Page Contents<\/span><\/nav>\n\n\n\nCore Phase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Students enroll in a language course, taught at BU Shanghai, two elective courses, taught in English at Fudan University, and the internship for a total of 16 Boston University units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Required Language Course<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
All students choose one of the following courses, depending on their language level. Native Chinese speakers are required to take CAS LC 421. Each course carries four units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note:<\/em><\/strong> Syllabi are for course approval and reference only. Students will receive up-to-date syllabi when their courses begin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\r\n
CAS LC 111<\/span>
First Semester Chinese<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Essentials of structure, oral practice, introduction to the writing system.<\/p>\r\n
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- BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n
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CAS LC 112<\/span>
Second Semester Chinese<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Prerequisite: CAS LC 111 First-Term Chinese, or the equivalent.<\/em><\/p>\r\nEssentials of structure, oral practice, introduction to the writing system.<\/p>\r\n
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- BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n
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CAS LC 211<\/span>
Third Semester Chinese<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Prerequisite: CAS LC 112 Second-Term Chinese, or the equivalent.<\/em><\/p>\r\nReview of structure and grammar, practice in conversation and writing, introduction to reading.<\/p>\r\n
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- BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n
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CAS LC 212<\/span>
Fourth Semester Chinese<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Prerequisite: CAS LC 211 Third-Term Chinese, or the equivalent.<\/em><\/p>\r\nReview of structure and grammar, practice in conversation and writing, introduction to reading. Satisfactory completion of CAS LC 212 fulfills the CAS language requirement.<\/p>\r\n
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- BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n
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- Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy<\/li>\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n
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CAS LC 311<\/span>
Third Year Modern Chinese I<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Prerequisite: CAS LC 212 Fourth-Term Chinese, or the equivalent.<\/em><\/p>\r\nReadings and discussion in modern Chinese of a range of authentic materials, including essays, newspaper articles and multi-media recourses. Explore social issues in contemporary Chinese society (e.g. love and marriage, education, employment, population, housing problem, etc.) and compare them with the other countries.<\/p>\r\n
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- BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n
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CAS LC 312<\/span>
Third Year Modern Chinese II<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Prerequisite: CAS LC 311 Third Year Modern Chinese I, or the equivalent.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n- Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n
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CAS LC 411<\/span>
Fourth Year Modern Chinese I<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Prerequisite: CAS LC 312 Third Year Modern Chinese II, or the equivalent.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n- Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n
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CAS LC 412<\/span>
Fourth Year Modern Chinese II<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Prerequisite: CAS LC 411 4th Year Modern Chinese I, or the equivalent.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n- Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n
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CAS LC 421<\/span>
Topics in Chinese Language and Culture<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Near-native fluency required.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n- Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n
Core Phase Elective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Students choose two of the following elective courses, all of which are taught in English by Fudan University faculty. The schedule and course offerings vary each term. Courses on the list below are from past terms and subject to change. Students will receive further details on elective courses as soon as they are finalized by Fudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elective Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\r\n
QST MK 467<\/span>
International Marketing<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
This course aims to provide students with an in-depth and critical understanding of the opportunities and challenges in global consumer and business markets, with a focus on the perspectives of Asian and Chinese consumers. The curriculum centers on essential knowledge and skills required for a marketing manager to effectively develop and execute strategic, tactical, and administrative marketing strategies and operations. Additionally, the course emphasizes the growing importance of e-marketing in today’s interconnected world.<\/p>\r\n
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China’s Population and Development<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Spring only.<\/em><\/p>\r\nChina has been undergoing two exceedingly rapid transformations in the past half a century: a demographic transition with dramatic decrease in fertility and mortality, and an economic transition from a planned economy to a market economy. The compressed demographic transition has made China a country with a very low population growth rate and accelerating population aging, and unprecedented economic reform has lifted China to the ranks of middle-income countries. This course aims to introduce basic concepts and theories in demography, discuss the interconnection between demographic change and socioeconomic transformation, and also explore the socioeconomic consequences of population policies in China.<\/p>\r\n
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Culture and Health<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Spring only.<\/em><\/p>\r\nThis course examines health and illness from a cultural perspective. Specifically, we will analyze the social meanings associated with health and illness, medical knowledge production, medical decision-making, and global health in cross-cultural contexts. The students will have a chance to delve into issues related with the social processes of framing illness, the medicalization of life, the complexity and uncertainty surrounding medical decisions, and the cultural aspects of health practices across the globe.<\/p>\r\n
