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Spring 2022

Intermediate Italian I (ITAL-UA 11)

Not equivalent to ITAL-UAV 20. Only by combining ITAL-UA 11 with ITAL-UA 12 can a student complete the equivalent of ITAL-UA 20 and then continue on to the postintermediate level.

Italian (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

ITAL-UA 11-000 (20634)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gualdi, Greta

ITAL-UA 11-000 (8950)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Rinaldi, Tiziana

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Elementary Italian II (ITAL-UA 2)

Continuation of ITAL-UA 1. To continue on to the intermediate level, a student must complete both ITAL-UA 1 and ITAL-UA 2. This sequence is equivalent to ITAL-UA 10.

Italian (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

ITAL-UA 2-000 (8948)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed,Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Graves, Karen

ITAL-UA 2-000 (9199)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ducci, Elena

ITAL-UA 2-000 (8949)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed,Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Graves, Karen

ITAL-UA 2-000 (8623)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed,Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Rinaldi, Tiziana

ITAL-UA 2-000 (8624)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed,Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Scarcella Perino, Roberto

ITAL-UA 2-000 (20633)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed,Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bresciani, Laura

ITAL-UA 2-000 (9537)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sebastiani, Concetta

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2024 Spring 2022

Elementary Italian I (ITAL-UA 1)

Open to students with no previous training in Italian and to others on assignment by placement test.

Italian (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2024)

ITAL-UA 1-000 (7008)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bovi, Eva

ITAL-UA 1-000 (7009)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Abate, Alessandra

ITAL-UA 1-000 (7010)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bellina, Elena

ITAL-UA 1-000 (7011)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bonfield, Adriana

ITAL-UA 1-000 (7012)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Scandella, Stefano

ITAL-UA 1-000 (7013)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bonfield, Adriana

ITAL-UA 1-000 (7014)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bonfield, Adriana

ITAL-UA 1-000 (7015)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sebastiani, Concetta

ITAL-UA 1-000 (7016)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Marchelli, Chiara

ITAL-UA 1-000 (7017)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bellina, Elena

General Elective Undergraduate
Fall 2022

American Cinema: Origins to 1960 (CINE-UT 50)

This course offers a broad survey of American cinema from its beginnings (and even its pre-history) up to 1960. While the emphasis will be on the dominant, narrative fiction film, there will be attention to other modes of American cinema such as experimental film, animation, shorts, and non-fiction film. The course will look closely at films themselves — how do their styles and narrative structures change over time? — but also at contexts: how do films reflect their times? how does the film industry develop? what are the key institutions that had impact on American film over its history? We will also attend to the role of key figures in film’s history: from creative personnel (for example, the director or the screenwriter) to industrialists and administrators, to censors to critics and to audiences themselves. The goal will be to provide an overall understanding of one of the most consequential of modern popular art forms and of its particular contributions to the art and culture of our modernity.

Undergraduate

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Class #: 17327
Section #: 001
Meets: T 6-10p


Class #: 17328
Section #: 002
Meets: R 9:15-10:30a


Class #: 17329
Section #: 003
Meets: R 10:45a-12p

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

Intro to Sociology (SOC-UA 1)

Offered every semester. 4 points. Survey of the field of sociology: its basic concepts, theories, and research orientation. Threshold course that provides the student with insights into the social factors in human life. Topics include social interaction, socialization, culture, social structure, stratification, political power, deviance, social institutions, and social change.

Sociology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

SOC-UA 1-000 (20398)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Morning, Ann

SOC-UA 1-000 (20399)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Martin-Caughey, Ananda

SOC-UA 1-000 (20400)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Um, Sejin

SOC-UA 1-000 (20401)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Nelson, Christina

SOC-UA 1-000 (20420)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sieffert, Claire

SOC-UA 1-000 (20403)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Martin-Caughey, Ananda

SOC-UA 1-000 (20404)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sieffert, Claire

SOC-UA 1-000 (20405)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Cera, Michelle

SOC-UA 1-000 (20406)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Um, Sejin

SOC-UA 1-000 (20407)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Nelson, Christina

SOC-UA 1-000 (20408)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Cera, Michelle

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate
Fall 2022

Theatre as Art Form (MPAET-UE 60)

This course introduces non-majors to theatre as a live and performing art through a variety of experiences including attendance at live performances, readings of play scripts, and theoretical texts, and the creation of original plays. Through lectures, discussions, and written assignments, students will explore the roles of the playwright, actor, director, and designer in the production process, as well as examines the role of the audience in the live performance. Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent – satisfies the requirement for Expressive Cultures

