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International Ad-Hoc Honors Credit

In order to receive Honors core credit for work completed on a non-Honors study abroad program, students must create and complete an Honors level ad-hoc project designed to supplement your study abroad experience.

Through Study Abroad Ad-Hoc, a student can work with an instructor to obtain Honors credit for work completed abroad. It is assumed that any Honors student who exercises this option is interested in pursuing the subject to a greater depth and with more intensity than she or he could within the framework of the regular class and is prepared to undertake the extra work and expend the extra energy.

This work should reflect qualities of scholarly effort beyond the ordinary. In short, both student and instructor are committing themselves to extra efforts and to a more demanding and more in-depth pursuit of the subject, rather than merely additional work. Unless both are prepared to make this commitment, the Study Abroad Ad-Hoc option should not be undertaken.

To receive Ad-Hoc Study Abroad Honors Credit:

  • On acceptance to the study abroad program, meet with an Honors Program adviser in Mary Gates Hall Room 211 to discuss requirements and options.
  • Meet with your instructor and discuss the concept of Ad-Hoc Honors.
  • Summarize the agreement of how you will satisfy Honors credit
  • Visit an Honors adviser in Mary Gates 211 to verify that your agreement is within the spirit of the Ad-Hoc Study Abroad Honors option, and to note what core requirements the course work will satisfy. A signature from and Honors adviser is required before you leave for your study abroad.
  • Hold on to the Ad-Hoc Honors form and review it with your instructor at the end of the study abroad program. Have your instructor sign that you have completed the approved study abroad Ad-Hoc Honors requirements, and then return the completed form to the Honors Office.

Download the Ad-Hoc Study Abroad Form (pdf) »

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Please talk to an Honors adviser if you have questions: uwhonors@u.washington.edu