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China - January Culture+
| Dates: |
January 3–22, 2008 |
| Cost: |
$3295 |
| Application deadline: |
Contact Us for Application Deadlines |
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China Activities
| Day |
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| January 3rd |
Airport pick up and Campus Dorm Check-in |
| January 4th |
AM: Group Orientation and Program Overview
PM: Cultural Excursion to Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square
Evening: Welcome Dinner |
| January 5th |
AM: Excursion to Great wall - interaction with the local community
PM: Visit Beijing Olympic Sites and meet with organizing committees
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| January 6th |
Hike and work with a local group on restoration of the Great Wall
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| January 7th |
AM: Chinese language class and placement
PM ICC Session: "Understanding Culture and Intercultural Competence"
Mini-service project - Chinglish
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| January 8th |
AM: Chinese language class
PM: ICC Session: "Cultural Awareness, The Process of Cultural Conditioning" - Chinglish project
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| January 9th |
AM: Chinese language class
PM: ICC Session: "Cultural Learning, Development Models for Intercultural Competence"
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| January 10th |
AM: Chinese language class
PM: ICC Session: "Intercultural Communication: Styles, Non-Verbal, Culture-Specific Values Orientation"
Evening: Optional meeting with student groups
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| January 11th |
AM: Chinese language class
PM: ICC Session: "Intercultural Competence in the Workplace"
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| January 12th |
Flight to Chengdu, transport to Panda Center in Sichuan, hotel check-in
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| January 13th |
AM: Service project at Panda Center
PM: Create and conduct needs assessment
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| January 14th |
AM: Service project
PM: ICC Session: "Developing cross-cultural curricula" |
| January 15th |
AM: Visit Shangli town interact with villagers
PM: Curriculum development
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| January 16th |
AM: Service project
PM: Curriculum development |
| January 17th |
AM: Service wrap-up
PM: Present curriculum to community |
| January 18th |
Transfer to Chengdu
Depart on overnight train to Xi'an
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| January 19th |
Check into hotel
Visit Terra Cotta Warriors Museum
Work on Chinglish project
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| January 20th |
City tour in Xi'an
Present Chinglish project to group
Evening train to Shanghai |
| January 21st |
Check into hotel
City tour
Chinglish project
Evening: Wrap up seminar
Farewell Dinner |
| January 22nd |
End of program |
*Dates and itinerary are tentative and subject to change. Participants will receive final program itinerary 30 days prior to program start.
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Academics
As globalization draws us closer together, it is critical that we understand not only ourselves but also the other cultures and perspectives that influence our society. China has long been a mystery to much of the western world, but it's increasingly important role in our economy demands that the political, business, and academic leaders of tomorrow be prepared to join with China in setting the course for our future. While good intentions are helpful, intercultural skills and common language are the real foundation for successful interactions between people from different cultures.
We've developed a customized curriculum that combines 20 hours of Mandarin language study with 25 hours of Intercultural Competence training (ICC). The Mandarin instruction will focus on the basic language skills needed to interact with locals in everyday situations. The Intercultural Competence portion will include topics such as intercultural communications, cultural self-awareness, ICC in the workplace, and Chinese cultural traditions. The classroom curriculum will be reinforced through service learning projects that will take place during your excursions throughout the country. In each of the projects, you will interact with local people while you learn about aspects of Chinese history or contemporary Chinese society. With 45 total hours of classroom learning, the academic program is designed to earn up to 3 transfer credits at your college or university.
All classes will be held at the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts in Beijing, the only school in China dedicated to traditional Chinese opera. The 2,000 students enrolled here are working towards bachelors or masters degrees with specialties in opera performance, management or education. This will be a great place for you to meet creative students from China and other parts of the world, and learn about a Chinese art form that has been practiced for more than 1,000 years!
