Registration
New Postbac students must obtain program approval and telephone
/online
registration materials in person from the
Continuing
Education office on
the second floor of Lewisohn during the
registration periods indicated
on the Calendar.
Students should bring
their completed registration
forms (including course-approval
signatures), with them. Approval
or
signature from the program
advisor is NOT REQUIRED, but it is
advantageous to review your
courses with him or
her, either in person or
via email, to ensure that
you are proceeding properly. Continuing
Postbac students can
now
pre-register for courses at the same time as
Columbia College
undergraduates. For questions about registration
by
phone or your
PIN number for registration, contact the Continuing
Education office
directly or look at the
website.
Transfer Credit
It is possible to transfer up to 3 courses (9 points) from your undergraduate institution. The course must meet the following criteria for approval:
- A grade of B- or better
- Course taken within the past 5 years
- Comparable Columbia course
- Approval by program advisor
Housing
- Many of you are moving to the Columbia University area and will be in need of housing. Unfortunately, Postbac students do not qualify for On-Campus Housing or University Apartment Housing. You will have access to the Off-Campus Housing Registry. Good apartments are also often acquired through 'word-of-mouth' or through postings around campus (Broadway @ 116th also seems to have a lot of signs).
Email
- All Postbac students are assigned an identification code called a “uni” (consisting of the student’s initials and a random number). You will need your uni and/or the associated Columbia e-mail address to access certain electronic applications at Columbia like the Science Direct database of journal articles. Many courses also use Courseworks, an online course web-site that can include everything from a course syllabus to assignments to your current grades. You will need your uni to access Courseworks and your Columbia e-mail address will be used by professors and TAs sending course related information.
