Smith consortium program
Associated Colleges in China
TERMS: Fall, Spring, Year
LOCATION: Beijing
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Mandarin
PRE-REQUISITES: One year of college–level Chinese (second–year Chinese offered summer only).
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: ACC is a language–intensive program with an extremely rigorous study schedule. Students should expect to spend most of their time attending classes, completing assignments and studying. Strict attendance policies and the language pledge are upheld by professors and staff. 35–40 undergraduate and graduate students attend. Second–year Chinese offered summer only; Third– and fourth–year offered all three terms. Preference is given to students studying two consecutive terms. Students live in foreign student dorm and have day visits to host families on weekends. ACC is run by Hamilton College and hosted by Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB) in Beijing.

Contemporary Chinese Society and Language, the Alliance for Global Education
TERMS: Fall, Spring, Year
LOCATION: Fudan University, Shanghai
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Chinese, English
PRE-REQUISITES: Smith requires one year of college–level Chinese.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Fudan University in Shanghai has 35,000 students and an international reputation for academic excellence. Study Chinese language and contemporary Chinese society and culture, politics, economics or U.S.–China relations in English. Students have single rooms in a new apartment building and share apartments with Chinese students.

China Now: Development, Politics and Social Change, the Alliance for Global Education
TERMS: Fall, Spring, Year
LOCATION: Beijing Language and Culture University
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Chinese, English
PRE-REQUISITES: Smith requires one year of college–level Chinese.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Beijing Language and Culture University has 14,000 students, and is located in the Haidian area of Beijing. Study Chinese language and contemporary Chinese society and culture, Chinese film, economics or women in China in English. Students live in double rooms with other alliance students and have Chinese language partners.

The Inter–University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University
TERMS: Fall, Spring, Year
LOCATION: Beijing
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Chinese
PRE-REQUISITES: Prerequisites include the equivalent of two years of college–level Mandarin by the application deadline.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: U.S.–sponsored Chinese language program intended for undergraduates, graduates, professionals and established scholars who aspire to advanced competence. Students spend approximately twenty hours per week in class, with one individual class and the three hours of small group classes daily (1:3 teacher to student ratio for group classes). Students have the choice of living in dormitories or living with host families.

Middlebury in China, in association with CET
TERMS: Fall, Spring, Year
LOCATION: Hangzhou
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Mandarin
PRE-REQUISITES: Two years of college–level Chinese study or equivalent.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Study at Zhejiang University of Technology in Hangzhou, 100 miles from Shanghai. Course work includes a one–on–one tutorial, one–on–two speaking class, and electives including classical Chinese, newspaper reading and Chinese film studies. A wide range of co–curricular activities is also available. Students who study for the full year have the option of enrolling in a mainstream course with Chinese students in the spring. Students are paired with a ZUT students and live in university dormitories.

SIT China: Language, Cultures, and Ethnic Minorities
TERMS: Fall, Spring
LOCATION: Kunming
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Chinese, English
PRE-REQUISITES: One year of Chinese
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Program includes Chinese language study; two–week homestay in Kunming; educational excursions to Dali and Lijiang, terra cotta warriors of Xi'an, Beijing and the Great Wall; and a four–week independent study.
NOTE: SIT Scholarships in China.

Smith consortium program
Smith In India: South India Term Abroad (SITA)
TERMS: Fall, Spring, Year
LOCATION: Madurai
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English, Tamil language
PRE-REQUISITES: None
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Classes are held in Madurai, a city in Tamil Nadu, at the SITA center adjoining Lady Doak College. Students study Tamil language, and choose three electives from: Introduction to Hinduism, SocioPolitical Issues, Literature, and music or dance lessons. In addition to a two–week study tour of temple cities, various field trips are led by faculty from August until mid–October. Final month of program is spent working on independent study projects and research presentations. Students live in Indian homes with host families throughout the city and bicycle to classes at the center.
Note: Interested students may contact professor Nalini Bhushan (philosophy) for more information.

Antioch University Buddhist Studies in India
TERMS: Fall
LOCATION: Bodhi Gaya
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English
PRE-REQUISITES:
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Program participants live and study in a Burmese Vihar (monastery). Emphasis is placed on a comparative approach to both theory and practice of the varieties of Buddhism and the cultural and historical environments in which it has flourished.
NOTE: Interested students may contact professor Andy Rotman (religion) or Jay Garfield (philosophy) for more information.

Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
TERMS: Year
LOCATION: Sarnath, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English, though instruction in Tibetan language is highly encouraged.
PRE-REQUISITES: None
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Study Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan history and culture and Tibetan textual analysis in an intensive program taught by the faculty of the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, India. The institute is a research and teaching university established and jointly administered by the Tibetan Government in Exile and the Ministry of Education of India.
NOTE: Interested students may contact professor Jay Garfield (philosophy) for more information.

Contemporary India: Development, Environment, Public Health, the Alliance for Global Education
TERMS: Fall, Spring
LOCATION: Pune
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English
PRE-REQUISITES: None
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Study some of the most dynamic, exciting areas of Indian society, politics, economics, and culture today. Environmental issues, development, social justice, economics and public health are areas in which India both faces unprecedented challenges and is on the global cutting edge of finding solutions. The program is designed for students from a wide variety of majors and academic interests, with a curriculum that spans development studies, economics, public health, environmental studies, international affairs, political science, film and media studies, anthropology, history, and women's studies.
NOTE: Interested students may contact professor Andy Rotman (religion) for more information.

