Relevant Departments

  • Department of Physics
    • Designed more for physics graduate students and majors in physics, this website is good for accessing a directory of professors and TAs and not much else. For information on courses, you're better off browsing the online Course Catalog.
  • Department of Chemistry
    • A bit more informative than the physics website, the chemistry website is a good source for looking up professors and browsing course options. The chemistry website will become particularly important when you take chem lab, as you will have to access it for lab reports, study questions, and schedules.
  • Biological Sciences
    • The Biological Sciences department at Columbia has a website that is chockfull of information on professors and courses. It has good guidelines catered to each specific major. Also, it anticipates specific questions you may have depending on what kind of student you are: a premed postbacc, a GS student, or an undergrad.
  • Department of Mathematics
    • The website may be sparse in color and visuals, but all relevant information is neatly laid out and hyperlinked before you.
  • Department of Genetics & Development
    • Simply laid out yet colorful, the website for the Department of Genetics & Development is an especially good resource for students interested in taking some extra or upper level science courses while in the postbacc program. The site is easy to navigate, complete with a list of faculty and their work, as well as the various courses offered.
  • Department of Statistics
    • While in the postbacc program, many students will be expected to take an introductory course in statistics. In the bigger scheme of one's medical career, having some knowledge in statistics will be helpful in understanding trends and demographics, as well as hypothesizing prognoses. For the more immediate future, however, students will find statistics most useful in calculating their grades, exam curves, and academic standing. The department's sleek and chic website can help in tracking down professors, TAs, and classes.