SCHOOL of INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

American University · Washington, D.C.

CONSORTIUM REGISTRATION

Consortium courses are courses taken for AU credit at one of twelve consortium schools in the DC area. Consortium registrations are only accepted if the same or similar course is not available at AU in a given semester, and must be taken during a standard (i.e. Fall, Spring, or Summer) semester.

Download Consortium Registration Form here [pdf]

Registration Process

1. Obtain a Consortium Authorization Form from the SIS Graduate Advising Office (or download it here [pdf]); fill it out and sign the back indicating that you have read and understood the consortium policies.
2. Obtain permission IN WRITING (e-mail is fine) from the instructor for the course and attach it to the Consortium Registration Form.*
3. If the course is in another department (ECON, HIST, etc.) you'll need to get the approval of the head of that school or department at AU. If the course is in International Affairs/Studies (or something similar), you can skip this step. If you have questions about the approval you'll need, contact your academic advisor.
4. Turn the form and attached permission into the SIS Graduate Advising Office on the first day of the semester for which you're enrolling and start attending the course.

All consortium courses will appear on your AU transcript with the consortium school code and course number (example: GWU-500).

Consortium Web Resources

• George Mason University (courses 500+ are grad. level) (schedule is a downloadable PDF)
• George Washington University (courses 200+ are grad. level)
• Howard University (courses 300+ are grad. level)
• University of Maryland, College Park (courses 600+ are grad. level)
• Catholic University (courses 500+ are grad. level)
• Georgetown University* (courses 350+ are grad. level-link is to the registrar's site-schedules are accessible from there)

N.B. Signing the Consortium Registration Form means that you have read, understood and have agreed to all of the university policies on the back of the form.

* Special notice for students interested in taking courses at Georgetown: each page of the Georgetown online schedule has specific guidelines which consortium students must meet in order to enroll in the courses (this is in addition to obtaining department permission from AU). For example, the security studies courses at Georgetown are open only to GSFS student; other graduate students and consortium students require the permission of the security studies program office at Georgetown.

Also, please note that although it is located in Washington, DC, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University is NOT part of the Consortium.