On February 23, 2007 the CMU Academic Council passed a proposal that will provide a CMU transcript for Outtatown students for 18 credit hours effective immediately. This transcript will be available to students graduating from Outtatown in 2007 or later, as long as they meet the requirements for admission into CMU Main Campus programs based on a final high school transcript. Students who do not meet CMU Main Campus requirements will receive an Outtatown Credit Certificate, but will not be eligible for an official CMU transcript.

The 18 credits have been identified as:

10.101/6 credits - Introduction to Christian Discipleship (all programs): This course offers an introduction to Christian discipleship: through learning in a mentoring community, a study of selected themes in the Old and New Testaments, an introduction to selected issues in Church history, and by exploring what it means to be faithful to Jesus Christ in the post-modern world.  Through a series of lectures, discussion, selected readings, journaling, and mentoring, this course provides an introduction to the major themes in Christian faith and discipleship.  This course will be given a pass/fail evaluation and may be used to fulfill one of the first year introductory requirements in Biblical and Theological Studies (3 credits) and an additional elective (3 credits) in BTS.

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65.120/6 credits - Beginning Spanish (Guatemala program only):  Starting with an introduction to some common Spanish expressions in the first semester, the student will then receive five weeks of Spanish language instruction while living with a Spanish family during their three months of intensive cultural engagement in Guatemala during the second semester.  The Spanish classes are taught by instructors of Academia De Profesores Privados De Espanol (APPE) in Antigua, Guatemala, under the jurisdiction of the Universidad Rural De Guatemala, and the Department of Education, Guatemala.  This course will receive a letter grade and fulfills the requirement for Beginning Spanish.

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32.110/6 credits - Culture, Conflict and Transformation in Southern Africa (SA program only): Students will be introduced to the issues of conflict and transformation in South Africa through lectures in Pretoria and Cape Town, followed by the stories of individuals who have lived through the recent transitions in South Africa.  They will experience first hand the varied perspectives that come from the diverse cultures, while they live and work with the four main people groups in South Africa; those identified as the Whites, the Blacks, the Coloreds, and the Indian population during apartheid.  They will be introduced to the history of Apartheid, the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the current outcomes that can be seen in people’s lives.  This course will be given a pass/fail evaluation and will meet the requirements for an elective or area course in Geography, International Development Studies, Political Studies, or Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies.

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05.100/6 credits - Cross-Cultural Service Learning (all programs): Service Learning is a structured, experience-based service opportunity that involves the student in the experiential learning cycle – preparation, experience, evaluation and reflection.  In the first semester the students will explore the issues of urban poverty in Winnipeg and in Vancouver, as well as the context of Canadian aboriginal people groups.  In an international context, students will live and serve with the people of that country in a variety of contexts that will explore issues of race, education, poverty, employment and social systems.  During the second semester, the specific requirements for this course will be country specific.  This course will be given a pass/fail evaluation and will fulfill the requirements for up to 6 practicum credits in most CMU programs, excluding those programs which require a practicum to be specifically relevant to the field of study.

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Since only Spanish will be a letter grade, and others are pass/fail, there are some programs or institutions that will not accept these as transfer credits, or not allow them to be used to fulfill certain programs. However, this is an important improvement and means that those that continue at CMU will receive a very generous and fair credit transfer that will be quite advantageous in most degree programs.