BEFORE DEPARTURE
Explore your options by visiting the Study Abroad Center office or website.
Use the "What programs are best for my major, minor, or GEs" section of the Study Abroad Center's Choose Your Program page to help narrow down your program search.
Know the requirements you need to fulfill.
- Read about your degree requirements in the General Catalogue.
- Check your online degree audit.
- Review the "Can I fulfill degree requirements abroad?" section of the Study Abroad Center's Choose Your Program page.
- Meet with an Academic Counselor or Peer Academic Advisor in the Humanities Office of Undergraduate Study if you have questions about your degree requirements or degree audit.
- Check course descriptions and determine if the courses offered seem roughly equivalent to the courses you need to fulfill requirements. Compare course titles, course descriptions, levels (i.e. upper- or lower-division), etc. See FAQs below for more information on selecting courses.
- For EAP - Use the EAP Course Catalogue to look up course descriptions.
- For Independent Programs - Most course descriptions are accessible from the program's web site
- Remember that in order for courses to be approved for use in your major, the content must be approved by the department, and the courses must be at least four quarter units, upper-division, and taken for a letter grade.
- If you cannot find the course offerings or you cannot figure out whether or not the courses are similar to the courses you need, make an appointment with a SAC Staff Advisor.
Fill out any forms you need in addition to the application.
- For EAP - You will need to 1) Complete the Humanities EAP Guidelines, 2) Save a .pdf copy to turn in with your EAP application. DO NOT SUBMIT THIS FORM IF YOU ARE NOT A DECLARED HUMANITIES MAJOR.
- For Independent Programs - You will need to fill out and submit an International Study Advance Contract. This process can take up to 8 weeks. Check your UCI Abroad Portal for more information.
Optional: meet with your faculty advisor or the undergraduate chair in the department of your major to discuss whether or not courses are likely to meet specific requirements and whether petitions are likely to be approved upon your return.
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WHILE ABROAD
Keep all work done in classes for which you expect to get credit towards specific requirements. Also keep course descriptions, syllabi, and reading lists. (If you take a course that does not have a syllabus, keep track of all readings, topics covered in class, papers written, and exams taken.)
Bring ALL of the above back to UCI with you to submit with your petitions.
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UPON RETURN
After credit has been posted to your UCI transcript, file any necessary petitions with the appropriate departments.
- Pick up or download the Study Abroad Petition.
- Obtain preliminary approval from the appropriate department (e.g. department of your major); make sure to include course work, course descriptions, syllabi and reading lists with the petition.
- Remember that for courses to be approved for use in your major, the content must be approved by the department, and the courses must be at least four quarter units, upper-division, and taken for a letter grade.