Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Graduate School of
Arts, School of the Arts and Sciences, Faculty of
Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of
Barnard College (Affiliate)
Business, Graduate School of
Columbia College
Continuing Education, School of
Dental Medicine, College of
Engineering and Applied Science, The Fu Foundation School of
General Studies, School of
Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program
International and Public Affairs, School of
Jewish Theological Seminary (Affiliate)
Journalism, Graduate School of
Law, School of
Nursing, School of
Physicians and Surgeons, College of
Public Health, Mailman School of
Social Work, School of
Teachers College (Affiliate)
Union Theological Seminary (Affiliate)
Source: Columbia University website.
Doc, to reiterate, The School of General Studies is a handy place. One could drop in and take a course not offered by one's own institution, or whatever. It is not the same as going to Columbia College. If you go to Columbia General Studies long enough, and take enough courses, and matriculate, you can get a degree from the University. You still did not go to Columbia College.
Columbia College is (a) small, (b) elite, (c) very hard to get into. Columbia General Studies requires you to be (a) breathing (b) be able to pay tuition one way or another.
I in no way wish to disparage Columbia General Studies, and this fantastic opportunity it offers folks who are not "mainstream" to acquire an education or follow some discipline in which they are interested. But, in this, it is no different or no more unique than Harvard, or Yale, or any another big-time University. So, BHO, Jr. is, or may well be, a graduate of Columbia University. He did not attend Columbia College. And his records at the University remain sealed, or lost, or hidden, or something, as do his records at Occidental.
The missing "thesis," IMHO, is probably nothing more than a required term paper in a particular course, and would not be filed in the Columbia Library.
The media went to great trouble to access every single course GW had taken at Yale, and only dropped the inquiry when it developed that he had generally higher grades than Kerry. Point is, both sets of records were AVAILABLE. Hello?
PS
In the late 50s, I took a science course I needed at Columbia General Studies because of scheduling conflicts at my much smaller college. Not bad!
My apologies. I didn’t say this the way that I meant it, and I was incorrect. I should have said that there isn’t an independent Columbia College in NYC, that is not affiliated with Columbia University. In fact, Columbia College was officially changed to Columbia University, but undergraduate studies still retain the name.
It is completely untrue that the “Columbia University General Studies” program accepts anyone who walks through the door.
http://www.gs.columbia.edu/index_faqs.htm “Columbia University School of General Studies (GS) is as competitive as Columbia’s traditional, undergraduate colleges, which include Columbia College, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and affiliate Barnard College. Though admission requirements differ slightly from the aforementioned schools because of our nontraditional student applicant pool, GS only admits the best and the brightest prospective students.”
And it appears the Columbia College of Columbia University believes that Barack Obama did not graduate from the Department of General Studies.
http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan05/cover.php
My apologies for the error.