Tag Archives: Spring 2024

Circuits (EENG-SHU 251)

This course covers Passive DC circuit elements, Kirchoff’s laws, electric power calculations, analysis of DC circuits, Nodal and Loop analysis techniques, voltage and current division, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems, and source-free and forced responses of RL, RC and RLC circuits. Prerequisite: MATH-SHU 131 or MATH-SHU 201. Fulfillment: CE required; EE required; Core Curriculum Science Experimental Discovery in the Natural World.

Electrical Engineering (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)


EENG-SHU 251-000 (21038)02/03/2025 – 05/16/2025 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Radhakrishnan, Chandrashekar


EENG-SHU 251-000 (21039)02/03/2025 – 05/16/2025 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Radhakrishnan, Chandrashekar

Cities and Citizenship: Readings in Global Urbanism (IDSEM-UG 1880)

Cities have long been viewed as the crucible of citizenship. “But over the last few decades, the rapid urbanization of the global South has recalibrated Western derived models of cities and citizenship. “This course draws on interdisciplinary readings from urban studies, geography, anthropology, and history to grapple with this global “urban revolution.” Rejecting the language of crisis, chaos, and exception that is so often used to characterize cities in the global South, it will provide theoretically informed perspectives on social, cultural, and political life in rapidly urbanizing places throughout the postcolonial world. Attention will be paid to histories and legacies of colonialism alongside novel forms of governance and claims to the city. “Though focused primarily on cities in the global South, the class is intended to probe how these cities reconfigure conventional understandings of being a citizen in the city (anywhere), and will also examine the global South within the “North”. “Topics may include the rights to the city, infrastructure and planning, gentrification, political ecologies, technologies of rule, informality and slum upgrading, and urban social movements. “”Selected authors may include Ananya Roy, James Holston, Mamadou Diouf, Nikhil Anand, and AbdouMaliq Simone.

Interdisciplinary Seminars (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


IDSEM-UG 1880-000 (12439)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Fredericks, Rosalind

Experiments in Collective Joy (OART-UT 18)

How do ants or bees organize on a mass scale when their individual brains are incapable of understanding the bigger systems they’re creating together? How did a Twitch hive-mind of 1.2 million people beat Pokémon one collective move at a time? How do we make art that makes us and our audience feel more connected, more alive, more powerful? This hands-on project studio course is about making art where participants are the medium, and the masterpiece created exists inside and between them. Let’s explore community and its connection to transformational, radical joy — not complacent happiness, but a joy that is the feeling of power, agency, and capacity growing within us and within the people around us as we cooperate to overcome shared challenges. Which systems and forms of art, play, and expression foster that kind of joy? This course is heavy on imagination, vulnerability, reading, discussion, experimentation, playtesting, and interactive group activities. Each week explores the relationship of the individual to the group under various lenses and spheres of life (i.e. politics, religion, activism, evolutionary biology, sociology, pleasure, the universe, sports, games, childhood, etc.). Then together, we break down the relationships, dynamics, and effects those systems have, and create multi-media prototypes and performance experiments inspired by these themes and ideas. The early assignments are solo, and then almost all assignments are in groups. The core process of the class uses iterative game design as a structure for ideating, creating, playtesting, and refining, though students are welcome to work in any medium they choose, so long as the goal is to explore themes of collective joy.

Open Arts Curriculum (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


OART-UT 18-000 (7263)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Luhrs, August

Reality and Creation (OART-UT 106)

Reality & Creation is an interdisciplinary, collaborative workshop that requires students to develop and present original works using real-life material. While primarily focused on filmmaking – students may also explore writing and performance to investigate the artful manipulation of reality in order to evoke meaning and emotion. Students will explore the meanings of both documentary and narrative filmmaking – and the inherent conflicts between creative construction and telling true stories. They will analyze cinematic representations of reality and devise hybrid works that use inventive and surprising forms while playing with the notion of the real. Over the course of the semester, students will complete a series of classroom/studio projects as well as independent works from non-fiction sources: such as unscripted interviews, archival material, found footage and newsreel. These projects are designed to foster experimentation across the arts disciplines and to cultivate creative collaboration.

