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: 2017-2018

• 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 Patricia Denison, Associate Provost, Barnard College
• Professor Steve Goldstein, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Professor Robert Hymes, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Professor Laura Kaufman, Department of Chemistry
• Professor Elizabeth Ladenson, Department of French and Romance Philogy
• Assistant 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:

• Zoey Chopra, CC '18  
• Joseph Lap, CC '18
• Graham Patterson, GS '18
• Anne-Julie Revault, GS '18

Ex-Officio:

• Thomas Harford, Dean of Students, School of General Studies
• Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Planning and Administration, Columbia College
• 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 2018 and the Spring semester of the 2017-2018 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 February 27, 2018.

Summer 2018

Spring 2018

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: 2017-2018

• Chair: Professor Julie Crawford, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Chair of Literature Humanities
• 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 Patricia Kitcher, Department of Philosophy, Chair of Contemporary Civilization 
• Professor Matthew McKelway, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Chair of Art Humanities
• Professor Nicole Wallack, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program

Student Representatives:

• Danny Li, CC'18
• Zachary Marcone, CC'19
• Mohamad Ali Saadeddin, CC'20
• Jeffrey Scott Bailey, GS' 18

Ex-Officio:

• James J. Valentini, Dean of Columbia College
• Toni Gunthrope-Hardee, Associate Director of the Center for the Core Curriculum
• Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Planning and Administration
• Ivana N. Hughes, Director, Frontiers of Science
• Roosevelt Montás, Associate Dean of Academic of Academic Planning and Administration, Director of the Center for the Core Curriculum
• Victoria P. Rosner, Dean of Academic Affairs, School of General Studies 

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: 2017-2018

• Chair: Professor Kevin Griffin, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
• 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 Peter Keleman, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Professor Caroline Marvin, Department of Psychology
• Professor John Parsons, Department of Physics
• Professor Karen Phillips, Department of Chemistry
• Professor Mary Putman, Department of Astronomy
• Professor Ovidiu Vasile Savin, Department of Mathematics

Student Representatives:

• Kevin Graves, GS'18
• Thomas Li, CC'18

Ex-Officio:

• James J. Valentini, Dean of Columbia College
• Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Planning and Administration
• Ivana Hughes, Department of Chemistry, Director of Frontiers of Science
• Victoria Rosner, Dean of Academic Affairs, School of General Studies
• Roosevelt Montás, Associate Dean of Academic Planning and Administration, Director of the Core Curriculum
• Amy Kohn, Associate Director of Academic Planning and Administration

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: 2017-2018

• Chair: Professor Patricia Grieve, Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• Professor Muhsin Al-Musawi, Department of Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
• Professor Courtney Bender, Department of Religion
• Professor Madeleine Dobie, Department of French and Romance Philology
• Professor Stathis Gourgouris, Department of English and Comparative Literature
• Professor David Lurie, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Professor Andrew Nathan, Department of Political Science
• Professor Avinoam Shalem, Department of Art History and Archaeology 
• Professor Wei Shang, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures 

Student Representative:

• Lucas Haugeberg, GS'18
• Omar Khan, CC'18

Ex-Officio:

• James J. Valentini, Dean of Columbia College
• Victoria P. Rosner, Dean of Academic Affairs, School of General Studies
• Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Planning and Administration, Columbia College
• Roosevelt Montás, Associate Dean of Academic Planning and Administration, Columbia College