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Spring applications are NOT accepted
Summer 2009 admission deadline- April 24, 2009
Fall 2009 admission deadline - August 21, 2009
Admission Requirements
Application for admission to the Human Behavior and Conflict Management Program is open to women and men with a bachelor's degree either from a regionally accredited institution or with the approval of the Graduate Council.
Master of Arts or Certificate
in Human Behavior and Conflict Management
- Complete the application.
- All fields that have asterisks must be completed or you will be unable to submit the application.
- When you submit the application, this is your ‘electronic signature’ giving Columbia College permission to set up your file using your Social Security Number.
- Withholding information regarding previous college attendance or submitting incorrect contact information will result in delays in processing your file for admission.
- Submit two recommendations
- DOWNLOAD RECOMMENDATION FORMS
- Give the "Recommendation Form" to people who can speak to your ability to perform graduate level work. This form may be mailed to the Office of Admissions or faxed to 803.786.3393.
- Submit transcripts from EVERY school you have attended since graduating from high school
- Transcripts should be mailed directly to
Columbia College Office of Admissions
1301 Columbia College Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
- Submit an essay.
- Your essay should be typed in a 12 point font in Tmes New Roman
- Your essay should be no fewer than three and no more than seven typewritten, double-spaced pages.
- Using a narrative style, please address the following concerns and any others you consider pertinent:
a. What interests and excites you about the Human Behavior and Conflict management program?
b. What do you believe that you can contribute to the program based on your background, work, or life experience?
c. What do you hope to do with your degree upon completion?
- TOEFL Scores:
- International students, or those for whom English is a second language, must submit official TOEFL scores. The minimum score required for admission on the paper version is 550; the minimum score required for admission on the computer version is 213, and the minimum required on the web version is 79.
You must meet one of the following criteria:
- If your cumulative undergraduate GPA was a 3.2 or higher, you do NOT have to submit MAT or GRE scores.
- If your cumulative undergraduate GPA was lower than 3.2, please register and take either the MAT - Miller Analogies Test, or the GRE - Graduate Record Exam in time to have the scores received by the deadline for admission as posted above.
Transfering Graduate Work from Other Institutions
Graduate work completed at other institutions may be accepted in partial fulfillment of the course requirements, subject to the approval of the student's advisor, the program director, and the Registrar. All transfer credit must be submitted for approval prior to beginning the program. A student may incorporate no more than 9 s.h. from other institutions. If a student wishes to augment electives offered by the program with electives offered elsewhere, permission to do so must be obtained before registering for such credits, a grade of "B" or better must be obtained, and the total waiver of elective credits offered by Columbia College must be no more than six. Applications for permission to take transient work may be obtained from the Office of the Registrar. When concurrently enrolled in two institutions during the same semester, Columbia College regulations pertaining to maximum course load apply. Credit for prior graduate work not previously approved is disallowed toward fulfillment of graduate program requirements. If a student feels special circumstances should allow for this policy being waived, she/he may submit a request for such an exemption in writing to the Graduate Council. Transfer credit for technology courses over five years old is not accepted by the Graduate School.
Once enrolled, a student in exceptional circumstances may be allowed to substitute courses covering equivalent content at another institution for required program courses, with the approval of the student’s advisor and the program director, and provided that the majority of the student’s work is taken at Columbia College.
Transferring Graduate Work from Another Columbia College Graduate Program
Graduate work completed in other graduate programs at Columbia College may be accepted in partial fulfillment of the course requirements, subject to the approval of the student’s advisor and the program director. All such transfer credit for Columbia College graduate courses must be submitted for approval prior to a student’s beginning the Human Behavior and Conflict Management program. A student may substitute a graduate course in another Columbia College program for a Human Behavior and Conflict Management program course with the prior approval of the
student’s advisor and the program director.
Continuing Studies/Non-Degree
in Human Behavior and Conflict Management
- Download the application at www.columbiacollegesc.edu/graduate/pdf/special_student_application.pdf
- Submit an official transcript with your baccalaureate degree posted to the Office of Admission
- TOEFL Scores: International students, or those for whom English is a second language, must submit official TOEFL scores. The minimum score required for admission on the paper version is 550; the minimum score required for admission on the computer version is 213, and the minimum required on the web version is 85.
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