The Administration and Faculty of Columbia College

Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

Rules & Procedures Governing Programs of Study

Academic Concerns, Complaints, and Grievances

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Programs of Study

Majors and Concentrations

Interdisciplinary and Interdepartmental Majors and Concentrations

Interdisciplinary and interdepartmental majors and concentrations combine course work in two or more areas of study. Interdisciplinary majors and concentrations are linked to the interdisciplinary programs (see Departments of Instruction). Interdepartmental majors and concentrations are linked to two or more departments (see Departments of Instruction).

Independent Majors and Concentrations

A student who wishes to arrange an independent major or concentration must receive written permission from the Committee on Instruction. Interested students should meet with the Coordinator for Academic Affairs as early as possible in the academic year to discuss the procedures for submitting a formal proposal to the Committee. Proposals must be submitted in the sophomore year no later than March 31.

Double Majors/Concentrations

All students attempting to complete double majors, double concentrations, or a combination of a major and a concentration should keep in mind that they must complete separate sets of required and related courses for each field. A single course may not be counted twice.

NOTE: The purpose of a premedical concentration is to allow students who are completing the various requirements for medical school to be able to benefit fully from a liberal arts curriculum. Therefore, students declaring a premedical concentration may not combine it with another premedical concentration, a regular concentration, or a major. Students interested in medical school are not required to declare a premedical concentration; they may instead declare a regular concentration or major while fulfilling the premedical requirements.

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