Reopening CAPS Study Abroad in Beijing
We are now thrilled to announce our intention of re-opening the CAPS study abroad in Beijing in the incoming academic year of 2023-2024
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A unique approach with unparalleled opportunities
The Levinson China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program
The Brittany and Adam J. Levinson China and Asia-Pacific Studies program offers a unique approach to the study of contemporary China through a set of courses on China's language, history, politics, economy, society and foreign relations, and by providing students with experience both on-and-off campus, including three years in Ithaca, one optional semester in Washington D.C., and one required semester in Beijing.
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Support CAPS on Giving Day March 16th
You can support CAPS at: https://givingday.cornell.edu/donate?campaign_id=145032
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Support Arts & Sciences on Giving Day March 16
On Thursday, March 16, join the Cornell community to make a difference for students on Cornell Giving Day.
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CAPS Spring Social 2023
After two years of suspension, CAPS has resumed our annual Spring Social that was held at the AD White House on February 14th of this year.
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A Professor Who Challenges the Washington Consensus on China
Jessica Chen Weiss, Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies, is profiled in the New Yorker magazine.
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Jia Qingguo seminar on- China‐US Relations: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
At the invitation of CAPS, Dr. JIA Qingguo, PhD ’88, visited Cornell during November 2-5, 2022. In his talk, Dr Jia offered a well-balanced, illuminating perspective as one of the most prominent Chinese America watchers and specialists on China-U.S. relations, shedding light on these critical quest...
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People over numbers: Book charts China’s neopolitical turn
Jeremy Lee Wallace, associate professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences discusses his new book, “Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China.”
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Xi’s personalized, opaque rule eroding trust in Chinese economy
Prof. Jeremy Wallace comments on China's report that its third-quarter gross domestic product grew.
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Off-campus Learning: Beijing and Washington, D.C.
The CAPS major gives students experience both on and off campus, including one required semester in Beijing and one optional semester with Cornell in Washington, during which students participate in internships and cultural immersion. This unique and ambitious program offers CAPS majors unprecedented pre-professional training mapped onto a solid Cornell liberal-arts education.
Career opportunities with CAPS
With three years of intensive Chinese language training, internships in Beijing, and the option to complete additional internships in Washington, D.C., Cornell graduates with a major in CAPS are well suited for entry- or higher-level positions in consulting, journalism, law firms, businesses, financial services, NGOs, diplomacy, and other government and public service agencies. An undergraduate CAPS degree also readily prepares one for graduate studies in law, business, and other disciplines with a focus on China.
CAPS 4001 Travel Journals: Learning Beyond the Classroom
Wendy Chen '19: Field Trip to Dunhuang, Gansu Province 甘肃省, 敦煌市 Fall 2017
"Walking in the sand was incredibly tiring, each step was extremely taxing on the body, but it was so worth it. The eight of us got into sledding tubes that were linked to each other and down we go. I cheered as the adrenaline pumped through me, as the wind whipped my hair back, as the small individual grains of sand pelted my face and lodged itself into every single exposed surface of my body and clothes. Still, it was an amazing ride that was much too short for my (and some other people's) liking, inciting cheers of 'one more time!' and 'let's do it again!' as we got off our tubes and tried to shake the sand off of us to no avail."