Course Planning

Talk to your Academic Advisor to find out how travel study fits your specific graduation plan. Generally, travel study fits by providing ​credits in General Education or Major Field courses.

General Education Courses

As a student at Piedmont, you are required to take 46-51 credit hours of General Education courses. ​Travel study can help you complete these credit hours in several ways:

• Faculty-led courses sometimes include courses that count towards the GenEd requirement. These ​courses will be marked in the description of the faculty-led course.
• Most of our semester abroad programs offer courses that can be used to complete a GenEd ​requirement (such as foreign language courses, literature courses, math courses, or fine arts ​courses).
• All programs that offer academic credit can be apply towards the 18 credit hours of General ​Education Electives.

Major Field Courses

Within your chosen field of study, you are typically required to take roughly 72 credit hours. Most ​majors have required courses and elective courses. Travel study can help you complete these credit ​hours in several ways:

• Faculty-led courses sometimes include courses that are specialized to a specific major, either as a ​required or elective course.
• Our semester abroad programs offer courses that can fill major electives and sometimes major ​required courses. In fact, the semester abroad programs are great opportunities to take courses ​that you may not have the opportunity to take at Piedmont (like Tropical Birds or Ecotourism in ​Costa Rica).