Draft Program for a Summer School

Home , University of Potsdam

Universität Potsdam

August 2012

for the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

at the University of Potsdam INHALT

Introduction ...... 2

Draft Program ...... 3

1. Introduction ...... 3

2. Overview ...... 4

3. Courses ...... 5

4. Assessment ...... 5

5. Counseling...... 5

6. Cultural activities ...... 5

7. Campus facilities ...... 6

8. Housing and meals ...... 6

9. Cost ...... 6

Kontakt | Contact ...... 7

1 Potsdam and its University

You will find Potsdam and nearby Berlin to be two very exciting and vibrating places. Throughout the entire year both cities offer an enormous mixture of cultural activities. Public transport allows for easy and fast travel from and to all locations in Potsdam and Berlin.

Potsdam is also a good place to start exploring Germany or Europe. You will find fast train connections to almost any city in Germany. You can for example reach Munich within 6 hours, or spend a day exploring Hamburg, which is only 2.5 hours away. The two nearby airports in Berlin will also allow you to conveniently reach more distant locations.

The University of Potsdam, a place with quite a special atmosphere, was founded in 1991. The central campus of the university lies directly next to the Park of Sanssouci, the university facilities are partly accommodated in the historic buildings of the New Palace. Today the university distinguishes itself by wide-ranging internal and external research cooperation and has quite an international atmosphere.

2 Draft Program

1. Introduction

Since 2008 the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE in the following) and the University of Potsdam (UP in the following) have intensively collaborated in the field of Business Studies. This cooperation is organized between the School of Foreign Studies on the Chinese and the Department of Economic and Social Sciences on the German side.

Thanks to Mr. Dai, currently a student at the Department of Economic and Social Sciences, the course office of the International Relations Office of UP could for the first time welcome seven UIBE students as participants in the International Summer Academy last year.

He also supported us in making the contact to Ms. Xiang, Deputy Director of the International Relations Office at UIBE, This brought about the inquiry about a course centering on Europe and Germany and focusing on politics, economy and history.

This program outline is based on our long-term expertise with courses we developed and now administer for two US universities, the University of California and the College of William&Mary, Williamsburg, VA. To ensure excellence and high quality in both course concept and instruction, our office will closely cooperate with the Department of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Potsdam.

Quality approach:

. Excellence in teaching and learning outcomes

. Courses which support change and encourage innovative approaches to teaching and learning

. Flexible delivery, meaning provision of resources and application of technologies to create, store and distribute program content, enrich communication, and provide support and services to enable both more effective learning and better management of learning by the learner

. Application of knowledge in professional settings

Participant qualities:

There is commitment at all levels of our staff to the development of graduates who possess a set of distinctive qualities encompassing:

. professional knowledge

. problem-solving abilities

. capacity to operate both autonomously and collaboratively

. ethical and social responsibility

. effective communication skills

. an international perspective.

Organizing concepts:

. student centered learning– meaning the intention to increase learner access to learning opportunities and control over the learning process

. graduate qualities– meaning choice of teaching and learning arrangements to develop the desired qualities in a program participant

. continuous assessment to mark learners’ progress

. regular evaluation of program through both participants and staff

3 Our programs are tailored to the addressees’ requirements. The partner university sets the goals as to what its students are supposed to achieve in their courses content-wise. This clearly defined learning objective is our basis for choosing the appropriate instructors and adjusting syllabi.

2. Overview

Adresses: Chinese and non-Chinese English speaking senior undergraduate or graduate students of UIBE

Number of participants: 25

Workload: 36 hours (18 x 45 minutes/week)

Duration: 2 weeks in August

Accommodation: Potsdam dorms

Course content: 1. German History (focus on Prussia, 6 lessons/week Potsdam, Berlin)

2. The European Union and Germany´s 6 lessons/week Role in the EU

3. The Euro Crisis and Germany 6 lessons/week

18 LESSONS/WEEK

Course syllabi will be developed by experts in the Department of Economic and Social Sciences, who will also take over the instruction during the course.

