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after completing the necessary
requirements in three years. Application is normally
made in the student’s junior year.
College students submatriculating
in SAS graduate programs are expected to complete both
degrees in four years. They may not extend their
undergraduate program without special permission.
College students submatriculating in non-SAS graduate
programs will normally receive their Bachelor of Arts
degree after four years and then be considered solely
graduate students.
The Joint B.A./J.D. Program
in Arts and Sciences and Law
This rigorous program is for the
highly qualified and motivated student. Applicants must
be committed to the study of law in its theoretical and
practical aspects and accept the challenge of combining
the broad overview of undergraduate studies with the
specific professional focus of law school.
Urban Education Minor
The minor program in urban
education offers College students three options:
• Students who are
majoring in any field may opt to teach elementary
school students (grades K-6) by completing the urban
elementary education minor, along with a ninth term
(post-graduation) of full-time student teaching, to
earn the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of
Education certificate in elementary education.
• Those who are
majoring in a field they might want to teach (e.g.,
history, English, math, science, world languages) can
choose to minor in secondary education (grades 7-12)
and, with a ninth term of supervised student teaching,
gain faculty approval for certification in
Pennsylvania.
• College students who
are interested in urban education from a policy or
research perspective may choose to minor in the urban
education policy option. This choice does not
lead to certification to teach, but to an enriched
understanding of the contexts of urban education.
Students may then choose to enter the M.S.Ed. degree
program to earn the certificate along with a
master’s degree in either elementary or secondary
education.
Study Off Campus
Study Abroad
The College of Arts and Sciences
is committed to international education as a way to
prepare students to live and work effectively,
knowledgeably and sensitively in a world whose cultures
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nations have become increasingly
interdependent.
Semester and Full-Year Programs
Each year, approximately 600 Penn
undergraduates attend credit-bearing programs abroad.
The University’s Office of International Programs
offers an extraordinary range of programs in virtually
every academic discipline and located in approximately
50 countries. Students with a minimum grade point
average of 3.00 may choose to study abroad for the fall
or spring semester, or for a whole academic year. They
will pay regular Penn tuition and continue to receive
financial aid as if they were in residence on
Penn’s campus. Under this arrangement, students
study in Penn-affiliated programs, and their grades
become a regular part of their transcript and are
tabulated into their Penn grade point average.
Summer Study Abroad
Students who are unable to or do
not wish to study abroad during the regular academic
year may choose to study abroad in the summer through
the summer study-abroad programs offered by the College
of General Studies. Approximately 2,000 students attend
these programs every summer. In most cases, financial
aid does not extend to summer programs. Grades earned
on Penn summer study abroad are tabulated into the
student’s grade point average. Students
interested in Penn summer study abroad should consult
the website.
Summer Study Abroad at Other
Universities
Students may choose to study
abroad in the summer through an institution other than
Penn. In order to do so, they must seek prior approval
from academic departments at Penn for the credits they
wish to transfer back. These credits will be treated as
credit away and the grades will not be tabulated into
the Penn grade point average.
Quaker Consortium
Penn students have the unique
opportunity to study at Bryn Mawr, Haverford or
Swarthmore College during the fall and spring terms of
the academic year. Penn and these three schools
constitute the Quaker Consortium and have a reciprocal
agreement for tuition and the granting of grades and
credits for work completed at any one of the
participating institutions.
Consortium agreements do not
apply to summer school, which is treated as credit
away. Students may search course
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