Study Abroad Credit

If you haven't declared your major, now is the time to do it! We are unable to approve classes toward your major if you are undeclared. Please follow the steps below to ensure you are in the best position to study abroad!

1. Check out our list of study away programs that offer approved Economics & Business courses. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but rather a starting point if you are interested in building your study abroad experience around economics and business. 
2. Set up a time to talk with your academic advisor in the Economics & Business department, to define how study abroad can fit into your overall degree progress and plan when the best time might be to go, and what sorts of classes you would like to try and fulfill while on your semester or year away program. We recommend you utilize the new Academic Plan for your Study Abroad: Prep Worksheet from Global Education to facilitate this conversation and make sure you’re considering all elements of successful study away planning.
3. Visit the Credit Transfer Overview page on the Global Education site to understand in-depth information on how to find programs abroad or away from CC that will work for your academic plan, and how courses transfer back to CC. 
4. Obtain a full syllabus for any Economics & Business courses you plan to submit through Summit to request departmental/Chair approval to count towards your major, as a syllabus is required. Prepare a rationale for why you want to take those specific courses at this location
5. Complete the appropriate study abroad application in SUMMIT, by or (recommended) well before the published deadlines

More Guidance on Study Abroad

The Economics & Business Department won’t approve courses taken off-campus towards the major or minor if you are not declared yet, so declaring is the first step.

We accept some relevant coursework from accredited institutions of higher education instead of courses completed at CC within the major during a Study Abroad or Study Away experience. Students are required to ask for course approval before they enroll, so that we may devote faculty time to verifying and documenting each case. Students may request pre-approval on Summit for planned coursework on a Study Abroad or Study Away program to count towards ECON/ME/BESoc/IPE requirements using the Course Approval Form on the required application for Off-Campus Study.

For courses to count as 300-level EC electives, they must generally have Macroeconomic Theory (EC302) and/or Microeconomic Theory (EC301) as prerequisites. Courses with Principles of Economics (EC100) as the only prerequisites are almost always approved as 200-level Economics electives. The Department does not give credit for online learning experiences or internships, and we do not give credit for EC301, and EC302 taken elsewhere during a Study Abroad or Study Away experience. We limit the total number of economics and business courses taken during a Study Abroad or Study Away experience which count toward the major to four.