Program Overview
China: 5,000 years of history and culture
Study Chinese language, culture, history and music while visiting China’s major historical and modern wonders. On this learning adventure, you’ll study with some of China’s most prestigious educators—and make rewarding connections with the locals through campus-living, weekend home-stay, field trips to non-tourist sites and many other activities.
While in China, you will stay at Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai. You will visit major historical sites like the Forbidden City, the Imperial Summer Palace, the Great Wall, and Tiananmen Square in Beijing; the famous Terracotta Soldiers and remains of a Tang Dynasty palace in Xi'an; and the Bund as well as the Old City of Shanghai; the beautiful Suzhou (famous scholars' gardens), and the historic "water-borne" town of Tongli.
At Beijing, you will sample life on the campus of a premier Chinese university, meet with its students, visit schools, and experience traditional Chinese culture by attending performances such as the Peking Opera, a concert performed on traditional instruments, as well as classes in calligraphy, and seminars and exhibitions in martial arts.
During free time, you'll be able to explore the neighborhoods of Beijing, Xi'an, and Shanghai, and meet ordinary Chinese in all walks of life.
Other program highlights include:
Seminars hosted by American business and political professionals working in China.
Weekend home-stay with Chinese families
Attending concerts in Beijing performed by faculty director Xiang Gao, a world-class concert violinist
Celebrating the Chinese New Year in China (optional)
Expect the unexpected!
Courses
Students must enroll in all courses for credit and a grade; pass/fail and audit registration is not permitted.
Honors credit may be available. Check with the faculty director and the Honors program for prior approval (before departure).
All students must enroll in 6 or 7 credits, as well as the 0-credit UNIV course.
CHIN106 - Chinese II-Elementary/Intermediate (4 cr.)
Continued practice in the aural, oral, reading and writing skills of Mandarin Chinese including the identification and reproduction of basic Chinese characters. Introduction to formality levels and to reading and writing texts in Chinese characters.
Prerequisite:CHIN 105 (Chinese I-Elementary)
CHIN107 - Chinese III-Intermediate (4 cr.)
Development of aural, oral, reading and writing skills at the intermediate Chinese level, including continued practice in identifying and reproducing Chinese characters, handling a greater variety of formality levels, and further comprehending spoken (Koutouyu) and written (Shumianyu) language differences.
Prerequisite:CHIN 106 (Chinese II-Elementary/Intermediate)
Satisfies the following requirements:
Arts & Sciences Foreign Language
CHIN267 - Contemporary Chinese Society (3 cr.)
Surveys major aspects of modern Chinese society. It adopts a topical approach; within each topic, the subject will be discussed in a historical context. Although lectures remain a staple, field trips and excursions constitute a major part of the course. Students are expected to take advantage of the total experience and will be instructed to reflect on what they experienced and to interpret it in light of China's history and culture.
MUSC206 - Music of China, Korea, Japan (3 cr.)
Systematically examines the origin and historical development of the musical cultures of the Far East. Studies how Chinese musical culture has had an enormous impact on the development of such cultures in Korea and Japan. Includes traditional concerts performed by leading artists and a visit to the Peking Opera.
Satisfies the following requirements:
Arts & Sciences Group B
Multicultural
Requirements
Applicants should have a G.P.A. of at least 2.0 (on a 4.00 scale). We encourage freshmen to apply!
For all participants, a formal application is necessary, including a deposit, one transcript (non-University of Delaware students only), and one recommendation. An interview may be conducted in person or by telephone.
Study abroad at the University of Delaware is highly competitive. See here for an overview of the acceptance process. If you are not selected for your first choice program, we recommend moving your application and deposit to another program (by emailing your request to studyabroad@udel.edu).
China EAS/MUSC/FLLT Program Costs
Participants in the China EAS/MUSC/FLLT program will be charged University of Delaware tuition for one Winter Session and the program fee. The program fee usually covers round-trip airfare, housing, and all excursions but does not include transportation to/from the group's initial departure airport. Your specific program fee may or may not include these and other items, check with the faculty director for details.
A $200 deposit towards the program fee must be paid by no later than
October 1, 2002
, although we recommend that you pay your deposit within three working days of submitting your application. The deposit is non-refundable if you are admitted into the program. The program acceptance list will be available approximately two weeks later. See below for additional program fee and tuition payment deadlines.
UD students pay all program fee deposits by direct bank transfer via this website: http://www.udel.edu/studyabroadpayments. Non-UD students should send a check, payable to the University of Delaware, to CFIS, Elliott Hall, 26 East Main Street, Newark, DE 19716. Credit card payments are not accepted.
| |
DE Resident |
Non-DE Resident |
| Final Tuition based on current year |
950 |
2736 |
| Final Program Fee |
2650 |
2650 |
| UD Registration & Activities Fee |
20 |
20 |
| Final Total |
3620 |
5406 |
Please note that final program fees are subject to change until the group's departure date. Final program fees may be increased due to airline taxes, fuel surcharges, exchange rates, or changes in the group size.
Scholarships
Need- and merit-based scholarships are available to UD undergraduates on a competitive basis. For more details and to apply for a scholarship, go to our scholarships page (and be sure to submit scholarship materials by the deadlines).
Deadlines
All payments and application materials are due by 5:00pm on the dates listed below:
Please note that the China EAS/MUSC/FLLT program accepts students on a
rolling basis. We recommend that you apply early if you would like to be
considered for acceptance.
- Application and $200 deposit deadline:
October 1, 2002
- $800 deposit deadline: October 22, 2002
- Final program fee balance due:
November 8, 2002
- Tuition and Registration Fee due: December 12, 2002
Contact Information
Renee Zhiyin Dong
Faculty Director
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
208 Mitchell Hall
Phone:(302) 831-3070
Email: rdong@udel.edu
Xiang Gao
Faculty Director
Department of Music
103 Amy DuPont Hall
Phone:(302) 831-2905
Email: xiangg@udel.edu
