The program that I am interested in has yearlong courses. How will transfer credits from yearlong courses be handled in the department?

The number of credits granted for a yearlong course by the College and by the department will not necessarily be the same. The College may grant you credit for 2 courses when you take a yearlong course but the department may only grant you credit for 1 course. The decision on whether or not to grant credits for two courses is made on a case by case basis. In each case the department makes the determination of whether or not a particular course is broad enough to cover two separate courses at Columbia. If so, then the department will grant credits for two courses.