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Program checklist · The First Year/Sophomore Program

The First Year/Sophomore Program

Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
The First Year/Sophomore Program
CIP
45.0601
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
190150
CourseShelf checklist
CK_190150_8577ec9c
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

B. Elective Nontechnical Courses

electives · 0 items

    African-American Studies: All courses

    0 items

      American Studies: All courses

      0 items

        Ancient Studies: All courses

        0 items

          Anthropology: All courses in sociocultural anthropology

          0 items

            All courses in archaeology except fieldwork

            0 items

              No courses in biological/physical anthropology 1

              0 items

                Architecture: Only

                7 items
                1. ARCH UN2505
                  Architectural Histories of Colonialism and Humanitarianism
                  Not resolved to a course
                2. ARCH UN2530
                  Life Beyond Emergency: Domesticities of Displacement, Inhabitations of Migration
                  Not resolved to a course
                3. 4.00
                4. 3.00
                5. ARCH UN3123
                  Spaces and Territories of Housing
                  Not resolved to a course
                6. ARCH UN3501
                  Modern Architecture of South Asia
                  Not resolved to a course
                7. 4

                Art History and Archeology: All courses

                0 items

                  Asian American Studies: All courses

                  0 items

                    Astronomy: No courses

                    0 items

                      Biological Sciences: No courses

                      0 items

                        Business: No courses

                        0 items

                          Chemistry: No courses

                          0 items

                            Classics: All courses

                            0 items

                              Colloquia: All courses

                              0 items

                                Comparative Ethnic Studies: All courses

                                0 items

                                  Comparative Literature and Society: All courses

                                  0 items

                                    Computer Science: No courses

                                    0 items

                                      Creative Writing: All courses (This is an exception to the workshop rule.)

                                      0 items

                                        Dance: All courses except performance classes

                                        0 items

                                          Drama and Theatre Arts: All courses except workshops, rehearsal, or performance classes

                                          0 items

                                            Earth and Environmental Sciences: No courses

                                            0 items

                                              East Asian Languages and Culture: All courses

                                              0 items

                                                Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology: No courses except

                                                2 items
                                                1. EEEB GU4321
                                                  HUM NATURE:DNA,RACE & IDENTITY
                                                  Not resolved to a course
                                                2. EEEB GU4700
                                                  RACE:TANGLED HIST-BIOL CONCEPT
                                                  Not resolved to a course

                                                Economics: All courses except:

                                                28 items
                                                1. 3.00
                                                2. 4.00
                                                3. 4.00
                                                4. 4.00
                                                5. 3.00
                                                6. 3.00
                                                7. 4.00
                                                8. 4.00
                                                9. 3.00
                                                10. 3.00
                                                11. 3.00
                                                12. 3.00
                                                13. 4.00
                                                14. 3
                                                15. 3.00
                                                16. 3.00
                                                17. ECON GU4526
                                                  Transition Reforms, Globalization and Financial Crisis
                                                  Not resolved to a course
                                                18. 4.00
                                                19. 4.00
                                                20. 4.00
                                                21. ECON BC1003
                                                  Introduction to Economic Reasoning 2
                                                  Not resolved to a course
                                                22. 4.00
                                                23. 4.00
                                                24. ECON BC3014
                                                  Entrepreneurship
                                                  Not resolved to a course
                                                25. ECON BC3018
                                                  ECONOMETRICS
                                                  Not resolved to a course
                                                26. ECON BC3033
                                                  INTERMEDTE MACROECONOMC THEORY
                                                  Not resolved to a course
                                                27. 4.00
                                                28. ECON BC3038
                                                  INTERNATIONAL MONEY & FINANCE
                                                  Not resolved to a course

                                                Education: All courses

                                                0 items

                                                  Engineering: Only

                                                  3 items
                                                  1. BMEN E4010
                                                    Not resolved to a course
                                                  2. 3.00
                                                  3. EEHS E3900
                                                    Not resolved to a course

                                                  English and Comparative Literature: All courses

                                                  0 items

                                                    Film Studies: All courses except lab courses, and

                                                    2 items
                                                    1. 3.00
                                                    2. 3

