Columbia College Overhauls Core Curriculum to Enhance Flexibility and Address Financial Deficit
Columbia College has announced a significant overhaul of its core curriculum, reducing the required credits from 42 to 30. This change is part of a broader restructuring effort aimed at addressing the college's financial deficit and aligning the curriculum with current enrollment realities. The new core curriculum is designed to offer students more flexibility in their schedules, allowing them to focus more on their majors while still fulfilling general education requirements. The revised curriculum includes broader, interdisciplinary categories such as Aesthetics and Creative Expression, Quantitative Reasoning, and Historical and Cultural Understanding. This shift is intended to reflect the diverse interests and identities of Columbia's student body, with minors in areas like queer and gender studies, Black world studies, and Latinx and Latino studies being maintained. The changes also aim to streamline course offerings, reducing the catalog from over 400 courses to a more manageable selection. 
