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?