On this page you can find information on how to register for courses, paying fees and drops for non-payment, and priority registration.
Before registering for courses please review the information for new, returning, and continuing students.
If this is your first time taking a class with Columbia College (or you have attended in the past but it has been a year or longer), start by completing the Admissions Application. Click the Apply Now button at the top right of this screen.
If you have taken classes at Columbia College in the past three semesters, you may register for classes on or after your registration date and time.
Students may add full-term, open sections of courses through the registration period; short-term courses have individual deadlines. Once the semester begins, students must contact the instructor for add authorization.
If you need further help learning how to add courses, you can call the Welcome Center at 209-588-2194, to speak with a Student Ambassador and they can help you with that process.
When a course section (class) fills, you can place yourself on the waitlist as long as you have satisfied any prerequisites. However, you cannot be enrolled in a class section and also be on a waitlist for the same course that meets at a different time, so choose your course sections carefully! When you place yourself on a waitlist, it means that the course section you have chosen has reached its seat capacity; you are now waiting to enroll in the event that any seats become available or the instructor allows for additional students.
You are not guaranteed a seat in the class when you are on a waitlist. The process is not automatic. If a seat becomes available during registration, you will be notified via your student email. Once you receive this email notification, you will have 3 days to register for the class. If you do not register within 3 days, you will be dropped from the waitlist.
You are not charged for a class until you have registered for the class via connectColumbia or in the Admissions & Records Office. You are only permitted to be on one waitlist at a time in any given subject (i.e., one English 1A section, or one Math 104 section, etc.).
What to do if you are on a waitlist:
If you do not receive a waitlist notification email to add the class, reach out to
the instructor using your student email for "add authorization."
Tell the instructor that you are on the waitlist for the class and you would like
permission to add.
If your request is granted, you will receive an email to your student email address.
You cannot register until the course begins.
Once the course begins, log into connectColumbia under the registration tab, choose Register and Drop Classes to register for the
course. The course should be listed on the register and drop page with blue text reading
"Authorization Granted." Click the blue Register button below the course to utilize
your authorization and register into the course.
The waitlist system stops sending permission to add emails 5 days before a class begins.
Please see "Adding An Authorized Course From The Waitlist" below for instructions
on registering after receiving instructor permission to add.
If you are on a waitlist and decide not to add the class, please drop yourself from the waitlist.
Please note: If you put your name on a waitlist while the prerequisite class is in progress and then don't pass the class, you will not be permitted to add the class.
Add Authorization is requested when the student sends an email to faculty for permission to add into their course. Faculty may or may not grant permission in the Self-Service portal. If you emailed your instructor and received permission to add a section, you may register once the course begins. Check the course section on your semester plan in the Self-Service portal to see if the instructor has given permission for you to add. There will be a light blue "Authorized for Add" message showing in the section on the Register and Drop screen.
If you cannot add a class on your own for some reason, you can complete a Course Registration form and email it from your Columbia College student email account to ccadmissions@yosemite.edu and the A&R Team will assist you.
You may drop courses in the Self-Service portal on the Register and Drop Courses page. You can access the Self-Service Portal through connectColumbia by clicking on Register and Drop Classes link.
If you need assistance in dropping a class, you can complete a Course Drop form and email it from your Columbia email account to ccadmissions@yosemite.edu and the A&R Team will assist you. Please note that if you drop after attending the class past the census date, you will receive a withdrawal grade (W) on your transcript. You can drop the course until 75% of the course has been completed. After that point, you can no longer drop or receive a W in the course. Instead, you will receive an A-F grade from your instructor. See the Important Dates and Deadlines calendar for full semester course drop dates. For short term classes, please use Class Search to find your course. Click on the course title to see the drop dates.
Columbia students must have a zero-dollar balance before their registration date and time for the upcoming semester or they will not be able to register for classes. If any fees are owed after the term begins, a hold will be placed on the students record preventing future registration.
How to avoid a registration hold:
Columbia students will be dropped from classes when they do not pay their account balance for each term.
How to avoid being dropped for non-payment:
For more information regarding fees, please visit Business Services or call 209-588-5113
To learn about your financial aid options contact Columbia College Financial Aid by calling 209-588-5105 for last names A-L and 209-588-5272 for last names M-Z.
For detailed account information log into ConnectColumbia and click on "Financial Information" and then click on "Account Summary."
You can find your current balance by logging into connectColumbia from the Columbia College home web page. Under "Financial Information," click on "Account Summary" to see your balance and payment options.
If you owe fees when the semester begins, you will have a hold placed on your account until you have a zero-dollar balance.
You will be blocked from registering for the next semester. Once you reach a zero-dollar balance, the hold will be removed, and you will be able to register for your next semester classes.
Until your account reflects a zero-dollar balance, the hold will continue to block you from registration. Having a payment plan will not release the hold. Be sure to pay your full tuition prior to your upcoming registration date and time to avoid a registration hold.
Priority registration allows you to register early, helping you get the classes you need to achieve your goals. To be eligible for priority registration you must be fully matriculated, in good academic standing, and remain below the 100-degree applicable unit cut-off. There are four different priority levels for registration. Each student is allocated into one of the following levels depending upon eligibility.
Priority registration is lost when a student has earned over 100 degree applicable units (courses numbered 1-199) at Columbia College.
To remain in good academic standing, students need to have a Grade Point Average (GPA) above 2.0, and progress needs to be at least 50% (i.e. the student must complete 50% of the units they attempt).
When a student's GPA falls below 2.0, or their minimum progress requirements fall below 50%, they will be placed on either academic or progress probation. Standings are based on the prior semester.
Priority registration is lost when students have earned a 2nd semester Probation or Dismissal Status.
Should you lose your priority registration and feel there is an error, you may complete
a Loss of Priority Registration Appeal Form for consideration by the Vice President of Student Services. (Please note: This form does not function in Google Chrome, please use either Mozilla Firefox
or Internet Explorer.)
Still have questions? Contact Counseling either by calling 209-588-5109 or drop in to the Counseling Office located in upper Manzanita Building to book an appointment with a counselor.
