Multicultural Requirement
Every student who graduates from Columbia College with a bachelor's degree must meet the Multicultural requirement.
Students who participate in a study abroad experience or who have lived for at least six continuous months in a single country other than the United States do not require coursework to meet this requirement.
School transcripts from a foreign country or military orders can be used to document residence outside of the United States.
All other students must complete a course which explores other cultures or cultivates an appreciation of cultural diversity. Cultural studies courses and courses listed below satisfy the requirement.
- ANTH 212 Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH/HIST 235 History and Democracy in the Modern Middle East
- ANTH/GEOG 1901 Introduction to Geography
- ANTH/SOCI 112 General Anthropology
- ANTH/SOCI 270 Minority Cultures and Relations
- ANTH/SOCI Slavery and Human Trafficking
- ANTH/SOCI/WMST 336 Global Perspectives on Women and Development
- ARTS 111 Art and Ideas I
- BIOL/ENVS 115 Introduction to Environmental Science
- BIOL/GEOG 251 Resource Management
- CISS 390 Global Information Systems Management
- COMM 224 Film History and Analysis
- COMM 303 Intercultural Communication
- CJAD 320 Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice
- ECON 293 Macroeconomics
- ECON/FINC 495 International Finance
- ENGL 123 Introduction to Mythology and Folklore
- ENGL 263 World Literature I
- ENGL 264 World Literature II
- ENGL 450 Minority & Ethnic Literature of the U.S.
- ENVS /BIOL 115 Introduction to Environmental Science
- FINC/ECON 495 International Finance
- GEOG/ANTH 101 Introduction to Geography
- HIST 111 World History to 1500
- HIST 112 World History Since 1500
- HIST 231 Imperial Russia
- HIST 234 History of Latin America
- HIST/ANTH 235 History and Democracy in the Modern Middle East
- HIST 314 Modern China
- HIST 318 The Vietnam War
- HIST 316 Modern Japan
- HIST 372 American Indian History
- MGMT 338 International Business
- MGMT 339 Cross-Cultural Management
- MKTG 410 Global Marketing
- MATH 330 History of Mathematics
- PHIL/RELI 202 Introduction to Eastern Philosophies and Religions
- POSC 292 International Relations
- POSC 317 Politics of Russia and Eurasia
- POSC 321 Politics of Developing Nations
- POSC 331 European Politics
- POSC 353 Asian Politics
- RELI 101 Religion and Human Experience
- RELI 201 Religious Classic Texts
- RELI/PHIL 202 Introduction to Eastern Philosophies and Religions
- SOCI 111 General Sociology
- SOCI/ANTH 112 General Anthropology
- SOCI/ANTH 270 Minority Cultures and Relations
- SOCI/WMST/ANTH 336 Global Perspectives on Women and Development