The Graduate School requires two Residence Units completed at Columbia for the M.A. degree. Three exceptions to the Residence Unit requirement are the free-standing M.A. Programs in French Cultural Studies and Japanese Pedagogy and the Liberal Studies Master’s (L.S.M.A.) programs, where students earn points rather than Residence Units. For a full description of the special requirements of individual departments and programs, see Degree and Academic Requirements of Individual Programs in section X.