Why study CLS abroad?
"All CLS majors can benefit from taking courses overseas and learning about the Society and legal system where they reside.  We all know that the best kind of learning is when you travel and get to know people in other parts of the world, because when you learn about them, you learn about how our Society functions and why. For CLS students especially, you live for a while in a country that has a different legal system and various types of criminal behavior that contrast with our own.  There are enough programs and learning schedules in English to satisfy most students, and even more programs if you speak another language; it is also possible that your exposure to another language might start you on the road to learning that language. Look into EAP and start planning now.  Double your educational advantage for your future!" -James Diego Vigil Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society

Making EAP Fit

To demonstrate how EAP can fit into your UCI experience, take a look at a few different strategies below that can help you conceptualize planning academically for study abroad. The School of Social Ecology will accept a maximum of 5 upper division courses toward the major from non UCI sources. View a list of EAP courses approved for CLS credit by the School of Social Ecology.

Click below for some suggested programs for Criminology, Law and Society majors:

Criminology, Law and Society (pdf)

Strategies for CLS Majors

Note: These are only a few strategies that demonstrate how a student can study abroad and graduate within 4 years. There are many EAP programs that can be substituted into the same strategies. DO NOT LET THESE EXAMPLES LIMIT YOU. Please consult the EAP Program Search for more options.
Strategy I	Semester abroad taking breadth requirements
Strategy II	Semester abroad taking general elective courses only
Strategy III	Semester abroad taking major plus breadth or elective courses
Strategy IV	Year abroad taking upper division courses in the Australia or United Kingdom - England & Scotland
Strategy V	Transfer Students: Semester abroad fulfilling elective courses.