The School of General Studies, commonly known as General Studies or simply GS, is Columbia University's undergraduate college for non-traditional students.
GS students have the option to attend part- or full-time (unlike Columbia College, whose students are required to attend full-time). In the 2006 class, the average age was 27 for incoming students, and the majority attend full-time.
GS awards both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science d...
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The School of General Studies, commonly known as General Studies or simply GS, is Columbia University's undergraduate college for non-traditional students.
GS students have the option to attend part- or full-time (unlike Columbia College, whose students are required to attend full-time). In the 2006 class, the average age was 27 for incoming students, and the majority attend full-time.
GS awards both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. Located at Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus, GS is also home to Columbia's Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, which is the largest and oldest in the United States.
Students at GS take the same classes, with the same professors, and earn the same degree as students in Columbia’s other undergraduate colleges, a distinction that makes GS unique in the Ivy League. A Columbia undergraduate class could include students from any of the following schools: GS, Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science,...
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