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This collection is arranged in 15 series.
This collection represents the course bulletin holdings at the University Archives. This finding aid was created to facilitate access to the most requested volumes. There are also links to either the archived websites or the downloadable files for online access. If you cannot find the volume for the school or program you are interested in, please contact the University Archives at uarchives@columbia.edu.
After 2005-2006, course descriptions were no longer included in the print copies of the Columbia College Bulletins. To access the bulletin and course descriptions, please visit the archived websites (links provided below). Print copies were discontinued after 2013-2014. Links to those online-only bulletins are provided below. The College also maintains a websited with
Columbia College Announcement, 1906-1907
Columbia College Announcement, 1909-1910
Columbia College Announcement, 1911-1912
Columbia College Announcement, 1914-1915
Columbia College Announcement, 1915-1916
Columbia College Announcement, 1916-1917
Columbia College Announcement, 1916-1917
Columbia College Announcement, 1922-1923
Columbia College Announcement, 1923-1924
Columbia College Announcement, 1924-1925
Columbia College Announcement, 1925-1926
Columbia College Announcement, 1922-1923
Columbia College Announcement, 1923-1924
Columbia College Announcement, 1924-1925
Columbia College Announcement, 1925-1926
Columbia College Announcement, 1926-1927
Columbia College Announcement, 1927-1928
Columbia College Announcement, 1928-1929
Columbia College Announcement, 1926-1927
Columbia College Announcement, 1927-1928
Columbia College Announcement, 1928-1929
Columbia College Announcement, 1929-1930
Columbia College Announcement, 1930-1931
Columbia College Announcement, 1930-1931
Columbia College Announcement, 1931-1932
Columbia College Announcement, 1932-1933
Columbia College Announcement, 1933-1934
Columbia College Announcement, 1934-1935
Columbia College Announcement, 1936-1937
Columbia College Announcement, 1937-1938
Columbia College Announcement, 1938-1939
Columbia College Announcement, 1939-1940
Columbia College Announcement, 1940-1941
Columbia College Announcement, 1937-1938
Columbia College Announcement, 1938-1939
Columbia College Announcement, 1939-1940
Columbia College Announcement, 1940-1941
Columbia College Announcement, 1941-1942
Columbia College Announcement, 1942-1943
Columbia College Announcement, 1941-1942
Columbia College Announcement, 1942-1943
Columbia College Announcement, 1943 July
Columbia College Announcement, 1943 November
Columbia College Announcement, 1944 March
Columbia College Announcement, 1944-1945
Columbia College Announcement, 1945-1946
Columbia College Announcement, 1946-1947
Columbia College Announcement, 1943 July
Columbia College Announcement, 1943 November
Columbia College Announcement, 1944 March
Columbia College Announcement, 1944-1945
Columbia College Announcement, 1945-1946
Columbia College Announcement, 1946-1947
Columbia College Announcement, 1947-1948
Columbia College Announcement, 1948-1949
Columbia College Announcement, 1949-1950
Columbia College Announcement, 1951-1952
Columbia College Announcement, 1953-1954
Columbia College Announcement, 1954-1955
Columbia College Announcement, 1964-1965
Columbia College Announcement, 1965-1966
(Bulletin only)
(Courses of Instruction)
(Courses of Instruction)
Columbia College Bulletin 2005-2006 (web archive)
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Some Engineering bulletins have been scanned by other institutions and are available via HathiTrust. To find those links, check out the
School of Mines Announcement, 1864-1865
School of Mines Announcement, 1865/66-1876/77 (incomplete)
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1907-1908
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1908-1909
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1910-1911
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1911-1912
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1912-1913
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1913-1914
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1914-1915
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1915-1916
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1916-1917
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1917-1918
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1918-1919
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1919-1920
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1920-1921
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1921-1922
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1922-1923
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1923-1924
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1924-1925
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1919-1920
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1920-1921
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1921-1922
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1922-1923
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1923-1924
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1924-1925
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1926-1927
