<p>I am planning to transfer to CC and I would like to know what are the required courses for freshmen. How important are the courses that I take at another college ? What kind of courses should I take at another college?</p>
<p>The core curriculum, as Columbia sees it, is almost entirely unique, and almost nothing at other universities can substitute what you learn in the foundational core classes (lit hum, CC, art hum, music hum). The core is what makes Columbia College what it is, and many other universities (like UChicago) model their core after Columbia's, though they don't do it quite the way Columbia does. For your freshman year you should try taking an expository writing course, some foreign language, and some science to cover the core. If you transfer in your sophomore year, you're going to have a lot of the core curriculum to make up. The core is as follows:</p>
<p>2 semesters of Literature Humanities (Lit Hum)
2 semesters of Contemporary Civilization (CC)
1 semester of Art Humanities (art hum)
1 semester of Music Humanities (music hum)
1 semester of University Writing (UW)
3 semesters of science
4 semesters of a foreign language
2 semesters of PE
2 semesters of non-western cultures studies (Major Cultures).</p>
<p>There are no real "freshman" requirements, per se, but all students at Columbia College should spread the core curriculum over 4 years. Freshmen are required to take lit hum and uw, but you won't be able to take lit hum since you won't be at Columbia.</p>
<p>Thanks........ How important are SATs for transfers? High school record?</p>
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<p>I wouldn't orient my life around attempting to get into CC as a transfer. In the same way you can't "plan" to win the lottery, you shouldn't plan to get accepted to Columbia.</p>
<p>if you want to give him the benefit of the doubt, he could have just been saying that he's planning to file the transfer app to CC. </p>
<p>but columbia2002 is right, it's very stiff competition, and you should try to enjoy your time wherever you're going. you may find that you won't want to transfer anymore after a year or so. don't take classes just because you think they align with columbia's core curriculum, because chances are you won't get core credit for them anyway (with a few exceptions).</p>
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