<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div>Please do not reply to <ee-ms>, <ce-ms>, <quantum-ms> as messages will not be received. For general inquiries, please reach out to <a href="mailto:ee-studentaffairs@ee.columbia.edu" target="_blank">ee-studentaffairs@ee.columbia.edu</a>.<font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear  Students,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">We are very excited to <span class="gmail-il">welcome</span> you back!</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit">As we enter the <span class="gmail-il">Spring</span> 2025 semester, we have noted some important information and reminders below:</font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">The Change of Program Period: </font></font></span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline">January 21 - January 31</span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Please remember </font></font></span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">that there are no partial refunds granted for individual course drops; partial refunds may only be granted if a student withdraws from the entire semester and removes all of their class registration for the term (based on the Registrar’s </font></font></span><a href="https://www.registrar.columbia.edu/content/refund-rate-withdrawals" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">withdrawal refund schedule</font></font></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">).</font></font></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><br></font></font></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Registration requirements and important rules</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">When registering, make sure to follow the rules/requirements which </font></font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">are summarized in the checklist for those that are EE MS </font></font></span><a href="https://sites.ee.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/pics/MSEEChecklist.20210325.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">https://sites.ee.columbia.edu/</font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">sites/default/files/content/</font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">pics/MSEEChecklist.20210325.</font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">pdf</font></font></span></a>, <span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">for those that are CE MS <a href="https://compeng.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/pdf/CE-MS-Program-Checklist.pdf" target="_blank">https://compeng.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/pdf/CE-MS-Program-Checklist.pdf</a> and for the Quantum MS </font></font></span></font><span style="background-color:transparent"><a href="https://www.ee.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Quantun%20MS%20Program%20Checklist%202024%20Fall.pdf">https://www.ee.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Quantun%20MS%20Program%20Checklist%202024%20Fall.pdf</a>. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> any questions you may have, please email us at <a href="mailto:ee-studentaffairs@ee.columbia.edu">ee-studentaffairs@ee.columbia.edu</a> </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">You can register for up to 15 credits per </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">semester</font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">. Note that a normal load for full-time students is 12 credits. Students on a student visa must carry the full load in every </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">semester</font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> (full load is 12 credits  except in the last </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">semester</font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> when it can be less).</font></font></font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit">Note that EE MS students MUST, within their first 24 credits, complete at least 12 points within the EE department. Both pure EE classes (ELEN) as well as cross-listed EE classes (designators like CSEE, EECS, BMEB, ECBM, EEOR, or EEME) count towards this requirement. </font></font></span></p></li></ul><div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-left:47pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you have any questions, please contact the EE Director of Student Affairs, Elsa Sanchez (</span><a href="mailto:ee-ms-advising@ee.columbia.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">ee-studentaffairs@ee.columbia.edu</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">).</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit">Best Regards,</font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"></font></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"></font></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit">Elsa</font></font></span></p><div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><br clear="all"></font></font></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Elsa Sanchez</b><br></font></font></div><div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">(pronouns: she/her/hers)</i><b><br></b></font></font></div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><i>Director of Student Affairs</i><br></font></font></div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit">Columbia University<br>Department of Electrical Engineering<br></font></font></div><div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit">500 W. 120th Street, Rm. 1300, New York, NY 10027<br></font></font></div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><u>212-854-3104</u> (T), 212-932-9421 (F)<br></font></font></div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><u><a href="mailto:es240@columbia.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">es240@columbia.edu</a></u></font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><u>OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Friday from</u></font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><u>10:30am - 12:00pm and 2:30pm - 4:00pm</u></font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><br></font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__calendly.com_es240_officehours-3Fmonth-3D2021-2D02&d=DwMFaQ&c=009klHSCxuh5AI1vNQzSO0KGjl4nbi2Q0M1QLJX9BeE&r=SD-9ztpHDQVkXLFc0zdc9RZWqGhdQ2vAJZ0O73eMlt0&m=Hc-8kD3278c23Vl6vjRuACxwH7LNMIpGwOvLebTsbybuJExQh6Fxj_o2NZ0GQYIx&s=2Ld35U6L1EKDjysHfcLKBSWOUBGxnpJk43a_RJHo6Lk&e=" target="_blank">Schedule an appointment! </a></span><u><br></u></font></font></div></div></div></div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"> <br></font></font></div></div></div>