Dean of Arts Office:
PAS building, room 2401
Tel 519 888-4567 ext. 48246
Arts Undergraduate Office:
PAS building, room 2439
Tel 519 888-4567 ext. 45870
Information for faculty and staff
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One important task in preparing for your exchange is the selection of courses and approval of transfer credits. Please carefully read about the process below.
After you’ve been matched for an exchange, book an appointment with your academic advisor(s) to determine your course needs and learn about any possible restrictions.
Please review the Destinations you will be studying in to determine how many courses you will need to take on exchange. It is very important you understand the credit system of the partner institution as you should complete a full-term course load, the equivalent of 5 UW courses at the exchange university, while away.
After, you can begin to browse the exchange university’s course offerings online and determine courses of interest.
For GBDA Students: Please see the GBDA Go Abroad website - Course Selection for your course approval process. Do not follow the instructions below.
For all other Arts Students: One you have determined your course needs, required course load and determined courses of interest at the exchange university; please formally submit your course approval requests by e-mail to artsinternationalexchange@uwaterloo.ca. Make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:
You will receive a reply within 1-3 business days of sending your course approval email.
What is the difference between specific and generic course equivalents? Most of the courses you will take on exchange will not be direct/specific to courses offered at UW and therefore will transfer back to your degree as a general/generic credit. Regardless of whether a course transferred back as specific or general, it will have exactly the same credit value here (0.5 units).
If you have any questions about course approvals, please contact artsinternationalexchange@uwaterloo.ca.
Dean of Arts Office:
PAS building, room 2401
Tel 519 888-4567 ext. 48246
Arts Undergraduate Office:
PAS building, room 2439
Tel 519 888-4567 ext. 45870
Information for faculty and staff
Arts computing support for students, faculty, and staff
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Indigenous Initiatives Office.