The Faculty of Political Science was established in 1880 by John W. Burgess. This was the first step in transforming Columbia College into Columbia University in the City of New York. The Faculty of Philosophy came into being in 1890, and the Faculty of Pure Science, in 1892. These faculties required students to have a bachelor's degree for admission; focused on research and the advancement of learning; and offered the highest degree, the Ph.D. Starting in 1909, these faculties shared a Dean. In 1979, the Faculties officially merged as the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Faculty of Political Science minutes, 1883-1979
(Before 1957 the graduate faculties were divided into three separate faculties. 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.)
Faculty of Political Science Committee on Instruction minutes, 1915-1979
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1919 November to 1939 May
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1939 September to 1945 December
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1946 January to 1952 November
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1953 January to 1958 December
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1959 January to 1961 April
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1961 May to 1963 May
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Subject index cards, 1919-1963
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Faculty of Philosophy minutes, 1890-1976
(Before 1957 the graduate faculties were divided into three separate faculties. 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 Committee on Instruction minutes
Faculty of Pure Science minutes, 1892-1979
(Before 1957 the graduate faculties were divided into three separate faculties. 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.)
Faculty of Pure Science Committee on Instruction minutes
Joint Graduate Committee on Instruction minutes, 1911-1969
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences minutes, 1971-1981
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Executive Committee of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Subcommittee on Curriculum minutes, 1979-1988