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As you know, all students who study abroad on a year, semester, or non-Villanova
summer program must complete a Prior Approval Form before departure. The Prior Approval
Form lists all the courses you are planning to enroll in while abroad and it lists
the Villanova equivalents for these courses. This important piece of paperwork ensures
that you receive Villanova credit for the work that you complete while you are overseas!
Oftentimes, course offerings change once you actually arrive in-country and there
are new courses that you are interested in taking, but they are not listed on your
Prior Approval Form. If you enroll in a course that you do not have listed on your
Prior Approval Form and you do not receive email approval for the course,
you will not receive Villanova credit for the work completed in that course.
In order to receive Villanova credit for any new courses, you must email the
appropriate faculty member here at Villanova to obtain course approval for each
new class. A copy of this faculty approval email must be shared with your OIS advisor,
since the OIS actually processes your overseas transcripts at the end of the semester.
There is a sample email below that you should use as a template when composing your
course approval emails. The approval rules vary by college, but the list below will
give you an idea of who you need to contact. If you have specific questions, feel
free to contact your OIS advisor for more information.
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Recipient's Name
Advisor's Name
Your Name Overseas Course Title
Approval
Dear Dr. __________
I am a MAJOR student who is currently studying abroad in
CITY, COUNTRY at/with
UNIVERSITY/PROGRAM.
Upon my arrival, I learned of a new course:
COURSE NAME/NUMBER, that I hope to enroll in this semester. Since this new course is not listed on my Prior Approval Form, I require your email approval to receive Villanova credit.
ADD COURSE DESCRIPTION HERE
Please review the above course description and respond to this email with your decision. I have included my study abroad advisor in this correspondence, and I ask that you include him/her in your response by selecting ‘reply all’.
Thank you,
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College of Liberal Arts & Scienceses students must contact the chair of
the department under which the new overseas course falls.* For example, any new
History course overseas would be approved by the History Department chair here at
Villanova. All business minor courses must be approved by Melinda German, Associate
Dean, Undergraduate Studies.
*All Political Science course approvals should be sent to
diane.mozzone@villanova.edu
*All Studio Art courses are approved by Fr. Cannuli of the Theatre Department
*If you need a language course approved, the course is approved by the chair of
that particular language. If the language is not taught at Villanova, the course
is approved by the chair of the Modern Language department.
Villanova School of Business students should email their OIS adviser with full course descriptions for all business and non-business course approvals. If the course has not been approved, the course will be forwarded to the VSB Dean/department chair for official approval. If you are planning to achieve a non-Business minor, (i.e. Spanish) and you wish to take a course in that minor overseas, it must be approved by that department's chair.
College of Nursing students should have all their courses approved by
the College of Nursing.
College of Engineering students should have all their engineering courses approved
by the appropriate College of Engineering chair. All non-engineering courses should
be approved by the chair of the department that the course falls under.
Language Approvals
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