NOTE: All courses are offered at the 100 - 400 university levels, and taught by qualified
faculty. Students take placement exam to determine level.
Learn Mandarin Chinese language: all levels - elementary to advanced: 8 levels. Chinese courses include: Reading and Writing, Listening and Speaking, Composition, Introduction to Modern Chinese.
Reading and Writing: 10 hr/w, from level 1-3. This course concentrates on study for Chinese pinyin, basic sentence patterns and Chinese characters, in order to help acquire a knowledge of Chinese pinyin, basic grammar, and to master the skill of writing Chinese characters, short essays, and to read Chinese.
Listening and Speaking: 9 hr/w, from level 1-3. This course focuses on the Chinese pinyin, simple daily conversation to help students improve skills in speaking and listening. Extensive drills.
Intensive Reading: 8 hr/w, from level 4-8. Students consolidate the grammar and vocabulary from the first 3 textbooks, building up vocabulary, discriminate the meaning and usage of words and expressions, continue to study sentence patterns and grammar, and intensify the training in Chinese reading.
Extensive reading: 2 hr/w, from level 4-8. Intensive training of students in reading, expanding scope of readings, speed, increase vocabulary.
Listening: 4 hr/w, from level 4-6. Establish correct listening habits, master techniques and methods, expand areas of knowledge, build vocabulary, improve listening comprehension through intensive practicing of sentences, paragraphs, conversations, and essays.
Spoken Chinese: 4 hr/w, from level 4-8. Helps students master the techniques of spoken Chinese in a variety of situations. Advance training in colloquial expression.
News Listening and Newspaper Reading: 4 hr/w, from level 7-8. Help students acquire significant proficiency in Chinese newspaper reading and news listening.
Composition: 2 hr/w, from level 4-8. This course concentrates on the study of practical Chinese writing and narration, in order to improve student's ability of expression in writing.
Fudan University was founded in 1905, and named after a Confucian classic "Shang Shu" written about two thousand years ago. Over the past 80 years, Fudan University has grown into a comprehensive university consisting of 5 branches of learning: the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, technological sciences, and management studies. Fudan has 8 schools, 29 departments, 23 research institutes, and 9 inter department centers. Over 11,000 students attend, and is staffed by more than 2500 teachers. Undergraduate and graduate degrees are awarded.
Shanghai has a population of 13 million people and is one of China's largest cities, as well as one of China's three municipalities. Shanghai is a flourishing city with rich cultural resources and is an important place to witness the contemporary and changing life of Chinese people. Shanghai is China's largest industrial city as well as the financial, informational, and cultural center of the country. Shanghai is also an important port city, and has the second largest airport in China with over 40 international and domestic air lines. Shanghai is set to become once again the "Wall Street" of the east, as it continues its amazing growth within a "new" China. It's thriving metropolis continues to attract students from all over the world to experience its vitality in helping to change the face of China.
Staff there may organize visits to: Shanghai sites, Suzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Guilin, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Xian, as well as to Beijing. It often depends on if there is enough interest among the students. It is not guaranteed that any trips will be provided, for it all depends on the staff schedule there. Students often group up and go on local field trips and excursions themselves for it is so easy to do. But if there are any organized trips, participation is optional, and cost extra (paid directly there).