VISITING THE CAMPUS ON WALK THROUGH DETAILS ON THE CAMPUS VISIT barnard.edu/admissions BARNARd’s GATES onto tree-lined brick pathways, and the sounds of the city fade away. Here, the buildings buzz with the energy of some 2,400 gifted, ambitious young women enjoying the challenges of a rigorous liberal arts education, the resources of a great university, and the lifelong friendships that come from living in a close-knit community. To experience a bit of Barnard’s world for yourself, come for a visit. PLAN YOUR VISIT Historic buildings in the Beaux Arts style with classic features, beautiful landscaping, and the brand new 70,000-square-foot Diana Center: you can see it all. Guided tours are available year-round, Monday through Friday at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. During the fall (late September to early December), tours are also available on select weekend days and are fully accessible (no steps) upon request. Tours depart from the Visitor Center in the Sulzberger Annex and last about one hour; an information session, led by a Barnard admissions counselor, immediately follows the tours at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. in Milbank Hall (11:30 a.m. only on select weekends). Information sessions are designed to complement campus tours and focus primarily on the admission and financial aid process. Appointments are not necessary, although we recommend checking our website or contacting the Office of Admissions before planning your visit. If you happen to be on campus and can’t come at our designated tour times, please visit our office or our website at www.barnard.edu/admissions for a self-guided walking tour brochure. 2 ON BARNARD VISIT CLASSES To help you plan your time on campus, consult the list of classes available at our reception desk or at www.barnard.edu/admissions. Although no advance appointment The vitality of intellectual life at Barnard is best sampled in is necessary, do plan to stop at either the Office of Admissions in Milbank Hall or the Admissions Visitor Center in the Sulzberger Annex at least 15 minutes before the the classroom, where small groups of students engage with class start time to find the location of the class you plan to visit. Here are a few professors freely. Sit in on a class or two. examples to whet your appetite! Students benefit from Barnard’s Office of Career increased personal attention Development posts more than with Barnard’s 7:1 2,500 internship opportunities— student-to-faculty ratio. in New York and beyond. Topics in Literature Mass Media Contemporary Black Women Genetics, Social Theory and and Film: Memory and American Issues in Biology in America Biodiversity, Cultural Diversity and Forgetting Democracy Explores modern biology Examines roles of black and Society Examines issues, Links literature to Examines the structure as it applies to contempo- women in the United Looks at science and conflicts, and ideas painting, photography, of the mass media in the rary issues. We examine States as thinkers, consequences of plant regarding cultural and film, as well as texts United States and the microbiological agents activists, and creators breeding, biotechnology, diversity—in particular in psychology (such as impact of those entities that cause disease and during the 19th and and genetic engineering; the “culture wars,” the Freudian trauma theory on political and social address how such agents 20th centuries. We focus costs and benefits of politics of identity/ and recovered memory). beliefs, opinions, and can be used as weapons on the intellectual work, maintaining biodiversity; recognition, and the ideal We explore the role of behaviors of both the for terrorism or war. We social activism, and and public policy issues of multiculturalism—using personal and cultural general public and also consider human cultural expression of and options. We examine tools of classical and memory in the creative political elites. We pay physiology, focusing on African American women, the human genome contemporary social process by studying key particular attention to the major health issues, and discussing how they project; the scientific theory. We draw case examples, from medieval tension that develops we explore growth and viewed their lives, resisted basis and interpretation material from the Western “memory rooms” to the between the potential for resource use, emphasiz- oppression, and fought to of genetic screening; and hemisphere and consider work of Alain Resnais. an informed citizenry ing the uniqueness of change society. individual choice, social topics including and the potential for human populations. implications, and related multiculturalism, the a manipulated public. ethical issues. politics of identity/ recognition, the head scarf debate, orientalism, sexuality and culture, and “excitable speech.” 