Model Timetable

Time/Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

9 – 10 The European The European German History The Euro Crisis Union Union 10 – 11

11 – 12 The European The Euro Crisis German History German History Union 12 – 13

13 – 14 Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break

14 – 15 The Euro Crisis

15 – 16

Otherwise from 2 p.m. onwards: self-study time, field trips, sightseeing

As a sample, course 2 could for instance cover EU policy-making along three core dimensions of public policy:

- Institutions that constitute the polity, - processes that delimit politics within the EU and - the actual contents that make the substantive supranational policies.

Field trips would for example include a visit to the Berlin Reichstag and the government district or meetings with politicians.

3. Courses

Classes take place from Monday to Thursday, leaving Friday and the weekend to either fieldtrips or free for personal use. The professors teaching in our courses are long-term experts in working with international students and closely affiliated to UP.

Course quality is monitored in several ways:

. regular talks with teachers about their impressions of the classes and students’ progress

. regular talks with students about their impression of the teachers, materials dealt with and their progress

. sitting in on classes to monitor teacher-student and/or student-student interaction and methodological aspects (program manager and tutors)

. a final evaluation questionnaire the participants are asked to fill in shortly before the end of the program

4. Assessment

Usually assessment is based on German standards (1.0/1.3/1.7 etc.). UIBE and UP should agree on how this grading can be translated into the UIBE system to ensure that the results achieved are fully recognized at the students home university. Grading is based on performance in class, quizzes, homework and the result in the final exam.

5. Counseling

Counseling will be provided by the course office (program manager and assistant) as well as several student tutors. Support is given in academic and personal matters should be need.

6. Cultural activities

Extracurricular activities are an important part of the course. They are usually partly linked to seminar topics (fieldtrips to places dealt with in class), but additionally we want to ensure that the course participants get to know at least some important landmarks of our surroundings and the people who live there. That is why we also offer:

. two guided city tours of Potsdam and Berlin,

5 . visits to the castles and gardens in Potsdam . a boat trip on the river Havel . a tour of the historic city center of Potsdam . office tutors give insights into student life at UP

7. Campus facilities

As the course center resides on the New Palace campus of UP, classes take place there. The classrooms are well-equipped and offer the necessary facilities to ensure a high-quality learning outcome. Participants can use the campus computer pool, have internet access and facilities for independent study and tutoring.

As participants are registered students of UP, they have access to all campus facilities like libraries, sports and recreational facilities, dining halls, computer labs, etc. Participants also enjoy the general benefits that come with the student status such as reduced prices for public transportation, student-priced tickets for social events, museums, fares, etc.

8. Housing and meals

The students live in modern, refurbished dormitories if they wish to do so. These are situated in Potsdam, and the public transport system allows for quick access to campus, the city of Potsdam and Berlin.

Breakfast and dinner are mostly taken at the dorms. Lunch can be eaten at the university- operated cafeteria or at the refectory.

9. Cost

The course fee per person will amount to 750 Euro, based on the cost for instruction and housing. The price includes all teaching and course materials such as copies provided by the staff, the student ID (with discounts at the student dining hall and in scientific and cultural centers in Potsdam and Berlin), accommodation as well as the complete cultural program.

Payment can be arranged in two installments, the first one in June and the second one in August during the course.

6 Contact

Address: Universität Potsdam Akademisches Auslandsamt Am Neuen Palais 10 D-14469 Potsdam

Dr. Regina Neum- Flux

Head of the International Relation Office house 8, room 1.06, Campus Neues Palais

Phone: +49(0)331 / 977-1533 Fax: +49(0)331 / 977-1798

Coordination at course office

Kerstin-Sabine Reinicke

project manager house 9, room 0.18, Campus Neues Palais

Phone: +49(0)331 / 977-1724 Fax: +49(0)331 / 977-4283

Martin Müller

assistent manager house 9, room 0.18, Campus Neues Palais

Phone: +49(0)331 / 977-1867 Fax: +49(0)331 / 977-4283

Email: [email protected]

Homepage: www.uni-potsdam.de/aaa/kurse