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Senior Seminars Sign-up

UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS ONLY : The economic seminars (4911, 4913, 4918, 4921, 4950) are only opened to Columbia College and General Studies economics majors. Seminars with available seats may be opened to SEAS, Barnard and other qualified undergraduate students (see mid-page Note). Graduate students are not permitted to enroll at all.

Each applicant's major, school and class will be checked, and all unqualified applicants will be notified by email and removed from the seminars.

DEPARTMENT SIGN UP

All Senior Seminars are closed to online registration. Sign-ups are conducted in person on a first come, first serve basis, beginning on JANUARY 17, 2012 (TUES.) at 9:00 AM in the Economics Department, 1027 International Affairs Building. NOTE: Students may not 1) sign up for another student, 2) email or call in to be signed up.

After you have signed up for a seminar, you are considered enrolled. Students who have signed up for a seminar at the Department will *not* be required to register for it on-line. The Department will register all students into the seminars after the sign-ups are completed at the end of the 2nd week of classes. Students will be allowed to switch between seminars during the first 2 weeks of the semester if availability permits.


PRIORITY STATUS

  • Senior economics majors who have not taken a seminar will be given sign up priority.
  • If you are a junior graduating early, you must notify the Undergraduate coordinator (ly38@columbia.edu) in advance of the sign up date.

        The Dept checks all students' class standing via SSOL or DAR (degree audit report). Your SSOL transcript or DAR *must* indicate:   

  1. Senior Standing: STANDING: UNDERGRADUATE 4TH YEAR
  2. Economics Major Declaration: AFFILIATION: ECONOMICS, FINANCIAL ECON or ECONOMICS-(JT MAJOR)

        You will not be allowed to enroll into a seminar if your student profile does not give these two indications.

  • 2nd Seminar & Senior Concentrators: Senior concentrators and senior majors who wish to take a 2nd seminar will be permitted to sign up for a seminar beginning on Tues., JAN 24th: Send your request by email to ly38@columbia.edu.
  • Juniors: Email your request to ly38@columbia.edu beginning on Tues., JAN 24th.

    Note:
  1.  Seminars that are notably under-enrolled will be opened to all qualified econ students asap; seminar availabilities will be announced by email.
  2.  Students who violate the above assigned dates will jeopardize his/her seminar placement.

LIMITED ENROLLMENT

All seminars are strictly limited to 15 students; seminars will close once the cap of 15 is reached - waitlists will be made available. Students are advised to come as early as possible.

ACTUAL REGISTRATION

Students who have signed up for a seminar at the Department will *not be required to register for it on-line.* The Department will register all students into their selected seminars starting JAN 26th—the end of the 2nd week of the semester. Students should check their schedules starting SEPT 19th - do not contact the Department or the Undergraduate Coordinator before said date, as actual registration may not have been done.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. Students must have an alternate seminar in mind in the event the preferred seminar reaches capacity (15) and becomes closed.
  2. Waitlists will be made available for closed seminars, but students are advised to sign up for another seminar that is open to ensure that s/he is enrolled in one. Students who are waitlisted and also signed up for an alternate seminar are advised to attend both seminars during the first two weeks of classes until the add/drop period ends.
  3. All seminars begin on the week of JAN 17th, the first week of the semester.
  4. All seminar prerequisites must be completed beforehand, otherwise the seminar will not count towards the major.
  5. CAUTION: Seminars do not count as electives!

EXCEEDING MAXIMUM POINTS PER SEMESTER: Make sure the inclusion of your seminar does not exceed the maximum number of points (credits) allowed for the semester. If you do exceed the maximum, you must obtain written approval from your dean and present it to the Dept in order to be registered into a seminar. Please be sure to drop any courses that need to be dropped before JAN 26th.

HOLDS and CONFLICTS: Registration holds or schedule conflicts will inhibit the deptartment from registering students into his/her chosen seminar. Students must clear any holds/conflicts before JAN 26th, or else registration will not be possible. Students will be notified by email if any registration problems occur. Students must notify the Undergraduate Coordinator (ly38@columbia.edu) upon clearance of any holds/conflicts, in order to be registered into his/her selected seminar. Students will be notified by email if any registration problems occur.

WITHDRAWAL: Students must notify the Department (Laura Yan, Undergraduate Coordinator, ly38@columbia.edu) if s/he decides to withdraw from a seminar, otherwise the assumption will be made that there was a registration error and the student will be re-registered into the dropped seminar.