BC Program Credit & Course Guidelines 2015-2016
Program of Study
Program Credit & Course
Requirements per semester
Specific Requirements
Argentina
Universidad Torcuato
Di Tella (UTDT)
12 UTDT semester credits
+ Argentina: History and Culture (BC
course)
+ Early start intensive language course
Universidad Catolica
Argentina (UCA)
12 UCA semester credits
+ Argentina: History and Culture (BC
course)
+ Early start intensive language course
Students who do not pass the language
placement test must enroll in a semester-long
Spanish language course as part of their 12
credit course load.
Australia
Monash University
24 credit points
University of
Melbourne
50 points
University of New
South Wales
24 credits
University of Notre
Dame
5 courses
University of
Queensland
8 units (4 courses)
University of Western
Australia
24 points (4 courses)
One unit can be at the 100 level; the rest must
be at the 200 or 300 levels.
Austria
Vienna University of
Economics and
Business (WU)
30 ECTS credits
All students must enroll in German Business
Communication as part of their 30 ECTS course
load.
15-16 PUC credits (min. 4 courses)
+ Early start intensive language course
All students must enroll in the semester-long
Portuguese language program as part of their
15-16 credit course load.
PUC-Chile
50 PUC credits
+ Early start intensive language course
All students must enroll in the Semanario de
cultura chilena (Chilean culture course) as part
of their 50 credit course load.
Universidad Alberto
Hurtado (AH)
50 AH credits
All students must enroll in the intensive early
start language program as part of their 50
credit course load.
Brazil
PUC-Rio
Chile
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Program of Study
Program Credit & Course
Requirements per semester
Specific Requirements
China
Hong Kong University
of Science and
Technology (HKUST)
15 credits
Hong Kong University
(HKU)
30 credits (5 courses)
Denmark
Copenhagen Business
School (CBS)
30 ECTS credits
A Danish language or culture class is
recommended.
University of
Copenhagen
30 ECTS credits
A Danish language or culture class is
recommended.
15 USFQ credits
All students must enroll in Iberoamerican
Culture and Civilization (BC course) as part of
their 15 credit course load. A Spanish language
course is recommended.
École Supérieure de
Commerce (ESCP)
25 ECTS credits at host university
th
+ Art History from Mid-19 Century to
th
Mid-20 Century (BC course)
+ Early start intensive French course
All students must enroll in a semester-long
French language course and participate in the
orientation program at ESCP as part of their
25 ECTS course load.
Institut de Langue et
de Culture Française
(ILCF)
15 hours of ILCF coursework
th
+ Art History from Mid-19 Century to
th
Mid-20 Century (BC course)
+ Early start intensive French course
All students must enroll in a semester-long
French language course at ILCF as part of their
15 hour course load.
Paris IV (Sorbonne),
Paris IX (Dauphine),
Institut Catholique de
Paris (ICP)
22 ECTS credits at host university
th
+ Art History from Mid-19 Century to
th
Mid-20 Century (BC course)
+ Early start intensive French course
Sciences Po
Fall: 25 ECTS credits
th
+ Art History from Mid-19 Century to
th
Mid-20 Century (BC course)
Ecuador
Universidad San
Francisco de Quito
(USFQ)
France
Spring: 30 ECTS credits
Germany
Eichstätt Catholic
University
5 university courses
+ Munich early start intensive
language course
2
All students must complete the Sciences Po
welcome program (no BC credit).
BC Program Credit & Course Guidelines 2015-2016
Program of Study
Program Credit & Course
Requirements per semester
Specific Requirements
Great Britain
Durham University
120 Durham credits per year
King’s College London
60 King’s credits
Lancaster University
4 courses (16 US credits)
London School of
Economics (LSE)
4 courses
Oxford (Mansfield)
6 tutorials per year
Queen Mary
60 Queen Mary credits (4 courses)
Royal Holloway
2 course units (4 courses)
School of Oriental and
African Studies
(SOAS)
4 courses
University College
London (UCL)
4 courses (16 U.S. credits)
University of Bristol
60 Bristol credits
University of Glasgow
60 Scottish credits
University of Liverpool
60 Liverpool credits/30 ECTS credits
Fall students must enroll in the International
Summer Program prior to the start of fall
semester as one of their four courses.
