Before leaving the campus it is very important to fill out a request for prior approval for off-campus study, a form that you may get from the Registrar's Office. Be sure to know the credit hours awarded for each course signed on this form and described in the program description. You will be awarded exactly the number of credit hours that are listed on this sheet. It is very important to pay attention to the details for transferring credit before you leave and, of course, to perform at a satisfactory level abroad so that credit may be transferred. All students who are interested in study abroad after graduating from Susquehanna should look into the Fulbright Student Program, Grants for Graduate Study Abroad.
Grantees plan their own programs.
Projects may include university course work, independent library or field research, classes in a music conservatory or art school, special projects in the social or life sciences, or a combination of these. Students traveling to second or third world countries should always check the Travel Advisory issued by the U.S. State Department and by the Centers for Disease Control. Traveler's Health 15. Students who plan to travel while abroad are advised to procure a Youth Hostel Card and Handbook .