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[For a detailed
fact book on the College, visit the Office of Planning website
by clicking here.]
CHARACTER
A liberal arts college for women
in New York City founded in 1889. Barnard
has its own campus, faculty, administration, trustees, operating
budget, and endowment. Through the Barnard-Columbia partnership,
students on both campuses choose from a wide array of courses
and academic resources and take part in a great variety of
student organizations. Barnard has a long tradition of graduating
leaders in the arts, business, government, and science.
LOCATION
Manhattan, New York City. Barnard's neighborhood, Morningside
Heights, is essentially a university town. Neighboring
institutions include the Manhattan School of Music, Teachers
College, Bank Street College of Education, Union Theological
Seminary, and Jewish Theological Seminary.
HISTORY
In October 1889, the first Barnard class met in a rented brownstone
at 343 Madison Avenue; there was a faculty of six and 14 students
in the School of Arts. Nine years later, the college moved
to its present site on Morningside Heights. In 1900 it was
included in the educational system of Columbia University
with provisions unique among women's colleges: it was governed
by its own trustees, faculty, and dean, and was responsible
for its own endowment and facilities, while sharing instruction,
the library, and the degree of the university. Click here
for an
interactive history of Barnard College.
CAMPUS
Occupies four acres, academic facilities include Barnard Hall,
with the world-famous Center for Research on Women, seminar
rooms, classrooms, and faculty offices; Adele Lehman Hall,
housing the undergraduate Wollman Library; Helen Goodhart
Altschul Hall, dedicated primarily to mathematics and the
sciences; and Milbank Hall, housing administrative and faculty
offices, classrooms, a greenhouse, and the Minor Latham Playhouse,
a small, modern theatre. Click here for a map
of campus.
The Wollman
Library, occupying the first three floors of Adele Lehman
Hall, contains more than 204,000 volumes of books and periodicals
and more than 2,000 instructional videocassettes, audio materials,
and musical scores. Special collections include the Barnard
Archives, the personal library of Nobel Prize- winning Chilean
poet Gabriela Mistral, the Overbury Collection of 3,300 books
and manuscripts by and about American women authors, and a
small rare book collection. The Center for Research on Women's
collection includes books, periodicals, news clippings, and
newsletters. A chemistry reading room is located in Altschul
Hall.
Science
facilities include the 2,500-square-foot Arthur Ross Greenhouse,
which houses 50 plant families; a chemistry lab that includes
a Molecular Design Computational Facility; and the Biophysical
Chemistry Laboratory with a computer-controlled Spectrophotometer.
Technological
facilities include several "smart classrooms" and four student
computer labs open 24 hours a day during the academic year.
Connected to the Barnard network, they provide access to word
processing, spreadsheet and database programs, online library
resources, e-mail, and the internet. Three of the labs are
located in residence halls; the fourth is in Lehman Hall.
All rooms in the residence halls are wired for internet access.
About
90% of Barnard students live in 11 Barnard residence halls
and 4 Columbia residence halls; options include residence
halls, suites, and apartments. At the southern end of campus,
four residence halls (Brooks, Hewitt, Reid, and Sulzberger)
face an enclosed courtyard, forming the "Quad." All residence
halls have modern security systems and 24-hour desk coverage
when classes are in session.
Numerous
meal plans are available; most students take their meals either
on Barnard's campus in Hewitt Cafeteria or
on Columbia's campus at the John Jay Cafeteria. Menu choices
include vegetarian and kosher options.
Barnard
recreational facilities include Barnard Hall's gym, indoor pool,
weight room, and dance studios. Additional athletic facilities
are available in the university's Dodge Fitness Center, with
two gyms, a pool, a sauna, training rooms, and specialized
spaces for squash, racquetball, aerobics, martial arts, yoga,
fencing, and more.
Women's
intercollegiate and club teams also use outdoor facilities
at Baker Field, a 26-acre complex at the northern tip of Manhattan
that includes a 20,000-seat stadium with an eight-lane, all-weather
NCAA-regulation running track and practice fields, seven composition
tennis courts, facilities for crew, and a spacious field house.
ENROLLMENT
2,389 undergraduates from 48 states and 39 countries. 13% of Barnard
students are African-American, Latina or Native American. 17% are Asian. 68%
are from outside New York State, 12% are from the western United States, 12%
are from New England, 7% are from the South, and 8% are from the
Midwest/Southwest.
The Class of 2010, which includes approximately 556 students, came to
Barnard with an average secondary school GPA of 3.91 on a 4.0 scale or 95.3
on a 100-point scale and median SAT scores of 690 for the critical reading
section, 670 for the math section, and 690 for the writing section.
FACULTY
319 faculty members, for a faculty-to-student ratio of 1-to-7.
90% hold the Ph.D. or highest appropriate degree. 64% of faculty members are women (compared with about 37
percent nationally). Click here to access our faculty
profiles.
