UC Davis Summer Abroad and Quarter Abroad courses are regular UC Davis courses taught abroad; consult the General Catalog to see if a course fulfills a General Education requirement.

The UC Davis Academic Senate Committee on International Studies and Exchanges (CISE) is vested with the authority to review and grant UC Davis General Education credit for UC Education Abroad Program (EAP) taken at an overseas university.

Process to fulfill GE requirement:

1. Meet with your major advisor or dean’s office advisor in your college to determine what GE credits you need for your degree.
2. Consult the list of courses already reviewed and approved by CISE
3. If your course is on this list, you still need to petition your dean’s office advisor to let them know that this course has been approved for GE credit by the CISE committee.
4. If your course is not on this list and you need the GE credit, you will need to petition the CISE committee for approval. Items to consider:
   • What type of course did you take overseas? Where does it fit into the GE requirement? Topical Breadth, Social-Cultural Diversity or Writing Experience?
   • For Topical Breadth – is this class an Arts and Humanities, Science and Engineering or Social Sciences class?
   • For the Writing Experience – Essays must be written in English. You must also provide a copy of the written work with the professor’s remarks on it or have the second page of the GE petition signed by the professor before leaving the country.
   • GE courses can only count for your degree if they are taken for a letter grade.
5. Follow these steps before meeting with the EAC GE Advisor:
   • Visit EAP Coursefinder, find your courses from abroad and print the one page description for each course you plan to petition.
   • Download petition for GE approval, fill in with information and sign
   • Copy your syllabus for the class and translate (if needed)
6. You may submit an EAP course description for preliminary approval before you depart, but final approval will be determined upon return from your program and submission of additional materials.
7. If you would like to discuss your GE credit petition when you deliver it to the EAC, please make an appointment with the EAC GE Advisor.  Bring your syllabi, petition and EAP Coursefinder description with you to your appointment.