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1. Reason and Value (REA)
Requirement: One course that allows students
to explore ways in which values shape thought, thought
shapes values, and both guide human actions.
| AFRS BC 3560 | Human Rights and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| AHIS W 3650 | Twentieth Century Art (also ART) |
| ANTH V 2300 | Anthropology of Estrangement (also CUL) |
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ANTH V 3160 |
The Body and Society (also SOC, CUL) |
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ANTH V 3988 |
Race & Sex in Science and Social Practice (also CUL) |
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ASRL V 3772 |
Perspectives on Evil and Suffering in World Religions (also CUL) |
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CLCV W 4110 |
Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece |
| CPLS W 3925/EAAS V 3567 | Wisdom Literatures |
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ECON BC 3041 |
Theoretical Foundations of Political Economy |
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| EESC W/BC 3018 | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| ENGL BC 3140 | Prophets, Women, Social Change in Renaissance England |
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ENGL BC 3158 |
Medieval Literature (also LIT) |
| ENGL BC 3159 | The English Colloquium (all sections) (also LIT) |
| ENGL BC 3160 | The English Colloquium (all sections) (also LIT) |
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ENGL BC 3179 |
American Literature to 1800 (also LIT) |
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ENGL BC 3183 |
American Literature since 1945 (also LIT) |
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ENGL BC 3195 |
Modernism (also LIT) |
| ENGL W 3267 | Foundations of American Literature (also LIT) |
| ENGL W 3283 | Post-1945 American Literature |
| FREN BC 3041 | Twentieth Century French Thought (also CUL) |
| FREN BC 3048/3063 | Critical Theory |
| FREN W 3420 | Introduction to French and Francophone Studies I |
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| GERM BC 3201 | Intro. to German Culture and Thought (also HIS) |
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| GRKM W 4430 | Greece and the Modern Imagination (also CUL) |
| HIST BC 1011/1101 | Introduction to European History: Renaissance to French Revolution (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 1302 | Introduction to European History from the French Revolution to the Present (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 2001/4901 | Reacting to the Past II (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3400/4904 | Introduction. to Historical Theory and Method (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3445/4335 | Poverty and the Social Order in Europe (also HIS, SOC) |
| HIST BC 4903 | Reacting to the Past III: Science and Society (also HIS) |
| HIST W 3926 | Historical Origins of Human Rights (also HIS) |
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| HRTS V 3001 | Introduction to Human Rights (also SOC) |
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| HSEA W 4890 | Historiography of East Asia |
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| PHIL BC 1001 | What is Philosophy, Anyway? |
| PHIL BC 1003 | Philosophy and Human Existence |
| PHIL BC 1004 | Truth, Value and Knowledge |
| PHIL BC 1005 | Morality, Self and Society |
| PHIL BC 2120 | Existentialism |
| PHIL V 2101 | History of Philosophy I: Pre-Socratics through Augustine |
| PHIL V 2108 | Philosophy of History |
| PHIL V 2110 | Philosophy and Feminism |
| PHIL V 2201 | History of Philosophy II: Aquinas through Kant |
| PHIL V 2301 | History of Philosophy III: Hegel to Heidegger |
| PHIL V 2593 | The Warfare Between Science and Religion |
| PHIL V 3237 | Early Modern Philosophy |
| PHIL V 3551 | Philosophy of Science |
| PHIL V 3701 | Moral Philosophy |
| PHIL V 3720 | Ethics and Medicine |
| PHIL V 3750 | Political Philosophy |
| PHIL V 3751 | Social & Political Philosophy |
| PHIL V 3758/PHIL V 2100 | Philosophy of Education |
| PHIL V 3780 | Philosophy of Law |
| PHIL V 3801 | Aesthetics and Ethics |
| PHIL W 4710 | Human Rights and Social Justice |
| POLS BC 1013 | Political Theory I |
| POLS BC 1014 | Political Theory II |
| POLS BC 3433 | Colloquium on Democratic Political Theory and Ethics |
| POLS V 3020 | Democracy and Its Critics (also SOC) |
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| PSYC BC 3166 | Social Conflict (also SOC) |
| PSYC BC 3387 | Topics of Neuroethics |
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| RELI V 2005 | Buddhism: Indo-Tibetan |
| RELI V 2008 | Buddhism: East Asian |
| RELI V 2205 | Hinduism (also CUL) |
| RELI V 2305 /2630 | Islam (also CUL, HIS) |
| RELI V 2415 | Japanese Religious Traditions |
| RELI V 2800 | Religion and the Modern World (also CUL) |
| RELI V 2801 / RELI BC 1801 / 1101 | Introduction to Western Religions (also CUL) |
| RELI V 2802 / RELI V 1102 / RELI V 1802 | Introduction to Asian Religions (also CUL) |
| RELI V 2820 / 2660 | Science & Religion, East & West |
| RELI V 3120 | Introduction to New Testament (also HIS) |
| RELI V 3310 | Sunnis, Sufis & Shias in Islam |
| RELI V 3410 | Daoism |
| RELI V 3501 | Introduction to Hebrew Bible |
| RELI V 3570 | Women and Judaism: Folklore or Religion? |
| RELI V 3720 | Religion and Its Critics |
| RELI V 3803 / W 4825 | Religion, Gender and Violence (also CUL) |
| RELI W 4342 / V 3205 | Vedic Religion |
| RELI W 4510 | The Thought of Maimonides |
| RELI W 4801 | World Religions: Ideas and Enactment (also CUL) |
| RELI W 4803 | Religion versus the Academy |
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RUSS V 3223 |
Magical Mystery Tour: The Legacy of Old Rus' |
| RUSS W 4006 | Modern Russian Religious Thought |
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| SCPP BC 3333 | Genetics, Biodiversity & Society |
