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Study Abroad for Chemistry Majors
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The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry encourages its students to complete a portion of their undergraduate study through the UC Education Abroad Program. Because all courses taken through UCEAP are accepted as UC courses, with careful planning students may spend as much as a year of study in a foreign university and still graduate on time.

There are so many important reasons to study abroad. You should really be asking yourself “why not?” That list will be much shorter!

• Do extensive lab research for credit, such as in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Singapore.
• Begin or increase your foreign language proficiency.
• Distinguish your grad school or job application.

A term spent living and studying at a foreign university not only enhances your critical thinking and communication skills, but the experience of adapting to another academic and cultural world expands your self-understanding and gives you a keen sense of the political and social differences in today’s world.

With proper planning and program selection, you can spend your entire junior year abroad and still graduate on time. Here is a helpful study abroad academic plan for Chemistry majors. Some science students decide to go abroad in their fifth year. This is usually acceptable provided you plan to graduate on UCEAP and not return to be in residence at UCSB. Note that financial aid may be more restricted in the fifth year. Consult with financial aid, your college and department advisors.

If you want to take courses in chemistry or biochemistry, please consider one of the programs listed below that the department has pre-approved.

National University of Singapore

University of Hong Kong

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

University College Cork, Ireland

Other destinations to consider to study chemistry and biochemistry abroad in English include: Australia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden or the U.K. For a summary of programs for Chemistry and Biochemistry majors, go to this UCEAP website.

Take a look at this study abroad academic plan for Chemistry majors. By searching Gaucho Credit Abroad and and the UCEAP Course Catalog, you will get an idea of the types of chemistry courses UC students have taken around the world.

During the summer, UCSB students may fulfill Organic Chem 109A, 109B, and 6AL at University College Dublin, Ireland. In order to participate in the Dublin Summer Organic Chemistry Program, students must complete the following prerequisites before the program begins: Chem 1B or 3B with a minimum grade of B-, OR  Chem 1C or 3C with a minimum grade of C- (109A prerequisite) AND Chem 2AL, and 2BL, and 1CL (Chem 6AL prerequisite).

All EAP students automatically earn UC credit for the work you complete abroad. However, the application of credit to major requirements is subject to the discretion of the department. Plan ahead and consult with your department advisor.

Use Gaucho Credit Abroad to search for the types of credit (i.e. major, minor, GE areas, or electives towards graduation) that UCSB students received for courses taken on UCEAP. You can find more UCEAP courses in the UCEAP Course Catalog and additional course listings on UCEAP partner university/program websites.

• Explore program options
• Attend info meetings
• Contact the UCSB EAP Office
• Contact the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry