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Undergraduate Studies


 

Learning Abroad

The Department of Economics strongly encourages students to have one or more international experiences. Taking classes abroad, traveling abroad, or doing an internship abroad, will enhance your education and improve your resume.

Within the last two years Economics majors and minors have studied in:

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sydney and Brisbane, Australia
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Beijing and Shanghai, China
Copenhagen, Denmark
Cairo, Egypt
Paris and Montpellier, France
Freiburg, Germany
Dublin, Ireland
Florence, Italy		 Seoul, Korea
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Amsterdam, Netherland
Oslo, Norway
St. Andrews, Scotland
Barcelona and Toledo, Spain
Chiang Mai, Thailand
London, United Kingdom
Switzerland
Venezuela

The Economics department allows students to take some Economics courses abroad. Typically students are allowed to count two study abroad economics courses towards a major in Economics. The use of study abroad courses towards minor varies from minor to minor. All Study Abroad Economics courses must be pre-approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dr. Simran Sahi.

If you are interested in study abroad, please contact the Learning Abroad Center in 230 Heller Hall (612-626-0000). They have an excellent website that gives information about 220 programs in 60 countries. Students need to attend a First Step Meeting where you will receive information about different kinds of Learning Abroad programs and services.

To decide on a program, students should schedule an individual appointment in the Learning Abroad Center. Please contact the Economics Undergraduate Studies Adviser, Madhu Bhat, in 4-100A Hanson to get a copy of the Study Abroad in Economics handout that highlights different types of programs for Economics students. Please e-mail Madhu in advance (econugra@econ.umn.edu) to find out her office hours.

Next you will want to apply and be accepted to your program. After acceptance, it is important that you get your individual courses pre-approved before you leave.

  1. For Economics courses that have already been reviewed, come to the Economics Undergraduate Adviser to get your form signed.
  2. For Economics courses that haven’t been previously reviewed, bring a syllabus to the Economics Undergraduate Adviser so that Dr. Sahi can review it.
  3. Mathematics courses are approved by the Mathematics program. Many mathematics courses have already been reviewed and the results are available on the IT Transfer Guide which is available at the following website: http://www.it.umn.edu/prospective/transferring_credit.html. Be sure to look for your school under the International section. If your course is not there, you should contact the Mathematics department (127 Vincent, 612-625-2004) to have your course reviewed.
  4. Statistics courses are approved by the Statistics program. Again, many courses are on the IT Transfer Guide (see above). If your statistics course in not there you will need to consult the Statistics department at 313 Ford Hall (612-625-8046).
  5. Courses that have already been approved for Liberal Education requirements are available through the Learning Abroad Center. Your college adviser may be able to help you access this information.
  6. Courses for other majors or minors need to be pre-approved by the appropriate department. For example, Political Science courses would be pre-approved by the Political Science department.

After you return from your study abroad program you should bring your economics course materials (syllabus, papers, homework, exams, etc.) to Dr. Sahi for final approval. She will inform Madhu about the final approval status. Once your courses are on your official documents (transcript and/or APAS) you should notify Madhu (econadv@umn.edu) so she can update your APAS to appropriately reflect the approval of these courses.