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All students must complete three Short Term credits (or one for each two regular terms of enrollment for students enrolled for fewer than six regular terms). Short Term credit can be through an approved earned-credit course, or through a non-credit course approved for Short Term credit. The Short Term Catalog is published online on the Academic Services Web site two weeks prior to the beginning of the Short/Spring term registration period.
One of the required Short Term credits must be earned during the January of the first year of enrollment except for students who enter in Spring Term and have achieved sophomore standing by the beginning of the next Fall Term. By Faculty action, several alternate means of earning Short Term credit have been established for summer experiences, but students are limited to one in each of the following categories:
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Courses listed in the education-abroad offerings presented by Berea College Faculty, or by the Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS). |
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Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Program (URCPP) experience, or other summer undergraduate research experience, conducted in a mentor-apprentice relationship and approved by the academic department in which the research is conducted. These summer research projects typically run 8-10 weeks with students working full-time. Students must ask to be registered in advance for UGR 010 (for URCPP-funded projects) or UGR 020 (for other approved projects) through the Office of Academic Services. (For more information see the 2008-2009 Berea College Catalog.) |
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Summer Term courses under the rubrics of Independent Study (390/490A or B); Team Initiated Study (397/497A or B), or Internship (395/495). (For more information, see the 2008-2009 Berea College Catalog.) |
If a student who enters in the Fall Term chooses to complete a Short Term credit in each of the above categories, he or she would need four Short Term credits in order to graduate because the first one must be a Short Term Catalog course taken in January.
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