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Information on this page is based on last year's program. Prices, dates, and itineraries may change. Please continue to check this site, or send an email to studyabroad@wayne.edu to be notified when next year's information is available.
This program is the culmination of the undergraduate course ISP 4700, the honors course ISP 5500 and the graduate course ISP 7500: Interdisciplinary Core Seminar, subtitled
Cultures, Organizations, and Stories. Spring Break will be spent in China, offering Wayne
State University students the chance to witness first
hand the profound transitions occurring in the oldest
civilization in the world.
As well as visiting international companies in China, students will visit significant cultural sites in the great cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Hang Zhou, including the Forbidden City, the Summer place, the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Confucius Temple, the old Marketplace, Silk Road Alley, cultural and art museums, tea and silk factories, and other places of fascination.
It is a time of new beginnings in China. After decades of isolation, China has been admitted recently to the World Trade Organization and is poised to enter into new alliances with the United States. At the start of the 21st century, we find ourselves with the opportunity to build a bridge across the Pacific between people and cultures. |
Winter 2008-The week of spring break
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March 7-15, 2008.
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| Hang Zhou, Shanghai and Beijing, China
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Education and Interdisciplinary
Studies Program. The program is also applicable to students
in business, anthropology, sociology, history, humanities, and geography,
and most other fields.
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Undergraduate and Graduate
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| ISP 4770
ISP 5500
ISP 7500
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4 credit hours
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Dr. Richard Raspa
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Undergraduate and graduate Wayne State
University students are eligible to participate as well
as students from universities and colleges interested
in receiving college credits.
Selection of applicants is done on a rolling basis-that
is, applications are accepted and students evaluated and
considered for admission throughout the academic year.
You will be notified of your acceptance status by the
Office of Study Abroad and Global Programs. If you wish
to participate, within 14 days of notification of acceptance
into the program, you will be required to sign and return
the Decision Form and Waiver and Release Statement to
accept the terms of the program and secure your place.
Additionally, you must include the non-refundable program
deposit.
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Other than travel, students have required
readings; attendance at: lectures, seminars, pre-departure
activities, and discussion groups; final essays (The
reading/writing requirements are different for graduate
students.)
To summarize the course assignments, in addition
to two analytical papers, the final project for the
course is a cross-cultural study of the fast food industry
in America and China . Students are required to choose
an organization such as McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken,
or Starbucks, then to conduct interviews with employees
in Detroit and in each city visited -- Shanghai
and Beijing. Students are expected to draw provisional
conclusions about differences between work practices
and innovation in China and America .
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$2,750-Cost includes administrative fees, airfare, all hotels, taxes, entrance fees, visa, guides and scheduled internal transportation. Program fees may change due to unexpected increases in airline surcharges. If this occurs, those fees will be passed on to program participants.
The non-refundable deposit of $500 is due within 14 days of accepting admission into the program.
The remaining three payments of $750 are due November 5 and December 3, 2007 and January 23, 2008.
The deposit and all payments are to be made out to Wayne State University. The deposit and all payments can be made by check, money order, Visa and MasterCard. Students wanting to pay program fees with either a Visa or MasterCard must print out the credit card authorization form and submit it to the office with the appropriate information.
Additionally, you are required to pay tuition for 4 credit hours at your appropriate rate which is payable through the normal tuition payment process.
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$97 |
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Individual |
| Meals |
Individual |
| Personal expenses |
Individual |
Please note that you are required to pay tuition for
4 credit hours at your appropriate rate, payable through
the normal tuition payment process. For more information,
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here.
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| Applications can be downloaded here or found at:
The Office of Study Abroad and Global Programs
5155 Gullen Mall
1600 Undergraduate Library
Detroit, MI 48202
Tel: 313-577-3207
studyabroad@wayne.edu
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Students are encouraged to apply for
WSU's Global Grant to offset some of their additional
expenses. Applications can be downloaded here or visit:
The Office of Study Abroad and Global Programs
5155 Gullen Mall
1600 Undergraduate Library
Detroit, MI 48202
Tel: 313-577-3207
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| Participants who wish to cancel must
do so in writing by mail or e-mail. Notifications should
be sent to:
Amberly Chirolla
Study Abroad and Global Programs
5155 Gullen Mall
1600 Undergraduate Library
Detroit, MI 48202
amberly@wayne.edu
Participants are responsible for all program fees until
notification is received by Study Abroad and Global
Programs. Refunds are subject to the refund policy as
listed below.
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The Office of Study Abroad and Global
Programs guarantees space on the program for participants
upon receipt of the confirmation deposit. At that point,
the Office of Study Abroad and Global Programs incurs
non-recoverable costs. Therefore, any participant who
cancels at any time after the confirmation deposit has
been received will be responsible for the deposit in
addition to the following, upon cancellation from the
program:
Cancellation Period Refund
| 90 days or more before start of the
program |
100% of program fees less $500 non-refundable
deposit |
60-89 days before start of the program |
50% of program fees less $500 non-refundable deposit |
| 1-59 days before start of the program |
No refund |
This program is subject to minimum enrollment levels. If these levels are not reached the program will be cancelled. Enrolled participants will then have the option to transfer to another program or receive a full refund.
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"The China study trip is unlike any other course you'll ever take. Whether your goal in life is to be a CEO or make friendships that cross cultures, this class teaches you how to be successful. Through memorable readings, class discussions and an unforgetable trip of a lifetime to China, these fifteen weeks will develop for you a new innovative frame to see life throug. You will learn to spot opportunities that will help you in all of your future endeavors."
Forever changed and grateful, David Topolewski, Honors Student
"I was amazed at what we encountered in China. We had a chance to study along side of Chinese students at Zhejiang University and were able to tour numerous businesses and even some that have locations in the US and China. What we viewed was equal to watching a history movie about America's transition from farm to factory. I traveled to China a stranger to the land and departed saying so long to many new friends. It was a trip that changed my vision of the world.
Rick McKiddy, MISP Graduate Student and UAW Rep.
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Program Brochure
Program Application
Dr. Richard Raspa
Professor and Graduate Chair
Interdisciplinary Studies
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan 48202
Tel: (313) 577-6578
aa2267@wayne.edu
Amberly Chirolla
Study Abroad and Global Programs
5155 Gullen Mall
1600 Undergraduate Library
Detroit, MI 48202
amberly@wayne.edu
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