How to find out if you can get credit while on a non-CSUN affiliated Study Abroad program?

If you are studying abroad in a program not offered through CSUN and you want to check in advance that CSUN will accept credit from an international educational institution, you need to check with the relevant staff member in International Admissions, according to your last name, as follows:

For students with last names beginning A - Cheu = sandra.jardin@csun.edu

For students with last names beginning Chev - ismz = ernie.hidalgo@csun.edu

For students with last names beginning Isna - lian = kaori.mita@csun.edu

For students with last names beginning Liao - parm = scott.trevino@csun.edu

For students with last names beginning Parn - suzz = diana.hunt@csun.edu

For students with last names beginning Svaa - z = mary.lynn@csun.edu

To check for GE Credit

If you want to know where you stand with transferrable GE's before you depart for their exchange, complete a Pre-Arranged Credit for International Scholars form. This form must be completed in full and returned to the International Admissions office prior to your departure.

When you return to CSUN, you must submit an official foreign transcript to the International Admissions Office. The International Admissions Office staff will evaluate the official foreign transcript, put their courses in DPR and place their GE courses.

Also, any courses taken at an accredited university (accredited by the country's Ministry of Education) will be added to your DPR (even if the courses are not helpful in terms of moving you toward graduation).

To check for credit in a Major

When you return to CSUN, you must first submit an official foreign transcript to the International Admissions Office. The courses taken overseas are then added to the student's DPR. If you wants a course you have taken overseas to count towards their major, you must contact an Academic Advisor in their department and go through the course substitution process. You will need to provide a course description or syllabus to your Academic Advisor.

Happy travels and work hard!