SEMINAR URBAN EDUCATION

This seminar serves as the capstone course for students pursuing the Education Studies minor/special concentration or the Urban Studies major/concentration with an Urban Education Specialization. The Seminar in Urban Education explores the historical, political and socio-cultural dynamics of urban education in the U.S. context. Over time, a range of social actors have intervened in the “problem” of urban education, attempting to reshape and reform urban schools. Others have disputed this “problem” focused approach, arguing that policy makers, teachers, and researchers should start from the strengths and capacities located in urban communities. Despite decades of wide ranging reform efforts, however, many urban schools still fail to provide their students with an adequate, equitable education. Seminar in Urban Education investigates this paradox by pursuing three central course questions: 1) How have various social actors tried to achieve equity in urban schools over time? 2) What are the range and variation of assets and challenges found in urban schools? and 3) Considering this history and context, what would effective reform in a global city like NYC look like? Students will engage these questions not only through course readings and seminar discussions, but through a 40-hour field placement in a New York City public school classroom, extra-curricular program, or other education based site.

• Department: Education @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel Throop
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 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 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Michelle Attner
  Info
• 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
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Maria S Rivera Maulucci
  h-index: 10 Info
• 4 points

COLL: Ruthless Criticism: Marx and Marxi

COLL:RTHLSS CRTCSM:MARX/M

Apply through department (https://polisci.barnard.edu/course-requirements#colloquia-2).

Thinkers in the Marxist tradition have grappled with topics as varied as colonialism, gender, race, art, sex, psychology, economics, medicine, ecology, and countless other issues. As such, this course makes no claim of being exhaustive; rather, it seeks to achieve three modest goals: to acquaint students with some key concepts in Marx’s sizable oeuvre, to familiarize students with some of the core debates of the field, and to demonstrate how of Marxist thought can help us make sense of some of today’s most pressing political issues, focusing particularly on Marxist analyses of climate crisis, and race and gender inequities.

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Wilson Sherwin
  Info
• 4 points

ARTS AND HUMANITIES IN THE CITY:CRITICAL

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
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria S Rivera Maulucci
  h-index: 10 Info
• 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

WORLDS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

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

• Department: Classics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 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
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 11 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Randall Reback
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 14 Info
• Instructor: Alan Dye
  CULPA: 19 Info
• Instructor: Miguel Casares
  Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

SR SEM:WMN IN DEVLOPMNT ECON

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
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Anja Tolonen
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 8 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
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Homa S Zarghamee
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

SR SEM:HUM CAPITL HUM FREEDOM

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.
• Instructor: Lalith Munasinghe
  CULPA: 33 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
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mulu Gebreyohannes
  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: Lisa Edstrom
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 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: Lisa Edstrom
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 6 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

GOLDEN AGE OF VERSAILLES

This seminar explores the cultural production emanating from the court of Louis XIV (1638-1715), including the social, economic and historical context that led to the construction of Versailles. We also examine colonization as a social reality contemporary to the creation of Versailles. The reading of literary texts is combined with consideration of the arts, architecture, dance and music. Special focus on the court as spectacle, women writers of the court, and the classical period as preparation for the Enlightenment. Work in developing skills in HTML, CSS and TImeline JS culminates in a final digital project allowing completion of the Mode of Thinking Technologically and Digitally.

• Department: French @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurie Postlewate
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 4 points

Advanced Econometrics: An Introduction t

Adv Econometrics: Causal

Claims of causality are nearly ubiquitous in scholarly work spanning the social sciences, journalistic products from media outlets, policy circles, and other social spaces.  However, many of these claims are often subject to some of the well-documented econometric concerns of bias—including omitted variable bias, simultaneity, and other confounding influences.  This course will introduce students to the fundamental concepts of causal inference and expose them to several contemporary econometric tools employed in an effort to make some of the aforementioned claims more credible.  With randomized controlled trials (RCTs) serving as the gold standard for empirical work, students will learn how many econometric techniques and “natural” experiments attempt to emulate the best characteristics of well-executed RCTs.

In addition to problem sets and an in-class midterm exam, students will carry out a group research project on a topic of their choosing (in consultation with the professor) in order to demonstrate their proficiency in several key course concepts.  This project remains critical to learning the scholastic (and practical) challenges in making rigorous causal claims, navigating the logistics of group collaboration, and learning how to critically evaluate empirical work.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Morgan C Jr. Williams
  Info
• 3 points

Picturing Antigone

What is it that makes
Antigone
, Sophocles’s tragedy from the 5th century B.C.E, such a powerful vehicle for the consideration of subjectivity, ethics, and politics in the present day? In this seminar an anthropologist and a photojournalist consider
Antigone
’s productivity for political analysis, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and feminist studies and consider how the play has evolved into a contemporary site for the consideration of war, fascism, ethical action, gender, democracy, and colonialism in places such as Nazi-occupied Paris, the Texas-Mexico border, “dirty-war” Argentina, apartheid South Africa, Taliban-sieged Kandahar, and Covid-striken New York. This investigation draws on a wide range of materials, including literary criticism, film, and archival photographs. Throughout the semester, students also develop familiarity with photography as a medium of inquiry, in preparation for their final projects on a modern adaptation of Antigone.

• Department: Classics
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 3 points

SEM IN CURRENT RES. PROBLEMS

A detailed study of a selected field of active research in physics. The motivation, techniques, and results obtained to the present, as well as the difficulties and unsolved problems. For Physics majors only. Priority given to seniors; juniors by permission of the instructor.

• Department: Physics
• M 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Kerstin M Perez
  Wikipedia Info
• 2 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: Milan Delor
  h-index: 16 Info
• 4 points

Gendered Mythology and its Reception

Gendered Mythology & Rece

Students will read narratives of mythical women re-imagined by female authors alongside the ancient texts that introduce these characters.

• Department: Classics
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Lien Van Geel
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Applied Game Theory

A game in this class, is a formal model to represent and analyze a situation in which individuals or groups interact strategically. In said situations, an individual’s behavior affects other individuals’ behavior which, in turn, affects the individuals’ well-being. We can think of most everyday interactions as games, and game theory offers us a systematic way to think about these interactions. Scholars in various disciplines, including economics, business, psychology, political science, and linguistics have applied game theory to study behavior in different contexts. This course has two parts. The first part will introduce you to the tools needed to analyze strategic interaction formally.

You will learn a methodology to understand simultaneous, sequential, and repeated interaction with complete and incomplete information. Examples and applications will illustrate solution concepts developed for cooperative and non-cooperative games. The second part of the course will discuss applications of game theory to the study of different economic problems. These applications include bargaining, contract and policy design, matching markets, voting, political competition and power, and justice.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Camilo Rubbini
  Info
• 3 points

INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY WORK

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

• Department: Physics
• R 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Sebastian Will
  h-index: 18 Info
• 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: Charles A Zukowski
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia 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

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 6:10 p.m.-9 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

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: Auditing
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Dustin Partridge
  Info
• 0 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: Debra Minkoff
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Jonathan Rieder
  CULPA: 17 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
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Erika Kitzmiller
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 3 Info
• 4 points

ARTEMIS RISING SHORT COURSE IN FILMMAKIN

ARTEMIS COURSE IN FILMMAK

The Artemis Rising Short Course in Filmmaking is a two to four-week course offered each semester on a special topic of filmmaking presented by an Artemis Rising Foundation Filmmaker Fellow (ARFF). 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 sessions and write a final paper 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
• MR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 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
• R 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

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
• 1-2 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• Instructor: Joan Snitzer
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Jonathan Reynolds
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Independent Study. Instructor permission required.

• Department: Computer Science @Barnard
• Instructor: Rebecca N Wright
  Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• Instructor: Mark Santolucito
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: Brian K Plancher
  Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Prerequisites: ECON BC3033 or ECON BC3035 or permission of the instructor. Topic(s), requirements, workload and point value to be determined in consultation with faculty advisor. Forms available at the Office of the Registrar.

• Department: Economics @Barnard
• Instructor: Elham Saeidinezhad
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Mulu Gebreyohannes
  Info
• Instructor: Randall Reback
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 14 Info
• Instructor: Sharon Harrison
  CULPA: 38 h-index: 13 Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Independent Study in Human Rights.

• Department: Human Rights (HRTB)
• 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
  Info
• Instructor: John Glendinning
  CULPA: 23 h-index: 39 Info
• Instructor: Gabrielle J Gutierrez
  Info
• Instructor: Kara Pham
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Russell D Romeo
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Rae Silver
  Wikipedia h-index: 69 Info
• Instructor: Alex White
  h-index: 13 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: Irving P Herman
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia h-index: 50 Info
• 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.
• Instructor: Rachel Moresky
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED 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. 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.