| SCPP BC 3334 | Science, State Power and Ethics (also SOC) |
| SCPP BC 3335 | Environmental Literature, Ethics and Action |
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| SOCI BC/W 3000 | Social Theory (also SOC) |
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Sociology of Sexuality |
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| WMST BC 3509 | The Sex of Science: Gender and Knowledge in Modern European History (also HIS) |
| WMST V 1001 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (also SOC) |
| WMST V 3122 | The Jewish Woman: Hist.& Cult. |
| WMST W 4300 Section #5 | Gender and War |
| AFRS BC 3109 | Junior Colloquium: Critical Race Theory (also LIT) |
| AFRS /PAFS BC 3100 | Medicine and Power in African History |
| AFRS / PAFS BC 3110 | Women and Religion in Africa and Diaspora (also CUL) |
| AHIS C 3643 | The American City: Urban Form and City Planning (also ART) |
| AMST / AMHS BC 3401 | Colloquium in American Studies (also HIS) |
| ANTH V 1002 | Interpretation of Culture (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 1007 | Origins of Human Society (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 1009 | Introduction to Language and Culture (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 3004 | Introduction to Environmental Anthropology (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 3160 | The Body and Society (also REA, CUL) |
| ANTH V 3525 | Introduction to South Asian History and Culture (also CUL, HIS) |
| ANTH V 3810 | Madagascar (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 3926 | Rewriting Modernity: Transculturation and the Postcolonial Intellectual (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 3943 | Youth & Identity Politics in Africa (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 3946 | African Popular Culture (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 3950 | The Anthropology of Consumption (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 3971 | Environment and Cultural Behavior (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 3976 | Anthropology of Science (also CUL) |
| ANTH W 4625 | Anthropology and Film (also ART, CUL ) |
| ANTH W 4042 | Agent, Person, Subject, Self (also CUL) |
| ASAM W 1010 | Introduction to Asian American Studies |
| CSER W 3940 | Comparative Study of Constitutional Challenges Affecting African American, Latino and Asian American Communities |
| EAAS V 3320 | The Changing China: Social Development and Conflicts |
| EAAS V 3370 | Social Changes in East Asia |
| EAAS W 4102 | Critical Approaches to East Asia in the Social Sciences |
| EAAS W 4408 | Social Movements in Contemporary East Asia |
| EASO V 3020 | Gender in Contemporary East Asia (also CUL) |
| ECON BC 1001 | Introduction to Macroeconomics |
| ECON BC 1002 | Introduction to Microeconomics |
| ECON BC 1003 | Introduction to Economic Reasoning |
| ECON BC 2010 | Economics of Gender |
| ECON W 1105 | Principles of Economics |
| EDUC BC 2032 | Contemporary Issues in Education |
| EESC W 3200 | Human Role of Environmental Change |
| HIST BC 1016/1660 | Conceptualizing Race in Latin America (also CUL, HIS) |
| HIST BC 3059/3496 | History of American Cities (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3082/3567 | American Women in the 20th Century (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3116 | Filthy Lucre: A History of Money (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3414 | The United States in the World (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3445/4335 | Poverty and the Social Order in Europe (also REA, HIS) |
| HIST BC 3490/4804 | Political Modernity: Themes in South Asian History (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3525 / URBS V 3525 | 20th-Century Urbanization in Comparative Perspective (also CUL, HIS) |
| HIST BC 3681 | History of Women and Gender in Latin America (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3664 | Reproducing Inequalities: Families in Latin American History |
| HIST BC 3803/1803 | Gender and Empire (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3840 | Gender, Caste and Nation in South Asia (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3980 | World Migration (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 4117 | Ritual, Revel and Riot: Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 4401 | Reinventing America’s Cities, New Deal to the Present (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 4411 | Race and the Making of the United States (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 4651 | Jewish Immigration: NYC, Paris London (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 4672 | Perspectives on Power in 20 C. Latin America (also HIS) |
| HIST W 3503 | American Workers in the Twentieth Century (also HIS) |
| HRTS V 3001 | Introduction to Human Rights (also REA) |
| HSEA W 3850 | Contemporary Chinese Culture and Society |
| HSEA W 4867 | Civil Society, Public Sphere, and Popular Protest in Contemporary China |
| JTS: PHIL 5329 | Religion, Politics and American Jewry (JTS/Double Degree Program) |
| LATS W 1601 | Introduction to Latin Studies (also CUL) |
| MDES W 3000 | Theories of Culture: Middle East and South Asia |
| MDES W 4621 | Court Cultures of India |
| MUSI V 3420 | The Social Science of Music (also ART) |
| MUSI V 3430 | Music and Nationalism |
| POLS BC 1001 | Dynamics of American Politics |
| POLS BC 3210 | Power, Politics, and Policymaking |
| POLS BC 3301 | Colloquium on Women as Voters, Candidates and Leaders |
| POLS BC 3335 | Mass Media and American Democracy |
| POLS V/BC 3401 | Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe (also HIS) |
| POLS V 1501 | Comparative Politics (also CUL) |
| POLS V 1601 | International Politics |
| POLS V 3020 | Democracy and Its Critics (also REA) |
| POLS V 3212 | Environmental Politics |
| POLS V 3313 | American Urban Politics |
| POLS V 3620 | Intro to Contemporary Chinese Politics (also HIS) |
| POLS V 3675 | Russia and the West (also HIS) |
| POLS W 3522 | The Life Cycle of Communist Regimes |
| POLS W 4311 | American Parties and Elections (also HIS) |
| POLS W 4461/3461 | Latin American Politics (also CUL) |
| POLS W 4496 | Contemporary African Politics (also CUL) |
| PSYC BC 1136 | Social Psychology |
| PSYC BC 3155 | Psychology and Law |
| PSYC BC 3166 | Social Conflict (also REA) |
| PSYC BC 3379 | Psychology of Stereotyping and Prejudice |
| PSYC BC 3382 | Adolescent Psychology |
| PSYC W 2630 | Social Psychology |
| RELI V 3651 | Evangelicalism |
| RELI V 3798 | Gift and Religion |
| RELI W 4830 | Pilgrimage in Asian Practice (also CUL) |
| SCPP BC 3334 | Science, State Power and Ethics (also REA) |
| SOCI BC 1003 | Introduction to Sociology |
| SOCI BC 3000 | Social Theory (also REA) |
| SOCI BC 3204 | Social Theory and Cultural Diversity |
| SOCI V/BC 3208 | Unity and Division in the Contemporary United States: A Sociological View |
| SOCI V/BC 3220 | Masculinity: A Sociological View |
| SOCI V/BC 3227 | The Sociology of U.S. Economic Life |
| SOCI V 1202/W 3020 | Sociological Imagination/The Social World |
| SOCI V 1205/V 1205 | The Evaluation of Evidence |
| SOCI V 3200 | Gender, Class and Race |
| SOCI V 3225 | Sociology of Education |
| SOCI V 3235 | Social Movements |
| SOCI V 3247 | Immigrant Experience: Old and New (also CUL) |
| SOCI V 3270 | Sociology of Mass Media and Popular Culture |
| SOCI V 3350 | Religion and Social Change (also REA) |
| SOCI V 3920 | Science and Society (also REA) |
| SOCI W 3190 | Sociology's Historical Imagination |
| SOCI W 3264 | The Changing American Family |
| SOCI W 3302 | Sociology of Gender |
| SOCI W 3912 | Global Urbanism (also CUL) |
| URBS BC 3590 / WMST BC 3590 / AMST BC 3201 | Theorizing Civic Engagement |
| URBS V 3410 | Race, Ethnicity and Immigration in Urban America |
| URBS V 3420 | Introduction to Urban Sociology |
| URBS V 3810 | Production, Consumption and Control of Public Space |
| URBS V 3920 | Social Entrepreneurship |
| WMST V 1001 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (also REA) |
| WMST BC 1050 | Women and Health |
| WMST BC 3131 | Women and Science |
| WMST BC 3132 | Gendered Controversies: Women's Bodies and Global Conflicts |
| WMST BC 3136 | Asian American Women |
| WMST BC 3902 | Gender, Education, and Development |
| WMST W 4303 | Gender, Globalization & Empire |
| AFAS C 1001 | Intro to African-American Studies |
| AFRS/PAFS BC 3004 | Introduction to Pan African Studies: African Civilization (also CUL) |
| AFRS/PAFS BC 3006 | Introduction to Pan African Studies: The African Diaspora (also CUL) |
| AHIS BC 1001,1002 | Introduction to Art History (also CUL, ART) |
| AHIS BC 3948 | The Visual Culture of the Harlem Renaissance (also ART) |
| AHIS W 3600 | 19th Century European Art (also ART) |
| AHIS W 4657 | Russian Art 1860-1910 (also ART) |
| AMST W 1010 | Introduction to American Studies |
| ANTH V 3525 | Introduction to South Asian History and Culture (also SOC, CUL) |
| ANTH V 3931 | Social Life in Ancient Egypt (also CUL) |
| ASCE V 2359 | Introduction to East Asian Civilization: China |
| ASCE V 2361 | Introduction to East Asian Civilization: Japan |
| ASCE V 2363 | Introduction to East Asian Civilization: Korea |
| ASCE V 2365 | Introduction to East Asian Civilization: Tibet |
| ASCM V 2003 | Introduction to Islamic Civilization |
| ASCM V 2357 | Introduction to Indian Civilization |
| ASST W 4001 | Bengal: Culture and Identity |
| AMST/BLIC BC 3450 | Women and Leadership |
| CLCV V 3158 | Women in Antiquity (also CUL) |
| CLCV V 3175 | The World of Late Antiquity |
| DNCE BC 2566 | History of Dance: the Renaissance to Present (also ART) |
| DNCE BC 3578 | Traditions of African-American Dance (also ART) |
| ECON BC 2014 | Topics in Economic History |
| ECON BC 3013 | Economic History of U.S. |
| FREN BC 3023 | Culture and Institutions of France |
| GERM BC 3201 | Intro. to German Culture and Thought (also REA) |
HISTORY
See the List of Current Courses Satisfying GER for additional courses satisfying this requirement: http://snowbird.barnard.edu/pls/bcapp/mybc_courses_reqmts.courses_reqmts
| HSEA W 4828 | China's Cultural Revolution in History and Memory |
| HSME W 3650 / HIST W 3800 | Gandhi's India |
| HSSL W 3224 | Cities & Civilizations: An Intro to Eurasian Studies (also CUL) |
| INSM C 3940 | Science Across Cultures |
| ITAL W 4502 | Italian Cultural Studies I |
| ITAL W 4503 | Italian Cultural Studies II |
| LATS W 1600 | Latino History & Culture (also CUL) |
| MDES W 3004 | Islam in South Asia |
| MEDS G 4050 | Orthodoxy and Heresy in the Medieval Period |
| POLS V/BC 3401 | Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe (also SOC) |
| POLS V 3620 | Introduction to Contemporary Chinese Politics (also SOC) |
| POLS V 3675 | Russia and the West (also SOC) |
| POLS W 4311 | American Parties and Elections (also SOC) |
| RELI V 2105 | Christianity |
| RELI V 2110 | Mormonism |
| RELI V 2305 / 2630 | Islam (also REA, CUL) |
| RELI V 2505 | Judaism |
| RELI V 3120 | Introduction to the New Testament (also REA) |
| RELI V 3140 | Early Christianity |
| RELI V 3502 / 3508 | Judaism During the Time of Jesus |
| RELI V 3602, 3603 | Religion and American Culture (also CUL) |
| RELI V 3650 | Religion & The Civil Rights Movement |
| RELI W 4321 | Islam in the 20th Century |
| RELI W 4560 | A Religious History of NYC 1664-1965 |
| HIST BC 3525 / URBS V 3525 | 20th Century Urbanization in Comparative Perspective (also SOC, CUL) |
| WMST BC 3121 | Black Women in America |
| WMST BC 3509 | The Sex of Science: Gender and Knowledge in Modern European History (also REA) |
| WMST W 4300 #4 / 4306 | Advanced Topics: Feminisms in China |
4. Cultures In Comparison (CUL)
Requirement: One course that compares two or
more cultures from the perspectives of the humanities
and/or social sciences.
