The Administration and Faculty of Columbia College

Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology

Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program

Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures

Academic Concerns, Complaints, and Grievances

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Departments of Instruction

Key to Course Listings

This section contains a description of the curriculum of each department in the College, along with information regarding degree requirements for majors and concentrators, elective courses, and suggestions about courses and programs in related fields. The courses listed under each department are offered during the current academic year and include courses cross-listed with other departments and undergraduate divisions within the University.

Omitted Designators

In those departments or programs where there are several course designators, the course designator given in the heading above each grouping of courses is understood to precede the number for each course in that group. If the designator for any course is different from the heading under which it is listed, the designator is printed in full preceding the course number

How Courses Are Numbered

Each course number consists of one or two capital letters followed by four digits. The capital letters indicate the University division or affiliate offering the course:

A	Architecture, Planning, and Preservation	M	Medicine
B	Business	P	Public Health
BC	Barnard College	R	School of the Arts
C	Columbia College	S	Summer Session
E	Engineering and Applied Science	T	Social Work
F	General Studies	TA–TZ	Teachers College
G	Graduate School of Arts and Sciences	U	International and Public Affairs
H	Reid Hall, Paris	V	Interschool course with Barnard
I	Berlin Consortium Program	W	Interfaculty course
J	Journalism	Z	American Language Program
K	Continuing Education
L	Law

The first digit indicates the level of the course. Generally levels are indicated as follows:

0

Course that cannot be credited toward any degree

1

Undergraduate course

2

Undergraduate course, intermediate

3

Undergraduate course, advanced

4

Graduate course that is open to qualified undergraduates

6

Graduate course

8

Graduate course, advanced

9

Graduate research course or seminar

Two consecutive numbers that are joined with a hyphen indicate a course that runs through both terms (e.g., HUMA C1001-C1002). The first half is prerequisite to the second half, unless the course description says otherwise.

An x following the course number means that the course meets in the fall semester; y indicates the spring semester; x or y means that the course is offered in both the fall and spring semesters; x and y indicates a yearlong course.

Directory of Classes

Room assignments, days and hours, and course changes for all courses are published in the on-line Directory of Classes.

The College reserves the right to withdraw or modify the courses of instruction or to change the instructors at any time.

* Please note the special major cultures requirements when registering for a major cultures course.

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