Columbia University School of Professional Studies
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Private Graduate school |
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| Established | 1995 |
| Dean | Jason Wingard |
| Location | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | sps |
The School of Professional Studies is one of the schools composing Columbia University. The School specializes in career advancement through professional and interdisciplinary education. It offers fourteen master's degrees, courses for advancement and graduate school preparation, certificate programs, summer courses, auditing and lifelong learning programs, high school programs in New York and abroad, and a program for learning English as a second language.
The predecessor of the School of Professional Studies was first established as the Division of Special Programs in 1995, and was later renamed the "Division of Continuing Education and Special Programs" in 1997.
In 2000, the Division began to consider offering degree programs, and was reorganized as the School of Continuing Education in 2002 under its founding dean, Frank Wolf. In 2002, the University's Board of Trustees granted final approval for the creation of the School of Continuing Education, the first new school at Columbia in 50 years. With this new status, the School became both a Faculty and a Department of Instruction in the Arts and Sciences, and was granted authority to offer the master of science degree. In the course of 2002–2006 it expanded its graduate offerings to eight M.S. Programs. A cross‑enrollment agreement with Union Theological Seminary was also established in 2002.
In 2015, Dean Jason Wingard announced that the School of Continuing Education was renamed the School of Professional Studies.
As of 2016[update], the school offers graduate degrees in actuarial science, applied analytics, bioethics, communications practice, construction administration, enterprise risk management, fundraising management, information and knowledge strategy, narrative medicine, negotiation and conflict resolution, sports management, sports law, strategic communications, sustainability management, and technology management.
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