COLUMBIA COLLEGE
MAJOR/CONCENTRATION DECLARATION/CHANGE
Submit this completed form to the Center for Student Advising. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY.
Name: __________________________________________________________________________________
UNI: ___________________________________ Cell Phone: ________________________________________
Class Year: _________ (Note: Students cannot declare a major before spring of sophomore year, i.e. the 4th semester.)
Student Signature: _________________________________________ Date: ____________________________
Departmental approval is required to add the following majors/concentrations. Please contact the Director of Undergraduate
Studies (listed in the Columbia College Bulletin http://www.college.columbia.edu/academics/dus) if you plan to major/concentrate in
one of the following areas. You do not need approval to delete a major/concentration.
Architecture – 500 Diana
Italian – 502 Hamilton
Comparative Literature & Society – Heyman Ctr.
Latin American and Iberian Cultures – 101 Casa Hispánica
Creative Writing – 617 Kent
Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies – 513 Knox
Drama and Theatre Arts: Theatre Dept. – 507 Milbank Hall
Physics – 704 Pupin
Earth & Environmental Sciences – 556 Schermerhorn ext.
Sustainable Development – Hogan Hall Suite A110
East Asian Languages & Cultures – 407 Kent
Urban Studies – 208 Hamilton
Film Studies – 513 Dodge
Visual Arts – 310 Dodge
Psychology –Departmental approval is required to add a psychology major but not a concentration. For instructions please see
www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/dept/ugrad/PSYC.html or contact uca@psych.columbia.edu.
Biochemistry—Either the Chemistry or Biology Department’s approval is required. You should contact either Vesna Gasperov (211A
Havemeyer) in Chemistry or Brent Stockwell in Biology (1208 Northwest Corner Building)
Please ADD the following to my record:
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DEPARTMENTAL APPROVAL (if required)
Type:  Major
 Concentration
 Special
Concentration/Program
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DEPARTMENTAL APPROVAL (if required)
Type:  Major
 Concentration
 Special
Concentration/Program
Please DELETE the following major or concentration from my record (no approval/signatures required):
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Please ADD the following Independent major/concentration to my record:
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DEAN of ACADEMIC AFFAIRS (signature req.)
Do you already participate or do you plan to participate in the Music Performance Program?
Do you plan to apply to a health professions school? (medical, dental, veterinary)
Do you plan to apply to law school?
Center for Student Advising
403 Lerner Hall, MC: 1201 * (212) 854-6378 (p) (212) 854-2562 (f)
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