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Elementary Yoruba I (SCA-UA 182)

Yoruba is a language spoken in West Africa by approximately 20 million people. This course is an introduction to Yoruba language, people and culture and is designed for students without prior knowledge. The main goal is to develop elementary communicative competence in the language. It is designed to enable students read, write, listen to and talk about simple concepts, ensuring that they can minimally understand and be understood in the language, while developing a fundamental knowledge of the Yoruba culture. Emphases are on Yoruba as used by contemporary native speakers in the present day West Africa. Skills are developed through intensive interactive conversations, grammar exercises, and classroom activities designed for a learner to use the language in various daily activities.

Social and Cultural Analysis (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)


SCA-UA 182-000 (9690)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Mabayoje, Moses

Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies: The Politics of Indigeneity (SCA-UA 747)

This course is a general introduction to the field of Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS). The course will introduce students to the central questions and debates of NAIS, including but not limited to: Native American hidden histories and oral histories; comparative indigeneities; questions of “discovery” and colonialism; the politics and representations of lands, massacres, and museums; and questions of law, gender and sexuality. It begins by asking students to consider the history of the field and weaves throughout questions about the complicated and contested terrain of the term Indigeneity. It ends with discussions about decolonizing research and indigenous futures, thus preparing students to consider theories and methodologies they will encounter in more advanced courses for the NAIS minor. By the end of the semester, students will have gained both historical and ethnographic perspectives on how museums and other forms of representation help us to know and reproduce ourselves and “others,” and how institutions craft, control, and circulate cultural heritage in various social lives.

Social and Cultural Analysis (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Community Empowerment (SCA-UA 613)

Empowerment is defined as those processes, mechanisms, strategies, and tactics through which people, as well as organizations and communities, gain mastery over their lives. It is personal as well as institutional and organizational. Addresses these issues in a wide variety of community settings. Designed to be challenging and rewarding to those students interested in helping people work together to improve their lives.

Social and Cultural Analysis (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Constitution and People of Color (SCA-UA 366)

Examines how the American legal system decided constitutional challenges affecting the empowerment of African, Latino, and Asian American communities from the 19th century to the present. Topics include the denial of citizenship and naturalization to slaves and immigrants, government-sanctioned segregation, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the prison industry, police brutality, post-9/11 detention issues, and voting rights. Course requirements include attendance at a community function involving constitutional issues, a midterm, and an interactive oral and written final project comparing a present-day issue affecting racial minorities in New York City and proposing measures to collectively address the issue.

Social and Cultural Analysis (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Elementary Swahili I (SCA-UA 121)

Provides students with an elementary understanding of Swahili, a Bantu language with a rich oral and written tradition that is spoken by about 100 million people from Somalia to Mozambique and Zanzibar. After a short presentation of Swahili?s history, codification, and relation to other languages, students are drilled in phonetics and grammar. They are also introduced to poems, songs, and oral narratives.

Social and Cultural Analysis (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)


SCA-UA 121-000 (9390)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Nanji, Abdul

Theories of Symbolic Exchange (RUSSN-UA 860)

Marcel Mauss developed a concept of an alternative, non-market type of economy, based on a nonmonetary exchange of such symbolic values as social recognition, sovereignty, and political participation. Today, this concept has acquired a new relevance in relation to the economy of the Internet. Examines various theories of the symbolic that expand the original Maussian model and encompass multiple aspects of culture.

Russian & Slavic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)


RUSSN-UA 860-000 (21730)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Groys, Boris

Civil Liberties (POL-UA 332)

Offered every semester. 4 points. Interpretation of the Bill of Rights, the Civil War amendments, and other rights in the U.S. Constitution through the reading of Supreme Court opinions. Topics include freedom of speech and press; free exercise of religion and separation of church and state; the right of privacy; rights of the criminally accused; equal protection of the law against race, gender, and other discrimination; and the rights of franchise and citizenship. Cases are read and discussed closely for their legal and philosophical content.

Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)


POL-UA 332-000 (10012)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Harrington, Christine · Holfeuer, Kristen

Astrophysics (PHYS-UA 150)

Introduction to modern astrophysical problems with an emphasis on the physical concepts involved?radio, optical, and X-ray astronomy; stellar structure and evolution; white dwarfs, pulsars, and black holes; and galaxies, quasars, and cosmology.

