Chinese (BA)

Achieve a high level of proficiency in Chinese language through friendly, activity-filled, intensive classes. You will learn Chinese culture, society, literature, and linguistics from historical and contemporary perspectives. Students have the option of three different tracks in the Chinese major: language, culture, or linguistics. In consultation with department advisors, you can select a track that allows you to study and master the aspects of Chinese that interest you most. Students with advanced Chinese language proficiency beyond third-year Chinese should consult with EALL's China faculty advisors to develop an individualized program. Chinese is one of several majors taught within the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Content objectives: for culture and language intensive: Identify, describe, and explain materials, terminologies, methodologies, and theories in Chinese literature, film and media. For linguistics intensive: Describe, analyze and explain language structure and usage using terminologies, methodologies, and theories in Chinese linguistics.
  • Critical thinking/Analytical skills: for culture and language intensive: Read, discuss, and evaluate texts from both historical sources and contemporary works in literature, film and media, and linguistics, employing methodologies and criteria. For linguistics focus: Discuss and evaluate descriptive grammars of Chinese, as well as studies on various levels of Chinese linguistics including, phonetics, phonology, semantics, syntax, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and the relationship between language, cognition and culture.
  • Argumentation: Formulate original arguments, anticipating objections and responding in conscientious fashion.
  • Communication: Communicate knowledge, ideas, and reasoning in written, oral, or other forms, in English or Chinese. Reach intermediate/advanced proficiency level in written and spoken modern Chinese. For CHN language intensive: Acquire introductory to intermediate reading skills in classical Chinese.

Bachelor of Arts in Chinese: Culture-Intensive Option

 At least five of the required courses must be completed within the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.

CHN 301Third-Year Chinese I5
CHN 302Third-Year Chinese II5
CHN 303Third-Year Chinese III5
Select four of the following, with two in upper division. 16
Introduction to Chinese Narrative
Introduction to Chinese Film
Introduction to Chinese Popular Culture
History of Chinese Literature
History of Chinese Literature II, The Imperial Age
History of Chinese Literature
Literature of Modern Taiwan
Four upper-division courses 116
Total Credits47
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Courses must be in Chinese language, culture, literature, linguistics, film, or other advisor-approved areas taken from this or other departments. Of these, at least three must be from the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, with two having the CHN subject code. A third non-Chinese course chosen from within the department may also count toward the culture-intensive option.

Bachelor of Arts in Chinese: Language-Intensive Option

 At least five of the required courses must be completed within the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.

CHN 301Third-Year Chinese I5
CHN 302Third-Year Chinese II5
CHN 303Third-Year Chinese III5
Select three of the following:12
History of Chinese Literature
History of Chinese Literature II, The Imperial Age
History of Chinese Literature
Literature of Modern Taiwan
Chinese Linguistics
CHN 436Literary Chinese4
CHN 437Literary Chinese4
Select three of the following:12
Modern Chinese Texts: [Topic]
Media Chinese
Chinese Academic Writing
Advanced Chinese: [Topic]
Total Credits47

Bachelor of Arts in Chinese: Linguistics-Intensive Option

CHN 301Third-Year Chinese I5
CHN 302Third-Year Chinese II5
CHN 303Third-Year Chinese III5
Select two of the following:8
Modern Chinese Texts: [Topic]
Intermediate Language Strategies
Intermediate Language Strategies
Intermediate Language Strategies
Chinese Academic Writing
Advanced Chinese: [Topic]
Select three of the following linguistics survey courses:12
Chinese Linguistics
History of the Chinese Language
Languages and Societies in East Asia
Introduction to Linguistics Analysis
Select two of the following:8
CHN 481
History of the Chinese Language
Literary Chinese
Literary Chinese
Seminar: [Topic]
Second-Language Acquisition
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Pedagogy
One advisor-approved elective in courses with the subject codes EALL, CHN, and LING4
Total Credits47

Four-Year Degree Plans

Sample Cultural-Intensive Option

Sample Language-Intensive Option

Sample Linguistics-Intensive Option

The degree plan shown is only a sample of how students may complete their degrees in four years. There are alternative ways. Students should consult their advisor to determine the best path for them.

