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Fall 2021 Spring 2022

Introduction to Computer Programming (CSCI-SHU 11)

An introduction to the fundamentals of computer programming. Students design, write, and debug computer programs. No prior knowledge of programming is assumed. Students will learn programming using Python, a general purpose, cross-platform programming language with a clear, readable syntax. Most class periods will be part lecture, part lab as you explore ideas and put them into practice. This course is suitable for students not intending in majoring in computer science as well as for students intending to major in computer science but having no programming experience. Students with previous programming experience should instead take Introduction to Computer Science. Prerequisite: Either placed into Calculus or at least a C in Pre-Calculus Fulfillment: Core Curriculum Requirement Algorithmic Thinking; EE Required Major Courses. Note: Students who have taken ICS in NY, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai cannot take ICP.

Computer Science (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

CSCI-SHU 11-000 (17503)02/07/2022 – 05/13/2022 Mon8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Simon, Daniel

CSCI-SHU 11-000 (17504)02/07/2022 – 05/13/2022 Tue3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Simon, Daniel

CSCI-SHU 11-000 (23632)02/07/2022 – 05/13/2022 Wed8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Simon, Daniel

CSCI-SHU 11-000 (23633)02/07/2022 – 05/13/2022 Wed8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Liu, Yijian

CSCI-SHU 11-000 (23634)02/07/2022 – 05/13/2022 Thu3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Simon, Daniel

CSCI-SHU 11-000 (23767)02/07/2022 – 05/13/2022 Thu3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Liu, Yijian

CSCI-SHU 11-000 (26252)02/07/2022 – 05/13/2022 Tue9:00 PM – 10:00 PM (Evening)at ShanghaiInstructed by Spathis, Promethee

CSCI-SHU 11-000 (26253)02/07/2022 – 05/13/2022 Thu9:00 PM – 10:00 PM (Evening)at ShanghaiInstructed by Spathis, Promethee

IMA Electives IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Programming & Data) Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Quantitative Reasoning Undergraduate
Fall 2021

VFX in the Age of Virtual Production (INTM-SHU 257T)

In this era of virtual production, time-based media faces new opportunities and challenges in terms of pipelines, workflows, and distribution. Decentralizing, hybridizing, and outsourcing among film studios, production houses, broadcast design, interactive studios, and the gaming industry have become major topics of discourse in academia and industry. This course focuses on the history/context, present practice, and the emerging trends of VFX studies and its applications. Through collaborative research with academia and industry, the course investigates the theory and practice of VFX studies and further examines the feasibility of emerging technologies through the spirit of entrepreneurship. Prerequisite: Interaction Lab / Creative Coding Lab / Communications Lab / Application Lab Fulfillment: IMA Major Electives; IMB Major Interactive Media Elective.

Interactive Media Arts (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

INTM-SHU 257T-000 (20125)08/30/2021 – 12/10/2021 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Chen, Wu Wei

IMA Electives IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Media & Entertainment) IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Seminar/Studies) Undergraduate

Artificial Intelligence (CSCI-UA 9472)

Credits: 4
Duration: 14 Weeks
Dates: Tue,Thu
Credits: 4
Duration: 14 Weeks
Dates: Tue,Thu,Thu

There are many cognitive tasks that people can do easily and almost unconsciously but that have proven extremely difficult to program on a computer. Artificial intelligence is the problem of developing computer systems that can carry out these tasks. We will focus on three central areas in AI: representation and reasoning, machine learning, and natural language processing.

Computer Science (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Expressive Culture IMA Electives IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Programming & Data) Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Spring 2026 Undergraduate

Problem Solving and Programming I (CS-UY 1113)

Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
Dates: Mon,Wed
Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
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Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
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Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
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Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
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Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
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Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
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Credits: 3
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Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
Dates: Mon,Wed,Fri

This course introduces problem solving and computer programming and is for undergraduate engineering students who do not have prior experience in programming in any language. The course covers fundamentals of computer programming and its underlying principles using the Python programming language. Concepts and methods introduced in the course are illustrated by examples from engineering and other disciplines. | Co-requisite: EX-UY 1; Anti-requisite: CS-UY 1114

Computer Science (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks

Spring 2026 Undergraduate

French/African Relations (SCA-UA 9914)

A historical and political inquiry into the French system of relations with Francophone Africa from the ‘race to Empire’ in the 19th century to the current day. The main goals of the course are: to describe the historical development of French-African relations from the colonial to the post-independence era; to investigate the political, economic and cultural mechanisms of French influence in contemporary Francophone Africa; to understand the consequences for France of complex developments subsequent to colonialism, such as African immigration in France. Conducted in French.

