The Columbia College curriculum and its academic policies are determined by the following faculty committees:
Committee on Instruction
The Committee on Instruction (COI) is responsible for approving proposals for new majors and other academic programs, new courses, and policy changes. The COI also provides leadership on a range of academic matters, consulting with a broad range of faculty, students, and administrators where relevant. The COI is a joint Columbia College and School of General Studies committee. Questions? Contact cc-gs-courses@columbia.edu.
Committee on Instruction Members: 2018-2019
- Co-Chair: Dean James J. Valentini, Dean of Columbia College
- Co-Chair: Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean of the School of General Studies
- Professor Yinon Cohen, Department of Sociology
- Professor Michael Como, Department of Religion
- Professor Zoë Crossland, Department of Anthropology
- Professor Steve Goldstein, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Professor Saskia Hamilton, Barnard College
- Professor Robert Hymes, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Associate Professor Kimuli Kasara, Department of Political Science
- Professor Laura Kaufman, Department of Chemistry
- Professor Elisabeth Ladenson, Department of French and Romance Philology
- Associate Professor Dorothea Lasky, School of the Arts
- Professor Szabolcs Marka, Department of Physics
- Professor Barclay Morrison, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs, School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Professor Dustin Rubenstein, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
- Professor Mark Van De Mieroop, Department of History
- Professor Katja Vogt, Department of Philosophy
Student Representatives:
- Nicole Leon Elvir CC'20
- Neel Puri CC'20
- Alexander Chang GS'19
- Anne Whitney GS'19
Ex-Officio:
- Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Affairs, Columbia College
- Ivonne Rojas, Acting Dean of Studies, School of General Studies
- Andrew Plaa, Dean of Advising for Columbia College and Columbia Engineering
- Victoria Rosner, Dean of Academic Affairs, School of General Studies
New Approved Courses
The following new courses have been approved for Summer 2019 and the Fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. As new courses are added to the list frequently, please visit this site for updates. Additional courses and major/concentration requirements may be found in the Columbia College Bulletin.
Last updated June 13, 2019.
Summer 2019
| DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM | COURSE NO. & DESIGNATOR | TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | ANTH S3724Q | Human Planet: The Anthropology of Climate Change |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHIS S2445Q | What is Performance Art? |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHUM S2901D | Masterpieces of Indian Art and Architecture |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL S3690Q | The poetics of the Warrior |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL S3829D | YA Fiction |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL S3851D | Paradise Lost, Frankenstein |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL S3910D | Grief and the Literature of Empire |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL S3940D | Contemporary Fiction and the Critical Act |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL S3267D | The American Sublime from Emerson to Dylan |
| Film | FILM S4215D | Contemporary Global Documentary |
| History | HIST S4250Q | Gender and Women in Islam: South Asia and Middle East |
| History | HIST S3237D | Questioning Modernity in South Asia and the Middle East |
| Human Rights | HRTS S4250Q | US Immigration: Rights, Framing and Advocacy |
| Human Rights | HRTS S4330Q | Human Rights in Practice |
| Journalism | JOUR S3015D | Introduction to Audio Journalism |
| Journalism | JOUR S3019D | War Reporting: The Coverage of Armed Conflicts |
| Religion | RELI S4325D | Sufism |
Fall 2019
| DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM | COURSE NO. & DESIGNATOR | TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| African American and African Diaspora Studies | AFAS UN3943 | Senior Pro Seminar |
| Anthropology | ANTH GU4142 | Language, Culture, Power |
| Anthropology | ANTH UN3662 | Principles of Art in Archaeological Practice |
| Anthropology | ANTH UN3763 | AIDS, The Arts, Body Cultures |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHIS UN2105 | Greek Myths Seen Through Ancient Greek and Roman Art |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHIS UN2427 | Twentieth-Century Architecture |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHIS UN3100 | Hellenistic Sculpture: Intellectuals, Gods, Kings & Fishermen |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHIS UN3314 | Inganno and Engaño: Art and the Rhetoric of Deceit between Spain and Italy |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHIS UN3450 | Art and Empire |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHIS UN3611 | Korean Art in the Age of Global Encounters |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHIS GU4150 | Tourism, Nature, and the North American Landscape |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHIS GU4748 | A History of Architectural Theory |
| Art History and Archaeology | AHIS GU4749 | Bauhaus and Architecture |
| Classics | CLCV GU4106 | Religions of the Roman World |
| Classics | CLST UN3104 | The Early Silk Road and World of the Indian Ocean (2500 BCE–1000 CE) |
