Columbia College Bulletin 2020-2021 03/29/21
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Columbia College Columbia University in the City of New York Bulletin | 2020-2021 March 30, 2021 Chemistry ................................................................ 249 TABLE OF Classics ................................................................... 266 Colloquia, Interdepartmental Seminars, and Professional CONTENTS School Offerings ..................................................... 283 Comparative Literature and Society ........................ 286 Columbia College Bulletin ..................................................... 3 Computer Science ................................................... 297 Academic Calendar ................................................................. 6 Creative Writing ..................................................... 318 The Administration and Faculty of Columbia College .......... 10 Dance ...................................................................... 327 Admission ............................................................................. 55 Drama and Theatre Arts ......................................... 337 Fees, Expenses, and Financial Aid ....................................... 56 Earth and Environmental Sciences .......................... 350 Academic Requirements ....................................................... 87 East Asian Languages and Cultures ........................ 366 Core Curriculum ................................................................... 91 Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Literature Humanities ..................................................... 92 .................................................................................. 388 Contemporary Civilization .............................................. 95 Economics ............................................................... 407 Art Humanities ............................................................... 99 Education ................................................................ 427 Music Humanities ......................................................... 101 English and Comparative Literature ....................... 437 Frontiers of Science ...................................................... 103 Ethnicity and Race Studies ..................................... 466 University Writing ........................................................ 104 Film and Media Studies .......................................... 475 Foreign Language Requirement .................................... 107 French and Romance Philology .............................. 481 Global Core Requirement ............................................. 109 Germanic Languages .............................................. 492 Science Requirement .................................................... 118 History .................................................................... 504 Physical Education Requirement .................................. 120 History and Philosophy of Science ......................... 528 Academic Regulations ........................................................ 122 Human Rights ......................................................... 532 Registration ......................................................................... 134 Italian ...................................................................... 538 Study Abroad ...................................................................... 136 Jazz Studies ............................................................ 548 Special Programs ................................................................ 142 Jewish Studies ......................................................... 550 Academic Honors, Prizes, and Fellowships ........................ 147 Language Resource Center ..................................... 553 Standards and Discipline .................................................... 155 Latin American and Caribbean Studies ................... 565 Columbia University Policies ............................................. 157 Latin American and Iberian Cultures ...................... 568 Departments, Programs, and Courses ........................... 162 Linguistics ............................................................... 591 African American and African Diaspora Studies .... 162 Mathematics ............................................................ 596 American Studies .................................................... 169 Medieval and Renaissance Studies ......................... 608 Ancient Studies ....................................................... 172 Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies .................................................................................. 609 Anthropology .......................................................... 173 Music ...................................................................... 627 Archaeology ............................................................ 188 Philosophy .............................................................. 659 Architecture ............................................................ 190 Physical Education and Intercollegiate Athletics .... 667 Art History and Archaeology .................................. 199 Physics .................................................................... 680 Astronomy .............................................................. 211 Political Science ...................................................... 691 Biological Sciences ................................................. 222 Psychology .............................................................. 709 Business .................................................................. 245 1 Regional Studies ..................................................... 734 Religion ................................................................... 734 Slavic Languages .................................................... 764 Sociology ................................................................ 781 Statistics .................................................................. 791 Sustainable Development ........................................ 802 Urban Studies ......................................................... 813 Visual Arts .............................................................. 818 Women's and Gender Studies ................................. 825 Index ................................................................................... 831 2 Columbia College Bulletin 2020-2021 03/29/21 It is important to note that there are situations in which it may not be desirable or beneficial for students to use the Pass/ COLUMBIA D/Fail option for particular courses of study. The notation of a “P” on a transcript can be read differently by different COLLEGE audiences (within a department or program, within a school, by admissions programs of graduate and professional programs, by employers), and it is important for students to consider BULLETIN future plans when considering a decision that will affect their educational records. Students are therefore strongly 2020-2021 | Columbia College | Founded 1754 encouraged to speak with their academic advisers and their Directors of Undergraduate Studies before making the 2020-2021 Academic Year decision to use the Pass/D/Fail option, particularly for a class within a major or concentration or for a class that is In order to allow for the de-densification of campus and to offer required or may be important for graduate study. the maximum amount of flexibility in course offerings, the 2020-2021 academic year will be comprised of three semesters Modifications to Academic Policies for Fall of equal length: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021. Students are not required to enroll in Summer 2021 but may 2020 wish to spread their academic-year coursework over the three After an abrupt and brief introduction to online courses in semesters. Spring 2020, students now taking a fully online semester are in a system of learning that is still less than familiar to them — Modifications to Academic Policies for Spring one that continues to require them to develop and practice new 2021 types of engagement in class, new strategies for learning with online materials, and new habits for work in remote locations. As in Fall 2021, students now taking a fully, or mostly, online It is also a system of learning that can suffer interference from a semester are in a system of learning that is less than familiar variety of technical difficulties or limitations. In recognition of to them — one that continues to require them to develop and these current challenges, the CC-GS Committee on Instruction practice new types of engagement in class, new strategies (COI) has approved some temporary modifications to certain for learning with online materials, and new habits for work academic policies for the Fall 2020 semester: in remote locations. It is also a system of learning that can suffer interference from a variety of technical difficulties or • Students will be able to elect the Pass/D/Fail option for one limitations. In recognition of these current challenges, the class this semester without restriction — i.e., the course CC-GS Committee on Instruction (COI) has approved some chosen for this grading option can fulfill a requirement temporary modifications to certain academic policies for the for the Core Curriculum; a requirement for a major, Spring 2021 semester: concentration, or special concentration; or an elective. • The deadline for declaring the Pass/D/Fail option for a • Students will be able to elect