Physics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)


PHYS-UA 150-000 (10148)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Scoccimarro, Roman


PHYS-UA 150-000 (10149)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Politics of The Middle East (MEIS-UA 750)

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

Sections (Fall 2021)


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

Calculus III (MATH-UA 123)

Prerequisite: MATH-UA.0122 with a grade of C or better, departmental placement exam, or permission of the department. Functions of several variables. Vectors in the plane and space. Partial derivatives with applications. Double and triple integrals. Spherical and cylindrical coordinates. Surface and line integrals. Divergence, gradient, and curl. Theorem of Gauss and Stokes.

Math (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)


MATH-UA 123-000 (8378)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Normand, Raoul


MATH-UA 123-000 (9179)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ristroph, Leif


MATH-UA 123-000 (9180)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Liu, Shizhu


MATH-UA 123-000 (8379)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Liu, Shizhu


MATH-UA 123-000 (8380)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Leingang, Matthew


MATH-UA 123-000 (24839)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Calculus II (MATH-UA 122)

Techniques of integration. Further applications. Plane analytic geometry. Polar coordinates and parametric equations. Infinite series, including power series.

Math (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)


MATH-UA 122-000 (8373)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sondjaja, Mutiara


MATH-UA 122-000 (8374)at Washington SquareInstructed by


MATH-UA 122-000 (8375)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed10:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Shum, Fanny


MATH-UA 122-000 (8376)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu10:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sondjaja, Mutiara


MATH-UA 122-000 (8377)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Feklistova, Mariya


MATH-UA 122-000 (8677)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Feklistova, Mariya


MATH-UA 122-000 (10117)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Flek, Ruslan


MATH-UA 122-000 (10118)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Shum, Fanny


MATH-UA 122-000 (24841)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kalaycioglu, Selin

Calculus I (MATH-UA 121)

Any one of the following: a score of 670 or higher on the mathematics portion of the SAT, a score of 650 or higher on the SAT Subject Test in Mathematics 1, a score of 650 or higher on the SAT Subject Test in Mathematics 2, an ACT mathematics score of 30 or higher, a score of 3 or higher on the AP Calculus AB exam, an AB subscore of 3 or higher on the AP Calculus BC exam, a score of 3 or higher on the AP Calculus BC exam, a grade of C or higher in Algebra and Calculus (MATH-UA 9), or a passing score on a departmental placement exam. Derivatives, antiderivatives, and integrals of functions of one variable. Applications include graphing, maximizing, and minimizing functions. Definite integrals and the fundamental theorem of calculus. Areas and volumes.

Math (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)


MATH-UA 121-000 (10098)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kalaycioglu, Selin


MATH-UA 121-000 (10099)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Saha, Shuvadeep


MATH-UA 121-000 (10100)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Saha, Shuvadeep


MATH-UA 121-000 (20793)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Patki, Sarvesh


MATH-UA 121-000 (20794)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Patki, Sarvesh


MATH-UA 121-000 (10102)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Foster, Joseph


MATH-UA 121-000 (10103)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by D’Agostino, Marina


MATH-UA 121-000 (10104)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by D’Agostino, Marina


MATH-UA 121-000 (10105)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Salha, Fatima


MATH-UA 121-000 (10106)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Salha, Fatima


MATH-UA 121-000 (10107)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sia, Charmaine


MATH-UA 121-000 (10108)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vasantha, Rajashekar


MATH-UA 121-000 (10109)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Star, Zachary


MATH-UA 121-000 (10110)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vasantha, Rajashekar


MATH-UA 121-000 (10111)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Star, Zachary


MATH-UA 121-000 (10112)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Foster, Joseph


MATH-UA 121-000 (10113)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Cortes, Julian


MATH-UA 121-000 (10114)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Cortes, Julian


MATH-UA 121-000 (10115)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gangan, Pradyuman


MATH-UA 121-000 (10116)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gangan, Pradyuman

Discrete Mathematics (MATH-UA 120)

A first course in discrete mathematics. Sets, algorithms, and induction. Combinatorics. Graphs and trees. Combinatorial circuits. Logic and Boolean algebra.

