All grades earned on study away fall within the College’s general policies on transfer credit. Study away grades will be reviewed, translated, and certified by the Center for International Programs and will be recorded by the Registrar on the official Kalamazoo College transcript according to the Kalamazoo “A, B, C” grading system. Grades from study away courses will not be counted in the student’s Kalamazoo grade point average. To receive credit for a study away course, students must earn a “C” or better according to the local grading scale.

Credits will normally be listed on the Kalamazoo College transcript, with the same academic rubric used at the host institution; for example, a class listed as a “History” course will be listed as a “History” course on the Kalamazoo transcript. A student who believes that, for instance, a course listed as “Art History” at a host institution should be listed as “History” on the Kalamazoo transcript should appeal to the Executive Director of the Center for International Programs and the Kalamazoo College Registrar. In consultation with the department affected and after examining a syllabus of the course completed away, the Executive Director and Registrar will determine how the course should be described on the transcript.

Students seeking a grade change for a course taken on study away must petition the Center for International Programs no later than six weeks after the Registrar has posted the grades on the student’s Kalamazoo College transcript. Requests for a grade review must be accompanied by complete documentation from the course in question including syllabi, assignment sheets, reading lists, homework and other assignments, essays, examinations, etc. Grade appeals must follow the College’s standard change of grade procedure as outlined in the catalogue.

Students may not enroll in courses on study away on a Pass/Fail basis without the written approval of the Executive Director of the CIP and the Registrar.