Students who would like to apply for a course waiver or for advanced standing should apply here: https://advising.sps.columbia.edu/register/waiver.
- Students enter The form requires Single Sign-On (SSO) and is prepopulated with their name , and email address, and UNI as well as .
- Students enter their preferred information about the external courses they would like to apply toward their certificate and the comparable Columbia University courses.
- Upon completion of the form, a confirmation page is displayed on the screen and sent to the student by email. The email is also sent to spsadvising@columbia.edu.
- The administrator reviews the application and selects a "Reviewing Director."
- The administrator notifies the Reviewing Director that s/he has an application to review.
- The Reviewing Director makes a decision and completes the form.
- If the student is applying for advanced standing:
- The Reviewing Director notifies the student's advisor of the decision.
- The advisor contacts the student with the decision.