Columbia undergraduates have the opportunity to take courses for the Core Curriculum abroad. The information below provides guidance regarding Core classes on both Columbia-Led and Columbia-Approved programs.
Please consult the Academic Credit page for general reminders regarding getting credit from abroad.
Art Humanities and Music Humanities
Two Columbia-Led Summer programs provide the opportunity to take Art Humanities and Music Humanities together into a single experience while offering a rich exchange between the multiple contexts of Western artistic and musical creation.
- Columbia Summer Core in Berlin: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
- Columbia Summer Core in Paris: Art Humanities and Music Humanities
Global Core
Columbia-Led Programs
Many of the Columbia-Led programs have offered pre-approved classes that have counted toward the Global Core requirement. Please visit the program website for updated information regarding which courses are eligible to count to the Global Core requirement (not all classes on the program count toward Global Core), and their availability:
Semester or Academic Year Programs:
- Columbia in Paris: French Immersion Program (please note the language requirement for the program)
- Columbia in London
You can petition the Global Core Committee for a local university course taken on a Columbia-Led program using the Petition for a Study Abroad class to count toward the Global Core requirement.
Summer programs that currently or previously offered a Global Core course:
Columbia-Approved Programs
You can petition the Global Core Committee for any course to count for Global Core on any Columbia-Approved programs using the Petition for a Study Abroad class to count toward the Global Core requirement. Please submit this form directly to your CSA Advising Dean or GS Academic Advisor.
Courses on the following programs have been previously approved for Global Core. Please connect with your UGE Adviser to discuss courses previously approved on these programs.
- CASA at Trinity College Dublin
- CASA at The University of Melbourne
- CIEE Ghana: Arts and Sciences in Legon
- CIEE South Africa: Arts and Sciences in Cape Town
- CIEE Spain: Advanced Liberal Arts in Barcelona
- Hebrew University
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
- IFSA in Australia: University of New South Wales
- IFSA in Australia: University of Sydney
- IFSA in New Zealand: University of Auckland
- IFSA in New Zealand: University of Otago
- IFSA in the United Kingdom: Queen Mary University of London
- IFSA in the United Kingdom: University College London
- IFSA in the United Kingdom: University of Edinburgh
- Tel Aviv University
- University of Hong Kong
Please note that given the breadth of courses offered at the universities and programs below, it is not guaranteed that a course previously approved for Global Core will be available for the semester in which you plan to study abroad.
The Science Requirement
You can petition for a course to count for the Science Requirement on any Columbia-Led or Columbia-Approved programs. Please work directly with your CSA Advising Dean to complete the necessary petition form. We encourage you to review the Columbia College Bulletin > Science Requirement to help you find an equivalent course abroad.