<p>I'm trying to study abroad on a program un-afilliated with my college. Does anyone know any study abroad programs for communication studies, I cannot find any that will qualify as useable credits for my school? Any references.. Thanks guys</p>
<p>Hi Kringle,</p>
<p>Bummer. Nobody responded to your post.</p>
<p>Some general stuff I have come across:</p>
<p>You could sign-up as a guest student at a foreign university that offers communications courses</p>
<p>You can study communications in tons of places. Some foreign universities have courses in English, so you could look for those.</p>
<p>There must be study abroad programs that offer communications courses - I imagine you’ve already found some.</p>
<p>Credits are the hardest thing for us as American students. I had to work through credit stuff with my university and it was a bit of an effort (but totally worth it, for the experiences that I had.)</p>
<p>I studied languages, not communications - but here’s an article I that helped me out - [Getting</a> Academic Credit for Study Abroad at a Language School](<a href=“http://languageschoollinks.com/navpages/academic_credit.html]Getting”>http://languageschoollinks.com/navpages/academic_credit.html).</p>
<p>When I applied for credit, I had to submit transcripts/documents and basically had a chat with one of my university’s professors to see which of my courses corresponded to the courses that were offered at my university. When you take a course abroad that is also offered by your home university, you’ve got a better chance of getting credit. The professor I spoke with looked at the courses I did, examined them for similar content, etc.</p>
<p>For foreign languages it was easy. For communications, I’m not sure.</p>
<p>What do you mean by “un-affiliated with my college” - is it a study abroad company that you’re gonna study with?</p>
<p>In any case, from my experience, you will need to give your home university any documents you pick up when you study abroad - transcripts, certificates of attendance, certificates of completion, etc.</p>
<p>If they are in a foreign language, you may need to give them a notarized translations.</p>
<p>Also, as I learned, it’s entirely up to your school to grant you credit. That’s why study abroad companies have “recommended number of credits” for their programs - they can recommend, but the final decision is your university’s.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would study abroad and take communications courses that you really like. Take courses where you think you will get credit. Take courses that you find really interesting or that are unique. </p>
<p>Hope this helps out some.</p>