Graduate students are selected from the best in the country and around the world; as a consequence, admission into the Department is extremely competitive. While our MA programs are designed to prepare students for a variety of careers, our PhD program trains future scholars.
If you would like to speak with our faculty and students, please contact the Director of Graduate Studies.
OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRAMS
This free-standing program on Columbia’s Morningside campus in New York City is a standalone master’s degree.
This program, located in Paris at Columbia’s Global Center—Reid Hall—is managed in partnership with the Department of History. It is a standalone master’s degree program.
This is a sequential program. Along the way to the PhD, the MA and MPhil degrees are also obtained.
This is a sequential program. Along the way to the PhD, the MA and MPhil degrees are obtained. The student must also fulfill ICLS (Institute for Comparative Literature and Society) requirements.