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R Credit

R Credit for Internships

Students at Columbia College or The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science are eligible to receive R credit on their transcripts for successfully completed internships.

Students must stop by the Junior Senior Advising Center or download the form to fill out a “Request for Internship ‘R’ Credit” form.

Please note:

You will not be awarded the R credit (a notation on your transcript) until we receive official notice (a letter on letterhead) from your employer that you have successfully completed the internship.
Internship R credit is NOT academic credit. It does not affect your total number of credits needed for graduation, and, since you do not receive a grade, it does not affect your Grade Point Average.

R Credit for Academic Classes

The mark of "R" stands for "registration credit" which is equivalent to auditing a course. While the course appears on your transcript with a grade of R, you do not earn points for courses taken for R credit. However, points will not actually be removed until the end of the semester after the "R" has been posted. Permission to take a course for R credit is granted by the course instructor and class dean. An instructor may decline permission to take their course for R credit or may set specific requirements to earn the grade of R.

If you are considering taking a course for R credit, please note the following:

Only Columbia College seniors are eligible to take courses for R credit and may register during either/both semesters of their senior year. Students at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science cannot take courses for R credit.
Students must be taking enough credit bearing courses to be able to graduate at the end of their senior year.
Course may be changed to or from R credit up until the pass/fail deadline of each semester.
An instructor may choose to fail a student who has not completed minimum work agreed upon for R credit.

To Register for R Credit

Check your DAR carefully to verify that the course or courses in question are not needed for a major or core requirement, and are in excess of the 124 points required for graduation.
Pick up an R credit petition form from the Junior Senior Advising Center.
Contact your instructor to request permission to take their course for R credit.
Once you have received the instructor's permission, submit your completed R credit petition form, with the established minimum requirements and the instructor's signature, to the Junior Senior Advising Center by the pass/fail deadline.
Upon receipt of your petition, the Junior Senior Advising Center staff will notify you regarding the status of your petition.
If your petition is approved, your instructor should submit a grade of "R" at the end of the semester, just like any other grade.

Helpful Hint:

When you have been approved to take a course for R credit, either ask the instructor to enter an R in the grade book right away, or else remind him/her of it just before finals. Otherwise they may forget that you are taking the course for R credit, find they have no record of any work you have completed, and submit an F.