Study Abroad Programs

Students participating in Hartwick-approved study abroad programs are eligible to receive credit for coursework successfully completed overseas provided that they meet Hartwick credit approval guidelines. Approved courses taken overseas while enrolled at Hartwick are treated like Hartwick credit, e.g. all credits and grades are applied to the student academic record. Courses taken overseas while on a leave of absence from Hartwick are treated like transfer credit and follow Hartwick transfer credit policy.

In general, credit is granted for courses that are:

• Taken at regionally accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities, as demonstrated by an official transcript
• Comparable in content, nature, and intensity to course offerings in the corresponding discipline at Hartwick, and
• Graded at a level of C or higher (on an A-F scale).

Upon completion of a program, students are responsible for requesting official transcripts to be sent directly to the Hartwick Registrar’s Office. Paper transcripts are considered official only if they arrive in a sealed, unopened envelope. If transcripts are sent to the student directly, do not open the envelope. Bring the unopened envelope to the Registrar’s Office. If official electronic transcripts are available at your host institution, have them sent to registrar@hartwick.edu.

Some institutions/programs require a transcript release form; check if this is required before returning home. Additionally, transcripts are often held if students have an outstanding bill. It is your responsibility to attend to these issues before returning home.

The transcript received by the Registrar’s Office must be from an accredited institution. This may be an accredited university abroad or in some cases from a U.S. transcribing institution. U.S. transcribing institutions serve as schools of record for programs that are not accredited (such as CIEE, IES, etc.). Make sure you know whether or not you need a school of record transcript.

Hartwick will not retain copies of your study abroad transcript after you graduate. Once a transcript is received by the Registrar’s Office it is considered part of your Hartwick educational record.