<p>been awhile since i started a thread...</p>
<p>anyways, I know its been said here before that if Columbia doesnt offer a language they will either send you to a school that does or they will find someone (grad students maybe?) to teach it to you.</p>
<p>can anyone find a link to this policy in writing? i just had a talk with my advisor who claimed s/he didnt know about this</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>no help at all?</p>
<p>Never heard of such things. It doesn't really make sense. Can you just say I want to learn some rare tribal language that 10 people speak in the Bahamas, and they send you to the Bahamas for the semester?</p>
<p>I knew someone who took Gaelic at NYU through this policy. She was at Barnard, though, perhaps that makes a difference. I didn't know her well enough to give you her info though, sorry.</p>
<p>yea, i'v heard of this policy before as well....but i'm sure it has limitations (haven't heard the grad student teaching it to you part but you can def take it at another school).....honestly though, i'm sure it would be a pain in the ass having to commute to go to one of your classes</p>
<p>Columbia has a language exchange program with NYU, which allows students from either school to cross-register. </p>
<p>See:
<a href="http://www.college.columbia.edu/bulletin/depts/lang.php?tab=courses%5B/url%5D">http://www.college.columbia.edu/bulletin/depts/lang.php?tab=courses</a>
(check under Tagalog & Cantonese) </p>
<p>are you thinking of UPenn?</p>