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College Credits

The Land of Israel through the Ages

Transferring Academic Credits

The following information explains how you can transfer academic credits for The Land of Israel through the Ages course to your university.

The coursework combined with the roving field school offered by Mayanot and Bar-Ilan University is designed to accrue students with 3 credits. You are strongly encouraged to coordinate the transfer of Bar-Ilan University credits to your university in advance of your departure to Israel.

	The following steps must be taken to transfer your credits

»	Register for and complete the Taglit-Birthright Israel: MAYANOT program and the course work The Land of Israel Through the Ages.

»	Complete and submit Bar-Ilan University's Transcript Request Form. (pdf)

»	Once the Transcript Form has been processed, two copies of the requested transcript will be sent. The original will be sent directly to the address supplied for your university. A second copy of that transcript will be sent directly to you.

»	Once the transcripts are received you can petition your university for the credit.

Tips for Petitioning Your University for Credit

Petitioning is the act of officially requesting of your university to award academic credit for coursework undertaken in other universities. Almost all students who study abroad have to petition their home university upon return from a semester or year abroad. As mentioned, MAYANOT and Bar-Ilan University strongly encourages participants to coordinate the transfer of Bar-Ilan University credits in advance of your departure.

	Some notes to help you in petitioning your university for credit

»	The Land of Israel through the Ages is an academic field school course. Just like participation in archaeological digs is fully accredited, so too is this field course. The Land of Israel through the Ages provides students an opportunity to use the entire country as the classroom and interact with Israelis from diverse backgrounds.

»	Taglit-BirthrightIsrael need not be emphasized in discussions with your university. In fact, regarding the university, you could think of the free Taglit-Birthright Israel trip as a fellowship or scholarship that you received to come to Israel and participate in this course.

»	Speak in terms of academic course hours, not course days. Universities award course credit based on the number of academic hours that a course demands. Although The Land of Israel through the Ages will take place over 10 days, it covers over 45 academic hours – equivalent to classes over the course of a semester.

»	Educational Impact. Remember that you will be learning more on this trip than you probably would all-year long in a similar course. You will experience first-hand the land, people and culture. This is not just classroom theory.

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