BASIC BASIC TRAININGTRAINING

WELCOME TO

SOLDIER RESPONSIBILITIESAS A COLLEGE STUDENT

ARMY CSU

COUGARNETThis is your communication tool to

Columbus State University

CHECK COUGARNET OFTEN

CougarNet and GoArmyEdDo not work together!

Information sent to you regarding CSU information

DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY GET SENT TO YOUR AKO

CHECK COUGARNET OFTEN!!

•Personal Records

•Grades

•Invoice Information

•View holds

•Assigned Advisor

•Register for Classes

COUGARVIEW

YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR INSTRUCTORS

ACADEMIC CALENDAR http://www.columbusstate.edu/

Registration Dates

All Military have Priority RegistrationClass Start Dates

Payment Deadline Dates

If your classes are not paid for bythe

deadline date You will be dropped from your classes!

Which means you must be Signed up in GoArmyEd by

the payment deadline date!

Go to Academics From the CSU Homepage

Click on Academic Calendar

Choose a Semester

Deadline to withdrawCAUTION:

if you withdraw from A class after this dateYou will receive a WF

Drop/Add Period Schedule Change

CAUTION: what you change in

CougarNet, must be Changed in GoArmyEd

CLASS REGISTRATION(Signing up for classes)

YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR CLASSES IN TWO AREAS:

CougarNet GoArmyEd &

Step-by-Step Instructions

http://benning.columbusstate.edu/registerforclasses.php

THIS MUST BE DONE EVERY SEMESTER

IFCannot find your class in GoArmyEd

OrYou get an Error message

Call or e-mail KATHLEEN HARR

GOARMYED COORDINATOR(before you put in a GoArmyEd helpdesk case)

706-507-8805harr_kathleen@columbusstate.edu

AFTER REGISTERINGIn both CougarNet

& GoArmyEd

send KATHLEEN HARR

AN E-MAIL

If you do not complete the E-MAIL Portion of the registration process

YOU RUN THE RISK OF BEING DROPPED

FROM YOUR CLASSES

Soldier Registers

Cougarnet GoArmyEd

Bursar’s office does not know how you intend to pay for classes

E-mail Sent togoarmyed@columbusstate.edu

I code your accountTo keep you from

Being droppedFrom classes

If you do not sign up for your classes in

GoArmyEd and the semester ends…

GoArmyEd will not allow YOU to go back to sign up for a class

GoArmyEd will not allow the BURSAR’S OFFICE to go back to sign upfor a class

GoARmyEd will not allow ME, the GAE Coordinator, to go back to sign you up for a class

GoARmyEd will not allow the ARMY EDUCATION COUNSELOR to go back to sign up for a class

YOU WILL GET A BILL FROM CSU

ACCOUNT HOLDS

CSU GoArmyEd• Advisor Hold Every Semester• Military Advisor Hold• Payment Hold• Departmental Holds

• SOU – Statement of Understanding Must be provided EVERY YEAR

• Student Agreement Hold Degree Plan ARMY will only pay for classes on your degree plan

Degree changes must be done with CSU FIRST through the Registrar’s office. • GPA Hold – GPA must be 2.0 or better to be able to use Tuition Assistance

CLASS ATTENDANCE Established by each individual faculty

•If you have not received a written policy from your instructor, 9 hours of absences in a 3-credit hour class is permitted

•You are required to account for all absences with your instructor, i.e. COMMUNICATE

•You are required to make up all missed work

Military Personnel Class Attendance

• Reservists or National Guard called to Active Duty

• Active Duty that come up on PCS or Deployment orders

May officially withdraw from CSU upon providing a copy of orders!

CLASS WITHDRAWAL

Per Your Statement of Understanding “I will advise the education center of any intent to withdraw from a class for which I am receiving TA and will follow the established GoArmyEd Withdrawal procedures.”

Contact the Army Education Center FIRST before you withdraw in GoArmyEd!

If you are using TUITION ASSISTANCE

Tuition Assistance Non-ReimbursementWithdrawal or fail for academic or personal reasons: • F for nonattendance• Failure to remove and “I” incomplete grade within the time stipulated by the school for 120 days whichever comes first. • Disciplinary or fraud causes forced withdrawal

CSU Withdrawal Policy

Check Academic Calendar Every Semester Look for Schedule Change Period (drop/add period) You Must officially withdraw from a course through CougarNet before the deadline for withdraw date!

Withdrawal before deadline date: “W”

Withdrawal after deadline date: “WF”

Deadline to withdraw

Drop/Add Period Schedule Change

“W”

“WF”Fail

ACADEMIC STANDING

Academic Probation: Grade point average falls below 2.0.

Academic Exclusion: Term GPA is lower than 2.0 or after attempting 30 semester hours you are not from removed from probation

The length of exclusion resulting from the grade point averages will be a minimum of one regular semester (i.e. Fall or Spring) after the first exclusion, and a minimum of two regular semesters after the second exclusion. Credit earned at other institutions during a mandatory exclusion period will not transfer to Columbus State University.

Student academic progress is evaluated at the end of every semester.