Updated March 30, 2023.
Faculty may consider making an elective course into a faculty-led short-term abroad course. The travel component of these courses usually take place during spring break or the course is run during the summer terms.
Proposals that include travel outside of Thanksgiving break, spring break and summer will rarely be approved as they conflict with student's other academic obligations. A proposal for short-term study abroad for a different time period will be reviewed by CCAS Global on an exceptional basis and the approval can only be granted after CCAS Global consults with CCAS Undergraduate Dean and the CCAS
Undergraduate Committee as needed. Proposals requesting exceptional approval for a travel period when other classes are running must address the uniqueness of the timing with a comprehensive explanation of why the course cannot be shifted to the spring, Thanksgiving or summer break. In instances where courses receive exceptional approval, they must operate on an early admissions schedule. Students admitted to the course will be required to submit a "planned absence" form where the approval signatures from the instructors of all other courses taken during the same semester as the STAP course are shown. Without the approval of other instructors, the student may not participate in
the short-term study abroad.
Students taking this type of STAP course are responsible for completing the missed academic work and cannot expect special accommodations from other course instructors. Students should understand that instructors may not grant approval if the timing of the STAP travel causes disruption to critical learning due to the nature of the respective in-person course.
