Students Currently Abroad

The Gaucho Globetrotter Newsletter
UCSB EAP quarterly newsletter for students abroad

Keep In Touch

Taken some good photos during your time abroad?  Want to help promote EAP to future students?  Email them to us for future EAP materials, such as this website! eapucsb@eap.ucsb.edu

When you see an amazingly beautiful or totally weird postcard, think of us!  Let us know how you’re doing and we will put your postcard up in the office!  We love to get mail!

Graduating Seniors
If you will finish your undergraduate coursework while abroad, and do not intend to return to UCSB please take the following into consideration: Your grades may take up to 90 days to be posted to your transcript.  You cannot declare candidacy on GOLD until that time.  This means that your diploma will actually be dated 1-2 quarters after you return, depending on the program.  Example: students who complete their requirements during spring term abroad cannot declare candidacy until summer or often fall quarter.
You may be assigned pass times for the following quarter and receive a bill from BARC.  This is done just in case students find they need to return to complete their degree.  Do not pay this bill or register for courses if you do not intend to return to UCSB.  If you do need to return to UCSB, even for just 1 course, you must take a minimum of 12 units to fulfill the residency requirement.

Contacts & Campus Help
EAP Contact Information

• Education Abroad Program,
  UCSB Campus Office 2431 South Hall, UCSB,
  Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3040
  +1 805 893 3763, eapucsb@eap.ucsb.edu

• Education Abroad Program, Universitywide Office (UOEAP)
  6950 Hollister Avenue, Suite 200
  Goleta, CA 93117-5823
  +1 805 893 4762  
  

• In case of emergency:
  +1 805 893 4762

Departments & Colleges

• EAP Petition for Graduation Matters (and Course Substitution)  This form is used to request that courses taken abroad count toward GE’s or Major requirements: http://www.advising.ltsc.ucsb.edu/graduation/petitions/EAPFinal.pdf
• List of Department Contacts http://www.ucsb.edu/academics/depts/index.shtml
• Colleges:
• College of Creative Studies http://www.ccs.ucsb.edu/
• College of Engineering http://www.engineering.ucsb.edu/
• College of Letters & Science http://www.ltsc.ucsb.edu/

Financial Information

• EAP Financial Aid Specialist- Mischa Lopez, mischa.lopez@sa.ucsb.edu

• UOEAP Student Finances:
• Log in to MyEAP to check you balance https://myeap.eap.ucop.edu/apply.
• stufinance@eap.ucop.edu
• See also Finances tab of current participants page. http://www.eap.ucop.edu/participants/
• Remember to file your FAFSA by the March 2 priority deadline: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

Courses & Registration

• Office of the Registrar http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/
• UCSB Academic Calendars http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/calinfo.htm
• Registration Appointment Times http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/passinfo.htm
• Schedule of Classes http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/soc.htm
• UCSB Catalog http://www.catalog.ucsb.edu/
• GOLD System Login http://gnet.ucsb.edu/surfer/gold/login
• BA/RC Account Access https://mybarc.ucsb.edu/

Housing

• UCSB Housing Office http://www.housing.ucsb.edu/
• Community Housing Office http://www.housing.ucsb.edu/hchoices/cho-general-info.htm
• California Housing Board http://p210.ezboard.com/bcaliforniahousingboard
• Craig’s List http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/
• Santa Barbara Apartments http://www.santabarbara.com/lodging/apartments/
• Nexus Classifieds- http://www.ucsbdailynexus.com/classifieds/classifieds.pdf

Health Insurance

• UCSB Student Health Insurance http://studenthealth.sa.ucsb.edu/insurance/index.asp
• EAP Health Insurance Coverage - See Insurance Tab of Current Participants page: http://www.eap.ucop.edu/participants/
• Health Insurance Gaps before and after EAP - See Insurance Tab of Current Participants page: http://www.eap.ucop.edu/participants/

Voting

• Exercise your right to vote while you are abroad http://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/