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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is organized into 30 departments of instruction, typically split into 5 categories. Numbers refer to the number of full-time faculty reported by [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/full_time_faculty.htm OPIR].
 
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is organized into 30 departments of instruction, typically split into 5 categories. Numbers refer to the number of full-time faculty reported by [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/full_time_faculty.htm OPIR].
  
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Humanities departments(327):
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Humanities departments (327):
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# [[Art History and Archaeology Department]]
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<ol start="1">
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# [[Classics Department]]
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<li>[[Art History and Archaeology Department]]</li>
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# [[East Asian Languages and Cultures Department]]
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<li>[[Classics Department]]</li>
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# [[English and Comparative Literature Department]]
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<li>[[East Asian Languages and Cultures Department]]</li>
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# [[French and Romance Philology Department]]
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<li>[[English and Comparative Literature Department]]</li>
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# [[Germanic Languages Department]]
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<li>[[French and Romance Philology Department]]</li>
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# [[Italian Department]]
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<li>[[Germanic Languages Department]]</li>
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# [[Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Department]]
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<li>[[Italian Department]]</li>
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# [[Music Department]]
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<li>[[Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Department]]</li>
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# [[Philosophy Department]]
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<li>[[Music Department]]</li>
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# [[Religion Department]]
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<li>[[Philosophy Department]]</li>
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# [[Slavic Languages Department]]
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<li>[[Religion Department]]</li>
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# [[Spanish and Portuguese Department]]
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<li>[[Slavic Languages Department]]</li>
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<li>[[Spanish and Portuguese Department]]</li>
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</ol>
  
 
Social sciences departments (218):
 
Social sciences departments (218):
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# [[Anthropology Department]]
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<ol start="14">
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# [[Economics Department]]
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<li>[[Anthropology Department]]</li>
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# [[History Department]]
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<li>[[Economics Department]]</li>
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# [[SIPA|International and Public Affairs]] (which is also a whole Faculty, Est. 1946)
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<li>[[History Department]]</li>
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# [[Political Science Department]]
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<li>[[School of International and Public Affairs]] - also a faculty itself (see below)</li>
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# [[Sociology Department]]
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<li>[[Political Science Department]]</li>
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<li>[[Sociology Department]]</li>
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</ol>
  
 
Natural sciences departments (217):
 
Natural sciences departments (217):
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# [[Astronomy Department]]
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<ol start="20">
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# [[Biological Sciences Department]]
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<li>[[Astronomy Department]]</li>
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# [[Chemistry Department]]
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<li>[[Biological Sciences Department]]</li>
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# [[Earth and Environmental Sciences Department]]
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<li>[[Chemistry Department]]</li>
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# [[Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology Department]]
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<li>[[Earth and Environmental Sciences Department]]</li>
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# [[Mathematics Department]]
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<li>[[Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology Department]]</li>
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# [[Physics Department]]
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<li>[[Mathematics Department]]</li>
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# [[Psychology Department]]
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<li>[[Physics Department]]</li>
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# [[Statistics Department]]
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<li>[[Psychology Department]]</li>
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<li>[[Statistics Department]]</li>
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</ol>
  
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* [[School of Continuing Education]] (19) - also a faculty itself (see below)
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Education department:
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<ol start="29">
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<li>[[School of Continuing Education]] (19) - also a faculty itself (see below)</li>
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</ol>
  
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* [[School of the Arts]] (63) - also a faculty itself (see below)
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Arts department:
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<ol start="30">
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<li>[[School of the Arts]] (63) - also a faculty itself (see below)</li>
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</ol>
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===[[Faculty of International and Public Affairs]] at the [[School of International and Public Affairs]]===
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* single department - also a department of the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] (already counted above)
  
 
===[[Faculty of Education]] at the [[School of Continuing Education]] (19, Est. 2002)===
 
===[[Faculty of Education]] at the [[School of Continuing Education]] (19, Est. 2002)===
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Also a department of the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] (see above).
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* single department - also a department of the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] (already counted above)
  
 
===[[Faculty of Arts]] at the [[School of the Arts]] (63, Est. 1948)===
 
===[[Faculty of Arts]] at the [[School of the Arts]] (63, Est. 1948)===
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Also a department of the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] (see above). The School of the Arts has four internal "divisions", but these are not part of the university-wide designations.
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The School of the Arts has four internal "divisions", but these are not part of the university-wide designations.
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* single department - also a department of the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] (already counted above)
  
 
==Morningside professional faculties (468)==
 
==Morningside professional faculties (468)==

Revision as of 05:25, 17 December 2013

Columbia has 79 Departments of Instruction into which faculty are organised. Of the 79 departments, 78 are affiliated with various faculties and one, the Department of Physical Education, stands unaffiliated with any faculty.