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1926-1927
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1928-1929
School of Engineering Announcement, 1929-1930
School of Engineering Announcement, 1930-1931
Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry Announcement, 1928-1929
School of Engineering Announcement, 1929-1930
School of Engineering Announcement, 1930-1931
School of Engineering Announcement, 1931-1932
School of Engineering Announcement, 1932-1933
School of Engineering Announcement, 1934-1935
School of Engineering Announcement, 1935-1936
School of Engineering Announcement, 1937-1938
School of Engineering Announcement, 1942-1943
(Interim announcement of undergraduate and graduate courses covering present Navy V-12 engineer specialist and civilian programs, and tentative post-war offerings for civilian and ex-service students)
School of Engineering Announcement, 1946-1947
School of Engineering Announcement, 1947-1948
School of Engineering Announcement, 1950-1951
School of Engineering Announcement, 1953-1954
School of Engineering Announcement, 1954-1955
School of Engineering Announcement, 1955-1956
School of Engineering Announcement, 1956-1957
School of Engineering Announcement, 1957-1958
School of Engineering Announcement, 1958-1959
School of Engineering Announcement, 1959-1960
School of Engineering Announcement, 1961-1962
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Announcement, 1964-1965
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Announcement, 1965-1966
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Announcement, 1975-1976
Starting with the 1996-1997 Bulletin, the School of General Studies lists the names of the courses offered by the different departments, but does not include the course descriptions. Starting with the 2000-2001 Bulletin, the printed Bulletins include only program information. After 2006-2007, the Bulletin was only published online. Some bulletins have been scanned by other institutions and are available via HathiTrust. To find those links, check out the
Extension Teaching 1904-1905
Extension Teaching 1907-1908
Extension Teaching 1908/1909-1917/1918
Extension Teaching 1908/1909-1917/1918
Extension Teaching 1918/1919-1921/1922
Extension Teaching 1918/1919-1921/1922
University Extension 1924-1925
University Extension 1925-1926
University Extension 1926-1927
University Extension 1927-1928
University Extension 1928-1929
University Classes 1929-1930
University Classes 1930-1931
University Classes 1931-1932
University Classes 1932-1933
University Classes 1933-1934
University Classes 1934-1935
University Classes 1935-1936
University Classes 1936-1937
University Classes: University Extension and Adult Education 1937-1938
Spring Session 1926
Spring Session Supplement 1936
Spring Session Supplement 1935
Spring Session Supplement 1937
University Classes: University Extension and Adult Education 1938-1939
University Classes: University Extension and Adult Education 1939-1940
University Classes: University Extension and Adult Education 1940-1941
University Classes: University Extension and Adult Education 1941-1942
University Extension 1944-1945
University Extension 1945-1946
School of General Studies Bulletin 1949-1950
School of General Studies 1954-1955
School of General Studies 1958-1959
School of General Studies 1959-1960
School of General Studies Bulletin 1961-1962
(Starting with the 1996-1997 Bulletin, the School of General Studies lists the names of the courses offered by the different departments, but does not include the course descriptions.)
(Course lists only, no descriptions.)
(Course lists only, no descriptions.)
(Starting with the 2000-2001 Bulletin, the printed Bulletins include only program information.)
Before 1957, the Graduate Faculty bulletins were divided by Faculty. Courses taught by the Faculty of Political Science included the following disciplines: Anthropology (starting in 1946-1947, before that it was part of the Faculty of Philosophy), Economics, History, Mathematical Statistics, Public Law and Government, and Sociology. Courses taught by the Faculty of Philosophy included the following disciplines: Anthropology (until 1946, when it moved to the Faculty of Political Science), Classical Philology, Chinese, English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Indo-Iranian Languages, Japanese, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology (until 1947, when it moved to the Faculty of Pure Science), Religion, Romance Languages, Semitic Languages, and Slavic Languages. Courses taught by the Faculty of Pure Science included the following disciplines: Astronomy, Botany, Geology, Geography, Mineralogy (up to 1939), Mathematics, Physics, Psychology (starting in 1947), and Zoology. Some bulletins have been scanned by other institutions and are available via HathiTrust. To find those links, check out the
(Courses taught by the Faculty of Philosophy included the following disciplines: Anthropology (until 1946, when it moved to the Faculty of Political Science), Classical Philology, Chinese, English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Indo-Iranian Languages, Japanese, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology (until 1947, when it moved to the Faculty of Pure Science), Religion, Romance Languages, Semitic Languages, and Slavic Languages.)
