College Credit Plus (CCP) Books
CCP Announcements
PLEASE READ FULLY (updated: 12/22/20)
SP21 Student Communication
SP21 School District Communication
Vouchers Continue as Online-Only Format
Spring Semester 2021 CCP Bookstore Voucher orders will be serviced online at bookstore.cscc.edu. The Columbus State Bookstore will send a notification to your Columbus State email when your voucher is open and available to use. Notifications will be sent out beginning January 6.
Voucher Schedule
| Jan. 6 | CCP Bookstore Voucher payment method will be available to use online. Students must have approved funding for orders to be processed. |
| Jan. 18 | First day of classes for Spring Semester. (Campus is closed-Martin Luther King Jr. Day) |
| Feb. 15 | Last day to purchase online with a voucher. Note: If a voucher is activated after this date, it will be available to use for 7 days after activation. |
Bookstore Collection Postponed
The textbook and calculator collection by the Bookstore for participating schools will be postponed until further notice. The Bookstore will communicate any outstanding books to your School District, so you may hear further instructions from your school, or you can contact your high school to determine if the school would like materials returned.
Student Resources; Get Started
- Confirm courses are CCP Funded and register courses before the start of the semester.
- Check CSCC email for Columbus State communications. Set up your student email. Username & password must be activated.
- Check CougarWeb to review your schedule. Use textbook lookup to see what is required for the course ('Choose 1' option means only one of the choices is required).
Obtain CCP Course Materials
- If the course(s) are noted as “self-pay” on the Authorization form, the tuition and books are the student’s responsibility. Choose credit card payment method when purchasing online for these materials.
- High schools distribute books for high school sections, unless noted otherwise on the voucher. These courses show as 8000 level sections on your schedule (i.e. PSY-1100-8230 or PSY-1100-B8223). NOTE: The only exceptions are for the CCP Online Academy courses; sections W8995, W8996, W8997, W8998, W8999 are eligible to be charged to your voucher.
- The Bookstore Voucher covers eligible CCP students from authorized school districts only. Check the Bookstore Voucher: School List to see if your school is listed. Eligible students can obtain required course materials for registered CCP course(s) from the Columbus State Bookstore once they receive a notification email. Jump to Bookstore Voucher Information.
- If your school has not authorized Columbus State to provide vouchers, please contact your high school to obtain books. If a school would like to participate in the Bookstore Voucher process please contact the bookstore to complete a 2020-2021 College Credit Plus Tuition and Fees School District Book Process Memorandum of Understanding.
- Home school students are responsible for purchasing their own books.
Schools listed below have authorized Columbus State to provide Bookstore Vouchers to their eligible CCP students.
Jump to Bookstore Voucher section to learn more.
Academy for Urban Scholars
Alternative Education Academy (OHDELA)
Amanda Clearcreek
Arlington Local
Arts & College Prep Academy
Bellefontaine City
Benjamin Logan
Berea City
Berne Union
Bexley
Big Walnut
Bishop Hartley
Bishop Rosecrans
Bishop Watterson
Bloom-Carroll
Buckeye Online School for Success
Buckeye Valley
Canal Winchester
Centerburg
Charles School
Circleville
Clear Fork Valley
Columbus Arts & Technology
Columbus City
Columbus Preparatory Academy
Cornerstone Academy
Cristo Rey
C-TEC
Delaware Area Career Center
Delaware Christian
Delaware City
Dublin City
Early College Academy
East Muskingum - John Glenn
Eastland-Fairfiend Career Technical
Edison Learning
Elgin Local
Everest High School
Fairbanks
Fairfield Christian
Fairfield Union
Flex High School
Franklinton High School
Gahanna-Jefferson
Genoa Christian Academy
Global Impact Stem Academy
Goal Digital Academy
Great River Connections Academy
Graham School
Granville Exempted Village
Great River Connections Academy
Grandview Heights
Grove City Christian
Groveport Madison
Hamilton
Harvest Preparatory
Haugland Learning Center
Heartland High School
Heath
Highland
Hilliard
Hillsdale
Horizon Science Academy
Jefferson Local - West Jefferson
Johnstown-Monroe Local
Jonathan Alder
KIPP Columbus
Knox County Career Center
Lancaster City
Lexington Local
Liberty Christian Academy
Licking Heights
Logan Elm
London
Lucas Local
Madison Christian
Madison-Plains
Marburn Academy
Marion City
Marysville
Mason Run
Mechanicsburg
Metro
Miami Trace
Mount Vernon City
New Albany-Plain Local
North Folk
North Union
Northern Local
Northridge
Ohio Connections
Ohio Construction Academy
Ohio Hi-Point Career Center
Ohio Virtual Academy
Olentangy
Patriot Preparatory Academy
Pickerington
Quaker Digital Academy
Reynoldsburg
Ridgewood Local
Riverview Local
Road to Success Academy
Southwest Licking
South-Western City
St. Francis DeSales
Summit Academy
Sunrise Academy
Teays Valley
The Wellington School
Tolles Career & Technical Center
Torah Academy
Treca Digital Academy
Triad Local
Tri-Rivers Career
Troy City
Upper Arlington
Urbana City
Utica
Walnut Township
Washington Court House
Welsh Hills School
West Liberty-Salem
Westerville
Westfall Local
Whitehall
Woodmore Local
Worthington Christian
Worthington City
If you are registered for a Columbus State CCP course and eligible for a Bookstore Voucher, you will be notified by email (@student.cscc.edu) when it is open and available to use. SP21 notifications will be sent out beginning January 6.
Did you receive your notification? Follow the instructions in your notification email. You can obtain your required books and materials online at bookstore.cscc.edu (shipping charges covered). Students are responsible for any ineligible charges on this account.
