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2020-2021 Columbia College Bulletin Columbia College Columbia University in the City of New York Bulletin | 2020-2021 March 30, 2021 Chemistry ....................................................................... 195 TABLE OF Classics ........................................................................... 202 Colloquia, Interdepartmental Seminars, and Professional CONTENTS School Offerings ............................................................ 206 Comparative Literature and Society ............................... 207 Columbia College Bulletin ....................................................... 3 Computer Science .......................................................... 210 Academic Calendar .................................................................. 6 Creative Writing ............................................................. 217 The Administration and Faculty of Columbia College ........... 10 Dance .............................................................................. 219 Admission .............................................................................. 55 Drama and Theatre Arts ................................................. 223 Fees, Expenses, and Financial Aid ......................................... 56 Earth and Environmental Sciences ................................. 227 Academic Requirements ........................................................ 86 East Asian Languages and Cultures ............................... 234 Core Curriculum .................................................................... 90 Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology ........... 239 Literature Humanities ....................................................... 91 Economics ...................................................................... 248 Contemporary Civilization ............................................... 94 Education ........................................................................ 258 Art Humanities ................................................................. 98 English and Comparative Literature ............................... 264 Music Humanities .......................................................... 100 Ethnicity and Race Studies ............................................ 268 Frontiers of Science ....................................................... 102 Film and Media Studies ................................................. 272 University Writing ......................................................... 103 French and Romance Philology ..................................... 274 Foreign Language Requirement ..................................... 106 Germanic Languages ...................................................... 278 Global Core Requirement .............................................. 107 History ............................................................................ 282 Science Requirement ...................................................... 116 History and Philosophy of Science ................................ 286 Physical Education Requirement .................................... 119 Human Rights ................................................................ 287 Academic Regulations .......................................................... 121 Italian .............................................................................. 289 Registration .......................................................................... 133 Jazz Studies .................................................................... 292 Study Abroad ....................................................................... 135 Jewish Studies ................................................................ 294 Special Programs .................................................................. 141 Language Resource Center ............................................. 296 Academic Honors, Prizes, and Fellowships ......................... 146 Latin American and Caribbean Studies .......................... 297 Standards and Discipline ...................................................... 154 Latin American and Iberian Cultures ............................. 299 Columbia University Policies ............................................... 156 Linguistics ...................................................................... 303 Departments, Programs, and Courses ................................... 161 Mathematics ................................................................... 307 African American and African Diaspora Studies ........... 162 Medieval and Renaissance Studies ................................. 313 American Studies ........................................................... 165 Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies ......... 314 Ancient Studies .............................................................. 167 Music .............................................................................. 318 Anthropology ................................................................. 169 Philosophy ...................................................................... 322 Archaeology ................................................................... 172 Physical Education and Intercollegiate Athletics ............ 325 Architecture .................................................................... 174 Physics ............................................................................ 327 Art History and Archaeology ......................................... 177 Political Science ............................................................. 330 Astronomy ...................................................................... 182 Psychology ..................................................................... 338 Biological Sciences ........................................................ 184 Public Health .................................................................. 349 Business .......................................................................... 192 1 Regional Studies ............................................................ 352 Religion .......................................................................... 353 Slavic Languages ........................................................... 356 Sociology ........................................................................ 360 Statistics ......................................................................... 362 Sustainable Development ............................................... 368 Urban Studies ................................................................. 373 Visual Arts ..................................................................... 375 Women's and Gender Studies ........................................ 377 Index ..................................................................................... 378 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 Spring semesters. 2020, students now taking a fully online semester are in a system of learning that is still less than familiar to them — one that Modifications to Academic Policies for Spring continues to require them to develop and practice new types 2021 of engagement in class, new strategies for learning with online materials, and new habits for work in remote locations. It is also As in Fall 2021, students now taking a fully, or mostly, online a system of learning that can suffer interference from a variety semester are in a system of learning that is less than familiar of technical difficulties or limitations. In recognition of these to them — one that continues to require them to develop and current challenges, the CC-GS Committee on Instruction (COI) practice new types of engagement in class, new strategies has approved some temporary modifications to certain academic for learning with online materials, and new habits for work 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
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