MEMO: How Add/Drop Works
From Dean Huff, Asst. Dean of Students
Students may request a change of classes during the Add/Drop period each semester. Please note that this is only a REQUEST and we cannot guarantee your request will be accommodated.
Please note that we have added a second section of Cultural Affairs Reporting that will meet on Mondays from 3-6 p.m.
On each add/drop request form you may request to add one class AND drop one class.
It is possible for part-time students to only complete the “add” portion or the “drop” portion. M.A. students may complete just the “add” portion to request a skills class.
The add/drop request form will be available at http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/students/Add_Drop.asp in the Quick Links as of Friday, January 5, at 7:30 a.m. Additional information on the add/drop request process is listed below. Please read it carefully before submitting a request form.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ADD/DROP REQUESTS:
The Add/Drop period Friday, January 5, at 7:30 a.m. to January 26, at 7:30 a.m.
Add/drop forms are processed on a first come, first served basis.
If your form is submitted correctly you will receive a request confirmation e-mail within 24 hours.
You will NOT receive an e-mail from our office saying that your request was granted or not granted.
To learn if your request was granted, you must keep checking your class schedule on the web using STUDENT SERVICES ONLINE. All requests remain on file during the add/drop period.
You do not need to submit multiple forms for the same Add/Drop request. If I am able to grant requests I do it as soon as possible but sometimes it takes days for a space to open in a class. Sometimes the space never opens up. In most cases, if you want to add a class I have to wait to see whether someone else wants to drop it. Please remember that you are submitting an add/drop REQUEST.
There is no guarantee that I will be able to approve your request. Until you see a change reflected on your class schedule on STUDENT SERVICES ONLINE, your request has not been approved.
I will NOT drop you from a required course unless I can get you into the course you have requested. If you have more than one preference, you may for a given course, in the notes section of the add/drop form, indicate so. Simply complete the add portion of the form with your first preference and in the notes section give me the same info about your second, third, etc., choices. You must include the call and course numbers if you indicate other preferences in the notes section.
Also, please be certain that you are not requesting a class that conflicts with any of your other classes.
And finally, remember that if you are requesting to add a course, you are also probably planning to drop a course. DON’T forget to request to drop the course and please do it on the same form you use to request a class.
The only way I will be able to approve most requests is by knowing which courses will be dropped by students. SAMPLE FORM BELOW (information is fictional)
Sample Form Below
Program/Contact Information (information below is fictional)
Your Name: SUSIE J-SCHOOLER
PID: C000213126
E-mail: sjs2009@columbia.edu
Phone: 917-123-4560
Program: FT Master of Science
Concentration: Newspaper (M.S. students only)
Stabile: No
Please enter the details of the course you would like to add:(information for completing this section is at the Directory of Classes - see instructions at the top of the add/drop form)
Class Number: J6001; Section Number: 14; Call Number: 81350
Title: Reporting and Writing I
Please enter the details of the course you would like to drop: (information for completing this section is at the Directory of Classes - see instructions at the top of the add/drop form)
Class Number: J6001; Section Number: 15; Call Number: 72241
Title: Reporting and Writing I
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