As a Barnard woman, the power of women is all around you.
On your journey, it pushes you forward. Encourages your ideas. Demands that your voice be heard. Ensures that your passions become action.
It is a power that transforms you into a woman of substance and strength—one of the world’s vital, fearless, and influential voices. A LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION
A COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
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A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY Opened in September 2018, the U.S. Green Building Council Milstein Center is a new academic hub in the heart of campus. Bringing students and LEED rating faculty together, facilitating collaboration, and fostering of Silver dialogue, the Center provides a diverse range of innovative and essential resources.
The Center’s 128,000-square-foot building houses classrooms, a library, and centers for pedagogy, media, data analysis, movement, and design, among other facilities.
Pioneering research by both students and 370 student spaces—including faculty find support at Milstein in the Vagelos outdoor terraces and a small café— Computational Science Center, as well as in encourage the sharing of ideas and the Barnard Center for Research on Women fuel extended research sessions. and the Athena Center for Leadership Studies.
“I FIND CLASSES TO BE BOTH CHALLENGING AND PROVOCATIVE. BARNARD WOMEN ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT ACADEMICS AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM, AND THAT SHOWS IN CLASS.”
MOLLIE FOX, JUNIOR, ANCIENT STUDIES AND POLITICAL SCIENCE DOUBLE MAJOR Foundations Curriculum Foundations Explore with other curious minds.
It’s the natural effect of this place. Daring to discover new realms of scholarship and thought. Developing ideas and sharing perspectives with
your brave and capable Barnard Barnard faculty take a keen interest in mentoring students, sisters. Learning to communicate guiding them to explore relevant opportunities and supporting through thoughtful discussions them as they gain expertise that in small classes. This is why our distinguishes them in their fields. graduates are in such high demand.
FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE The First-Year Experience includes two semesters of seminar class: First-Year Writing and First-Year Seminar. First-year students are also required to take one course in physical education.
Distributional Modes of Thinking Major Electives Requirements
Two courses in: One course in: Varies by program: Number of courses will Languages Thinking Locally–New York City generally 10–14 vary and may include a Arts & Humanities Thinking through Global Inquiry courses minor or prerequisites Social Science Thinking about Social Difference for professional school Sciences** Thinking with Historical Perspective Thinking Quantitatively and Empirically Thinking Technologically and Digitally
A single course may count for one requirement in two different categories
**Two courses, one with a laboratory
SENIOR EXPERIENCE Senior projects or theses represent the culmination of academic work in the major. Surround yourself with confidence and support.
Study and live among influential role models and mentors who celebrate your point of view and promote your success. You’ll grow in self- Barnard alumna Lauren Graham ’88—best known as confidence by residing in an openly diverse Lorelei Gilmore on television’s Gilmore Girls—recently gave and inclusive community. Ample opportunities advice to first-year students as part of the New Student to lead will make you a leader: someone who Orientation Program. knows what she wants to accomplish and has the tools and boldness to make it happen.
Barnard women are known for their ongoing pursuit of positive change in the world. They’re part of the College’s long legacy of commitment to social justice, human rights, and diversity. Forty-five percent of Barnard students identify as students of color. 275 total funded summer internships in 2018 Barnard’s Athena Leadership Center 263 Organizations promotes leadership development Beyond Hired the Class of 2018 for women, provides leadership Barnard Top 5 industries where education, and fosters research and A center providing graduates work: Tech, dialogue that expand the concept and Education, Financial 93% programming and advising for Services, Consulting, understanding of leadership. Placement Rate career exploration, internships, and Non-Profit & NGO (work or graduate/ fellowships, and graduate professional school) and professional school preparation The College’s Summer Research Institute gives Barnard students the opportunity to work with faculty on scientific research for 10 weeks during the summer. 26% of former Summer Research Institute participants have already enrolled in graduate school Columbia is the #1 destination for graduate school
Statistics based on 573 total graduates from the Barnard College class of 2018 Barnard and Columbia With more than students cross-register for an average of 500 student organizations between them—from the nation’s second-oldest daily 7,000 courses newspaper to cultural clubs and dance groups—Barnard and each year. Columbia create an integrated community that multiplies the choices for all.
Between Barnard and Columbia, students have access to 20+ libraries and collections— including Columbia’s Butler Library, which houses two million volumes in the humanities. Shared faculty means more research A distinctive opportunities, with programs based at Columbia including liberal arts college and computer science, statistics, and engineering. a research university.
Barnard’s unique partnership with Columbia University gives you access to the academic and extracurricular resources of an Ivy League research university— from specialized courses to Division I athletics to world-class speakers and events.
As part of the Columbia- Archery Barnard Athletic Consortium, Basketball Barnard women have the Crew opportunity to participate Cross-Country in any of the Diving Fencing 16 women’s Field Hockey sports Golf in Columbia’s NCAA Lacrosse Division I and Ivy League Soccer intercollegiate Softball athletics program. Squash Swimming Tennis Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Volleyball In—and of— New York City.
Location matters. Barnard is integrated with the wonders of New York in ways that have everything to do with our street address: deep, professional connections in every industry, access to the world’s richest array Barnard’s neighborhood of Morningside of cultures and communities, Heights, in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, and a campus with the reputation includes nearly 300 acres and resources to draw the most of parkland. talented women from every corner of the globe. INWO OD FORT GEORGE
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Majors and Programs 22 15 16 21 Barnard offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in nearly 50 fields in the humanities, social sciences, arts, natural sciences, and interdisciplinary areas. 12 13 14
Africana Studies German 8 7 6 American Studies Greek (Classics) Ancient Studies History 9 1 Anthropology Human Rights Studies 20 17 Architecture Italian Art History/Visual Arts Jewish Studies 18 Asian and Middle Latin (Classics) 5 Eastern Cultures Mathematics Astronomy Medieval and 4 3 Biochemistry Renaissance Studies 11 19 Biological Sciences Music
Chemistry Neuroscience and 2 Comparative Literature Behavior Computer Science Philosophy Dance Physics 10 Economic History Political Science Economics Psychology Economics and Religion
Mathematics Russian (Slavic) l BARNARD l BARNARD RESIDENCE l COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Education Sociology English Spanish and Latin Environmental Biology American Cultures 1 Office of Admissions and Visitor Center Environmental Policy Statistics 2 Office of Financial Aid in Milbank Hall | 3 Altschul Hall Environmental Science Theatre 4 The Diana Center | 5 Milstein Center | 6–16 Residence Halls European Studies Urban Studies 17 Barnard Hall | 18 Futter Field Film Studies Women’s, Gender, and 19 Dodge Fitness Center | 20 Low Memorial Library French Sexuality Studies 21 Lerner Hall (Columbia’s student center) | 22 Butler Library
Students interested in pre-professional fields (such as pre-health, pre-law, or pre-business) may major in any field.
BARNARD COLLEGE Barnard College admits students without regard to race, color, religion, creed, THE OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS national origin, sexual orientation, or disability. In accordance with its own values and with federal, state, and city statutes and regulations, Barnard does not discriminate in employment programs or educational programs and services on the 3009 BROADWAY basis of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, NEW YORK, NY 10027 admissions.barnard.edu age, or disability. Barnard College is accredited by the Commission on Higher 212.854.2014 Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 5624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215.662.5606. The Commission on Higher [email protected] Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation. The Title IX Director has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: 212.854.0037, located in 105 Milbank Hall.
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