Location:

Shanghai, China

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

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.

The core curriculum centers around approximately 15 to 20 hours each week of language instruction, emphasizing grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking. Students may expect to spend at least an equal number of hours in study outside the classroom. 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.