Global Programs Academic Procedures

You will be enrolled in a 3.0 credit hour course, earning UNC business elective credit and satisfying the requirements for the High-Impact Experience requirement. You must successfully complete the GIE coursework and the on-the-ground immersion in order to receive credit for this course. Business majors are limited to taking a maximum of 9 credits of 300-level business elective courses that will count towards their required 18 credit hours of business elective hours. All Global Immersion Electives are 300-level courses. Students may choose to take more than 9 credits of 300-level business electives, but they will not count towards the business major, and will only count towards their overall 120 credit hours to graduation.

You will be enrolled in a 3.0 credit hour course, BUSI 393–Internship Credit, earning UNC business elective credit and satisfying the requirements for High-Impact Experience requirement. This course includes submission of reflective activities assigned by UNC and a written evaluation from a supervisor, which will be included as a component of your grade. Successful completion of BUSI 393 is required in order to receive credit for this program.

You may earn 3-6 UNC business elective and/or core credits on an Undergraduate Business summer study abroad program. You will also satisfy the High-Impact Experience requirement. The maximum amount of business credit any one course can receive is 3 UNC credit hours. If a course is worth more than the equivalent of 3 UNC credit hours, the additional hours will transfer back as general elective hours. Students may view what courses are pre-approved for business credit by navigating to the ‘Academics’ tab on their respective program’s page. Students are not permitted to take online-only courses during their summer study abroad program – courses must be either in-person or a hybrid structure.

• Core credit: A course will be approved if it is equivalent to the core course taught at Kenan-Flagler. The full course syllabus is needed for evaluation purposes. A full course syllabus includes a list of required readings, texts, a per-class breakdown of topics covered and outlines methods of assessment.
• Business elective credit: You need 18 credit hours of business electives to graduate; this is the most common type of credit received abroad. Up to one business elective course worth the equivalent of 3 UNC credit hours taken from a student’s total time abroad may also be used to count towards an Area of Emphasis.
• General Education requirements: You may be able to fulfill IDEAs in Action General Education curriculum courses while abroad with appropriate approval. All Kenan-Flagler Global programs automatically fulfill the High-Impact Experience requirement. You must take at least 1 business course in your summer study abroad program.
• Study abroad transcript request: Transcripts from your host institution cannot be ordered through the Undergraduate Business Program upon your return to UNC. All orders must be made directly through your host institution, and your host institution will provide guidance on this.

Please contact the UBP Global Programs team for questions related to credit transfers.

Students participating on semester exchange program need to plan to take a full semester of majority business courses during their term abroad. While abroad, you must be enrolled as a full-time student, meaning you must take the minimum equivalent of 12 UNC credit hours. You may transfer up to 18 UNC credit hours back from your semester abroad.  It may be potentially possible to take 1-2 courses for a student’s second major or minor while abroad through Kenan-Flagler, though this is program dependent, and students should plan on taking majority business courses while abroad through Kenan-Flagler. The maximum amount of business credit any one course can receive is 3 UNC credit hours. If a course is worth more than the equivalent of 3 UNC credit hours, the additional hours will transfer back as general elective hours. Students are not permitted to take online-only courses during their study abroad program – courses must be either in-person or a hybrid structure.

• Core credit: A course will be approved if it is equivalent to the core course taught at Kenan-Flagler. The full course syllabus is needed for evaluation purposes. A full course syllabus includes a list of required readings, texts, a per-class breakdown of topics covered and outlines methods of assessment.
• Business elective credit: You need 18 credit hours of business electives to graduate; this is the most common type of credit received abroad. Up to one business elective course worth the equivalent of 3 UNC credit hours taken from a student’s total time abroad may also be used to count towards an Area of Emphasis.
• General Education requirements: You may be able to fulfill IDEAs in Action General Education curriculum courses while abroad with appropriate approval. All Kenan-Flagler Global programs automatically fulfill the High-Impact Experience requirement. You must take at least 1 business course in your summer study abroad program.
• Study abroad transcript request: Transcripts from your host institution cannot be ordered through the Undergraduate Business Program upon your return to UNC. All orders must be made directly through your host institution, and your host institution will provide guidance on this.

