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marine geophysics, satellite observations, tides.
Recommended for nongeophysics majors or
those with little previous geophysics background.
EESC W4947y Plate tectonics
3 pts. Professor Abers.
Prerequisites: Physical geology. Prepares students
for research and oral exams. Evolution of the
interiors and surfaces of Earth, Venus, Mars and
the moons of Jupiter. Planetary accretion, tidal
heating, convection, magma oceans, formation of
continents, mantle plumes, sea-floor spreading,
kinematics of triple junctions, surface repaving,
subduction, sedimentation, catastrophic impacts
and floods, and the building of mountain chains.
EESC W4949x Introduction to seismology
3 pts. Offered in alternate years. Professors
Ekstrom and Menke.
Prerequisites: Elementary college physics and
mathematics (including calculus). Basic methods
of seismogram analysis. Classification of seismic
waves and elementary theory of body waves and
normal modes. Elementary aspects of seismic
prospecting, earthquake source theory, instrumentation,
discrimination between explosions and
earthquakes, inversion of seismic data to infer
Earth structure, earthquake engineering, earthquake
insurance and hazards mitigation, estimation
of seismic risk, and earthquake prediction.
HUMANITIES AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
For listings of additional courses of interest
to engineering students, consult
the bulletins of Columbia College; the
School of General Studies; the Graduate
School of Architecture, Planning, and
Preservation; the Graduate School of
Business; and the Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences.
COCI C1101-C1102 Introduction to contemporary
civilization in the West
4 pts.
Taught by members of the Departments of
Anthropology, Architecture, Classics, English and
Comparative Literature, French, German, History,
Italian, Journalism, Middle East and Asian
Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Political
Science, Religion, Slavic Languages, Sociology,
and Spanish; members of the Society of Fellows
in the Humanities; and Senior Scholars. Major
works by over twenty authors, ranging from Plato
to modern writers. Students are expected to write
at least three papers, to complete two examinations
each semester, and to participate actively in
class discussions.
ECON W1105x or y Principles of economics
4 pts. Recitation section required (W1155).
How a market economy determines the relative
prices of goods, factors of production, and the
allocation of resources, and the circumstances
under which it does so efficiently. Why such an
economy has fluctuations and how they may be
controlled.
ENGL C1010x or y University writing
3 pts. The staff.
Teaches general techniques and strategies for
academic reading and writing. Students read and
discuss a range of published essays, complete
regular reading and writing exercises, write several
longer essays, and undertake a collaborative
research and writing project designed by the
class. Students placed in C1010 whose names
fall in the first part of the alphabet must take the
course in the fall. Students whose names fall in
the second part of the alphabet take the course in
the spring. The alphabet will be split somewhere
between K and O. The exact place for the split
will be posted before fall registration.
Global Core
The Global Core requirement consists of courses
that examine areas not the primary focus of
Literature Humanities and Contemporary
Civilization and that, like other Core courses, are
broadly introductory, interdisciplinary, and temporally
or spatially expansive. Courses in the Global
Core are organized around a set of primary texts
or artifacts, which may range from texts of literate
traditions to media (e.g. film), ritual performances
or oral sources, produced in the regions of the
world in question. Global Core courses fall into
two categories: those that focus on a specific culture
or civilization, tracing its appearance and/or
existence across a significant span of time and
sometimes across more than one present-day
country or region; and those that address several
world settings or cultures comparatively (and may
include Europe and the West), in terms of a common
theme, a set of analytic questions, or interactions
between different world regions. Students
must complete two courses from the Global Core
List of Approved Courses for a letter grade.
HUMA C1001x-C1002y Masterpieces of
Western literature and philosophy
4 pts.
Taught by members of the Departments of Classics,
English and Comparative Literature, French,
German, Italian, Middle East and Asian Languages
and Cultures, Philosophy, Religion, Slavic
Languages, and Spanish; and members of the
Society of Fellows in the Humanities. Major works
by over twenty authors, ranging in time, theme,
and genre from Homer to Virginia Woolf. Students
are expected to write at least two papers, to
complete two examinations each semester, and
to participate actively in class discussions.
HUMA W1121x or y Masterpieces of Western art
3 pts.
Popularly known as “Art Hum,” this course
teaches students how to look at, think about, and
engage in critical discussion of the visual arts.
Not a historical survey, but an analytical study of
a limited number of monuments and artists ranging
from early Athens to the present, the course
focuses on the formal structure of works of architecture,
sculpture, painting, and other media,
as well as the historical contexts in which these
works were made and understood.
HUMA W1123x or y Masterpieces of Western
music
3 pts.
Popularly known as “Music Hum,” this course
aims to instill in students a basic comprehension
of the many forms of the Western musical imagination.
The course involves students actively in
the process of critical listening, both in the classroom
and in concerts. Although not a history of
Western music, the course is taught in chronological
format and includes masterpieces by Josquin
des Prez, Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Mozart,
Haydn, Beethoven, Verdi, Wagner, Schoenberg,
Stravinsky, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington,
among others.
MATHEMATICS
Courses for First-Year Students
Depending on the program, completion
of Calculus III or IV satisfies the basic
mathematics requirement. Normally students
who have taken an AP Calculus
course begin with either Calculus II or
Calculus III. Refer to the AP guidelines
on page 14 for placement information.
The sequence ends with MATH E1210:
Ordinary differential equations.
Students who wish to transfer from
one calculus course to another are
allowed to do so beyond the date specified
on the Academic Calendar. They are
considered to be adjusting their level,
not changing their program. They must,
however, obtain the approval of the new
instructor and the Center for Student
Advising before reporting to the
Registrar.
MATH V1101 Calculus I
Lect: 3 pts.
Functions, limits, derivatives, introduction to
integrals.
MATH V1102 Calculus II
Lect. 3 pts.
Prerequisite: Calculus I or the equivalent.
Methods of integration, applications of integrals,
series, including Taylor’s series.
MATH V1201 Calculus III
Lect. 3 pts.
Prerequisite: Calculus II or the equivalent. Vector
algebra, complex numbers and exponential,
vector differential calculus.
SEAS 2009–2010