<p>I am making this clarification in order to halt any and all propagation of information fueled by ignorance (whether it is willful ignorance or not). This will also end any and all ignorance-fueled debate on the matter.</p>
<p>C-designated courses are under the "Columbia College" division, but are open to enrollment by all students from Columbia College, Engineering and Applied Science, General Studies, School of Continuing Education, and Barnard. Example shown here Fall</a> 2010 Biology C2005 section 001</p>
<p>If you'd like to see more examples, you can click "home" at the bottom, and then look through the directory of courses alphabetically. Once you find one to your liking, you can click on the section number in order to bring yourself to the next page. This following page will list all the types of students that the class is open to for enrollment, under "Open To".</p>
<p>Even C-designated University Writing is open to GS students. The only thing here is that GS requires its students to take the F-designated University Writing as a matter of graduation requirements. Aside from that, you can take any C division classes you like in order to fulfill your graduation requirements. As a matter of fact, many CC, SEAS, GS, SCE, and BC students will need to take a varying number of W (interfaculty courses) for some of their major requirements anyways.</p>
<p>I think people tend to care more about their major classes than their G.E. classes, and as far as I can see, major classes do fall into the category of being open to all.</p>
<p>The only two courses that are not required for GS students are CC and Lit hum, core classes that are constantly being complained about by CC counterparts. To correct the previous poster, a GS student pay petition to gain entry to either one of these classes, although it is unclear why anyone might want to. At any rate, I know a few GS kids that did take these classes, so you are able to as a GS student if you so desire.</p>
<p>There are special GS sections for Lit hum and CC. However, everyone who takes these classes sees this as an advantage. Freshman CC students are mostly timid, and their Lit hum classes consist mainly of the professor talking to a classroom full of silent kids. The GS sections, on the other hand, are full of students who have had much life experience and are not afraid to share it with everyone else. Many professors prefer teaching the GS sections because they can relate to the students much better than they can with CC classes.</p>
<p>I am a GS junior. The ONLY class that GS students cannot take the C and MUST take the F is University Writing. All other C classes are open to GS. Period. You may not be able to register online if it is a class that is being held for incoming freshmen (in which case you would just register through your advisor).</p>
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