Shanghai Chinese Studies Program (2012 summer)

Updated:24/09/11 17:41:47 PM CST

The Shanghai Chinese Studies Program at Shanghai’s Fudan University offers eight weeks of intensive language study. Students will live and study in China’s largest and most vibrant city. An undeniably modern city, Shanghai preserves the legacy of its strong colonial past.

Program Curriculum

The core curriculum centers around approximately 15 to 20 hours each week of language instruction, emphasizing grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking. Courses are augmented by a five-day educational excursion to an historic city or to the countryside to experience village life, a weekend trip to a Yangzi River delta city like Hangzhou or another canal town, and visits to local cultural sights.

Students study the equivalent of two semesters of Chinese language. Students must enroll for a total of eight credits.

Note: Students will receive up-to-date syllabi when their courses begin.

Language Courses

CAS LC 111/112: First- and Second-Semester Chinese (8)

Essentials of structure, oral practice, introduction to the writing system.

CAS LC 211/212: Third- and Fourth-Semester Chinese (8)

(Prerequisite: CAS LC 112 Second-Semester Chinese, or the equivalent.) Review of structure and grammar, practice in conversation and writing, introduction to reading.

CAS LC 311/312: Third-Year Modern Chinese I and II (8)

(Prerequisite: CAS LC 212 Fourth-Semester Chinese, or the equivalent.) Readings in modern Chinese. Readings and discussion in Chinese of selected nonliterary and literary materials, including newspaper articles, short stories, and essays. Regular compositions required.

CAS LC 411/412: Fourth-Year Modern Chinese I and II (8)

(Prerequisite: CAS LC 312 Third-Year Modern Chinese II, or the equivalent.) Advanced-level readings in modern Chinese. Discussion in Chinese of literary materials in various forms and styles. Special attention to works written between 1919 and 1949. Regular compositions and lab work (tapes and films).

Details of the Program

Requirements

Open to students with no prior coursework in Chinese and to those who have completed the beginning and intermediate levels

Some language courses carry prerequisites

Students are strongly recommended to apply for their passport by the time they apply to the program

Admissions requirements for all programs

Program Dates

Summer Term: June 24 to August 20, 2012

Depart U.S.: June 23, 2012

Program Arrival: June 24, 2012

Program End: August 20, 2012

Depart China: August 20, 2012

Cost

Summer 2011 Tuition & Fees: $7,900

Cost includes tuition, housing, books, visa, field trips, and emergency travel assistance coverage. Additional expenses for the summer. Financial aid is available. The program arranges a trans-Pacific group flight that is not included in the program fee. We recommend that students take this flight.

A special grant from the US-China Educational Trust has allowed us to provide travel grants for BU students participating in the Shanghai program in Summer 2011.

Credits

Upon successful completion of the program, students earn eight Boston University credits. Students must enroll for a total of eight credits.

Housing

Housing is provided in apartment-style student residences at the Tonghe International Village adjacent to the Fudan campus. Each apartment includes two or three bedrooms, a common area, kitchen, and a bathroom shared with one other student. Students are each assigned a single room.

Application Deadlines：

Summer Term: March 1

For more information, you can go to this webpage: www.bu.edu