Courses will be taught by language specialists and adjunct university faculty. Excursions will explore the rich natural diversity of Central America's beaches, volcanoes and rain forests. The Chinese program is located in Beibei, a city in southwest China, Chongqing municipality. The focus of the program is upon Chinese language, history, culture, literature, philosophy and art. All courses are taught in English at Southwest China Teacher's University, a liberal arts university of 7,000 students.
Students live on the campus in the foreign student dormitory.
The faculty consists of a professor who accompanies the group and distinguished professors from the host university. In order to expose students to China's diversity, the program provides approximately two weeks of travel to major Chinese cities and sites usually including Chengdu, Beijing and Xian prior to the beginning of classes in Beibei. From Beibei the program includes numerous excursions in Sichuan province such as the Northern hot springs, the Yangtze River and beyond. The faculty consists of a professor who accompanies the group and distinguished professors from London universities and colleges. To their lectures and assigned readings, these professors add study sessions at the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and the British Museum, as well as field trips outside London.