Education Abroad ProgramPre-Departure Orientation

Spring 2002WELCOME!

Welcome from Faculty Director

Professor Gail Hart

EAP Pre-Departure Process…What do I need

to do?● Read and re-read Selection Letter

– EAP Packet– Orientations– Country Project– Passport– Photo

EAP Questions???● EAP General Information Guide

– Table of Contents– Save Your Life Information (front inside cover)

● Country-specific Student Guide (Can download from EAP web site)

● EAP web site (Country page and others)– UCI Contact Information (also in Appendix IV)

● EAP Packet (visa, arrival, etc.)● CIE Web site

Things to Know Before You Go

If abroad during the academic year:● Do not register for Fall Quarter 2002● Do not pay ZotBill for Fall Quarter 2002● Do not leave unpaid bills at UCIEveryone:● Don’t petition to graduate while on EAP● Inform CIE and UCI of address, phone, and

e-mail changes (before, during, and after EAP)

Academics● Before Departure

- Get the Credit You Deserve● While Abroad

- Study ListS - General Petition - Student Course Information Form - Registering at UCI from abroad

● Upon Return

EAP FeesFinancial Information ● Country-specific Student Guide (in Packet)● EAP web site (Under “Finances”)● Undergraduate Student Budget Worksheet

Sample Sweden● Payment Coupons (Tear out of Student Guide

and mail to UOEAP, Not UCI!)● Student Address/Information Form● Pay ALL of your bills

(at UCI and abroad)

Financial AidUCI Financial Aid & UOEAP Student Finances● How is aid calculated = Program Budget● Check with UCI Financial Aid Office to see

if your file is complete● How do you receive aid?

- Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)- Student Address/Information Form

● When do you receive aid?- Disbursement schedule

$$ Money $$

● Wake up! This section is for ALL students● Accessing money from abroad

- EAP web site- CIE web siteGuides & Returned students

● Power of Attorney● Exchange $50-100 US to

local currency before you go

Housing While Abroad

Housing options vary by country● Options in Country-specific Student Guide

and EAP web site● If choices are available, talk to returned

students and ask returnees at your country orientation

Housing upon return to UCIOn-Campus Housing● Different procedures for summer, fall,

and year participants● Check CIE Web site for details while abroad● You MUST use your UCI e-mail account● Adhere to ALL Housing deadlines (strict!)

Off-Campus Housing● Use the CA Housing Bulletin

Board, linked to the EAP web site

Health● Read section in General Information

Guide, Country-specific Student Guide, EAP web site, and Health Travel Guide

● Health Clearance – Due at UOEAP no later than 30 days

prior to departure!

EAP Health InsuranceInsurance Details● Automatically included in EAP fees● Worldwide coverage● Keep all medical receipts (even if you don’t

pay for anything)● Claim Form● Extension of Coverage

UCI Health InsuranceUSHIP - UCI Insurance● EAP Insurance automatically substitutes

for USHIP insurance while on EAP● DO NOT apply to waive out for the term(s)

you are on EAP● To waive out of USHIP for when

you return to UCI, check SHS web site

● Gap in Insurance coverage

Going International Safely● EAP Updates on Security Issues

● Why health and safety are different when you are abroad

Health & Safety Tips● Know what to expect

– The World at Your Fingertips– Read your EAP General Info and

Country-specific Student Guides● Think about emergencies before they

happen - Where to go? Who to contact?● Be alert to your surroundings● Try to blend in

“The world is a book ~ those who stay at home read only one page.” ~

St. Augustine

Refreshments are in the foyerThanks for coming!