University of Wisconsin-Madison College Year in India
TERMS: Summer, Year
LOCATION: Madurai, Varanasi or Waltair
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English, Hindi or Tamil
PRE-REQUISITES: None
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Summer (in Madison, studying appropriate Indian language) plus full year in one of the three program locations. Academic program in India is continued classroom language study (Hindi or Tamil), one–on–one and small group tutorials in topics chosen by students and a substantial independent field study project. All tutorial and independent work must be reviewed for credit upon return to Smith. Program includes homestays and independent travel.
NOTE: Interested students may contact Professor Andy Rotman (religion) for more information.

For more study abroad possibilities, please see the lists compiled on the South Asian Studies website and the Buddhist Studies website.

Please note that students will need to petition to participate on any program that is not currently on the Approved Programs List. See the Study Abroad Guide for petition information.

Smith consortium program
Smith in Japan: Associated Kyoto Program
TERM: Year
LOCATION: Kyoto
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Japanese, English
PRE-REQUISITES: One year of Japanese and one Japan–related course other than language.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: AKP emphasizes Japanese language acquisition, and elective courses include Japanese history, culture, literature, politics and economics taught in English by consortium faculty. AKP is based at Doshisha University, and students live with host families. Students may join Doshisha student clubs and circles or study traditional arts with local teachers and artists through AKP’s network in Kyoto.
NOTE: Interested students may contact professors Marnie Anderson, Maki Hubbard, James Hubbard, Thomas Rohlich or Dennis Yasutomo.

CIEE at Sophia University
TERMS: Spring, Year
LOCATION: Tokyo
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Japanese, English
PRE-REQUISITES: Two intensive Japanese language courses.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: University operates on a traditional Japanese semester system. Housing options include homestays and private, single–sex dormitories.

IES at Nanzan Univeristy
TERMS: Fall, Spring, Year
LOCATION: Nanzan
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Japanese, English
PRE-REQUISITES: One year of college–level Japanese.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Hosted by Nanzan University, students study Japanese language and area studies courses taught in English. Students live in university residence halls or with host families. Program includes opportunities to study traditional arts and field trips to other regions of Japan.

CIEE at Yonsei University
TERMS: Fall, Spring, Year
LOCATION: Seoul
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Korean, English
PRE-REQUISITES:
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Yonsei, a Christian university with 30,000 graduate and undergraduate students, and is 20 minutes from the center of Seoul. The Division of International Education offers "junior year abroad" courses in English; students proficient in Korean may take general university courses.

Summer Program at Ewha Woman's University (Seoul)
Each year, Smith College selects six students to attend Ewha International Summer School tuition free. Applicants with a strong interest in studying the Korean language and culture, one year of Korean study and a 3.0 GPA are preferred. Korean nationals are not generally eligible. Students may also apply for International Experience Grants for financial assistance.

Applications for the Smith competition are available here and are due March 1, 2012. Students who are selected by Smith are responsible for applying directly to Ewha International Summer School for admission and for obtaining the proper visa.

SIT Mongolia: Nomadic Culture and Globalization
TERMS: Fall, Spring
LCOATION: Ulaanbaatar
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English, Mongolian
PRE-REQUISITES: None, however participants are required to take Mongolian during program.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Two homestays; educational excursions to Nomad camps and the Mongolian countryside; a four–week independent study.
NOTE: SIT Scholarships in Mongolia

CIEE in Thailand
TERMS: Fall, Spring
LOCATION: Kohn Kaen
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English
PRE-REQUISITES: None
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: CIEE students in Thailand are exposed to a complex set of contemporary issues associated with development. Past CIEE students have undertaken independent studies on the social and cultural aspects of topics such as dams, urban slums, HIV/AIDS, organic farming, pollution and human rights. An academic approach is assimilated with a grassroots community perspective that the unique surroundings permit, and students are intensely involved in their own educational process.

CET: Vietnam Immersion
TERMS: Fall, Spring
LOCATION: Hanoi (fall), Ho Chi Minh City (spring)
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English, Vietnamese
PRE-REQUISITES: None, however participants are required to take Vietnamese during the program.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Program includes living with Vietnamese roommates, cultural activities and excursions and courses in Vietnamese studies. Between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, fall and spring students travel on a study tour through central Vietnam. While on the study tour students explore the history and architecture of Hue and Hoi An, investigate archeological vestiges of the ancient Cham civilization in My Son and Danang and visit such sites as the former DMZ, Bach Na National Park or the Phong Nha cave complex.

SIT Vietnam: Culture, Social Change, and Development
TERMS: Fall, Spring
LOCATION: Ho Chi Minh City
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English, Vietnamese
PRE-REQUISITES: None, however participants are required to take Vietnamese during program.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Three–week homestay; educational excursions to Hue, Nha Trang, Hanoi and northern villages; a four–week independent study project.