Educational Theatre (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2022)

MPAET-UE 60-000 (12371)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Huff, Keith

MPAET-UE 60-000 (12883)at Washington SquareInstructed by Huff, Keith

Expressive Culture Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021

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

Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate
Spring 2021

First-Year Research Seminar: The Arts and the Sciences: Divides and Intersections (FIRST-UG 827)

In 1959, the chemist-turned-novelist C.P. Snow delivered a lecture in which he decried a growing separation between the humanities and the sciences. In it, he argued that two intellectual “cultures” were developing, both of whose practitioners were increasingly incapable of engaging each other. Today, the notion of a divide between “the humanities” and “the sciences,” or, as some term them, “the arts” and “the sciences,” is rather commonplace. We often hear people self-identify as “more left brain,” for example, or “not a math person.” In this course, we will explore how and why different people have found it useful to distinguish the arts and the sciences. We will also consider why others have found it useful to blur the arts and the sciences. Participants will begin by reading and contextualizing Snow’s original lecture, after which we will trace both the historical origins of the key concepts involved as well as how their meanings have changed over time from early modernity to today. (Mathematics, for example, was deemed an “art” for much of European history.) Having done so, we will then consider contemporary assessments. All told, in their research and in their writing, participants will be asked to examine how different people have sought to distinguish, reconcile, or even move beyond the “two cultures.” Readings for the course may include works by: Francis Bacon, Lisa Jardine, Marwa Elshakry, Paul Kristeller, Yuval Levin, and Rueylin Chen.

First Year program (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2021)

FIRST-UG 827-000 (22605)01/28/2021 – 05/10/2021 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by O’’Neil, Sean Thomas

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2020

History of Modern Japan (HIST-UA 537)

Emphasizes historical problems in Japan?s economic development, their challenge to political and social institutions, and their role in shaping foreign policy. Focuses on Japan?s transition from an agrarian economy to commercial capitalism, from hierarchical social organization to constitutional authority, and from isolation from the rest of the world to involvement with Western culture and diplomatic relations. Traces Japan?s development into an industrial giant fully engaged in world affairs.

History (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2020)

HIST-UA 537-000 (22687)09/02/2020 – 12/13/2020 Mon,Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Linkhoeva, Tatiana · Zhu, Yuhang

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2022 Spring 2022

Logic (PHIL-UA 70)

An introduction to the basic techniques of sentential and predicate logic. Students learn how to put arguments from ordinary language into symbols, how to construct derivations within a formal system, and how to ascertain validity using truth tables or models.

Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

PHIL-UA 70-000 (8448)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Peluce, Vincent

PHIL-UA 70-000 (8449)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Peluce, Vincent

PHIL-UA 70-000 (9185)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gomez, Veronica

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate
Fall 2019 Fall 2022

Ethics (PHIL-UA 40)

Examines fundamental questions of moral philosophy: What are our most basic values, and which of them are specifically moral values? What are the ethical principles, if any, by which we should judge our actions, ourselves, and our lives?

Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2022)

PHIL-UA 40-000 (23262)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

PHIL-UA 40-000 (23303)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Penn, Aidan

PHIL-UA 40-000 (23318)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Penn, Aidan

PHIL-UA 40-000 (23327)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ferreira, Jorge

PHIL-UA 40-000 (23331)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ferreira, Jorge

Undergraduate
Fall 2021

The Early Middle Ages, 300-1050 (HIST-UA 111)

Identical to V65.0111. Bedos-Rezak, Griffiths. Offered every other year. 4 points. Europe in the early Middle Ages was created out of a mixture of ingredients: the legacy of the Roman Empire; the growth and development of Christianity; invading peoples who settled within the boundaries of the former Roman Empire; and the clash of competing languages, religions, and legal systems. This tumultuous time forged a new entity, medieval Europe, whose development, growing pains, and creative successes this course examines. Uses the records and artifacts of the period itself as central elements for investigating the period.

History (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

HIST-UA 111-000 (21499)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Underwood, Norman

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2022

Advanced Modern Greek I (HEL-UA 107)

Focus is on advanced composition and oral practices, with the aim of refining an understanding and general facility with written and spoken Greek. Course work is designed to help students develop a comprehensive vocabulary, improve pronunciation, and increase their effectiveness, accuracy, and fluency in writing and speaking the language. Enhances and perfects reading, speaking, conversational, and writing skills through the close study of selected modern Greek literary texts, current newspaper articles and essays, films, advertisements, and comprehensive discussions of contemporary Greek society. Explores major facets and phenomena of Greek culture: current social and political issues, events, and controversies in Greece; Greece’s position “in the margins of Europe” and at the crossroads of East and West; gender politics; the educational system; the political landscape; discourses on the question of Greek identity; and topics in popular culture. Through individual projects, oral reports, class presentation, and written assignments, students are expected to pursue an in-depth “reading” of present-day Greece.

