Cost

Southwestern College will provide each student enrolled in the Semester in China Program with a $1,500 scholarship. The Semester in China Program fee depends on the track the student selects.

Intensive Language Track - $1,700 with scholarship

The intensive language track program fee is $1,700 instead of the $3,200 it would have been without the scholarship. The program fee includes Chinese visa fees, roundtrip airfare from Wichita to Shanghai, transportation from Shanghai to Tunxi, Huangshan University tuition (12 hours), dorm room (double occupancy), and transportation to several ancient villages and the Huangshan Mountains.

Education Track - $1,200 with scholarship

The education track program fee is $1,200 instead of the $2,700 it would have been without the scholarship. The program fee includes Chinese visa fees, roundtrip airfare from Wichita to Shanghai, transportation from Shanghai to Tunxi, Huangshan University tuition (6 hours), dorm room (double occupancy), and transportation to several ancient villages and the Huangshan Mountains.

Business Track - $1,350 with scholarship

The education track program fee is $1,350 instead of the $2,850 it would have been without the scholarship. The program fee includes Chinese visa fees, roundtrip airfare from Wichita to Shanghai, transportation from Shanghai to Tunxi, Huangshan University tuition (8 hours), dorm room (double occupancy), and transportation to several ancient villages and the Huangshan Mountains.

Additional costs include:

1. Food (estimate) - $800
2. Mandarin Textbooks - $45
3. Doing Business in China textbook - $45 (for business track students only)
4. Hotel Room in Shanghai - $40 per night for two to three nights (double occupancy)
5. U.S. Passport Fees - $135

Optional costs include:

1. Chinese Health Insurance - $48
2. Dorm room single supplement - $111
3. Traveling and sightseeing (depends on destination and activities)

All hours taken by the student while they are in China will be awarded by Southwestern College. This eliminates the task of determining equivalent credit and transferring hours taken in China back to SC. Students will enroll in 12 hours of SC credit for the fall semester of 2013 using Self-Service in the same way they have selected classes in the past. The student does not have to contact the school in China.

Financial aid will be available for qualified students. Students who participate in the program will lose their activity grant and 40% of their remaining institutional aid. However, students won’t have to pay for Southwestern room and board. The net result is that for between $2,200 and $1,700 above what they would have spent if they had stayed on campus, the student will get a roundtrip airplane ticket to China, international travel and living experience, and improved marketability after graduation. In addition, the student will have the opportunity to learn Mandarin Chinese, learn firsthand about another culture, and to make new friends.