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Fall 2013 Visual Arts Department Course Offerings

Posted: Thurs., April 11

The Visual Arts Department has released its course listings for the Fall 2013 semester.

The Visual Arts Department has released its course listings for the Fall 2013 semester.

Registration
Due to the limited size of our classes and often high demand, students who have registered for a Visual Arts class must attend the first day of class to retain their enrollment in the course.

If a class in is full online or if for any reason online registration is not possible, students may come to the first day of class. Interested students are encouraged to attend the first day of class as there are often places available.

A waitlist is available for Photography classes.

Course Descriptions
Course descriptions can be found here.

Contact
For more information about the Visual Arts major, visit the major website. Questions about the major should be directed to Sanford Biggers at sb3167@columbia.edu.

Questions about individual courses should be directed to Andrew Hass at awh2106@columbia.edu or Madelyn Sutton at ms4264@columbia.edu.

Apply to Live at the Bayit

Posted: April 22

Students still in need of housing for the Summer or Fall of 2013 are invited to apply to the Bayit, Columbia University's pluralistic Jewish food co-op.

Description
Students still in need of housing for the Summer or Fall of 2013 are invited to apply to the Bayit, Columbia University's pluralistic Jewish food co-op, which is currently accepting applications. The Bayit community is committed to Jewish pluralism and diversity, and to providing a warm and welcoming home to Jewish students of all types. Residents come from a variety of Jewish backgrounds and denominations, and identify with a wide range of affiliations, such as Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and secular.

Description
Students still in need of housing for the Summer or Fall of 2013 are invited to apply to the Bayit, Columbia University's pluralistic Jewish food co-op, which is currently accepting applications. The Bayit community is committed to Jewish pluralism and diversity, and to providing a warm and welcoming home to Jewish students of all types. Residents come from a variety of Jewish backgrounds and denominations, and identify with a wide range of affiliations, such as Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and secular.

Apply
To apply, please visit the website.

Summer Course: Comic Theatre: From Shakespeare to New York City Stage

Course Dates: Mon., July 8-Wed., Aug. 16
Meeting Dates and Times: Mon. and Weds., 1-4:10 p.m.

Students are invited to register for ENGLS4452Q, a summer course in comic theatre.

Students are invited to register for ENGLS4452Q, a summer course in comic theatre.

Course Description
Why do we still laugh at comic works from nearly 2500 years ago, comedies that have outlived their generations? An examination of the different forms of staged comedy throughout the centuries, beginning with foundational texts from Ancient Greece, especially Aristophanes. We consider how today's playwrights are still building on, and making reference to, primary works from the Western canon.

Texts we will read range from Shakespeare, Jonson and Restoration comedies, to Wilde, Beckett, Hansberry, Tennessee Williams, Pinter, and Churchill. We will also cover contemporary work seen on the stages of New York, including short comic plays, stand up, and physical comedy.

Attention will be given to comic characters, comic pretense, wit, humor, comedy of errors, comic gestures, comic archetypes, farce, cross-dressing, satiric comedy, comic relief, tragicomedy, romantic comedy, and theatre of the absurd. This course will be of special interest to serious students of comedy.

When possible, class outings make use of current New York City productions.

Contact
For more information regarding the course, please visit the official Columbia Summer website or email instructor Jonathan Robinson-Appels at jr2168@columbia.edu.

Summer Course: French Expressive Dance in NYC and Paris

Course Dates: Wed., May 29-Wed., July. 3
Meeting Dates and Times: Mon. and Weds., 1-4:10 p.m.

Students are invited to register for French S3880D, a summer course in French expressive dance in NYC and Paris.

Students are invited to register for French S3880D, a summer course in French expressive dance in NYC and Paris.

Course Description
Cross-Atlantic influences from both French ballet and French modern dance as seen on the stages of New York City. The course examines not only French dancers and choreographers, but also French conceptions of the expressive body seen in other urban art forms. We study the New York School of Poetry, Painting, Theatre, Dance and Music; French influences on the repertory of American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet; the Paris Opera Ballet; the contributions of American choreographers such as Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown on French dance; and the theatrical impulse in recent French contemporary dance. We will make use of French critical theory ( Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Barthes, Proust, and the work of recent French feminists) to understand how distinct cultures create differing notions of the expressive body. These texts will also help us to see how individual and social movement patterns are created on the stages and in the streets of metropolitan Paris and New York City. When possible, the class will attend modern dance performances and productions of American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet. As well, students will visit New York City museums and gallery exhibits, and allied cultural events that help to illustrate the lyric French style.
The course will be conducted in English, and there are no prerequisites.

Contact
For more information or to register, visit the Columbia Summer website. 
For additional information, student may contact John Robinson-Appels at jr2168@columbia.edu

Study Abroad Events

Spring 2014 Applications Open

Students are invited to learn about several study abroad possibilities.