Greece
American College of
Thessaloniki
15 credits
A Greek language course is recommended for
beginner & intermediate students.
NUI Galway
25 ECTS credits
+ At the Junctions of Folklore and
Literature (BC course)
Full year students take 30 ECTS credits in the
spring.
Trinity College
Fall: 25 ECTS credits
+ Modern Ireland (BC course)
Ireland
Spring: 30 ECTS credits
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Specific Requirements
Ireland (continued)
University College
Cork
Fall: 30 ECTS credits
Fall students must enroll in the early start
program as part of their 30 ECTS course load.
Spring: 25 ECTS credits
+ Celtic Ireland (BC course)
University College
Dublin (UCD, Arts and
Commerce)
25 ECTS credits
+ Modern Ireland (BC course)
Full year students take 30 ECTS credits in the
spring.
University of
Maynooth
25 ECTS credits
+ Modern Ireland (BC course)
Full year students take 30 ECTS credits in the
spring.
Insituto Dante
Alighieri
5 courses
All students must enroll in the early start Art
History course in Florence and an Italian
language course as two of their five courses.
University of Parma
5 courses
All students must enroll in the early start Art
History course in Florence and an Italian
language course as two of their five courses.
Università Bocconi
24 ECTS credits
+ Early start intensive Italian course
Venice International
University (VIU)
5 courses
All students must enroll in an Italian language
course as one of their 5 courses.
Sophia University
Four 4-credit courses
All students must enroll in a Japanese
language course as part of their 16 credit
course load.
Waseda University
15 credits
All students must enroll in a Japanese
language course as part of their 15 credit
course load.
Italy
Japan
Korea
Seoul National
University
15 credits
Sogang University
15 credits
Morocco
Al Akhawayn
University
15 credits
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Specific Requirements
Nepal
Center for Buddhist
Studies
15 credits
As part of their 15 credit course load, all
students must enroll in:
 One language course
 BSTD 102 or BSTD 201
New Zealand
University of Otago
72 points (four 18-point courses)
The Netherlands
Amsterdam University
College
30 ECTS credits
One Dutch language or culture course is
recommended.
University of
Amsterdam
30 ECTS credits
One Dutch language or culture course is
recommended.
University College
Utrecht
30 ECTS credits
One Dutch language or culture course is
recommended.
30 ECTS credits
One Norwegian language or culture course is
recommended.
Norway
University of Bergen
The Philippines
Ateneo de Manila
University
15 credits
Poland
Jagiellonian University
30 ECTS credits
Non-native Polish speakers must enroll in a
Polish language course as part of their 30 ECTS
course load.
Singapore
National Institute of
Education
15 Academic Units
South Africa
Rhodes University
16 credits
University of Cape
Town
72-90 NQF credits (3-4 courses)
5
Only one course may be taken at the 1000
level.
BC Program Credit & Course Guidelines 2015-2016
Program of Study
Program Credit & Course
Requirements per semester
Specific Requirements
Spain
ESADE
27-30 ECTS credits (min. of 5 classes)
Universidad Pompeu
Fabra (UPF)
30-36 ECTS credits
Students may not enroll in more than two
HESP, IBP, or BC courses. Students may not
enroll in more than two English-language
courses. All students must enroll in one
semester-long Spanish course as part of their
30-36 ECTS course load.
University de Deusto
(Bilbao and San
Sebastian)
26-30 ECTS credits
All students must enroll in the early start
language course as part of their 26-30 ECTS
course load.
BC in Madrid (Carlos III
and Complutense)
5 courses
Students may not enroll in more than two
English-language courses. Carlos III students
must take a semester-long Spanish language
class as one of their five courses.
BC in Madrid
(Comillas)
26-30 ECTS credits (min. of 5 classes)
Students may not enroll in more than two
English-language courses.
BC in Granada (GRIIS)
5 courses
Students may not enroll in more than two
English-language courses. All students must
enroll in the early start Spanish language
course and the GRIIS seminar as two of their
five courses.
30 ECTS credits
One Swedish language or culture course is
recommended.
Sweden
Uppsala University
Turkey
Boğaziçi University
15 credits (4-5 courses)
6