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Transfer Information for Off-Campus Study Students

Although credits in individual countries may be calculated differently, the transcript received from program providers will indicate semester credit hours, or credits according to another U.S. credit system. Each program may have specific course requirements. The list below is for informational purposes only and is the best estimate of credit transfer policies and requirements at this time. This information is not binding. Additional information can be obtained through the Off-Campus Study Program.

Credit Transfer Chart for Endorsed Off-Campus Programs

ProgramTypical Wooster Credit Equivalency
ACM: Central European Studies (Olomouc, Czech Republic) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
ACM: Chicago Arts Program 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (required courses include core crse, seminar, internship, independent field study)
ACM: Chicago Newberry Seminar in the Humanities 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (16 credits for one seminar course & 1 independent research project)
ACM: Chicago Urban Studies 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (required courses include core crse, seminar, internship, independent field study)
ACM: Culture & Society in Africa (Gabarone, Botswana) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (language-4 credits; elective-4 credits; core crse-4 credits; independent research project-4 credits)
ACM: Florence, Italy 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (language-4 credits; electives-12 credits)
ACM: Indian Studies (Pune, India) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (includes language courses, electives, and independent study project)
ACM: Istanbul/Ankara, Turkey 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (language-2 credits; core course-4 credits; electives-6-9 credits)
ACM: London & Florence, Arts in Contexts 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (language-2 credits; core courses-14 credits)
ACM: Studies in Human Evolution & Ecology (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (language-4 credits; core course-8 credits; methodology & research-4 credits)
ACM: Studies in Latin Am. Culture & Society (San Jose, Costa Rica) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (language-7 credits; Intro/required course-3 credits; core course:independent research-6 credits)
ACM: Tropical Field Research (San Jose, Costa Rica) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (language-4 credits; field research-8 credits; seminar/paper-4 credits)
Alliance for Global Education (Beijing, Shanghai, India) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (transcript issued through Arcadia University)
American University of Cairo (Egypt) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
Antioch Education Abroad: Comparative Women's & Gender Studies in Europe 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (core courses-12 credits; independent research project-4 credits)
Antioch Education Abroad: Europe in Transition 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (core courses-12 credits: independent research project-4 credits)
Arcadia Programs 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
Beaufort to Bermuda, Duke University Marine Laboratory 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (transcripts return with letter grades from CUHK)
CIEE (Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Taipei, St. Petersburg, Santiago) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
Claremont School of Technology (Claremont, CA) n/a
Coe College Wilderness Field Station (MN) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (summer program with one 4-crdt course)
College Year in Athens 1 unit (course) = 1 Wooster credit
College Year in India in Varanasi/ Madurai (University of Wisconsin- Madison) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (pre-session language-8 credits; language-4 credits; tutorial-6 credits; independent research project-6 credits)
Dickinson in Toulouse 1 Dickinson credit = 1 Wooster credit
DIS 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
Earlham Border Studies 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (core course-10 credits; language-3 credits; field study-5 credits)
Earlham Japan Studies 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (transcript issued through Earlham College)
Hebrew Union College (Cincinnati, OH) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
IES Programs (Institute for the International Education of Students) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
IFSA-Butler University 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
IPSL Programs (International Project for Service Learning & Leadership) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit; ISPL's Siena Program through Portland State University is based on quarters--6 quarter hours = 1 Wooster credit
Kalamazoo (Dakar, Nairobi) 1 K unit (KU) = 3.33 semester hours; 4 semester hours = 1 Wooster credit (language-2 KU; core course-1 KU; electives-2 KU; integrative cultural research project-1 KU)
Louisville Presbyterian Seminary (Louisville, KY) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
New York Arts Program (NY, NY) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (internship-12 credits; journal-2 credits; area studies-2 credits)
Oak Ridge Science Semester (Denison) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (interdisciplinary seminar-4 credits; advanced course-4 credits; research-8 credits)
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) in Costa Rica (Duke University) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (3 biology courses & 1 language course)
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (Pittsburgh, PA) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
PRESHCO 4 courses = 4 Wooster credits
Rhodes University (Grahamstown, South Africa) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
SACI 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
Semester in Environmental Science at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (core courses-8 credits; independent research project-4 credits; elective-3 credits; science writers seminar-1 crdt)
Siena School 1 language course; 2 area studies; 1 elective course
SIT Programs (School for International Training) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (language study-4 credits; seminar-4 credits; methodology-4-credits; independent research project-4 credits)
St. Olaf Budapest Semester in Mathematics 3-4 Budapest semester credits = 1 Wooster credit (to be determined by the Department Chairs)
Sweet Briar Junior Year in France 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
Syracuse University 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
The Philadelphia Center (Philadelphia, PA) 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (internship-8 credits; elective-4 credits; city seminar-4 credits)
The Scotland Program at the University of Aberdeen (Wabash College) University of Aberdeen transcript with credit transfer suggestions from Wabash College
UN Semester at Drew University 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (core course-8 credits; internship-4 credits; elective-4 credits)
University of Laval 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit
Washington Semester at American University 4 semester credit hours = 1 Wooster credit (seminar-8 credits; internship-4 credits; electives-3-4 credits)
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