COB Education Abroad Financial Award Program

Overview and purpose of the program

The College of Business (COB) is committed to global awareness and cross-cultural educational experiences. The cost of such experiences is often a significant obstacle for many students. Thus, COB provides $750 per eligible student who participates in select MSU approved Education Abroad Programs. Both the program and student must satisfy eligibility criteria stated below.

Program Eligibility Criteria

  • Eligible programs must require international travel, and include:
    • COB short-term faculty-directed (STFD) Education Abroad programs.
    • MSU summer courses offered by COB on the Dalian, China campus.
    • Short-term programs offered by external providers or exchange programs that are pre-approved by COB International Business Programs (IBP) and/or the Office of Education Abroad.
    • Long-term programs offered by external providers or exchange programs as a credit-bearing program lasting a minimum of one semester, and is pre-approved by COB International Business Programs (IBP) and/or the Office of Education Abroad.
  • Coursework in the program must be taken for credit and apply to the student’s COB program of study and be sufficiently rigorous for MSU to accept transfer. If coursework is transferred, student must have all transfer credit approval prior to departure, but some minor adjustments might be allowed after course registration is completed.

Students must satisfy the following

  • Academic program within COB:
    • Undergraduate students must be a declared MSU COB major. The COB major can be a second major. A minor in COB is not sufficient. Or:
    • Graduate students must be admitted to a MSU COB graduate degree program, which may include an accelerated master’s degree program.
  • Completed Credit Hour* and GPA Requirements:
    • Undergraduate business majors must have 60 earned credit hours in advance of the travel portion of the program, and must have at least a 2.75 cumulative GPA and 2.75 GPA in their business major.
    • Accelerated master’s students with a COB undergraduate major must have at least a 2.75 cumulative GPA and 2.75 GPA in their business major in advance of the travel portion of the program. Or, they must have completed at least three credit hours in COB graduate coursework and have at least a 3.0 GPA in their completed graduate business coursework in advance of the travel portion of the program.
    • Graduate business students must have completed at least three credit hours in their program of study and have at least a 3.0 GPA in their completed graduate business coursework in advance of the travel portion of the program.
    • Students must confirm acceptance within 7 days of being notified of the award.

Restrictions

  • Students may receive only one COB Education Abroad Financial Award
  • Students employed as Teaching Assistants on the Dalian, China, campus are not eligible to receive the COB Education Abroad Financial Award in association with their T.A.-related appointment or travel.
  • Eligible students who qualify for multiple MSU Education Abroad College scholarships or awards for the same program will receive the higher amount of the awards, but not both.
  • Students who do not participate in all program activities (pre, during, and post travel) will forfeit and must refund the COB Education Abroad Financial Award. In that event, the amount of the COB Education Abroad Financial Award will be placed on the student’s account as an outstanding balance that must be repaid to the University.
  • Students who violate behavioral or other program expectations and requirements will forfeit and must refund the COB Education Abroad Financial Award. In that event, the amount of the COB Education Abroad Financial Award will be placed on the student’s account as an outstanding balance that must be repaid to the University.
  • Students who do not receive academic credit (e.g., audit, drop, or fail) for their course(s) associated with their Education Abroad program will forfeit and must refund the COB Education Abroad Financial Award. In that event, the amount of the COB Education Abroad Financial Award will be placed on the student’s account as an outstanding balance that must be repaid to the University.
  • Students with an XF grade are not eligible for the COB Education Abroad Financial Award unless the “X” has been removed prior to the travel portion of the program.

Payment of required fees

Students are responsible for paying the entire program fee by the posted deadline, and must only reduce the payment by the amount of the COB Education Abroad Financial Award if the award has posted to the student’s MyMissouriState account prior to the fee payment deadline. The award may post after the deadline as a credit to the student’s account.

* Credit hours and GPA requirements are based on earned hours completed prior to the travel portion of the program, and will be evaluated at a specified point in time based on the published program departure day. Specifically:

If travel begins December through May, students will be evaluated on their earned credit hours completed and GPA at the end of the previous summer semester. If ineligible at that time, they may request a re-evaluation after fall grades are posted.

If travel begins June through August, students will be evaluated on their earned credit hours completed and GPA at the end of the previous fall semester. If ineligible at that time, they may request a re-evaluation after spring grades are posted.

If travel begins September through November, students will be evaluated on their earned credit hours completed and GPA at the end of the previous spring semester. If ineligible at that time, a student may request a re-evaluation after summer grades are posted.

Grades and credit hours for intersession, block classes, short courses, etc., even if completed prior to the end of a semester, will only be considered as of the end of that semester.

Policy effective until July 31, 2024

 

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