Chinese Experience: Study Abroad in Taiwan

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This interdisciplinary, three-week study abroad program in Taiwan introduces Chinese culture through the lens of language, society, and political systems. Students will have the opportunity to witness modern, traditional, urban, suburban and rural life in this land and discover how traditional Chinese culture coexists with modern westernized society. Students can study Taiwanese contemporary Chinese culture and how it coexists with traditional culture. This program will include academic study under a professor to offer a closer look at these lands and people. There will be language study, lectures, day trips, hands-on learning, and guided study tours to museums, including the National Palace Museum, Taipei 101, tea culture, and other historical sites. We can also taste authentic Taiwanese and Chengdu cuisine as well as others local food at night markets. Offered as ASIA 308 and CHIN 308 . Counts as a Local & Global Engagement course. Prereq: CHIN 101 and CHIN 102 .