TAIWAN Program Dates
Taiwan Arrival: Wednesday, June 4 2025
Depart Taiwan To Us: Monday, June 23 2025
Study Abroad Taiwan Application
Early Deadline: December 4, 2024
Final Deadline: March 4, 2025
*Applications will be reviewed and accepted on a first come first served basis
Information Sessions
Coming Soon
About the program
This is a 3-week summer program in Taiwan. The program will be based in Taiwan’s capital city, Taipei, with excursions to the southern city of Tainan and to the Alushan mountain region in the center of the country. Through excursions and site visits, the program will offer students the opportunity to learn about a vibrant and complex Asian society that melds traditional ways of life with a dynamic modern culture of art, entertainment, and technology.
Program Highlights
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Open to all majors
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Scholarships available
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Earn 6 units of upper division GE
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All courses taught by CSU Fullerton faculty
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Explore Taiwanese history through museum and site visits.
Visits ancient temples to learn about Taiwan’s diverse religious traditions. -
Discover the legacy of Chinese artistic and architectural traditions on Taiwanese culture, as well as the contemporary Taiwanese art and film scene.
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Learn about the development of human rights and civil society in Taiwan, including indigenous rights, women’s rights, and LGBTQ+ rights.
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Visit the Alishan National Forest Recreation Area, dedicated to the preservation of Taiwan’s natural environment.
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Explore night markets and the Taiwanese food scene
Program Fee (tentative)
$5000 $0
The program fee includes the following items:
- Housing
- All program academic field trips
- All-access ground transportation travel pass
- Group lunches
- International travel insurance
The student fee does not include the following:
- CSUF books and tuition
- Round-trip airfare
- Passport or visa fees if applicable
- Daily personal meals and other expenses
Program Courses
HSS 350: Taiwan Life and Culture (3 units; GE C.3 & Z)
LBST 322: Cross-Cultural Social Thought (3 units, GE D.3)
Faculty
Dr. Saul Tobias
stobias@fullerton.edu
Professor, Liberal Studies, CSUF
Saul Tobias is Professor of Liberal Studies at California State University-Fullerton. As an interdisciplinary scholar, Professor Tobias’s research concerns the cross-cultural study of philosophy, religion, and politics. He is particularly interested in the interactions and tensions between Euro-American and Asian systems of thought, and their implications for thinking about social ethics, global humanitarianism, and political identity. Professor Tobias led the Study Abroad program to Cambodia in Summer 2018.
