Enrollment & Academics

Subjects NOT Open to Exchange Students:

• Coursework at the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City or the OU Tulsa campus
  • Ex: Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Telecommunications
• College of Continuing Education
  
  • Ex: Aviation, Administrative Leadership, Liberal Studies, Criminal Justice
• College of Business at the graduate level (numbered 5000 and above)
  • Ex: Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Management, Marketing & Supply Chain Management, and Management Information Systems
• Department of Economics at the graduate level

If enrolled in graduate-level courses, exchange students will receive undergraduate credit. They may NOT earn graduate credit for graduate-level courses, and they may NOT later apply these credits to a graduate degree at the University of Oklahoma.

The Class Navigator website, classnav.ou.edu, is the simplest and most flexible tool to find courses each semester. Here is an instructional guide created to assist exchange students with the proper search parameters.

When searching for potential coursework at the University of Oklahoma, exchange students should review enrollment requirements and restrictions as well as the prerequisite requirements for each course. Students will not be approved for advanced courses if they are missing too many requirements for successful participation in the OU course.

All enrollment is managed through the Exchange Student Coordinator, who works with the appropriate departments, advisers, and faculty members to enroll students in their top choices. Students cannot self-enroll in courses. It is not recommended that students contact other campus officials directly, as this can delay the enrollment process.

Every effort is made to accomodate exchange students, but OU cannot guarantee enrollment in coursework before arrival on campus. Exchange students must be flexible in their course preferences as course offerings can change, and enrollment in coursework at all levels is subject to the requirements in each academic department.

I have a Title IX Enrollment Hold

All new students entering the University of Oklahoma for the first time must successfully complete the mandatory student online Sexual Misconduct Awareness training, also known as Title IX hold, at onpoint.ou.edu. Exchange students cannot be enrolled until this training is completed.  

My desired course is full

Some courses have online waitlists, and some courses do not. Some courses allow students to enroll beyond the initial seat capacity, and some courses do not have this flexibility. If an exchange student wishes to enroll in a course that is already full, the student should contact the Exchange Student Coordinator.

I don't want my current course

Exchange students may add and drop classes the first two weeks of the semester via the Exchange Student Coordinator. Any changes after the second week of classes must be approved by the Dean and are not guaranteed. Remember that exchange students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits each term.

I can't find a course that I want

It is important to use ClassNav to find courses taught in the correct term. Not all courses in the OU Course Catalog are taught every semester. Occasionally, course are cancelled due to low enrollment, but this is not common.

I can't find what department is right for me

Here is a list of the colleges and their departments at the University of Oklahoma. This is a full list for the university, so it is important to remember the restrictions for exchange students.

A record of your grades is called a transcript. All transcripts are letter graded.  They can be translated/equated by your home university according to their educational policies.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) affords students certain rights with respect to their education records.  These rights can be found on the OU Records & Transcripts website.  FERPA allows the disclosure of information contained within an exchange student’s education record, without consent of the student, to an exchange student’s home institution. 

Accordingly, at the end of each student’s exchange period, the Office of International Services will send, via courier mail, one copy of the exchange student’s OU official transcript to the exchange student’s home institution.  Any and all other copies requested by the individual student will be sent via regular mail at their request only.  Grades can be viewed online two weeks after finals by logging into One.