Columbia College of Columbia University

Columbia College is the main undergraduate college at Columbia University. Most students graduate within four years with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Founded in 1754 as King's College by Royal Charter of King George II of England, it is the flagship college of the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States. Columbia College is known for its rigorous Core Curriculum — students are required to take a full year of Masterpieces of Western Literature (Literature Humanities); a full year of Contemporary Civilization (the great books that have framed Western thought and philosophy); a semester of Music Humanities; a semester of Art Humanities; three semesters of science including Frontiers of Science; four semesters of a foreign language; two semesters of courses concerning non-western major cultures; and two semesters of physical education. Students are also required to pass a swimming test before receiving their diploma. Most of the college's facilities are located on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus. Columbia College is the third most selective undegraduate school at a major research university in the United States in 2005, and is generally seen as one of the best undergraduate schools in the World.

Undergraduate disciplines

The College has a large array of majors and concentrations from which Columbians may choose:

Contents:	top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• African-American Studies
  • Director Farah J. Griffin
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/iraas/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/african.php)
• American Studies
  • Acting Director Maura Spiegel
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/amstudies/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/american.php)
• Ancient Studies
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Katharina Volk
  • Classics Page (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/classics/)
  • Ancient Studies Mainpage (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cam/ancientstudies/ancientstudies.htm)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/ancient.php)
• Anthropology
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Brinkley Messick
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/anthropology/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/anthro.php)
• Archaeology
  • Program Director (Anthropology) Terence D'Altroy
  • Program Director (Art History and Archaeology) Joanna Smith
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/archa.php)
• Architecture
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Karen Fairbanks
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/archprogram/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/archi.php)
• Art History and Archaeology
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Christina Kiaer
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/arthis_arch.php)
• Asian American Studies
  • Program Director Gary Y. Okihiro
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/asia_amer_studies.php)
• Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Program Director Paul Anderer
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/asia_mideast_studies.php)
• Astronomy
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Frederik B. S. Paerels
  • Website (http://www.astro.columbia.edu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/astro.php)

B

• Biology
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Robert Pollack
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/bio.php)

C

• Chemistry
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Leonard W. Fine
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/chem.php)
• Classics
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Katharina Volk
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/classics/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/classics.php)
• Colloquia
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/colloquia.php)
• Comparative Literature and Society
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Stathis Gourgouris
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccls/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/complit.php)
• Computer Science
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Alfred V. Aho
  • Website (http://www.cs.columbia.edu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/cs.php)

D

• Dance
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Janet Mansfield Soares
  • Website (http://www.barnard.edu/dance/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/dance.php)
• Drama and Theatre Arts
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Patricia D. Denison
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/drama.php)

E

• Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Directors of Undergraduate Studies: Walter C. Pitman III, Peter B. de Menocal
  • Website (http://eesc.columbia.edu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/dees.php)
• East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Gregory Pflugfelder
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/ealac.php)
• Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Gareth Russell
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/e3b/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/cerc.php)
• Economics
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Susan Elmes
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/economics)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/econ.php)
• Education
  • Program Director: Lee Anne Bell
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/ed.php)
• English and Comparative Literature
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Michael Rosenthal
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/english/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/english.php)

F

• Film Studies
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Annette Insdorf
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arts/fim/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/film.php)
• French and Romance Philology
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Madeleine Dobie
  • Director of Language Program Pascale Hubert-Leibler
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/french/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/french.php)
• French and Francophone Studies
  • Undergraduate Advisor Madeleine Dobie
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/francophone.php)

G

• Germanic Languages
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Andreas Huyssen
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/german/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/german.php)
• History
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Charles Armstrong
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/history/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/history.php)
• History and Philosophy of Science
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)

H

• Human Rights
  • Program Director: Michael Stanislawski
  • Program Administrator: Sue Nam
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights/studies/undergraduate/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/human.php)

I

• Italian
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies Flora M. Ghezzo
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/italian/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/italian.php)

J

K

L

• Language Resource Center
  • Director: Stéphane Charitos
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lrc/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/lang.php)
• Latino Studies Program
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Linguistics
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)

M

• Mathematics
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Medieval and Renaissance Stuides Program
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Music
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)

N

O

P

• Philosophy
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Physical Education
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Physics
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Political Science
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Psychology
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)

Q

R

• Regional Studies
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Religion
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)

S

• Slavic Languages
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Sociology
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Spanish and Portuguese
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Speech
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Statistics
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)

T

U

• Urban Studies
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)

V

• Visual Arts
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)

W

• Women's and Gender Studies
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)
• Writing: Creative Writing Program
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Website (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/)
  • Academic Information Page (http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/academics/depts/.php)

X

Y

Z

Interdepartmental Majors

• Art History-Visual Arts
• Astrophysics
• Biochemistry
• Biophysics
• Chemical Physics
• Economics-Mathematics
• Economics-Operations Research
• Economics-Philosophy
• Economics-Political Science
• Economics-Statistics
• Environmental Chemistry
• French and Francophone Studies
• History and Theory of Architecture
• Mathematics-Computer Science
• Mathematics-Statistics
• Neuroscience and Behavior
• Political Science-Statistics