<p>If I apply to Columbia Engineering and get in, will I be able to attend classes from Columbia Arts and Sciences?</p>
<p>Yes. In fact, most of the courses you'll be taking in your first two years will be just as you've described. By the way, Columbia Arts and Sciences is more affectionately (and officially) known as Columbia College. Unless of course you're talking about the Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, which is a completely different story.</p>
<p>So why is there a difference between Columbia Engineering vs CC?</p>
<p>Engineering is a separate world from CC. they have completely different courseloads and emphases. Engineers only take a tiny part of the core and have different required classes instead.</p>
<p>yes, if you're in SEAS you can take many of the same courses that students in the college take.</p>
<p>compare differing requirements:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.college.columbia.edu/bulletin%5B/url%5D">http://www.college.columbia.edu/bulletin</a></p>
<p>Is Columbia Engineering a good engineering school? I only know that Columbia College is a good school but I'm not sure about this subsection.</p>
<p>SEAS is good, but not ranked as highly among engineering schools as CC is among liberal arts schools. check out engineering school rankings if you want. The Columbia name does count for something though.</p>