Guidelines for Letters & Sciences Students

LTSC students wishing to study abroad must meet with both the Study Abroad Office and your assigned LTSC advisor.

Students should go to the Study Abroad Office first to talk about program options and decide to which program you will apply.

If you are enrolling in 1) Maryland’s semester programs in Haifa, Shanghai, Alcala, Nice, or Berlin, OR 2) any semester, summer, or winter program with one of our partner organizations, OR 3) with a non-Maryland semester program, follow the following procedure for getting courses approved:

1.        A Study Abroad Advisor will help you begin to fill out your Permission to Study Abroad form, where you list the courses you plan to take abroad. 

2.       Once you have chosen courses, make an appointment with your assigned LTSC advisor to review the equivalences for those courses at Maryland and get the advisor’s signature on the PSA.   If equivalences have not been determined for your selected courses, you will need to go to other academic departments on campus to obtain signatures for the course equivalencies.  For example, if you plan to take a course dealing with the government of Spain, you’ll need to visit the Government and Politics department to have an advisor review the course description and determine if the course is equivalent to a Maryland course or will be an elective.  You then RETURN to LTSC and your LTSC advisor will sign the form and then keep it for final approval in LTSC. 

3.       In about a week, you will receive a call or email from LTSC telling you the form is complete and you can come pick it up from 1117 Hornbake. 

4.  You then turn in your forms to the Study Abroad Office. 

If you are accepted to study on the Maryland-in-London or Maryland-in-Rome program, there is a different procedure because all courses are resident credit.  Follow this procedure:

1.        Meet with your Study Abroad advisor to obtain a Course Selection Form. 

2.       Check the list of approved courses and their Maryland equivalences at London Metropolitan University or the American University of Rome.  Use the approved lists to select courses.

3.       Bring the Course Selection Form to your LTSC advisor for approval of your chosen courses. 

If you are accepted to study on a Maryland faculty-led summer or winter term program, you do not need to receive written approval from your LTSC advisor. The Study Abroad Office will register you for the course.

Remember to select courses for your semester abroad in consultation with your academic advisor and with your 4-semester plan in mind.