Faculty of Philosophy, 1893-1894
Faculty of Philosophy, 1894-1895
School of Philosophy (Philosophy, Psychology, and Education, Linguistics and Literature), 1896-1897
School of Philosphy, 1897-1898
Oriental Languages, 1909-1910
Ancient and Oriental Languages, 1916-1917
Ancient and Oriental Languages, 1917-1918
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature, 1928-1929
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature, 1929-1930
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature, 1930-1931
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature, 1931-1932
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature, 1932-1933
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature including Classical Archaeology, 1936-1937
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature including Classical Archaeology, 1937-1938
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature including Classical Archaeology, 1939-1940
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature including Classical Archaeology, 1943-1944
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature including Classical Archaeology, 1945-1946
Ancient and Oriental Languages and Literature including Classical Archaeology, 1946-1947
Department of English, 1901-1902
Romance Languages and Literatures, 1893-1894
Romance Languages and Literatures, 1897-1898
(Incomplete)
Comparative Literature, English, Germanic Languages and Literature, Romance Languages and Literature, 1905-1906
Comparative Literature, English, Germanic Languages and Literature, Romance Languages and Literature, including Celtic, 1906-1907
Comparative Literature, English, Germanic Languages and Literature, Romance Languages and Literature, Celtic, 1907-1909
Comparative Literature, English, Germanic Languages and Literature, Romance Languages and Literature, Celtic, 1909-1910
Comparative Literature, English, Germanic Languages and Literature, Romance Languages and Literature, Celtic, 1910-1911
Comparative Literature, English, Germanic Languages and Literature, Romance Languages and Literature, Celtic, 1911-1912
English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Romance Languages, Celtic and Slavonic Languages and Literature, 1916-1917
English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Romance Languages, Celtic and Slavonic Languages and Literature, 1917-1918
English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Romance Languages, Celtic and Slavonic Languages and Literature, 1918-1919
English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Romance Languages, Celtic, Slavonic Languages and Literature, Science of Language, 1919-1920
English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Romance Languages, Celtic and Slavonic Languages and Literature, 1920-1921
English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Romance Languages, Celtic and Slavonic Languages and Literature, 1925-1926
English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Romance Languages, Celtic and Slavonic Languages and Literature, 1928-1929
English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Romance Languages, Celtic and Slavonic Languages and Literature, 1929-1930
English and Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages, Romance Languages, Celtic and Slavonic Languages and Literature, 1930-1931
Modern Languages and Literatures, 1931-1932
Modern Languages and Literatures, 1932-1933
Modern Languages and Literatures, 1933-1934
Modern Languages and Literatures, 1934-1935
Modern Languages and Literatures, 1937-1938
Modern Languages and Literatures, 1944-1945
Department of Philosophy and Education, 1894
Division of Philosophy and Psychology, 1900-1901
Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology, 1906-1908
Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology, 1908-1910
Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology, 1917-1918
Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology, 1928-1929
Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology, 1929-1930
Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology, 1930-1931
Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology, 1931-1932
Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology, 1932-1933
Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology, 1933-1934
Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology, 1937-1938
Courses in Religion, 1927-1928
Courses in Religion, 1928-1929
Courses in Religion, 1929-1930
Courses in Religion, 1931-1932
Courses in Religion, 1932-1933
Faculty of Philosophy, 1953-1954
Faculty of Philosophy, 1954-1955
(Courses taught by the Faculty of Political Science included the following disciplines: Anthropology (starting in 1946-1947, before that it was part of the Faculty of Philosophy), Economics, History, Mathematical Statistics, Public Law and Government, and Sociology.)
School of Political Science, 1882/1883, 1883/1884 and 1885/1886
School of Political Science, 1890/1891, 1893/1894, 1894/1895, 1895/1896, 1897/1898, 1898/1899
(Because of the condition of these records, to access the bulletins for 1885-1899, please contact uarchives@columbia.edu.)
Faculty of Political Science, 1953-1954
Faculty of Political Science, 1954-1955
(Courses taught by the Faculty of Pure Science included the following disciplines: Astronomy, Botany, Geology, Geography, Mineralogy (up to 1939), Mathematics, Physics, Psychology (starting in 1947), and Zoology. )
(Program information for all three graduate faculties. There are course lists but no course descriptions.)
