With reasonable planning, any Purdue student can go abroad, take classes that fulfill major, minor or elective requirements, and still graduate on time.  To make sure this happens, students who have been accepted for study abroad must:

• Begin planning the academic aspects of your study abroad experience well in advance of going abroad.

• Determine which classes you need to complete your degree, and how study abroad fits into your academic plans.  You will do this in consultation with your academic advisor and the Study Abroad Liaison(s) for the college(s) that cover the classes you want to take while abroad.

• Complete a Course Approval Form. As you prepare to go abroad, this document helps you plan the requirements you will fill while abroad; when you return from abroad, it serves as a record of how you accomplished this.  You do this form in consultation with your academic advisor and the appropriate Study Abroad Liaison(s).

• Determine which programs abroad would give you personal satisfaction as well as credits that meet your academic requirements.  Do this by speaking in depth with a Study Abroad Advisor in 105 Young Hall and researching courses and syllabi in course catalogs (online and print).

• Stay in touch with your academic advisor and the relevant Study Abroad Liaison(s) before, during and after your program abroad to make sure that your overseas courses are of maximum benefit to you.  This is especially important if your overseas class schedule changes for any reason (classes dropped, canceled, added etc), or if you need to change anything on your Course Approval Form.

• Register for the equivalent of at least a full-time course load (at least twelve credits/semester or six credits/summer) for the time you will be abroad.