Courses

Semester Students: The University of Glasgow has nine faculties and nearly 100 majors. Seven of the faculties are normally open to study abroad students:

• Arts (including Divinity)
• Biomedical & Life Sciences
• Education
• Engineering
• Information and Mathematical Sciences*
• Law, Business and Social Sciences
• Physical Sciences 

Study abroad students can access most courses across the university as long as you can demonstrate that you meet the pre-requisites established by Glasgow. This means you need to have taken a UWEC course that is similar to the pre-requisite. In particular, level 1 and 2 courses are appropriate for study abroad students. If you're a second year students, you will most likely be restricted to levels 1 and 2. The course descriptions will list if they are open to visiting students. If it says no, then you aren't allowed to take that course. 

Students also have the opportunity to combine study at the University of Glasgow with unique courses in studio art at the Glasgow School of Art and piping at the National Piping Centre. 

*Fall only students are not permitted to take level 3 and 4 Computer Science, Math or Statistics classes.

Summer Students: The summer school has a variety of courses that they offer. Subject areas such as Scottish Culture, English, Creative Writing, Theology, Physics and Life Sciences. Each summer, courses change slightly but some are offered year to year.

Course Levels: 
You can determine the level of difficulty by looking at the level of each module. 

• Level 1 and 2 = Lower Division
  • Level 1 course numbers begin with a "1", i.e. 1001
  • Level 2 course numbers begin with a "2", i.e. 2001. Level 2 is for students who have done some entry-level work in their major.
• Level 3 and 4 = Upper Division (sometimes also called "honours" courses)
  • If you've already completed several courses in your major and you need to take upper division courses, when abroad, you can select level 3 or 4 courses. Most level 3 & 4 courses aren't announced until late-July, shortly before the academic year begins. 
• Level 5: NOT ALLOWED These are graduate level courses and not open to UWEC students. Even if you accidentally take a level 5 course, the UWEC registrar cannot put the course on your UWEC transcript you cannot get undergrad credit for a graduate level course. 

Terms Offered: Each course will have when it is "Typically Offered"

• Semester 1 = fall
• Semester 2 = spring  

Service Learning Program
Semester students can also participate in the Service Learning Program that is part of the Public Policy degree program. Students in this program take the specially designed course, Service in the Community, with one other "sister" module, which provides the academic framework for the service placement. The service placement is six hours a week for eight weeks. The Service Learning Program requires all students to provide an official State police statement that you have no criminal record. All students participating in this program must enter the UK under the Tier 4 General Student Visa. Due to these unique legal and immigration requirements, students should meet with the UK study abroad coordinator prior to applying. For more information, click here. 

Credits & Course Load

• One Glasgow credit =1/4 US semester credit. If you want to know the U.S. credits, simply divide the Glasgow credits by 4.
• Semester students will generally be taking the equivalent of 12.5-17.5 U.S. credits. There isn't a fixed number of courses you must take because courses carry anywhere from 10-30 Glasgow credit points (2.5-7.5 U.S. credits), however you must take 60-65 Glasgow credits.
• Summer courses vary in how many credits they are worth (range from 3.75-7.5 U.S. credits). See the course equivalency chart, found under How to Find Courses at Glasgow, to see how many credits you'd earn.
• For classes that come back as 2.5 credits, an example to understand how that works with your degree audit: example: MATH 2030 at Glasgow is 10 credits and will transfer back as MATH 312 for 2.5 credits at UW-Eau Claire, even though MATH 312 is usually a 3-credit course. You do not need to make up that .5 credits of MATH 312. However, if you were short total credits in your math major or minor, you would need to take a different math course to fulfill the total credits required.

How to Find Courses at Glasgow

Semester Students: To find courses offered at Glasgow, please view their Course Availability List, found here. 

• Scroll down to "Select a Subject"
• Then select the department you're interested in
• When you find a course at Glasgow, that interests you, you can use the UWEC transfer wizard (info below) to see if the course has been evaluated for credit.

Summer Students: To see the current summer's courses and their equivalencies, click on the button below to view the chart. Future summer courses are normally announced in the fall and this chart will be updated when those are available. 
Summer 2020
In addition, you can read more about each course on Glasgow's summer school website. 

How Courses Come Back to UWEC

Semester Students: To find courses that have been evaluated, go to the Transfer Wizard site by clicking here. 

• Choose United Kingdom, then click "Search"
• Click on Univ go Glasgow
• Click "Search" again. All courses that have been evaluated for UWEC credit will appear. Note that only 300 course will pull - Glasgow has way more than that evaluated. You'll need to narrow the search by using the course code (example from above picture: ACCFIN).
• To see when a course is offered, use the catalog link above

If the course does not appear on the transfer wizard, it has not yet been evaluated for UWEC credit and the study abroad coordinator will have it evaluated after acceptances are made. 

Please remember that the transfer wizard is a historical record. There is NO guarantee that the same courses will be offered in the future or that they will be offered during the term in which you will be abroad. It is very important to use the current Glasgow offerings site along with the transfer wizard. Using only the transfer wizard may result in inaccurate course knowledge. 

Grade Conversion

All grades you earn at Glasgow will count in your UWEC GPA; you cannot take courses pass/fail. The grades will appear on your UW-Eau Claire transcript using the conversion scale below, approved by the UWEC Registrar’s Office. This scale is non-negotiable.

Liberal Education Requirements

If you are in catalog year 2016-2017 or later, you can fulfill an Integrative Learning (I1) requirement through study abroad. You will opt in after being accepted to your program and must complete a series of assignments before, during and after your time abroad. Talk with your academic advisor about whether you need to complete an I1 requirement through study abroad. You must complete the first assignments prior to going abroad; retroactive enrollment is not allowed.