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Students can earn 6 credits in two classes in the KIIS summer program in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province in China’s southwest. The curriculum varies from year to year. The program also provides workshops in subjects like Chinese painting and tai chi and includes field trips in the area. Kunming’s climate is moderate year round and the surrounding area is home to several of China’s ethnic minorities. At the end of the program, students travel to Xian, site of the terra cotta warriors, and Beijing where they visit the Great Wall and Forbidden City as well as other must see sites.
The University of Louisville is a member of KIIS, a consortium of universities based at Murray State University, and U of L students have regularly participated in this program.
Further information about the program in China can be obtained from the UofL International Center or from kiis.org
During summer 2004 and 2005, intermediate and advanced language students from the University of Louisville have had opportunities to study Chinese at the Beijing Foreign Language University: Website
The College of Arts and Science at the University of Louisville has an on-going relationship with Nankai University. One of the top universities in China, Nankai is located in Tianjin, which is near the sea about two hours east of Beijing. Since 2002, five faculty from Nankai have been visiting professors at U of L and have taught classes in Chinese, Chinese Studies, and Political Science. Nankai University has one of the best Chinese as a Second Language Programs in China.
For more information, visit the Nankai University Website
In 2000, as part of the U of L Honors seminar “Buddhism in China,” students traveled to Beijing, Xian and various Buddhist sites, including the cave temples at Yungang and the sacred Wutai Mountain in the northern province of Shanxi and to the Baoding grottoes in the western province of Sichuan.