ACADEMIC
PROGRAM
Rigorous
but flexibly structured. Requirements for graduation include
satisfactory completion of 120 points of academic work and
two terms of physical education. Students must complete a
major and fulfill general education requirements, which include
the interdisciplinary First-Year Seminar, First-Year English,
and courses fulfilling the nine Ways of Knowing. Bridging
the traditional disciplines of the liberal arts and sciences,
the Ways of Knowing provide intellectual breadth. Each student
studies, from analytical, quantitative, and artistic perspectives,
the major means by which human knowledge has been constructed.
The Ways of Knowing requirements:
Reason
and Value (1 course)
Social
Analysis (1 course)
Historical
Studies (1 course)
Cultures
in Comparison (1 course)
Laboratory
Science (2 courses in 1 science)
Quantitative
and Deductive Reasoning (1 course)
Language
(study at least through the fourth semester)
Literature
(1 course)
Visual
and Performing Arts (1 course)
Students
normally take about 9 to 14 courses in their major field as
well as 10 to 16 elective courses. An optional minor requires
at least 5 courses. Click here for more on academics.
MAJORS
Curriculum leads to a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) degree awarded
in about 50 fields in the humanities, social sciences, arts,
natural sciences, and interdisciplinary areas. Click here
for the full listing of academic
departments and majors.
DOUBLE-
AND JOINT- DEGREE PROGRAMS
Offered
in cooperation with Columbia University and other academic
institutions. Five-year A.B. degree from Barnard and M.L.A.
from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs;
five-year Barnard A.B. and M.P.A. from Columbia's Graduate
Program in Public Policy and Administration; five-year Barnard
A.B. and B.S. from Columbia's Fu Foundation School of Engineering
and Applied Science. Qualified students may be nominated to
enter Columbia Law School after three years at Barnard. Qualified
students may enter Columbia's School of Oral and Dental Surgery
after three years at Barnard.
Double
degree—A Barnard A.B. and another undergraduate degree from
the Jewish Theological Seminary. Music students may qualify
for a Barnard A.B. and a Master of Music from Juilliard. Click
here for more information on Double-
and Joint- Degree Programs.
CALENDAR
Autumn and spring semesters.
OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES
Options both on and off campus. Senior Scholars undertake
a single project under the guidance of Barnard professors.
Centennial Scholars are eligible for up to $4,000 to underwrite
independent research projects. The Writing Fellows program
offers opportunities for peer tutoring in writing. Barnard
students may take courses at the Manhattan School of Music.
More than 2,500 internship opportunities in New York City
provide practical experience. Options for study abroad include
England, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan. Barnard also offers
special programs with Columbia's Biosphere 2 and Spelman College
in Atlanta, Georgia.
SPORTS
AND ATHLETICS
Barnard
students compete in the NCAA Division I and the Ivy League
through the Columbia/Barnard Athletic Consortium. There are
15 intercollegiate teams: archery, basketball, crew, cross-country,
fencing, field hockey, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field,
lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, and
volleyball. Students also have opportunities to compete at
the intramural and club levels. Visit the Barnard
Athletics page or Columbia's Official
Web Site for Athletics for more information.
CAMPUS
CLUBS
All
Barnard students belong to the Student Government Association
(SGA), which elects a representative student government. Students
serve with faculty and administrators on college committees,
helping to shape policy in such areas as the curriculum, housing,
and college activities. Two students serve as representatives
to Barnard's Board of Trustees.
Student
groups include theatre and vocal music groups, ethnic organizations,
language clubs, community service groups, and yearbook and
literary magazine staffs. The student newspaper, the Barnard
Bulletin, is published weekly. Barnard students are also an
important part of Columbia's student groups. Many activities
- the Barnard-Columbia chorus, orchestra, and radio station,
are examples - enlist members from both campuses. Barnard
students can take the lead in either Barnard- or Columbia-sponsored
organizations.
For more
information on campus activities, visit the College
Activities Office site.
ADMISSION
A highly selective college, Barnard enrolls about 555 first-year students
and 100 transfers annually. Strong high school record, essays,
recommendations, the SAT with writing and two SAT subject tests - or the ACT
exam with writing - are required. Barnard's College Board code is 2038;
Barnard's ACT code is 2718. Application deadline for Regular Decision:
January 1; Early Decision: November 15. Interviews are recommended. For more
information, visit the Barnard
Admissions Web Site.
FINANCING
2008-2009 tuition and fees, $37,538; room and board, $11,926. Financial aid is based on demonstrated need. Fifty Five percent of of students receive some form of financial aid. For more
information on financing your education, visit the Barnard
Financial Aid Web site.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION
For more
details on any of Barnard's offerings, please join our admissions
mailing list, or contact:
Jennifer Fondiller
Dean of Admissions
Barnard College
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027-6598
212/854-2014
admissions@barnard.edu
In
accordance with its own values and with federal, state, and
city statutes and regulations, Barnard does not discriminate
in admissions, employment, programs, or services on the basis
of race, color, creed, national origin, sexual orientation,
or disability. Barnard College is accredited by the Commission
on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges
and Schools, 5624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215/662-5606.
The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting
agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the
Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.
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