Please contact the UBP Global Programs Team for questions related to credit transfers. Current Kenan-Flagler students may view course that have been pre-approved for credit transfer back to UNC by viewing the ‘Global Credit Transfer Database‘ in MyKE.

We align with UNC’s Study Abroad Office in regard to grading information. You must earn the equivalent of a UNC “C” or better in order to earn credit from your study abroad program (you cannot take courses as pass/fail), and the following will apply for all study abroad programs (not including Global Immersion Electives or International Internships, as these are graded UNC courses for which you will receive a letter grade on your UNC transcript):

• Passed credit (courses where a “C” or better is earned) will be reflected on the UNC transcript as a “ SA” or study abroad pass and satisfy the approved requirement. The passed credit will not be calculated in your GPA.

• Failed credit (courses where a “C-” or less is earned) will be reflected on the UNC transcript as a “ SF” or study abroad fail AND impact the UNC GPA as the equivalent of an “F” grade

• Withdrawn credit (courses with a W or withdrawn grade) will be reflected on the UNC transcript as a “ SW ” or study abroad withdrawal but will not earn credit or impact the UNC GPA.

• No credit (courses where credit cannot be awarded- i.e. alcohol-based courses, or courses taken pass/fail)* will be reflected on the UNC transcript with a grade of “SN” or study abroad no credit but will not earn credit or impact the GPA.
  • (*Study abroad courses that focus on the production and/or marketing of alcoholic beverages will not be eligible for academic credit at UNC. This includes, but not limited to, courses that focus on Wine/Beer/Liquor production, tasting, and/or tourism. If a student chooses to take a course abroad that focuses on alcohol, the student must be enrolled in the minimum equivalent of required UNC credit hours, in addition to that course.)
• Check the ‘Academics’ accordion on each program’s page for specific information about the grade equivalent needed to achieve the equivalent of a UNC ‘C’ or higher at that particular host institution
• We are required to transfer every course that appears on a student’s transcript, and we strongly encourage students to pay close attention to their host university’s add/drop deadlines and attendance policies.

We align with UNC’s Study Abroad Office in regard to credit hour conversions. Universities around the world use different systems for calculating credit hours – please see the list below for details on how our different partner universities grades and credit hours convert to UNC credit hours*:

*The maximum amount of business credit any one course can receive is 3 UNC credit hours. If a singular course is worth more than the equivalent of 3 UNC credit hours, the additional hours will transfer back as general elective hours.

Please note this credit hour conversion scale for ECTS credit is for Summer 2024 programs and beyond.

• For universities using the ECTS system (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), use the chart below for information about how ECTS credit transfers to UNC Credit:
  • Aalto University, Bocconi University, Copenhagen Business School, Corvinus University, ESADE Business School, ESSEC Business School, ICADE University, IE University, Maastricht University, Rotterdam School of Management, University College Dublin, University of Navarra, WHU-OTTO Beisheim School of Management:

  • ECTS Credit	UNC Credit
    2	1
    3	2
    4	2.5
    5	3
    6	3.5
    7	4
    8	5
    9	5.5
    10	6
    12	7

• University & Partner Programs with a 1:1 conversion of UNC Credit Hours to their credit hours:
  • Barcelona SAE, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chulalongkorn Business School, IES Milan, Internship and Study Semester in Asia Pacific, Korea University Business School, & Peking University
• Other credit scales for individual universities:
  • Alliance Manchester Business School:

    • Host Credit	UNC Credit
      5	2
      10	3
      20	5
      30	8

  • London School of Economics: Each summer school course is worth 4 UNC Credit hours
  • National University of Singapore: 4 credit hours = 3 UNC Credit hours
  • Singapore Management University: 1 credit hour = 3 UNC Credit hours, .5 credit hour = 1.5 UNC Credit hours
  • University of New South Wales:

    • Host Credit	UNC Credit
      3	2
      4	3
      6	4
      8	6

  • University of Otago:
    

    Host Credit	UNC Credit
    15	4
    18	4.5
    20	5
    22	5.5
    24	6.5

• • Universidad Torcuato Di Tella: 1 course = 5 UNC Credit hours