Cross-Registration (MBA Courses)

Students in schools using SSOL should be able to add/drop eligible Spring 2025 courses with availability during designated registration dates sometime during the week of January 21, 2025.  More details will be shared closer to the time. If you are a CLS or TC student, we will share more information with your school's registration team shorty before January 21. 

Select Business School MBA (8000-level) offerings are open to all currently enrolled:

• Graduate degree candidates at Columbia University, Teachers College, and Union Theological Seminary
• Undergraduate seniors at Columbia College (CC), Barnard College (BC), The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), and the School of General Studies (GS)
• Post-baccalaureate students in the School of Professional Studies (SPS)

Course Availability and Enrollment Instructions

Only courses with availability for cross-registrants will be listed in the Registration Periods & Available Courses section below. This occurs typically the week before the first class session. If a course is not listed on this website as available to cross-registrants, there is no other form of appeal to gain access to the course. Instructors do not manage enrollment of academic courses.

Most students may enroll in an eligible MBA elective course with availability (B8000-level) through Student Services Online (SSOL) provided prerequisites/ corequisites have been satisfied.

The MBA Course Directory provides access to full course descriptions and whether a course has a pre- and/or co-requisite.

Pre- and Co-Requisite Enforcement

Electives with core course pre- and/or co-requisites beginning with B6xxx will not be enforced. Cross registrants will be unable to register for these core courses listed below:

By enrolling in an MBA elective with a core course pre- or co-requisite, you assume responsibility for having the necessary background and preparation. If it is determined that you do not have the necessary background, instructors have the right to request that you be deregistered.

Electives that have course pre- and/or co-requisites beginning with 8xxx will be enforced.

The Finance course Capital Markets & Investments (FINC B8306) is a prerequisite for most finance courses. The following Columbia courses offered outside of the Business School have been approved as equivalent to B8306:

• IEOR E4711 Global Capital Markets (SEAS)
• MATH G5280 Capital Markets and Investments (GSAS)
• INAF U6045 International Capital Markets (SIPA) and INAF U6022 Economics of Finance (SIPA) taken together, fulfill the Business School's prerequisite of FINC B8306 Capital Markets & Investments.
• Note for SIPA Students: For Business School electives that list B8306 Capital Markets as a co-requisite, one class (U6045 or U6022) should have already been taken, and the other class should be taken concurrently with the B-School elective requiring the B8306 Capital Markets co-requisite.

All other stated prerequisites have to have been taken at the Business School. Instructors may not waive these prerequisites. Students with the appropriate background may take the applicable exemption exam.

Exemption Exams

We offer online exemption exams for the following electives:

• Capital Markets & Investments (B8306)* Students can sign up for the Exemption Exam (sign-up expires at 3:00 pm ET on January 15, 2025, and students must complete the exemption exam by 5:00 pm ET on January 16, 2025). Please look out for a Canvas/Courseworks notification to take the exemption exam.
• Real Estate Finance (B8331)* Students can sign up for the Exemption Exam (sign-up expires at 4:00 pm EST on February 23, 2024).
• Many of the pre-requisites for Python classes can be waived by taking Python qualification exams - see the Python at CBS page for details. These exams are available at any time on an on-demand basis, and cannot be waived - students with pre-requisite knowledge should easily be able to pass them.

Drop or Withdrawal Procedures and Deadlines

Dropping or withdrawing from business school courses occurs via SSOL. For students without SSOL access, MBA course drop or withdrawal requests must be submitted via email to [email protected]. Relevant registration deadlines will be included in Registration Periods & Available Courses section below.

Registration Periods & Available Courses (Subject to Change)

Please note course availabilities and registration periods are subject to change. We will be making changes to this page up until the date that the registration period opens. Once the registration period opens, there will be no more changes.

Registration periods and tentative lists of MBA courses will be published below when determined. Course information, including date, time, and location, can be found on the individual course page. If a course is not listed on this website as available to cross-registrants, there is no other form of appeal to gain access to the course.

Cross Registration at Columbia Business School for Fall 2024 has closed. 

We will post updated information for Spring 2025 in mid-January, and the list of eligible courses for cross-registration will be available then.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)