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The '''School of the Arts''' is Columbia's fine arts school. It was founded in 1948 and is housed in [[Dodge Hall]] with additional studio space in [[Prentis Hall]] on 125th street. The school is slated to be among the first to move to new quarters during the [[Manhattanville expansion]]. The school offers MFA degrees in it's four divisions- Writing, Visual Arts, Theatre, and Film.
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The '''School of the Arts (SoA)''' is Columbia's fine arts school.
  
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==History==
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It was founded in [[1948]] and is primarily housed in [[Dodge Hall]] with additional studio space in [[Prentis Hall]] on [[125th Street]].
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Finding space for the school has long been an issue; the performing arts component was slated to move to the [[Lincoln Center]] area in the early 2000s, and a new [[School of the Arts Building]] was once planned as a major expansion of Prentis. Currently, the school is slated to be among the first to move to new quarters - specifically, a building nicknamed "The Lantern" - at the center of the new [[Manhattanville campus]].
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==Organisation==
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The School of the Arts has four internal "divisions", but these are not part of the university-wide designations. The four divisions, of which there is an [[MFA]] degree available for each, are as follows:
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*[[Writing Division]] / [[Writing Program]]
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*[[Visual Arts Division]] / [[Visual Arts Program]]
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*[[Theatre Division]] / [[Theatre Program]]
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*[[Film Division]] / [[Film Program]]
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Latest revision as of 06:55, 17 December 2013

School of the Arts
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Established 1948
President {{{President}}}
Dean Carol Becker
Degrees MFA
Enrollment 780 students (2005)
Website arts.columbia.edu/

The School of the Arts (SoA) is Columbia's fine arts school.

History

It was founded in 1948 and is primarily housed in Dodge Hall with additional studio space in Prentis Hall on 125th Street.

Finding space for the school has long been an issue; the performing arts component was slated to move to the Lincoln Center area in the early 2000s, and a new School of the Arts Building was once planned as a major expansion of Prentis. Currently, the school is slated to be among the first to move to new quarters - specifically, a building nicknamed "The Lantern" - at the center of the new Manhattanville campus.

Organisation

The School of the Arts has four internal "divisions", but these are not part of the university-wide designations. The four divisions, of which there is an MFA degree available for each, are as follows:

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