Study Abroad Advising for Academic Advisors

It is a requirement that all study abroad students meet with their academic advisor. You will need to implement the following steps with your advisee to ensure they meet their educational objectives.

  1. 1

    Student and academic advisor meet to add studying abroad to their program plan (COL008).

  2. 2

    Student and academic advisor discuss learning objectives for the semester abroad.

  3. 3

    Student meets with the Study Abroad Center to choose an appropriate program.

  4. 4

    Student will apply to the program through the Study Abroad Center website. As part of the application, students are required to complete an Interest Statement and are responsible for sharing it with their Academic Advisor. Students must meet minimum GPA requirements and also be cleared by the Dean of Students (student conduct).

  1. 5

    Once the Study Abroad Center has accepted the student to participate in the program, the student will need to choose courses. The student will be responsible for meeting with the Study Abroad Center and for gathering program course information (i.e. course descriptions and syllabi). Most of this information is available on the host program's website.

  2. 6

    Student will meet with academic advisor:

    1. Academic advisor and the student will complete the Study Abroad Program Permit form. Using this form, you will create a list of appropriate courses for the student to take during their semester away. (The student should bring any course information that they have gathered, listed in step 4 above).

    2. Student needs to choose 6-8 course options even though they will only take 3-5 courses abroad. Students need to have alternative course choices in case a course is canceled or closed, etc. Some students will not finalize their course schedules until they arrive at their host institution.

  3. 7

    Once you have approved the course choices and reviewed how the courses will fit into the student's major, core, etc., it will be up to the student to take the Program Permit Form and host course descriptions to Department Chairs to determine equivalency and approval.

  4. 8

    The final step will be for the students to return the form to the Abroad Center, where we will complete the student's registration for the semester abroad.