Non Middlebury Study Abroad Programs
1. Transcript: at the end of your semester or year abroad, your program or university should send an official transcript to:
Stacey Thebodo, Assistant Director of International Programs and Off-Campus Study
Sunderland Language Center
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753 USA
Do not assume your program or university knows where to send your transcript; please double check that they have the correct information. It is your responsibility to request a transcript.
2. Independent study: If an independent study is part of your program (such as School for International Training programs), you must bring your project back to campus to be reviewed by a Middlebury faculty member. Credit will only be transferred after this faculty member has read and approved your independent study. Failure of the project to meet Middlebury's standards may jeopardize the transfer of credit. When your adviser (or other appropriate faculty member) has approved your project, s/he should email internationalprograms@middlebury.edu.
3. Evaluation: You must also complete an evaluation of your study abroad experience in order to receive transfer credit. An evaluation form will be sent to you after you return to Middlebury. Evaluating your period of study abroad is one of the most valuable services you can render Middlebury College and future students wishing to study abroad and one of the most important ways you can help us maintain the highest possible standards.
4. Major, minor or distribution credit: If you are seeking major, minor or distribution credit, you can complete a Transfer Credit Application Form. Signatures are required from the appropriate Department Chairs. Transfer Credit Application Forms are NOT necessary to receive general credit. You should also fill out the Course Information Sheet for each course, and bring the completed sheet and all supporting work to the appropriate faculty at Middlebury.
5. Principles for incorporating grades from non-Middlebury programs abroad into GPA(Adopted by Educational Affairs Committee, April 2003) :When students' applications to study abroad are approved by the Programs Abroad Committee, the approval will indicate the number of units of credit that the student will receive upon successful completion of the program: 9 units (full academic year), 5 units (one semester and Winter Term), or 4 units (one semester).
Assuming enrollment in a normal full load of coursework as outlined in the student's approval letter, the number of courses will be divided into the number of credits the student will receive to determine the weight to be assigned each course in the calculation of GPA. For example, if a student is enrolled in 5 courses in a 4-unit program, each course would be assigned a weight of .80. If a student is enrolled in 4 courses in a 5-unit program, each course would be assigned a weight of 1.25. These calculations will be carried out to the second decimal place. If truncating a weight after the second decimal point does not produce a sum that is equal to 4.00, 5.00, or 9.00, weights will be rounded up as necessary. The higher weights will be assigned to the courses in which the student received higher grades.
Normally, as is the case with courses taught on the Middlebury campus, all courses in which a student is enrolled will be assigned an equal weight in the computation of the GPA, regardless of the number of contact hours. However, if the transcript issued by the program abroad clearly indicated that a course was a double course or a half-course, the calculation of course weights will be adjusted to reflect this.
Only grades that are reported on an A-F scale, or that can be converted to an A-F scale, will be used in the calculation of the GPA, including grades of D and F. As has always been the case, courses graded on a pass/fail or audit basis will not be transferred.
Since the weight to be assigned to each grade is a matter of calculation, not assessment, students may not appeal the determinations of IP/OCS or the Registrar's Office regarding the weight to be assigned to a course. Students who wish to appeal their grade in a course may do so using the grade appeal procedures established by the program or by the International Office of the institution at which they were enrolled.
Middlebury Schools Abroad Programs
1. Transcript:Your grades and courses will automatically appear on your Middlebury transcript. The reporting and conversion of your grades from the foreign university can take up to a semester after your return to Middlebury.
2. Evaluation:You must also complete an evaluation of your study abroad experience in order to receive an official transcript. An evaluation form will be sent to you after you return to Middlebury. Evaluating your period of study abroad is one of the most valuable services you can render Middlebury College and future students wishing to study abroad and one of the most important ways you can help us maintain the highest possible standards.
3. Major, minor or distribution credit: If you are seeking major, minor or distribution credit, you can complete a Transfer Credit Application Form. Signatures are required from the appropriate Department Chairs. Transfer Credit Application Forms are NOT necessary to receive general credit.