(Bio)chemistry and Society

Southwest University, Beibei, China

Fall 2007

Own views on CSB/SJU faculty courses offered abroad

• reflect student and faculty  interest and are relevant to the site

• should be of sufficient academic quality

• make use of a resources which we don’t have ready access to here

• encourage faculty participation across disciplines

• maximize CSB/SJU student enrollment and faculty participation as study abroad directors

Reasons for offering the course

• encourage enrollment in the China program -students need NS core

• increase quality and rigor of courses offered onsite

• have CSB/SJU and SWU students in a class together for the 1st time

• decrease my own financial cost for directing the program (overload)

Planning process

• discussed possible Environmental science course with portable lab 2004/5

• broached idea with Professor Xie, SWU in summer 2006 at CSB/SJU

• discussed with Dave Lyndgaard, Fall, Spring 2007

• planned with Professor Xie, Foreign Affairs Staff, May 2007 at SWU

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Problems with offering a NS core class abroad

• potential low enrollment especially since NS core cores in less demand now

• working with host institutions can be difficult and unreliable

• enrollment in NS core class will decrease enrollment in other onsite courses

• lab experience can be difficult develop, run