PROPOSAL TO STUDY AWAY
You must have a signed declaration of major form on file in the Registrar's Office to proceed. Proposals are due by December 1 for study away at any time during the following academic year.
PLANS FOR STUDY AWAY
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Please discuss below how a semester or year abroad relates to your overall plan of study at Wellesley. Include information about your motivation for study abroad and what you hope to gain from a semester or year abroad. If you have decided which program you hope to attend, what factors have led you to select that program over others? What course work have you done or do you plan to do to prepare for your semester abroad?
PLANS FOR COMPLETING DEGREE REQUIREMENTS DO NOT LEAVE ANY LINES BLANK.
List courses you took, will take, or are currently taking to satisfy degree requirements. Indicate department, course number, title and semester. If you wish to use a course taken elsewhere toward these requirements, it must be worth a full unit of credit and approved by the major department.
It is your responsibility to check the course bulletin to be sure the courses you list satisfy these requirements. Remember also that you must take at least 18 courses outside any one department. The Wellesley B.A. requires that of the last four college semesters, two consecutive full-time terms must be completed at Wellesley. If you have questions about any of these requirements, consult your Class Dean.
I. THREE UNITS TOTAL (AT LEAST ONE FROM EACH DISTRIBUTION GROUP) in (1) Language and Literature and (2) Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video. Two of the three units must be taken at Wellesley (one of three if you entered as a transfer student or Davis Scholar with 8 units already completed).
II. THREE UNITS TOTAL FROM THE FOLLOWING DISTRIBUTION GROUPS, IN THIS MANNER: TWO UNITS MUST COME FROM TWO OF THESE THREE DISTRIBUTION GROUPS: (1) Epistemology and Cognition; (2) Religion, Ethics and Moral Philosophy; (3) Historical Studies. ONE UNIT MUST COME FROM (4) Social and Behavioral Analysis. Two of the three units must be taken at Wellesley (one of the three if you entered as a transfer student or Davis Scholar with 8 units already completed).
III. THREE UNITS TOTAL (AT LEAST ONE FROM EACH DISTRIBUTION GROUP) in (1) Natural and Physical Science and (2) Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving. At least one unit must be a lab unit. Two of the three units must be taken at Wellesley (one of three if you entered as a transfer student or Davis Scholar with 8 units already completed).
IV. OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE