The Major
Prerequisites
The successful completion of four semester courses in Mandarin Chinese: 126, 246, 326, 327 (24 credits) or the equivalent.
Departmental Requirements
31 credits for the major, distributed as follows:
- Required courses (16 credits)
- 375 Introduction to Chinese Linguistics
- 426 Advanced Modern Chinese I
- 427 Advanced Modern Chinese II
- 450 Elementary Classical Chinese
- One course in pre-modern Chinese (see courses marked below with *)
- 9 credits from among the following:
- 432 Media Chinese
- 433 Business Chinese
- 526 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature I
- 527 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature II
- 528 Chinese Language in Contexts
- *555 Classical Chinese Poetry
- 575 Syntactic Structures of Chinese
- 576 History of the Chinese Language
- 577 Chinese Dialectology
- 580 Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language I
- 581 Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language II
- *597D Confucianism
- *597F Chinese Political Philosophy
- *597K Buddhist and Taoist Literature
- 597L Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
- *597M Ming-Qing Novel I
- *597P Traditional Chinese Drama & Performing Arts
- *597Q Ming-Qing Novel II
- 670 Introduction to Research Chinese Source Materials
- 6 credits from among the following:
- 136 Introduction to Chinese Cinema
- 140 Chinese Script I
- 150 Peoples and Languages of China
- 197Q Late Imperial Chinese Literature & Culture
- 197S China in World Affairs
- 241 Contemporary Chinese Literature
- 242 Chinese Vernacular Literature
- 397D Philosophy and Religion in Chinese Literature
- HISTORY 114 History of China I
- HISTORY 115 History of China II
- Integrative Experience - 3 credits from among the following:
- 394PI Chinese Popular Culture
- 394WI Women in Chinese Culture
- Junior Year Writing
Joint Major in Chinese and Linguistics
(See Linguistics section)
Restrictions
A cumulative GPA of 2.00 is required in courses used to satisfy the major requirement; no Pass/Fail option in such courses; only six credits from other institutions in the Five College consortium may be applied to the major; students who begin the major at an advanced level must take enough courses at that level to accumulate the required number of credits from the major; double majors need to complete the Junior Year Writing requirement in only one of their majors. No student who passes the program’s foreign language exemption exam may enroll in 110/120/126/127/246/247.