Session A
Course Title: S021 Discover China
Duration: 2021.7.8-2021.7.23 (2 weeks)
Campus: Xuhui
Course Description
This course provides you with an overview of key social, cultural, political, and economic areas for understanding the changes and challenges of contemporary China, and will be taught from a multi-disciplinary perspective. We will arrange visits to the Shanghai Urban Forest Research Station to demonstrate the metropolis’ ecological balance strategy, and SJTU’s advanced laboratories to exchange opinions with professors about the most promising technologies in the future. This program provides students with the critical and essential tools to understand how to do business in China through a combination of subject-specific modules, company visits, and cultural activities. Students who attend this program do not only take part in an unforgettable experience but also gain skills that will equip them for global success.
Highlights:
- Understand China's development process from the perspective of Shanghai’s globalization.
- Discover how business in China works.
- Learn about traditional Chinese medicine and culture and learn how to make sachets.
- Study at SJTU to experience campus and daily Chinese life.
- Exchange ideas by communicating with students from different countries.
Instructors
Prof. Zhaoyang ZHANG
Email: zzy001@sjtu.edu.cn
Zhaoyang Zhang acquired his Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Berkeley and is a professor in the Department of History. He has published several important articles in leading academic journals and taught various history courses in English.
Assoc. Prof. Chongsheng PENG
Email: cspeng@sjtu.edu.cn
Dr. Chongsheng Peng, associate professor at the school of pharmacy at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), is an expert in both the SJTU general education courses and storehouses of the China Association of Pharmaceutical Education (CAPE). He received his Ph.D. at the West China University in medical science and a bachelor’s degree from the Anhui University of Chinese Medicine. He was a visiting scholar (2005-2006) at the Institute of Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at the University of Queensland. Additionally, his course “Traditional Chinese Medicine & Chinese Culture” has been regarded as a key course for general education in Shanghai since April 2015 and at SJTU since 2012. The course is also available globally on four MOOC platforms including Coursera, China MOOC (CNMOOC), Zhihuishu, and Ewant. The English version of this course was successfully developed to be the first international course with blended learning for the universities at 21 summer school in 2016 and has attracted more than 130 online students and 65 students participating in offline hands-on practices from 18 universities in 9 countries.
Assoc. Prof. Shan YIN
Email: yinshan@sjtu.edu.cn
Dr. Shan Yin is an associate professor at the school of agriculture and biology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 2012. He got his MD and Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and used to work at the Institute of Urban and Regional Development, the University of California Berkeley as a joint Ph.D. researcher. He is the vice director of the Shanghai Urban Forest Research Station and the State Forestry Administration. His work focuses on long-term monitoring of urban forests, air pollutants, and climate change.
Assessment
Attendance: 50%
Assignment: 30%
Final presentation: 20%
Contact
Program Coordinator: Ziyi JIA (zyjia@sjtu.edu.cn)