{"id":51,"date":"2010-06-03T18:03:29","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T18:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:14:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:14:55","slug":"study-abroad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/academics\/study-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Study abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ES major is designed to accommodate student participation in a study abroad opportunity, and\u00a0many ES majors undertake a study abroad program.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;\">Participation in a study abroad program is subject\u00a0to the approval of the Program, and there are certain obligations that must be fulfilled before approval\u00a0can be granted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>General obligations that must be met for participation in a study abroad program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The three required core courses (ENVR 203, 204 and 205) must be completed by the end of the\u00a0junior year.<\/li>\n<li>The four prerequisites for ENVR 417 must be completed by the end of the junior year.<\/li>\n<li>The student, in consultation with her or his advisor, needs to provide a satisfactory plan for\u00a0completion of the ES major and general education requirements. This means that the student\u00a0must be making satisfactory progress toward completion of the major requirements prior to the\u00a0junior year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Duration of the study abroad program<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most study abroad opportunities are for one semester. For a one-semester program, it is not\u00a0necessary that any of the courses relate to ES major requirements, provided there is evidence of\u00a0satisfactory progress toward completion of degree requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Only under rare circumstances may students participate in a full year or two semesters of study abroad. Students must provide a thorough written rationale to justify a full year of study abroad. It is essential that at least one semester of a full-year study abroad opportunity directly ties to the student\u2019s ES track.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Counting courses toward ES major requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All courses required for the ES core must be taken at Bates.<\/li>\n<li>Courses can only be transferred in toward the track. Typically students studying abroad may transfer one course credit for the ES track, except in specific cases where 2 courses may be transferred with prior approval from the student&#8217;s ES advisor.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer credits for the major can only be approved after completion of the study abroad program. Your ES advisor can often provide a preliminary assessment of the appropriateness of courses prior to your participation in the program, but official approval is given only after review of actual course materials (e.g., syllabus, exams, assignments).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Requirements for final approval of study abroad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete the official approval form from the Off-Campus Study Office. Satisfactory completion\u00a0of this form requires a plan that shows the courses you will take in the remaining semesters at\u00a0Bates to fulfill major and general education requirements.<\/li>\n<li>The form must have the signature of your advisor asserting that she or he has reviewed and\u00a0approved of your study abroad plans and your plans for completing degree requirements. If you\u00a0are requesting approval for a full year of study abroad, your advisor must sign off on your\u00a0written rationale for participation in the program.<\/li>\n<li>Bring the completed and signed form to the program chair for final approval.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Transferring credit toward ES major requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0After you have completed the study abroad course(s), bring course materials and two copies of the Study Abroad Office&#8217;s course transfer form to your ES advisor for evaluation and approval.<\/li>\n<li>Following approval of the course credit(s) by the student&#8217;s ES advisor, bring the two signed copies of the form to the Chair of the ES Program for final approval. \u00a0One copy of the course transfer form remains with the ES Chair and the other copy is submitted to the Registrar&#8217;s Office by the student.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ES major is designed to accommodate student participation in a study&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4395,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/4395"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}