Global Awareness, Cultural Diversity, and the World’s Artistic Traditions

What is “study abroad” for the purposes of University Studies?

A course must meet the following criteria:

1. Be at least a 3-credit hour course.
   
   
2. Be one of the following:
   1. professor-led and chair- and dean-approved;
   2. a CCSA course;
   3. a KIIS course;
   4. a IBS course; or
   5. an IIS-approved course, also with the approval of the department chair of the discipline of the course content, whether in an MSU or non-MSU program, including exchange programs and courses taken at universities abroad.
      
      
3. Have at least 30 hours of substantive, structured academic contact hours abroad.  A course must meet SACS minimum of 40 total actual contact hours.
   
   
4. Require students to produce or complete a substantive project, paper, or other evaluative tool that demonstrates discipline-related knowledge learned in the course abroad.
   

The pre-departure basic orientation typical of study abroad programs would not count toward the total number of contact hours for the course.