On Friday a letter from SCU Provost Lucia Albino Gilbert was sent to all students applying for study abroad next year regarding changes necessitated by the current global economic situation. Effective immediately, Semester at Sea has been moved to Associate Program status at Santa Clara. Participants on Associate Programs will still be able to earn major, minor, and core credits consistent with existing academic policies. However, you will NO longer be eligible for SCU financial aid for the term abroad, billed directly by provider for all expenses, and need to withdraw temporarily from the University in order to take part in the program. It will be your responsibility to follow the relatively simple withdrawal procedure (http://cms.scu.edu/advising/advising/topics.cfm#leave) handled through the Drahmann Center (Kenna 101) before you leave campus. Failure to complete the withdrawal protocol will prevent you from being reinstated at Santa Clara once the study abroad program is over. (Summer students do NOT need to withdraw from the University, but everything else applies to them).
If you find that this change in policy requires that you switch to another study abroad program at Santa Clara, the following are the only options available to you:
* SCU London
* CIEE Programs (Vietnam, Turkey, India, Sevilla, Prague, and other locations visited by Semester at Sea)
* SCU Casa de la Solidaridad (El Salvador)
* SCU Summer Programs (Scotland, London, Rome, Germany, Costa Rica)
* SCU West Africa (Burkina Faso)
* SCU Exchanges (France, Sweden, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Chile, Japan, Italy)
* IES (Buenos Aires, Vienna)
With the exception of SCU Summer Programs, these programs enable you to use SCU financial aid and credit transfer.
Semester at Sea Status Changed to Associate Program