Teachers College??

[calmom]

<p>Columbia University (CU) has a system whereby it awards degrees to students who have completed courses of study under a “faculty” of the University. Both the Teachers College and Barnard faculties fall under that designation - thus students who complete those programs receive their degrees from Columbia University. There are 15 faculties in all. Students who graduate from any of those programs end up with a single degree, issued by CU. Conversely, it is not possible for a student to earn a different, non-CU degree from those programs.</p>

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The Arts and Sciences consists of seven Faculties. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which is led by the Vice President for Arts and Sciences, coordinates the programs of the other six Faculties – Columbia College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Schools of General Studies, International and Public Affairs, the Arts, and Continuing Education – as well as the 30 departments in the Arts and Sciences, and addresses questions of common concern.</p>

<p>In addition to the Arts and Sciences, there are six professional Faculties on the Morningside campus: Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Business; Engineering and Applied Science; Journalism; Law; and Social Work. Located at the Columbia University Medical Center are the Faculties of Dental Medicine, Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health. The Faculty of Health Sciences, which is led by the Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences, coordinates their programs and addresses academic issues affecting the Medical Center as a whole.</p>

<p>Two affiliated institutions – Barnard College and Teachers College – are also Faculties of the University.</p>

<p>The Faculties are responsible for organizing and conducting the programs of study leading to the degrees and certificates conferred by the University. They set the academic standards for admission, determine the requirements for graduation from those programs, and approve the courses that fulfill those requirements. They establish the rules and procedures for evaluating the proficiency of their students and recommend those who have successfully completed their programs to the President for degrees and certificates.

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<p>See: <a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/vpaa/handbook/organization.html”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/vpaa/handbook/organization.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The Theological Seminaries are NOT CU faculties. Rather, they are separate colleges which award their own degrees to their own students. They also happen to participate in joint degree programs with Columbia, whereby the students can combine studies so that they earn two degrees. Student who wish to participate in the dual degree programs need to apply to and be accepted to both schools. </p>

<p>JTS program described: </p>

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The Joint Program, which has been in place since 1954, allows students who want to pursue Jewish studies the opportunity to do so at an Ivy League university. They combine intense study at Columbia’s School of General Studies with a second bachelor of arts degree at JTS…

<a href=“http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/2537”>http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/2537&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>(Note: there is also a separate JTS/Barnard dual degree program, whereby would earn the CU degree via Barnard rather than GS.)</p>

<p>As far as I can tell, the Union program is a combination Bachelors/Masters degree.</p>

<p>There are many different joint degree programs that students can pursue, some within two separate schools under the CU umbrella, and some involving a CU school and an independent institution. I don’t know where to find a master lit of them all – but here’s a link to a page that explains the process for setting up a new one:
<a href=“http://dp.vpaa.columbia.edu/new-degree-programs/new-joint-degree-program”>http://dp.vpaa.columbia.edu/new-degree-programs/new-joint-degree-program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;