Columbia offered its first summer session in 1900 with 29 courses and 417 registered students, under the guidance of Director of Summer Session Nicholas Murray Butler. The following year, 1901, Columbia offered 43 courses to 581 students. In 1904, the Summer Session was granted permanent status (no longer needing the yearly Trustee renewal) and it was formally incorporated into the University statutes. Some bulletins have been scanned by other institutions and are available via HathiTrust. To find those links, check out the
(Print copies were discontinued after Summer 2007.)
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Columbia Business School was founded in 1916, thanks in part to a generous gift from banking executive Emerson McMillin. Eleven faculty members taught the inaugural class of 61 students, which included eight women. Additional business-related courses can be found as part of the University Extension and the Summer Session. Some bulletins have been scanned by other institutions and are available via HathiTrust. To find those links, check out the
School of Business Announcement, 1917-1918
School of Business Announcement, 1920-1921
School of Business Announcement, 1922-1923
School of Business Announcement, 1923-1924
School of Business Announcement, 1925-1926
School of Business Announcement, 1926-1927
School of Business Announcement, 1927-1928
School of Business Announcement, 1928-1929
School of Business Announcement, 1929-1930
School of Business Announcement, 1917-1918
School of Business Announcement, 1920-1921
School of Business Announcement, 1922-1923
School of Business Announcement, 1923-1924
School of Business Announcement, 1925-1926
School of Business Announcement, 1926-1927
School of Business Announcement, 1927-1928
School of Business Announcement, 1928-1929
School of Business Announcement, 1929-1930
School of Business Announcement, 1930-1931
School of Business Announcement, 1931-1932
School of Business Announcement, 1932-1933
School of Business Announcement, 1933-1934
School of Business Announcement, 1934-1935
School of Business Announcement, 1935-1936
School of Business Announcement, 1936-1937
School of Business Announcement, 1936-1937
School of Business Announcement, 1937-1938
School of Business Announcement, 1938-1939
School of Business Announcement, 1939-1940
School of Business Announcement, 1940-1941
School of Business Announcement, 1941-1942
School of Business Announcement, 1942-1943
School of Business Announcement, 1943-1944
School of Business Announcement, 1944-1945
School of Business Announcement, 1945-1946
School of Business Announcement, 1946-1947
School of Business Announcement, 1947-1948
Graduate School of Business Announcement, 1953-1954
Graduate School of Business Announcement, 1954-1955
Graduate School of Business Announcement, 1956-1957
Graduate School of Business Announcement, 1957-1958
Graduate School of Business Announcement, 1958-1959
Graduate School of Business Announcement, 1957-1958
Graduate School of Business Announcement, 1962-1963
Graduate School of Business Announcement, 1963-1964
A course in architecture was proposed for the School of Mines in the 1870s. The School of Architecture started as a separate and unique department within the University structure in 1902. Bulletins from the early days can be found in the School of Mines and even in the School of the Arts bulletins. Some bulletins have been scanned by other institutions and are available via HathiTrust. To find those links, check out the
School of Architecture Announcement, 1897-1898
School of Architecture Announcement, 1916-1917
School of Architecture Announcement, 1917-1918
School of Architecture Announcement, 1928-1929
School of Architecture Announcement, 1929-1930
School of Architecture Announcement, 1930-1931
School of Architecture Announcement, 1931-1932
School of Architecture Announcement, 1916-1917
School of Architecture Announcement, 1917-1918
School of Architecture Announcement, 1928-1929
School of Architecture Announcement, 1916-1917
School of Architecture Announcement, 1929-1930
School of Architecture Announcement, 1930-1931
School of Architecture Announcement, 1931-1932
School of Architecture Announcement, 1932-1933
School of Architecture Announcement, 1932-1933
School of Architecture Announcement, 1952-1953
School of Architecture Announcement, 1952-1953
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The 1943-1944 bulletin is a Wartime Announcement; there was no bulletin published for 1944-1945. There are two volumes missing: 1972-1973 and 2005. There was no bulletin published for 2008. Some bulletins have also been scanned by other institutions and are available via HathiTrust. To find those links, check out the
School of Journalism Announcement, 1916-1917
School of Journalism Announcement, 1917-1918
School of Journalism Announcement, 1916-1917
School of Journalism Announcement, 1917-1918
School of Journalism Announcement, 1928-1929
