Columbia University School of Continuing Education
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The School of Continuing Education at Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

offers thirteen master's degrees, courses for advancement and graduate school preparation, certificate programs, summer courses, high school programs in New York, Barcelona and Jordan, and a program for learning English as a second language.

Though the offerings are diverse, the programs are unified by a mission to mount innovative instructional programs unavailable elsewhere at the University that meet Columbia’s standard of excellence, take good advantage of its resources, and produce positive educational outcomes for the members of the diverse student body.

History

Non-degree programs were originally located in the School of General Studies, but relocated to the Division of Special Programs in 1995, which was renamed again as "the Division of Continuing Education and Special Programs" in 1997.

In 2000 the Division began to consider offering degree programs, and was re-organized as the School of Continuing Education in 2002 under its founding dean, Frank Wolf. In 2002 it became both a Faculty and a Department of Instruction in the Arts and Sciences and added its first master’s degree program, the M.S in Strategic Communications. In the course of 2002-2006 it expanded its graduate offerings to eight M.S. Programs. It summer high school program expanded to Barcelona, Spain, and a cross-enrollment agreement with Union Theological Seminary were also established in 2002.

Today, the school offers thirteen master's degrees, courses for advancement and graduate school prep, certificate programs, summer courses, high school programs in New York, Barcelona and Jordan, and a program for learning English as a second language.

Academic programs

The School of Continuing Education offers the following programs:

Thirteen applied master of science programs offer training in Actuarial Science, Bioethics, Communications Practice, Construction Administration, Fundraising Management, Information and Digital Resource Management, Landscape Design, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Sports Management, Strategic Communications, Sustainability Management and Technology Management.

The Postbaccalaureate Studies Program offers qualified individuals with bachelor's degrees the opportunity to take University courses for graduate school preparation and career advancement. Advisors help students develop a customized course of study. Certificates are offered in in biotechnology; business; classics; critical issues in international relations; ecology, evolution, and environmental biology; executive education in strategic communications; psychology; quantitative studies for finance; and United Nations studies.

The Visiting Students Program allows undergraduate, graduate, and high school students with suitable academic records to study at Columbia on a nondegree basis.

The Summer Sessions offer a wide variety of undergraduate- and graduate-level courses for Columbia students, visiting students, and new and continuing nondegree students.

The High School Programs allow highly motivated students to take intensive noncredit courses for enrichment during the summer. Students may live on campus or commute. The Barcelona Experience is a four-week noncredit study-abroad program for high school juniors and seniors. Culture and History: Understanding the Arab World is a pre-college summer study-abroad program organized in collaboration with King's Academy in Jordan.

The American Language Program offers a wide variety of English language courses to speakers of other languages.

The Auditing Program enables adults not currently enrolled in college to sit in on select lecture courses in the Arts and Sciences. Auditors receive no credit and are silent participants in class. Adults over 65 are offered reduced tuition as part of the Lifelong Learners Program.

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