The Core Curriculum was originally developed as the main curriculum used by Columbia College of Columbia University in 1919. Created in the wake of World War I, it became the framework for many simila
One section of the Contemporary Civilization Source Book in the early 1940s. There were two parts containing ten sections each. This copy shows it in use at Yale University in addition to Columbia.
President Frederick A. P. Barnard was one of the earliest proponents of the elective system in the 19th century.
Of the names listed on the Butler Library colonnade, only Demosthenes has not at some point in time been required reading in the Core Curriculum.
The Iliad, traditionally attributed to the Greek poet Homer, is one of the few works that has never left the Core Curriculum.
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Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1754 as King's Col
Core Curriculum (Columbia College)
…The Core Curriculum was originally developed as the main curriculum used by Columbia College of Columbia University in 1919. Created in the wake of World War I, it became the framework for many similar educational models throughout the United States, and has played…
Samuel Johnson, the first president of Columbia
King's College Hall in 1790
Low Memorial Library, c. 1900
Alma Mater, by Daniel Chester French (1903)