Major in Chinese

Bulletin entry for the Chinese major.

Major in Chinese Language and Culture

Requires 29 hours including four advanced language courses beyond CHI 201. Study abroad in China or Taiwan is also highly recommended. A minimum C average is required for all courses in the major.

Required major courses

CHI 220  Third-year Chinese I (4)
CHI 230  Third-year Chinese II (4)
CHI 231  Fourth-year Chinese (3)
CHI 255  Global Topics in Chinese (3)
or CHI 291  Special Topics in Chinese (3)
EAL 375      Senior Research Seminar (3)

Select one elective in Chinese art, history, politics, or religion

HST 244  Pre-Modern China to 1850 (3)
ART 238 Art and Culture of China (3)
HST 244 Pre-Modern China to 1850 (3)
HST 245 Modern China since 1850 (3)
HST 344 Early Modernity in China (3)
HST 345 China and the World in the Age of Discovery (3)
HST 352 Ten Years of Madness: The Chinese Cultural Revolution,
1966 to 1976 (3)
POL 248 Chinese Politics (3)
REL 282 Religion and Culture in China (3)

Select two electives in Chinese literature, film and/or culture

CHI 230 Third-year Chinese II (4)
EAL 221 Themes in Chinese Literature I (3)
EAL 222 Themes in Chinese Literature II (3)
EAL 223 Traditional Chinese Literature (3)
EAL 231 Experiments in Modern Chinese Literature and Visual
Culture (3)
EAL 252 Chinese Cinemas (3)
EAL 260 Global Work and Life: A Chinese Linguistics Approach (3)
EAL 271 Mass Culture in Modern China (3)
EAL 272 Fiction and Film from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Beyond (3)
EAL 273 Kung Fu China: Culture, Narrative, Globalization (3)

Select one elective in East Asian/Korean/Japanese culture

EAL 219 Major Works of Japanese Literature I (3)
EAL 220 Major Works of Japanese Literature II (3)
EAL 241 Gender and Sexuality in Modern and Contemporary Japan (3)
EAL 253 Japanese Film: Themes and Methods (3)
EAL 270 Contemporary Japanese Culture (3)
EAL 275 Survey of East Asian Cultures (3)
EAL 279 Korean Cinema: History, Gender, and Genre (3)
EAL 285 Contemporary East Asian Cinema (3)
ART 236 Art of East Asia (3)
REL 329 Asian Medicine, Health, and Healing Traditions (3)

Honors
To graduate with the designation “Honors in Chinese Language and Culture,” following completion of EAL 375, the student must enroll in EAL 376, submit an honors-quality research paper, successfully defend the paper in an oral examination, and earn an overall GPA of 3.0 with an average of 3.3 on work in courses taken as part of the major in Chinese. For additional information, students should consult their Chinese Language and Culture major advisor or the EAL 375 instructor.