| Committee on Global Thought | CGTH GU4100 | Diaspora and Transnationalism: Critical Reflections on the Politics of Homeland |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | VIET UN3101 | Third Year Vietnamese I |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | EAAS UN3124 | The Supernatural and Boundaries in East Asian Literature and Performance |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | JPNS UN3601 | Tokyo Olympics Japanese - N2 Level Proficiency |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | JPNS GU4012 | Fourth Year Business Japanese I |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | EAAS GU4123 | Japanese Documentary Films |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | HSEA GU4222 | China’s Global Histories: People, Space, and Power |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | JPNS GU4610 | Tokyo Olympics Japanese - N1 Level Proficiency |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | EAAS GU4810 | Women and Literary Culture in Japan |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | HSEA GU4814 | Space and Place in Urbanizing Tibet: Indigenous Experiences in China |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | HSEA GU4815 | Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism |
| Ecology, Evolution, Environmental Biology | EEEB UN3023 | Scientific Analysis and Presentation |
| Ecology, Evolution, Environmental Biology | EEEB GU4005 | Conservation Policy |
| Ecology, Evolution, Environmental Biology | EEEB GU4129 | Zoo Conservation |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENTA GU4725 | Technologies of Modern Drama |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENTA UN3340 | Environmental crisis on the Shakespearean Stage |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL UN3351 | SEVENTEENTH CENTURY POETRY (DONNE, HERBERT, MARVELL |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL UN3398 | Odd Women in Victorian England |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL UN3579 | Castaways and Containers: Modernity at Sea |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL UN3629 | American Nature Poetry: Whitman, Dickinson, Stevens, Frost, Moore |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL UN3637 | Poetry and Catastrophe |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL UN3722 | Hollywood’s Countercultural Cinema: Movies of the 1970’s |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL UN3791 | True Crime: Fact and Feeling, 1927-Present |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENTA UN3942 | Drama and the American Dream |
| English and Comparative Literature | CLEN GU4015 | Vernacular Paleography |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL GU4213 | Staging Early Modern London |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL GU4391 | Nineteenth Century Thrillers |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL GU4400 | Romanticism |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL GU4506 | Post-War American Literature: 1945- |
| English and Comparative Literature | CLEN GU4567 | Du Bois, Gramsci, Ambedkar: Three Men on Emancipation |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL GU4637 | Literature and Health Humanities |
| English and Comparative Literature | CLEN GU4723 | 18th C Comparative Novel |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL GU4794 | Heroes, Loves, and Visionaries: English Literature to 1500 |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL GU4636 | Science Fiction |
| English and Comparative Literature | CLEN GU4771 | The Literary History of Atrocity |
| English and Comparative Literature | ENGL GU4913 | The Novel Now: Contemporary Fiction in English |
| Film | FILM UN2296 | Arab and African Filmmaking |
| Film | FILM UN3931 | French Queer Cinema |
| Film | FILM GU4952 | Film TV and Internet in Brazilian Re-democtratization |
| French and Romance Philology | FREN UN3883 | French Civilization through Graphic Novels and Cinema |
| French and Romance Philology | FREN UN3920 | "Blanchite" Thinking Whiteness in French |
| French and Romance Philology | FREN GU4716 | Francophone Romance, Love, Sex, Intimacy in the French Colonial World |
| French and Romance Philology | FREN GU4627 | Communism or Democracy? A French Debate at the end of the 20th Century |
| HIST UN1786 | History of the City in Latin America | |
| History | HIST UN3019 | Rivers, Politics, and Power in the United States |
| History | HIST UN3069 | History of the American Middle Class |
| History | HIST UN3087 | Madness to Prozac: The Sciences of the Self in the Modern Era |
| History | HIST UN3562 | The Seven Years’ War (1754-1763), Global Perspective: Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas |
| History | HIST GU4085 | Slavery in the Roman World |
| History | HIST GU4121 | Margins of Historiography |
| History | HIST GU4562 | Black Britain, 1919-2019 |
| Inst. for Israel and Jewish Studies | JWST GU4510 | Rules and Reasons: Israeli Law vs. Jewish Law |
| Italian | ITAL UN3341 | Art Itineraries: Italian through Art |
| Italian | ITAL UN3660 | Terrorism in Literature and Film: Cultural Reflections between Italian Red Brigades & 9/11 |
| Italian | ITAL GU4065 | Introduction to Fashion |
| Italian | ITAL GU4068 | Out of Italy: The Italian Language Across Europe and the Mediterranean (1200-1700) |
| Linguistics | LING UN3102 | Endangered Languages in the Global City: Lang, Culture, and Migration in Contemporary NYC |
| MESAAS | MDES UN3046 | Religion in Modern South Asia: Concepts and Histories |
| MESAAS | MDES UN3263 | Cannabis and Culture: Hashish, Law and Social History in Egypt |
| MESAAS | MDES GU4640 | Advanced Urdu |
| Music | MUSI UN3343 | Shades of Brown: Music in the South Asian Diaspora |
| Music | MUSI UN3344 | Curating Popular Music: From Song Pluggers to Spotify |
| Music | MUSI UN3346 | REIMAGINING RESISTANCE:SOUND AS SUBVERSION IN 20TH & 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN EXPERIMENTALISM |
| Music | MUSI GU4801 | Music and the Electrical Imaginary |
| Music | MUSI GU4802 | Sound, Music, and Death |
| Music | MUSI GU4810 | Sound: Foundations |
