For over two decades, Furman has run the annual Fall in China term study away program. The program includes a three-week educational tour of China that in recent years has featured visits to Beijing, the Great Wall, Xi'an, Dunhuang, Tibet, Shanghai, Chengdu, Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Guilin, Lijang, and Huangshan. This is followed by a term of study at Soochow University in Suzhou where students typically take Chinese language courses and a Contemporary Chinese Society class specially taught for our program by Chinese instructors and at least one course taught by a Furman faculty China specialist. In 2009, Dr. Zhang Dongming (Modern Languages and Literature) is teaching Popular Chinese Literature and Film, and Dr. Kate Kaup (Political Science) is teaching Issues in Chinese Politics: Environmental Politics. Each Furman student is assigned a Chinese roomate and has the opportunity to participate in a substantive internship. The program also includes a home stay experience and a number of field trips in and around Suzhou. Applications are available in the Asian Studies suite during the preceding Winter term. Typically, between ten and twenty-five applicants are accepted. Participants must take part in the Spring orientation program. Full Furman credit is earned for three or four classes.

For more information, contact AS Program Coordinator Becky Duckett. (ext. 2545) or AS Chair, Kate Kaup (ext. 3150).