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14 How To Pay www.colum.edu/howtopay For general information on payment due dates, payment methods, auto-debit payment plans, loans and grants, and your individual award letter, go to: colum. edu/howtopay. For your individual account information, login to MyColumbia and choose the MyFinancials tab. Financial Aid Programs www.colum.edu/fafsa or studentaid.gov To be considered for federal or state financial aid programs, students must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at studentaid.gov each year on October 1st. Scholarships www.colum.edu/scholarships Columbia offers a variety of scholarships. To learn more about Columbia-based scholarships as well as external scholarship opportunities go to colum.edu/ scholarships. GLOBAL EDUCATION students.colum.edu/global-education/ edabroad@colum.edu Global Education assists students in their educational experiences outside the US, including studying abroad for credit through Exchange Programs, Columbia Faculty- Led Programs, and Approved Provider Programs. Students who are interested in earning credit or having other educational experiences while traveling to another country can set up an appointment with Global Education to discuss the range of education abroad programs options that are available to them as Columbia students. HONORS PROGRAM 623 S. Wabash Ave. | Suite 600 (312) 369-8604 students.colum.edu/honors/ honors@colum.edu The Honors Program offers an enhanced educational experience tailored to our students seeking greater academic challenges. The Honors Program community brings together creative thinkers, intellectuals, writers, and communicators who seek to share ideas while studying and learning at the highest level. Honors Program students pursue deeper academic and creative challenges with some of Columbia’s most engaged faculty members through a rich array of Honors courses on subjects as wide ranging as Post-Colonial Literature, Ethics and Economics, Animal Behavior Research Methods, Intro to Visual Culture, and dozens of other topics. The upper-level Undergraduate Research Initiative (URMI) course can also be taken for up to 3 hours of Honors credit. More information on the URMI program can be found on the Honors Program site. Because our Honors classes include students from all of Columbia’s majors in the visual, performing,