Hellenic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2022)

HEL-UA 107-000 (8033)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Wed11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Venetsanos, Anna

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2022

Elementary Moder Greek I (HEL-UA 103)

Open to students with no previous training in Greek and to others by permission of the instructor. Elementary I offered in the fall; Elementary II offered in the spring. 4 points per term. An introduction to modern Greek. Provides students with the fundamentals of grammar, syntax, oral expression, listening comprehension, reading, and composition. Students develop the skills and vocabulary necessary to read simple texts and hold basic conversations. Students are introduced to modern Greek culture, history, and society, since the ultimate goal of the course is to enrich our understanding of multiple, living Greek realities through the language. Teaching materials include current newspaper articles, graded literary passages, songs, and various linguistic games.

Hellenic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2022)

HEL-UA 103-000 (8032)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Venetsanos, Anna

General Elective Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Jewish Europe after the Holocaust (HBRJD-UA 689)

Concentrates on the social, political, and cultural forces that shaped Jewish life in post-1945 Europe. Topics: reconstruction of Jewish communities, repression and anti-Semitic campaigns in the Soviet Union and Poland, the impact of Israel, emigration and migration, Jewish-Christian relations, and assimilation and acculturation. Students also learn about various reactions to the Holocaust.

Hebrew & Judaic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

HBRJD-UA 689-000 (21549)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Estraikh, Gennady

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Living a Good Life: Greek and Jewish Perspectives (HBRJD-UA 422)

What makes a life well-lived? Central questions to be explored include: Does living well require acquiring knowledge and wisdom? What is the place of moral responsibility in the good life? Is the good life a happy life or does it require sacrificing happiness? Does religion lead to living well or does it hinder it? What is friendship and how does it contribute to the good life? Thinkers to be studied may include: Aristotle, Seneca, Maimonides, Glikl, Spinoza, and Levinas.

Hebrew & Judaic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

HBRJD-UA 422-000 (9624)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gottlieb, Michah

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Elementary Hebrew II (HBRJD-UA 2)

Continuation of HBRJD-UA 1. Open to students who have completed HBRJD-UA 1 or who have been placed at this level through the placement examination. For description, see Elementary Hebrew I (HBRJD-UA 1).

Hebrew & Judaic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

HBRJD-UA 2-000 (8435)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kamelhar, Rosalie

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2024 Spring 2022

Elementary Hebrew I (HBRJD-UA 1)

Active introduction to modern Hebrew as it is spoken and written in Israel today. Presents the essentials of Hebrew grammar, combining the oral-aural approach with formal grammatical concepts. Reinforces learning by reading of graded texts. Emphasizes the acquisition of idiomatic conversational vocabulary and language patterns.

Hebrew & Judaic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2024)

HBRJD-UA 1-000 (15644)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kamelhar, Rosalie

HBRJD-UA 1-000 (15645)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kamelhar, Rosalie

General Elective Undergraduate
Fall 2023 Spring 2022

Dynamics (ME-UY 3223)

The course explores three-dimensional treatment of the kinematics of particles and rigid bodies using various coordinate systems, Newton’s laws, work, energy, impulse, momentum, conservative force fields, impact and rotation and plane motion of rigid bodies. | Prerequisite for Brooklyn Students: ME-UY 2213 | Prerequisite for Abu Dhabi Students: ENGR-UH 2011

Mechanical Engineering (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2023)

ME-UY 3223-000 (14918)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Brooklyn CampusInstructed by

ME-UY 3223-000 (15064)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Brooklyn CampusInstructed by

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Physical Science OR Life Science Quantitative Reasoning Undergraduate

Thermodynamics (ME-UY 3333)

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

The course centers on properties of pure substances; concepts of work and heat; closed and open systems. Topics: Fundamental laws of thermodynamics. Carnot and Clasius statements of the 2nd law; entropy and entropy production; heat engines, refrigerators, heat pumps; efficiencies, coefficients of performance.| Prerequisite for Brooklyn Students: MA-UY 1124 | Prerequisite for Abu Dhabi Students: MATH-UH 1020

Mechanical Engineering (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks

Physical Science OR Life Science Spring 2026 Undergraduate