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Academics and Education Abroad
Advising, Approvals and Articulations
Presenters
• Lisa Loberg - California Lutheran University
• Skylar Lowe - Loyola Marymount University
• Travis Pentz - University of California, San Diego
Academic advising and education abroad
• Academics can affect students' decision to go abroad
• Increased efforts to integrate academic advising into
education abroad
• Different approaches at each institution
Advising for Students
• Academic advising structures
• Advising that happens in the Study Abroad Office
Advising pitfalls and potential solutions
• Territorial issues
• Enhancing the process
• Empowering students
Course approval process
• Nuts and bolts of course approvals
• California Lutheran University
• Loyola Marymount University
• San Diego State University
• University of California, San Diego
Comparisons in course articulations
• CLU
• LMU
• SDSU
• UCSD
Other Things to Consider
•The importance of education abroad as an academic
experience, not just tourism; the program should be
academically relevant, allowing students to learn about
the new culture, location, and their field from a different
perspective
•As EA professionals not only are we battling barriers
like cost and course availability, but also
misconceptions about the study abroad experience
Questions and Answers