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'''Faculties''' at Columbia are the formal bodies that form the academic backbone of Columbia's 16 schools and two affiliates. Each is large, prestigious, and like everything else at Columbia, complex and decentralized. In total, there are 20 separate faculties, in addition to 79 [[Departments of Instruction|departments of instruction]]. In general, the "faculties" correlate to what most people know as "schools" within the University. 16 of the 20 faculties are the schools of Columbia University, 2 are affiliated schools, and 2 are organizational constructs ([[Faculty of Arts and Sciences|Arts and Sciences]], and Health Sciences).
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'''Faculties''' at Columbia are the formal bodies that form the academic backbone of Columbia's 16 schools and two affiliates. Each is large, prestigious, and like everything else at Columbia, complex and decentralized.
  
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The difference between faculties and departments in general is that faculties as a body are in charge of organizing curricular programs that lead to [[Degrees|degrees and certificates]], while departments are bodies in charge of instruction. Faculties can be made up of many departments or just one, and conversely departments can be part of multiple faculties or just one.
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In general, the "faculties" correlate to what most people know as "schools" within the University. Faculties can be made up of many departments or just one, and conversely departments can be part of multiple faculties or just one. The difference between faculties and departments in general is that faculties as a body are in charge of organizing curricular programs that lead to [[Degrees|degrees and certificates]], while departments are bodies in charge of instruction.  
  
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In the fall of 2008, Columbia employed 3,566 full-time faculty. 880 teach in the Arts and Sciences, 497 in the professional faculties, 2,189 in Health Sciences. In addition there are at least 70 instructors in physical education.
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Each faculty is led by either a dean, or in the case of the two unified super-faculties, an academic vice president (who is simultaneously dean of the super-faculty). They are appointed by the [[Trustees]] on nomination by the [[President]], and serve renewable terms of usually five years. The exception to this rule is the [[Law School]], where the Dean is selected by faculty election. All deans are subordinate to the [[Provost]], and in the case of the Arts and Sciences and Health Sciences, the constituent faculty deans are also subordinate to their respective academic vice president/dean who is in turn subordinate to the Provost.
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Columbia counts a total of 20 faculties, of which 18 are part of the university proper and 2 are affiliated.
  
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== Faculties ==
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==Columbia University faculties==
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Columbia University has 18 faculties, of which 16 are schools and 2 are organizational constructs (FAS and Health Sciences).
  
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=== Faculty of Arts and Sciences ===
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*[[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]], comprising the following 6 faculties (making 7 in total):
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The unified [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] is one of Columbia's two "super faculties" - administrative constructs intended to put one person (in this case the Vice President of Arts and Sciences) in charge of a number of faculties with significant overlap in needs and goals.
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:*[[Columbia College]] (unified with GSAS and GS)
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:*[[Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]] (unified with CC and GS)
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:*[[School of General Studies]] (unified with CC and GSAS)
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:*[[School of International and Public Affairs]]
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:*[[School of the Arts]]
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:*[[School of Continuing Education]]
  
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The unified faculty is actually a recent creation, having been established in [[1991]] as the culmination of a series of administrative restructurings. It is composed of itself and its 6 constituent faculties: [[Columbia College]], the [[Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]] (itself having been only formed in [[1979]] through the merger of the schools/faculties of Political Science, Philosophy, and Pure Science), [[General Studies]], [[School of International and Public Affairs|International and Public Affairs]], [[School of the Arts|the Arts]], and [[Continuing Education]]. The first three of these 'faculties' are actually made up of the same people, since they share a single body of instructors. Once upon a time though, CC, GS, and GSAS had separate faculties (i.e. sets of instructors - although a professor could hold appointments to more than one of them.) Today the "faculties" of those schools really just exist administratively to correlate to the curricular programs of their schools.
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*6 Morningside professional faculties:
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:*[[Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation]]
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:*[[Columbia Business School]]
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:*[[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]]
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:*[[Journalism]]
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:*[[Columbia Law School]] - only professional faculty at Columbia that can grant [[tenure]] without approval from the central administration
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:*[[School of Social Work]]
  
