Majors

Timeless humanities

We do not study the humanities because it's cute, but because we are members of the human race.

Casual Friday: Destiny's Child

March forces Columbians to make life decisions.

Multiple majors, no apologies

Samuel Roth upholds the value of majors.

Picking a major? Just say no.

Professor David Helfand argues for the elimination of majors.

Safety in numbers?

Students considering the economics major need to do a serious cost-benefit analysis.

An old remedy still in use today

The "soothing" medicine used for homeopathy

Uphill battle

We are all future graduates of Columbia University and should be proud of our intellectual diversity.

Uphill battle

We are all future graduates of Columbia University and should be proud of our intellectual diversity.

Creative writing major requires application

The creative writing program, as of fall 2010, will be available to students by application only, program administrators announced this week.

Sustaining developments

The Earth Institute attributed the decision to a high level of student interest in the existing concentration. The addition of the major thus stands in sharp contrast to the bureaucratic lethargy that bogs down many potentially positive progressions at Columbia: A research institution, largely isolated from the undergraduate population, took students’ considerations into account.