Columbia College Chicago

Columbia College Chicago

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Drop in any time today to explore your School in-depth, found via your intended major listed below. You'll see our facilities and have the opportunity to chat with faculty members and students.

Activities in these spaces start at 10 a.m. for the morning session, and at 12:30 p.m. for the afternoon session.
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Audio and Music
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  • Audio Arts
  • Contemporary, Jazz, and Popular Music
  • Music
  • Music Composition
  • Music Technology
  • Sound Design
Audio Arts Facilities
33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive
Lower Level


Come tour our facilities, meet faculty, staff, and current students, and discover the rich and diverse world of audio, sound, and sonic experience.

Music Center
1014 S. Michigan Ave.
1st, 2nd, and 4th Floors
  • 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. | Presentations and Performances, 1st Floor Concert Hall
  • 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. | Student Performances and Q&A, 4th Floor, Room 401
Business and Entrepreneurship
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  • Advertising
  • Arts Management
  • Design Management
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Marketing
  • Music Business
  • Public Relations
  • Social Media and Digital Strategy
Business and Entrepreneurship Faculty Chats
Student Center, 754 S. Wabash Ave.
4th Floor


Columbia’s School of Business and Entrepreneurship is a business school like no other. Select your own journey with hands-on projects, internships, and study away opportunities focused on your interests in creative industries, marketing, entertainment, arts and entertainment management, music industry, and entrepreneurship. Our faculty are professionals who do what they teach and leverage industry relationships to connect students globally. Don’t just learn business, own it. Produce corporate events, run a gallery, work at a record label, develop a digital marketing campaign or plan your own business venture
Communication and Culture
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  • ASL - English Interpretation
  • Communication
  • Creative Writing
  • Cultural Studies
  • English
  • Journalism
  • Photojournalism
  • Radio
Communication and Culture Facilities
33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive
2nd, 3rd, and 4th Floors

At the School of Communication and Culture, guests will be able to meet Columbia faculty and students and learn more about what students in the School study and produce. Guests will have the opportunity to participate in lively activities that showcase the School of Communication and Culture’s programs, including American Sign Language mini-lessons, Radio Call-outs, Quickfire Creative Writing exercises, Board Game Club game-playing, “You’re on TV,” and visiting the production room for the college’s newspaper, the awardwinning Columbia Chronicle.
DESIGN
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  • Animation
  • Computer Animation
  • Environmental and Sustainability Studies
  • Game Art
  • Game Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Immersive Media
  • Interior Architecture
  • Programming
  • Traditional Animation
School of Design (North)
623 S. Wabash Ave

School of Design (North) includes Graphic Design, Interior Architecture, and Math & Science. This location also houses several facilities available to the students enrolled in these programs.

School of Design (South)
916 S. Wabash Ave

School of Design (South) includes Animation, Game Art, Game Design, Immersive Media, and Programming. This location also houses facilities available to the students enrolled in these programs.
FASHION
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  • Fashion Design
  • Fashion Studies
Tours of the Fashion Facility
623 S. Wabash Ave.
7th Floor | Room 705


Faculty and students will give tours of the Fashion work spaces and chat with visitors

Discovery in the Study Collection
618 S. Michigan Ave.
8th Floor | Room 801B


Students and faculty members will give tours of the Fashion Study Collection, show special pieces from the collection itself, and be present to chat with prospective students about their experience at Columbia. Director Colbey Reid will give a short talk at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
FILM AND TELEVISION
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  • Film and Television
Film and Television Facilities
1104 S. Wabash Ave.

Ongoing visits to facilities and equipment centers, and chats with faculty and students.

Film and Television Presentation
1104 S. Wabash Ave.
3rd Floor | Room 310


10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m.
A short presentation about the School of Film and Television.

Film and Television First Year Experience
1104 S. Wabash Ave.
3rd Floor | Room 301


10:20 a.m., 10:40 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 11:40 a.m., 1:20 p.m., 1:40 p.m., 2:20 p.m., 2:40 p.m.
Hear about the First Year Experience in the School of Film and Television.

Media Production Center
1600 S. State Street

Ongoing tours and chats with faculty and students.
 
Round-trip shuttle buses are available from the Student Center to 1104 S. Wabash Ave. and the Media Production Center, 1600 S. State St.
Theatre and Dance
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  • Acting
  • Comedy Writing and Performance
  • Dance
  • Musical Theatre
  • Theatre
    • Directing
    • Playwriting
    • Stage Management
    • Theatre Studies
  • Theatre Design and Technology
Open Forum with Theatre Faculty and Current Students
Getz Theatre Center, 72 E. 11th St.

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. - Courtyard Theatre
12 to 3 p.m. - Room 301
Join our theatre faculty and students to talk about our programs, productions and opportunities.


Theater Student Performances and Theatre Student and Faculty Panel
Getz Theatre Center, 72 E. 11th St.
Courtyard Theatre


10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Join us in our Courtyard Theatre where our fall production of HAIR is happening and enjoy student performances along with a panel of theatre faculty and current theatre students


The Dance Center
1306 S. Michigan Ave.
1st Floor


Join us to meet faculty and watch screenings of student performances.
 
Round-trip shuttle buses are available between the Student Center and the Dance Center
VISUAL ARTS
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  • Art History
  • Fine Arts
  • Illustration
  • Photography
Visual Arts Bingo
Student Center, 754 S. Wabash Ave.
3rd Floor


Come by our table at the student center to pick up a School of Visual Arts (SVA) loteria/bingo card to get started! Find as many SVA facilities as possible. Stamp your card at each facility and win a prize! Meet with faculty in each facility and learn how to kick start your creative career in our programs!

Art Facilities
623 S. Wabash Ave.

Join faculty for an in-depth tour of our art and makerspace facilities.

Photography Darkrooms
600 S. Michigan Ave.
10th Floor


Photography Lighting Studio
1104 S. Wabash Ave.
2nd Floor | Room 202