Obama majored in Political Science with a concentration in Internatioal Relations while attending Columbia College and he received his BA in Poli Sci. from Columbia University.
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I did the same thing at the same age at the school of general studies all my courses were over at the the School of International Relations including two courses with Brzezinski. gs poly sci 86
Obama didn’t make the list of notable attendees and alums of the School of General Studies. He does make the Columbia College list. I would think that the School of General Studies would want to claim a US president if one had actually attended.
Notable alumni and attendees
The following list contains some of the notable alumni and attendees of the School of General Studies and its extension school predecessors only. An asterisk (*) indicates an attendee who did not graduate.
Alumni of the School of General Studies and its precursors
Ira Gershwin* (1918) Attended pre-medical classes, Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer.
Amelia Earhart* (1920) Attended one semester, American aviator and early female pilot.
Simon Kuznets (1923), Nobel Prize-winning economist.
David O. Selznick* (1923), Hollywood Producer, King Kong (1933 film), Gone with the Wind
Federico García Lorca* (1929), Attended briefly, Spanish poet and dramatist.
Isaac Asimov (1939), science fiction writer and biochemist
Jane Jacobs* (1940s), Attended for two years, author The Death and Life of Great American Cities, urban theorist and activist.
Baruj Benacerraf (1942), Nobel Prize-winning immunologist.
Telly Savalas (1946), Actor, Emmy-award winner and Oscar nominee.
Ossie Davis (1948), Actor and social activist, Emmy- and Golden Globe-award nominee.
John W. Backus (1950), Developer of Fortran, the first true computer language.
Anthony Perkins* (1950s), Actor and writer.
Donald Clarence Judd (1953), Artist.
Donald Richie (1953), Film Critic.
Sandy Koufax* (1955), Pitcher for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Mike Gravel (1956), Former US Senator from Alaska and candidate for the 2008 Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Released full Pentagon Papers.
Pat Boone (1957), Singer and actor.
Gerard W. Ford (1957), Founder of the Ford Modeling Agency.
Hunter S. Thompson*, (1958). Writer.
Mary McFadden (1959), Fashion Designer
Stewart Rawlings Mott (1959), Lobbyist and Philanthropist
Edward Klein (1960), Author.
R.W. Apple (1961), New York Times associate editor.
John Tauranac (1963), Chief designer of the New York City subway map of 1979.
Jehuda Reinharz (1964), President of Brandeis University
Malcolm Borg (1965), Chairman of North Jersey Media Group (formerly Macromedia, Inc.) owner of The Record (Bergen County)
Jacques Pepin (1970), French Chef.
Edward Cecil Harris (1971), Creator of the Harris matrix.
Peter H. Kostmayer (1971), Former (D) Congressman Pennsylvania.
Roger Pilon (1971), Constitutional scholar and legal theorist.
Kristi Zea (1974), Production designer and producer. Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture, As Good As It Gets. (1997)
Howard Dean (1975), Postbaccalureate Premedical Program. Former Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
Howard G. Chua-Eoan (1983), News Director, TIME.
Gil Shaham (1990), Violinist.
Ted Rall (1991), Syndicated cartoonist.
Patrick Gaspard* (1994-1997), Obama Administration - White House Political Director.
Josh Waitzkin* (1999-), Child chess prodigy and author.
Princess Firyal of Jordan (1999) Jordanian princess, socialite, and philanthropist
Philippe Reines (2000), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.