School of Journalism Bulletin of Information, 1929-1930
School of Journalism Bulletin of Information, 1930-1931
School of Journalism Announcement, 1931-1932
School of Journalism Announcement, 1932-1933
School of Journalism Announcement, 1928-1929
School of Journalism Bulletin of Information, 1929-1930
School of Journalism Bulletin of Information, 1930-1931
School of Journalism Announcement, 1934-1935
Graduate School of Journalism Announcement, 1937-1938
Graduate School of Journalism Announcement, 1945-1946
Graduate School of Journalism Announcement, 1947-1948
Graduate School of Journalism Announcement, 1954-1955
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The School of International Affairs was founded in 1946 in the aftermath of World War II. Emphasizing practical training, the School's mission was to foster understanding of geographic regions of vital interest and to prepare diplomats, officials, and other professionals to meet the complex needs of the postwar world. By 1967, the School was home to eight regional institutes, covering nearly every corner of the globe. In 1981, the School was renamed the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Some bulletins have been scanned by other institutions and are available via HathiTrust. To find those links, check out the
School of International Affairs, 1946-1947
School of International Affairs, 1949-1950
School of International Affairs, 1950-1951
School of International Affairs, 1953-1954
International Affairs, Regional Institutes, 1959-1960
School of International Affairs and the Regional Institutes, 1968-1969
Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration; Executive Master of Public Administration Program
Center of Israeli Studies, 1950-1951
Center of Israel and Jewish Studies, 1955-1956
Center of Israel and Jewish Studies, 1956-1957
Center of Israel and Jewish Studies, 1957-1958
Center of Israel and Jewish Studies, 1962-1963
Center of Turkish Studies, 1963-1964
East Asian Institute, 1950-1951
East Asian Institute, 1951-1952
East Asian Institute, 1952-1953
East Asian Institute, 1953-1954
East Asian Institute, 1954-1955
East Asian Institute, 1955-1956
East Asian Institute, 1956-1957
East Asian Institute, 1957-1958
East Asian Institute, 1958-1959
European Institute, 1949-1950
European Institute, 1950-1951
European Institute, 1952-1953
European Institute, 1955-1956
European Institute, 1956-1957
European Institute, 1957-1958
European Institute, 1958-1959
Latin American Studies, 1941-1942
Latin American Studies, 1944-1945
Near and Middle East Institute, 1956-1957
Program on East Central Europe, 1955-1956
Program on East Central Europe, 1957-1958
Russian Institute, 1946-1947
Russian Institute, 1947-1948
Russian Institute, 1949-1950
Russian Institute, 1950-1951
Russian Institute, 1952-1953
Russian Institute, 1953-1954
Russian Institute, 1954-1955
Russian Institute, 1955-1956
Russian Institute, 1956-1957
Russian Institute, 1957-1958
Russian Institute, 1958-1959
The departments and divisions that make up the current School of the Arts have changed over the years: with divisions merging and separating as well as course and degree offerings expanding and contracting. The Faculty of Fine Arts was originally made up of the Schools of architecture, of music and of design and published announcements from 1902 to 1914. Department of Music was established in 1896 under the Faculty of Philosophy, then organized independently in 1902. It became the School of Music in1906 by joining together with department at Teachers College. Later, there was a Division of Fine Arts, Archaeology and Music from 1923 to 1947 and eventually Music joined the Faculty of Fine Arts. The School of Dramatic Arts started in 1946 but ceased to exist independently in 1958. Starting in 1958, Program in the Arts included courses in painting, sculpture, graphic arts, theatre arts, film, radio, and television. Since 1966, the Program was renamed as the School of the Arts currently offering courses in film, music, theatre arts, visual arts and writing. Some bulletins have been scanned by other institutions and are available via HathiTrust. To find those links, check out the
Department of Fine Arts, 1927-1928
Department of Fine Arts, 1928-1929
Department of Fine Arts, 1929-1930
Department of Fine Arts, 1930-1931
Department of Fine Arts, 1931-1932
Department of Music, 1916-1917
Department of Music, 1917-1918
Department of Music, 1928-1929
Department of Music, 1929-1930
Department of Music, 1929-1930
Department of Music, 1931-1932
Department of Music, 1932-1933
Department of Fine Arts, 1932-1933
Division of Fine Arts, Archaeology, and Music, 1942-1943
Division of Fine Arts, Archaeology, and Music, 1943-1944
School of Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1951
School of Painting and Sculpture, 1952-1953
Program in the Arts, 1958-1959
Program in the Arts, 1961-1962
Program in the Arts, 1962-1963
Program in the Arts, 1965-1966
