S.A.S.: ship full of holes
Effective in Fall 2004, American University will no longer accept credit from the University of Pittsburgh's Semester at Sea. Other schools also deny credit, including Georgetown, George Washington, Emory, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, Brown, Harvard, Skidmore, Boston College, Kenyon, Macalester, Tufts and Wesleyan. Some students have expressed concern, arguing that shipboard learning while traveling around the world is an experience they will remember all their lives. The question for us, however, is not that students have found the program rewarding but whether its format and goals are right for American University. AU's change in policy supports our commitment to study abroad programs that enhance a student's in-depth understanding of another country and its culture.