Open Arts Curriculum (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

The Making of Economic Policy in the White House (ECON-UB 217)

This course shows students how economic policy gets made, and should get made, at the highest levels of federal government. It draws upon almost fifty years of economic policy-making, and the challenges that have confronted the men and women who have sat in positions of power in the Treasury, the Office of Management and Budget, the Council of Economic Advisers, and the National Economic Council. These challenges include the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system and the transition to a predominantly floating exchange rate world, the era of rampant inflation, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transition to market economies, the shock of 9/11, the financial crisis of 2008, and the Great Recession that followed. Lectures and discussions will lead to in-class exercises, in which students will role- play as advisers to US presidents from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump. What is it like to sit in the Oval Office and discuss policy with the president? To know that your input into his decisions will impact millions of people? To know that the wrong advice could be calamitous? Students will learn how to analyze policy problems and design solutions, taking into account the multi-dimensional aspects of making federal policy and the many constraints upon those decisions, including of course the influence of Congress. As part of the learning process, students will also have the opportunity to hear from guest speakers who have worked at the very top of economic policy-making in the executive branch of government, and played a role in the policy-making process through their work in the media.

Economics (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks

Content and Meaning (ASPP-GT 2045)

The class is to consider the depth of grief and loss within artistic responses and to inspire love and hope with our creative transformation. How does the artist process or respond to the emotions and events of loss? What are cultural heritage examples? What are ways we were taught in our families? What traditions do we wish to reimagine? Who needs to be commemorated? Is creative transformation possible? Is there a space for hope, love and joy within the complexity of these emotions? The course will have creative exercises and conceptual prompts that can be developed in the medium of your choice. We will consider creative texts such as visual, film, music, media, performance, installation, and poetic examples to broaden and inspire our understanding of ways to respond. There are other forms of expression to contemplate such as fashion, outsider art, architecture, archives, memorials, gardening, and cultural movements. We will have discussion, guests, field trips, and presentations. Is there a way to create an archive? How do we document or forget? Together we will be a collective of considering, contemplating and creating. Some of the strategies we will be considering are: metaphor, expression within nature, fairy tales, abstraction, fragments, love, celebration and the space of silence for restoration. Some of the artists /writers will be Maya Angelou, Dunbar, David Wognarowicz, Krishnamurti, Pamela Sneed, Barthes, Rilke and bell hooks. We will look at films such as the 1926 silent film, Page of Madness by Kunsuga, Let me Come in by Bill Morrison, or News From Home by Chantal Ackerman. I look forward to being your guide for the seminar, Grief, Loss , Love, Hope and Creative Transformation. Feel free to contact me with any questions karen.finley@nyu.edu

Ctr for Art, Society & Pub Pol (Graduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Science in Our Lives: Facts and Lies in the Name of Science (SCIED-UE 218)

Students explore how science became a global form of knowledge making about the natural world, how European notions of science contributed to its growth as a form of systematic knowledge, how some people were excluded from this process, and how bias and discrimination were made real. By observing, measuring, analyzing and explaining data, students learn to produce and evaluate the quality of scientific knowledge and to recognize how science understanding helps to interrogate the construction of difference between facts and lies. Fulfills Life Science Core requirement.

Science Education (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Stats F/Bus Cntl Regress & Forecasting Models (STAT-UB 103)

This course examines modern statistical methods as a basis for decision making in the face of uncertainty. Topics include probability theory, discrete and continuous distributions, hypothesis testing, estimation, and statistical quality control. With the aid of computers, these statistical methods are used to analyze data. Also presented are an introduction to statistical models and their application to decision making. Topics include the simple linear regression model, inference in regression analysis, sensitivity analysis, and multiple regression analysis.

Statistics & Operations Research (Undergraduate)
6 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


STAT-UB 103-000 (2538)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Giloni, Avi.


STAT-UB 103-000 (2539)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Duan, Yaqi


STAT-UB 103-000 (2540)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Chen, Elynn


STAT-UB 103-000 (2541)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kovtun, Vladimir


STAT-UB 103-000 (2542)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Turetsky, Jason


STAT-UB 103-000 (2995)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Turetsky, Jason

Media History of NY (MCC-UE 1151)

New York has played a crucial role in the history of media, and media have placed a crucial role in the history of New York. New York has been represented by media since Henry Hudson wrote his reports to the Dutch. Media institutions have contributed centrally to its economy and social fabric, while media geographies have shaped the experiences of city living. This course explores media representations, institutions, and geographies across time and is organized around the collaborative production of an online guidebook to the media history of New York.

Media, Culture & Communication (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


MCC-UE 1151-000 (20991)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ramirez, George

Arab Theatre & Film: (MEIS-UA 747)

Examines recent trends in contemporary Arab theatre and film, contextualizing these within a broader history of Arab performance. Particular attention is given to how experimental practitioners have explored issues of human rights and the control of territories under the modern state. Strategies addressed include the conflation of the past and present as a means of exploring the persistence of the colonial power structure in the modern Arab world; the use of the parable to speak truth to power; the incorporation of the populist entertainment forms that directly engage the audience; and the use of familiar tales to explore new political realities.

Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


MEIS-UA 747-000 (13271)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Atrach, Naila

Science in Our Lives: Environmental Issues (SCIED-UE 212)

Introducing the notion of citizen science, this course provides students with opportunities to use scientific information to solve real-world problems related to environmental & public health. By exploring the practices of science from observing & measurement to analyzing & explaining data, students learn to use data & produce scientific knowledge for the public. Liberal Arts Core/MAP Equivalent – satisfies the requirement for Natural Sciences

Science Education (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


SCIED-UE 212-000 (18146)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Milne, Catherine

Images (PHIL-UH 2416)

Images depict, words describe. A picture of the cat of the mat depicts the cat as being on the mat. The sentence ’the cat is on the mat’ describes the cat as being on the mat. Both represent the world as being in a certain state, but they do so in different ways. What is the difference in these ways of representing? What does it take for an image to depict? This course covers most major theories of depiction, including resemblance, experience, recognition, pretense, and structural theories. We then expand the scope of inquiry to include topics such as systems of depiction, analog vs. digital representation, maps, film, comics, maps, mental imagery, and relations to the cognitive science of vision.

Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 16 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


PHIL-UH 2416-000 (5805)01/22/2024 – 05/10/2024 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Abu DhabiInstructed by Rabin, Gabriel

Zine Scenes (OART-UT 24)

Before the internet artists and enthusiasts found their communities through self-publishing niche small-circulation magazines, usually without profit, with a burning desire to communicate. We’ll discuss the continued relevancy of the culture as we look at zines scenes from the past. For each scene, we’ll have an “object lesson” in which we dissect historical zines with an eye on form, content, aesthetic, publisher motives, and technology required for production. Then we’ll make our own! We’ll learn about historical zine making methods by making our own small-run zines in the same fashion to circulate within class. In addition to this tactile learning, you’ll produce a small body of work and gain an instant collection from your peers.

Open Arts Curriculum (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Expressive Culture: Topics (CORE-UA 700)

College Core Curriculum (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


CORE-UA 700-000 (10544)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ganti, Tejaswini


CORE-UA 700-000 (10545)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 700-000 (10546)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 700-000 (10547)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 700-000 (10548)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 700-000 (10549)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hay, Jonathan


CORE-UA 700-000 (10550)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Xie, Vivi Fupeng


CORE-UA 700-000 (10551)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Xie, Vivi Fupeng


CORE-UA 700-000 (10552)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Deng, Zhilong


CORE-UA 700-000 (10553)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Deng, Zhilong

Cultures & Contexts: Topics (CORE-UA 500)

For course description, please consult the College Core Curriculum website: http://core.cas.nyu.edu

College Core Curriculum (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


CORE-UA 500-000 (10506)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Igsiz, Asli


CORE-UA 500-000 (10507)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10508)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10509)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10510)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10511)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Juette, Daniel


CORE-UA 500-000 (10512)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10513)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10514)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10515)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10516)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10517)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10518)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bottex-Ferragne, Ariane


CORE-UA 500-000 (10519)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10520)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10521)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10522)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10523)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Stark, Soren


CORE-UA 500-000 (10524)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zhou, Jingyi


CORE-UA 500-000 (10525)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zhou, Jingyi


CORE-UA 500-000 (10526)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Fiorio, Soraya


CORE-UA 500-000 (10527)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Fiorio, Soraya


CORE-UA 500-000 (10528)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Cordivari, Braden


CORE-UA 500-000 (10529)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Cordivari, Braden


CORE-UA 500-000 (10530)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by


CORE-UA 500-000 (10531)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Writing with AI: Philosophy and Practice (INTM-SHU 142)

In this class, we will use AI as a writing and editing tool and study the history and philosophy of augmented and automated writing. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on workshops, we will explore the theoretical aspects of AI and writing with case studies and examples, as well as experiment with different AI tools and techniques. Prerequisite: None.

Interactive Media Arts (Undergraduate)
2 credits – 8 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


INTM-SHU 142-000 (19975)03/18/2024 – 05/10/2024 Thu9:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Konior, Bogna

Advanced Lab: Synthetic Media (INTM-SHU 306)

This advanced course investigates emerging trends in machine learning and artificial intelligence for generating media content – images, video, and sound. The course explores the idea of how artists, designers, and creators can use machine learning in their own research, production, and development processes. Students will learn and understand machine-learning techniques and use them to generate creative media content. We will cover a range of different platforms and models and also experiment with implementing the content with platforms for interaction design, such as Unity. Prerequisite: INTM-SHU 120 Communications Lab OR INTM-SHU 205 What’s New Media OR INTM-SHU 124 Emerging Technologies & Computational Arts

Interactive Media Arts (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 16 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)


INTM-SHU 306-000 (6121)01/22/2024 – 05/10/2024 Wed2:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Early afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Didakis, Stavros