Examination of philosophical issues about the natural sciences. Central questions include the following: What is the nature of scientific explanation? How does science differ from pseudoscience? What is a scientific law? How do experiments work?
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Introduces problems raised by the nature of art, artworks, and aesthetic judgment. Considers the expressive and representational properties of artworks, aesthetic attention, and appreciation, as well as the creation, interpretation, and criticism of artworks. Readings from classical and contemporary sources.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
PHIL-UA 60-000 (10283)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hopkins, Robert
Discusses general questions concerning the nature of reality and truth. What kind of things exist? Are there minds or material bodies? Is change illusory? Are human actions free or causally determined? What is a person, and what, if anything, makes someone one and the same person?
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
PHIL-UA 93-000 (2685)05/23/2022 – 07/06/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Schlassa, Soren
Examines the nature and grounds of judgments about moral and/or nonmoral values. Are such judgments true or false? Can they be more or less justified? Are the values of which they speak objective or subjective?
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Examines fundamental issues concerning the justification of political institutions. Topics may include democratic theory, political obligation and liberty, criteria of a just society, human rights, and civil disobedience.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
This course aims to accomplish two things. The first is to introduce three broad traditions of normative thinking about social issues from around the globe: a Confucian tradition, one based in Islamic legal traditions, and one derived from European liberalism. The second is to address three current areas of normative debate: about global economic inequality, about gender justice and human rights. We shall explore these first-order questions against the background of the three broad traditions. Our aim will be to understand some of differences of approach that shape the global conversation about these issues that concern people around the world.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
PHIL-UA 6-000 (20339)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Appiah, Kwame Anthony
PHIL-UA 6-000 (20340)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Wu, Patrick
PHIL-UA 6-000 (20341)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Wu, Patrick
PHIL-UA 6-000 (20342)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zacek, Justin
PHIL-UA 6-000 (20343)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zacek, Justin
Considers questions such as the following: Can I have knowledge of anything outside my own mind?for example, physical objects or other minds? Or is the skeptic’s attack on my commonplace claims to know unanswerable? What is knowledge, and how does it differ from belief?
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
PHIL-UA 76-000 (20336)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zhang, Xueyin
PHIL-UA 76-000 (20337)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ballarini, Cristina
PHIL-UA 76-000 (20338)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ballarini, Cristina
Examines moral issuExamines moral issues in medical practice and research. Topics include euthanasia and quality of life; deception, hope, and paternalism; malpractice and unpredictability; patient rights, virtues, and vices; animal, fetal, and clinical research; criteria for rationing medical care; ethical principles, professional codes, and case analysis (for example, Quinlan, Willowbrook, Baby Jane Doe).
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
PHIL-UA 50-000 (9403)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Beardman, Stephanie
PHIL-UA 50-000 (23793)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Wills, David Clinton
Modal logic is the logic of necessity and possibility and other such notions. In recent times, the framework of possible worlds has provided a valuable tool for investigating the formal properties of these notions. This course provides an introduction to the basic concepts, methods, and results of modal logic, with an emphasis on its application to such other fields as philosophy, linguistics, and computer science.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Examination of the relationship between the mind and the brain, of the nature of the mental, and of personal identity. Can consciousness be reconciled with a scientific view of the world?
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Lecture and laboratory course that provides students with broad exposure to current questions and experimental approaches in cellular neuroscience. Lectures and laboratories are organized into three areas: cell structure aLecture and laboratory course that provides students with broad exposure to current questions and experimental approaches in cellular neuroscience. Lectures and laboratories are organized into three areas: cell structure and organization of the vertebrate central nervous system, mechanisms underlying neural signaling and plasticity, and control of cell form and its developmental determinants. Laboratory instruction in anatomical, physiological, and biochemical methods for investigating the biology of nerve cells.
Neural Science (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
NEURL-UA 210-000 (9291)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Aoki, Chiye · Shapley, Robert
NEURL-UA 210-000 (9292)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by
NEURL-UA 210-000 (9293)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by
NEURL-UA 210-000 (9343)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by
NEURL-UA 210-000 (10246)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by
Analysis of music of the late 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, and the creation of imitative compositional models based on works studied as well as on principles acquired earlier in the sequence. Additional topics will include whole-tone and octatonic scale systems, atonality, serialism, and an introduction to post-modern and spectral techniques. Weekly lab sections are devoted to skills in musicianship and are required throughout the sequence.