Aim: To study the diversity and the commonality of human experience, and to examine and question personal cultural assumptions and values in relation to others’. Through comparative methods, courses will explore the beliefs, ideologies, and practices of different peoples in different parts of the world, across time, and through migrations. Courses may include comparison of cultures from two or more geographical areas or from two or more cultures within one area, and may approach the subject matter using anthropological, historical, social, and/or humanistic perspectives.
| AFRS/PAFS BC 3004 | Introduction to Pan African Studies: African Civilization (also HIS) |
| AFRS/PAFS BC 3006 | Introduction to Pan African Studies: The African Diaspora (also HIS) |
| AFRS/PAFS BC 3110 | Women and Religion in Africa and Diaspora (also SOC) |
| AHIS BC 1001, 1002 | Introduction to Art History (also HIS, ART) |
| AHIS W 3900 | The Art and Archaeology of Greek Colonization (also ART) |
| AHMM V 3320 | Music-East Asia-Southeast Asia (also ART) |
| AHUM V 3340 | Arts of China, Korea and Japan (also ART) |
| AHUM V 3399 | Colloquium on Major Texts I (also LIT) |
| AHUM V 3400 | Colloquium on Major Texts II (also LIT) |
| AHUM V 3830 | Colloquium on Modern East Asian Texts (also LIT) |
| ANTHROPOLOGY | See the List of Current Courses Satisfying GER for additional courses satisfying this requirement: http://snowbird.barnard.edu/pls/bcapp/mybc_courses_reqmts.courses_reqmts |
| ANTH V 3810 | Madagascar (also SOC) |
| ANTH W 4065 | Archaeology of Idols |
| ASCE V 2002 | Introduction to Major Topics: East Asia |
| ASCM V 2001 | Introduction to Major Topics: Middle East and India |
| ASRL V 3772 | Perspectives on Evil and Suffering on World Religions (also REA) |
| CLCV V 3158 | Women in Antiquity (also HIS) |
| CLCV V 3162 | Ancient Law |
| CLEN W 4785 | Global English Literature |
| CLRS V 3119 | The Novel in the US & USSR, 1925-1940: Literature Confronts Social Crises (also LIT) |
| CLYD G 4460 | The Horror Story: Between Jews and Others |
| CPLS BC 3001 | Introduction to Comparative Literature (also LIT) |
| CPLS BC 3110 | Introduction to Translation Studies (also LIT) |
| CPLS BC 3140 | Europe Imagined: Images of the New Europe in 20th Century Literature (also LIT) |
| CPLS V 3235 | Imagining the self (also LIT) |
| CSER W 1012 | History of Racialization in the United States |
| DANC BC 2565 | History of Dance: Multi-Cultural Perspectives (also ART) |
| EASO V 3020 | Gender in Contemporary East Asia (also SOC) |
| EESC BC 3032 | Agricultural and Urban Land Use |
| ENGL BC 3149 | Cultures of Colonialism |
| ENGL BC 3190 | Global Literature in English (also LIT) |
| FREN BC 3041 | Twentieth Century French Thought (also REA) |
| FREN BC 3047 #11 / 3069 | Blacks, Jews and Arabs in France |
| FREN BC 3047 # 7 / 3070 | Negritude |
| FREN BC 3071 | Major Literary Works of the French-Speaking World (also LIT) |
| FREN BC 3073/BC 3049 | African in Cimena (also ART) |
| FREN W 3421 | Introduction to French and Francophone Studies (also LIT) |
| FREN W 3505 | Cultural Diversity in Contemporary France |
| FREN W 3606 | Cultural Studies: Cultural Diversity in France |
| GERM BC 3224 | Germany's Traveling Cultures [in English] |
| GERM BC 3225 | Germany's Traveling Cultures [in German] |
| GERM BC 3232 | From Decadence to Dada [in English] (also LIT) |
| GERM BC 3233 | From Decadence to Dada [in German] (also LIT) |
| GRKM V 3400 | Greek American Culture: Diaspora, Immigration and Translation (also LIT) |
| GRKM W 4430 | Greece and the Modern Imagination (also REA) |
| HIST BC 1016/1660 | Conceptualizing Race in Latin America (also SOC, HIS) |
| HIST BC 1801 | Colonialism and Nationalism in South Asia (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3039/3321 | Colonial Encounters: Europe and the Culture of Empire (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3048/3668 | Social Revolutions in Latin America (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3180 | Merchants, Pirates, and Slaves in the Formation of Atlantic Capitalism: 1600-1800 (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3494 | The Era of Independence in the Americas: United States, Haiti, Mexico (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 3525 / URBS V 3525 | 20th-Century Urbanization in Comparative Perspective (also SOC, HIS) |
| HIST BC 4671 | History of the Family in Global Perspective (also HIS) |
| HIST BC 4886 | Fashion (also HIS) |
| HIST W 3719 | History of the Modern Middle East (also HIS) |
| HIST W 3912 | Domestic Animals and Human History (also HIS) |
| HIST W 4032 | Family and Sexuality in the Greek and Roman Worlds (also HIS) |
| HSEA V 3100 | History and Ethnography of East Asian Martial Arts |
| HSEA W 3898 | The Mongols in History |
| HSSL W 3224 | Cities & Civilizations: An Introduction to Eurasian Studies (also HIS) |
| LATS W 1600 | Latino History & Culture (also HIS) |
| LATS W 1601 | Intro to Latino Studies (also SOC) |