Math (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)


MATH-UA 120-000 (8370)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sia, Charmaine


MATH-UA 120-000 (8371)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Flek, Ruslan


MATH-UA 120-000 (8372)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Flek, Ruslan


MATH-UA 120-000 (8694)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Chikhany, Ralph


MATH-UA 120-000 (8807)at Washington SquareInstructed by


MATH-UA 120-000 (8985)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed10:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Leingang, Matthew


MATH-UA 120-000 (9437)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu10:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sanfratello, Andrew


MATH-UA 120-000 (9476)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sanfratello, Andrew


MATH-UA 120-000 (10639)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Chikhany, Ralph


MATH-UA 120-000 (24840)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed10:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Oveys, Hesam


MATH-UA 120-000 (24904)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Oveys, Hesam


MATH-UA 120-000 (26350)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed10:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Clarkson, Corrin


MATH-UA 120-000 (26380)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Clarkson, Corrin

Field Methods (LING-UA 44)

Analysis (LING-UA 13), or permission of the instructor. Offered every year. Collins, Gallagher, Gouskova. 4 points. Students interview a native speaker of an unfamiliar language to study all aspects of the language’s grammar: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics. We evaluate and organize real, nonidealized linguistic data and formulate generalizations that serve as the basis for research.

Linguistics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2022)


LING-UA 44-000 (9373)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gallagher, Gillian · Collins, Christopher

Dante’S Divine Comedy (ITAL-UA 270)

Students study the Divine Comedy both as a mirror of high medieval culture and as a unique text that breaks out of its cultural bounds. The entire poem is read, in addition to selections from the Vita Nuova and other complementary minor works.

Italian (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)


ITAL-UA 270-000 (9783)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Cornish, Alison · Stemwedel, Nina

The Social Challenges of Climate Change (SOC-UA 454)

This seminar examines how sociology can help us understand the challenge of climate change. We will briefly overview the climate science and learn about the rise of “weird weather,” but the core themes of the course concern questions about communication and cognition, cultural values and material consumption, politics and persuasion, mitigation and adaptation, economics and social justice, power and social movements, and the possibility of creating new, more sustainable ways of living on earth. We will dedicate several sessions dedicated to Superstorm Sandy and its aftermath, with a focus on the question of how to rebuild a more resilient city and region in anticipation of more extreme weather events.

Sociology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)


SOC-UA 454-000 (21743)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Klinenberg, Eric


SOC-UA 454-000 (21744)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Haile, Sewheat


SOC-UA 454-000 (21745)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Haile, Sewheat

First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar: Science and Literature (FIRST-UG 85)

In a 1959 lecture titled “The Two Cultures,” C. P. Snow famously declared, “the intellectual life of the whole of western society is increasingly being split into two polar groups,” with “literary intellectuals at one pole—at the other scientists.” Snow asserted that the two are separated by “a gulf of mutual incomprehension,” even “hostility and dislike.” Snow’s view of a fundamental antagonism between science and literature has its roots in the nineteenth-century; his concept of “two cultures” remains influential today. But was he right? This course addresses that question, seeking to deepen our understanding of the relationship between science and literature. Our readings will pair literary and scientific texts: we may consider Ted Chiang’s short fiction and the laws of thermodynamics; Michael Frayn’s play Copenhagen and quantum physics; Amitav Ghosh’s novel The Calcutta Chromosome and sociological theories of scientific knowledge; and the poetry of ecologist Madhur Anand; and Robin Wall Kimmerer’s interdisciplinary meditations on the environment in Braiding Sweetgrass. The class is a discussion-based seminar; assignments will include short response papers, brief contributions to a class blog, and formal essays.

First Year program (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Black Women in America (HIST-UA 661)

Mitchell. Offered every year. 4 points. Explores varieties of African American women’s experiences (including class, ethnicity, sexuality, region, and generation). Endeavors to go beyond the black/white binary by considering black women’s relationships to both intraracial and broader communities. Additionally, assesses how gender, race, and class have influenced black women’s work, activism, political involvement, and creative output in the United States. Takes an interdisciplinary approach by drawing from history, memoir, sociology, feminist theory, film studies, legal theory, and the popular press.

History (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Espionage and the Making of the Modern World (HIST-UA 23)

Wikileaks and Edward Snowden reveal the dark side of the secret world just as the actions of Vladimir Putin in Ukraine remind us of why we need good intelligence. Since World War II ushered in the modern espionage era, secret intelligence and intelligence services have shaped the course of international history. This course introduces the student to the great sweep of world history from 1939 to 2015 through the lens of the role played by spies, code-breakers, saboteurs, intelligence analysts and the organizations for which they worked. How much did all of this secret stuff matter? Why did countries set up organizations to undertake spying and covert action? Have these activities made them, especially the US, more or less secure? And what has been the cost to private individuals of these activities? Although the focus will mainly be on the activities of US, Russian (Soviet) and British intelligence, the class will also explore cases involving Chinese, Cuban, French, German, Iranian, Israeli, Jordanian, Saudi and Vietnamese intelligence.

History (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks