The below standards apply to all mini-term and summer faculty-directed study abroad courses:
- All hours counted toward the total instructional contact hours must occur during the designated term of instruction.
- Per established university standards, there must be a minimum of 35 instructional contact hours (with an hour defined as 60 minutes) for a 3 credit course and 70 instructional contact hours for a 6 credit course.
- Non-lecture instructional contact hours (e.g. field trips or site visits) may be counted toward the required number of instructional contact hours if the faculty program leader satisfactorily explains how these activities contribute to the learning objectives of the course(s).
- Per established university standards, non-lecture instructional contact hours (e.g. field trips or site visits) may be counted toward the total instructional contact hours at a 2:1 ratio (i.e. 2 hours of field trip time equal 1 instructional contact hours).
- Travel time may not be counted towards the required number of instructional contact hours.
- Three credit study abroad programs must be at minimum 19 days in duration, have a minimum of 14 instructional days, and a minimum of 14 days in-country.
- Six credit summer 1 or 2 study abroad programs must be at minimum 31 days in duration, have a minimum of 23 instructional days, and a minimum of 23 days in-country.
- There must be 1 non-instructional contact day per week in country (with a week defined as 7 days).
Please contact Anne Hulse (
ahulse1@utk.edu) or 865-974-3177) if you have any questions regarding these standards.