| MDES W 3042 | Palestinian and Israeli Politics and Societies |
| MDES W 4350 | Armenians in the Early Ottoman Empire: Political, Cultural & Social Realities |
| MUSI V 2020 | Salsa, Soca and Reggae: Popular Music of the Caribbean (also ART) |
| MUSI V 3158 | Music, Race and Nation |
| MUSI W 4440 | Popular Music in Latin America |
| POLS BC 3119 | Colloquium on Islam and Politics |
| POLS V 1501 | Comparative Politics (also SOC) |
| POLS W 4461/3461 | Latin American Politics (also SOC) |
| POLS W 4496 | Contemporary African Politics (also SOC) |
| PSYC BC 3162 | Introduction to Cultural Psychology |
| PSYC W 2650 | Introduction to Cultural Psychology |
| RELI V 2205 | Hinduism (also REA) |
| RELI V 2305 / 2630 | Islam (also HIS, REA) |
| RELI V 2800 | Religion and the Modern World (also REA) |
| RELI V 2801/RELI BC 1801/1101 | Introduction to Western Religions (also REA) |
| RELI V 2802 / RELI V 1102/ RELI V 1802 | Introduction to Asian Religions (also REA) |
| RELI V 3495 | Life After Death |
| RELI V 3602, 3603 | Religion and American Culture (also HIS) |
| RELI V 3803 / W 4825 | Religion, Gender and Violence (also REA) |
RELI W 4011 |
Lotus Sutra |
| RELI W 4730 | Exodus and Politics: Religious Narrative as a Source of Revolution |
| RELI W 4215 | Hinduism Here |
| RELI W 4403 | Bodies and Spirits in East Asia |
| RELI W 4801 | World Religions: Idea and Enactment (also REA) |
| RELI W 4811 | Mystical Dimensions of Islam and Judaism |
| RELI W 4830 | Pilgrimage in Asian Practice (also SOC) |
| SOCI V/BC 3901 | The Sociology of Culture |
| SOCI BC 3192 | Global Urbanism (also SOC) |
| SOCI V 3247 | Immigrant Experience: Old and New (also SOC) |
| SOCI W 3480 | Revolutions, Social Movements and Contentious Politics |
| SPAN BC 3004 | Hispanics in the United States |
| SPAN BC 3203 | Women Poets of the Americas (also LIT) |
| SPAN BC 3990 | Latin American Perspectives on Violence, Colonization and Globalization (also LIT) |
| SPAN V 3351 | Literature and Culture of Latin America |
| SPAN W 3265 | Latin American Literature in Translation |
| SPAN W 3330 | Introduction of Hispanic Cultures |
| THTR BC/V 3000 | World Theatre |
| URBS V 3565 | Urban Planning in Developing Countries: Problems and Prospects |
| WMST BC 3133 | Women, Islam and Nationalism |
| WMST BC 3134 | Unheard Voices: African Women's Literature (also LIT) |
Students must complete one year of science (two lectures and two labs) in the same field. Acceptable courses must meet for at least three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. The student must pass both the lecture and the laboratory portions of the course, and the College strongly suggests that the two be taken concurrently. The following courses meet these requirements.
Aim: To develop intellectual curiosity about the natural world and the processes of scientific experimentation; to convey an understanding of what is known or can be known about the natural world; to introduce basic methods of analyzing and synthesizing the sources of scientific information; and to create scientifically literate citizens who can engage productively in problem solving. Students are expected to master the tools of science and current understanding in one area, and are encouraged to explore the limitations of existing theories and to learn how to ask strategic questions. Laboratory exercises introduce students to techniques of scientific investigation, as they make observations, carry out experimental procedures, and learn how results and analyses are communicated in specific visual, quantitative, and written forms.
| Astronomy | ASTR
BC 1753-1754 or ASTR C 1403-1404,
both with lab ASTR C 1903-1904; ASPG C 1234- 1235, Plus PHYS BC 1091, Plus ASTR C 1904; ASTR V 1420 plus 1904 (satisfies one semester of lab requirement) |
| Biology | BC 1001-1002 or BC 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 or BC 1500, 1501, 1502, and 1503 |
| Chemistry | BC 2001 and BC 2002, BC 2001 and BC 3230 with BC 3328, C 1403–C 1404 with C 1500 and one additional laboratory course, e.g., BC 2102, BC 3328, BC 3338, or C 3543. |
| Environmental Science | Any combination of two of BC 1001, BC 1002, V 1011, S 1011, V 1001, V 2100, V 2200, V 2300, except for the combination BC 1001-V 2300. Students may also complete the lab science requirement by combining the Columbia SEE-U summer program with BC 1002, V 1011, V 1001, V 2100, or V 2200. |
| Physics | BC 2001, 2002, 3001 (any two); F, V, or W 1201-1202 with 1291-1292 |
| Psychology | BC 1105, BC 1108, BC 1117, BC 1123, BC 1127, BC 1130, BC 1136, BC 1156 (any two from different groups: see Major requirements) |
6. Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning (QUA)
In order to graduate, students
must pass one of the courses listed below in which the major topics are
mathematics, methods of empirical analysis using quantitative data, or the use
of symbolic manipulation to solve problems. These courses can count both toward
a major or distribution requirement and or the Quantitative Reasoning
Requirement.
