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Going Abroad in Summer or Fall for the IP? Be sure to complete your International Experience Approval Form before the end of Phase I Registration (April 26)! You must meet with your major's IP faculty representative first and then potentially Modern Languages and/or the International Internships advisors, depending your individual plan. The form should then be dropped off at the OIE main desk (211 Savant) for the IP Assistant Directors signature. You must have your study and work abroad plans approved via this form in order to register for the IP Audit Course and in order for your program(s) to count for the IP.

In this issue: International Experience Approvals Summer & Fall Registration Graduation Procedures New IP Faculty Reps IP Office Hours Upcoming Events

IP Audit Courses If you are studying abroad or doing an international internship for the IP, you should be registered in one of the following courses: IPFS 3012 (for exchanges), IPSA 3012 (for faculty-led programs like LBATs, Oxford, GTL, etc.), IPIN 3011 (for international internships), or IPCO 3011 (for international co-op terms). This course is not credit-bearing and it does not carry tuition. It simply marks the program as part of your IP requirements. You should only register for the appropriate course after having submitted your completed International Experience Approval Form. You will then be sent further instructions as to which course to register for.

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IP Globally Focused Coursework: Remember that all IP students need to take one Global Economics course, one International Relations course, and one course about the country/region where your international experience(s) take place. The full list of approved courses can be found in the Catalog. With proper planning and communication with your academic and IP advisors, your IP coursework can also satisfy your major requirements. (Be sure to tell your Academic Advisor that you are in the IP!) Permits for Global Economics This Fall there will be special sections of ECON 2101 (Economics and Policy) and ECON 4350 (International Economics) dedicated for IP students. They will require a permit which you can apply for using the code DUPUIT. Please put this code into the status reason block when you apply so that you can secure a spot in the course. Permits for INTA courses INTA policy is to restrict their major core classes until the first day of classes to INTA majors only. IP students can request permits for closed classes at the start of Phase II; permits will be granted the restricted classes if space is available. No exceptions are made to this policy. INTA core courses that are most popular among IP students are: INTA 1110 (IR requirement) INTA 2040 (IR requirement) INTA 3301 (Global economics requirement)

More often than not there will be space available for INTA 1110 and INTA 2040. However, INTA 3301 usually fills up during Phase I. You are encouraged to look for any number of INTA electives which are NOT restricted and which meet IP requirements. If you have questions about INTA courses, please contact Stephanie Jackson in INTA.

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Approved IP courses being offered in the summer (in Atlanta) International Relations: INTA 2030 INTA 2100 Global Economics: ECON 4350 MGT 3660

Many of the GaTech summer faculty-led programs offer courses which can be used for the IP as well!! Language Courses: Ya la tomaste? All students must take through at least the 2002 level or equivalent of a language other than English. Consider your language needs and the IP language requirements when signing up for summer and fall classes.

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Approved IP courses being offered in the fall: International Relations: HTS 2037 INTA 1110 INTA 2030 INTA 2040 INTA 2100 INTA 3031 INTA 3103 Global Economics: ECON 2101 ECON 4311 ECON 4350 INTA 3301 MGT 3660 Country/Region: FREN 3011 FREN 4101 GRMN 4026 GRMN 4065 HTS 2061 HTS 3035 HTS 3063 INTA 3203 JAPN 4123 JAPN 4500 LCC 3102 LCC 3212 LCC 3302 LCC 3518 SPAN 3050 SPAN 3242 SPAN 4062 SPAN 4160 SPAN 4242

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Degree Designation Forms for Graduating Students

Summer 2013 Graduates: If you are planning to graduate in Summer 2013 with the IP, you should have already completed your IP Degree Designation Form. If you have not, please contact Jennifer Baird at internationalplan@oie.gatech.edu immediately! Fall 2013 Graduates: If you are planning to graduate with the IP in Fall 2013, be sure to complete your OAG and your IP Degree Designation Form between May 22 and June 15! If you are not going to be here in the summer and would like to go over your Degree Designation form prior to the end of the Spring term, please make an appointment with Jennifer Baird at internationalplan@oie.gatech.edu.

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New IP faculty representatives: If you are an ECON, EIA, or GEML student, please note that Dr. Derek Tittle will be your main IP contact within the School of Economics for the IP. A big THANK YOU goes out to Dr. Shannon Dobranski for her service to the IP. We have recently learned that she will no longer be the IP representative for STAC and CM majors. We are happy to announce that Dr. JC Reilly will replace Dr. Dobranski as the IP contact for both STAC and CM. Welcome to the IP Committee, Dr. Reilly! IP Office Hours: For the rest of the spring semester, Jennifer Baird, the IP Assistant Director, will hold office hours on Tuesdays from 9:30-noon and Wednesdays from 2:00-4:30pm. Feel free to drop by then if you have any IP questions. Appointments can also be made upon request (internationalplan@oie.gatech.edu or 404-894-7475).

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Upcoming Events: April 19: Join the Tech community for Earth Day festivities: http://www.earthday.gatech.edu/ The Latin American Film Festival continues: Films will be shown in the Student Center Theater at 8 PM. Admission is free and open to the public! Please bring yourselves and your friends & family.All the movies have English subtitles. Free Popcorn! Free food! Friday April 19: Nueve Reinas
Two grifters - boyish, likable Juan and hard-edged, scheming Marcos - meet by chance. Marcos, who seems to have cheated everyone he knows including his siblings, is missing his partner, so he offers to teach Juan tricks for a day. Juan accepts because he has some savings, but needs more to bribe a judge to release his father from prison.

Saturday April 20: Rudo y Cursi

The movie is a drama/comedy about two brothers from a rural lower class Mexican family with roots in a little "banana town" on the Pacific coast of Mexico who compete in their professional soccer careers. They acquire the nicknames "Rudo" ("tough") and "Cursi" ("corny"). The film is also a satire on life and values in contemporary Mexico's "narco-society". Rudo y Cursi is the sixth top-grossing Mexican film of all time, directed by Carlos Cuarn and Starring Gael Garca Bernal and Diego Luna.