CVN and One-Term Special
CVN
Columbia Video Network (CVN) is the graduate distance learning from Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science. CVN's graduate degree programs are fully accredited by the Commission of Higher Education, a unit of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. All of CVN's graduate degrees are granted by Columbia University, and these degrees are identical to and indistinguishable from those earned by students on campus at Columbia University.
Students can currently earn M.S. degrees in applied physics, applied mathematics or materials science and engineering.
One-Term Special
This category exists primarily for two kinds of students:
- Those who are interested in a particular field, but are uncertain if they would like to complete an entire degree program.
- Those who have begun the application process but need more time to fulfill all application requirements.
One-term-special students are
allowed to register for a maximum of six graduate credits. The six
credits can either be taken within one term as two courses, or broken
up into two terms with one course per term. However, under no
circumstances will one term special students be allowed to complete
more than six graduate credits or two semesters of course work without
the permission of the assistant dean.
Students who take courses through
the one-term special and who later matriculate are usually allowed to
apply those credits to their degree program. However, students are
advised to check with the department that they plan to apply to, before
they register, to confirm that the courses that they plan to take will
be applicable to that program.
Registration for one-term special
students generally takes place within the first three days of classes
for the given term. Students interested in applying as one-term
specials must come to the Office of Graduate Student Services, 524 S. W.
Mudd, 500 West 120th Street to complete the One-Term-Special
Application and to submit the appropriate application fee.
For
additional information contact the Office of Graduate Student Services
by email seasapplication@columbia.edu or call 212-854-6456.
To be eligible for consideration for subsequent admission as a degree
candidate, such students must follow the course sequence requirements
for part-time students and submit a complete application to the Office
of Graduate Student Services.
While a student's academic performance in the two courses completed at
Columbia will be taken into account, since admission to the program is
competitive, one-term special students can not be guaranteed admission.