Aim: To
provide a productive acquaintance with at least one means of quantitative
and deductive reasoning and to develop an ability
to apply this knowledge to the analysis of new
problems. Coursework will emphasize how quantitative analysis and deductive
reasoning function as creative, elegant, and powerful ways of
thinking and as effective sets of conceptual tools
and procedures with widespread applications.
Note: Students may fulfill this requirement by securing Advanced Placement Credit in mathematics, chemistry, computer science, physics, or statistics (or their International Baccalaureate equivalents or equivalent transfer credit).
| Astronomy | C 1420 Stars,
Galaxies and Cosmology; BC 1753, BC 1754, Life in the Universe, Stars Galaxies and Cosmology; C1403 Earth, Moon, and Planets; C 1404 Beyond the Solar System (Prof. Applegate's sections do not satisfy requirement) |
| Biology | BC 3386 Biometry |
| Chemistry | BC 1002 Molecules and Matter;
BC 2001 General Chemistry I; C 1403, C 1404 General Chemistry |
| Computer Science | Any course carrying degree
credit CU summer S1021D, S 1022Q |
| Economics | BC 2411 Statistics for Economics BC 1007 Mathematical Methods for Economics |
| Electrical Engineering | ELEN E 1101 The Digital Information Age |
| Environmental Science |
EESC BC 3025 Hydrology,
EESC BC 3017 Environmental Data Analysis, EESC V 2100 Climate |
| Mathematics | Any course carrying degree credit; V1010 Groups
and Symmetry or V 1011 Surfaces and Knots are recommended for those who do not intend to study calculus. For students entering in Autumn 2002 and after, MATH W 1003 College Algebra and Analytic Geometry will NOT satisfy this requirement. |
| Philosophy | V 3411 Introduction to Symbolic Logic F 1401 Elementary Logic |
| Physics | Any course carrying degree credit |
| Political Science | BC 3345 Statistical Analysis of Politics and Policy |
| Psychology | BC 1101 Statistics |
| Sociology | BC 3211 Quantitative Methods/W 3020 Social Statistics;
V 3212 Methods of Social Research/W 3010 Methods of Social Research |
| Statistics | Any course carrying degree credit |
| Urban Studies | BC 3200 Spatial Analysis: GIS Methods and Urban Case Studies |
Requirement: One course in literature in any language, in the original or in translation; or in comparative literature.
Aim: To develop the skills needed for an informed and aesthetically rewarding reading of literary texts from various times, places, and traditions. Coursework will address the methods and theories by which readers produce meanings and interpretations, and will investigate the pertinence of material such as the authors’ biographies or their cultural contexts to literary analysis. Students will study rhetorical strategies employed in literature, becoming more adept at grasping the underlying assumptions and appeal of various forms of discourse.
Requirement: See the List of Current Courses Satisfying GER for additional courses satisfying this requirement:
http://snowbird.barnard.edu/pls/bcapp/mybc_courses_reqmts.courses_reqmts
| AFRS BC 3109 | Junior Colloquium: Critical Race Theory (also SOC) |
| AFRS BC 3144/ENGL BC 3144/ENTH BC 314 | Black Theatre |
| AFRS BC 3148 | Literature of the Great Migration |
| AHUM V 3399 | Colloquium on Major Texts I (also CUL) |
| AHUM V 3400 | Colloquium on Major Texts II (also CUL) |
| CLEN W 3910 | Women's Studies: Religion and Human Rights |
| CLLT V 3132 | Classical Mythology |
| CLLT V 3135 | The Ancient Novel |
| CLLT W 4300 | The Classical Tradition |
| CLRS V 1280 | Decadence in Russia and Europe |
| CLRS V 3119 | The Novel in the US & USSR, 1925-1940: Literature Confronts Social Crises (also CUL) |
| CLRS W 4012 | The Russian Novel and the West: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and the English Novel |
| CLRS W 4017 | Chekhov |
| CPLS | For current courses in LIT see: Current Courses with Designations List |
| CPLS BC 3110 | Introduction to Translation Studies (also CUL) |
| CPLS BC 3156 | Figures in a Landscape: Literary Topographies form Homer to H.D. |
| CLPL W 4120 | Polish Short Story-Comp Context |
| EAAS W 4212 | Topics in Early China and Japan: The Power of Words in China and Japan |
| ENGL | For current courses in LIT see: Current Courses with Designations List |
| ENTH BC 3136 | Shakespeare in Performance (also ART) |
| ENTH BC 3137 | Restoration and 18th Century Restoration Drama (also ART) |
| ENTH BC 3139 | Modern American Drama in Performance (also ART) |
| ENTH BC 3140 | Women and Theatre (also ART) |
| ENTH BC 3144/AFRS BC 3144 | Black Theatre |
| ENTH BC 3145 | Early American Theatre (also ART) |
| ENTH BC 3186 | Modern Drama (also ART) |
| ENWS BC 3144 | Minority Women Writers in the United States |
| FILM BC 3145/ENGL BC 3145 | Topics in Literature and Film: Memory and Forgetting |
| FREN | For current courses in LIT see: Current Courses with Designations List |
| GERM | For current courses in LIT see: Current Courses with Designations List |
| ITAL | For current courses in LIT see: Current Courses with Designations List |
| PORT W 3340 | Modern Brazilian Literature and Culture |
| RUSS V 1336 | Two Hundred Years of Russian Poetry |
| SPAN | For current courses in LIT see: Current Courses with Designations List |
| SPAN BC 3435 | Enlightenment and the Spanish American Essay |
| SPAN BC 3990 | Latin American Perspectives on Violence, Colonization and Globalization (also LIT) |
| Slavic | For current courses in LIT see: Current Courses with Designations List |
| THTR BC/V 3150 | Theater History I (also ART) |
| THTR BC/V 3151 | Theater History II (also ART) |
| THTR BC/V 3737 | Modernism and 20th Century Theatre |
| THTR BC/V 3750 | The History Play (also ART) |
| WMST BC 3120 | Litany for Survival: Lesbian Texts |
| WMST BC 3134 | Unheard Voices: African Women's Literature (also HIS, CUL) |
| WMST W 4300 #1 / 4301 | The Search for Self I: US Jewish Women Writers |
| WMST W 4300 #2 / 4302 | The Search for Self II: Twentieth-Century Jewish Women Writers |
| WMST W 4310 | Contemporary American Jewish Women's Literature: 1990 to Present |
9. The Visual and Performing Arts (ART)
Requirement: One course in architecture, art History, studio
art, graphic design, dance, music, film, or theatre.