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Doing Fieldwork in China<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Spring only.<\/em><\/p>\r\nThis course aims to situate students’ fieldwork experiences within a framework of the local social contexts to provide students with conceptual and methodological tools for approaching their field placements; to evaluate their own experiences and observations through critical reflection; Anthropology provides a new language, a set of technical concepts, and a new methodological toolkit that will hopefully help you better observe, describe and understand the local social world around you. In learning the anthropological perspective, I hope that you develop a critical, even \u201cskeptical\u201d view toward superficial explanations of human behavior by replacing your common-sense understandings of social interaction with an uncommon sense about the structure and process of social life. As we learn about cultural anthropology as a social science we will learn to discriminate between reasonable and unreasonable generalizations made on the basis of limited evidence.<\/p>\r\n
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Development Studies<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Fall only.<\/em><\/p>\r\nThis course will guide students in developing social research skills in real-life topics. By taking this course, students will learn different procedures of social research methods. Also, by applying one or several research methods in studying a substantive question, students are expected to accumulate first-hand experience in social science studies. In this process, they also garner a better understanding of Chinese society.<\/p>\r\n
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Introduction to Chinese Society<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\n
This course aims to familiarize students with a number of themes about Chinese society. As the rapid development and comprehensive social transition in China has increasingly been a global focus, it is necessary to better understand the social, cultural and political forces that underpin China\u2019s unique development trajectory and the current situation. In turn, such an understanding further calls for a process of learning an array of key notions and conceptual tools that will be methodically introduced and explicated throughout the semester.<\/p>\r\n
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Psychology and Life<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Fall only.<\/em><\/p>\r\nThis course is offered to any undergraduate students interested in the science of psychology. The course embraces the vision of American Psychological Association (APA), \u201cto advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people\u2019s lives\u201d (www.apa.org). Therefore, students are encouraged to apply what they have learned from the course to enhance the quality of their lives as well as the lives of others if possible. Moreover, as the name of the course suggests, it is hoped that by the emphasis of a cross-cultural perspective in teaching, students may develop the sensitivity as well as the appreciation for diversity in human lives, and therefore embrace a more open and tolerant attitude towards themselves and others.<\/p>\r\n
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Religion in Chinese Society<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\n
This course is designed to introduce students to the sociological study of religion in traditional Chinese society and the late modern world. The purpose of this course is to explain differing perspectives in understanding the significant role of Chinese religion in both the traditional and contemporary world. Discussion will focus on the similarities and contrasts in the dynamics of modernization as experienced in China and in the West, especially those spiritual convictions that lie at the heart of the Chinese heritage of popular belief and practice.<\/p>\r\n
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Social Capital Research<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
Fall only.<\/em><\/p>\r\nThis course provides an overview of social capital research and its implication for individual mobility and social support. Topics covered in this class include the different schools of social capital, its individual and collective roots, how it relates to social support and individual health, as well as its application for contemporary economic and social life.<\/p>\r\n
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Theory and Reality: Population Migration in China<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\n
As one of the most populous countries in the world, China has experienced a rapid increase in its rural migrant population since the early 1980s, when the reform of the household registration (hukou) system was on the agenda. Due to the large number of rural laborers leaving the countryside to work in urban areas, China has undergone the largest and fastest urbanization in the world. This course starts from introducing the evolution of spatial patterns of internal migration and reasons for migration; and tries to illustrate the characteristics and wellbeing of the migrants; finally evaluates the impacts of the migration on urbanization and regional development.<\/p>\r\n
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Internship Phase<\/h2>\n\n\n\nInternship Course<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Study Abroad will enroll students in a non-unit Hub co-curricular and a four-unit internship course, which includes a classroom component. Placements are contingent upon the students’ past experiences, professional interests, and relevant academic history, as well as the availability of opportunities in any given term; flexibility is essential. Upon successful completion of the internship experience, students will receive a Hub requirement in the area Individual in Community<\/em> from the co- curricular HUB SA 330.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n
HUB SA 330<\/span>
\r\nStudy Abroad Internship<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\nThis course is a Non-unit Hub Co-curricular.\r\n
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COM CM 471<\/span>
Internship in Advertising\/Marketing\/Public Relations<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
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CAS AH 505<\/span>
Internship in Arts\/Architecture\/Arts Administration<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
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CAS HU 425<\/span>
Internship in the Visual\/Performing Arts<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
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CAS EC 497<\/span>
Internship in Business\/Economics<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n
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