Morningside non-professional faculties

Faculty of Arts and Sciences (844, Est. 1880)

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is organized into 30 departments of instruction, typically split into 5 categories. Numbers refer to the number of full-time faculty reported by OPIR.

Humanities departments (327):

  1. Art History and Archaeology Department
  2. Classics Department
  3. East Asian Languages and Cultures Department
  4. English and Comparative Literature Department
  5. French and Romance Philology Department
  6. Germanic Languages Department
  7. Italian Department
  8. Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Department
  9. Music Department
  10. Philosophy Department
  11. Religion Department
  12. Slavic Languages Department
  13. Spanish and Portuguese Department

Social sciences departments (218):

  1. Anthropology Department
  2. Economics Department
  3. History Department
  4. School of International and Public Affairs - also a faculty itself (see below)
  5. Political Science Department
  6. Sociology Department

Natural sciences departments (217):

  1. Astronomy Department
  2. Biological Sciences Department
  3. Chemistry Department
  4. Earth and Environmental Sciences Department
  5. Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology Department
  6. Mathematics Department
  7. Physics Department
  8. Psychology Department
  9. Statistics Department

Education department:

  1. School of Continuing Education (19) - also a faculty itself (see below)

Arts department:

  1. School of the Arts (63) - also a faculty itself (see below)

Faculty of International and Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs

Faculty of Education at the School of Continuing Education (19, Est. 2002)

Faculty of Arts at the School of the Arts (63, Est. 1948)

The School of the Arts has four internal "divisions", but these are not part of the university-wide designations.

Morningside professional faculties (468)

(note that 5 of the schools are also departments; Only Engineering, the largest of the Schools, is subdivided into 9 departments)

Faculty of Engineering at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (152, Est. 1864)

  1. Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics (29)
  2. Biomedical Engineering (19)
  3. Chemical Engineering (10)
  4. Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (13)
  5. Computer Science (35)
  6. Earth and Environmental Engineering (15) (formerly "Mining, Metallurgical, and Mineral Engineering (Henry Krumb School of Mines))
  7. Electrical Engineering (20)
  8. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (16)
  9. Mechanical Engineering (11)

Additional faculty unaccounted for in above departments:

Faculty of Business] at Columbia Business School (131, Est. 1916)

Business does not have "departments", it has "divisions". Almost half of the faculty are in the Finance and Economics division.

  1. Accounting Division (12)
  2. Management Division (22)
  3. Finance and Economics Division* (60)
  4. Marketing Division (16)
  5. Decision, Risk and Operations Division (19)
  • Note that there is also a department of economics

Faculty of Law at Columbia Law School (89, Est. 1858)

Faculty of Social Work at the School of Social Work (43, Est. 1898)

Faculty of Journalism at the Graduate School of Journalism (30, Est. 1912)

Faculty of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) (23, Est. 1896)

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) (2163)

Faculty of Clinical Health Sciences (1667)

Note that, for 2000-2006, Clinical Health Sciences accounted for, on average, %48 of total faculty.

  1. Anesthesiology
  2. Biomedical Informatics
  3. Dermatology
  4. Medicine, which claims "faculty of over 1300 physicians and scientists", further subdivided into:
    1. Allen Pavilion
    2. Cardiology
    3. Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
    4. Digestive & Liver Diseases
    5. Endocrinology
    6. Behavioral Cardiovascular Health Hypertension Program
    7. General Medicine
    8. Geriatric Medicine
    9. Hospital Medicine
    10. Hematology & Oncology
    11. Infectious Diseases
    12. Molecular Medicine "basically a research division"
    13. Nephrology
    14. Preventive Medicine and Nutrition "basically a research division, with basically just one clinician"
    15. Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
    16. Rheumatology
  5. Neurological Surgery
  6. Neurology
  7. Obstetrics and Gynecology
  8. Ophthalmology
  9. Orthopedic Surgery
  10. Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
  11. Pediatrics
  12. Psychiatry
  13. Radiation Oncology
  14. Radiology
  15. Rehabilitation Medicine
  16. Surgery
  17. Urology

Faculty of Basic Health Sciences (182)

  1. Anatomy and Cell Biology
  2. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
  3. Genetics and Development
  4. Microbiology
  5. Pathology
  6. Pharmacology
  7. Physiology and Cellular Biophysics

Faculty of the School of Public Health (165, Est. 1921)

  1. Biostatistics
  2. Environmental Health Sciences
  3. Epidemiology
  4. Health Policy and Management
  5. Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
  6. Sociomedical Sciences

Faculty of Dental and Oral Surgery at the School of Dental and Oral Surgery (165)

Faculty of Nursing at the School of Nursing (78, Est. 1892)]]

Faculty of Athletics at Columbia Athletics (70)

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