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Departmental Policies on Earning Credit Abroad College Clearance Requirements
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Current as of Fall 2003 Department Name: Philosophy Undergraduate Adviser Name: Jessica Samuels Office Location: 314 Moses Hall Email Address: jess_s@uclink.berkeley.edu Phone: 642-2722 Fax: 642-4164 Departmental Website: http://philosophy.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. 2. Does the Undergraduate Adviser (staff) sign the Education Abroad Program academic planning form, or must a faculty adviser (professor) sign? FACULTY ADVISOR. 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? SEE FACULTY ADVISOR DURING THEIR OFFICE HOURS (LISTED ON WEB, BULLETIN BOARD, ETC.) 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. IT'S BASED ON EACH CASE INDIVIDUALLY, AND UP TO THE FACULTY ADVISOR'S DISCRETION. 5. Are students in your department able to undertake senior honors theses the semester following EAP participation or are there restrictions? Please explain. THE ONLY RESTRICTIONS ARE THAT THEY MUST HAVE TAKEN A GRADUATE SEMINAR HERE AT BERKELEY TO QUALIFY, MEET THE GPA REQUIREMENTS, AND ENROLL IN AN INDIVIDUAL HONORS WRITING STUDY COURSE (PHIL H195) WITH THE PROFESSOR. 6. Does your department calculate EAP grades into the departmental GPA? NO. 7. Are EAP grades counted towards departmental honors? IF THEY APPEAR ON THE TRANSCRIPT THEY MAY BE LOOKED AT AS PART OF THE OVERALL HONOR'S EVALUATION. 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? NO STRICT POLICY. WE MAY ASK WHAT THEIR INTENDED COURSE WORK IS, WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF PROGRESSING TOWARD GRADUATION, WHETHER THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR EAP COURSEWORK TRANSFER APPROVED, ETC.
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