Bachelor of Arts in Chinese: Culture-Intensive Option

Degree Map
First Year
FallMilestonesCredits
CHN 101 First-Year Chinese 5
WR 121Z Composition I 4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Winter
CHN 102 First-Year Chinese 5
One of the major survey courses, lower-division (150, 151, 152) 4
WR 122Z
Composition II
or College Composition III
Complete writing requirement4
Area-satisfying course 4
 Credits 17
Spring
CHN 103 First-Year Chinese 5
Area-satisfying courses 12
 Credits 17
Second Year
Fall
CHN 201 Second-Year Chinese 5
One of the major survey courses (150, 151, 305, 306, 307, 308) 4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Winter
CHN 202 Second-Year Chinese 5
One of the major survey courses (150, 151, 305, 306, 307, 308) 4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Spring
CHN 203 Second-Year Chinese 5
One of the major survey courses (150, 151, 305, 306, 307, 308) 4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Third Year
Fall
CHN 301 Third-Year Chinese I 5
Upper-division elective course 4
Elective courses 8
 Credits 17
Winter
CHN 302 Third-Year Chinese II 5
Upper-division elective ocurse 4
Elective courses 8
 Credits 17
Spring
CHN 303 Third-Year Chinese III Complete third-year language requirements5
Upper-division elective course 4
Elective courses 8
 Credits 17
Fourth Year
Fall
Upper-division elective course Complete upper-division electives requirement4
Elective courses 8
 Credits 12
Winter
Elective courses 12
 Credits 12
Spring
Elective courses 12
 Credits 12
 Total Credits 189

Bachelor of Arts in Chinese: Language-Intensive Option

The degree plan shown is only a sample of how students may complete their degrees in four years. There are alternative ways. Students should consult their advisor to determine the best path for them.

Degree Map
First Year
FallMilestonesCredits
CHN 101 First-Year Chinese 5
WR 121Z Composition I 4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Winter
CHN 102 First-Year Chinese 5
WR 122Z
Composition II
or College Composition III
Complete writing requirement4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Spring
CHN 103 First-Year Chinese 5
Area-satisfying courses 12
 Credits 17
Second Year
Fall
CHN 201 Second-Year Chinese 5
One of the major survey courses (EALL 209, CHN 480, CHN 482) 4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Winter
CHN 202 Second-Year Chinese 5
One of the major survey courses (EALL 209, CHN 480, CHN 482) 4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Spring
CHN 203 Second-Year Chinese Complete lower-division language courses5
One of major survey courses (EALL 209, CHN 480, CHN 482) Complete major survey requirements4
Area-satisfying course Complete area requirements4
Elective course 4
 Credits 17
Third Year
Fall
CHN 301 Third-Year Chinese I 5
Elective courses 12
 Credits 17
Winter
CHN 302 Third-Year Chinese II 5
Elective courses 12
 Credits 17
Spring
CHN 303 Third-Year Chinese III Complete third-year language courses5
Elective courses 12
 Credits 17
Fourth Year
Fall
CHN 420 Intermediate Language Strategies 4
CHN 436 Literary Chinese 4
Elective course 4
 Credits 12
Winter
CHN 421 Intermediate Language Strategies 4
CHN 437 Literary Chinese Complete literary Chinese requirement4
Elective course 4
 Credits 12
Spring
CHN 413
Modern Chinese Texts: [Topic]
or Intermediate Language Strategies
Complete fourth-year language requirement4
Elective courses 8
 Credits 12
 Total Credits 189

Bachelor of Arts in Chinese: Linguistic-Intensive Option 

The degree plan shown is only a sample of how students may complete their degrees in four years. There are alternative ways. Students should consult their advisor to determine the best path for them.

Degree Map
First Year
FallMilestonesCredits
CHN 101 First-Year Chinese 5
WR 121Z Composition I 4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Winter
CHN 102 First-Year Chinese 5
WR 122Z
Composition II
or College Composition III
Complete writing requirement4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Spring
CHN 103 First-Year Chinese 5
Area-satisfying courses 12
 Credits 17
Second Year
Fall
CHN 201 Second-Year Chinese 5
One of major survey course (EALL 209, LING 301, CHN 480, CHN 482) 4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Winter
CHN 202 Second-Year Chinese 5
One major survey course (EALL 209, LING 301, CHN 480, CHN 482) 4
Area-satisfying courses 8
 Credits 17
Spring
CHN 203 Second-Year Chinese Complete lower-division language courses5
One major survey course (EALL 209, LING 301, CHN 480, CHN 482) Complete major survey requirements4
Area-satisfying course Complete area requirements4
Elective course 4
 Credits 17
Third Year
Fall
CHN 301 Third-Year Chinese I 5
Elective courses 12
 Credits 17
Winter
CHN 302 Third-Year Chinese II 5
Elective courses 12
 Credits 17
Spring
CHN 303 Third-Year Chinese III Complete third year language requirement5
Upper-division elective course with CHN, JPN, EALL, or KRN subject code Complete upper-division elective requirement4
Elective courses 8
 Credits 17
Fourth Year
Fall
Upper-division Chinese language course 4
Advisor-approved upper-division linguistics-literacy course (CHN 436, 437, EALL 440, 442, 443, 486) 4
Elective course 4
 Credits 12
Winter
Upper-division Chinese language course Complete 400-level language requirements4
Advisor-approved upper-division linguistics course (CHN 481, EALL 440, 442, 443, 486) Complete advisor-approved upper-division linguistics courses with EALL subject code from list4
Elective course 4
 Credits 12
Spring
Additional advisor-approved upper-division linguistics course with EALL subject code 4
Elective courses 8
 Credits 12
 Total Credits 189