Aim: To build an
understanding and appreciation of creative processes and forms of artistic
expression. Courses will provide insight into the ways art is used to
explore and enrich the world and the human
condition. The requirement will enable students to cultivate their
skills, to develop an understanding of the ways various arts
communicate and are discussed, and to consider
works of art in their complex social and historical contexts.
| AFAS C 3930 #2 | Topics in the Black Experience: Jazz Musicians as Intellectuals |
| AFRS/PAFS BC 3120 | History of African American Music |
| AFTH BC 3150 | Race and Performance in the Caribbean |
| AHIS | See the List of Current Courses Satisfying GER for additional courses satisfying this requirement: Studio art courses must be worth 3 or more points to satisfy this requirement. |
| AHIS BC 3685 | History of Art Filmand Video |
| AHMM V 3320 | Music-East Asia-Southeast Asia (also CUL) |
| AHMM V 3321 | Music of India and West Asia |
| AHUM V 3342 | Asian Humanities: Masterpieces of Islamic and Indian Art |
| AHUM V 3340 | Arts of China, Korea and Japan (also CUL) |
| AHUM V 3343 | Masterpieces of Islamic Art and Architecture |
| AHWS BC 3123 | Women and Art |
| ANTH V 2008 | Film and Culture (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 2009 | Culture Through Film and Media (also CUL) |
| ANTH V 4625 | Anthropology and Film (also SOC, CUL) |
| ARCH V 1020 | Introduction to Architectural Design and Visual Culture |
| ARCH V 3101 | Architectural Representation: Abstraction |
| ARCH V 3103 | Architectural Representation: Perception |
| ARCH V 3114 | Making the Metropolis: Urban Design and Theories of the City since 1850 |
| ARCH V 3117 | Perceptions of Architecture |
| CLIA V 3660 | Mafia Movies: The Godfather to the Sopranos |
| CLLT V 3230 | Classics and Film |
| CLME W 4031 | Cinema and Society in Asia and Africa |
| CLRS W 4xxx | Kino Eyes: The Culture and Practice of Russian and Soviet Film |
| CLSL W 4075 | Soviet and Post Soviet, Colonial and Post-Colonial Film |
| CPLS BC 3103 | Holocaust Literature and Film (also LIT) |
| CPLS BC 3125 | Opera and Literature/ Opera as Literature (also LIT) |
| CPLS V 3200 | The Verbal and the Visual Arts (also LIT) |
| DNCE BC 2555 | Ensemble Dance Repertory |
| DNCE BC 2557 | Evolution of Spanish Dance |
| DNCE BC 2558 | Tap Ensemble |
| DNCE BC 2560 | Exploring Dance: An Introduction to the Art Form |
| DNCE BC 2563 | Dance Composition: Form |
| DNCE BC 2564 | Dance Composition: Content |
| DNCE BC 2565 | History of Dance: Multi-Cultural Perspectives (also CUL) |
| DNCE BC 2566 | History of Dance: the Renaissance (also HIS) |
| DNCE BC 2567 | Music for Dance |
| DNCE BC 2570 | Dance in NYC |
| DNCE BC 2575 | Choreography for the American Musical |
| DNCE BC 2580 | Tap as an American Art Form |
| DNCE BC 3000 | From Page to Stage |
| DNCE BC 3561 | Applied Anatomy for Movement |
| DNCE BC 3567 | Dance in East Asia: Continuity and Change |
| DNCE BC 3570 | Latin American and Caribbean Dance: Identities in Motion |
| DNCE BC 3572 | Dance Production |
| DNCE BC 3574 | Seminar on Contemporary Choreographers |
| DNCE BC 3575 | George Balanchine and the Reinvention of Modern Ballet |
| DNCE BC 3577 | Performing the Political |
| DNCE BC 3578 | Traditions of African-American Dance (also HIS) |
| DNCE BC 3982 | Diaghilev's Ballet Russes and Its World |
| EAAS V 3315 | Film and Literature in Modern China |
| EAAS V 3352 | Major Works of Japanese Cinema |
| EAAS V 3357 | Contemporary Japanese Film |
| EAAS V 3615 | Japanese Literature and Film |
| EAAS W 4557 | Envisioning the Snowland: Film and TV in Tibet and Inner Asia |
| ENGL BC 3119 / FILM 3119 | Screenwriting |
| ENGL BC 3140, sec #6 | Topics in American Literature and Film: Horror |
| ENGL W 4670 | Film Studies: Hollywood Film Noir |
| ENTH BC 3136 | Shakespeare in Performance (also LIT) |
| ENTH BC 3137 | Restoration and 18th Century Restoration Drama (also LIT) |
| ENTH BC 3139 | Modern American Drama in Performance (also LIT) |
| ENTH BC 3140 | Women and Theatre (also LIT) |
| ENTH BC 3145 | Early American Theatre (also LIT) |
| ENTH BC 3186 | Modern Drama (also LIT) |
| FILM | Any 3 point Film course listed in the catalogue |
