Student Handbook 2008-2009
413 Fellows Hall
| Andrew Law | Director for Off-Campus Study, lawa@denison.edu, (740) 587-6667 |
| Sandy Spence | Assistant, spences@denison.edu, (740) 587-6532 |
Approval for off-campus study is granted through a structured proposal process, which starts with an individual advising appointment with the director of off-campus study in the fall of the sophomore year. The process culminates the following semester with the completion of an Off-Campus Study Proposal and, if approved, application to the program provider. Approval is granted on a rolling basis. The final deadline for consideration for any program for the upcoming summer or academic year is February 1. Late proposals are NOT considered except in cases of documented personal, family or medical emergencies or hardship situations.
Second semester sophomores with a well-articulated trajectory, juniors and first semester seniors are eligible to participate in off-campus study programs. (First semester seniors must petition to have the residency requirements waived in order to receive final approval.) Students may normally seek approval for one semester of aid eligible off-campus study during their Denison career. It is possible to seek approval for an academic year of aid-eligible study in a single program, but such approval is granted only in cases where students demonstrate compelling academic reasons for pursuing an extended period off-campus. International students are limited to the one semester of aid-eligible study.
Denison maintains a list of accepted off-campus programs that seeks to address the curricular and pedagogical concerns, as well as the academic standards, associated with a Denison liberal arts education. The list is available on the web at http://www.denison.edu/academics/offcampus/. In rare cases students may propose study on a non-accepted program offering specialized curricular opportunities, usually associated with the major, that are not afforded by any of the programs on the accepted list. Approval for such proposals is made on an individual basis. Students who withdraw to attend a program without Denison's approval are not eligible to receive transfer credit.