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Students should first consult the Office of International Studies. Its web site includes all forms and regulations pertaining to applications and credits for Wesleyan’s own programs and those officially approved by Wesleyan. The form, “Wesleyan University Study Abroad Academic Information,” includes a section on courses abroad that students may count for credit toward the major. Courses taken at programs on the approved list of the Office of International Studies are counted toward university graduation requirements. The Office sets the credit value of individual courses and assigns them a department or program identification. Individual departments decide whether to count specific courses toward the major. The Government Department does not approve credits for internships in programs abroad for Wesleyan graduation or department major credit. For Government Majors. Government majors must have prior approval by their department advisers to have courses credited toward the major and toward the departmental concentration. Please give your adviser as much information as possible (at a minimum a course description and a syllabus if available) about the courses you want to apply toward the major. Course offerings may change unpredictably. If you subsequently wish to enroll in a class for which you have not received prior approval, you should inform your department adviser immediately. Independent study projects may count toward the Government major and a concentration at the discretion of your adviser. Your adviser may well give tentative approval, subject to a review of your project after you return. Second semester sophomores declaring a major should be accepted into the Government major and assigned an adviser before seeking departmental approval for specific courses at programs abroad. Ordinarily two credits may be counted toward the major from courses taken away from Wesleyan, including both study abroad programs and U.S. institutions. However, a major who attends a Wesleyan approved program abroad for a full year may request their adviser to count up to three credits toward the government major. Note: This revised policy will apply to all courses approved after February 24, 2004. Courses previously approved for Wesleyan graduation or department major credit are not affected by this policy. Approved by the Department of Government, February 24, 2004
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