MBA and eMBA Course Request

List of Spring 2013 MBA and eMBA courses that may be available can be found:

MBA Selection Guide

eMBA Selection Guide

MBA Spring 2013 Schedule:

• Full-term Business School courses begin on January 29
• A-term Business School courses begin on January 29
• B-term Business School courses begin on February 25
  

Students who wish to cross-register into a Business School course for the upcoming Spring 2013 term will have submit a cross-registration application online, eMBA course request is now opened; the MBA course request form will be available on Thursday January 24. MS&E students will follow a separate process; an email will be sent to you with instructions.

Only seats with appropriate open capacity will be made available for cross-registration application. If a course is not made available to cross-registrants through the form below, there is no other form of appeal to gain access to the course.

The following parameters will apply:

• Students are limited to apply to 3 courses. Cross-registrants will not be awarded more than 3 credits of business school courses per semester and no more than twelve credits during their entire Columbia course of study.

• Requests will be processed in the order they are received, on a first-come, first-served basis. Adjustments made to a student's request will affect his/her place in line.

• Email notifications about courses earned will be sent between the morning of Wednesday, January 30th and the close of business Monday, February 4th on a rolling basis. Every effort will be made to notify students in a timely manner; students will be contacted if they do not receive a seat in a course.

• All prerequisites will be enforced.
  Note: B6302 - Capital Markets & Investments is a prerequisite for most finance courses. IEOR E4721 Global Capital Markets taken at the School of Engineering will be accepted as a substitute for all coursework that has B6302 Capital Markets as a prerequisite. 

• There is no other form of appeal for cross-registrants; faculty or academic divisions will not grant appeals to waive these prerequisites. Students who feel they have the appropriate background may take the Capital Markets exemption exam, offered January 15-18. Exemption results will be announced no later than Tuesday, January 29th at 10:00 am. For questions about Exemption Exams (but not general cross-registration questions), please email exemptions@gsb.columbia.edu.

To drop a business class: You must email the Business School's Office of Student Affairs to drop the course after enrollment. You have until February 1 to drop the course.

Note that non-Business School students will receive traditional letter grades (A, B, C, D, F) for courses taken at the Business School. Also, the Business School follows a slightly different academic calendar than most of the University. Students should review the Business School's calendar to ensure they meet required course and exam dates.