Social and Cultural Analysis (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2025)

SCA-UA 9914-000 (11448)09/01/2025 – 12/09/2025 Mon3:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Taraud, Christelle

Fall 2025 Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021 Fall 2022

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

General Elective IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Seminar/Studies) Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Social and Cultural Analysis 101 (SCA-UA 101)

Introduces theories, methods, and political trajectories central to the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis (SCA). SCA 101 addresses how individuals and populations structure their worlds and navigate the resulting social, cultural, and political terrain. It privileges scholarly work with an intersectional approach, drawing on theoretical insights from such fields as social geography, feminism and queer studies, ethnic studies, urban and metropolitan studies, critical race theory, labor studies, and cultural studies.

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

Sections (Spring 2022)

SCA-UA 101-000 (9221)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Patros, Tyson

SCA-UA 101-000 (9222)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Grimaldi, Nicole

SCA-UA 101-000 (9223)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Grimaldi, Nicole

SCA-UA 101-000 (9224)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ghabin, Tamar

SCA-UA 101-000 (9225)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ghabin, Tamar

IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Seminar/Studies) Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate
Spring 2021

Intro to Soviet Cinema (RUSSN-UA 850)

Iampolski. Offered every year. 4 points. An examination of the history of Russian cinema from its beginnings. The main focus is on landmarks of cinematic art and on the cultural specificity of Russian cinema. The survey also includes questions of cinema and politics (cinema as a propaganda tool), and cinema and the market. Artists discussed include Eisenstein, Vertov, Pudovkin, Kuleshov, Barnet, Shub, Kozintsev, Trauberg, and Tarkovsky. Topics include cinema and revolution, the cinema of the Russian avant-garde and constructivism, cinema and totalitarianism, and socialist realism in film.

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

Sections (Spring 2021)

RUSSN-UA 850-000 (23815)01/28/2021 – 05/10/2021 Tue4:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Iampolski, Mikhail

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2022

Russian Grammar & Composition I (RUSSN-UA 5)

Designed for students who speak some Russian at home but have virtually no reading and writing skills. Does not satisfy the College Core Curriculum language requirement.

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

Sections (Fall 2022)

RUSSN-UA 5-000 (8293)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Korsounskaia, Ekaterina

RUSSN-UA 5-000 (8850)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Belodedova, Irina

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Elementary Russian II (RUSSN-UA 2)

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

Sections (Spring 2022)

RUSSN-UA 2-000 (8535)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed,Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Korsounskaia, Ekaterina

RUSSN-UA 2-000 (8536)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Korsounskaia, Ekaterina

RUSSN-UA 2-000 (9240)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed,Fri3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Danilin, Michael

RUSSN-UA 2-000 (20392)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Efremova, Tatiana

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2020

Industrial Organizat’L Psychology (PSYCH-UA 62)

Personal, social, and environmental factors related to people?s attitudes and performance in industry and other organizations. Topics include personnel selection and evaluation, training and development, attitudes and motivation, leadership, group dynamics, organizational structure and climate, and job design and working conditions.

Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2020)

PSYCH-UA 62-000 (9065)01/27/2020 – 05/11/2020 Mon3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Goldenberg, Liz

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Summer 2022

Lab in Personality & Social Psychology (PSYCH-UA 39)

Methodology and procedures of personality and social psychological research and exercises in data analysis and research design. Statistical concepts such as reliability and validity, methods of constructing personality measures, merits and limitations of correlational and experimental research designs, and empirical evaluation of theories. Student teams conduct research projects.

Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks

Sections (Summer 2022)

PSYCH-UA 39-000 (2400)05/23/2022 – 07/06/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vega, Melissa · Abrams, Ellie

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate

Abnormal Psychology (PSYCH-UA 9051)

Credits: 4
Duration: 14 Weeks
Dates: Tue,Thu

The kinds, dynamics, causes, and treatment of psychopathology. Topics include early concepts of abnormal behavior; affective disorders, anxiety disorders, psychosis, and personality disorders; the nature and effectiveness of traditional and modern methods of psychotherapy; and viewpoints of major psychologists past and present.

Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Fall 2025 Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Spring 2026 Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Advanced Psychological Statistics (PSYCH-UA 11)

Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9029)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hilford, Andrew

PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9030)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sun, Siqi

PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9031)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sun, Siqi

PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9134)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yang, Judy

PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9135)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yang, Judy

PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9363)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yang, Qingqing

PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9364)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yang, Qingqing

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Social Psychology (PSYCH-UA 32)

Gollwitzer, Trope, Uleman. Offered every semester. 4 points. Introduction to theories and research about the social behavior of individuals, such as perception of others and the self, attraction, affiliation, altruism and helping, aggression, moral thought and action, attitudes, influence, conformity, social exchange and bargaining, group decision making, leadership and power, and environmental psychology.

Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8510)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gollwitzer, Peter

PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8511)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Adjei Boateng, Fiona

PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8512)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kwak, Jasmine

PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8513)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Tao, Bradley

PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8514)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Tao, Bradley

PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8515)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kwak, Jasmine

PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8516)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Liaquat, Usman

PSYCH-UA 32-000 (25991)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Adjei Boateng, Fiona

PSYCH-UA 32-000 (25995)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Liaquat, Usman

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Cognition (PSYCH-UA 29)

McElree, Murphy, Rehder. Offered every semester. 4 points. Introduction to theories and research in some major areas of cognitive psychology, including human memory, attention, language production and comprehension, thinking, and reasoning.

Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

PSYCH-UA 29-000 (8505)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ausch, Robert

PSYCH-UA 29-000 (8506)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Muhareb, Samer

PSYCH-UA 29-000 (8507)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Muhareb, Samer

PSYCH-UA 29-000 (8508)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vaghani, Jhanvi Bharatbhai

PSYCH-UA 29-000 (8509)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Muhareb, Samer

PSYCH-UA 29-000 (26096)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vaghani, Jhanvi Bharatbhai

PSYCH-UA 29-000 (26111)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vaghani, Jhanvi Bharatbhai

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Cognitive Neuroscience (PSYCH-UA 25)

Curtis, Davachi. Offered every semester. 4 points. Provides students with a broad understanding of the foundations of cognitive neuroscience, including dominant theories of the neural underpinnings of a variety of cognitive processes and the research that has led to those theories. In doing so, students also learn about the goals of cognitive neuroscience research and the methods that are being employed to reach these goals.

Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

PSYCH-UA 25-000 (8500)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Curtis, Clayton

PSYCH-UA 25-000 (8501)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Babu, Deepika

PSYCH-UA 25-000 (8502)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Babu, Deepika

PSYCH-UA 25-000 (8503)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yan, Dongni

PSYCH-UA 25-000 (8504)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yan, Dongni

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2020

The Politics of Administrative Law (POL-UA 354)

Offered every other year. 4 points. Examines legal, political, and economic issues in government regulation. Covers such classic debates and issues as the historical origins of regulation, the legal philosophy of administrative regulation, the relationship between courts and agencies, the political and social conflicts surrounding regulatory politics, and the role of law in state formation.

Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2020)

POL-UA 354-000 (20278)01/27/2020 – 05/11/2020 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Harrington, Christine · Madson, Nathan

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate
Spring 2020

The Election Process (POL-UA 344)

Provides an understanding of election processes in the United States through different theoretical approaches to the study of campaigns and elections and the testing of empirical hypotheses. Analyzes campaign strategies of political candidates, the use of polls and media in campaigns, and the effects of issues and personalities on election outcomes. Evaluates the role of presidential primaries and elections in the functioning of a democracy.

Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2020)

POL-UA 344-000 (20604)01/27/2020 – 05/11/2020 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Nagler, Jonathan

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate
Fall 2021

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

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate