VA Benefits

Your military service has earned you several education benefits. In fact many veterans are able to use both their employer provided tuition assistance and the GI Bill. This means that you can pocket any left over cash once your tuition has been paid.

Enabling Veterans to receive maximum tuition funds, Columbia Southern University is classified as an Institution of Higher Learning, and CSU’s Term Enrollment System has established start and end dates.

The CSU Term System is divided into two tracks, Schedule A and Schedule B. Schedule B starts approximately four weeks after Schedule A, allowing students to begin their degree program almost any month of the year. Students may register for multiple courses within a term. The Academic Calendar outlines term start dates, term end dates and registration periods.

The Term System utilizes the same independent study course format as used in the CSU Open Enrollment System. However in the Term System, final course grades will not be reported until the end of the term, even if the student completes all course requirements early. See Term Policies.

Separate policies apply to the Term Enrollment System and are published in the CSU Catalogue Addendum and at www.columbiasouthern.edu/military/term. These Term Enrollment Policies supersede standard CSU policies. Standard CSU policies continue to apply if a separate Term Enrollment Policy is not articulated.

GI Bill User's Guides by Status

To learn more about how to use your GI Bill benefits select one of the following duty status categories:

Forms

Application for Benefits	22-1990
Application for Survivors	22-5490
Change of Status	22-1999b
Change of Place of Training	22-1995
Certifying Official	22-8794
Change of Program	22-5495