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The M.A. Student Handbook provides students in free-standing M.A. programs and in programs leading to the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies with a description of the organization, policies and resources of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). For the purposes of this Handbook, it is important to distinguish between M.A. programs that are inside and those that are outside the Arts and Sciences. A listing of both is given in section I.E. While primarily designed as a guide for students, this Handbook can also serve as a resource for Directors of Graduate Studies (DGSs), Departmental Administrators (DAs), and others who counsel or oversee M.A. students. Individual Master’s programs outside the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences may have additional guidelines, and students should refer to their own programs for this information. Lists of instructional faculty and their research interests are contained in admissions information for each program at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas/.
Since many aspects of funding, fees, academic requirements, and resources differ between free-standing M.A. programs and Ph.D. programs, students who are pursuing the Ph.D. (or who are officially enrolled in Ph.D. programs that require the Master’s as a step toward the Ph.D.) should consult GSAS Ph.D. Student Handbook, the Web pages of their programs, and their advisers for information about the rules and resources that pertain to them.
While all Columbia University M.A.s are granted by GSAS, GSAS has administrative and budgetary control only over Master’s programs in the Arts and Sciences, not over Master’s programs housed in other schools. M.A. programs in the School of Dental Medicine, the School of Journalism, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons are administered and funded through the Dean’s offices of each respective school. M.A. students in these programs should consult the Dean’s offices of their individual schools to learn about any additional policies and resources that apply to them.
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