Project Title: The Office of International Programs, International Institute
Contact

William Nolting
International Center
603 E Madison, 1370
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Tel:  734 647-2299 
Email:  bnolting@umich.edu

 

 

Jordon Pollock
Ofc of International Prog
G513 Michigan Union
1349
Tel: 734 764-4311 
Fax: 734-764-3229 
Email: jipol@umich.edu 
Website
Description: The University of Michigan's Office of International Programs (OIP) administers over 70 programs in 36 countries on six continents. The Peking University (PU) and Beijing Normal University (BNU) programs both begin at BNU with a mandatory seven-week intensive language training session focused on developing skills at the intermediate and advanced levels. UM students who wish to spend only the fall semester in China remain at BNU, where they take continuing courses in written and spoken Chinese, and in Chinese literature and history covering the period 1900-1949. Those who elect to stay for an academic year may do so at BNU or, following the summer program, move to Peking University. At PU抯 Center for Teaching Chinese to Foreigners, the language and literature curriculum emphasizes improvement of spoken and written Mandarin and deepening one抯 understanding of Chinese society and culture. Students with sufficient proficiency may audit or take regular university courses in history, the social sciences, and other fields on both campuses. Supervised independent study for credit is possible and encouraged.  Students with at least elementary Mandarin Chinese take humanities and social science courses at Beijing University or Beijing Normal University through the University of California  Education Abroad Program, Includes mandatory summer language training at Tsinghua University.
period: continuous
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Sponsors: Office of International Programs
Partnerships: Peking University, Beijing Normal University, University of California Education Abroad Program, Tsinghua University