{"id":3664,"date":"2023-08-10T14:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T19:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/?page_id=3664"},"modified":"2025-09-26T14:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:02:20","slug":"credits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/credits\/","title":{"rendered":"Credits and Grades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Sunset at the Temple of Poseidon\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2023\/02\/Nestor_Sunset-at-the-Temple-of-Poseidon.jpeg?resize=1440%2C1080&#038;ssl=1');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-69e42af61a8a3 {\n\t\t\t\theight: 500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69e42af61a8a3\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay site-panel__img-overlay--teal\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat You Need to Know About Credits\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>St. Olaf students who study abroad\/away on St. Olaf approved programs stay on track<\/p>\n<p>for graduation.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"http:\/\/catalog.stolaf.edu\/academic-regulations-procedures\/off-campus-programs\/\">See St. Olaf Catalog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__micronavbutton panel panel-micronavbutton site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"micronavbutton\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t    <div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none micronavbutton\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters\"\n\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t     data-name=\"buttons\"\n\t     data-livetext\n\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-cranberry\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/welcome-to-saa\/academics\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Course Differences Abroad\/Away<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-teal\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1gBlpFOmbF8if7PvFg0ystRDPFg1Bago6hehgxE_eS_k\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Semester\/Year Programs by GPA<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All coursework completed on a St. Olaf\/Smith Center approved program receives St. Olaf credit and helps students towards the required 35 credits needed for graduation.<\/p>\n<p>OLE Core credits and major or concentration credits from approved study abroad\/away programs count towards graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Study abroad\/away credits do not count in the GPA unless taught by St. Olaf faculty, but they do appear on the St. Olaf transcript.\u00a0 Some graduate and professional schools reserve the right to include study abroad\/away program grades in computing a GPA and do so retroactively.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters site-section__bg--gray site-panel__imgtxt-img-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Hiking Buddies\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_1236.jpg?resize=820%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_1236.jpg?resize=520%2C300&#038;ssl=1 520w, \nhttps:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_1236.jpg?resize=820%2C600&#038;ssl=1 820w, \nhttps:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_1236.jpg?resize=1120%2C900&#038;ssl=1 1120w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col site-grid__col-safari-fix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"registration-placeholder-in-degreepath-sis\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Registration Placeholder in DegreePath\/SIS<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t<p>After committing to a Smith Center approved program, a credit registration placeholder is placed on the student&#8217;s account in DegreePath.<br \/>\n<em>**This is ONLY a placeholder and does not guarantee receipt of indicated credit amount.\u00a0 Actual amount of credit received is dependent upon course enrollment,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1m1v65j1L6-cnr1_QWmNQ5Oj1nvvlyQXObz_Vn57Mnwo\/edit?usp=sharing\">credit translation<\/a> (see section below), and credits successfully completed.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fall or Spring Semester Only:\u00a0 4.0 St. Olaf credits<\/li>\n<li>Fall + January Term <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">or<\/span> Spring + January Term:\u00a0 5.0 St. Olaf credits (4.0 for semester and 1.0 for January Term)<\/li>\n<li>January Term:\u00a0 1.0 St. Olaf credit<\/li>\n<li>Academic Year:\u00a0 9.0 St. Olaf Credits\u00a0 (4.0 fall, 1.0 January Term, and 4.0 spring)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters  site-panel__imgtxt-img-right\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"IMG_3933-1024&#215;768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2022\/08\/IMG_3933-1024x768-1.jpg?resize=820%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2022\/08\/IMG_3933-1024x768-1.jpg?resize=520%2C300&#038;ssl=1 520w, \nhttps:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2022\/08\/IMG_3933-1024x768-1.jpg?resize=820%2C600&#038;ssl=1 820w, \nhttps:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2022\/08\/IMG_3933-1024x768-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col site-grid__col-safari-fix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"minimum-and-maximum-credit\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Minimum and Maximum Credit<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t<p><strong>While abroad\/away, students are required to maintain full-time student status.<\/strong>\u00a0 At St. Olaf, full-time status is defined as\u00a0<strong>3.0 or more credits per semester<\/strong>, with 4.0 credits being the normal course load.\u00a0\u00a0<em>If you are a MN State Grant recipient, you must complete 7.5 credits a year, with minimum enrollment each semester of 3.75 credits to be considered full-time. January Term enrollment can be counted towards either Fall or Spring semester\u2019s 3.75 credits.\u00a0<\/em>See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/financialaid\/terms-and-conditions-of-your-award\/\">Terms and Conditions of Your Award<\/a>\u00a0for more details about enrollment requirements related to Financial Aid.<\/p>\n<p>When studying abroad\/away, students continue to pay regular St. Olaf tuition which covers up to the equivalent of 4.5 St. Olaf credits per semester and an additional 1.0 credit for programs classified as \u201cwith January Term\u201d and are therefore\u00a0<strong>allowed up to 4.5 credits from semester only programs or 5.5 credits from semester with January Term programs.<\/strong>\u00a0 On some programs, students may be required to or choose to enroll in a credit equivalency greater than 4.5 or 5.5 credits.\u00a0 When students enroll in a course load equivalence of greater than 4.5 credits per semester or 5.5 credits for semester w\/January Term, credits earned abroad\/away become subject to credit reduction. <em>\u00a0For example, a student studying on a fall semester only program enrolls in the equivalent of 5.0 St. Olaf credits but can only receive 4.5 St. Olaf credits, one course\u2019s credit reduces from 1.0 to 0.5 credits for an overall total of 4.5 credits.