Undergraduate
Current Students
Advising - Start Here
- How to find what you need
- Before seeing an advisor check our FAQs
- Find your advisor and his/her office hours
- Recent changes in Courses &/or Requirements
Majors
- How to declare a major
- Planning sheet for majors
- Requirements for Columbia College:
- Requirements for General Studies:
Courses
- All biology courses with links to their web pages; along with course schedules listed by semester
Faculty
- Professors - with links to their contact information and research interests
- Prof. Darcy Kelley, a winner of the newly established HHMI Million Dollar Professors. One of 20 HHMI Professors, Dr. Kelley and her colleagues share a common goal: "to make science more engaging for undergraduates."
- Prof. Deborah Mowshowitz received the prestigious Presidential Award for Outstanding Teach. See article & photo
Undergraduate Research
- How you can do biological research
- Getting academic credit for research (W3500)
- Writing the research paper
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Other summer internships
Extracurricular Activities
- Columbia Bioethics Society - Student club which examines the intersections between ethical, political, legal, social, and public policy perspectives
- Columbia University Science Journal (CUSJ) - Open access science journal published twice a year by undergraduate students
- Columbia Neuroscience Society (CNS)
- Columbia University Emergency Medical Services (CUEMS)
- Charles Drew Premedical Society - Student run organization focused on those pursuing the medical field
- Health Education Advocacy League (HEAL) - Teach neighborhood kids about health and science
- Center for Science and Society - Exploring the intersection of science and society through innovative interdisciplinary methods
- BioBus - Mobile science lab which helps minority, female, and low-income K - 12 and college students discover, explore, and pursue science
Honors
- Graduating with honors
Your Future
- Applying to graduate school
- Careers in biology
- Of special interest to premeds