• Department: Writing
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Marie G Lee
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Halle Butler
  Info
• 3 points

MODERN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS

• Department: Astronomy
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Melissa K Ness
  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: Benjamin Marcus
  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
• Instructor: Stephane A Charitos
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED DUTCH II

see department for details

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

ACADEMIC WRITING INTENSIVE

Academic Writing Intensive is a small, intensive writing course for Barnard students in their second or third year who would benefit from extra writing support. Students attend a weekly seminar, work closely with the instructor on each writing assignment, and meet with an attached Writing Fellow every other week. Readings and assignments focus on transferable writing, revision, and critical thinking skills students can apply to any discipline. Students from across the disciplines are welcome. This course is only offered P/D/F. To be considered for the course, please send a recent writing sample to
wschorha@barnard.edu
, ideally from your First-Year Writing or First-Year Seminar course, or any other writing-intensive humanities or social sciences course at Barnard (no lab reports please).

• Department: English @Barnard
• T 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Wendy C Schor-Haim
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 4 points

WOMEN OF THE LEFT BANK

This course will group together the women who shaped and epitomized Left Bank culture in Paris from the Belle Époque to the mid-twentieth century; it will also situate these women in relation to their male peers whose works went on to establish the canons of Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and Existentialism. We will focus primarily on the realms of literature, philosophy, and art, but we will also examine how some of these women advanced cultural production more broadly—by starting publishing presses, opening bookshops, holding salons, etc. Readings will be primarily in French (Colette, Anna de Noailles, Renée Vivien, Simone de Beauvoir; Breton, Valéry, Aragon, Sartre) but will also include some English-language authors (Gertrude Stein, Djuna Barnes, Anaïs Nin). All discussions, coursework, and examinations will be in French.

• Department: French @Barnard
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Hadley T Suter
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 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
• Instructor: Stephane A Charitos
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 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
  Info
• 4 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
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Rina Banerjee
  Info
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR VIETNAMESE II

The course is aimed at enhancing students' competence in reading and listening comprehension as well as the ability to present or show their knowledge of the language and various aspects of Vietnamese with the use of more advanced Vietnamese.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• R 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Chung Nguyen
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED YORUBA II

• Department: Language Resource Center
• Instructor: Stephane A Charitos
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ZULU II

Prerequisites: ZULU W1201-W1202 or the instructors permission. This course allows students to practice adanced structures of the Zulu language. Please note this course is offered by videoconference from Yale through the Shared Course Initiative.

• Department: Language Resource Center
• 3 points

THE ART OF THE ESSAY

Essay writing above the first-year level. Reading and writing various types of essays to develop one's natural writing voice and craft thoughtful, sophisticated and personal essays.

• Department: English @Barnard
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Nina Sharma
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Vrinda Condillac
  CULPA: 28 Info
• Instructor: Shelly Fredman
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

MECHANICS

MECHANICS I

Elements of statics; dynamics of a particle and systems of particles.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 4 points

MECHANICS

MECHANICS I-RECITATION

Elements of statics; dynamics of a particle and systems of particles.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• F 10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• F 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• F 1:05 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
• F 10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• F 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• F 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 0 points

MECHANICS

Elements of statics; dynamics of a particle and systems of particles.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• F 2:10 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 0 points

MECHANICS

MECHANICS I-RECITATION

Elements of statics; dynamics of a particle and systems of particles.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• F 3:35 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• F 10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 0 points

Comical Expression in Multicult Lit/Film

COMIC EXPRSN: GERMAN LIT/

This course is designed for participants who are interested in learning more about the role of humor in 20th/21st-c. literature and film. The survey begins with an introduction to key elements of the comical in literature and film, including slapstick, clowning, mime, or stunts. Discussions revolve around the issue of how or whether humor is universally recognizable or whether it is regionally, historically, and culturally defined. To shed light on this difficult question we will consider both historical and geographical settings. In close studies of popular films and literary texts we will examine the characters’ proclivities and discuss their gender-based perspectives as well as the influence of racial, religious or age-related identities. Our weekly readings—which include excerpts from major novels, selected scenes from films as well as short stories--provide us with rich and instructive examples of how eating habits, choice of food, calendrical events (holiday vs. weekday) may be related to the formation and expression of cultural identity. Romantic comedies reveal not only personal preferences and the joy of eating—they also signal collective taste patterns and indicate what kind of fantasies or constraints have governed the daily or festive dietary practices from the early 20th c. on. While the comical is first and foremost represented in time-honored genres such as comedies  or jokes, we will concentrate on the modern tradition in this course. This approach allows us to address the social, political, and cultural issue of multiculturalism and to build bridges between individual text/film and their historical contexts in the German-speaking countries. The emphasis of the course lies on a critical investigation of how cultural identity is related to self-expression and to physical interaction on the page, the stage or the screen. The course is taught in English, all readings are in English, and there are no prerequisites.

• Department: German @Barnard
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Erk Grimm
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points