Music (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
MUSIC-UA 203-000 (10371)09/02/2020 – 12/13/2020 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Rust, Joel
MUSIC-UA 203-000 (10372)09/02/2020 – 12/13/2020 Mon11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Krimitza, Vasiliki
This course is designed to take advantage of New York’s dynamic music community. There are in-class presentations by local musicians and scholars, and students regularly attend performances throughout the city. The focus is on the everyday practices of musical life in New York City by both performers and listeners in a number of the City’s musical constituencies: immigrant communities; amateur and professional music-makers; and popular, classical, and avant-garde scenes. Examination of these processes of music-making will be enhanced by a look at the histories of these different kinds of music-making. There will also be a historical discussion of the vibrant musical life of New York in the 19th and early 20th centuries, which will contribute to an understanding of why New York is seen, and sees itself, as a musical city.
Music (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
MUSIC-UA 100-000 (2384)07/07/2022 – 08/17/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yuditskaya, Sonya
MUSIC-UA 100-000 (2475)07/07/2022 – 08/17/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Fairley, Brian
MUSIC-UA 100-000 (2458)07/07/2022 – 08/17/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yuditskaya, Sonya
MUSIC-UA 100-000 (2476)07/07/2022 – 08/17/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Fairley, Brian
Music Major Distribution Requirement. Chromatic harmony as developed and practiced by composers of the 19th century and beyond. Introduction to score reading and principles of musical analysis applied to larger musical structures. Continuation of species counterpoint and an introduction to invertible counterpoint and fugue.
Music (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
MUSIC-UA 202-000 (9126)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Beeferman, Gordon
MUSIC-UA 202-000 (9127)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zamcheck, Akiva
MUSIC-UA 202-000 (9128)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zamcheck, Akiva
Explores the underlying principles and inner workings of the tonal system, a system that has guided all of Western music from the years 1600 to 1900. It includes a discussion of historical background and evolution. Focuses on concepts and notation of key, scale, tonality, and rhythm. Related skills in sight-singing, dictation, and keyboard harmony are stressed in the recitation sections.
Music (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
MUSIC-UA 20-000 (8415)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ha, Moon Young
MUSIC-UA 20-000 (8416)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Rose, Michael
MUSIC-UA 20-000 (8417)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Rose, Michael
Students study principles of tonal music composition including 18th and 19th century harmonic, formal, and contrapuntal practices. Exercises in four-part voice-leading and species counterpoint are supplemented by analyses of music from around the world and from a variety of genres, including concert and popular music. Weekly lab sections are devoted to skills in musicianship and are required throughout the sequence.
Music (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
MUSIC-UA 201-000 (9130)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hoffman, Elizabeth
MUSIC-UA 201-000 (9132)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vlasis, Konstantine
MUSIC-UA 201-000 (9133)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vlasis, Konstantine
Students acquire a basic vocabulary of musical terms, concepts, and listening skills in order to describe their responses to musical experiences. Considers the structure and style of influential works in the Western art music repertoire, popular music, or other musical cultures, with attention to the wider social, political, and artistic context. Course does not count towards the Music major. Can be counted toward the minor as an elective.
Music (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Historical-political background of the Middle East and its contemporary social and political problems, including the impact of the West; religious and liberal reactions; conflict of nationalisms (Arab, Iranian, Turkish, and Zionist); and revolutionary socialism. Specific social, political, and economic problems?using a few selected countries for comparison and analysis?including the role of the military, the intelligentsia, the religious classes, the legitimization of power, urban-rural cleavages, bureaucracy, and political parties.
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
MEIS-UA 750-000 (9142)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Keshavarzian, Arang
MEIS-UA 750-000 (9143)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bell, Robert
MEIS-UA 750-000 (9144)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by ODell, Kelley
MEIS-UA 750-000 (9145)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bell, Robert
MEIS-UA 750-000 (9146)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Thu4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by ODell, Kelley