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 |
| AHCE | Art History and Civil Engineering |
| AMCS | Applied Math and Computer Science |
| AMST | American Studies |
| ANTH | Anthropology |
| APAM | Applied Physics and Applied Math |
| APBM | Applied Physics and Biomedical Engineering |
| APCH | Applied Physics and Chemical Engineering |
| APMA | Applied Mathematics |
| APPH | Applied Physics |
| ARCH | Architecture |
| ASCE | Asian Civilization: East Asian |
| ASCM | Asian Civilization: Middle East |
| ASTR | Astronomy |
| BIOC | Biology and Chemistry |
| BIOL | Biology |
| BIST | Biostatistics |
| BMCH | Biomedical and Chemical Engineering |
| BMCS | Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science |
| BMEB | Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Biology |
| BMEE | Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering |
| BMEN | Biomedical Engineering |
| BMME | Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering |
| BUSI | Business |
| CBMF | Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics |
| CEEM | Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics |
| CEOR | Civil Engineering and Operations Research |
| CHAP | Chemical Engineering and Applied Physics and Applied Math |
| CHBM | Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering |
| CHCB | Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science |
| CHEE | Chemical Engineering and Earth and Environmental Engineering |
| CHEM | Chemistry |
| CHEN | Chemical Engineering |
| CHNS | Chinese |
| CIEE | Civil Engineering and Earth and Environmental Engineering |
| CIEN | Civil Engineering |
| CLPS | Comparative Literature and Society and Psychoanalytic Center |
| CMBS | Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies |
| COCI | Contemporary Civilization |
| COMS | Computer Science |
| COSA | Computer Science, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Statistics, and Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics |
| CSEE | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering |
| CSEN | Computer Science and English |
| CSER | Center for Study of Ethnicity and Race |
| CSOR | Computer Science and Operations Research |
| DNCE | Dance |
| DRAN | Decision, Risk, and Operations |
| DROM | Decision, Risk, and Operations Management |
| EACE | Earth and Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering |
| EACH | Earth and Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering |
| EAEE | Earth and Environmental Engineering |
| EAIA | Earth and Environmental Engineering and International and Public Affairs |
| ECBM | Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering |
| ECIA | Earth and Environmental and Civil Engineering and International and Public Affairs |
| ECIE | Economics and Industrial Engineering |
| ECON | Economics |
| EEBM | Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering |
| EECS | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| EEEL | Earth and Environmental Engineering and Electrical Engineering |
| EEHS | Electrical Engineering and History |
| EEME | Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering |
| EEOR | Electrical Engineering and Operations Research |
| EESC | Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| EHSC | Environmental Health Sciences |
| ELEN | Electrical Engineering |
| ENGI | Engineering |
| ENGL | English |
| EMME | Engineering Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering |
| ENME | Engineering Mechanics |
| FILM | Film |
| FINC | Finance |
| FREN | French |
| GERM | German |
| GRAP | Graphics |
| HIST | History |
| HSAM | History and Applied Mathematics |
| HUMA | Humanities |
| HUNG | Hungarian |
| IEME | Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering |
| IEOR | Industrial Engineering and Operations Research |
| INAF | International Affairs |
| INTA | Earth and Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, and International and Public Affairs |
| LING | Linguistics |
| MATH | Mathematics |
| MEBM | Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering |
| MECE | Mechanical Engineering |
| MECH | Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering |
| MECS | Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science |
| MEEM | Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics |
| MEIE | Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering |
| MSAE | Materials Science and Engineering |
| MSIE | Management Science and Industrial Engineering and Operations Research |
| MUSI | Music |
| ORCA | Operations Research, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics |
| ORCS | Operations Research and Computer Science |
| PHED | Physical Education |
| PHIL | Philosophy |
| PHYS | Physics |
| PLAN | Planning |
| PLCE | Architecture Planning and Civil Engineering |
| POLS | Political Science |
| PSLG | Physiology |
| PSYC | Psychology |
| RELI | Religion |
| SCNC | Science |
| SIEO | Statistics and Industrial Engineering and Operations Research |
| SOCI | Sociology |
| SPAN | Spanish |
| STAT | Statistics |
| STCS | Statistics and Computer Science |
| URBS | Urban Studies |
| VIAR | Visual Arts |
How Courses are Numbered
The course number that follows each designator consists of one or two capital letters followed by four digits. The capital letter indicates the University division or affiliate offering the course:
| Letter(s) | University Division |
|---|---|
| B | Business |
| E | Engineering and Applied Science |
| P | Mailman School of Public Health |
| S | Summer Session |
| U | International and Public Affairs |
| W | Interfaculty course |
| Z | American Language Program |
Arts and Sciences
| Letter(s) | University Division |
|---|---|
| CC | Columbia College |
| UN | Undergraduate |
| GU | Undergraduate, Graduate |
| GR | Graduate Only |
The first digit indicates the level of the course, as follows:
| Digit | Level of Course |
|---|---|
| 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, days and hours, and course changes for all courses are available online at 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.