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 their academic advisor on how the course will impact their academic program requirements/credit numbers 2) obtain written approval from the instructor of the course. The R credit will be applied at the end of the semester, when instructors are submitting grades.

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 5004 Regional Climate Services and Forecasting for Climate Services

• CLMT 5009 Strategic Communications for Climate Change

• CLMT 5010 Climate Change and Disaster Management

• CLMT 5012 Social Impact: Business, Society & the Environment

• CLMT 5013 Climate Mobility

• CLMT 5020 Post-Disaster Recovery: Focus on Housing and Economic Recovery

• CLMT 5023 Climate Justice: Theory, Practice & Policy

• CLMT 5024 Climate Change Law and Policy

• CLMT 5025 Food Systems & Climate Interactions

• CLMT 5027 Politics of Climate in Asia

• CLMT 5028 Air Pollution & Environmental Justice

• CLMT 5029 Black Ecologies

• CLMT 6030 Integrative and Justice-Centered Research in Environment and Climate (priority to PhD students)

Partner Program Schools registering for Climate School Courses

SCHEDULE

• Fall 2023: Partner Program students will be able to add Climate School electives starting August 28

• Spring 2024: Partner Program students will be able to add Climate School electives starting December 7

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 5 - 15 in the fall, January 2 - 26 in the spring).

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