Alabama - Redstone Arsenal

Authorization and Licensure

The Redstone Arsenal location is authorized by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and licensed by the Alabama Community College System.

Alabama was approved as a State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) member state on January 1, 2016. Columbia College was approved as a SARA institution on February 26, 2015 and may offer distance education to students residing in the state of Alabama.

Location Contact Information

Student Costs

For 2021-2022 tuition and charges, please visit the Tuition Rates and Payment Policies  page in the catalog.

2021-2022 Academic Calendars

For 2021-2022 Academic Calendars, please visit the 2019-2020 Academic Calendars  page in the catalog.

Course Cancellation

Courses will only be cancelled in the event of insufficient course interest or if an appropriate teaching faculty cannot be found. If this occurs, the student will receive a full refund for the course.

Important Information for Alabama Students

Educator Preparation Programs

State authorization to provide a program related to the preparation of teachers or other P-12 school/system personnel does not indicate eligibility for an Alabama certificate. Applicants who complete an educator preparation program at an institution outside of Alabama must apply for an Alabama professional educator or professional leadership certificate through the Alabama Certificate Reciprocity Approach. Current requirements may be found at www.alsde.edu.

Nursing

State approval of a program to offer Alabama licensed nurses opportunities for advanced degrees does not indicate eligibility for approval to practice as an advanced practice nurse in Alabama. Applicants for approval in Alabama are required to meet the Alabama requirements for national certification, graduation from a specific-type program for the advanced practice approval, and completion of the appropriate application. Any program offering a pre-licensure track to Alabama students shall meet the requirements of the Alabama regulations for pre-licensure programs or the graduates may not be eligible to take the national licensure examination required by the Alabama Board of Nursing to enter the practice. www.abn.alabama.gov.

Facilities and Equipment Available to Support Courses or Programs of Study

The Columbia College J.W. and Lois Stafford Library is located at the main campus and includes extensive electronic reference and research sources in support of the college’s academic curriculum. Stafford Library serves as the primary library for all students, faculty and staff from all locations through the library’s web site at http://library.ccis.edu.  Librarians are available to answer questions via email, chat, text or phone during library hours to assist with research.

Stafford Library’s collection of materials supports the curriculum of Columbia College and contains more than 70 online databases with full-text and indexed articles from professional journals, legal publications, newspapers and magazines; 90,000 electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers; 210,000 electronic books; 150,000 streaming audio discs; and 35,000 streaming videos.  All of the library’s electronic collections are accessible remotely 24 hours/day via the library website using a person’s CougarTrack username and password through a proxy server.  Electronic delivery of articles not found in the library databases is also available.

More than 140 electronic subject and course guides have been created by library liaisons to provide information about finding articles, books, e-books, videos, and other resources about a topic.  Subject guides provide a good starting point for students to find library resources pertaining to a subject, such as the best article databases to use or how to find e-books.  Course guides are created for a specific course and include library resources pertinent to that course. Information about the research process and style manuals are available on the library’s website.

For a detailed list of library resources available to students, contact the Redstone Arsenal office at (256) 881-6181

General Student Grievance Policy

To view the entire policy, please visit the General Student Grievance Policy section of the Columbia College Policies website.

The Student Conduct  section of the catalog details information regarding the student grievance process, student code of conduct, overview of the conduct process, as well as other pertinent information that students should be aware of.  

• Complaints about sex discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation are handled in accordance with the College’s Title IX and Sexual Misconduct Policy and corresponding procedures.
• Complaints about discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation, not based on sex, are handled in accordance with the College’s Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Policy and corresponding procedures.
• Complaints related to the ADA/Section 504 accommodation process or related to the implementation of approved reasonable accommodations are handled in accordance with the College’s ADA/Section 504 Grievance Policy.

Further Complaint Resolution

On occasion, students may believe that these administrative procedures have not adequately addressed their concerns and or circumstances related to alleged violations of state consumer protection laws, that include but are not limited to fraud and false advertising; alleged violations of state laws or rules relating to the licensure of postsecondary institutions; and complaints relating to the quality of education or other state accreditation requirements.

Complaint process information is provided below for students who wish to address their concerns to the appropriate agency.

• The Private School Licensure Division of the Alabama Community College System complaint process.
• The Higher Learning Commission complaint process.
• Students in distance education programs or courses should reach out to the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (MDHEWD) at (573) 526-1577 or review the MDHE complaint process.

State Regulatory Agency Contact Information