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Academic Environment (continued)
Affiliated Off-Campus Programs
VISITING STUDENT PROGRAMS AT AMERICAN COLLEGES
While students do the majority of their work at Skidmore,
the college offers the opportunity to take a semester or full-year
program at another school in the United States. Many colleges
in the state of New York and in other states have visiting
student programs, and students should write to the registrar
of the college in which they are interested to get information
about programs and deadline dates. Prospective visiting students
not participating in an affiliated off-campus program should then apply for an official academic leave of absence through the Dean of Studies Office.
Applicants should have strong academic records,
though a grade-point average (GPA) somewhat below 3.0 may
be accepted by the Committee on Academic Standing on an exception basis.
NATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE
The National Student Exchange is a program for undergraduate exchange
where students can study for up to one calendar year at one of the
almost 200 U.S. and Canadian member colleges and universities.
Domestic exchange offers students a variety of unique and challenging
possibilities and the chance to access courses with a different
perspective, explore new areas of study or a subfield within a chosen
major, experience a different academic environment, or investigate
graduate or professional school opportunities. Students choose their
host campus by working closely with their academic advisors and the
advisors in the Office of Off-Campus Study & Exchanges to find the
campus with the right combination of courses, facilities, and
environment to meet the student's academic and personal needs. A
complete list of universities and colleges who participate in the
program can be found on the web site for the Office of Off-Campus
Study & Exchanges. Applications for the NSE program are made through
the Office of Off-Campus Study & Exchanges.
Hudson-Mohawk Association of Colleges and Universities
To extend and enrich their collective educational resources,
Skidmore and the following institutions have participated in the Hudson-Mohawk
Association of Colleges and Universities:
Adirondack Community College,
Albany College of Pharmacy,
Albany Law School,
Albany Medical College,
College of Saint Rose,
Empire State College,
Excelsior College,
Green Mountain College,
Hudson Valley Community College,
Maria College,
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
the Sage Colleges,
Schenectady County Community College,
Siena College,
the State University of New York College at Cobleskill,
Union College, and
the State University of New York at Albany.
Students may choose individual courses at any of the member institutions
through a cross-registration agreement by consulting their
respective registrars.
To be eligible, students must have paid the full-time tuition charge at
Skidmore and be taking at least half their full-time load on the Skidmore campus.
WASHINGTON SEMESTER
Skidmore, along with more than seventy other colleges and
universities, participates in the Washington Semester Program
for juniors and seniors. This program offers intensive experience
through course work, seminars, research projects, and internships
with committees, agencies, and interest groups in Washington,
D.C., where students live at American University. Applications
are made through the department of Government. Credits earned at American University are denoted
as transfer credit, and grades earned do not affect the Skidmore
GPA. Courses at the 300 or 400 level qualify for maturity
level credits.
Skidmore College is one of ten liberal arts colleges that
participate in a program for undergraduates offered by the
Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Held for
fourteen weeks each fall at MBL's Ecosystems Center on
Cape Cod, the Semester in Environmental Science program emphasizes
measuring and understanding biogeochemical cycles and processes
in terrestrial, fresh water, and marine ecosystems. Skidmore
nominates students, usually biology-chemistry majors in their
junior year, for this collaborative research program. Applications
are made through Associate Professor Karen Kellogg,
director of the Environmental Studies Program.
Skidmore students interested in participating in Reserve Officer
Training Corps programs may do so through the Hudson-Mohawk
consortium. With the permission of the Committee on Academic
Standing, a limited amount of credit (typically six or fewer
hours) may be counted toward the degree for academic courses
taken in the ROTC program.
Students pursuing an ROTC program
through cross-registration must plan their courses and their
academic major with care due to the time requirements of the
ROTC program and the commuting time (thirty to forty minutes)
involved. Because of the scheduling requirements of some majors,
full participation in an ROTC program may not be possible.
Accepted candidates are advised to discuss their plans both
with the ROTC program of interest and the Office of the Registrar
at Skidmore before enrolling at Skidmore. All cross-registering
students must provide their own transportation.
For information on ROTC programs
and/or scholar-ships, interested students should contact the
ROTC program of interest. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(Troy, NY 12181) has Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps programs.
Siena College (Loudonville, NY 12211) has an Army ROTC office.
The Office of International Programs Office of Off-Campus Study & Exchanges organizes a wide range of
off-campus opportunities abroad for academically qualified students who wish to
enhance their on-campus educational experience. The office works
closely with academic departments and programs to ensure coordination
between programs at Skidmore and abroadinternational and domestic study opportunities. The office also
advises students on program choices and application procedures, helps
orient students to the cultural and personal challenges they will
encounter abroadoff campus, and helps reintegrate students into the life of the
college when they return from study abroad. The office provides
administrative oversight for Skidmore's programs in Paris, Madrid,
Alcalá, London, Beijing, and India, and provides support to Skidmore's
faculty-led short-term programs abroad and Skidmore's Approved Programs
a variety of short-term faculty-led programs, and for our domestic exchange program, National Student Exchange (NSE).
The office also provides support for all Skidmore approved programs.
Students must have a 3.0 GPA, appropriate academic
background, and the endorsement of the college in order to participate
in off-campus programs. abroad. The Office of International ProgramsOffice of Off-Campus Study & Exchanges also works
with faculty on a variety of international opportunities. See
Off-Campus Study Programs for more details.)
