Getting Courses Authorized Abroad
Making changes to your schedule while overseas can be frustrating and very challenging. Every effort should be made to get as many courses authorized as possible BEFORE YOU GO, enabling you to easily make changes to your schedule while abroad.
If you are forced to make unexpected changes to your schedule while abroad, the only way to get the new courses authorized is to contact your adviser via e-mail and/or fax.
Chico State’s academic advisers are extremely busy the first two weeks of school and are not always able to quickly respond to your e-mails. Be as patient as possible, and make sure to keep your e-mail short, sweet, to the point, and at all times respectful.
Working with your adviser from abroad:
- Find your major/minor, general education, or Upper Division Theme adviser’s or evaluator’s e-mail address (Should be in your Pre-Departure Orientation Binder).
- Compose an e-mail to your adviser:
- Explain what program you are on, where you are and who you are.
- Include in the e-mail a course description of the course you are currently taking and as much information on the course as possible (a syllabus is best).
- Ask your adviser to respond to your e-mail with the following information:
- "I approve the course ___________________ taken while studying abroad, to transfer back to Chico in the place of ___________"
- NOTE: They can either have it replace another course that is similar on the campus, or just say what area of the GE it will equal (Area B3…)
- Include in the e-mail a course description of the course you are currently taking and as much information on the course as possible.
- Also be sure to request that your adviser CC the Study Abroad Office with their response to you: studabr@csuchico.edu (IP and Direct students); mdnieto@csuchico.edu (USAC)