Online students living in the Columbia, Missouri area can access many of the resources available to Main Campus Evening students.
Enrollment Service Center
The Enrollment Service Center is the one-stop for financial aid, bill payment, and registration inquiries. Click here for office hours and contact information.
ID Cards
If a student lives within close proximity to a Columbia College location, they can visit the location to obtain a Student ID Card.
Columbia College IDs can be made for students who do not reside near a Columbia College location. Students must first be authenticated. The student should contact their location for more information about the authentication process.
Once authenticated, a request for an ID must be submitted by the student from their CougarMail account to ccidrequest@ccis.edu. Students are required to provide their name, their Columbia College ID number, their current mailing address, a copy of a government issued photo ID, and a head shot similar to a driver’s license photo in their email request. The photo must be taken of shoulders up, against a plain background, without hats, scarves, sunglasses or other head gear with the exception of religious reasons. Glamour shots and self-taken photos are not acceptable.
Contact your location or the Student Affairs Office at (573) 875-7400 or studentaffairs@ccis.edu for more information.
Online Tutoring Services, Writing Center & Math Center
CC Global students are provided free online tutoring services in math and English through Smarthinking. With Smarthinking, students experience online tutoring that is simple, fast and always available. Students connect to live educators from any computer that has Internet access, with no special software installation or equipment required. Smarthinking provides online tutoring 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, enabling students to get the help they need when they need it.
The Elizabeth Toomey Seabrook Writing Center and Tutoring Services, located on the main campus in Columbia, Missouri, provides free educational support services to help Columbia-area students develop and maintain writing skills needed for academic success. These services are offered to current students who can come to the center for face-to-face writing consultations, which are offered primarily by appointment. Students can get help with:
- Brainstorming ideas and developing a thesis
- Organizing a paper and adding depth to analysis
- Revising and editing
- Avoiding plagiarism and mastering various citation styles
Click here for Writing Center hours and essay writing assistance.
Professional and peer tutors are also available on the Columbia, Missouri, campus to enhance student learning experiences in various academic disciplines, such as accounting and finance, computer information systems, and the sciences. This free service is available to students who are enrolled in tutor-supported courses and available to come in person for group tutoring sessions. Tutors are available on a walk-in basis at a variety of times each week to help students with the following tasks:
- Understanding concepts and productively reviewing notes
- Working problems
- Preparing for quizzes and exams
To view the current tutoring schedule, click here.
For more information about the Seabrook Writing Center, call (573) 875-7616. For Tutoring Services, call (573) 875-7614. You can also email writing_center@ccis.edu.
The Ether L. Bruce Math Center, located on the main campus in Columbia, Missouri, provides free educational support to students enrolled for credit in mathematics courses offered through Columbia College who can come into the Center for in-person tutoring. Drop-in tutoring is provided for all mathematics courses numbered below 300, including Mathematics for Elementary Teachers, Algebraic/Geometric Reasoning for Teachers, Beginning through College Algebra, Finite Math, Pre-Calculus, Calculus I & II, Discrete Mathematics I and Statistics I. Students in mathematics courses not on this list are welcome to contact the coordinator at the email address given below to determine when tutoring could be made available for their course. Services offered on a walk-in basis in a one-to-one or small group format include:
- Help in understanding concepts
- Problem-solving development
- Graphing calculator instruction
- Exam preparation
Click here for Math Center hours and access to handouts. For more information, call (573) 875-7651 or e-mail: mathcenter@ccis.edu.
Other tutoring options may be available at your campus location. Please contact your campus for more information.
Stafford Library
Columbia College’s J.W. and Lois Stafford Library is located at the main campus and includes extensive electronic library holdings in support of the college’s curriculum. Stafford Library serves as the primary library for all locations. The library is open more than 90 hours per week and librarians are available to provide assistance and answer questions by phone, email, chat or text.
