Over 90 undergraduate areas of study are offered at Columbia. More than 15 in Columbia Engineering from Applied Physics to Earth and Environmental Engineering. Engineers can also elect to minor in one of many liberal arts tracks ranging from Dance to Religion. Joint Programs offer additional opportunities with Columbia graduate schools and other institutions.
Columbia’s earthquake simulator is one of the largest in the U.S. |
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| Using Sun workstations to perform complex modeling and product development, Columbia Mechanical and Biomedical Engineers developed a Formula One-style racing car. |
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Engineering Service-Learning Program
Columbia Engineering sponsors the only first year service-learning requirement of any American engineering school.
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Pre-Medical, Dental and Law Programs
Areas of Study
Liberal Arts Minors & Programs
Pre-Medical, Dental and Law Programs
Medical, dental, and other health professional schools prefer that undergraduates complete a four-year program of study toward the bachelor degree. Columbia Engineering’s curriculum covers many of the premedical courses required by medical schools. However, in addition to completing the mathematics, chemistry, and physics courses required by the First Year–Sophomore Program, most medical schools ask for a full year of organic chemistry, a full year of biology, and a full year of English. Students interested in beginning medial training directly after college can complete all of the requirements for entrance by the end of their junior year.
Columbia has an Office of Pre-Professional Advising to assist its students with applicants to medical, dental and law school. The mission of the Office of Pre-Professional Advising is to help Columbia College and Columbia Engineering students and alumni identify and refine their interests in professional school (law, medicine and other health professions including dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, etc.), provide guidance and support throughout the professional school application process and manage the pre-medical evaluation and the law school dean’s certification process. This guidance can be related to curriculum, course selection, professionally related extra-curricular opportunities, selection of schools, application requirements and procedures.
Joint Programs
The 4-1 Program at Columbia College
Students who are admitted as first-year students to The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and subsequently complete the four-year program for the Bachelor of Science degree, have the opportunity to apply for admission to either Columbia College or Barnard College and, after one additional year of study, receive the Bachelor of Arts degree.
The program will be selective, and admission will be based on the following factors: granting of the B.S. at SEAS at the end of the fourth year; fulfillment of the College Core requirements by the end of the fourth year at SEAS; a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the College Core and other courses; and the successful completion of any prerequisites for the College major or concentration.
The AILE (Accelerated Interdisciplinary Legal Education) Program
Each year The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science may nominate two highly qualified juniors for a joint program with the Columbia University School of Law enabling students to complete the requirements for the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Jurisprudence in six years instead of seven. Students should speak to the Office of Pre-Professional Advising in the fall semester to express their interest and prepare to take the LSAT by February of their junior year. The application process is conducted March through April.
International Affairs Five-Year Program
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia offer a joint program enabling a small number of students to complete the requirements for the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Master of International Affairs in five years instead of six. Not only an excellent academic record but also maturity, fluency in an appropriate foreign language, and pertinent experience will determine admission to this program. Applications are processed in the junior year.