The original Columbia library school, the School of Library Economy, operated from 1887 to 1889. The School then moved to Albany and became the New York State Library School. In 1926, the Albany school and the Library School of the New York Public Library merged and became the second Columbia library school, the School of Library Service. The School closed after the 1991-1992 academic year. Some bulletins have been scanned by other institutions and are available via HathiTrust. To find those links, check out the
School of Library Economy Circular of Information, 1884
School of Library Economy Circular of Information, 1885
School of Library Economy Circular of Information, 1886-1887
School of Library Economy Circular of Information, 1887-1888
School of Library Economy Circular of Information, 1888-1889
School of Library Service Announcement, 1927/1928-1931/1932
School of Library Service Announcement, 1932/1933-1939/1940
School of Library Service Announcement, 1932/1933-1939/1940
School of Library Service Announcement, 1940/1941-1945/1946
School of Library Service Announcement, 1946-1947
School of Library Service Announcement, 1947-1948
School of Library Service Announcement, 1948-1949
School of Library Service Announcement, 1949-1950
School of Library Service Announcement, 1950-1951
School of Library Service Announcement, 1951-1952
School of Library Service Announcement, 1952-1953
School of Library Service Announcement, 1953-1954
School of Library Service Announcement, 1954-1955
School of Library Service Announcement, 1955-1956
School of Library Service Announcement, 1953/1954-1961/1962
School of Library Service Announcement, 1962/1963-1964/1965
School of Library Service Announcement, 1965-1966
School of Library Service Announcement, 1966-1967
School of Library Service Announcement, 1967-1968
School of Library Service Announcement, 1968-1969
School of Library Service, 1969-1970
School Library Service Announcement, 1971-1972
School of Library Service Announcement, 1974-1975
School of Library Service Announcement, 1978-1979
School of Library Service Announcement, 1979-1980
School of Library Service Announcement, 1980-1981
School of Library Service Announcement, 1981-1982
School of Library Service Announcement, 1983-1984
School of Library Service Announcement, 1985-1986
School of Library Service Announcement, 1988-1989
This series contains the bulletins for the School of Law. For some years, there is a separate volume for the graduate studies courses. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Librarian at the
School of Law Announcement, 1900-1901
School of Law Announcement, 1904-1905
School of Law Announcement, 1905-1906
School of Law Announcement, 1906-1907
School of Law Announcement, 1907-1908
School of Law Announcement, 1908-1909
School of Law Announcement, 1909-1910
School of Law Announcement, 1911-1912
School of Law Announcement, 1913-1914
School of Law Announcement, 1914-1915
School of Law Announcement, 1915-1916
School of Law Announcement, 1916-1917
School of Law Announcement, 1917-1918
School of Law Announcement, 1918-1919
School of Law Announcement, 1919-1920
School of Law Announcement, 1920-1921
School of Law Announcement, 1921-1922
School of Law Announcement, 1927-1928
School of Law Announcement, 1928-1929
School of Law Announcement, 1929-1930
School of Law Announcement, 1930-1931
School of Law Announcement, 1915-1916
School of Law Announcement, 1916-1917
School of Law Announcement, 1917-1918
School of Law Announcement, 1918-1919
School of Law Announcement, 1919-1920
School of Law Announcement, 1920-1921
School of Law Announcement, 1921-1922
School of Law Announcement, 1927-1928
School of Law Announcement, 1928-1929
School of Law Announcement, 1929-1930
School of Law Announcement, 1930-1931
School of Law Announcement, 1931-1932
School of Law Announcement, 1932-1933
Graduate Studies of the School of Law, 1962-1963
School of Law Bulletin, 1991-1992
School of Law Bulletin, 1992-1993
School of Law Bulletin, 1994-1995
School of Law Bulletin, 1997-1998
School of Law Bulletin, 1998-1999
The schools below have their own archives. While there are some of their bulletins available at the University Archives (incomplete sets), these repositories may be able to assist you in your research. The School of Social Work bulletins can be found in the
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Bulletins of the School of Social Work can be found in the
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The residence halls bulletins include campus maps, photos of the buildings, room rates, floor plans, and information about the Hall Council and Hall Committees. They also describe the application process and campus dining options available. In addition to the bulletins listed below, the University Archives also has some bulletins for the Barnard College dorms and Brooks Hall. For information about those additional bulletins, please contact uarchives@columbia.edu.
