COST AND FEES POINTS OF CONTACT The Citadel Program Fee $_2,300___ Those interested in participating in this STUDY ABROAD Airfare $_1,400___ study abroad program should contact: ======PROGRAM CHINA Estimate Total Cost = $_3,700___ Dr. Keith Knapp MAYMESTER ‘17 History Department Office (843) 953-5073 [email protected] Interdisciplinary study of the
history, archaeology, art, and
culture of China’s capitals.
May 24- Visit Beijing. Tour Tian’anmen Square, STUDY 26 the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, the Ming ABROAD tombs, and scale the Great Wall
IN CHINA MULTI-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES Make the most of your Maymester and This educational opportunity is provided by The GAIN HISTORICAL AND earn college credit by studying abroad. Citadel’s History Department. Dr. Keith Knapp GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES OBJECTIVES (History) will lead the learning activities Gain historical and global perspectives by To see and experience contemporary China -- associated with this program. Three (3) hours of the nation that is shaping the 21st century. applicable undergraduate or graduate credit may experiencing Chinese historical and To explore China’s past from many different be earned by satisfying the following: cultural accomplishments. Planned angles. Maintain a daily journal of activities and activities include: To make Chinese history real by walking reflections A day and night on the inner through time. Read the assigned texts Mongolian steppe Write a short artifact report and a short site Visits to historical sites, ancient ITINERARY report. Complete one topical/research paper of buildings, museums, and temples
approximately 8-10 pages Lectures on the history of Beijing, Date Activity May 8-13 Arrive in Shanghai. Visit the Bund and Nanjing, Xian (Chang’an), Datong, the Shanghai Museum. In Nanjing visit Taiyuan, Hohhot, and Shanghai the Presidential Palace, the Six Dynasties The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Museum, Ming Dynasty City wall, the walled city of Pingyao, the Confucius temple & the Taiping Yungang Buddhist Grottoes, the Museum. Museum of the Terra Cotta Soldiers, May 14- Travel to Xian, visit the Museum of Chiang Kai-shek’s presidential palace, 16 Terra Cotta Soldiers, Emperor Jing’s mausoleum, the Shaanxi Historical and the Wang and Qiao family mansions, museum, and the Muslim Quarter May 17- Visit Taiyuan, Shanxi. Tour the Jinci Two to three full days each touring the 19 temple, the Wang and Qiao Family For History credit, each student will study various cities of Beijing, Nanjing, and Xi’an Mansions, and explore the walled city of aspects of Chinese history, archaeology, culture, art, Pingyao and society. Recommended topics for study May 20- On the way to Datong, visit the include: 22 Monastery Suspended in the Air . In Architecture, organization, and symbolism of Datong, visit the Yungang Grottoes, the Chinese capitals Huayan Temple, and the Datong The impact of steppe conquerors on Chinese Museum. capitals May 22- Visit Hohhot’s the Shengle Museum and The history and meaning of Buddhist and 23 the Museum of Inner Mongolia. Travel Daoist temples to the grasslands, ride ponies, spend a night in a yurt Urban life in China’s capitals