Students are invited to attend events outlining study abroad possibilities.

Current Opportunities | Summer Language Programs |
Application Deadlines | Contact

Current Opportunities

Kenya: Tropical Biology and Sustainability

Application Deadline: Tues., Oct. 15

Columbia now offers its undergraduate students the opportunity to study Tropical Biology and Sustainability in Kenya. Students will work closely with Columbia and Princeton faculty, as well as staff at the Columbia Global Center | Africa in Nairobi and the Mpala Research Centre in Laikipia, in a variety of locations across Kenya. The program will allow students to explore and integrate a range of biological and social issues impacting both wildlife and people. In addition to studying a diversity of topics in ecology, evolutionary biology, conservation biology, environmental engineering, agriculture, and sustainable development, students will gain hands-on experience with fieldwork, experimental design, data analysis, and scientific writing and presentation.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis begning on May 1. Priority for acceptance will be given to Environmental Biology and Sustainable Development majors and concentrators, but the program is open to all Columbia University Juniors who have take the prerequisite courses (Environmental Biology I and II OR Science for Sustainable Development).

For more information about the program or the pre-requisite courses, email E3B Professor Dustin Rubenstein or visit the program website.

Consortium for Advanced Studies Barcelona

Application Deadline: Fri., Aug. 30

The Consortium for Advanced Studies in Barcelona (CASB) offers a full-immersion program designed to accommodate students in any major with advanced Spanish or Catalan skills. Students are immersed in the local university environment and take their courses at one or more of the Consortium’s four distinguished partner universities: the Universitat de Barcelona (UB), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and the Universitat Polytechnica de Catalunya (UPC).

The combined course offerings of these four universities offer students a vast array of opportunities in the humanities, social sciences, physical and natural sciences, engineering, and the arts. All students also attend a Language and Culture Pro-Seminar Course during the first three weeks of the program which provided basic Catalan instruction, Spanish review, an overview of Spanish history and culture as well as a variety of excursions and activities. Students live in modern, international student dormitories.

Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies

Spring 2014 Deadline: Fri., Sept. 13

The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies is a two-semester academic program for undergraduates who wish to do advanced work in Japanese language and Japanese studies. The program helps students strengthen their Japanese skills by providing intensive language training and through regular interactions with host families and the local community. Understanding of Japanese society and culture is enhanced by the integration of the historical and cultural resources of Kyoto into the academic curriculum and student life.

Berlin Consortium for German Studies

Spring 2014 Deadline: Tues., Oct. 1

The Berlin Consortium for German Studies is an academic-year or spring semester program dedicated to helping students improve their German language skills by providing intensive language training, encouraging them to function independently in the German university system, and offering a program that allows them to fully experience German life, customs, and culture.

Columbia in Beijing at Tsinghua University

Spring 2014 Deadline: Tues., Oct. 15

Columbia University in Beijing provides a rare opportunity for advanced students to directly enroll in a broad range of courses at Tsinghua University, one of China's top institutions. The supported immersion program is designed for independent students who already demonstrate a high level of both written and spoken Mandarin Chinese and who wish to challenge themselves by using Chinese to further understand their own areas of study in the humanities, social sciences, economics, sciences, environmental sciences, information sciences, engineering, and architecture.

 

Summer Language Programs

Arabic: Elementary, Second, or Third Year in Amman, Jordan

Chinese: Elementary through Fifth Year in Beijing, China
Third Year or Fourth Year in Shanghai, China

French: Second Year in Paris, France

Italian: Elementary or Intermediate in Venice, Italy

Japanese: Fourth Year in Kyoto, Japan

Portuguese: Intermediate in Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Application Deadlines

Study Abroad Clearance

Study abroad clearance form for Spring 2014 is due Oct 15.

Fall, Spring, and Academic Year Programs

Columbia in Beijing at Tsinghua University, China: Mid-March
Advisor: Fay Ju at fjj1@columbia.edu

Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS), Japan:
Fall Semester: Mid-February; Spring Semester: Mid-September
Advisor: Fay Ju at fjj1@columbia.edu

Berlin Consortium for German Studies (BCGS), Germany:
Fall Semester: Mid-March; Spring Semester: Early October
Advisor: Lindsey Schram at ls2553@columbia.edu

Columbia/Penn Program at Reid Hall, Paris: Early March
Advisor: Lindsey Schram at ls2553@columbia.edu

Contact

If you are interested in speaking to a student who has recently completed one of our academic year programs, please contact:

Columbia in Beijing: Allegra at aar2143@columbia.edu

Kyoto Consortium for Advanced Studies: Derek at dja2123@columbia.edu

Berlin Consortium for German Studies: Jimmy at jimtrygve@gmail.com

Columbia/Penn at Reid Hall in Paris: Matt at mpj2112@columbia.edu or Devyn at dat2123@columbia.edu

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