Cross Registration is always at the discretion of the school, the program and the course instructor. The Statistics Department does not have any influence on allowing you into a cross registered class. Before attempting to cross register, MA Students must review the Approved Electives List and/or check in with their Faculty Adviser to ensure that it is a class they can take for credit.

Some graduate schools have their own cross registration processes. Please review the links below for information on how to cross register for those graduate schools. For schools not listed below, reach out to the specific department and inquire about their cross registration options and process.

Admittance into any course is not guaranteed.  All courses are subject to availability.  Some schools do not allow students to cross-register until the first week of classes. 

Below are links for how to cross register into the following schools:

• Math Finance
• Computer Science .
• Industrial Engineering and Operations Research . 
• Columbia Business School
  • Most courses have a prerequisite of Capital Markets “FINC B8306/ MATH G4076” or “waiver exam”.
  • Email [email protected].  
• Data Science Institute: 
  • MSDS students have priority registration.  Enrollment is dependent on the space available after MSDS student registration.
  • Non-Data Science students will be able to register/join a waitlist via SSOL the week prior to the semester.
  • Email  [email protected].

MA students may register for courses at TC, as long as they get permission from TC and their adviser. 

Even if you are cross-registered into a class in another school with a different DROP DATE, YOU (as a GSAS student) are required to abide by the GSAS DROP DATE and other GSAS deadlines. 

• This means that it is closed to MA Statistics Students.
  • Look up the course in the Columbia Directory and review the section “Open To.”
  • Some courses open to additional students on a later date.  This is often found in the “Notes” section of the course.
• Here is information about cross registration into other schools. 
• Cross Registration is always at the discretion of the specific school that offers the program.  It is also at the discretion of the particular program and course instructor.   The Statistics Department does not have any influence on allowing you into a cross registered class. 

The Columbia Course Directory and Vergil offer key information about each class including the course size, prerequisites, and if there are any restrictions. For example, if a course is not open to students in GSAS, it would not be open to an MA Statistics student. For further details about registration procedures, students may refer to the GSAS Registration page. 

Note that most courses in other departments are often restricted until the first week of the semester.  Courses that are not full by the first week of the semester will often open to MA Statistics students.  Keep checking if there is a particular course you are interested in. 

There is an up-to-date list on our MA Website of approved electives and a list of classes which are not approved.

Sometimes a new course needs to be evaluated for inclusion.  If a course is not on our list, but…   

• It relates to your studies in Statistics, obtain a syllabus and review it with your Faculty Adviser.  Your Faculty Adviser can approve your particular course schedule. 

Since new courses are coming up all the time, the MA Program has a procedure to request a new Approved Elective for all MA Statistics Students. 

• The first step is to obtain the syllabus. 
• The second step is to fill out and submit the ELECTIVES APPROVAL FORM.   

Please do not assume you can receive credit for an elective just because you can register for the course.