FOR STUDENTS CURRENTLY ABROAD

• What do I if I have technical difficulties with accessing CampusConnection while abroad? (NDUS Help Desk - help.desk@nodak.edu)
  • I can't log on, I am getting a specific error when logging on
    
• Where do I find out how to use CampusConnection?
  • How do I find class schedule for my next semester back at NDSU; When can I register? a.k.a. When is my 'appointment time'?
    
• Housing questions - securing housing for your return; if you are mistakenly receiving a bill while you are abroad.  Please contact NDSU Residence Life.
  
• I need to talk to someone at Registration & Records (R&R)
  • I have a hold on my record; I am not allowed to register for a specific class
• Main R&R webpage
  
• I have questions about my financial aid.
  • Did you fill out a Financial Aid Worksheet with your study abroad advisor?  Please contact NDSU's Student Financial Services.  If you filled out the Study Abroad Financial Aid Worksheet, you would contact the person you met with in Student Financial Services before you left to study abroad.

GENERAL QUESTIONS

• I would like to use my study abroad to fulfill NDSU General Education requirements for Cultural Diversity and Global Perspectives
  • Use form:  Student Appeal for Exception to General Education Requirements and submit to Registration & Records; fill out upon your return to NDSU and after credits transfer back to NDSU
  • If you are looking to fulfill both Cultural Diversity and Global Perspectives, you may put both requests on same form, noting your Cultural Diversity request under "III" on form.  Cultural diversity requirement can be fulfilled by any 3 credit class taken abroad and must be noted in "III."
  • If you would like to fulfill Global Perspectives, you must request your appeal under "I" on form, and explain, in detail, why your experience fits the definition of Global Perspectives as defined in the NDSU Bulletin:

    "focus on analysis of world-wide issues illustrating the interdependence of the world and its people"

  • I want a class that I took abroad to count towards a class on the NDSU General Education Requirement list.
    • The class must have been deemed the equivalent of a class on the current Gen Ed list, found here: General Education Requirements.  If you want free electives, this will happen once your transcript is processed by R&R and when the # of credits you earned is determined.

• I would like to complete my final credits while abroad/graduate while abroad:

  • Please fill out the form and submit to Registration and Records: Appeal for Exceptions to Academic Regulations.  If you want to graduate while abroad, please contact Registration and Records and discuss your plans.
    
• Do I need a passport for travel to Canada or Mexico?

  • Contrary to some information you may have heard, you currently do not need a passport to travel to Canada; however the travel deadlines are soon approaching.  Please click here to visit the U.S. State Department website for up-to-date news about the upcoming travel requirements to Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda.  Deadline for travel by air and sea is January 8, 2007; deadline for all other methods of travel, including crossing borders by land, is not until January 1, 2008 (dates current as of August 2006).  Deadlines always subject to change, so please monitor the US State Department website at travel.state.gov.  Proposed timeline and other related information, click here.   (Fact sheet from travel.state.gov)

    **All students studying abroad Spring 2007 must have a passport.  Click here for instructions on how to obtain a passport in the Fargo-Moorhead area.

 

• What are the most popular destinations for study abroad students at NDSU?

• Australia is by far the most popular destination, with Europe, in general, as a close second.  The most popular countries in Europe currently are England and Spain.  (We have exchange partners in all of these countries!  'Exchange' means that you are paying NDSU tuition and fees.)

 

• When is the best time for me to study abroad?

• This question depends on each individual student.  Some students may want to study abroad right away when they're freshmen, and some may wait until they are done with their degree and just want to take general electives.  Some study abroad somewhere in between.  Ask your department if they recommend particular times for students in your major/minor to go abroad.

 

• I want to study abroad - where do I begin?

• What is the International Studies Major (ISM) and how do I declare it?   How does study abroad fit into the major?
• The International Studies Major is a "secondary major" that you must declare alongside your main major.   One of the main requirements is that you complete at least a 10-week experience abroad. You must be a sophomore in order to declare the ISM.
• What is a good resource for finding books about understanding other cultures?
  • Check out Intercultural Press, found at www.interculturalpress.com.