their immersion experience
In the nearly two years since the Peking-Yale University Joint Undergraduate
Program began, Yale students have sat alongside Peking University (PKU) students
in such courses as “Chinese Lives: Historical Perspective,” “Introduction
to the Chinese Economy,” “Traditional Chinese Philosophy,” “Introduction
to Artificial Intelligence” and “Chinese Art: Symbolism and Philosophy
of Life,” all taught by noted PKU faculty members.
PKU students, in turn, have been classmates with Yale students on their Beijing
campus in classes on “Microelectronics and Nanotechnology,” “Formation
of Modern American Culture 1874-1919,” “American Consumer Culture,” “Monuments
of Western Art,” “Psycholinguistics” and “The City
in Literature and Film,” taught by Yale faculty members.
Open to sophomores and juniors (and some first-term seniors) in good academic
standing, the program allows Yale students to receive Yale College credits
while immersing themselves in Chinese culture. (See related story.)
While in China, the Yale and PKU students live together on campus and travel
to historic and cultural sites in Beijing and beyond on faculty-led field trips.
Students who have participated in the program say the small-class size, trips
outside of class and being paired as roommates with their PKU classmates results
in close bonds with the other participants and with their professors.
While in Beijing, the Yale and PKU students receive support with living and
transportation issues from Zhang Xiaojie, a native of China who serves as coordinator
of the PKU-Yale Joint Undergraduate Program in Beijing. Yu Ningping, also a
native of China, serves as the resident director who oversees the entire program
and fosters relations with PKU faculty and administrators. On the Yale campus,
the program is coordinated by Amy Weber, who assists Yale students with the
application process and preparations to study in China.
This semester, seven Yale students are studying at PKU and four Yale faculty
members are teaching in the program: Deborah Davis (sociology), Michael Freidmann
(music), Lillian Lan-ying Tseng (history of art) and Zhong Weimin (molecular,
cellular and developmental biology).
Students interested in the PKU-Yale Joint Undergraduate Program are invited
to attend information sessions being offered on Feb. 6, 7 and 12. For the times
and locations of these sessions, or for more information about the program,
visit www.yale.edu/iefp/pku-yale.
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