2010 China Summer Study Program
Nanjing Road Shanghai
This may be your once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to China, or just the start of your Chinese adventures. Go now and receive UW credit. Get a comprehensive overview of China—business, economics, agriculture, the environment, natural resources—from the booming cities of Shanghai and Beijing to the mountainous Tibetan border. Converse with local experts, share meals with families in cities and rural villages, see historic sites. Open to all academic levels from freshman to graduate student.
Why China?
1) Even in these recessionary times, international investors continue to look to China as a potential engine for economic growth. China's position in the global economy continues to surpass expectations and creates new and unique opportunities and challenges for both public policymakers and private business executives. Future international business leaders will have to understand this culture, old and new.
2) Agriculture and agribusiness have played and continue to play a major role in China’s economic development.
3) China’s rapid economic development has resulted in significant challenges to the population and to policy makers where threatened landscapes, livelihood strategies and cultural and biological diversity collide.
Goals/Objectives:
- Learn about doing business in China--financial institutions, investment opportunities, growing markets -- from local experts.
- Learn about the biological, economic and social dimensions of Chinese agriculture through lectures by Chinese faculty and local officials and field trips to markets and to local farms
- See firsthand the eastern Himalayas of southwest China, a “Global Biodiversity Hotspot” and hear about China’s biodiversity conservation and sustainable development efforts in that area.
- Visit cultural landmarks like The Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace.
- Try your hand at Chinese crafts as old as millenia.
- New this year will be an effort to engage in some sort of service activity in several of our locations.
Please stop be 3121 Grainger Hall for information.
Applications for 2010 are now available with a deadline of December 1, 2009.
An Information Session for 2010 will be held Thursday, November 12, from 4:30 to 5:30 in room 3070.
Great Wall
Eligibility:
The tour is open to undergraduate and graduate students of all disciplines from across campus. Enrollment is limited to 15 students. Students will receive three credits of International Business 765 or 365: Contemporary Topics. Participants are required to enroll in IB 399 for 1 credit during the spring semester. This International Perspectives class requires some research on present day China, preparing students to get the most out of their adventure. There will be an organizational meeting in late February and an Orientation on a Saturday in April.
Application Deadline for 2010:
December 1, 2009 Participants are accepted on a first come – first served basis. Applications for summer 2010 are now available on-line for printing.
Dates:
Organizational meeting in February to be announced.
Orientation Day to be announced (one Saturday in April).
Most likely travel dates are May 17 to June 13.
Participants will return to Madison in time for the 8-week summer session on the UW-Madison campus.
This tentative itinerary represents past trips and some possible new activities. Details of this year's trip will be finalized in January.
Expected Travel to China May 17
Beijing
Meet with management of a Chinese company
Lectures at the host university
Service project
Visit The Great Wall, The Forbidden City, The Summer Palace and other tourist attractions
Yunnan Province
Host: Yunnan University
Travel to Lijiang in the mountainous Tibetan border area. View world famous scenic sites, see the effects of fast growing tourism, aggressive hydro power projects, efforts to maintain cultural traditions. Share lunch with local village families. Attend lectures on environmental issues, sustainable and community agricultural businesses.
Visit Kunming, a thriving city with several universities. Attend lectures and cultural site activities.
Lake in Lijiang
Nanjing
Host: Nanjing Agricultural University
Attend lectures on agricultural and environmental conditions, foreign trade and trade policy, culture
Visit local communities and cooperative businesses, a primary school, Ag Research Institute, eco-tourist island
Share an evening with a local family, lunch on a farm
Visit Nanjing Massacre Memorial, Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum and other historical sites and markets
Local visit
Shanghai
Host: FUDAN University
Attend lectures on international interactions and trade issues
Possible Service Project
Visit various cultural and popular commercial sites
Return to Madison June 13
Lijiang Hotel
For background information on China, the following web-site has been recommended by past participants:
Chinese Cultural Studies
Prerequisites
An interest in China is required, but Chinese language competence is not necessary. Freshmen through graduate students of all majors are encouraged to apply.
Credits:
3 credits of International Business 765 or 365 (summer session)
1 credit International Business 399 - International Perspectives will be held during the spring semester with homework.
Estimated Cost
The fee due International Programs will be determined soon. There is a $350 program fee due with your application. It is our goal to hold the estimated cost of the whole program fee to $3500 plus your own airfare.
The fee to be paid to the program includes:
- Education costs - this is not tuition paid to UW as this is not an exchange program
- Scheduled transportation costs within China- air, train, bus
- Entry fees to all scheduled tourist attractions
- Hotel accommodations
- Most meals in Yunnan and Shanghai.
The program fee does not include:
- Airfare (International Programs will suggest a flight and participants purchase their own tickets)
- Most meals in Beijing, and Nanjing (budget $300-$400 for additional meals)
- Entertainment and miscellaneous expenses.
Financial Aid
If you currently receive aid, you may apply the aid to your program abroad. If you do not receive financial aid now, we encourage you to apply if it is estimated that your expenses will be higher in China than they would be if you stayed in Madison.
The Office of Student Financial Aid recommends that you contact them in advance to complete the necessary paperwork. International Programs notifies OSFA of your participation in the program and provides them with an estimated budget for your time abroad. They may adjust the amount of aid for the term that you are abroad based on the estimated budget. Ms. Heidi Johnson handles financial aid for study abroad students.
Direct financial aid inquiries to the Office of Student Financial Aid, 333 East Campus Mall #9701, phone number 262-3060.
Application Information
The 2010 China Summer Study Tour application is now available on-line for printing. The deadline is December 1, 2009.
Turn in your application with the $350 deposit and a transcript (may be unofficial).
The study tour is open to all students campus-wide, and is limited to 15 participants on a first come - first served basis. Admission decisions will be made within a week of the deadline.
For Participants
Students who have been admitted to the China Study Tour will receive an acceptance email. Full payment is due in March.
All participants must register for International Perspectives IB399 section 222 and attend during the spring semester. Details will be included in the acceptance letter.
Contact Information
For further information, contact:
International Programs
3121 Grainger Hall
975 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608 265 5017
E-mail: international@bus.wisc.edu