Adviser. For advising assistance, please call the Department of Languages and Literature at 581-7561.
The Department of Languages and Literature offers a major and a minor in Chinese for students wishing to gain a deeper understanding of Chinese culture through the study of the Chinese language, literature, arts, and society. The Chinese major also provides the necessary background for graduate study.
All courses counting toward the major or the minor must be completed with a grade of C or better. Check with the department to see if a transcript is needed. If a course that is a requirement for the major is not available, the department reserves the right to substitute another course to fulfill that requirement.
The major consists of 31 upper-division credit hours. Students who learned the language through residence in a Chinese-speaking country may not take any course numbered below 3060.
The minor consists of 15 upper-division credit hours. Students who learned the language through residence in a Chinese speaking country may not take any course numbered below 3060.
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Total hours for the major: 31
Number of required courses: 7 (plus 1 capstone course)
Number of electives: 3
CHIN 3010 Third-year Mandarin Chinese
or CHIN 3060 Introduction to Written Chinese
CHIN 3020 Third-year Mandarin Language
CHIN 4710 Classical or Literary Chinese
CHIN 5280 Syntax cross-listed with LING 5280 OR CHIN 5281 Phonetics: cross-listed with LING 5281
CHIN 4550 Patterns of Traditional Chinese Culture
CHIN 4610 Survey of Classical Literature I
CHIN 4620 Survey of Classical Literature II
Capstone course: CHIN 4990
CHIN 3390 Chinese Calligraphy
CHIN 3510 Business Chinese
CHIN 5281 Chinese Phonetics: cross-listed with LING 5281
CHIN 3410 Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
CHIN 3420 Teaching Chinese as a Second Language Practicum
CHIN 3950 Service Learning
CHIN 4560 Problems of Modernizing China
CHIN 4720 Classical Literary Chinese
CHIN 4900 Special Topics
CHIN 5880 Directed Reading
(for students working 20 hours or less)
Fall Semester
CHIN 1010
Spring Semester
CHIN 1020
Fall Semester
CHIN 2010
CHIN 5281
Spring Semester
CHIN 2020
CHIN 5280
Fall Semester
CHIN 3010 or 3060
CHIN 4610
Spring Semester
CHIN 3020
CHIN 4620
Fall Semester
CHIN 4550
CHIN 4710
Spring Semester
CHIN 4560
CHIN 4720
CHIN 4990
Total hours for the minor: 15
CHIN 3010 or CHIN 3060 Introduction to Written Chinese, plus 15 upper-division credit hours.
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