Missing notification? If there is a delay in your registration, funding, or scheduling of courses, then your voucher account will also be delayed. If all your courses are ineligible then you will not receive a voucher.
School districts may seek reimbursement of book costs from students/families if a student withdraws from or drops a course.
Account refunds may be accepted on items in original condition within 14 days of purchase.
Please wait to open or use manuals or access cards until you are sure you are taking the course.
The textbook and calculator collection by the Bookstore for participating schools will be postponed until further notice. The Bookstore will communicate any outstanding books to your School District, so you may hear further instructions from your school, or you can contact your high school to determine if the school would like materials returned.
If your school hasn't signed up for book collection:
Students from districts who did not opt-in for the book collection option will be
required to return their textbooks to their high school. Please contact your high
school to find out your school's end of semester textbook return policy.
Your Bookstore Voucher Account is for receiving required books and materials for On Campus and Online non-embedded courses ONLY. Students are responsible for any ineligible purchases on their account.
DO NOT CHARGE embedded course materials on your voucher unless informed otherwise
Your high schools will distribute books for online and on-site high school courses.
These embedded courses show as 8000 level sections on your schedule (i.e. PSY-1100-8230
or PSY-1100-W8223).
DO NOT CHARGE self-pay course materials on your voucher
Self-pay course materials may be purchased in-person or online using a credit card
payment method.
The following are SELF-PAY
- Optional Course Materials & Supplies
- "Choose 1 of _ " means only ONE (1) choice is eligible
- Developmental Education and Pre-College Level
The following courses are are not funded through College Credit Plus:
BIO 0100
CHEM 0100
DEV (ALL)
ENGL 0190
ESL (ALL)
MATH 1025, 1050, 1060, 1075, and 1099
PHYS 0100
- Courses which exceed Max Credit Funding
The Registration Consent Form signed by you, your parent/guardian, and your guidance counselor includes the maximum number of credit hours for which you are funded for the year. Books for any additional classes beyond the maximum hours awarded will not be eligible for funding with an electronic book voucher. Students will be responsible to self-pay for these books as well as associated tuition and fees.
- Courses which you have chosen to self-pay tuition on
- Courses for which the fees exceed $750
Fees as defined in rule 3333-1-65 of the Administrative Code and reported in compliance with section 3345.39 of the Revised Code. The Chancellor has determined that the fee amount is $750. Any course with that fee amount or greater will no longer be allowable for College Credit Plus. The first term of implementing this non-allowable course will be Spring semester 2019. Required course supplies are considered a fee.
Online access codes and eBooks are physical items that must be purchased from the bookstore. Please do not purchase online from another retailer, as we will not be able to refund the cost.
If you are registered for an ibook section and are eligible for a voucher, please contact the bookstore at csbookstore@cscc.edu to receive your ibook codes. Click to view sections using an ibook.
*During Covid Restrictions please contact your instructor to obtain access*
Adobe software (including Photoshop) can be accessed by students for free in the computer lab (CO-109) on the main campus, the Delaware Library at the Delaware Campus, or at the Columbus Metro Library location. Click here for additional information.
Adobe offers a student photography subscription for $9.99/month, which can be purchased directly from Adobe. This cannot be purchased from the bookstore using your CCP Bookstore voucher. Please check with your high school. Click here for subscription.
Adobe also offers free trial versions of software, however, is it only a 7 day trial. Click here for trial version.
Other software or hardware needs
Required DDG software is available in the labs located on the 4th floor of Eibling
Hall. The DDG Office Associate can provide any student with a tablet upon request.
Online Supply Orders; Documentation Required
If there is a supplies requirement on the course syllabus for a CCP funded course, please email your course syllabus and request to csbookstore@cscc.edu.
Note: supplies are not provided for embedded courses. Embedded courses show as 8000 level section on your schedule i.e. PSY-1100-8230 and include all courses taught at a high school location.
High schools distribute books for online and on-site high school courses. These embedded courses show as 8000 level sections on your schedule (i.e. PSY-1100-8230 or PSY-1100-W8223).
Schools wanting assistance with this process please contact ccplusbooks@cscc.edu or Phil Sanders at 614-287-5127.
View Textbook Procurement Guidelines
Process information for School Districts
School districts wanting to partner with Columbus State to provide course materials for students participating in the College Credit Plus Program will need to complete a College Credit Plus Tuition and Fees School District Book Process Memorandum of Understanding every fiscal year.
Books for non-embedded Columbus State Courses
This agreement provides a bookstore voucher account for students to obtain required books for Columbus State CCP courses at the start of each semester.
NOTE: High schools distribute books for high school sections, unless noted otherwise on the voucher. These courses show as 8000 level sections on your schedule (i.e. PSY-1100-8230 or PSY-1100-B8223).
For assistance with this process please contact csbookstore@cscc.edu or Gillian Lustig-Shilts at 614-287-5237.
Books for embedded High School Courses
Columbus State will ship books to school districts, and the school will distribute books to each student enrolled in an online or on-site high school course.
Schools wanting assistance with this process please contact ccplusbooks@cscc.edu or Phil Sanders at 614-287-5127.
School Districts wanting to participate in our book buyback program, will need to submit a vendor registration form to the college to facilitate buyback and get pre-approval.
Bulk Buyback
Please send bulk buyback requests to ccplusbooks@cscc.edu with the following information for each book: ISBN, Title, Qty, and Course. Requests
should be sent at least a week before the semester starts.
Book Collection
If you are interested in the Columbus State Bookstore collecting your student's books
at the end of the semester please contact csbookstore@cscc.edu for more information.