The following is a preliminary list of courses with Africa content that will be available in the Fall 2009 semester. Please make sure to check with the registrar’s office to confirm classes which may or may not count for credit in your specific degree requirements. For courses that list no call number, please check with the registrar’s office for that specific school (Teacher’s College, Public Health, Law School).
SCHOOL CODES |
B = Barnard College | CBS = Columbia Business School | SCE = School of Continuing Education |
| CC - Columbia College | CLS = Columbia Law School | SOA = School of the Arts | |
| EAS = Engineering & Applied Sciences | GS = School of General Studies | PH = School of Public Health | |
| GEAS = Graduate Engineering & Applied Sciences | GSAS = Graduate School of Arts & Sciences | SIPA = School of International & Public Affairs | |
| TC = Teachers College |
| Rank/Cat | Subject/Department | Code | Course Title | Call Number | Day | Time | Location | Points | Instructor | Department | Division | Open To |
| Undergrad | Africana Studies | BC3004 | Introduction to African Studies | #02457 | R | 10:35am-11:50am | TBA | 3 | Abosede A George | Africana Studies@Barnard | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, GSAS, B |
| Undergrad | Africana Studies | BC3100 | Medicine & Power in African History | #08247 | T | 12:10pm-2:00pm | 407 Barnard Hall | 4 | Christine Cynn | Africana Studies @ Barnard | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, GSAS, B |
| Undergrad | Africana Studies | BC3110 | Issues in Africa/Diaspora Studies | #06842 | W | 2-4pm | TBA | 4 | Christine J Cynn | Africana Studies@Barnard | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, GSAS, B |
| Undergrad | Africana Studies | BC3560 | Human Rights - Sub-Saharan Africa | #08422 | T | 9-11am | TBA | 4 | J. Paul Martin | Africana Studies@Barnard | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, GSAS, B |
| Undergrad | African-American Studies | C3930 | Religion & Racial Aesthetic: Topics in the Black Experience | #26246 | W | 11:00am-12:50pm | TBA | 3 | Josef Sorett | African-American Studies | CC | CC, EAS, GS, GSAS, B |
| Undergrad | African-American Studies | C3936 | Black Intellectuals Seminar | #27996 | W | 4:10 - 6:00pm | 758 Schermerhorn | 4 | T.K. Hunter | Institute for Research in African-American Studies | AFAM Major concentrator required class; 2nd, 3rd, 4th year students only | |
| Undergrad | Anthropology | V2010 | Major Debates - Study of Africa | #77997 | TR | 2.40-4pm | TBA | 3 | Mahmood Mamdani | Anthropology | Interschool | CC, EAS, GS, GSAS, B |
| Undergrad | Anthropology | V3005 | Africa: Culture & Society | #01694 | MW | 2.40-4pm | TBA | 3 | Brian Larkin | Anthropology | Interschool | CC, EAS, GS, GSAS, B |
| Undergrad | Anthropology | V3921 | Anti-Colonialism | #23446 | W | 2:10pm-4:00pm | TBA | 4 | David Scott | Anthropology | Interschool | CC, EAS, GS, GSAS, B |
| Undergrad | Dance | DNCEX2252 | African Dance I | #02678 | R | 9:30am-10:45am | TBA | 1 | Maguette Camara | Dance | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, GSAS, B |
| Undergrad | Dance | DNCEX2253 | African Dance II | #04932 | R | 10:45-12pmam | TBA | 1 | Maguette Camara | Dance | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, GSAS, B |
| Undergrad | Ethnicity and Race, Center for | W3928 | Colonization/Decolonization | #50848 | T | 4:10pm-6:00pm | TBA | 4 | Natasha J Lightfoot, Gray W. Turtle | Ethnicity and Race, Center for | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, GSAS, SOA, SIPA, B, GEAS |
| Undergrad | French | BC3070 | Negritude | #03975 | TR | 1:10pm-2:25pm | TBA | 3 | Serge Gavronsky | French @Barnard | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, B |
| Undergrad | French | BC3073 | Africa in Cinema | #00415 | TR | 4:10pm-5:25pm | TBA | 3 | Kaiama L Glover | French @Barnard | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, B |
| Undergrad | History | BC3321 | Colonial Encounters | #07891 | MW | 11:00am-12:15pm | TBA | 3 | Lisa Tiersten | History@Barnard | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, B |
| Undergrad | Language Resource Center | W1101 | Elementary Hausa I | #17502 | MTWR | 4-5pm | TBA | 4 | TBD | Language Resource Center | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, SOA, B |
