DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM
Under an exchange agreement established with the University of Passau in Germany in 1986, USA is able to grant to a qualified student the opportunity for study abroad during each academic year (November-July) and to provide a similar opportunity for a visiting student from Passau.
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QUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION
Although the exchange is open to all full-time South Alabama students regardless of major, priority will be given to German majors. The successful applicant will have a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.5 or better, proficiency in German equivalent to two years of college study, and U.S. citizenship. Additional information and application forms are available from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, HUMB 322 (460-6291). Completed applications for the upcoming academic year should be submitted to the Head of the German section (Dr. Roddy) by February 15, and the winner will be announced by April 3
CREDIT GRANTED TO USA STUDENTS FOR WORK DONE IN PASSAU
A. Students must complete the degree requirements for general education and their major and minor as outlined in the appropriate bulletin. Since the curriculum at a German university is quite different and the transfer of equivalent courses difficult, students are advised to complete their requirements (except in German) before going to Passau, or they should plan to spend at least a semester at USA upon their return. Whenever possible, students should also complete university residency requirements for upper-division course work before going abroad.
B. Before leaving for Passau, students should fill out a Transient-Student approval form. If the course schedule for the next semester at Passau has not yet arrived, students should nonetheless fill out an approximate plan which can be modified once precise courses are known. This process is also required in order to have financial aid approved for the year in advance. Students should meet with one of the German professors at USA as well as their advisor to plan their study abroad. At mid-year they should also contact these professors for additional advice.
projects, and/or tests; and various other types of classes. Instead of a transcript maintained by the registrar's office, German students receive a Schein (certificate) from the instructor of each seminar and certain other types of courses which they present when they are ready to register for their intermediate or final comprehensive exams (after approximately four or eight semesters).
To get credit at the University of South Alabama for work done at Passau, students should save all Scheine that they receive (be sure to make additional copies, but bring the original back for presentation to the registrar here). For courses that do not issue such statements (and even for ones that do), you should have the instructor fill out and sign USA's form (headed Universität Passau or University of Passau). If the instructor fills out the German version, the Department of Foreign Languages can translate it. The registrar would like to have the instructor submit the form directly to Dr. Harry Roddy in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
In addition, students should save all syllabuses, course descriptions, work that has been submitted in Passau as part of the course, notes taken for lectures, and any other pertinent material. They should also make lists of readings done for courses, especially lectures. This will aid the Foreign Language Department and the Registrar in evaluating the work done. The orientation course in German as a Foreign Language may also be eligible for credit, so the appropriate materials should be collected for this course as well.
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