In addition to earning major and minor credit, it is also possible for students to fulfill some general education and school-specific requirements abroad. For students with more complicated degree paths, fulfilling these requirements abroad (especially during the summer) can be a way to both make degree progress and ensure study abroad is still a possibility during their career.
The "Global Civilizations & Cultures" (GCC) course component of the Culture Studies requirement is automatically satisfied on any IU-administered or co-sponsored semester or academic year program since most of the course work on these programs is cultural in nature.
Some summer study abroad programs (listed below) offer courses which are accepted for GCC credit. If an IU-administered or co-sponsored summer course does not carry the GCC designation, students may petition the College after the course by completing the College's petition form.
Summer Course Examples
| Alcala-CIEE | Spanish Culture & Civilization | HISP-S 411 |
| Alcala-CIEE | Contemporary Spain: the 20th & 21st Centuries | HISP-S 411 |
| Alcala-CIEE | Spain in Images: Spanish Society through Film | HISP-S 328 |
| Alcala-CIEE | Introduction to Literary Analysis | HISP-S 328 |
| Florence | Renaissance Florence | FRIT-M 234 |
| Graz | Austrian Culture | GER-G 361 |
| Paris-IES | History of Paris | FRIT-F 362 |
| Paris-IES | Contemporary French Civ. | FRIT-F 363 |
Non-IU Programs
Transfer credit from a non-IU program is not eligible for Global Civilizations and Cultures credit.
The World Languages & Cultures requirement can be satisfied in one of three ways: language study, world culture courses, or an approved international experience.
To use international experience to satisfy the requirement, students must complete...
- An approved* study abroad program or approved* study abroad internship of at least six credit hours and at least six weeks abroad in duration
- A combination of two programs totaling 6 credit hours
- The international experiences must, at a minimum, be three weeks abroad in duration.
- The student must earn at least 3 credit hours from the program for it to count as half of the 6 credit hour requirement.
- The language of instruction of these programs may be English or another world language, and the site of instruction may be any country except the United States.
*Approved study abroad or international internship programs include any IU-administered, IU co-sponsored, or IU faculty-led program. Students participating in a Non-IU program may receive approval by the Office of International Admissions through the completion of the Credit Transfer Agreement Form by the deadline.
Students can fulfill General Education Common Ground Arts and Humanities (A&H) and Social and Historical (S&H) on Education Abroad adminstered or co-sponsored programs. Courses that have been approved to fulfill one of these requirements will be noted on the course equivalencies lists. Students should consult with their study abroad advisor if they wish to have additional courses reviewed for General Education credit. Students participating on Non-IU programs should refer to the course review process described in the Non-IU Programs procedures.