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Departmental Policies on Earning Credit Abroad College Clearance Requirements
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Current as of Fall 2005 Department Name: Chicano Studies Undergraduate Adviser Name: Laura Jimenez-Olvera Office Location: 532 Barrows (physical), 506 Barrows (Mailing) Email Address: lauraj@berkeley.edu Phone: 642-0243 Fax: 642-6456 Departmental Website: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~ethnicst 1. Is there a specific time frame in which students are required to declare a major in your department? If yes, when? As soon as all lower division pre-requisites are completed. 2. Does the Undergraduate Adviser (staff) sign the Education Abroad Program academic planning form, or must a faculty adviser (professor) sign? The Undergrad adviser will sign it. 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 should bring course description or syllabi of the courses they plan on taking abroad and plan to possibly use towards they major. 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. This will vary depending the country of study abroad. Maximum number of EAP courses ranges from 1-3. 5. Are students in your department able to undertake senior honors theses the semester following EAP participation or are there restrictions? Please explain. Students can complete their senior honors thesis if they will be at Berkeley for 2 terms upon their return. 6. Does your department calculate EAP grades into the departmental GPA? Yes 7. Are EAP grades counted
towards departmental honors? 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. N/A 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? No, advise on how to articulate participation is given on a student to student basis. 10. If yes, do you also provide this information on your departmental website? What is the URL? N/A. 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? Adviser codes are release through email unless the student specifies otherwise. |
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