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Motto | Lux in Tenebris Lucet[1] |
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Motto in English | The light that shines in the darkness |
Type | Private |
Established | 1947 |
Dean | Lisa Rosen-Metsch |
Students | 2,603 (Fall 2019) |
Address | 408 Lewisohn Hall , New York City , |
Campus | Morningside Heights Campus, urban, 36 acres (0.15 km2; 0.056 sq mi) |
Affiliations | Albert A. List College (Jewish Theological Seminary of America), Sciences Po, Trinity College Dublin, Tel Aviv University, and City University of Hong Kong |
Website | https://gs.columbia.edu/ |
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The School of General Studies, Columbia University (GS) is a liberal arts college and one of the undergraduate colleges of Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights, New York City.[2] GS is known primarily for its traditional B.A. program for non-traditional students (those who have had an academic break of at least one year or are pursuing dual degrees). GS students make up almost 30% of the Columbia undergraduate population.
GS offers dual-degree programs with several leading universities around the world.[3] It offers dual degrees with List College of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Sciences Po in France, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, Tel Aviv University in Israel, and City University of Hong Kong.[3] It also offers the BA/MA Option with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,[4] the Combined Plan and the MS Express program with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,[5][6] and five-year joint degrees with the School of International and Public Affairs.[7] GS offers the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, the oldest and largest program of its kind in the United States.[3]
Notable alumni include Nobel Prize winners Simon Kuznets, Baruj Benacerraf, and Louise Glück, as well as Isaac Asimov, J.D. Salinger, Amelia Earhart,[8][9] Leonard Cohen and Princess Firyal of Jordan.[10]