Program: Chinese, BA - University of Pittsburgh

Chinese and Japanese major requirements

Chinese or Japanese majors may take first-year language courses on an Satisfactory/No Credit (S/NC) basis. Second-year language courses must be taken on a letter grade basis. In the third and fourth years, majors have the option of taking two additional courses S/NC, one of which may be an advanced language course.

Course Requirements

The Chinese major requires 46 credits for completion.

Language

All of the following first, second, and third year language courses are required.

CHIN 0002 - FIRST YEAR CHINESE 2
CHIN 0003 - SECOND YEAR CHINESE 1
CHIN 0004 - SECOND YEAR CHINESE 2
CHIN 1009 - THIRD-YEAR CHINESE 1
CHIN 1010 - THIRD-YEAR CHINESE 2

Advanced language courses

Choose one of the following advanced language courses.

CHIN 1033 - SPECIAL TOPICS: ADVANCED CHINESE ACROSS GENRES
CHIN 1040 - LITERARY CHINESE 1 CLASSICAL
CHIN 1050 - FOURTH YEAR CHINESE 1

Literature, linguistics, culture, and film

Writing-intensive course

Students must complete the 1-credit CHIN 1908 - DIRECTED WRITING FOR MAJORS in conjunction with a course from the Literature, linguistics, culture, and film requirement. Eligible courses are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Senior Project

CHIN 1999 - SENIOR PROJECT should be completed in the student’s final academic term.

Non-departmental course requirements

Choose two courses with at least 50% China-related content and offered by a department other than East Asian Languages and Literatures. A sample list of courses follows.

ECON 1630 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA
HAA 1640 - 20TH CENTURY CHINESE ART
HIST 1420 - ANCIENT CHINA
HIST 1422 - LATE IMPERIAL CHINA
HIST 1423 - MODERN CHINA
PHIL 0275 - INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
PS 1332 - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA
RELGST 1560 - RELIGION AND HEALING IN CHINA

Chinese, BA