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=== Morningside Heights Professional Faculties ===
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*Faculty of Health Sciences at [[Columbia University Medical Center]], comprising the following 4 faculties (making 5 in total):
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There are 6 'professional' faculties on the [[Morningside Heights campus]]: [[Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation|Architecture, Planning and Preservation]]; [[Columbia Business School|Business]]; the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]]; [[Journalism]]; [[Columbia Law School|Law]]; and [[School of Social Work|Social Work]]. Each corresponds directly with a distinct school. The faculty of law is the only one at Columbia that can grant [[tenure]] without approval from the central administration.
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*[[College of Dental Medicine]]
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*[[College of Physicians and Surgeons]]
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*[[School of Nursing]]
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*[[Mailman School of Public Health]]
  
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=== Health Sciences Faculties ===
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== Affiliated faculties ==
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The unified Faculty of Health Sciences coordinates the activity of its 5 constituent faculties: [[College of Dental Medicine|Dental and Oral Surgery]], [[College of Physicians and Surgeons|Medicine]], [[School of Nursing|Nursing]], and the [[Mailman School of Public Health]]. These all operate out of the [[Columbia University Medical Center]].
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There are two affiliated faculties:
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*[[Barnard College]]
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*[[Teachers College]]
  
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=== Affiliated Schools ===
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The university has oversight of both in [[tenuring]].
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In addition to the 18 faculties of Columbia proper, the University counts among its faculties the faculty of [[Barnard College|Barnard]] and the faculty of [[Teachers College]], over both of which the University has oversight in [[tenuring]].
 
  
 
== Extra-faculty Administrative Boards ==
 
== Extra-faculty Administrative Boards ==
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The university also has three administrative boards that exist outside of the faculties, but act like them, to oversee special programs.
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The university also has three administrative boards that exist outside of the faculties, but act like them, to oversee special programs:
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*[[Executive Committee of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]] - All PhDs, regardless of which faculty the program is a part of, are granted by the [[Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]]. This is the committee that deals with that quirk.
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===Executive Committee of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences===
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*[[Administrative Board for the Master of Arts in Teaching]] - oversees the [[MA]] program at [[TC]]
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All PhDs, regardless of which faculty the program is a part of, are granted by the [[Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]]. This is the committee that deals with that quirk.
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*[[Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law]] - a program housed within the [[Law School]] and undertaken jointly with [[SIPA]]
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===Administrative Board for the Master of Arts in Teaching===
 
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Oversees the [[MA]] program at [[TC]].
 
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===The Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law===
 
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The [[Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law]] is a program housed within the [[Law School]] and undertaken jointly with [[SIPA]].
 
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== Deans and Vice Presidents ==
 
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Each faculty is led by either a dean, or in the case of the two unified super-faculties, an academic vice president (who is simultaneously dean of the super-faculty). They are appointed by the [[Trustees]] on nomination by the [[President]], and serve renewable terms of usually five years. The exception to this rule is the [[Law School]], where the Dean is selected by faculty election. All deans are subordinate to the [[Provost]], and in the case of the Arts and Sciences and Health Sciences, the constituent faculty deans are also subordinate to their respective academic vice president/dean who is in turn subordinate to the Provost.
 
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==

Revision as of 08:25, 17 December 2013

Faculties at Columbia are the formal bodies that form the academic backbone of Columbia's 16 schools and two affiliates. Each is large, prestigious, and like everything else at Columbia, complex and decentralized.

In general, the "faculties" correlate to what most people know as "schools" within the University. Faculties can be made up of many departments or just one, and conversely departments can be part of multiple faculties or just one. The difference between faculties and departments in general is that faculties as a body are in charge of organizing curricular programs that lead to degrees and certificates, while departments are bodies in charge of instruction.

Each faculty is led by either a dean, or in the case of the two unified super-faculties, an academic vice president (who is simultaneously dean of the super-faculty). They are appointed by the Trustees on nomination by the President, and serve renewable terms of usually five years. The exception to this rule is the Law School, where the Dean is selected by faculty election. All deans are subordinate to the Provost, and in the case of the Arts and Sciences and Health Sciences, the constituent faculty deans are also subordinate to their respective academic vice president/dean who is in turn subordinate to the Provost.

Columbia counts a total of 20 faculties, of which 18 are part of the university proper and 2 are affiliated.

Columbia University faculties

Columbia University has 18 faculties, of which 16 are schools and 2 are organizational constructs (FAS and Health Sciences).

  • 6 Morningside professional faculties:

Affiliated faculties

There are two affiliated faculties:

The university has oversight of both in tenuring.

Extra-faculty Administrative Boards

The university also has three administrative boards that exist outside of the faculties, but act like them, to oversee special programs:

External links

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