Key to Course Listings
This section contains a description of the curriculum of each department in the School, along with information regarding undergraduate and graduate degree requirements, elective courses, and suggestions about courses and programs in related fields. All courses are listed, whether or not they are being offered during the current year; if a course is not being given, that is indicated. Included as well are courses cross-listed with other departments and undergraduate divisions within the University.
Designators
Each course is preceded by a four-letter designator, which indicates the department or departments presenting the course.
Course Designator Department/Subject
AHIS Art History
AMCS Applied Mathematics/Computer Science
AMST American Studies
APAM Applied Physics/Applied Mathematics
APMA Applied Mathematics
APPH Applied Physics
ARCH Architecture
ASCE Asian Civilizations–East Asian
ASCM Asian Civilizations–Middle East
BIOC Biology and Chemistry
BIOL Biology
BMCH Biomedical Engineering/Chemical Engineering
BMEB Biomedical Engineering/Electrical
Engineering/Biology
BMEE Biomedical Engineering/Electrical Engineering
BMEN Biomedical Engineering
BUSI Business
CBMF Computer Science/BiomedicalEngineering/Medical Informatics
CHAP Chemical Engineering/
Applied Physics and Applied Math
CHEE Chemical Engineering/Earth and Environmental Engineering
CHEM Chemistry
CHEN Chemical Engineering
CHME Chemical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
CIEE Civil Engineering/Earth and
Environmental Engineering
CIEN Civil Engineering
COCI Contemporary Civilization
COMS Computer Science
CSEE Computer Science/Electrical Engineering
CSOR Computer Science/Operations Research
DNCE Dance
EAEE Earth and Environmental Engineering
EAIA Earth and Environmental/International and Public Affairs
ECBM Electrical Engineering/Computer
Science/Biomedical Engineering
ECIA Earth and Environmental Engineering/Civil Engineering/International and Public Affairs
ECON Economics
EDUC Education
EEBM Electrical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering
EECS Electrical Engineering/Computer Science
EEHS Electrical Engineering/History
EEME Electrical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
EESC Earth and Environmental Sciences
ELEN Electrical Engineering
ENGI Engineering
ENGL English
ENME Engineering Mechanics
FREN French
GERM German
GRAP Graphics
HIST History
HUMA Humanities
IEME Industrial Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
IEOR Industrial Engineering and
Operations Research
INAF International Affairs
MATH Mathematics
MEBM Mechanical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering
MECE Mechanical Engineering
MSAE Materials Science and Engineering/Solid-State Science and Engineering
MSIE Management Science/Industrial
Engineering and Operations Research
MUSI Music
PHED Physical Education
PHIL Philosophy
PHYS Physics
POLS Political Science
PSLG Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
PSYC Psychology
RELI Religion
SCNC Science
SIEO Statistics/Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
SOCI Sociology
SPAN Spanish
STAT Statistics
How Courses Are Numbered
The course number that follows each designator consists of a capital letter
followed by four digits. The capital letter indicates the University division or affiliate offering the course:
B Business
C Columbia College
E Engineering and Applied Science
G Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
P Mailman School of Public Health
S Summer Session
U International and Public Affairs
V Interschool course with Barnard
W Interfaculty course
Z American Language Program
The first digit indicates the level of the course, as follows:
0 Course that cannot be credited toward any degree
1 Undergraduate course
2 Undergraduate course, intermediate
3 Undergraduate course, advanced
4 Graduate course that is open to qualified undergraduates
6 Graduate course
8 Graduate course, advanced
9 Graduate research course or seminar
An x following the course number means that the course meets in the fall semester; y indicates the spring semester.
Directory of Classes
Room assignments and course changes for all courses are available online at www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb.
The School reserves the right to withdraw or modify the courses of instruction or to change the instructors at any time.