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Curriculum

All students will enroll in the same classes. There are no pre-requisite courses needed.

Required Courses:
8 quarter units

Chinese 103: Chinese language and culture (4 units).
History 170B: The Shanghai Expo 2010 in historical and comparative perspectives (4 units).

Chinese 103: This language course is intended to prepare students with the necessary Chinese language skills to successfully communicate in professional and academic settings. The program will accommodate students with no Chinese language experience as well as students with intermediate and advanced levels of Chinese.

History 170B: This course will focus on Shanghai, a city with a rich and important history as an economic and cultural center connecting China to the world.  The Shanghai Expo will be examined as a kind of cultural activity begun more than a century ago in Europe and the United States and as an emblem of China’s contemporary efforts to attract and engage a global audience.  Part of the course will involve field research at the Expo. This component will be joined to lectures and readings about how producing and viewing expositions have become activities to define national identities in an international context. The field research project and a 20 page written report will be required.

Grading

Grades for both courses will be determined by student attendance, class assignments, examinations, participation in discussion as well as an essay that will integrate and address themes and materials from both courses. Papers will be due after the completion of the program, by the end of the summer.

Schedule

All schedules, itineraries, and group activities are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.

Each week will include daily Chinese courses as well as lectures and discussion. Students will also be required to conduct field research at the Shanghai Expo. In their free time students will be encouraged to explore Shanghai on their own.

Textbooks

Textbook information will be available at a later date. You are responsible for purchasing your own textbooks. We strongly suggest that you read as much of the text material as possible before you depart.