SEAS Student Handbook 2020-2021

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You can submit your immunization requirements or exemptions (medical or religious)online, email, fax, or mail. For complete instructions or for more information about theseimmunization requirements, visit the Columbia Health website.Deadline: Students must submit their documentation upon admission or at least 30 daysprior to their scheduled registration date. Your registration will remain on hold until yousubmit these requirements.Student and Family SupportUndergraduate studentsThe college experience is about more than grades. Learn about the components ofcampus life that help make Columbia a home away from home for our students.Medical, emotional, financial and professional support services are available for allstudents.Engineering WellnessGraduate studentsEngineering Wellness provides resources and services in order to promote generalwellness for SEAS graduate students. Engineering Wellness offers a number of wellnessworkshops, programming and serves as a referral resource for students to beconnected to the appropriate health and health education services on campus.Engineering Wellness is a part of the Graduate Student Affairs (GSA). For moreinformation visit the website.25
Academic Procedures and StandardsRegistration and EnrollmentRegistration is the process that reserves seats in particular classes for eligible students. Itis accomplished by following the procedures announced in advance of each term’sregistration period.Enrollment is the completion of the registration process and affords the full rights andprivileges of student status. Enrollment is accomplished by the payment or othersatisfaction of tuition and fees and by the satisfaction of other obligations to theUniversity.Registration alone does not guarantee enrollment; nor does registration aloneguarantee the right to participate in class. In some cases, students will need to obtainthe approval of the instructor or of a representative of the department that offers acourse. Students should check the Academic Bulletin, their registration instructions, theDirectory of Classes, and also with an adviser for all approvals that may be required.To comply with current and anticipated Internal Revenue Service mandates, theUniversity requires all students who will be receiving financial aid or payment throughthe University payroll system to report their Social Security number at the time ofadmission. Newly admitted students who do not have a Social Security number shouldobtain one well in advance of their first registration. International students should consultthe International Students and Scholars Office, located at 524 Riverside Drive (212-854-3587), for further information.Special billing authorization is required of all students whose bills are to be sent to a thirdparty for payment. Students who are not citizens of the United States and who needauthorization for special billing of tuition and/or fees to foreign institutions, agencies, orsponsors should go to the International Students and Scholars Office with two copies ofthe sponsorship letter.University RegulationsEach person whose enrollment has been completed is considered a student of theUniversity during the term for which he or she is enrolled unless his or her connection withthe University is officially severed by being withdrawn or for other reasons. No studentenrolled in any school or college of the University shall at the same time be enrolled inany other school or college, either of Columbia University or of any other institution,without the specific authorization of the dean or director of the school or college of theUniversity in which he or she is first enrolled.The privileges of the University are not available to any student until enrollment hasbeen completed. Students are not permitted to attend any University course for whichthey are not officially enrolled or for which they have not officially filed a program unlessthey have been granted auditing privileges.The University reserves the right to withhold the privileges of registration and enrollmentor any other University privilege from any person who has outstanding financial,academic, or administrative obligations to the University.26
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