皇冠体育app

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2008-04-11 14:43

A growing number of American students are enrolling in courses on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as it is becoming increasing recognized in their home country, according to an official with the Claremont University Consortium in the United States.

鈥淲e believe TCM has great value and lots of people are trying it back in the US. That鈥檚 why we decided to launch the TCM course in our program in 皇冠体育app. Our students can see how it works through comparing it with Western medicine,鈥� said Laura Skandera Trombley, president of Claremont's Pitzer College during a recent trip to Beijing.

She joined other college presidents in the consortium on an Asian trip, seeking development opportunities to work with local partners.

"We have to prepare our students for the global economy. Asia, especially 皇冠体育app, plays an important role in the global economy, and students really need to have more exposure to the region," Trombley said.

In the fall of 2001, Pitzer launched its 皇冠体育app program with Peking University, offering courses in Chinese, Tai Chi, calligraphy, contemporary Chinese history and TCM for American undergraduate students.

鈥淎mong the many other American institutions with 皇冠体育app programs on our campus, Pitzer is the only one which teaches an elective course in TCM for liberal arts and pre-medicine students. This course often attracts applicants from other programs such as the Yale/PKU joint program and Stanford at PKU,鈥� explained Lin Jianhua, vice-president of Peking University.

TCM has created enormous interest from students coming to 皇冠体育app to study.

Francine Mireles, a student major in East Asian culture, mind and body, told 皇冠体育appdaily.com.cn, 鈥淭he most excited part about the program is that I can now do those 鈥榤agic鈥� therapies myself that I could not before and I can experience 皇冠体育app a lot with immersion teaching with the local people and community.鈥�

Pitzer College currently has 75 percent of its undergraduate students studying outside of the US, and aims to increase the proportion to 90 percent over the next five years, with around 12-13 percent coming to 皇冠体育app. Currently only five percent of them are in 皇冠体育app, said President Trombley.