International Entrepreneurship, Chinese Language & Culture (Faculty-Led Program)

In this program, you will be enrolled in a spring semester course with students on various linguistic tracks at RIT and then travel to your target linguistic destination for 1-2 weeks in the summer term to learn how language, culture, and entrepreneurial thinking can help address the world's sustainability challenges. You will learn how to discover, evaluate, and enact opportunities in multiple linguistic, cultural, and national contexts to create goods and services. During the travel portion of the course, you will meet with international entrepreneurs, businesses, and incubators to learn how they create and operate a business. You will also engage in the local culture by practicing your linguistic skills and participating in various cultural excursions and activities.

• Work with National Chengchi University (NCCU) students (over Zoom and email) on homework before traveling to Taiwan. While in Taiwan, you'll visit the NCCU downtown campus, meet your NCCU counterparts, and visit local businesses and companies. 
• Visit a traditional night market and sample an amazing variety of Taiwanese street food.
• Tour a tea garden to experience the tea-making process firsthand and the rich culture of tea.
• Explore the Taiwan Semiconductor Museum of Innovation to see how it became a global leader in semiconductor technology, powering nearly 90% of advanced chips for AI and quantum computing.
• Experience Taipei 101, one of the tallest buildings in the world, with an excellent view of Taipei and the surrounding mountains.
• Spend time at the National Palace Museum with 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks dating back 8,000 years ago, many taken from the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City in China when Chiang Kai-Shek retreated from it in 1948. 

Term: Spring 2025 course, travel to Taiwan in May
Travel Dates: May 17-25, 2025
Credits: 3

Course Details:

UNDERGRADUATE

• MLST 449 - Language and Culture for International Entrepreneurship (CLA)
  -or-
• MGMT 489 - Management Seminar: Language and Culture for International Entrepreneurship (SCB)

GRADUATE

• MGMT 758 - Management Seminar: Language and Culture for International Entrepreneurship (SCB)

Pre-requisites: MLIT202 - Beginning Chinese 2 (by Spring 2025) or equivalent as determined by RIT Language Placement Exam. Open to all undergraduate and graduate majors who meet language pre-req.

Application deadline: October 20, 2024

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Program Cost & Financial Aid

Program Cost: Student budget worksheet - International Entrepreneurship Taiwan - outlines all program costs

Financial Aid:
Financial aid may cover some program costs. As you review the budget worksheet, please remember that it does not include your RIT financial aid or scholarships, which may cover some of the program costs. The purpose of the budget worksheet is to show all the costs associated with your study abroad program, which will help your RIT Financial Aid Assistant Director determine how your aid and scholarships may be applied. 

To understand how your financial aid and scholarships may apply to your program costs:

• Make an appointment with your financial aid assistant director (call Financial Aid at 585-475-2186) and mention that you are calling for a study abroad appointment
• Upload a copy of your budget worksheet(s) via the Financial Aid upload portal at https://join.rit.edu/register/FA_upload (at least 48 hours prior to your scheduled meeting, so they have time to prepare) 
  • Please rename the file name of your budget worksheet before uploading it to the Financial Aid portal based on the instructions provided in the portal (adding your name and student ID)

To find out the name of your financial aid assistant director for your degree program visit: https://www.rit.edu/admissions/aid/contact#counseling-team

We recommend you meet with Financial Aid before the application deadline so you understand how your aid will apply. The RIT financial aid office is located in Bausch and Lomb Center (Bldg. 77), 2nd floor, 2125.

Scholarships:

• RIT Education Abroad Travel Grants ($500-$1,000)
  All students with pending applications in the RIT Study Abroad Compass for this program will be automatically considered for an RIT Education Abroad Travel Grant. You will be informed of your scholarship status shortly after the application deadline. Scholarships awarded based on financial need.

• Other scholarships: RIT Study Abroad Scholarships, National Study Abroad Scholarships

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To Apply

1) Start an application in the RIT Study Abroad Compass

2) Watch this video on application steps for RIT faculty-led programs which covers important information (video is captioned)