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- Fee Payment
- Final Exam Schedule
- Financial Aid Office
- Food Service
- Foreign Language Placement
- Foreign Language Requirement and Credit
- Foreign Service Officer's Examination
- Forgiveness Policy
- Freshman Index
- Full-time Load
Fee Payment
Invoices are not mailed to students. Invoices are available at registration time at several places across campus. Students must pay fees on-line via ISIS, by mail, in person at the Student Fee Payment Center window or at strategically located drop boxes on campus by the due dates indicated in the Schedule of Courses or they will be disenrolled from the courses for which they have registered.
Final Exam Schedule
Advisors should refer students to the Final Exam Schedule page of the Registrar's web page for the final exam schedule.
Financial Aid Office
University Hall
706-507-8800
Columbus State University participates in various financial aid programs to assist students in paying for their education. Available programs are federal and state grants, internal and external scholarships, loans and workstudy. The amount of the award is usually based on the student's need as determined by federal regulations and institutional financial aid packaging policies.
Students seeking federal and/or state financial assistance must apply annually. They should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) after January 1st of the year they plan to attend. Students who have Internet access are encouraged to complete the FAFSA electronically at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/. Students seeking only the HOPE scholarship may apply on the internet at www.gsfc.org/ehope.
For more information and processing deadline dates go to http://cougarnet.colstate.edu/ and click on Enrollment Services Tab for the latest information.
In order for undergraduate students to receive financial aid they must be admitted to Columbus State University as a "regular" student in a "degree-seeking program". They must attend the classes in which they are enrolled and which were used to compute their aid eligibility. Financial aid will not pay for credit by exam and audit classes. The student must be making satisfactory academic progress to be eligible to continue receiving assistance. Students who do not successfully complete classes will be subject to termination of their aid eligibility.
Financial aid will not base payment on a course numbered below 1000 unless the course is required. Even if required, financial aid will not base payment on the hours of remediation (courses numbered below 1000) which exceed the allowable amount (30 semester hours).
Special note to advisors: Students receiving financial aid should be cautioned against withdrawing from courses unless they have checked with the Financial Aid Office first. Dropping courses could affect their financial aid benefits in the current semester as well as their future eligibility.
The Financial Aid staff is available to assist students Monday - Thursday, 8:00 am - 6:00 p.m. and on Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 p.m.
Food Service
Davidson 116
706-568-2888
Campus food services are provided by Aramark, Inc. Nutritious, affordable meals are offered in the Davidson Center Cafeteria for students, faculty, and staff. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are available Monday through Thursday and on a more limited schedule on Friday and Sunday. The cafeteria is closed on Saturday. Beginning Fall 1998, residential students have a choice of two meal plans (10 meals per week and 15 meals per week). Others may purchase meals, snacks, and beverages on a cash-only basis.
In addition to cafeteria dining, light meals and snacks are available Monday through Friday in the snack bars located in the Howard Building and in Jordan Hall. Hours for these facilities vary.
Foreign Language Placement
For a student wishing or needing to take a foreign language, the recommended starting point in the course sequence depends on many factors: how long ago the student graduated from high school, how many years of foreign language study the student had in high school, how competent the student's command of the language is, and whether the student wants to continue studying the same language or start a new language.
If the student wants to continue the same language and if the student is a recent high school graduate and has had two years or more of a foreign language in high school, the student should enroll in either 1002 or 2001 of that language, depending on proficiency. Such a student will not earn degree-credit in that language if enrolled in 1001.
If a student has questions about where to begin in the foreign language course sequence, the student should set up a meeting with an instructor of that language by calling the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at 706-568-2054.
Foreign Language Requirement and Credit
All B.A. programs at Columbus State University require foreign language courses through level 2001. Certain B.A. programs may require foreign language courses through level 2002.
Students entering Columbus State University or University College with a high school deficiency in the college preparatory foreign language requirement must enroll in level 1001 of a foreign language to remediate the deficiency. This is true even when the student has 1 high school CPC unit in a foreign language.
Level 1001 of a foreign language generally carries non-degree credit, but there is one exception: if a student has 2 high school CPC units of a foreign language and wants to begin a different foreign language in college, the student will receive credit for level 1001 of that foreign language. Students with 2 high school CPC units of a foreign language will not receive degree credit for level 1001 in the same language studied in high school.
Credit by examination is available. See CLEP.
Foreign Service Officer’s Examination
This test is administered once a year by the Testing Center, Turner Center 207. Contact the Testing Center at 706-568-2226 for more details.
Forgiveness Policy
See Academic Forgiveness Policy.
Freshman Index
The Freshman Index is one of the measures considered in admitting students to any state-supported institution. The Freshman Index is computed by adding the SAT verbal score and SAT math score (or analogous ACT scores) to 500 times the high school grade point average. In computing the high school grade point average, only academic subjects completed in grades 9 through12 are considered. Subjects excluded are vocational and technical courses, physical education courses, performance and studio courses, activity courses, and remedial courses.
Full-time Load
On the semester system a full-time load is defined as 12 semester hours for undergraduate students and 9 semester hours for graduate students.
Be aware that for some financial aid programs there may be different definitions of full-time. See Financial Aid for further information.
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