Any faculty member wishing to teach a new course, a course which has been changed in content or level, or a course which has not been taught at Columbia in the past three years, must first have the course approved by the Committee(s) on Instruction of the relevant Arts and Sciences school(s).

Complete course approval requests for Columbia College contain the following:

1. Course syllabus, including:
   1. Rationale
   2. Course Description
   3. Reading List
   4. Weekly syllabus
2. Curriculum Vitae of the instructor only if the course is taught by adjunct faculty or a visiting faculty member;
3. Course approval form, completed by both the course instructor and the faculty representative of the department;
4. Statement on the place of the course in the undergraduate curriculum provided by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

If you wish your course to be open to undergraduates from Columbia College, these pages will assist you in preparing your course for Committee on Instruction (COI) review.

Course approval requests should be submitted to the COI no later than the March prior to the academic year in which the proposed course will be taught.

If you have questions about course approval requests, please contact Hazel May, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Columbia College: hm2135@columbia.edu; 4-6372.