The Residence Halls Bulletins describe the accommodations available in the first two dorms in the Morningside Heights campus: Hartley Hall and Livingston Hall (now Wallach Hall).
Residence Halls Bulletin, 1915-1916
The Men's Residence Halls bulletins include information about Hartley Hall, Livingston Hall (now Wallach), Furnald Hall and John Jay Hall.
The Women's Residence Hall bulletins include information about Johnson Hall, now known as Wien Hall.
Seth Low Junior College was an extension of Columbia University, which was meant to serve the educational needs of Brooklyn. Columbia had been offering pre-med courses in Brooklyn since 1916 as part of the University Extension. The courses, using the facilities of the Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, were offered during the day and were open to both men and women. In 1925 the University Extension started offering pre-law liberal arts courses in the rooms of the Brooklyn Law School to prepare students to join those professional schools. The two-year community college was named after Columbia's 11th President and former Mayor of Brooklyn Seth Low. The school had the same requirements for entry, some of the same Columbia faculty, and even charged the same price of tuition as Columbia College. While they had their own library, zoology and psychology laboratories, lecture halls and classrooms, Seth Low Junior College students still had to travel to the Morningside Heights campus for chemistry and physics courses. Students who completed the non-degree, two-year program could go on to enroll in the professional schools (such as Architecture, Business, Engineering, Journalism, Medicine, Law, Library Service, Optometry, etc.). Others could remain for three years and pursue the liberal arts at the Morningside Heights campus as "University Undergraduates" (not Columbia College students). Graduates would receive Bachelors of Science degrees in General Studies (instead of Bachelors of Arts degrees). The demographic makeup of the Seth Low Junior College student body was predominantly Jewish and Italian. With the opening of Brooklyn College in 1930 (free tuition), enrollment at Seth Low dropped off. The Junior College operated from 1928 to 1936.
SLJC Announcement, 1928-1929
SLJC Announcement, 1929-1930
SLJC Announcement, 1930-1931
SLJC Announcement, 1931-1932
SLJC Announcement, 1932-1933
SLJC Announcement, 1933-1934
SJLC Announcement, 1934-1935
SLJC Announcement, 1935-1936
The Collegiate Course for Women was Columbia's first attempt to offer women limited access to the undergraduate program. The women students needed to pass the same entrance examinations for Columbia College as the male students and they could enroll in the same courses as the male students. However, the women were not allowed to attend the lectures with the male students. The women would meet with the professors at the beginning of the semester, receive a copy of the syllabus and the required readings, and they could then study on their own for the rest of the semester to prepare for the course examinations. Under these challenging circumstances, Mary Parsons Hankey became the first woman to receive her undergraduate degree from Columbia College in 1887. From 1883 to 1889, the Collegiate Course for Women enrolled 99 students but awarded only 8 degrees. The Collegiate Course for Women was ended once Barnard College opened its doors in 1889. The information about the program is included in the Handbook for Information. The course descriptions appear in the section for the School of Arts, the men's undegraduate program.
Collegiate Course for Women, 1884-1885
The description of the Collegiate Course for Women begins on page 233. The course descriptions can be found in the
Collegiate Course for Women, 1885-1886
The description of the Collegiate Course for Women begins on page 237. The course descriptions can be found in the
Collegiate Course for Women, 1886-1887
The description of the Collegiate Course for Women begins on page 227. The course descriptions can be found in the
Collegiate Course for Women, 1887-1888
The description of the Collegiate Course for Women begins on page 201. The course descriptions can be found in the
Collegiate Course for Women, 1888-1889
The description of the Collegiate Course for Women begins on page 213. The course descriptions can be found in the