Take units toward your General Education (GE) requirements (opens in new window)abroad:
- Take up to 18 units toward your GE requirements.
- Global Cultures (GC) credit is to be granted to any student who takes at least 3 units while studying abroad.
- Writing (W) credit is granted to any student who completes a UD-C course (Arts and Humanities) and at least one other UD Pathway course, either B (Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) or D (Social Sciences) while studying abroad.
- 9 units of GE Areas completed abroad may be applied to the GE Minor in Global Studies.
Ask a Study Abroad & Exchange Advisor about how you can complete all three upper-division pathway requirements (typically during a summer or semester term).
Who can approve my GE courses for substitutions?
- Lower-Division GE courses = Graduation Advisors
- Upper-Division GE Pathway courses = Pathway Coordinators(opens in new window)
- GE Minor courses = Pathway Coordinators (opens in new window)specific to the GE Minor
Connect with the Study Abroad & Exchange team (SSC 440) for more information.