Resources
Plan for every stage
Use these guides to plan your academics, prepare for your experience, consider how your identities may shape your time away, and navigate your return to Skidmore.
Academic planning
Understand how off-campus credit works, plan courses with your academic advisor, and use the Course Equivalency Matrix to stay on track for graduation.
Financial planning
Understand billing, what Skidmore covers, your expected expenses, financial aid, deposits, and scholarship options for off-campus study.
Review costs and financial planning
Approved to study off campus?
Review your required next steps, including applying directly to your program, completing forms in MyOCSE, confirming your participation, and preparing to depart.
Review approved student next steps
Health and safety
Prepare for your time away with guidance on healthcare, medications, insurance, emergencies, and staying informed while off campus.
Review health and safety resources
Diversity and identity resources
Consider how your identities, local cultures, and laws may shape your experience. Find questions to research and Skidmore resources that can help you prepare.
Explore diversity and identity resources
Coming back to Skidmore
Prepare for your return, navigate the adjustment to campus, stay connected to your experience, and find ways to share what you learned.
Faculty resources
Support students throughout the off-campus study process with advising resources, faculty opportunities, course planning tools, and answers to common questions.