Confer with your faculty adviser and department chairperson about your plans for study away. You should check with the chairperson of your major department about any specific requirements or limits on the amount of major credit you can earn while studying away. If you plan to declare an interdisciplinary minor, consult with the program director of that minor to find out what courses you can take to fulfill requirements. All transfer credit courses used for major or minor requirements must be approved by the appropriate department chairperson or program director.

It is important to ask appropriate academic departments about future schedules of course offerings at Trinity and projected faculty leaves or sabbaticals. This information may influence your choice of the semester or year when you will study away. You will need to plan a year in advance for entrance to limited enrollment senior seminars and other courses. You should tentatively plan your Trinity course schedule for the semester of your return. If you do this, you are not as likely to be disappointed in your selection of courses or your progress toward the completion of major requirements.  

Trinity students also are strongly encouraged to discuss their program choices with one of the knowledgeable Faculty Contacts for Approved Study Away Programs.  These faculty members have offered to serve as an important source of information for you, as you make your plans.  We urge you to take advantage of this opportunity and consult with these professors as part of the fact-finding process.  In addition, the staff of the Office of International Programs and the Resource Library at 66 Vernon are available to help you, too.