<p>Have any engineers on CC studied abroad? If so, were you able to satisfy any of your engineering requirements?</p>
<p>I'm interested in studying abroad in the summer of 2010 (finishing my major requirements at UCLA and saving electives/GE for the summer). I have heard that it's extremely hard to get my plan approved since I can simply finish my requirements at UCLA rather than finishing them abroad. </p>
<p>Anyone have any thoughts of past experiences? Thanks!</p>
<p>if you want to do a summer program, what you can do to make it work is push your “expected graduation date” on URSA back to the end of the summer (or so I’ve heard). Not too sure though ,but good luck with this and keep me informed, I’m interested in going abroad too.</p>
<p>Just some updates for those who are interested -</p>
<p>I had an appointment with my counselor today (who was extremely nice and helpful btw). She basically gave me two important points of information to help me start:</p>
<p>1) Academic Residence</p>
<p>Of the last 48 units completed for the B.S. degree, 36 must be earned in residence in HSSEAS on this campus. No more than 16 of the 36 units may be completed in Summer Sessions at UCLA.</p>
<p>Students that participate in the UCLA EAP program must be aware that UCLA does not include units taken through UCLA EAP as in residence. If you exceed the residency unit amount while at UCLA EAP, a university petition, for review and consideration, must be filed at 6426BH prior to studying abroad.</p>
<p>2) EAP vs. Travel Study vs. JET vs. Other Programs
EAP: Program through UCLA. Selected EAP courses will need to be verified to see if it can count for credits toward your graduation (which means the application process may take longer)</p>
<p>Travel Study: Equivalent to taking a class at UCLA in a foreign country, which means that the whole verification process will be skipped.</p>
<p>Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program: I’m not too interested in this program, but it’s a great opportunity for students and recent graduates to travel through many cities in Japan and teach English.</p>
<p>Other Programs: Application process may take longer than EAP’s process since the program may not even be associated with UCLA.</p>
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<p>I’ll need to do some independent researching and see if the program I’m interested in is still available for next summer. If anyone else has any personal experience or knowledge, feel free to share in this thread.</p>
<p>I’ll also continue to post my updates for other engineers/students who are interested in studying abroad.</p>
<p>Through EAP, academic residence should not be a problem. If you study abroad during your last year, you will have to sign a petition when you come back and it should be approved to meet this requirement.</p>
<p>You should be able to finish your major requirements at UCLA and GEs while abroad. You can declare that your “extra GEs” will satisfy requirements for a minor, if you are hovering over the 216 units cap. No one would know whether you are or not, so UCLA can’t kick you out … yet … unless you are a 7th year looking to study abroad for the 3rd time in a row.</p>
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Both schools won’t care if your course credits don’t get transferred back. That’s your responsibility. You can look up previous courses of equivalency taken by former students while abroad here:
<a href=“https://myeap.eap.ucop.edu/Galileo/Service/CourseCatalog/CourseCatalog.aspx[/url]”>https://myeap.eap.ucop.edu/Galileo/Service/CourseCatalog/CourseCatalog.aspx</a></p>
<p>Of course, the equivalency is not limited to the courses listed. Go to the university’s webpage to look for their course offering for the respective semester(s) which you plan to participate in EAP. Also, even if your equivalency request gets approved, you aren’t guaranteed to be enrolled in the class. So select multiple backups (especially if the courses you are interested in transferring back are contingent on your graduation). For all courses you are interested in transferring units back, you should fill out a course equivalency form and return it to BH6426. Do it as soon as possible when you plan to go abroad. I did this after I submitted my application. You will need to attach a syllabus or course description of the course(s) you plan to take abroad.</p>
<p>Major courses can take up to 2-3 months to review by the engineering committee. GE courses require less time to review. However, even my GE courses took 4 weeks for a response. Note that not all equivalency requests will be entertained.</p>
<p>The EAP application is a simple process, though there is a lot of paperwork. The only way you can get rejected is if you don’t meet minimum requirements or if the program is full (placed on waitlist … not really rejected from program).</p>
<p>I would advice people who are interested in studying abroad through EAP to make a decision (yes or no) as early in the year as possible. For next year’s Fall Program, have an application finished before Winter Break (deadlines for each program will vary, but mostly sometime in January/February/March) . That way, you can guarantee your spot, especially in highly popular country programs. Otherwise, you will end up in a wait-list and have less than 50-50 chance to get in.</p>
<p>Where did you study, BH?</p>