\u00a0<\/em>Courses carrying GE\/OLE Core cannot be reduced to receive less than 1.0 St. Olaf credit and retain the GE\/OLE Core attribute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program specific credit equivalences are defined in the Course Credit and Grade Translation tool found below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters site-section__bg--gray site-panel__imgtxt-img-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"DSC_6443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2022\/07\/DSC_6443-scaled.jpg?resize=820%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2022\/07\/DSC_6443-scaled.jpg?resize=520%2C300&#038;ssl=1 520w, \nhttps:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2022\/07\/DSC_6443-scaled.jpg?resize=820%2C600&#038;ssl=1 820w, \nhttps:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2022\/07\/DSC_6443-scaled.jpg?resize=1120%2C900&#038;ssl=1 1120w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col site-grid__col-safari-fix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"ge-and-ole-core-credits\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">GE and OLE Core Credits<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"ge-and-ole-core-credits\" class=\"site-section__title h3\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext=\"\" data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna, 'Big Caslon', Cambria, serif; font-size: 18px;\">Courses count toward St. Olaf general education requirements where appropriate.\u00a0 Under the St. Olaf satisfactory\/ unsatisfactory (S\/U) policy, courses taken S\/U do not fulfill general education requirements.\u00a0 <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: Calluna, 'Big Caslon', Cambria, serif; font-size: 18px;\">Courses must be equivalent to at least 1.0 St. Olaf credit and cannot be reduced below 1.0 St. Olaf credit if receiving GE\/OLE Core attribute.<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Calluna, 'Big Caslon', Cambria, serif; font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0 The Smith Center and the Registrar\u2019s Office maintain a list of pre-approved courses which carry GE\/OLE Core credit.<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext=\"\">\n<p>Additional courses may be reviewed for GE\/OLE Core approval by <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/\">St. Olaf Registrar&#8217;s Office<\/a>.\u00a0 Whenever possible, such authorization is made prior to the student\u2019s participation in the program.<\/p>\n<p>Study abroad\/away programs do not automatically fulfill the Ole Experience in Practice (OEP) requirement.\u00a0 Semester\/year participants may fulfill OEP by enrolling in the asynchronous <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/off-campus-reflection-course\/\">ID296 Global Engagement Seminar<\/a> (0.25 credits) during their semester\/year abroad\/away. <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/off-campus-reflection-course\/\">ID296<\/a> is not available for January Term participants \u2013 select January Term programs have been approved to fulfill OEP.\u00a0 Check the individual program\u2019s brochure for additional information.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/stolaf.studioabroad.com\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Abroad.ViewLink&amp;Parent_ID=0&amp;Link_ID=683F3D94-5056-BA1F-732D42DF64FF5C03\">PRE-APPROVED GE\/OLE CORE CREDITS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters  site-panel__imgtxt-img-right\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Been there, dune that\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2023\/02\/dune-e1698867051221.jpg?resize=820%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2023\/02\/dune-e1698867051221.jpg?resize=520%2C300&#038;ssl=1 520w, \nhttps:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2023\/02\/dune-e1698867051221.jpg?resize=820%2C600&#038;ssl=1 820w, \nhttps:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2023\/02\/dune-e1698867051221.jpg?resize=835%2C703&#038;ssl=1 1120w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col site-grid__col-safari-fix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"major-and-concentration-credits\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Major and Concentration Credits<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t<p>Study abroad\/away courses can count towards a student\u2019s academic major or concentration at the discretion of the department, unless courses are worth fewer than three semester credits (usually 1.0 St. Olaf credit) at the abroad\/away institution\/university.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To request major or concentration credit while\u00a0abroad\/away<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>students must work with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/doc\/ad-chairs-directors\/\">Department Chair<\/a>\u00a0of their major or concentration.<\/strong>\u00a0 When students request courses be reviewed for course credit, students should send the course syllabus and their reasoning for the request to the Department Chair by email to initiate the conversation.\u00a0 Request requirements vary by department, but generally, these requests can be made before, during, and after the semester\u00a0abroad\/away.\u00a0 The Smith Center Office highly recommends students keep a written record (such as copy of email) of major\/concentration course approvals from study\u00a0abroad\/away, as Department Chairs can change from year to year.<\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE: St. Olaf major\/concentration departments are not guaranteed to accept courses towards their major\/concentration.\u00a0 Not all programs have been endorsed by major\/concentration departments.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid 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Before using this tool, students must understand the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>St. Olaf and the Smith Center cannot guarantee that the course curricula have not changed since these equivalents were recorded.<\/li>\n<li>Credit and grade equivalencies are subject to change.<\/li>\n<li>Students are strongly encouraged to speak to their Academic Advisor(s) and to the Smith Center Advising Coordinator prior to studying abroad\/away\u00a0and before enrolling in abroad\/away courses.<\/li>\n<li>The credit equivalencies listed in the database are not a guarantee of credit.\u00a0 Credit will be evaluated on an individual basis upon receipt of the Official Transcript from their study abroad\/away program.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn--lg btn--red\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1m1v65j1L6-cnr1_QWmNQ5Oj1nvvlyQXObz_Vn57Mnwo\/edit?usp=sharing\">REVIEW PROGRAM SPECIFIC CREDIT\/GRADE TRANSLATION<\/a><br \/>\n*Note: Must be logged into St. Olaf account to view document.<br \/>\n**Find your program using the tabs at the bottom. 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