OFF CAMPUS STUDIES PANEL

REPORT

September, 2009

I.	INFORMATION ITEMS

		ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION
A.	Terminate two semester programs			Effective Summer 2010
1)	Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand, and 
2)	Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.  

B.	Retain one semester program  (due for review)
1)	National Technological University (NTU), Singapore, even though no students have gone since 2002-3.
>	Approved

II.	CHAIR-ONLY REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL SUMMER PROGRAMS

COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS & SCIENCES

A.	Review and Renew 5 International Summer Programs 	Eff. Term: Summer 2010
1.   USC-Cambridge  [4 units]
>	Approved
Long-standing four-week program.  Students take two 2-unit courses at Cambridge University and live in a College (Selwyn).  Local excursions and activities are planned.  Grades are based on a paper and attendance is required.  Eighteen students attended. Chair note:  Very good program. Missing grades are requested when available.

2.  Global East Asia [4 units]					East Asian Studies Center
>	Approved
In 2009, 14 students went to Shanghai for 4 weeks.  In 2010, students will go to Korea, China, or Japan (with a USC professor accompanying each group).  They take EASC 360 for 4 units.  Program will be 4 weeks in China and Japan and 5 weeks in Korea.  Trips to other cities were included.  Students stayed in hotels.  Students were required to take two courses on East Asia before going, and to do outreach to high schools on return.  Some language instruction was included in the program.  All accommodations, airfare, and meals were funded by the Freeman Foundation..Chair comments:  The Director's report provided good responses to the problems encountered.

3.  USC Chinese Summer Program in Beijing [4 or 8 units] East Asian Languages and Cultures
>	Approved
Program and housing in dorms is at Capital Normal University in Beijing.  A USC instructor, or local faculty trained and overseen by him, teach courses.  Students can take a four week or an eight week program, and take either one or two courses from among EALC 204, 206, 304, and 306.  (In 2009, 104 and 106 were also offered, but will not be offered in 2010, based on student feedback.)  Six students attended a four-week program and five attended an 8-week program.  Weekly excursions were offered, two of them beyond Beijing.  Students had the opportunity to meet with local students to practice Chinese.  They also had individual sessions with a TA.
Chair comments:  The program is a great experience for students. The chair agrees that reducing course work for a second straight year because of student complaints may not make pedagogic sense.

4.   ISP   Dijon, France [4 units] 						French and Italian
>	Approved
Four week summer program at Centre International d'Etudes Francaises of the University of Bourgogne.  Students take one language course, from FREN 150 through FREN 330 or FREN 490 (4 units).  13 students attended.  Classes are taught by local instructors under the direction of a USC faculty member (one for the first half, another for the second) who provides supplementary instruction. Part of the student's grade is based on these supplemental sessions. Students lived in homestays.  Excursions (including one overnight) and local cultural events were included.  Chair comments:  The program seems like a valuable experience and well run. More detailed student 
evaluations, rather than just a summary, are requested next year.

5.  ISP   Rome, Italy [4-6 units]						French and Italian
>	Approved
First time the ISP in Italy was offered in Rome.  Program is being revised from a five-week program with one 4-unit language course to a six-week, 4-6 unit program with one language course (ITAL 120, 150, 220, or 224) and the option of a 2-unit 499 (The Many Layers of Rome). 22 students attended.  Italiaidea finds homestays for students, and provides course instruction, overseen by Francesca Italiano and using USC syllabi.  Three out-of-town day or weekend excursions are included, along with some extra-curricular activities in Rome. Chair comments:  Exams being created by a supervisor rather than the faculty teaching the course is problematic. Please provide the panel with an update (when available) of this situation's resolution. More detailed student evaluations, rather than just a summary, are requested next year.