| FILM BC 3200/ENGL BC 3200 | Film Production |
| FILM BC 3220 | Topics in Film: War and Propaganda |
| FREN BC 3020 | Surrealism in Painting and Film |
| FREN BC 3028 | Performance in France (also LIT) |
| FREN BC 3049/BC 3073 | Africa in Cinema (also CUL) |
| FREN BC 3049 | France on Film |
| GERM W 3510 | Weimar Cinema |
| ITAL V 3337 | The Language of Laughter: Advanced Italian in Film Comedy |
| ITAL V 3642 | Italian Film: Imagining the Nation |
| MUSI BC 1001 | Intro to Music |
| MUSI BC 1002 | Intro to Music |
| MUSI BC 2015 | Music in the United States |
| MUSI BC 3139 | Vocal Techniques & Expression I |
| MUSI BC 3140 | Vocal Repertoire, Technique and Expression |
| MUSI V 1002 | Fundamentals of Western Music |
| MUSI V 2010 | Rock |
| MUSI V 2014 | Popular Musics of the Americas: Country Music |
| MUSI V 2016 | Jazz |
| MUSI V 2023 | Mozart |
| MUSI V 2025 | The Opera |
| MUSI V 2026 | The Symphony |
| MUSI V 2030 | Jewish Music and Musicians in World Culture |
| MUSI V 2170 | Music and Dance from Romanticism to Mark Morris |
| MUSI V 2205, V 2206 | MIDI Music Production Techniques |
| MUSI V 2318,V 2319 | Diatonic Harmony and Counterpoint, I and II |
| MUSI V 2425 | The Music of J.S. Bach |
| MUSI V 2582 | Jazz Improvisation |
| MUSI V 3120 | From Source to Sound: The Interpretation of Medieval Music |
| MUSI V 3138 | The Music of Brahms |
| MUSI V 3420 | The Social Science of Music (also SOC) |
| MUSI V 3432 | Music and Place |
| MUSI V 3630 | Recorded Sounds |
| MUSI W 4405 | Music and Langauge |
| PORT W 3349 | Brazilian Cinema and Society |
| RUSS W 4201 | Russian Theater - Hands on |
| SPAN BC 3004 #5 | Language and Film: Pedro Almodovar |
| SPAN BC 3004 #5 | Issues in Contemporary Spanish Cinema |
| SPAN BC 3004 #6 | Political Acts: Latin American Theater in the 20th Century |
| SPAN BC 3004 #7 | Spanish Language Theater in NYC |
| SPAN BC 3131 | Memory and Violence: Film & Literature of the Spanish Civil War (also LIT) |
| SPAN BC 3142 | Film-Literature Relationships in Modern Latin American Cinema (also LIT) |
| SPAN BC 3170 | The Films of Luis Buńuel and the Spanish Literary Tradition (also LIT) |
| SPAN W 3300 | Spanish Culture through its Art |
| THTR BC/V 2000 | What is Theater? |
| THTR BC/V 2002 | New York Theater |
| THTR BC/V 2005 | Theater and Society |
| THTR V 2005 | Acting Workshop |
| THTR BC/V 2006 | First-Year Scene Lab |
| THTR BC/V 2120 | Technical Production |
| THTR V 3000 | World Theatre |
| THTR BC/V 3004-3005 | Acting Lab |
| THTR V 3005 | Acting Suzuki and Viewpoints |
| THTR V 3132 | Sound Design |
| THTR V 3133 | Costume Design |
| THTR BC/V 3134 | Lighting Design |
| THTR V 3135 | Set Design |
| THTR V 3141 | Performing Dissidence in Eastern Europe |
| THTR BC/V 3143 | Drama and Film |
| THTR V 3146 | American Drama in the 1990s |
| THTR BC/V 3150 | Theater History I (also LIT) |
| THTR BC/V 3151 | Theater History II (also LIT) |
| THTR V 3152 | Theatre Studies: Performative Cultures of the Third Reich |
| THTR V 3167 | Feminist Theatre in America: Theory, Performance, and Theatrical Practice |
| THTR BC/V 3250 | Alternative Theatre Lab |
| THTR BC/V 3750 | The History Play (also LIT) |
| THTR BC/V 4001 | Visual Scenography |
| URBS V 3610 | The City in Film |
| VIAR | See the List of Current Courses Satisfying GER for additional courses satisfying this requirement: http://snowbird.barnard.edu/pls/bcapp/mybc_courses_reqmts.courses_reqmts Studio art courses must be worth 3 or more points to satisfy this requirement. |
| VIAR R1001 |
Basic Drawing |
| VIAR R 1315 | Sculpture Fundamentals |
| VIAR R 1401 | Intro to Printmaking |
| VIAR R 3001 | Drawing II--Mixed Media |
| VIAR R 3021 | Figure Drawing I |
| VIAR R 3201 | Painting I |
| VIAR R 3202 | Painting II |
| VIAR R 3203 | Painting III |
| VIAR R 3210 | Figure Painting |
| VIAR R 3330 | Sculpture I |
| VIAR R 3331 | Sculpture II |
| VIAR R 3332 | Sculpture III |
| VIAR R 3401 | Printmaking I: Intaglio |
| VIAR R 3402 | Printmaking II: Intaglio |
| VIAR R 3411 | Printmaking I: Relief |
| VIAR R 3412 | Printmaking II: Relief |
| VIAR R 3701 | Photo I |
| VIAR R 3702 | Photo II |
| WMST BC 3117 | Woman and Film |
Last Updated November 16, 2009