CHN 310 - China Study Abroad Program

A five-week summer study abroad program at Beijing and Shanghai, China. Students may participate without prior knowledge of Chinese.

The program is providing:

Chinese Language: offered all levels
Culture instruction: include Chinese culture, Chinese history, Chinese literature and Chinese calligraphy
Chinese business class: focus on Chinese Economics and Business in Asia
Internship for art students: focus on internship at a company in Shanghai city
Language course is optional course for Business students and Art students
The students will be awarded for six to seven Truman credit hours, the art students will be awarded five or six Truman internship credit hours
During the first week of the trip, students will tour the Chinese capital city, Beijing; the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, National Opera House, Tiananmen Square, Chairman Mao Museum and sites of Olympic 2008, and visit a ancient city, Xian: Terra-Cotta Worrier museum, Famen Temple, Huaqing Hot Spring and Dayan Pagoda and Ancient City Wall. Students will also visit Shanghai Museum, art galleries, Huang-Pu river cruise and Garden City-Suzhou, West lake-Hangzhou and many other field trips while study in Shanghai University.
Students will gain knowledge of the language and culture and also will experience person contact with the Shanghai University student and Chinese common people and their daily living.

Credits: 5
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Foreign Language and Intercultural Interconnecting Perspectives of the Liberal Studies Program.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
*** The Study Abroad Fee applies to this course.