Inside Columbia's Online Classroom: What It’s Really Like to Learn Virtually

Are you interested in taking your education to the next level through an online degree at Columbia University? The School of Professional Studies (SPS) invites you to attend one of our online information sessions, What It's Really Like to Learn Virtually.

During these live sessions, you will hear from current online students and graduates, who will discuss:

choosing the program option that worked best for them
the advantages of studying online
managing a work-life-school balance
how they applied classroom knowledge to their professional roles and responsibilities

In addition, faculty from each degree program will be available for breakout sessions to answer your questions.

Speakers

H.S. Bob Kostakopoulos, Ph.D.

Deputy Program Director and Part-Time Lecturer, Enterprise Risk Management

David Kreutter, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer in Applied Analytics; Associate Director, M.S. Applied Analytics

Christoph Meinrenken, Ph.D.

Professor of Professional Practice; IKNS Program Director; PI, Climate School; Affiliate, Data Science Institute

Katherine Mendis

Deputy Program Director, Bioethics

Charlene Perilla-Iqbal

Deputy Program Director, Strategic Communication

Dr. Viorel Popescu

Lecturer in the Discipline of Biodiversity Data Analytics

Kjerstin Pugh

Deputy Program Director, M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Lonni Ryan

Deputy Program Director, Lecturer & Alumna, Nonprofit Management

Steve Safier

Program Director and Lecturer, Human Capital Management

Tracy Schwartz

Senior Program Director, Wealth Management

Shahryar Shaghaghi

Program Director, M.S. Technology Management; Professor of Professional Practice, Enterprise Risk Management; Technology, Risk Management and Cybersecurity Executive

Cindy K. Smalletz, M.S., M.A., OTR/L, BCB

Program Director, Narrative Medicine CPA and Associate Faculty, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine