Chinese Studies (BA, Minor)

The Chinese studies program offers students a diverse curriculum centered on the Chinese language, culture, and society. Its rigorous language curriculum stresses verbal and textual mastery and cultural competency and includes courses in Chinese linguistics and language pedagogy. Courses explore both ancient and modern Chinese literature, visual arts, society, history, philosophy, and economics.

Some students who choose this major also choose to double major within a different discipline to build a holistic degree plan.

Internships, Research Opportunities, and More

The faculty of the Chinese studies program are not only outstanding educators but are recognized and published scholars within their respective fields of research which include:

• Ancient, pre-modern, modern, and contemporary Chinese history and culture
• Chinese linguistics: phonology, poetic prosody, and prosodic acquisition
• Classical and Chinese poetry and poetics
• Confucianism language pedagogy
• 20th-century Chinese literature and film
• Many Chinese studies majors choose to study abroad to immerse themselves in the culture and language.

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