The library’s collection supports the curriculum of Columbia College with more than 64,000 physical items (books, videos, compact discs, etc.), 100 print magazine, journal, and newspaper titles, as well as more than 160,000 full-text electronic journals, 208,000 electronic books, 27,000 streaming videos and 134,000 streaming audio discs. All of the library’s electronic collections are accessible remotely 24 hours/day via the library website. Electronic delivery of inter-library loan articles is also available.
Columbia College is a member of the MOBIUS Consortium. This membership provides Columbia College students taking classes at a Missouri location or residing in Missouri access to more than 29 million items in more than 75 academic, special or public libraries. Students can borrow books by using the MOBIUS online catalog or visiting a participating library.
Click here for library hours. Hours are based on the main campus class schedule and are subject to change during breaks and holidays.
Contact information: Phone: (573) 875-7381 or (800) 231-2391 x7381; Email: library@ccis.edu; Website: https://library.ccis.edu.
Textbooks
Columbia College (“College”) students have different options to access textbooks each semester as described in this policy. In addition, students are informed of their options to access textbooks in the College Catalog and on the College’s website.
The options for students to access textbooks vary depending on the venue of their courses (e.g., Traditional vs. Nontraditional). Many students who receive federal financial aid can apply available aid to purchase optional textbooks through the last day to add classes; however, students must be awarded financial aid before they can utilize the financial aid funds for textbook purchases.
In all cases, students are required to have the required textbooks for the start of each course and failure to do so may impact their ability to satisfactorily complete coursework.
I. Columbia College Nontraditional Venue Textbook Program
As part of the cost of tuition, the College provides textbooks for undergraduate and graduate courses offered through CC Global (i.e., nontraditional venues). Most textbooks for CC Global courses are digital textbooks. Students have access to their textbooks through the College’s learning management system no later than the Friday before the course begins, or within 24 hours of registration being finalized for the course if the student registers after the Friday before the course start date. In the event a digital textbook is not available, a printed copy of the textbook will be provided to the student. The printed textbook will be shipped to the student at least seven days before the course start date, or within 24 hours of registration being finalized for the course if the student registers within 13 days of the course start date.
Nontraditional venue students who also simultaneously enroll in a traditional venue course will follow the nontraditional venue textbook program for nontraditional venue courses.
A. Opting In
By default, all eligible students taking a course through CC Global will be enrolled in the nontraditional venue textbook program for that course. This program is not available to Traditional “Day” students. A student who opts out of the nontraditional venue textbook program, but who would like to reenroll in the program will have the opportunity to opt in at the beginning of each academic year. Students who desire to opt back in to the nontraditional venue textbook program at a time other than the beginning of an academic year may appeal to the Enrollment Service Center. Students are allowed one appeal and whether to grant the appeal is entirely at the discretion of the College. Students who receive textbooks as part of their tuition do not have to submit a request for a textbook voucher to receive the required textbooks for courses.
B. Opting Out
CC Global students may elect to opt out of the nontraditional venue textbook program by communicating this intent to their advisor and by submitting a completed Textbook Program Opt-out form before enrolling in courses at the College for the semester. After communicating intent to opt out to their academic advisor, the student will receive an email from the advisor with a link to the opt out form. Opting out of receiving textbooks through the nontraditional venue textbook program applies to all courses for which the student registers after opting out. Once a student registers for at least one course for the semester, the next opportunity to opt out is before registering for the following semester. Students who opt out will receive a $20 per credit hour reduction on their student account and will be responsible for obtaining all required textbooks and required materials on their own. Students receiving Military Tuition Assistance who opt out of the Textbook Program will not receive a $20 per credit hour reduction on their student account because their textbook cost is in addition to tuition and covered by a $20 per credit hour institutional grant. Students who receive reduced tuition rates pursuant to the College’s Employee Educational Grant or Graduate Education Grant and opt out will not be charged $20 per credit hour for the nontraditional venue textbook program regardless of their tuition reduction amount; these students who opt out of the nontraditional venue textbook program are responsible for purchasing required materials on their own.
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