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For International Students at Emory studying in Home Country:
International Transient Study

General Information
General Rules
Application Process and Deadline

General Information

As defined by Emory College, transient study is credit for summer school away from Emory College and is open to any Emory College student with fewer than 68 academic credit hours. For students seeking transient study outside the United States during the summer term, they must submit an application to the CIPA office.

International Transient Study is defined as an international study (in F-1 or J-1 status) who seeks to return to his/her country of origin during the summer following the freshman year. In this case, the international student must submit the International Transient Study application form to the CIPA office no later than April 15.

In the case where students have lived in multiple locales abroad, the "country of origin" is defined as the country where the student completed his/her high school education. U.S. permanent residents who attended high school in the United States are not eligible to apply for international transient study.

PLEASE NOTE: Students who want to complete transient study within the United States must submit an application directly to the Office of Undergraduate Education.

For students (both international and U.S. permanent residents) who would like to study overseas and who do not meet the eligibility requirements for international transient study, please make an appointment to meet with a CIPA Advisor to discuss the study abroad opportunities available.

General Rules

Whatever semester hour credit you are awarded from the host school is exactly what will be transferred to your Emory record on approved courses. For example, if you earn 3 semester hours for a course at another school, and its equivalent course at Emory earns 4, only 3 will transfer. Physical education classes are an exception: they transfer as zero credits.

Students may satisfy General Education Requirements with International Transient Study courses (except in History, Sociology, and Political Science); however, if you do not specify which area you intend to satisfy, you may be awarded elective credit. No writing requirements may be satisfied abroad.  International Transient Study does not cover internships. Those must be approved by the individual academic departments.

Emory awards no academic credit for study at another college or university that has not been placed on the student’s official transcript by the end of that student’s first semester on campus following the completion of the transient work itself.

No transfer work or credit will be awarded for course work done during the summer without prior approval.

IMPORTANT NOTE: CIPA is coordinating the international transient study course approval process. You DO NOT need to seek approvals from individual faculty members or departments. In your application, you may obtain course descriptions from the website of the school(s) you plan to attend (be sure to display the URL on the printout). Pages taken from a bulletin or catalog of the host school are also acceptable. Please consult the Emory College Catalog to find your proposed course equivalents. The host institution’s course and the proposed Emory equivalent should be similar in key themes and content. Please include descriptions of the proposed Emory course equivalent(s) from the catalog, along with course description(s) from the host institution.

Application Process and Deadlines

If you are an international student planning to study in your home country during the summer turn, you must complete the International Transient Study Application. This online form will be available mid August 2008 and is due April 15th.

The full description of International Transient Study Flyer is to be seen here soon.

Checklist for completed Transient Study Applications

• Advisor signature and date obtained.

• Detailed course description(s) for host university and proposed Emory equivalents attached to printed application.

• Host school address correctly listed.

• Host school course(s) titles correctly listed.

• Emory College course(s) titles correctly listed.

• GER or Elective Credit indicated for all courses. (select one).

• $100 application charge payable to Emory University (Check or money order ONLY. NO CASH) Please note your student name & Student ID on check or money order.