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Columbia's Core Curriculum includes . . .
Contemporary Civilizations: “The central purpose . . . is to introduce students to a range of issues concerning the kinds of communities—political, social, moral, and religious—that human beings construct for themselves and the values that inform and define such communities . . .”
Literature Humanities: “This yearlong course offers Columbia College students the opportunity to engage in intensive study and discussion of some of the most significant texts of Western culture.”
Music Humanities "aims to instill in students a basic comprehension of the many forms of the Western musical imagination."
Art Humanities “teaches students how to look at, think about, and engage in critical discussion of the visual arts.”
More Core Curriculum requirements.
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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.
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Rankings
- Ranked #27 for "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs" among schools whose highest degree is a doctorate by the 2006 U.S. News rankings.
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