<p>How easy or difficult would it be for a student who was admitted to the Fu Foundation SEAS to start there and pursue engineering, but later decide to switch to the Columbia College to major in economics or business instead? What are the steps involved? Is there a formal application to the Columbia College or just a form to complete with signatures of both outgoing and incoming departments? I know SEAS students take only half of the Core Curriculum so such as switch would entail taking extra humanities classes. But is there a formal re-application process?</p>
<p>Basically - yes, you can transfer, but there’s no guarantee that you’ll be accepted by the other school. You’ll also have to submit an application like the one when you applied to SEAS. Since you’re transferring from SEAS, you’d have to take extra classes (eg. Lit Hum) to make up for not having taken them in SEAS. As far as I know, it’s more common to switch from SEAS to CC, but the reverse has happened. The number of people who switch between schools, however, is very small, probably due to the difficulty in keeping up with each school’s requirements.</p>
<p>You might also want to look at the 4+1 program:</p>
<p>"The 4-1 Program at Columbia College:</p>
<p>The 4-1 Program provides students in The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science the opportunity to obtain a B.A. degree from the College with one additional year of study after completion of four years of study and fulfillment of all requirements for the B.S. degree in engineering. Students who are interested in the 4-1 Program must declare their interest in the spring of their sophomore year and plan their next three years of study with the program adviser. The program is selective, and admission is based on the following factors: granting of the B.S. at SEAS at the end of the fourth year; the fulfillment of the College Core requirements by the end of the fourth year at SEAS; maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.0 in College Core and other courses; the successful completion of any prerequisites for the College major or concentration; and creating a plan to complete a College major or concentration by the end of their 5th year that is approved by the appropriate director of Undergraduate Studies. For more information, students should contact their advising dean."</p>
<p>^ That’s going from CC to SEAS. The answer is that it is more difficult to go from SEAS to CC than vice versa. Contact Columbia directly on this. Both schools’ offices are in Hamilton Hall.</p>