COLUMBIA CDLLEBE
IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK.
COLUMBIA COLLEGE IN CUE CITY OF NEW YORK at tho present time con
sists of tho School of Arts, tho original collogo, founded in 1754; of sundry professional
schools, to wit: Tho School of Law, tho School of Mines, and tho College of Physicians
and Surgeons, admission to all of which as candidates for professional degrees, is opon to
all students, whether or not they aro college-bred mon; and of tho University Faculties of
Law, Medicine, Mines (Applied Science), Political Science, Philosophy and Pure Science,
which conduct all courses leading to the University degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor
of Philosophy.
Tho point of contact between tho college and the university is the senior year in tho
School of Arts, during which year students in the School of Arts pursue their studies, with
tho consent of the Faculty of Arts, under one or more of tho University Faculties.
The various schools arc under tho charge of their own Faculties, and for tho better
conduct of tho strictly university work, as well as of tho whole institution, a University
Council has been established.
I. THE SCHOOL OF ARTS.
Tho School of Arts, or the collogo proper,
has a curriculum of four years' duration,
leading to tho degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Candidates for admission to tho School of
Arts must bo at least fifteen years of ago and
pass an examination on prescribed subjects,
the particulars concerning which may bo
found in the annual Circular of Information.
II. THE UNIVERSITY FACULTIES.
The University Faculties of Law, Medi
cine, Mines (Applied Science), Political Sci
ence, Philosophy and Pure Science, taken
together constitute the University. These
University Faculties oiler advanced courses
of study and investigation, respectively, in
(a) Private or Municipal Law, (b) Applied
Science, (c) History, Economics and Public
Law, (d) Philosophy, Philology, and Letters,
and (o) Mathematics and Natural Science.
Courses of Study under one or more of these
University Faculties are open to the senior
class in tho School of Arts and to all stu
dents who have successfully pursued an
equivalent course of under-graduate study
to the close of tho junior year. These lead,
through the bachelors' degree, to tho Uni
versity degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor
of Philosophy.
III. THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
Tho professional schools are the Schools
of Law, Mines, and Medicine, to which all
students, as well as those not having pur
sued a courso of under-graduato study as
those who have, are- admitted on terms pro
scribed by tho faculty of each school as
candidates for professional degrees.
1 Tho School af Law, established 185S,
offers a three years' course of study in Com
mon Law and Equity Jurisprudence, Modi-'
cal Jurisprudence, Criminal and Constitu
tional Law, International Law, public and
private, and Comparative Jurisprudence.
The degree of Bachelor of Laws is conferred
on tho satisfactory completion of tho course.
2 The School of Mines, established 1SG4,
offers tho following courses of study, each of
four years duration, and each leading to an
appropriate professional degree, viz: Mining,
Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, Metallurgy, Geology and
Palaeontology, Analytical and Applied Chem
istry, Architecture; and, as a graduate course
of two years' duration and leading to an ap
propriate degree, Sanitary Engineering.
3 The College of Physicians and Surgeons
offers a three years' courso of study in tho
principles and practice of Medicine and
Surgery, leading to tho degree of Doctor of
Medicine (M. D.)
SETH LOW, ,L. L. D., President