CSU Pre-departure guide - Study Abroad - Colorado State University

10 TO-DOs
as You Prepare to Depart
Read this pre-departure guide.
The pre-departure guide is
designed as a tool to assist you in
best preparing for your time outside
the United States. It contains
important information that, if
followed, will ensure you are ready
for a wonderful experience abroad.
Complete the CSU
requirements for Study Abroad,
including registration in SA 482/
SA 682 or the appropriate Division
of Continuing Education courses.
Questions? Contact the Study
Abroad office.
Meet with Student Financial
Services (SFS) to ensure
scholarships, loans, and grants
are secured for your term abroad.
Find out the disbursement date for
your financial aid package so you
will know when you can expect to
receive your funds.
Meet with a travel clinic nurse
from the CSU Health Network
for a free travel consultation. Ensure
you have all of the necessary
immunizations for travel to your
host country.
Make a photocopy of your Study
Abroad Transfer Credit form.
Write down the contact information
for your academic advisor in case
you must make changes to your
planned course of study while
abroad.
Photocopy important
documents such as your
passport, credit cards, ISIC card,
etc. Place one copy in your carryon
luggage and leave one copy
with a trusted individual at home.
Contact your bank and credit
card companies to let them
know you will be traveling abroad.
Ask about rates and fees for
international use of your cards.
Learn the details of your
international health insurance
coverage and how to access it
abroad, if needed.
Set up a communication plan
with family and friends for
regular communications. Establish
a secondary plan in the event of an
emergency.
Learn as much as you can about
the culture, history, language or
traditions of the country in which
you will be studying.
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