Participation on an off-campus program requires approval by the Lawrence Subcommittee on Off-Campus Study and, in the case of affiliated programs, acceptance by the program sponsor. Students must apply using the Lawrence Off-Campus Study Proposal. Each year, the proposal deadline for most affiliated programs for the upcoming summer and following academic year is in early February (a few programs have earlier application deadlines). Applications for the London Centre and the Francophone Seminar in Dakar Senegal are due early in Spring term.
Lawrence approval is granted only if the student is adequately prepared both personally and academically for the program and if the program coherently fits the goals of a Lawrence liberal arts education and the individual student’s academic plan. The specific evaluation criteria are listed below.
Lawrence’s policy is to support one off-campus study program for those students who elect to study off-campus. The only exceptions to this policy involve the London Centre, the Francophone Seminar, and the Marine Biology Term, each of which may be combined with study on a second program. Students may also elect to participate on a non-affiliated off-campus program and seek transfer credit for that experience (however, Lawrence scholarships, grants, and loans may not be applied to the program costs associated with those programs).
