Students enrolled in Developing Vietnam will explore the vibrant and exciting field of Vietnamese Studies.  Our explorations of various aspects of Vietnamese society, culture and politics will be linked by a focus on the theme of development in contemporary Vietnam.  We will adopt an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates methods and insights from History, Environmental Studies, and Film and Literary Studies.

The format of Developing Vietnam is different from that of other Dartmouth study away programs.  Students admitted to this program will enroll in two courses: ASCL 70.22, a one-credit course offered in Hanover during the regular fall term (September-November); and ASCL 59.04, a one-credit, three-week intensive course that will take place in Vietnam during the December winter interim period.  Both courses will be counted as fall term courses.  Students must enroll in and successfully complete ASCL 70.22 in order to be eligible for ASCL 59.04. In addition to these 2 courses students should have a total of 3 or 4 courses for the fall term, a 4 course term is recommended. 

The Fall 2024 program will be co-taught by Prof. Ed Miller and Prof. Sujin Eom.

This innovative program is based on Dartmouth's partnership with Fulbright University Vietnam, a new liberal arts university in Ho Chi Minh City.  During the fall term, faculty at Dartmouth and Fulbright will each offer courses on Vietnamese Studies with similar learning goals and content.  During this time, students from the two universities will work in joint Dartmouth-Fulbright teams to design a research project related to one of the topics they are studying.  Then, during the December winterim period, the Dartmouth instructors and students will travel to Ho Chi Minh City for three weeks of intensive research collaboration and co-learning with their Fulbright counterparts.  During this time, the joint teams will conduct their field research and present their findings to their instructors and their peers.

For more information please visit the program website.

The Guarini Institute website where students can apply for this program is: https://guarini.dartmouth.edu/programs/ascl-developing-vietnam-ho-chi-minh-city-fall-term