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
An important part of preparing for your exchange is your course selection and approval of transfer credits. Please read the steps below.
After you’ve been matched for an exchange, book an appointment with your academic advisor(s) first, to determine your course needs and review your study plan. Your academic advisor must approve any courses towards a major, minor, diploma or specialization. The exchange advisor may also approve specific and generic courses where possible. If you do not get your courses approved before departing for exchange, you risk not meeting your degree or academic plan requirements.
Please review the Destinations you plan to study at to determine how many courses you need on exchange. It's important you understand the credit system of the host institution to complete a full-term course load or the equivalent of 5 UW courses.
You can now begin to research and browse the host university’s course offerings online and determine courses of interest. This research should include priority courses you want and some backup courses.
For non-Arts Students: Please connect with your home faculty Exchange Representative and use this form to send requests for possible Arts course equivalencies.
For AFM Students: Please contact your academic advisor in the School of Accounting and Finance to review your eligibility for an exchange – safadvisor@uwaterloo.ca.
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: Once you have determined your course needs, required course load and courses of interest at the host university, please submit your course approval request by e-mail to your academic advisor and copy artsinternationalexchange@uwaterloo.ca.
You must include the following information:
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 or specific matches to courses offered at UW. You recieve general or generic credit matches for these courses. Specific or general course matches have the same credit value (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
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