Weather Update

Due to the storm, Barnard College closed at 4pm Friday, for non-essential personnel. “Essential personnel" include staff in Facilities, Public Safety and Residence Halls.  

Friday evening and weekend classes are cancelled but events are going forward as planned unless otherwise noted. The Athena Film Festival programs are also scheduled to go forward as planned but please check http://athenafilmfestival.com/ for the latest information. 

The Barnard Library and Archives closed at 4pm Friday and will remain closed on Saturday, Feb. 9.  The Library will resume regular hours on Sunday opening at 10am.  

Please be advised that due to the conditions, certain entrances to campus may be closed.  The main gate at 117th Street & Broadway will remain open.  For further updates on college operations, please check this website, call the College Emergency Information Line 212-854-1002 or check AM radio station 1010WINS. 

3:12 PM 02/08/2013

Coursework

Coursework

  • Apply directly to one of the following institutions: Hebrew Univresity, Ben Gurion University, Tel Aviv University, or the University of Haifa.
  • Benefit from all of the resources available to visiting international students. 
  • Take course that fulfill major, minor and elective credit, and the Nine Ways of Knowing.

A sample of courses on offer:

Hebrew University, Jerusalem:

  • Choreography
  • Peace Building & Conflict Resolution in a Divided Society
  • Women, Gender, and Feminism in the Middle East
  • Tourism and Urban Changes: Israeli Cities as Case Studies
  • Individual Music Instruction
  • Archeology of Jerusalem
  • Modern Standard Arabic
  • Sculpting

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv:

  • Twentieth Century Israeli Art
  • Modern Jewish History
  • Song of Slavery and Zion
  • Oil, War, and Politics in the Persian Gulf
  • Introduction to Islam
  • Creative Writing
  • Ideologies and Intellectual Movements in the Modern Middle East

University of Haifa, Haifa:

  • The Transformation of Jewish Culture: Modernity, Secularism
  • Understanding Israeli Society Through Israeli Film
  • Jewish Women in Pre-State Israel
  • Arab-Israeli Relations
  • Literature of the Shoah

Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva:

  • Issues in Desert Ecology
  • Archeology and Anthropology of the Ancient Negev
  • Faith and reason in Jewish Philosophy
  • Medical Anthropology of the Middle East
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Policy