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.
