Arts, Sciences and Engineering

Pre-Departure Orientation

SAB 090 Syllabus

Consult with us as you continue to make your plans. We are here to help you, to share your excitement, and to provide you with detailed and accurate information about conditions overseas, so that you and your family can make informed decisions about your travel plans. We also want you to continue to live the experience when you return from your time overseas.

Advisers are available for walk-in appointments each weekday. Walk-in appointments are brief meetings designed to answer quick questions, and are limited to a maximum of 10 minutes. If you have a more in-depth question, please schedule a 30-minute appointment with one of the advisers.

The Study Abroad Pre-departure Orientation has several purposes:

1. Provide "one-stop shopping" for all of the logistics that you need to take care of before you depart for your term overseas.
2. Give you an opportunity to learn about the cross-cultural transitions inherent in international education, and the implications of those transitions, especially with regards to health and safety.
3. Provide a framework for integrating the study abroad semester or year into your undergraduate studies.

Study abroad optimally becomes an educational experience that contributes to the methods of inquiry that you employ in your courses, and it facilitates civic engagement on a global scale.

Spring 2014 Handbooks:

1. Academic Matters

2. Money Matters

3. Life Overseas

4. Safety and Health

5. UR Future

6. Study Abroad Code of Conduct

All students who submitted a Study Abroad Proposal form have been enrolled in a non-credit class (SAB 090) for the Orientation. This class starts with on-line presentations in Blackboard (a web-based course software package). The presentations will include web-based reading assignments, and quizzes to test for understanding. The Orientation will also include a mandatory pre-departure meeting for all students preparing to study abroad next semester. The meeting will address health, safety, and cross-cultural matters in an interactive format. For your convenience, the class meeting will be offered three times. You may attend any of these meetings, but you must attend one. PLEASE ARRIVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE MEETING TIME SINCE MEETING WILL START PROMPTLY

The Pre-departure Orientation includes an on-line quiz on each weekly topic. You may repeat the quizzes as many times as necessary to provide the correct answer for each question. All quizzes must be completed by the last day of classes or your permission to study abroad may be rescinded.  You are responsible for the following quizzes:

Center for Study Abroad Agreement (read and check boxes indicating you understand and abide by guidelines)

-Registration, Study Abroad Finances, Communication, Housing and Student Life Abroad, Health, Safety Abroad, and Life After Study Abroad