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Approving study abroad courses

NAU students must meet with advisors for course approval

Students going abroad are required to have course equivalencies pre-approved by their academic advisors.  Although pre-approvals happen online, students are told to initially meet with an advisor in person to have a conversation about their plan of study. Additional equivalencies, after the first meeting, can be approved online with no meeting required. This is a student-driven process. Academic advisors do not need to do anything until contacted by a student.

The credit equivalency guide may be useful in this process.

COURSE EQUIVALENCY DATABASE