than beginning workshops, and increased expectations to produce finished work. By the end of the semester, each student will have produced at least seventy pages of original fiction. Students are additionally expected to write extensive critiques of the work of their peers.

• Department: Writing
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Heidi S Julavits
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points