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their application for admission and a request for
an estimate of transfer credit. In some cases,
applicants may be asked to send a catalog or
prospectus from colleges or other postsecondary
institutions attended. The Admissions Office will
give an evaluation of such work, but a final evalu-
ation will not necessarily be completed until the
end of the student’s first semester of study at
CIU. A copy of the transfer credit policy is avail-
able upon request from the Admissions Office.
Please contact the transcript facilitator in the
Office of the Registrar for further assistance.
Campus Resident Living Requirement
Full-time students who are single and under 23
years old, are required to live on campus.
Students living with immediate family within com-
muting distance are required to live on campus
for a minimum of two semesters during their First
Year of attendance at CIU. (This includes depend-
ents of CIU employees.) The student must be 23
years of age before Aug. 1 of the current school
year to be eligible to live off campus during that
school year.
Those who believe they have a legitimate reason
for special consideration to live off campus must
submit a completed housing appeal form (avail-
able in the Residence Life Office) to the
Residence Life Office by June 1 for incoming Fall
semester students and Nov. 1 for incoming Spring
students. The Housing Appeals Committee will
review all appeals and determine whether or not
an exception will be granted.
Employment
We recommend that full-time students limit their
weekly employment to no more than 20 hours per
week and that freshman students not accept
employment prior to completing one semester at
CIU. When a student is on academic probation,
limitation of outside work or a reduced load while
working may be required.
Veterans
Columbia International University is approved by
the State Approval Agency, South Carolina
Department of Education, State of South Carolina,
for training veterans who are eligible for benefits
under the Veterans Educational Assistance (G.I.
Bill), Disabled Veterans or War Orphans acts.
Those who are eligible for such assistance should
submit their applications to their regional Veterans
Administration office. After the student is accept-
ed, the Office of Student Financial Services will
provide assistance in securing veteran’s benefits.
In accordance with Federal Regulations and
guidelines from the South Carolina State
Approving Agency (SAA), all Independent
Distance Learning (DL) courses, internships and
Faculty Directed Studies (FDS) will include weekly
contact with the course instructor or faculty assis-
tant either by phone, meeting, email, fax or by
regular mail. The initial contact must be made by
the end of the drop/add period to avoid an auto-
matic withdrawal from the course. Thereafter,
contact should continue on a weekly basis. If con-
tact is not made for three consecutive weeks, the
veteran will be dropped from the course as of the
last recorded date of contact.
Re-Enrollment
Students who leave the college in good standing
and decide to return should note the following
items:
•
Students who have been absent for one or more
semesters should contact the Undergraduate
Admissions Office.
•
Students who have been absent for more than
four semesters will need to submit the entire
application packet.
•
Students who are readmitted after an absence
of two or more semesters will be responsible to
meet the academic and character requirements
in effect at the time of their return.
•
A room deposit is required for students wishing
to live on campus.