Getting Credit for EAP Courses at Berkeley

Departmental Policies on Earning Credit Abroad

College Clearance Requirements

Your Major and EAP

Current as of Fall 2004

Department Name: Film Studies

Undergraduate Adviser Name: Marcus Norman

Office Location: 7407 Dwinelle

Email Address: mdn@uclink.berkeley.edu

Phone: 642-1416

Fax: 642-8881

Departmental Website: http://filmstudies.berkeley.edu/

1. Is there a specific time frame in which students are required to declare a major in your department? If yes, when?

WE DO NOT ACCEPT PETITIONS DURING THE FIRST 3 WEEKS OF THE FALL OR SPRING SEMESTER. OTHERWISE, WE ACCEPT THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

2. Does the Undergraduate Adviser (staff) sign the Education Abroad Program academic planning form, or must a faculty adviser (professor) sign?

THE UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT SIGNS.

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?

THEY DO NOT NEED AN APPOINTMENT. HOWEVER IF THEY ARE NOT DECLARED THEY SHOULD BRING A BEAR FACTS
PRINTOUT OF THEIR GRADES WITH THEIR NAME ON IT.

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.

PENDING FACULTY APPROVAL OF THE INDIVIDUAL COURSES, FILM WILL ACCEPT A MAXIMUM OF 3 COURSES, FOR A MAXIMUM OF 12 UNITS, OF UPPER DIVISION FILM ELECTIVE CREDIT. NONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL COURSES SHOULD EXCEED 4 UNITS. IF THE STUDENT IS A TRANSFER STUDENT, ANY UPPER DIVISION ELECTIVE CREDIT THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING FROM THEIR PREVIOUS SCHOOL WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THE 12UNIT MAXIMUM. ALL OF THE REQUIRED
LOWER DIVISION COURSES MAY BE TAKEN ABROAD, AS LONG AS THE COURSE DESCRIPTION MAKES IT THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE OF FILM’S LOWER DIVISION REQUIRED COURSES. THE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT MAY ALSO BE COMPLETED ABROAD, PARTLY OR IN TOTAL.

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.

6. Does your department calculate EAP grades into the departmental GPA?

YES, IF IT IS BERKELEY’S ABROAD PROGRAM AND WE ACCEPT THE COURSE.

7. Are EAP grades counted towards departmental honors?

YES, IF IT IS BERKELEY’S ABROAD PROGRAM AND WE ACCEPT THE COURSE.

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.

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?

IF THEY ARE DECLARED THEY MAY RECEIVE THE ADVISOR CODE BY EMAIL WHILE ABROAD.

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