| Physical Education | PHED UN1111 | Cardio Fitness - Hybrid |
| Physical Education | PHED UN1112 | Mindful Walking |
| Physical Education | PHED UN1113 | Yoga and Meditation |
| Physical Education | PHED UN1114 | The Mindful Student |
| Political Science | POLS GU4403 | The Political Economy of China |
| Psychology | PSYC UN3621 | Creativity and the Good Life |
| Psychology | PSYC UN3624 | Adolescent Mental Health: Causes, Correlates, Consequences |
| Psychology | PSYC GU4242 | Seminar on the evolution of language |
| Psychology | PSYC GU4281 | The Psychology of Curiosity |
| Psychology | PSYC GU4627 | Seminar in Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders |
| Religion | RELI UN3309 | Modern Islamic Thought |
| Religion | RELI GU4206 | History, Time, and Tradition |
| Religion | RELI GU4311 | Fanon: Religion, Race, Philosophy in Africa and beyond |
| Religion | RELI GU4613 | Silence |
| Religion | RELI GU4617 | Image Theories in Chinese Religions |
| Slavic Languages | CLRS UN3310 | Crime, Punishment and Redemption: Russian Literature on Trial |
| Slavic Languages | UKRN GU4006 | Advanced Ukrainian Through Literature, Media, and Politics |
| Sociology | SOCI UN1203 | The Social Animal in the Digital Age |
| Sociology | SOCI UN2235 | Sexuality in Social Context |
| Sociology | SOCI UN3937 | Sociology of Human Rights |
| Sociology | SOCI GU4411 | Politics and Society in Central Eastern Europe |
| Sociology | SOCI GU4982 | Risk and Intimacy |
| Statistics | STAT UN1010 | Statistics for Activists |
| Sustainable Development | SDEV GU4101 | Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainable Development |
| Visual Arts | VIAR UN3133 | Color: Theory and Practice |
| Women’s and Gender Studies | WMST GU4350 | Performing Feminist Activisms in Contemporary Latin America |
Committee on the Core
The Committee on the Core (COC) is responsible for all matters regarding the Core Curriculum. Questions? Contact Toni Gunthrope-Hardee: tg2030@columbia.edu.
Committee on the Core Members: 2018-2019
- James J. Valentini, Dean of Columbia College
- Professor Giuseppe Gerbino, Department of Music, Chair of Music Humanities
- Professor Patricia Grieve, Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Chair of the Committee on the Global Core
- Professor David Helfand, Department Astronomy, Chair of Frontiers of Science
- Professor Noam Elcott, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Chair of Art Humanities
- Professor Emmanuelle Saada, Departments of French and History, Chair of Contemporary Civilization
- Professor Joanna Stalnaker, Department of French, Chair of Literature Humanities
- Professor Nicole Wallack, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program
Student Representatives:
- Brigid Connelly GS'20
- Alice Hu CC'19
- Zachary Marcone CC'19
- Mohamad Ali Saadeddine CC'20
Ex-Officio:
- Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean of The School of General Studies
- Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Affairs
- Ivana N. Hughes, Director, Frontiers of Science
- Victoria P. Rosner, Dean of Academic Affairs, School of General Studies
- Toni Gunthrope-Hardee, Associate Director of the Center for the Core Curriculum
Committee on Science Instruction
The Committee on Science Instruction (COSI) is responsible for all matters relating to the science requirement and providing leadership on matters related to undergraduate science education. Questions? Contact Amy Kohn: ask130@columbia.edu
Committee on Science Instruction Members: 2018-2019
- Professor Tulle Hazelrigg, Department of Biological Sciences
- Professor David Helfand, Department of Astronomy
- Professor Jae Woo Lee, Department of Computer Science
- Professor Shaw-Hwa Lo, Department of Statistics
- Professor Jerry McManus, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Professor Caroline Marvin, Department of Psychology
- Professor John Parsons, Department of Physics
- Professor Mary Putman, Department of Astronomy
- Professor David Reichman, Department of Chemistry
- Professor Ovidiu Savin, Department of Mathematics
- Professor Shahid Naeem, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Student Representatives:
- Noah Goss CC'19
- Thomas Li CC'20
- Yvette Schutt GS'19
Ex-Officio:
- James J. Valentini, Dean of Columbia College
- Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean of The School of General Studies
- Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Affairs
- Ivana Hughes, Department of Chemistry, Director of Frontiers of Science
- Victoria Rosner, Dean of Academic Affairs, School of General Studies
- Amy Kohn, Associate Director of Academic Affairs
Committee on the Global Core
The Committee on the Global Core (CGC) is responsible for all matters relating to the Global Core requirement, including determining the list of courses approved for the requirement. Questions? Contact globalcore@columbia.edu.
Faculty interested in proposing new courses for the Global Core requirement can view information regarding the process.
Committee on Global Core Members: 2018-2019
- Chair: Professor Patricia Grieve, Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
- Professor Courtney Bender, Department of Religion
- Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Department of French and Romance Philology
- Professor Madeleine Dobie, Department of French and Romance Philology
- Professor David Lurie, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Professor Avinoam Shalem, Department of Art History and Archaeology
Student Representative:
- Rachel Rodney GS'19
- Sam Aldridge CC'19
Ex-Officio:
- James J. Valentini, Dean of Columbia College
- Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean of The School of General Studies
- Victoria P. Rosner, Dean of Academic Affairs, School of General Studies
- Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Affairs, Columbia College