Failure to complete this requirement will result in loss of all credit for the year or semester abroad. In general, the academic departments will count up to two classes per semester towards a concentration. Each department is different, however. The easiest university requirements to fulfill abroad are the school distribution and non-western requirements. We recommend you consider taking your writing intensive and quantitative reasoning classes here on campus.
Most students take one or two elective courses while overseas.
A full course load is defined by the overseas institution and is then the equivalent to a normal semester at Brandeis. Students studying abroad for the year will receive eight Brandeis credits and students abroad for a semester will receive four Brandeis credits. Questions on a full load can be discussed with a member of the study abroad staff. Generally, the options range from family homestays, dormitory living, or sharing an apartment with either foreign students or other Americans on your program. Under current policy Brandeis institutional financial aid can not be applied to an overseas study program.