| Undergrad | Language Resource Center | W1201 | Intermediate Hausa I | #23401 | MW | 12-2pm | TBA | 4 | TBD | Language Resource Center | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, SOA, B |
| Undergrad | Language Resource Center | SWHLW1101 | Elementary Swahili I | #63148 | MW | 6-8pm | TBA | 4 | Jane Clayton | Swahili | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, SOA, SIPA, B |
| Undergrad | Language Resource Center | SWHLW1201 | Intermediate Swahili I | #71399 | MW | 2:10-4pm | TBA | 4 | Abdul Nanji | Swahili | Interfaculty | CC, EASM GS, SC, SOA, SIPA, B |
| Undergrad | Language Resource Center | SWHLW3335 | Advanced Swahili I | #88747 | MW | 5:10-7pm | TBA | 4 | Abdul Nanji | Swahili | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, SOA, SIPA, B |
| Undergrad | Language Resource Center | WLOFW1101 | Elementary Wolof I | #81281 | MTWR | 11-11:50am | TBA | 4 | Mariame Sy | Wolof | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, SOA, B |
| Undergrad | Language Resource Center | WLOFW1201 | Intermediate Wolof I | #13445 | MW | 12-2pm | TBA | 4 | Mariame Sy | Wolof | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, SOA, B |
| Undergrad | Language Resource Center | ZULUW1101 | Elementary Zulu I | #92698 | MTWF | 10-11am | TBA | 4 | Elson Khambule | Zulu | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, SOA, B |
| Undergrad | Language Resource Center | ZULUW1201 | Intermediate Zulu I | #97200 | MW | 2-4pm | TBA | 4 | Elson Khambule | Zulu | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, SOA, B |
| Undergrad | Political Science | POLS3810 | Colloquia: Aid, Pol, Violence - Africa | #00523 | W | 2-4pm | TBA | 4 | Severine Autesserie | Political Science | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, B |
| Undergrad | Religion | V2645 | Religion in Black America: An Introduction | #73399 | TR | 10:35am-11:50am | TBA | 3 | Josef Sorett | Religion | Interschool | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | African-American Studies | G4080 (Section 001) | Topics in the Black Experience: Maroons in Americas and Beyond | #50529 | T | 2:10pm-4:00pm | 758 Schermerhorn | 4 | C. Daniel Dawson | Institute for Research in African Research | GSAS | CC, GS, SCE, GSAS, GEAS, SOA, SIPA, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | African-American Studies | G4080 (Section 002) | Topics in the Black Experience: Politics/Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr | #58280 | T | 4:10pm-6:00pm | TBA | 3 | Obery Hendricks | African-American Studies | GSAS | CC, GS, SCE, GSAS, GEAS, SOA, SIPA, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | African-American Studies | G4080 (Section 003) | Topics in the Black Experience: Political Movements, African Diaspora | #40846 | W | 2-4pm | TBA | 4 | Mio Matsumoto | African-American Studies, Institute for Research in | GSAS | CC, GS, SCE, GSAS, GEAS, SOA, SIPA, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | African-American Studies | G4080 (Section 004) | Topics in the Black Experience: Black Fem Musical Sub-Culture | #42247 | W | 4:10pm-6:00pm | 758 Schermerhorn | 4 | Maboula Soumahoro | Institute for Research in African Research | GSAS | CC, GS, SCE, GSAS, GEAS, SOA, SIPA, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | Comparative Literature: Middle East | CLME W3032 | Colonialism: Film, Fiction, History & Theory | #21549 | R | 10:35am-11:50am | TBA | 3 | Hamid Dabashi | Comparative Literature: Middle East | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, GSAS, SOA, SIPA, GEAS, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | History | W4050 | Ptolemaic Egypt | #47446 | R | 2:10pm-4:00pm | TBA | 4 | Caitlin E Barrett | History | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, GSAS, SOA, SIPA, GEAS, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | History | BC4763 | Children & Childhood in African History | #07296 | W | 2-4pm | TBA | 4 | Abosede A George | History @Barnard | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | History | BC4791 | Lagos: The City | #05161 | R | 2:10pm-4:00pm | TBA | 4 | Abosede A George | History @Barnard | Barnard | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | History | W4928 | Slavery/Abolition - Atlantic World | #77247 | TR | 2:10pm-4:00pm | TBA | 4 | Natasha J Lightfoot | History | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, GSAS, SOA, SIPA, GEAS, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | International Affairs | U4670 | Political Identity, Civil Wars, State Reform in Africa | #52997 | W | 2:10pm-4:00pm | TBA | 3 | Mahmood Mamdani | International Affairs | SIPA | SIPA |
