UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

Study Abroad

If you plan to participate in a study abroad program, please see the Study Abroad (http://www.studyabroad.wisc.edu/) office, 261 Bascom Hall, before you go to find out about transferring credit. If you are on a UW-Madison study abroad program you will receive residence credits and grades for all the work you complete on the program. However, you must be sure that you take at least 15 credits in your major while physically on the UW-Madison campus.

While abroad you will be asked to fill out a Course Equivalent Request Form (CERF) so the requests can be sent to the individual departments to evaluate. The CERF form is available on line at: http://www.studyabroad.wisc.edu/forms/index.html For the CERF you must provide the following information:

• the number of classroom contact hours each week and whether the course is a semester or year-long course.
• a very detailed syllabus outlining the titles of books/textbooks, authors, etc. being used for the course. The syllabus should also ideally have a general outline of the expectations for the semester/year.
• a brief description of the class. Students should write up a description that includes information on field trips and other activities.

If a course does not have a formal syllabus, the student should create a syllabus that contains the information in 1-3 above.

If you participate in a non-UW-Madison program you will receive only transfer credits, not residence credits or grades for work completed abroad. Also, if you participate in a non-UW-Madison program you must be careful that you fulfill the last 30 credits for your degree and the last 15 upper level credits in your major on the UW-Madison campus.

If you have any questions. see the Undergraduate Advisor or the appropriate UW-Madison office before you go .