How do courses get counted towards an IU degree?
The Office of Overseas Study maintains lists with previously approved equivalencies for courses taken on IU administered or co-sponsored programs. The Office of Admissions maintains lists with previously approved equivalencies for all other programs. If a student takes a course that has previously not been evaluated, then they can attempt to have a course description or a syllabi evaluated by advisors and/or faculty prior to their departure. However, what happens more often is that the students petition for distributed credit from a department upon their return from the program when they have ample materials to show the nature and level of the course and their work. The appropriate individual should notify Overseas Study (for IU programs) or International Admissions (for non-IU programs) how to equate the undistributed course. In cases where the course remains undistributed, but is upper level (e.g. HIST #301), a special request must be made to allow the course to count towards major o
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