Overview/FAQs

Advising - Start Here 

• How to find what you need
• Before seeing an advisor check our FAQs
  • First Years & Prospective Students
  • Majors & Prospective Majors 
  • General Studies & Transfer Students
• 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:
  • Biology major
  • Biology concentration
  • Biochemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Neuroscience and Behavior
  • Environmental Biology
• Requirements for General Studies:
  • Biology major
  • Biochemistry
  • Neuroscience and Behavior

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