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- Testing Center
- Traditional Student
- Transcripts
- Transfer Credit
- Transfer Ombudsman
- Transfer Students
- Transient Students
- Tutorial Services
Testing Center
Turner Center 203
706-565-3562
The Testing Center administers many tests with varying frequency:
- COMPASS—administered several times each week
- ISAT I and II—administered once each semester
- MAT—administered about 20 times per year, including the first Monday of every month and several Saturdays PRAXIS I and II—paper based format is administered several times per year on Saturdays
- GRE—administered Tuesday through Saturday in the ETS-CBT Testing site, Turner Center 203
- GMAT II administered Tuesday through Saturday in the ETS-CBT Testing site, Turner Center203
- Foreign Service Officer’s Examination—administered once per year
- Math Proficiency—administered every semester
- Regents Test/Alternate Institutional Regents Test—administered every semester, including summer CLEP—administered twice per month
- PRAXIS I-administered Tuesday through Saturday in the ETS-CBT Testing site, Turner Center 203
- SAT II-administered during the summer semester as requested
- History Proficiency-administered several times each week, group exam administered once every semester
- Advanced Placement (AP)
- LSAT (Law School Admission Test)
- MCAT
- GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test).
Traditional Student
A traditional student is one who has graduated from high school within the past five years or who has attended another institution of higher learning in the past five years. Traditional students must have certain minimum SAT scores and Freshman Index to enter Columbus State University. See the Columbus State University catalog for admission criteria.
Transcripts
Transcript requests may be submitted on-line in CougarNet under the Enrollment Services tab for currently enrolled students. Alumni may submit transcript requests via fax or mailed copy. The alumni website provides a paper copy for printing. Students must request transcripts through CougarNet or use the paper request form.
There is not a fee associated with official copies of transcripts. However, students and alumni are limited to submitting 10 requests per day.Transfer Credit
The Office of the Registrar evaluates transfer credit upon receipt of an application for admission, application fee, and official college transcripts from all institutions the student previously attended.
Generally, all courses from regionally accredited institutions transfer to CSU, regardless of grade. Transferred courses can be viewed on the student's Academic Transcript or Academic Advising Record on CougarNet.
Applicability of transfer courses towards the student's degree may be viewed on the Degree Evaluation Report (DER) on CougarNet. A new evaluation should be generated every time prior to viewing the DER.
View the Detailed Requirements portion of the DER to access the specific degree requirements. Areas in red indicate that the requirements are not satisfied. View the Additional Information portion of the DER for non-course requirements and courses that are not currently applying to the degree.
Students should see their Academic Advisor during their first term of enrollment to perform any adjustments to the DER. The student should be prepared to present a course description from the catalog year in which he or she took the course, as well as a syllabus.
Transfer Ombudsman
Each college or university within the Georgia system has a transfer ombudsman in charge of all transfer issues. Columbus State's ombudsman is located in the Office of the Registrar (706-507-8800).
Transfer Students (USG)
Due to the semester conversion, transferring within the University System of Georgia is easier than in the past. To aid in transferring, many developmental and lower division courses (0000-2999) share common numbering, titles, and course descriptions across the University System.
Any area (A-F) of the core curriculum that a student has completed at another System institution will be accepted by the receiving System institution as being complete, provided the student does not change majors or programs of study.
The academic department may require that these transfers complete requirements as specified for native students; however, the total number of hours required of a transfer student for the baccalaureate degree shall not exceed the number of hours required of native students for the same major field. So, if a core area is satisfied in transfer but another course is needed as a prerequisite for upper level courses in the student's major, the prerequisite course may be used as an elective. If the elective area is already satisfied, the prerequisite course must either be waived or substituted for another course in the program.
Please contact the Transfer Ombudsman for questions regarding USG transfer students.
Transient Students
Transient students are those who are temporarily enrolled at Columbus State University, who are not working toward a degree, and who intend to transfer credits earned at Columbus State University to another institution. In order to determine which courses will transfer to the other institution, the student should communicate with the other institution and have a copy of that institution’s catalog.
Tutorial Services
Tutorial services are provided to CSU students through four campus resources. The Math and Science Learning Center, the Office of Tutorial Services, Residence Life (Courtyard I and Courtyard II), and the Writing Center can assist students in a variety of courses.
The Math and Science Learning Center
The Math and Science Learning Center is located in University Hall, Room 250 and is directed by Dr. Kimberly Shaw. This center provides free tutorial services for core courses in math and science. Assistance is also provided for selected upper division courses in math and science. (Students enrolled in MATH 0097, MATH 0098, and MATH 0195 should contact the Office of Tutorial Services for tutorial assistance.)
Phone: 706-507-8460
The Office of Tutorial Services
The Office of Tutorial Services is located in Tucker Hall, Room 100 and is coordinated by Ms. Paula Simko. The Office offers free tutorial assistance for all learning support courses as well as core curriculum courses not served by the Math and Science Learning Center. Free seminars and workshops provide information and strategies that assist students in making satisfactory progress in their chosen fields of study.
Phone: 706-568-2330
The Writing Center
The Writing Center is located in Woodall Hall, Room 116 and is directed by Dr. Noreen Lape. The Center provides trained and knowledgeable Peer Writing Consultants who assist undergraduate and graduate students of all ability levels with writing assignments in courses across the curriculum.
Phone: 706-568-2483
Tutoring for Residents of Courtyard I and Courtyard II
Math and science tutoring is available Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. and on Wednesdays from 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. For more information contact Gamal Elawad at gamal.elawad@gmail.com.
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