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Longwood University

Study Business in China

May 10-29, 2009
Accepting New Students Through Feb. 5!
 

Learn firsthand about business in modern China
while immersing yourself in a culture rich in history and tradition.

View the Longwood Show video made by students in 2008!
Skip the first few minutes about "Game Night"--China program video follows

Spend 2 1/2 weeks at Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, China, studying international management and communication and participating in activities with the students at Anhui University.  Your accompanying professors will be Dr. Lily Ren and Dr. Melanie Marks.  Features of your trip:  

  • MANG 295 or MANG 495:  Management and Communication in China
         (
    May be substituted for COMM 420 Intercultural Communication)
               OR
  • ECON 111: Contemporary Economic Issues for the 21st Century
  • Visits to companies in Ma’anshan, Beijing and Shanghai
  • Conversational Chinese lessons
  • Chinese cooking demonstrations
  • Your own Chinese "Buddy" from Anhui University of Technology
  • Visit The Great Wall, The Forbidden City, Yellow Mountain, Taiping Lake, Nanjing, Shanghai
  • Activities and programs in which you and your Chinese "buddy" participate
  • Lodging and meals will be in the Anhui University campus hotel (air-conditioned, etc.)

Important information:
See Dr. Marks or Dr. Ren today!
Accepting new students through Feb. 5!

Application due by November 13, 2008
Interview with Dr. Ren & Dr. Marks November 17-21 (or before)
$1,000 Deposit due December 4, 2008
 

   

Course Options (choose one):

MANG 295/495:  MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION IN CHINA (3 credits) China is a major force in today’s global marketplace.  Explore how businesses are expanding into the global market and how they must adjust to compete in this new and unfamiliar political, economic, social and cultural environment.  Learn how to effectively communicate in a global setting and become immersed in the Chinese culture with some conversational Chinese lessons and visits to multinational companies.  (This course substitutes for COMM 420 for Communications majors and minors.)

ECON 111 Contemporary Economic Issues for the 21st Century (3 credits)

Participation in this program waives Gen Ed Goal 9 as an "approved international experience"
ECON 111 meets Goal 8 as a “Social Science"
COMM 420 meets Goal 12 as an “upper level humanities” course
or counts as a required course in the Communications Studies major


$2,950 Program Price* Includes:
Round-trip Airfare Richmond-Beijing / Shanghai-Richmond and Beijing-Nanjing
Transportation to all sites on itinerary
Accommodations in hotels in Beijing, Shanghai, Anhui University campus hotel
3 meals per day
Excursions and tours
(Yellow Mountain; Nanjing; Shanghai; Beijing, Great Wall, Forbidden City)
Medical insurance in China
Visa application fee

*Program price is approximate; it may change due to currency fluctuations, airfare price changes, etc., but is not expected to change drastically. 

Tuition is not included in the above cost


Anhui University of Technology

This is the program for you if  you want to. . .

·         Experience a new life style;

·         Climb the Great Wall;

·         Visit the Forbidden City;

·         Go boating in the lake of the Summer Palace;

·         Climb to the misty summit of Yellow Mountain;

·         Visit Shanghai—a futuristic marvel and the economic center of China;

·         Taste foods you've never tried before;

·         And enjoy many other exciting activities with a student “buddy” from Anhui University of Technology.

If you are interested, grab this amazing opportunity!
Mark your calendar and come to the information session, 3:30 pm in Hiner 210, on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

      
Anhui University of Technology

View the Longwood Show video made by students in 2008!
Skip the first few minutes about "Game Night"--China program video follows

 

Typical daily Schedule during the program:
8:00 am  breakfast
9:00 – 12:00 classes and activities
12:00-2:00 lunch and free time
2:00-5:00  accompanied class activities in Ma'anshan
6:00 dinner
7:30-9:30  discussions; homework; some evening activities

 

    

Application and $1,000 deposit due December 4, 2008
Make checks payable to Longwood University

Pick up a PAYMENT FORM
from info racks outside of Ruffner 146 International Affairs,

Fill in the program and account number as follows):  
*Program:  China  /  *Account: 81164

Take to Office of Cashiering, Lancaster

Check this site often as we add more details, course syllabus, itinerary, etc.

Information:
Dr. Lily Ren (renr@longwood.edu) 434-395-2832
Dr. Melanie Marks (marksmb@longwood.edu) 434-395-2372

or
Office of International Affairs (434-395-2172), Ruffner 146
 

Lily Run Ren, PhD

Assistant Professor of Management

College of Business & Economics

Longwood University

Farmville, VA 23909

Phone: 434-395-2832

 

Email: renr@longwood.edu

Melanie Marks, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
College of Business & Economics
Longwood University
Farmville, VA 23909
Phone: 434-395-2372

Email: marksmb@longwood.edu



Anhui University of Technology