students to Singapore
As part of its commitment to increase opportunities for ,study abroad, Yale has launched a new program allowing students to take five weeks of summer classes for credit at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Composed half of Yale College students and half of NUS students, the classes will be taught in English by NUS faculty. Students will live on the NUS campus and will make excursions to Malaysia and Thailand as part of the learning experience.
The program will be divided into two courses, for which Yale students will receive full Yale College credit.
The first course, titled "Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies," will give an overview of the region from a variety of perspectives, particularly focusing on how Southeast Asian societies and political systems evolved in response to the pressures of environment, colonialism, nationalism, urbanization and globalization.
"The History of Southeast Asia" will go beyond a simple chronology of facts to offer a critical examination of how modern Southeast Asia was formed and how the various groups inhabiting the area developed their individual identities.
Field study will be an essential part of the program. Students will visit sites in Singapore to discuss the pre-modern history of the region, and will also visit various areas of the city in which colonial architecture is still present. The first field trip outside of Singapore will be to the port city Melaka in Malaysia, where Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and English settlers have left their mark; and the second trip will be to Thailand, where students will visit Bangkok, Ayutthaya and Sukothai.
Commenting on the particular choice of NUS for the program, Vice President and Secretary Linda K. Lorimer cites the high caliber of the NUS faculty. "The faculty at NUS who will be teaching the courses are a fascinating and dynamic group of individuals," she says.
As part of a larger collaboration with NUS, Yale will offer classes in New Haven to a separate group of 10 NUS students during the summer.
"Yale as a university has a vested interest in establishing partnerships around the world with first-rate universities," says William Whobrey, director of Yale Summer Programs.
Lorimer adds that the program reflects Yale's commitment to ensuring every undergraduate a chance to study abroad at least once. "This is the latest in a set of expanded and creative summer school programs," she says.
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