| Ugrad/Grad | Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures | W4024 | Novels in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia | #96248 | MW | 1:10pm-2:25pm | TBA | 3 | Noha Radwan | Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures | GSAS | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, GSAS, SOA, SIPA, B, GEAS |
| Ugrad/Grad | Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures | G4052 | Locate Africa in the 20th Century World | #66997 | T | 4-6pm | TBA | 3 | Mamadou Diouf & Jinny Prais | History: Middle East | GSAS | CC, GS, SCE, GSAS, GEAS, SIPA, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures | G4062 | Global Political Thought: Gandhi, Iqbal, Nehru, Senghor | #13199 | R | 2:10pm-4:00pm | TBA | 3 | Sudipta Kaviraj, Akeel Bilgrami and Souleymane B Diagne | Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures | GSAS | CC, GS, SCE, GSAS, GEAS, SOA, SIPA, B |
| Ugrad/Grad | Political Science | W4496 | Contemporary African Politics | #93498 | TR | 9-10:25am | TBA | 3 | Kimuli Kasara | Political Science | Interfaculty | CC, EAS, GS, SCE, SOA, SIPA, B, GEAS |
| Graduate | Anthropology | G6250 | Women Writing Africa | #41196 | R | 4-6pm | TBA | 3 | Hlonipha A Mokoena | Anthropology | GSAS | GSAS, GEAS, SIPA |
| Graduate | Art History and Archaeology | G6075 | Arts of West Africa, Past/Present | #87948 | TH | 2-4pm | TBA | 3 | Susan M Vogel | Art History and Archaeology | GSAS | GSAS, GEAS, SIPA |
| Graduate | Business | B9777 | Master Class: Private Equity & Entrpreneurship in Africa | M | 9:00am-12:15pm | TBA | 3 | TBA | International Business | CBS | CBS, CLS, SIPA | |
| Graduate | French & Romance Philology | G8626 | Literature & Cinema of the Maghreb | #77846 | W | 2:10pm-4:00pm | TBA | 3 | Madeline Dobie | French & Romance Philology | GSAS | GSAS, GEAS, SIPA |
| Graduate | International Affairs | U6190 | Complex Emergencies: Root Causes - Rebuilding | #13202 | M | 11:00am-12:50pm | TBA | 3 | Dirk Salomons | International Affairs | SIPA | SIPA |
| Graduate | International Affairs | U6424 | Political Development in the Third World | #41300 | M | 2-4pm | TBA | 3 | Ousmane Kane | International Affairs | SIPA | SIPA |
| Graduate | International Affairs | U6827 | Methods for Development Practice | W | 11, 2.10 & 4:10 | TBA | 3 | Sara Minard | International Affairs | SIPA | SIPA | |
| Graduate | International Affairs | U8507 | Security Council/Peacekeeping - Africa in the 21st Century | #52151 | W | W 11:00am-12:50pm | TBA | 3 | Elisabeth Lindenmayer | International Affairs | SIPA | SIPA |
| Graduate | International Affairs | U8528 | Global, International Migration & Development | #68048 | T | 11-1pm | TBA | 3 | Ousmane Kane | International Affairs | SIPA | SIPA |
| Graduate | International Affairs | U8559 | Building Peace after Conflict | #13008 | R | 4:10 - 6:00pm | TBA | 3 | Dirk Salomons | International Affairs | SIPA | SIPA |
| Graduate | International Affairs | U8869 | Civil Wars & Peace Settlements | #43102 | R | 2:10pm-4:00pm | TBA | 3 | Severine Autesserie | International Affairs | SIPA | SIPA |
| Graduate | Law | L6211 | African Law and Development | R | 4:20pm - 7:10pm | TBA | 3 | Francis Ssekandi | International Law | CLS | Graduate-level students | |
| Graduate | Public Health | P8620 | Protection of Children in War and Disaster | #70798 | R | 9:00am - 11:50am | TBA | 1.5 | Neil Boothby | Population and Family Health | Public Health | PH |
| Graduate | Public Health | P8639 | Gender-Based Violence in Complex Emergencies | #10532 | R | 9:00am - 11:50am | TBA | 1.5 | Heidi Lehmann | Population and Family Health | Public Health | PH |
| Graduate | Public Health | P8648 | Food and Nutrition in Complex Emergencies | #28647 | F | 9:00am - 11:50am | TBA | 1.5 | Joanne Csete | Population and Family Health | Public Health | PH |
| Graduate | Teachers College | ITSF 4199 | Topics: Religion & Society in Africa | #31969 | R | 3:00 pm-04:40 pm | TBA | 1 to 6 | L Cristillo | International & Transcultural Studies | Teachers College | TC |
| Graduate | Teachers College | ITSF 4819 | Using African Diaspora Films in the Classroom | #30579 | TBA | TBA | TBA | 2 | R Barroso-Spech, G Bond | International & Transcultural Studies | Teachers College | TC |