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Departmental Policies on Earning Credit Abroad College Clearance Requirements
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Departmental Adviser Questionnaire - History of Art Current as of March 20, 2007 Department Name: History of Art College or School: Letters & Science Undergraduate Adviser Name: Kristina Nugent Faculty Advisers: changes every semester; check with department for current faculty advisors. Office Location: 416 Doe Library Email Address: knugent@berkeley.edu Phone: 643-7290 Fax: 643-2185 Departmental Website: http://arthistory.berkeley.edu 1. Is there a specific time frame in which students are required to declare a major in your department? If yes, when? No, the only requirement is that students have received a letter grade in two art history courses taken at Berkeley to declare the major. 2. Does the Undergraduate Adviser (staff) sign the Education Abroad Program academic planning form, or must a faculty adviser (professor) sign? A faculty advisor must sign the EAP planning form. 3. Should we advise students to make an appointment to have their academic planning form signed in your department? If so, do they need to bring a transcript or any other supplemental materials with them to their appointment? Students must make an appointment with a faculty advisor during their scheduled advising hours. If the students are declared they may pick up their files prior to their appointment (which will likely include their current transcript). 4. What is the maximum amount of major credit given for courses taken during the education abroad program? Is this maximum calculated by number of courses or by units of credit? Please explain. We do not have a set policy on this matter. All courses you plan to take while abroad must be pre-approved by a faculty advisor. 5. Are students in your department able to undertake senior honors theses the semester following EAP participation or are there restrictions? Please explain. There are no restrictions and students may complete an honors thesis so long as they are able to find a faculty member who is willing to supervise their work (this should usually be arranged prior to studying abroad, and generally the student will have worked with this faculty member prior to having them supervise an honors thesis). 6. Does your department calculate EAP grades into the departmental GPA? No. 7. Are EAP grades counted towards departmental honors? No. 8. If you represent a department
which teaches foreign language, does your department award major credit
for the courses taken during the Intensive Language Program (ILP) portion
of the EAP program? If so, please explain. 9. Does your department distribute a special information sheet for your majors which includes advice on how to articulate participation with EAP with the major? Yes (see next question). 10. If yes, do you also provide this information on your departmental website? What is the URL? INo, but students may pick up a paper copy of this handout at 416 Doe Library or during a faculty advising appointment. 11. Finally, most EAP students are required to officially declare their major before departure. Returning EAP students who attempt to register through Tele-BEARS from abroad need adviser codes to pre-enroll for courses. What is your departmental policy on releasing advisor codes (AC's) to EAP students? Undergraduate faculty advisors will release advisor codes via phone or email, providing that students first reference the OLSC (online schedule) and indicate in an email to a faculty advisor what courses they propose to take in the upcoming semester. Pending approval, the advisor will then release the code (or suggest alternative courses). • History of Art Studies Abroad Advising Information • EAP Forms: Students must meet with a faculty major adviser, well before departure, in order to obtain a signature on the Education Abroad Program academic planning form. Transfer Credit from Abroad: The maximum number of courses from abroad that can be given credit to the major is seven, no more than three of which can be upper division. However, no credit for the History of Art major is guaranteed prior to a student’s departure. Before going abroad, students must propose overseas courses (based on available course descriptions, etc.) to a faculty adviser who will assess the compatibility of each course with the major program. Upon return to campus, students must petition for transfer of credit to the major. Petitions should be based upon a transcript or grade report, course syllabus, reading list, assignment sheets, exams, papers, and any other coursework brought back by students. An adviser will evaluate the course, based upon these materials, for its content and rigor and will determine whether or not the course is commensurate with those taught in the department. Students are advised before departing that they should return with these materials as evidence of coursework completed; if a given course does not appear to have sufficient work to be commensurate with courses in the department, students are encouraged to prepare an additional research paper (which may be in English) while abroad, in consultation with the overseas instructor. Please see a faculty major adviser for details. While petitions for the transfer of credit for lower division major requirements are granted in most cases, petitions to transfer upper division credit must meet higher standards and are not always granted. Scheduling for Return Semester: With regards to proposed schedules for their returning semester, we expect EAP students to contact us from abroad in a timely fashion, usually via email or proxy, although snailmail and phone are fine. Students should include in their proposed schedules a brief description of what they are currently doing, so that the faculty adviser can get a sense of whether or not courses may be approved for major credit upon a student’s return. They can advise the student accordingly for the returning semester and then release the AC code. As the proposed schedule is often pending transfer credit approval for courses students are currently enrolled in abroad, it is a good idea to have alternate course proposals for the returning semester. EAP courses may not yield expected major credit and there are often changes in our department schedule. |
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