COBA Student Services

The office of Student Services is designed to assist undergraduate students as accurately, thoroughly and as quickly as possible. We help students get answers to their questions and complete necessary university transactions in a timely manner.

Some of the services we provide are as follows:

• Helping students contact professors
• Providing information on COBA programs and processes
• Troubleshooting registration errors
• Waitlisting closed class sections
• Assigning faculty mentors to newly admitted students
• Evaluating business transfer classes
• Assisting students find a school to take transient courses
• Coordinating with professional advisors for degree maps / graduation plans

Contact Student Services

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call, email, or drop by. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours are extended the first 2 weeks of each semester as needed.

Phone: (912) 358-3422

Email: cobaservices@savannahstate.edu 

Location: Howard Jordan building, Room 141

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 20359
3219 College Street
Savannah, GA 31404

COBA Services and Resources

Advisement - All new students are assigned a professional advisor in the Center for Student Success (CSS).

Closed classes - We can walk you through how to register for waitlists and how to register that class once you've received an invite to register for the class.

Holds - If you have holds on your account, we can let you know what those holds are. If you have questions about them, we'll help you find the office or person that can answer those questions.

Major Grids - Students who completed BUSA 2185 in Su19 or earlier should use the 2018 grids. Students who took BUSA 2185 in Fa19 or later should be using the 2019 grids. The 2019 grids are also in effect for the 2020-2021 year.

Minors - Business majors are not required to have a minor but may opt to complete one if they so choose. View the list of business minors and their requirements for students that are business majors and non-business majors. Requirements for other available minors may be found in the Academic Catalog. 

Pre-requisites and Registration Errors  - The most common registration errors are the "Pre-requisite/Test score error". All course descriptions, which include any course prerequisites, are located in the back of the Academic Catalog. The Pre-requisite Sheet lists all business courses and when the courses are offered; this sheet or the catalog should be checked to verify that the student has met the course requirements.

The second most common registration is "Class Restriction". Students must be Juniors (60 or more earned hours) to take upper division (the course numbers begin with a 3 or 4, e.g. MGNT 3165) business classes. COBA does allow for 2 exceptions and students meeting either one must contact COBA Student Services to be registered for the classes. Those exceptions are: have 59 earned hours, which signifies the completion of Sophomore year; have between 42 and 58 earned hours and have completed the business Area F (BUSA 1103, 2105 and 2106; ACCT 2101 and 2102; and ECON 2106).

University Resources

Need to change your major, add a minor, or take a class at another school while home for the summer? These forms and many more are handled by the SSU Registrar's Office and may be found here.

Need to find out what your login information is for the computer network, apply for a car decal, or look up what textbooks you need via the University Bookstore? From any page on the university website, click on "Current Students" and select "All Current Student Resources" to find these and many more links. The short menu on the "Current Students" tab includes the most popular links like PAWS, D2L, Financial Aid, Student Email and Housing.