D. Reciprocal Agreements

1. Students wishing to participate with any institution holding a Reciprocal Agreement with Tarleton State University must be referred to the Office of International Studies.

OIS will:

a) receive applications for exchange students coming to TSU or going to an exchange institution. The outgoing student must receive approval from the academic advisor for course selection at the foreign site

b) send a letter of confirmation and immigration documents for incoming or outgoing students to obtain a visa if necessary

c) arrange for incoming students to be met at the DFW Airport and taken to their place of residence and provide for foreign site personnel to meet Tarleton exchange student at the airport or bus/train station

d) provide an orientation program for the incoming exchange and outgoing student

e) provide a letter from the Director of International Programs for each incoming student to present to each professor explaining why the student’s name will not appear in the official class roll and that the student should be treated as a regular student appearing in the class roll.

f) request mid-term grades

g) request final grades

h) provide a Certificate of Attendance for each foreign exchange students showing the course taken, the number of credit hours, the letter grade and a percentage grade.