Propose a Faculty-Led Program
Thank you for your interest in leading a UA international program!
This proposal process, once successfully completed, will not only enable your program to be approved, but will also serve as a tool in the on-going management of your program. Please complete the following procedural items:
General Process Timeline
Approval Procedure
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- Read the Guide to Faculty Led Study Abroad Programs.
- Complete the following two items:
- Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program Request for Approval
- Make sure to have the Request for Approval signed.
- Director’s Signature, Department Chair, and Dean’s signature are all required.
- Programs with two faculty proposing from different departments require signatures from both Department Chairs.
- If Honors designation, a signature is required by the Honors College and the faculty member’s home department.
- A completed budget (email the excel file).
- In order to prepare the budget , you may want to watch a video about the budgeting process for a faculty led program: How to Create a Faculty-Led Program Budget
- The following are budget templates for 2 faculty, 4 faculty, or 6 faculty.
- Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program Request for Approval
- Submit a paper copy of complete approval packet to Education Abroad (Box 870254).
- Email a scanned electronic copy of the complete packet to facultyled@ua.edu.
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- After program approval (in the academic year that the program will be going abroad):
- Participate in Faculty Led Workshops (Topics include Recruitment, Scholarships, Terra Dotta Training)
- Attend the Spring Faculty Director Risk Management Workshop
- After program approval (in the academic year that the program will be going abroad):
Note: The Education Abroad Office has modeled the approval process on the recommendations of the Forum on Education Abroad Standards of Good Practice for Short-Term Education Abroad Programs.