Alabama

Redstone Arsenal

Authorization and Licensure

Columbia College holds an exemption with the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and licensed by the Private School Licensure Division of 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

Paige Woods, Director                            
3495 Patton Rd SW
Huntsville, AL 35805-4324
redstone@ccis.edu
Phone: (256) 881-6181
Fax: (256) 881-2897

Dr. Sandra Hamar, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
1001 Rogers Street
Columbia, MO 65216
provost@ccis.edu
Phone: (573) 875-7500
Fax: (573) 875-7445

Student Costs

For 2024-2025 tuition and charges, please visit the Tuition Rates and Payment Policies  page in the catalog.

2024-2025 Academic Calendars

For 2024-2025 Academic Calendars, please visit the 2024 - 2025 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 https://www.alabamaachieves.org/teacher-center/teacher-certification/.

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 physical and 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.  In addition to the Director & Assistant Director, there are 3 degreed Librarians who are available to answer research questions via email, video chat, text chat, or phone Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Off hours research assistance is available by request.

Stafford Library’s collection of materials supports the curriculum of Columbia College and contains more than 60 online databases with full-text and indexed articles from professional journals, legal publications, newspapers and magazines (see below for listing); 70,000 electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers; 290,000 electronic books; 210,000 streaming audio discs and streaming videos.  All of the library’s electronic collections are accessible remotely 24 hours/day via the library website using a person’s myPortal username and password through a proxy server.  Electronic delivery of articles not found in the library databases is also available.

More than 100 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.

Library resources are requested for purchase by faculty, library staff, students, and college staff.  Individual titles may be purchased in either print, electronic, or both formats based upon the academic program need.  Subscriptions to online databases of articles, books, videos, or other resources are suggested by faculty or library staff.  A trial of the database is set up by library staff to evaluate the content, interface, etc.  Depending on trial feedback, a recommendation to add a database to the library’s licensed resources and budget is then submitted to college administration.

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.

• Students first need to complete the grievance/complaint procedure with Columbia College prior to submitting a complaint with the Private School Licensure Division of the Alabama Community College System. If your complaint remains unresolved after exhausting all available institutional processes, you may file a complaint with the Private School Licensure Division.
• 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) 751-2361 or review the MDHE complaint process.

State Regulatory Agency Contact Information 

VA Statement

The Columbia College-Redstone Arsenal location has been approved by the Alabama State Approving Agency, Department of Postsecondary Education to train veterans and other eligible persons under the benefits of Title 38, United States Code (38 U.S.C. 3671 [a] and 3672 [a]).