4 ON BARNARD 5 ADMISSION INTERVIEWS A personal interview can be helpful, especially if you have specific questions. Talk with a representative of the Office of Admissions and get the inside scoop. Barnard offers optional admission interviews—for first-year applicants only—with a current senior, staff member, or alumna. Call to arrange a time from June through mid-December, Monday through Friday, or on select weekend days from September through early December. If you live outside the New York area, an alumnae interview may be requested online. Please check our website at www.barnard.edu/admissions for deadlines and details. ON BARNARD 7 DECIDING WHEN TO VISIT 2011 2012 August 29 January 16 The most rewarding time to visit Barnard is when Orientation begins Martin Luther King, Jr., classes are in session. holiday—office closed September 5 Experience Barnard’s passionate and engaged academic community, in which the Labor Day holiday— January 17 interests and ambitions of women come first, and feel the pulse of this energy and office closed First day of classes inspiration, from the dining hall to the classrooms to the residence halls. September 6 March 5 First day of classes Midterm date October 20 March 12–16 Midterm date Spring break—no classes Barnard science November 7 April 30 students gain research Academic holiday— Last day of classes experience in the lab and no classes in the field in settings May 4–11 that range from the November 8 Final exams Environmental Defense Fund to Memorial Election Day holiday— May 14–16 Sloan-Kettering Cancer office closed Center to the Barnard College Hayden Planetarium. November 24–25 Commencement Thanksgiving holiday— Activities office closed For a list of Barnard’s fall December 12 program dates, including Last day of classes Interview Days and Open Houses, please visit December 16–22 www.barnard.edu/admissions. Final exams December 24– January 16 Winter holiday—classes are not in session; office closed December 23, 26, and 30, and January 2. ON BARNARD 9 THINGS TO DO Meet with a coach Stroll through Barnard students Columbia’s campus Stop by The compete in NCAA Start at Columbia’s Diana Center Division I athletics within College Walk at Grab a cup of fair-trade the Ivy League through Broadway and 116th. coffee and a snack at the Columbia/Barnard This pedestrian-only Liz’s Café. Settle in to Athletic Consortium. stretch across observe the flow of Arrange to meet with a Columbia’s campus students and faculty coach while you’re here, opens onto Low Plaza, members streaming and ask about practice which one architect through between classes. times and game called an “urban beach” EXPLORE THE CAMPUS schedules. Visit www. for all the sunbathing and Attend a Barnard event gocolumbialions.com to socializing that goes on. Barnard women enjoy a comfortable urban lifestyle in There are lectures, dance find team statistics and the company of friends. See what it’s about. recitals, theatre perform- contact information for People-watch ances, and other events coaching staff. On a warm day, bring Get a feel for what it’s like to be a Barnard student by spending the day on campus. on campus throughout your beach blanket and Wherever you go, feel free to talk with students, faculty members, staff members, the year—most of them Connect with students stake out a space on and coaches. They’ll be happy to share their experiences and answer your questions. free. Find out what’s Get the Barnard student Lehman Lawn in front of happening during your perspective. Tours and Wollman Library, a visit at www.barnard.edu. interviews are with favorite spot for Barnard current students, but why students to study and Talk with a stop there? Ask students hang out. faculty member you meet about advising, Utilize the Barnard academics, social Shop Barnard website to research your connections, internships, Stop by the Barnard chosen academic and campus community. College bookstore in departments. Most Better yet, choose a the Diana Center, where department websites student organization that you’ll find a range of provide a listing of matches your interests Barnardiana, from T-shirts department events, major and reach out directly to and bears to key- information, and faculty student leaders. chains and water bottles. research interests. ON BARNARD 11 al W. 121ST ST. BARNARd’s CAMPUS Union heologic Seminary Teachers T Barnard students study, learn, live, and relax on a four-acre College 10 campus that stretches over four city blocks just off Broad- way, one of New York City’s main thoroughfares. Barnard W. 120TH ST. also owns residence halls on the blocks surrounding 1 campus. Because of Barnard’s partnership with Columbia University (right across the street), Barnard students have 16 access to all the resources of a major research university, 11 2 3 including libraries, lectures, and recreational facilities. VE. VE. DR 4 AY AM A ONT A SIDE ADW Columbia University R O ERD REM VE ST 1 Office of Admissions in Milbank Students with BR RI CLA scheduled interviews should arrive 15 minutes early.