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Chair of Contemporary Civilization Marcus Folch Associate Professor of Classics Carnoy Family Program Chair for Contemporary Civilization [email protected]

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The purpose of COCI CC1101-COCI CC1102  “Contemporary Civilization,” or “CC,” as it is popularly known, is to introduce students to a range of issues concerning the kinds of communities—political, social, moral, and religious—that human beings construct, and the values that inform and define such communities. Founded in 1919 to prepare students to confront "the insistent problems of the present," Contemporary Civilization has evolved continuously while remaining a constant element of the Columbia College curriculum. The course asks students to read texts that offer a wide range of perspectives, to experiment with ideas, follow their own inquiries, and present their own perspectives about the issues that these texts raise. In doing so, students develop their skills as thinkers and communicators. 

The aim of Contemporary Civilization is not to endorse or celebrate the often conflicting— and sometimes troubling — ideas of the authors studied in class, but rather to engage with them critically. By exploring a range of perspectives, students will gain a better sense of the ideas that have shaped the world they have inherited, develop the power to imagine experiences and understand opinions different from their own, and test their own values in a way that may strengthen them or prompt revision. The ultimate goal of Contemporary Civilization is to foster a community in which students can share their perplexity, deepen their understanding of the world and their place within it, recognize the limits of their own perspectives and experiences, and engage respectfully with one another across their differences.

Because Contemporary Civilization is a year-long course, readings are necessarily selective. Every three years, faculty revise the syllabus, and many instructors supplement readings with their own selections. The factors that lead to the adoption of a text include historical influence, the demonstrated ability of a text to provoke productive discussion, and the relevance of a text's ideas to the pressing problems of the present. Among the authors currently required in the course are Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Augustine, Ibn Khaldun, Christine de Pizan, Machiavelli, Luther, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, Mary Wollstonecraft, Alexis de Tocqueville, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, David Walker, J.S. Mill, KarlMarx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, W.E.B. Du Bois, B.R. Ambedkar, Hannah Arendt, Gandhi, Frantz Fanon, Martin Luther King Jr., Michel Foucault, Simone de Beauvoir, Barbara Fields, the Combahee River Collective, and readings from the Bible and the Qur'an. The current reading list also includes units. on Epicureanism and stoicism; medieval rationalism and mysticism; the Conquest of the Americas; revolutions and rights; race, gender, and sexuality; and climates and futures. 

 

Registration Procedure

All information concerning registration in COCI CC1101-COCI CC1102 is included in the registration materials sent to students. Students normally take Contemporary Civilization in their second year at Columbia.

All Core Curriculum courses, including Contemporary Civilization, must be taken for a letter grade. Students may not drop or withdraw from Contemporary Civilization after the Core drop deadline (which is also the end of the Change-of-Program period). For more information, see Registration—Dropping Core Courses.

Courses of Instruction

COCI CC1101 CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I. 4.00 points.

Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Slavic Languages, and Sociology; and members of the Society of Fellows. A study in their historical context of major contributions to the intellectual traditions that underpin contemporary civilization. Emphasis is on the history of political, social, and philosophical thought. Students are expected to write at least three papers to complete two examinations, and to participate actively in class discussions

