Program Planning Meeting
If you were unable to attend a program planning meeting, or are just curious about the major, please enjoy this recording of our April 2022 program planning session. If you are looking for specific information, we have included timestamps below the video to help you find what you need.
At program planning meetings, we ask faculty to speak briefly about their research interests and courses, and try to provide a brief overview of what you can expect from the major. As always, we encourage students to reach out to polisci@barnard.edu with any questions, big or small!
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction/Welcome
01:51 - Brief Department Overview (Madeleine Lloyd-Davies, Department Administrator)
FACULTY OVERVIEW
In these segments, faculty share information about their research interests and class offerings.
05:39 - Professor Ayten Gundogdu
09:38 - Professor Alyssa Battistoni
13:22 - Professor Michael Miller
20:19 - Professor Xiaobo Lu
23:20 - Professor Eduardo Moncada
28:05 - Professor Kimberly Marten
33:05 - Professor Severine Autesserre (Department Chair)
STUDENT QUESTIONS
42:50 - How will registering for new colloquia work?
44:18 - Can majors apply to use Columbia seminars towards their Colloquium requirement?
45:03 - Can students specialize in more than one subfield?
46:14 - If you are double majoring, and you take a class that seems like it might work for both majors, can you use that class towards both of your majors?
47:07 - What opportunities are there to do research with professors?
48:33 - What opportunities are there for students to do intensive research projects, given the fact that Political Science does not have a thesis?