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- The Beijing Center (TBC) is a study China in China program. Our emphasis on academics may set us apart from other study abroad programs. Students should understand the nature of the academic commitment involved. The TBC admissions office may be of help in advising prospective students about this topic. Expect to work as hard or harder than at home.
- Students are responsible for maintaining a full-time course of study. Full time is defined as a minimum of 12 credit hours during each semester. Credit hours are Loyola University Chicago semester credit hours. Students must maintain a full-time course of study even if their home institutions do not have this same requirement.
- Making sure that TBC classes and credits transfer back to students' home universities is the responsibility of the student. Students should coordinate this process through the relevant office at their home universities. Schools will transfer credit from participation in TBC programs and courses according to their own policies. TBC is not able to help students in this endeavor.
- Grades are calculated the same as they are at Loyola University Chicago and as they are at most universities, from A through F, inclusive. Grades for all attempted courses, including withdrawals, will go on the student's Loyola University Chicago record. After each term of the program, students may order a transcript of their courses, credit hours and grades from Loyola University Chicago to be sent to their home universities. Those universities have the final say as to how they integrate these grades into a student's GPA and graduation requirements.
- If you register for any intensive-level Chinese language course, you actually need to register in the system for two separate classes, as noted elsewhere. It is important to keep in mind that the Intensive track is designed primarily for those students who have had some Chinese language training before; plan on or are thinking of becoming experts on China; or are prepared to spend enormous amounts of time learning the language. It is common for students enrolled in the Intensive track to spend 4 or more hours a night just working on Chinese.
- Enrollment in a Chinese language course is required for semester and full-year students except for students who are already fluent in Mandarin Chinese. One can not drop or withdraw from language courses during the semester. Fluency needs to be demonstrated at the time of application by either a letter from a Chinese language professor attesting to or test scores indicating fluency. Furthermore, a placement test is available in Beijing for those students who have studied Chinese but may not be sure which course to register for.
- The two major trips of this program (the Silk Road Trip during Fall semester and the Minority Culture Trip during Spring semester) are an integral educational component of the program and are required by TBC. Failure to attend these trips and complete the requirements associated with them will mean dismissal from TBC.
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- Please read through other Academic Policies that are mentioned on our web-site: http://www.thebeijingcenter.org/pi/academic_overview.html Applicants should pay particular attention to the Academic Integrity Statement, located at http://www.thebeijingcenter.org/pi/academic_cg.html
- Students are required by TBC and by Chinese law to live in the International Student Residence on UIBE's campus unless they choose the home stay option during their second semester.
- All students who are non-Chinese citizens are required by TBC and by Chinese law to obtain a student visa. Some students, for various reasons, will need to apply for a tourist visa to enter China, but such students will then have to switch to student visa once they arrive.
- Students need valid passports before TBC can process the necessary support documents for the student visa application. Prior to departure, there will be a certain date after which it's too late for us to process the student visa application support documents. Students who don't submit a valid passport copy to us by that date will need to apply for a tourist visa instead and then switch to a student visa, at their own expense, once they arrive in China.
- Students attending TBC are required to bring a valid credit card to help cover unexpected expenses such as medical care.
- International students in China are not permitted to work.
- Students should not commit to any activities that would conflict with the scheduled, required TBC functions, including the on-site orientation, classes, and the major excursions.
- Note to Students and School Administrators: Loyola University Chicago is in the process of assigning new, permanent course numbers to courses at The Beijing Center. (An example of a course number is CHIN 101.) While all courses will eventually be assigned a number, some courses do not currently have one. For those courses on our site that do currently show a course number by the title, this is the permanent number that will be used. The remainder will be posted on-line as soon as possible, though the course numbering process may not be completed until the end of the 2007-2008 academic year or later. When considering how Beijing Center courses will transfer to the home institutions of students attending our program, we urge school faculty/administrators to look at course syllabi--rather than rely on course numbering--to determine the level of a particular course. If it is important for students/schools to know the course number that will appear on the Loyola University Chicago transcript for a particular course, please contact The Beijing Center Chicago office.
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