Background Information: Study Abroad – Assignment 2 by Dr. Peter

In recent years, the opportunity to incorporate international study into their degrees has become increasinglyaccessible for Australian students. Pursuing a study abroad experience is viewed as a pathway to enhancedemployability after graduation by students and as a valuable point of distinction among job applicants byemployers. Typically lasting one semester, these study abroad programs can also extend up to a year for thoseseeking a more extended international academic experience.

The Application Process:

The high-level process architecture of a study abroad application covers the core, support, and managementprocess. The core processes include activities of a student study abroad application and the studentadministration team revolving around an application (figure 1).

Project Brief (4 marks)

Provide a description on: the group meeting schedule or plan, each member’s role in the project, identifying risksand ways to manage risks, ways to communicate between members, and a log recording each meeting,discussion and dialogue between members in relation to the project. Note: all members need to contribute to theproject. The description and log need to be submitted together with the four tasks.

Task 1 Collaborative Business Process and EAI (4 marks)

When a student puts an application to study a course aboard, we need check her/his degree program structure,the relevant information about the course available in the partner’s university, to judge if the selected coursemeets the required credit points and the contents, and to check if her/his degree program allows such selection.A degree program structure normally contains the total credit points required, the core units required at differentlevel; while the unit information includes the prerequisite units and offering semester. Different universities mayhave different degree rules and course requirements.