Participants receive full credit for approved off-campus courses upon successful completion. Grades are calculated in the student's Occidental grade point average. Individual courses may count toward major and core requirements with approval of these departments. Through a process of competitive selection, qualified Occidental students who are progressing normally towards a degree are approved for a limited number of program openings. Occidental Abroad programs offer up to a total of sixteen units for successful completion of each academic semester.
Programs are open to qualified students in all disciplines.
If the appropriate language is offered at Occidental, it is normally expected that students study it in the semester immediately prior to departure, even if they meet or exceed program language requirements. Applications and current information are available in the Fall semester. Decisions of the committee are final. Specific information for each program follows. Total cost, including international transportation, tuition, room and board, is equivalent to tuition, room and board, and fees on the Occidental campus for the same period for all Occidental Abroad and approved non-Occidental programs.