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I checked recently, and as far as I can tell neither Barnard nor Columbia offers studio art majors, and the course offerings for visual studio arts are limited…</p>
<p>The reason I was checking is that my daughter had taken a print making course while studying abroad and absolutely loved the class. (Loved it enough to get up early on a Saturday morning in the dead of Russian winter to attend) So I thought since she has most of her major requirements met, she might enjoy taking a couple of introductory studio art classes her senior year, just for fun. And basically I found that there were only a handful of courses available. </p>
<p>This surprised me, as I had assumed that any large university would also have a strong art department. You can check course offerings yourself here:
[CU</a> Directory of Classes](<a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/home.html]CU”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/home.html)</p>
<p>Given that it is New York, there is probably a wealth of courses you can take off campus, perhaps through various museums-- but I’m not sure Barnard is going to be the answer to the frustrations you are feeling at Wash. U. I don’t know anything about pre-med, but in general Barnard/Columbia courses are very demanding and students tend to be very focused & hard working. My daughter reported that her pre-med classmates tended to be overwhelmed with work and quite obsessed about their grades, but that may just go with the territory of pre-med everywhere. </p>
<p>Dance & film offerings are extensive, so you wouldn’t have any problem there. </p>
<p>I’d suggest spending some time with the actual course catalog and the course directory I linked to above to get more of a feel as to what is likely/possible.</p>