SF State Chinese Language Flagship Partner Program

Summer Classes in Mandarin Chinese
June 6-August 5, 2011

Announcing a rare opportunity for highly motivated and disciplined students

SF State has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Security Education Program (NSEP) to establish The SF State Chinese Language Flagship Partner Program. The goal of this honors program is to assist a select cohort of current and incoming SF State undergraduates plus motivated high school students considering enrolling at SF State to achieve superior Chinese (Mandarin) language proficiency while pursuing degrees in the academic major of their choice. The innovative curriculum combines intensive language instruction (group classes and tutorials), mentoring by Chinese-speaking faculty in the various disciplines, study abroad in Flagship Centers in China, internships, and culminating projects in order to produce graduates with professional-level Mandarin language proficiency in their chosen career domains. Advancement in the Flagship will be by competitive application. For those selected to undertake high-intermediate to advanced training, both at SF State and abroad in China, there will be generous scholarships available.

No previous knowledge of Chinese is required to begin the program. This summer, we will be offering a special accelerated version of CHIN 101: First Semester Chinese (from June 6-July 6) and CHIN 102: Second Semester Chinese for interested novice students from July 7-August 5, 2011.  Both courses begin at 9:00am and end at 12:50pm, Monday through Friday.

Classroom instruction will be augmented by tutorials, training in Web and media Chinese, and field trips. Instruction will take place at the SF State Downtown Campus at 835 Market Street, 6th Floor. The total cost will be $800 ($400 per class); ten academic units will be awarded to those who successfully complete the two courses. Students may register here. Students with existing mid-elementary Chinese skills may start on July 7 for CHIN 102 only. Those who are already at the low- to mid-intermediate level may join Flagship during the academic year, and will be placed in appropriate classes, upon advisement.

For further information, please see the website at The SF State Chinese Language Flagship Partner Program.  Interested students should also contact us at flagship@sfsu.edu.