Academic Course Descriptions

UNIVERSITY TRANSFER COURSES

Courses numbered 100 and above are university-level courses, with semester credits shown in brackets. Non-credit courses start with "0".
Please note:

For information on transferability, or the BC Transfer Guide (www.bctransferguide.ca).
A minimum grade of C- is required in university courses for pre-requisites, unless specified otherwise.
ENGL 100 is a corequisite for all second-year Social Science courses.
All second-year courses have a (minimum) 12 credit pre-requisite.
BIOL 100, CHEM 100, and PHYS 100 are Science courses for Arts or non-science majors and are not credit courses for Science majors.
Corequisite courses must be completed before or at the same time with another course; students are responsible for ensuring compliance. Failure to register for a required corequisite may result in removal from the course without refund.
New students arriving at Columbia directly from overseas who place in ENGL 100 (either by external test score or Columbia’s English Test, the LWA) will be required to register in ENGL 100 within the first 3 semesters and will be required to repeat this course in each subsequent semester (if necessary) until they pass it.
New overseas students placing in ENGL 100 must register within their first three semesters and repeat the course as needed until passing.
It is required that students register in ENGL 100 within the first three semesters.