Embarking on a semester or year-long study abroad program is an exciting opportunity to expand your academic and cultural horizons.
To ensure students succeed in their international studies while maintaining progress toward their degrees, newsUniversity has established specific academic policies and guidelines. Below, you will find detailed information about course requirements, credit transfer, grading policies, and other key considerations for studying abroad.
Students must not only qualify themselves to study abroad through their application but must also ensure they are maintaining their eligibility for their intended study abroad program until the program start date. The deadline to demonstrate your eligibility for the location that you are applying to study abroad is at the point of your application submission. Applications will be reviewed and approved by Global newsin accordance to the host institution requirements but ultimately it is the host institution who makes the final admission decision. Therefore, making any academic adjustments and/or not maintaining your eligibility can affect your final admittance. After your acceptance decision, Global newswill continue to monitor your Academic, Financial and Dean of Student records to ensure that you remain in compliance with the host university admission requirements through your program start date.
Students should become very familiar with the Academic offerings at the program they wish to apply to.
Each brochure page/program website has an academic section specific to the partner institution the student would be enrolling in and a Database of Approved Courses, which lists all current approved courses by newsUniversity and information on how the course will transcript back to the student’s degree evaluation.
Once a student decides to apply to a program, they will be required to complete a which guides them through the academic planning process.
On this study plan, students select 4-5 first choice courses and 4-5 second choice courses based on what is approved in the program’s Database of Approved Courses.
This study plan will assist students in identifying remaining curriculum requirements and the equivalent courses abroad that fulfill these requirements.
Students should contact their Academic Advisor should they need guidance identifying open requirements. Once completed, students upload the Global Study Plan to their study abroad application.
If your desired program abroad does not offer courses that fulfill your open requirements, please contact Global newsto discuss alternate programs.
Students who receive accommodations for academics or housing at newsUniversity during their studies on the Connecticut campus may not find those accommodations available to them outside of the United States. While best efforts for accommodations will be made by both newsand our partners abroad, accomodations abroad cannot be guaranteed.