                                                    French and Romance Philology: All courses

                                                    0 items

                                                      Germanic Languages: All courses

                                                      0 items

                                                        Greek: All courses

                                                        0 items

                                                          History: All courses

                                                          0 items

                                                            History and Philosophy of Science: All courses

                                                            0 items

                                                              Human Rights: All courses

                                                              0 items

                                                                Italian: All courses

                                                                0 items

                                                                  Jazz Studies: All course

                                                                  0 items

                                                                    Latin: All courses

                                                                    0 items

                                                                      Latino Studies: All courses

                                                                      0 items

                                                                        Linguistics: All courses except

                                                                        1 item
                                                                        1. CLLN GU4202
                                                                          COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS
                                                                          Not resolved to a course

                                                                        Mathematics: No courses

                                                                        0 items

                                                                          Medieval and Renaissance Studies: All courses

                                                                          0 items

                                                                            Middle Eastern and Asian Language and Cultures: All courses

                                                                            0 items

                                                                              Music: All courses except performance courses, instrument instruction courses, and workshops

                                                                              0 items

                                                                                Philosophy: All courses except

                                                                                8 items
                                                                                1. 3.00
                                                                                2. 4.00
                                                                                3. PHIL GU4137
                                                                                  Non-Classical Logics
                                                                                  Not resolved to a course
                                                                                4. 3.00
                                                                                5. 3.00
                                                                                6. CSPH GU4801
                                                                                  MATH LOGIC I
                                                                                  Not resolved to a course
                                                                                7. CSPH GU4802
                                                                                  Math Logic II: Incompletness
                                                                                  Not resolved to a course
                                                                                8. 3.00

                                                                                Courses in logic

                                                                                0 items

                                                                                  Physical Education: No courses

                                                                                  0 items

                                                                                    Physics: No courses

                                                                                    0 items

                                                                                      Political Science: All courses except

                                                                                      13 items
                                                                                      1. 3.00
                                                                                      2. 3.00
                                                                                      3. 4.00
                                                                                      4. 4.00
                                                                                      5. 4.00
                                                                                      6. POLS GU4791
                                                                                        Advanced Topics in Quantitative Research-Discussion
                                                                                        Not resolved to a course
                                                                                      7. POLS GU4792
                                                                                        Quantitative Methods: Research Topics
                                                                                        Not resolved to a course
                                                                                      8. 4.00
                                                                                      9. POLS GU4768
                                                                                        Experimental Research: Design, Analysis and Interpretation
                                                                                        Not resolved to a course
                                                                                      10. 4.00
                                                                                      11. POLS GU4711
                                                                                        PRINC OF QUANT POL RESEARCH 1-DISC
                                                                                        Not resolved to a course
                                                                                      12. 4.00
                                                                                      13. 3.00

                                                                                      Psychology: Only

                                                                                      2 items
                                                                                      1. 3.00
                                                                                      2. 3.00

                                                                                      All courses on perception, attention, and cognition topics numbered 2200s, 3200s, or 4200s can be taken as nontech electives except for PSYC UN2235 and PSYC UN4289

                                                                                      electives · 0 items

                                                                                        All courses on social, personality, and abnormal numbered 2600s, 3600s, or 4600s can be taken as nontech electives

                                                                                        electives · 0 items

                                                                                          Religion: All courses

                                                                                          0 items

                                                                                            Slavic Languages: All courses

                                                                                            0 items

                                                                                              Sociology: All courses except

                                                                                              1 item
                                                                                              1. SOCI UN3020
                                                                                                Social Statistics
                                                                                                Not resolved to a course

                                                                                              Spanish and Portuguese: All courses

                                                                                              0 items

                                                                                                Speech: No courses

                                                                                                0 items

                                                                                                  Statistics: No courses

                                                                                                  0 items

                                                                                                    Sustainable Development: Only

                                                                                                    7 items
                                                                                                    1. 3.00
                                                                                                    2. 3.00
                                                                                                    3. 3.00
                                                                                                    4. 3.00
                                                                                                    5. 3.00
                                                                                                    6. 3.00
                                                                                                    7. 4.00

                                                                                                    Urban Studies: All courses

                                                                                                    0 items

                                                                                                      Visual Arts: No more than one course, which must be at the 3000-level or higher (This is an exception to the workshop rule.)

                                                                                                      0 items

                                                                                                        Women and Gender Studies: All courses

                                                                                                        0 items
                                                                                                          Source. Columbia University in the City of New York, catalog 2026-2027 — https://bulletin.columbia.edu/columbia-engineering/undergraduate-studies/undergraduate-programs/first-year-sophomore-program/. Captured page pages/0384.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.