Fall 2025: COCI CC1101
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
COCI 1101 001/12176 M W 8:10am - 10:00am 315 Hamilton Hall Joseph Schittone 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 002/12177 M W 8:10am - 10:00am 301 Hamilton Hall Zehra Mehdi 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 003/12178 M W 8:10am - 10:00am 309 Hamilton Hall Noah Strote 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 004/12179 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall Michael Stanislawski 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 005/12180 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall Madeleine Dobie 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 006/12181 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall Isaac Stethem 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 007/12182 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 507 Philosophy Hall James Stafford 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 008/12183 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 644 Seeley W. Mudd Building Jonathan Peterson 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 009/12184 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 306 Uris Hall Jesse Izzo 4.00 18/22
COCI 1101 010/12186 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 616 Hamilton Hall Matthew Connelly 4.00 15/22
COCI 1101 011/12187 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 424 Kent Hall Timothy Williamson 4.00 20/22
COCI 1101 012/12188 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 212d Lewisohn Hall Lam Hui 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 013/12190 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Natalia Alexander 4.00 19/22
COCI 1101 014/12191 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall Zehra Mehdi 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 015/12192 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Natalia Alexander 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 016/12195 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 201a Philosophy Hall Anthony Garruzzo 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 017/12196 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 111 Carman Hall Angela Giordani 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 018/12197 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall Isaac Stethem 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 019/12198 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 313 Pupin Laboratories Noah Strote 4.00 20/22
COCI 1101 020/12200 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Liam Dee 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 021/12201 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 111 Carman Hall Jennifer McDonald 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 022/12202 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 329 Uris Hall Gil Anidjar 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 023/12203 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall Nader Atassi 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 024/12206 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 616 Hamilton Hall Jesse Izzo 4.00 15/22
COCI 1101 025/12207 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 224 Pupin Laboratories Gal Katz 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 026/12208 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 424 Kent Hall Daniel Luban 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 027/12210 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Liam Dee 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 028/12211 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 111 Carman Hall Richard John 4.00 18/22
COCI 1101 029/12213 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 707 Hamilton Hall Dennis Tenen 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 030/12215 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 306 Uris Hall Anthony Garruzzo 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 031/12216 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 313 Pupin Laboratories Ruairidh MacLeod 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 032/12217 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall Nader Atassi 4.00 20/22
COCI 1101 033/12219 M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 325 Pupin Laboratories Aziza Shanazarova 4.00 20/22
COCI 1101 034/12221 M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 316 Hamilton Hall Jennifer McDonald 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 035/12223 M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 111 Carman Hall Kyle Baasch 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 036/12224 T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 302 Hamilton Hall Adam Kosto 4.00 19/22
COCI 1101 037/12225 T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 306 Hamilton Hall Samuel Abrams 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 038/12226 T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 315 Hamilton Hall Joseph Schittone 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 039/12227 T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall Aileen Forbes 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 040/12229 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 253 Engineering Terrace Christopher Hoffman 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 041/12230 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Sat Alfred Lerner Hall Jesse Chevan 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 042/12231 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 111 Carman Hall Ali Karjoo-Ravary 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 043/12232 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall Neslihan Senocak 4.00 20/22
COCI 1101 044/12233 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 103 Knox Hall Margaret Scarborough 4.00 19/22
COCI 1101 045/12235 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 307 Pupin Laboratories Jeronimo Duarte Riascos 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 046/12236 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 301m Fayerweather Clara Maier 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 047/12237 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 318 Hamilton Hall Mana Kia 4.00 18/22
COCI 1101 048/12238 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Amnah Almukhtar 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 049/12239 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 222 Pupin Laboratories Prashant Iyengar 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 050/12240 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 111 Carman Hall Shaunna Rodrigues 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 051/12241 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall Charly Coleman 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 052/12242 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 501 International Affairs Bldg Dana Neacsu 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 053/12243 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 507 Hamilton Hall Allison Aitken 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 054/12244 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 511 Hamilton Hall Richard Billows 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 055/12245 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall Christopher Hoffman 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 056/12246 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall Ethan Jacobs 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 057/12247 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 325 Pupin Laboratories Prashant Iyengar 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 058/12248 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 111 Carman Hall Shaunna Rodrigues 4.00 21/22
COCI 1101 059/12249 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall Nathaniel Berman 4.00 22/22
COCI 1101 060/12250 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 316 Hamilton Hall Margaret Scarborough 4.00 20/22
COCI 1101 061/12252 T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall Amnah Almukhtar 4.00 20/22
COCI 1101 062/12253 T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall Ethan Jacobs 4.00 20/22
COCI 1101 063/12254 T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall Kyle Baasch 4.00 20/22
COCI 1101 JE1/20859 W 9:00am - 12:00pm Othr Other Conor Cullen 4.00 13/13

COCI CC1102 CONTEMP WESTRN CIVILIZATION II. 4.00 points.

Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Slavic Languages, and Sociology; and members of the Society of Fellows. A study in their historical context of major contributions to the intellectual traditions that underpin contemporary civilization. Emphasis is on the history of political, social, and philosophical thought. Students are expected to write at least three papers to complete two examinations, and to participate actively in class discussions

Spring 2026: COCI CC1102
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
COCI 1102 001/10626 M W 8:10am - 10:00am 616 Hamilton Hall Joseph Schittone 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 002/10627 M W 8:10am - 10:00am 306 Hamilton Hall Zehra Mehdi 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 003/10628 M W 8:10am - 10:00am 309 Hamilton Hall Noah Strote 4.00 19/20
COCI 1102 004/10629 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall Michael Stanislawski 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 005/10630 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 609 Hamilton Hall Madeleine Dobie 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 006/10631 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall Isaac Stethem 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 007/10632 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 507 Philosophy Hall James Stafford 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 008/10633 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 407 Hamilton Hall Ruairidh MacLeod 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 009/10634 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 318 Hamilton Hall Jesse Izzo 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 010/10635 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Matthew Connelly 4.00 13/20
COCI 1102 011/10636 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall Timothy Williamson 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 012/10637 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 201a Philosophy Hall Lam Hui 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 013/10638 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall Natalia Alexander 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 014/10639 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 201a Philosophy Hall Zehra Mehdi 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 015/10640 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall Natalia Alexander 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 016/10641 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 412 Pupin Laboratories Anthony Garruzzo 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 017/10642 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 111 Carman Hall Angela Giordani 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 018/10643 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall Isaac Stethem 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 019/10644 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 607 Martin Luther King Building Noah Strote 4.00 22/20
COCI 1102 020/10645 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 411 Hamilton Hall Liam Dee 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 021/10646 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Jennifer McDonald 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 022/10647 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 511 Hamilton Hall Gil Anidjar 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 023/10648 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 607 Hamilton Hall Nader Atassi 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 024/10649 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 201a Philosophy Hall Jesse Izzo 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 025/10650 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 306 Uris Hall Andrew Nathan 4.00 22/20
COCI 1102 026/10651 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 607 Martin Luther King Building Daniel Luban 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 027/10652 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 411 Hamilton Hall Liam Dee 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 028/10653 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 111 Carman Hall Richard John 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 029/10654 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 507 Hamilton Hall Dennis Tenen 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 030/10655 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Anthony Garruzzo 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 031/10656 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall Branka Arsic 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 032/10657 M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 607 Hamilton Hall Nader Atassi 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 033/10658 M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 313 Hamilton Hall Dana Neacsu 4.00 22/20
COCI 1102 034/10659 M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Jennifer McDonald 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 035/10660 M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 411 Hamilton Hall Kyle Baasch 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 036/10661 T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 402 Hamilton Hall Luke MacInnis 4.00 19/20
COCI 1102 037/10662 T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 616 Hamilton Hall Samuel Abrams 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 038/10663 T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 302 Hamilton Hall Joseph Schittone 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 039/10664 T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 602 Northwest Corner Matthew Engelke 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 040/10665 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 507 Philosophy Hall Christopher Hoffman 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 041/10666 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 707 Hamilton Hall Jesse Chevan 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 042/10667 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Ali Karjoo-Ravary 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 043/10668 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall Neslihan Senocak 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 044/10669 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall Margaret Scarborough 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 045/10670 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 602 Lewisohn Hall Jeronimo Duarte Riascos 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 046/10671 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 311 Fayerweather Clara Maier 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 047/10672 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 607 Hamilton Hall Mana Kia 4.00 19/20
COCI 1102 048/10673 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 313 Pupin Laboratories Amnah Almukhtar 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 049/10674 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 111 Carman Hall Prashant Iyengar 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 050/10675 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Shaunna Rodrigues 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 051/10676 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall Charly Coleman 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 052/10677 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall Jonathon Kahn 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 053/10678 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 222 Pupin Laboratories Karuna Mantena 4.00 21/20
COCI 1102 054/10679 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 424 Pupin Laboratories Richard Billows 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 055/10680 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 412 Pupin Laboratories Christopher Hoffman 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 056/10681 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 316 Hamilton Hall Ethan Jacobs 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 057/10682 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 111 Carman Hall Prashant Iyengar 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 058/10683 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall Shaunna Rodrigues 4.00 22/20
COCI 1102 059/10684 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 707 Hamilton Hall Nathaniel Berman 4.00 22/20
COCI 1102 060/10685 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall Margaret Scarborough 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 061/10686 T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 407 Hamilton Hall Amnah Almukhtar 4.00 20/20
COCI 1102 062/10687 T 6:10pm - 8:00pm 316 Hamilton Hall Ethan Jacobs 4.00 14/20
COCI 1102 063/10688 T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 411 Hamilton Hall Kyle Baasch 4.00 20/20

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