Registration

FULL RESIDENCE UNIT (RU)

You can take a maximum of 20 credits/semester without getting charged extra tuition.

You can register for unlimited classes until the end of the add period, at which point full-time students must be at or under 20 credits.

HALF RESIDENCE UNIT (RU)

A student who is registered for a half Residence Unit (“0.5 RU”) may enroll in up to three courses.

The Columbia equivalent of auditing a course is taking a course for R credit.

C+S students can take courses for R credit if those courses are in addition to the program-required 34 graduate-level credits. In other words, courses taken for R credit do not count towards degree requirements. R credit courses do, however, count towards your total credit count for the semester.

R credit vs Pass/Fail

Students who take a course for P/F are still assessed and expected to complete all graded assignments. Students who take a course for R credit are not required to take the final assessment, but must meet other course requirements unless exceptions are made by the instructor in writing.

Electing R credit

Students who want to take a course for R credit must 1) consult with C+S Admin on the implications of taking a course for R credit 2) Obtain email approval to take the class for R credit from the instructor 3) Instructors will select "R" as the final grade (instead of A, B, C) at the end of the semester.

Note

If a student takes a course for R credit, they may not take the same course again for a letter grade. If a student receives an Incomplete for the R credit course, the instructor may change the grade to Incomplete or Dropped; this will remain on the transcript.

For more detailed information, visit the Registrar's Grade Options page.

List of Climate School Electives

*Non Climate School students can register for these electives, space permitting. Electives are subject to change. See a full description of each elective.

• CLMT 5010 Climate Change and Disaster Management

• CLMT 5017 Social, Equity & Governance Considerations for GHG Removal

• CLMT 5019 Climate Change Decision-Making

• CLMT 5023 Climate Justice: Theory, Practice & Policy

• CLMT 5024 Climate Change Law and Policy

• CLMT 5031 Financing Renewable Energy

• CLMT 5033 Climatic Change: Storytelling Arts, Zeitgeist, and our Future

• CLMT 5034 Climate Policy and Investment

Partner Program Schools registering for Climate School Courses

SCHEDULE

• Fall 2024: Partner Program students will be able to add Climate School electives starting August 28

• Spring 2025: Partner Program students will be able to add Climate School electives starting December TBD

HOW TO

• Add the course or add to the waitlist for the course in SSOL during the specified dates.

All Other Schools registering for Climate School Courses

• Provided there is space available and there are no programmatic restrictions, students should be able to add the course or add to the waitlist in SSOL during add/drop (September 3 - 13 in the fall, January 2 - 31 in the spring).

• If the school/program does not use SSOL, students should email [email protected].