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BPSA Resources
Departmental Policies on Earning Credit Abroad College Clearance Requirements EAP Resources Jump to the EAP Public Course Catalog Jump to the EAP Academic Discipline Pages
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Current as of Fall 2005 Department Name: Legal Studies Undergraduate Adviser Name: Anna del Rosario Office Location: 2240 Piedmont Avenue Email Address: delrosa@uclink.berkeley.edu Phone: 642-4038 Fax: 642-2951 Departmental Website: http://legalstudies.berkeley.edu/ 1. Is there a specific time frame in which students are required to declare a major in your department? If yes, when? NO, BUT THEY CANNOT DECLARE DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF FALL AND SPRING. 2. Does the Undergraduate Adviser (staff) sign the Education Abroad Program academic planning form, or must a faculty adviser (professor) sign? THE UNDERGRADUATE ADVISER SIGNS. 3. Should we advise students to make an appointment to have their academic planning form signed in your department? If so, do they need to bring a transcript or any other supplemental materials with them to their appointment? NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY; DROP-IN HOURS ARE MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8:30AM-NOON & 1:30-4:00PM. 4. What is the maximum amount of major credit given for courses taken during the education abroad program? Is this maximum calculated by number of courses or by units of credit? Please explain. MAXIMUM OF 2 COURSES, NO MORE THAN 8 UPPER-DIVISION UNITS; NO LIMIT ON PREREQUISITES TAKEN ABROAD. 5. Are students in your department able to undertake senior honors theses the semester following EAP participation or are there restrictions? Please explain. NO RESTRICTIONS. 6. Does your department calculate EAP grades into the departmental GPA? IF THE GRADES APPEAR ON THE STUDENT'S CAL TRANSCRIPT, YES. 7. Are EAP grades counted towards departmental honors? YES (SEE ABOVE). 8. If you represent a department which teaches foreign language, does your department award major credit for the courses taken during the Intensive Language Program (ILP) portion of the EAP program? If so, please explain. N/A 9. Does your department distribute a special information sheet for your majors which includes advice on how to articulate participation with EAP with the major? NO, COURSES ARE REVIEWED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS BY THE UA, SO STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMITTING COURSE DESCRIPTIONS PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT IN THEIR PROGRAM. 10. If yes, do you also
provide this information on your departmental website? What is the URL? N/A 11. Finally, most EAP students are required to officially declare their major before departure. Returning EAP students who attempt to register through Tele-BEARS from abroad need adviser codes to pre-enroll for courses. What is your departmental policy on releasing advisor codes (AC's) to EAP students? DECLARED MAJORS MAY OBTAIN
THEIR AC'S VIA EMAIL. THEY RECEIVE AN UPDATE OF THEIR MAJOR PROGRESS,
AND AFTER CONFIRMING THAT THE INFORMATION IS CORRECT, THE AC IS RELEASED.
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