Interuniversity
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How to register for a consortium class.
Through the New York City consortium
of universities, CUNY doctoral students may enroll not
only in classes at the Graduate Center and at any of the
many CUNY campuses, but also at other participating universities, without incurring additional
tuition expense. The process for enrolling at a consortium
university is outlined below.
First find the course you want to take.
There is no single list of the classes offered through
the consortium, so you have to find the class you want.
Below are some links to some of the consortium schools
and their course offerings:
Columbia
University
NYU
Fordham
University
1. Fill out your CUNY Registration
card just as you normally would, putting the information
for the consortium class on the card and file it with
the Biology Program office on time when you register.
2. Get a yellow Interdoctoral Consortium
Form from Joan Reid. Fill out the form with all the relevant
information. (The Interdoctoral Consortium Form has phone
numbers for contact information, but I got nowhere with
them.)
3. Then get the signatures. Do it in
this order to save time and hassle: a) Your advisor,
b) The instructor, c) CUNY registrar, d) The right person
at the host institution. (see below)
4. Register for the class with the
host institution. They will keep the pink copy.
5. Bring the yellow copy back downtown
to the CUNY registrar so they can register you for the
class. Keep the blue copy until you know you have a grade
on your transcript. Give the beige card at the back to
your instructor so s/he can turn in a grade for you.
6. Take the class and do well.
7. Make sure the credits get to CUNY
from the host institution.
Columbia:
At Columbia, go to Philosophy Hall. After
you walk in, take an immediate left and this brings you
to the Graduate Student Lounge. In there is a person who
will sign your form. Then go downstairs to register.
NYU:
The person who signs your consortium
form as Dean of Host School at NYU
is Erin Brienza, Assistant to the Associate Dean of the Graduate
School,
6 Washington Square North (between 5th Ave and University),
2nd floor,
at the far back of building
212-998-8030
Get the CUNY Dean's signature (7th floor of Grad Center,
Student Affairs
office) first because Erin will not register you for the
class until you
have that signature. This way you will only have to make
one trip.
Then you can go to 7 E 12th St. to the ID Card center to
get an NYU ID
with a form from Erin.
submitted by Kurt A Reynertson and Nat
Bletter (CUNY/NYBG doctoral students)
