Frontiers of Science
Prof. Donald hood
Psychology
Co-Chair of Frontiers of Science
415 Schermerhorn; (212) 854-4587
dch3@columbia.edu
Prof. David Helfand
Astronomy
Co-Chair of Frontiers of Science
1020 Pupin; (212) 854-2150
djh@astro.columbia.edu
Frontiers of Science is a new one-semester course that integrates modern science into the Core Curriculum to change the way students think about questions of science and about the world around them. On Mondays throughout the semester, four of Columbia’s leading scientists present a mini-series of three lectures each. During the rest of the week, senior faculty and Columbia post-doctoral science fellows (research scientists selected for their teaching abilities) lead seminars to discuss the lecture and its associated readings, plan and conduct experiments, and debate the implications of the most recent scientific discoveries. Together with two additional science courses in any natural science department, Frontiers of Science satisfies the science requirement for Columbia College.