Transcripts

Recommended Credit System

While CET itself does not award credit for its programs, it does recommend credits in accordance with each course's contact hours and level of rigor. We suggest that a CET course receive one credit for each weekly contact hour during a full-length term (fall or spring) provided that the course requires at least one to two hours of outside preparation for every hour spent in class. Short-term (summer or Janterm) courses and courses that require less outside work are awarded credits at lower rates. This system, developed in consultation with some of our US partners, helps CET ensure the academic rigor of its courses and the diversity and balance of its curricula at all program locations.

Because CET requires that all students take a full course load regardless of program, and prohibits students from taking courses pass/fail, CET's credit recommendations typically result in a full semester's worth of credit for each program (15 to 18 total credits in the fall or spring, and 7 to 9 total credits in the summer). Recommended credits for each course are noted in each program's Academics section of this website. In the past, the vast majority of institutions whose students have attended CET's programs have granted credit according to CET's recommendations.

Transcript Requests

In order to facilitate the process of credit awards, CET will provide each student upon written request an official transcript jointly issued by the overseas host institution and CET. The transcript will state the names of all courses taken, the total number of course contact hours, the total number of class hours attended by the student, all grades earned and recommended credits for each course.

CET strongly urges students to request credit for CET courses prior to departing the US. Students will receive instructions about how to request an official transcript from CET in their pre-departure materials. In addition, CET will send each student one free unofficial copy of his/her transcript upon program completion. CET will not issue a transcript, official or unofficial, for any student who has an outstanding account balance.

For additional transcripts, students and alumni should complete the Transcript Request Form. Fees are $8.00 per transcript, plus $20.00 shipping if 2nd-day express mail is requested.

Please contact CET with any questions or to request a sample transcript at cet@academic-travel.com or (800) 225-4262.