Partner School: Columbia University

All students at Columbia College are required to take a set of common courses known as the Core Curriculum. The Core Curriculum includes science, writing, and foreign language requirements as well as required courses such as Contemporary Civilization, Literature Humanities, Arts Humanities, Music Humanities, and Frontiers of Science. Learn more about The Core Curriculum classes.

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Available Majors and Career Preparation

Columbia offers over 90 undergraduate programs of study ranging from Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species to Astrophysics. See the entire list of available majors at Columbia.
Interested in Engineering? Columbia’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences offers 16 areas of study, including Biomedical Engineering, Earth and Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Learn more.
Interested in being Pre-Med? Columbia offers a variety of science programs to prepare students to apply to medical school. Majors available include Neuroscience & Behavior, Biochemistry, and Chemistry among others.
Interested in being Pre-Law? While no particular track or major is necessary to apply to law school, Columbia offers a unique major called Human Rights, which may be of interest to some pre-law students. In addition, Columbia offers their AILE program in which outstanding undergraduates can earn a B.A. and a J.D. in just six years. Learn more about AILE.
Interested in Business? Columbia offers 6 economics majors, including Economics-Political Science, Economics-Statistics, Economics-Operations Research, and Economics-Mathematics.

Rankings

Ranked #3 for Best College Library in the Princeton Review's 2009 371 Best Colleges.