Study Abroad Advising Tips
1. You CANNOT take any course abroad to count as a "W" or writing intensive course.
2. Generally, you cannot take a G requirement abroad.
3. Generally, you cannot take an S requirement abroad unless you are in Australia, Denmark, or Ireland.
4. Programs in a country where English is not the native language will require you to take a foreign language course and a culture course. Culture courses can sometimes count as an "A" (art/art history) or "H" (history) or "B" (political science or sociology) or "L" (literature) or "R" (religion) or "P" (philosophy). You may want to wait to take one or two of these requirements abroad rather than here. Otherwise, they will transfer in as electives towards graduation.
5. Expect to have only one or two (or sometimes no) courses abroad count towards your major or minor unless you are going on a program specifically designed for the major, such as the Maastricht program, Goldsmiths program or Arezzo programs.
6. Any courses you want to count for a major or minor must be pre-approved by your department chair, and NOT our advisor.
7. If you are taking a foreign language course abroad, it will most likely count as an elective towards graduation, and not as an "FL." If you have already taken a course at Muhlenberg in the target language, you must place into the next level at the host institution in order for it to count towards the Muhlenberg degree.
8. If you are a foreign language major or minor, only certain immersion programs will have courses that count for your major or minor. Courses in a foreign language will transfer for a language major or minor if they are literature or culture courses. Otherwise, they will transfer as electives towards graduation.
9. Some culture courses will qualify for the D perspective ONLY if they are nonwestern! Therefore, culture courses taken in Europe and Australia will not be nonwestern. The exception is a course about the aborigines in Australia.
10. Internships are noncredit except for the Washington program and certain internships in Florence.
