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Proposing a New Direct Enroll Program

A complete proposal will consist of the following three components:

  1. A completed proposal form for a new direct enroll program
  2. narrative description of the proposed program
  3. Supporting documents
    a. Draft budget
    b. Letter(s) of support from sponsoring department chairs and college's lead representative on the MSU Advisory Council on Education Abroad (supporting the program overall and listing approved partner institution courses and how they will be articulated at MSU).
    c. Map(s) related to intended destinations
    d. Completed and signed Subject Code Approval sheet (obtain the current one for your college from the Office for Education Abroad via Maria Beam: beamm(at)msu.edu)
    e. List at least 10 courses that will be approved by the sponsoring academic unit(s) to come back to MSU (if more than one sponsoring unit, list 5 approved courses per college), describe how they fulfill degree requirements, and explain how they will come back
    (MSU equivalency/waiver/substitution, transfer credit, MSU credit and grades.)

Note that new Direct Enroll programs will need to have a "Direct Enrollment Agreement" on file. Please contact Dr. Elizabeth Wandschneider to initiate this process.

Please submit completed proposal documents via email to Maria Beam: beamm(at)msu.edu

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