Columbia College students choose from more than 80 areas of study—including a range of interdisciplinary options and joint programs, as well as hundreds of academic and research opportunities through the University’s affiliated graduate schools, centers and institutes.
No matter what your passions are, you’ll acquire a broad base of knowledge, achieve mastery in your chosen discipline and complete a thesis or significant research project.
Please note that minors are a recent addition to the undergraduate curriculum at Columbia College. The following list is accurate as of Friday, August 1, 2025, but some departments may continue to create minor proposals.
All Columbia College students complete a major, studying a particular discipline with both breadth and depth.
A minor offers students the opportunity to take advantage of the breadth of the Columbia College liberal arts curriculum through a smaller program of study curated by the faculty's expertise.
In partnership with Columbia University professional schools and affiliated programs, special programs allow students to go beyond the liberal arts curriculum with a secondary area of study.
