Credit-Bearing Education Abroad Component

Students will participate in an education abroad experience that involves at least one academic credit hour.* Internationally oriented experiences undertaken within the U.S. will not satisfy this requirement; students must travel to a non-U.S. region to fulfill the requirement.** Examples might include, but are not limited to:

1. Education abroad programs facilitated by UK faculty or select customized programs offered in conjunction with Education Abroad at UK;
2. University-wide or departmental education abroad exchange programs;
3. Education abroad programs facilitated through UK consortia;
4. Education abroad programs hosted by international institutions in which UK students are directly enrolled; and
5. Education Abroad programs facilitated by third-party providers and other internship/service-learning based programs.

* ISP 599, a one-hour course in which most Education Abroad participants enroll, is not considered an “academic” credit hour and therefore does not, in itself, fulfill this requirement. Generally, ISP 599 is accompanied by other academic credits earned abroad.

** An exception will be made for education abroad in Puerto Rico or other US possessions overseas; for purposes of global citizenship, based on differences of history, language, and culture, we will consider work in unincorporated US territories abroad as a valid education abroad experience.