Fudan Program St. Mary's College and Fudan University, Shanghai, sponsor a faculty-student exchange program. Fudan University faculty teach and conduct research at St. Mary's College, and students from St. Mary's study at Fudan for a semester or a full academic year. This program is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Applicants must have at least a 2.75 cumulative GPA and must have taken at least one full year of Chinese language and at least one course in Chinese culture, history, philosophy, or politics prior to departure. The program is, thus far, less expensive than any other comparable program of study for American students at a major Chinese university.
Students also have an opportunity to do internships in Shanghai, China.
St. Vincent Study-Abroad Program learn about the sites and sounds of Caribbean life through study abroad in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Present day Caribbean life is rooted in the past. Students will have a unique opportunity to be participant observers in Caribbean life from dance, maskmaking, music, food, and other rich cultural traditions. Students will earn 4-6 credits for a course titled Caribbean Experience 2 in which they select an individual topic to research, such as the rich musical tradition of St. Vincent or other topics relating to the culture of the Islands. Guatemala Program this three-part program begins in September, and participants meet each week thereafter to discuss readings and videos about Guatemala.