CMCI Education Abroad Guide
CU Boulder Education Abroad offers over 400 programs in over 60 countries! You can go abroad for a semester, year, and/or 2-12 weeks in the summer. Use the following information as a general guideline to plan your time abroad. Connect with your academic advisor and work with an Education Abroad advisor to get started, discuss your program options, and next steps.
What Kind of Credit Can You Earn Abroad?
| Usually Doable | Tricky | Probably Not | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMCI Core | CMCI Major | CMCI Core | CMCI Major | CMCI Core | CMCI Major | |||
| People and Society, Humanities and the Arts, Historical Views | Upper-division CMCI major electives | Diversity and Global Cultures | Major-specific core curriculum | Writing Requirement | Capstone | |||
Planning and When to Go
- Start lower-division classes (including mandatory course sequences) toward CMCI major & secondary area.
- Saving some of your CMCI Core classes and general degree electives for study abroad.
- Finish any lower-division classes (including mandatory course sequences) for your major
- Take CMCI Core classes that are less common to find abroad (see "What Kind of Credit Can You Earn Abroad" section below for more info).
- Begin taking your secondary area of study courses, especially if these courses cannot be fulfilled abroad.
- Go abroad!
- Make sure you have started any major course sequences since many of them will be prerequisites for your subsequent required courses upon return.
- Education Abroad during your senior year is possible with careful planning.
- Plan for any specific CMCI classes that MUST be taken on campus during senior year and meet course prerequisites. Prerequisites will not be waived and cannot be taken at the same time as the course for which they serve as a pre-req.
- Know when the credits may be transcripted, as this can delay your official graduation date.
Quick Facts
- It is best for CMCI majors to go abroad for a semester during their junior year. A semester during sophomore year and the summer after sophomore year can also be a good possibility.
- It can also be a good idea to save some of your minor courses to fulfill abroad. The following minors, however, are difficult to fulfill abroad: Business, other CMCI area minors, Education, English, science minors.
- Use the Course Approvals List to find programs that offer courses approved for the credit you need
Suggested Programs for CMCI Majors
Many CMCI students are able to take mostly general electives while abroad. If this is the case, you can find all program options on the Program Search page. For programs that offer major-specific credits, see some suggested programs below:
CMCI Global Seminars
On Global Seminars students travel abroad in a small group with a CU Boulder faculty member. This is a great opportunity to study alongside faculty in their area of expertise. CMCI currently offers the following Global Seminars:
