If you are accepted to begin in the MA Degree Program in Statistics in the Fall Semester, you can take a class with the School of Professional Studies the summer before. An advantage of doing this is that you can get a taste of the program, complete a class in advance of starting, and then TRANSFER the course into the MA Statistics Program in the Fall after registration. You must apply to the School of Professional Studies first, then you can register for classes. If you have not completed immunizations, you will get a hold on your account and there will be delays. You can apply HERE.
Yes. Registration can occur from any location.
When Registration is open, each student will receive an assigned appointment time in SSOL
. All MA Statistics Students will register at the same time.
Please review the Registration Guidelines on the MA Statistics Website. The Office of the University Registrar is helpful.
HERE is a pictorial summary on Course Registration.
When Registration is open, each student will receive an assigned appointment time in SSOL. All MA Statistics Students will register at the same time.
Registration at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is a two-part process:
- Register for courses.
- Register for a full/partial Residence Unit (RU).
Your RU provides the basis of your tuition charges. Read HERE about Residence Units. For complete information about registration procedures, refer to the GSAS Registration page .
The GSAS Academic Calendar
indicates the general dates that students can register. The system will allow students to register only during specific registration appointment times on Student Services Online (SSOL) (accessed with UNI and password). “REG APPTS” reveals the designated times.
Please review this New Student Registration Outline and the Registration Outline on the MA Statistics Website. The Office of the University Registrar is helpful.
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.
HERE is a video that describes how to use SSOL for registration. HERE is a video about using Vergil for planning your courses and schedule.
Access course information in the Columbia University Directory of Classes. Compare with the lists on the MA Statistics Website to choose approved electives.
MA Statistics Courses begin with GR52xx. Do not register for the GU42xx version of the same class.
The Columbia Course Directory:
- Reveals when a student is restricted from taking a course. The class must be “open to” GSAS.
- Shows how many students have already signed up and how many slots are still open (time-delayed from the evening before).
- Reveals if there are any “Approvals Required.”
- Lists prerequisites.
Read carefully all informative emails from the Department and GSAS. Special announcements of courses opening up or waitlists will be sent via email or Newsletter.
Helpful sites for registration: The Student Service Center Website has helpful videos and more. Activate your UNI.
The recommended full-time course load in the first semester is:
- Probability – GR5203—Core Course
- Inference – GR5204—Core Course
- Linear Regression Models– GR5205—Core Course
- Stat Comp & Intro Data Science—GR5206—This is the first offering in the popular Data Science Sequence offered by the Statistics Department.
This course schedule covers the basic prerequisites needed for the other statistics electives. More details are in the Registration Outline for incoming students.
Students with a background in probability and inference should take the half-semester versions of these courses. This allows for more advanced studies in the second semester.
Students lacking a strong background in probability and inference should confer with their faculty adviser as to whether they should take full-semester versions, and how to arrange the schedule if that is the case.
It is important to know what courses are REQUIRED, what electives are APPROVED, and what courses are NOT-APPROVED.