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CHINESE STUDIES PROGRAM
The Chinese Studies program is an interdisciplinary program which is designed to provide students interested in China a broad foundation in Chinese language, culture, and history, and an opportunity to focus on the cultural-philosophical world view and the economic and business structure of China. The program requires that major and minor students complete coursework in at least three different disciplines: Chinese language, history, and anthropology, with optional work in political science, the arts, religion, business, and other disciplines.
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in the university's China exchange programs (currently at Sichuan University) and may request that credits earned through these programs be counted toward the major or minor. With the approval of the program director, selected January-term, summer, and experimental courses may be included in the major or minor.
Faculty: A committee of faculty administers this program: Manfredi, Chair; Barnowe, Byrnes, Dwyer-Shick, Guldin, Ingram, Li, McGinnis, Youtz. Mr. Sidney Rittenberg serves as honorary advisor.
32 semester hours (24 required, eight elective); students must take at least one Chinese history course.
Required Courses: 24 semester hours
ANTH 343: East Asian Cultures – C, S1
CHIN 201: Intermediate Chinese
CHIN 202: Intermediate Chinese
HIST 339: Revolutionary China
RELI 233: Religions of China
CHSP 499: Capstone: Senior Project – SR
Electives: 8 semester hours
ANTH 345: Contemporary China – C, S1
BUSA 352: Global Management*
CHIN 271: China Through Film – C
CHSP 287: Selected Topics in Chinese Studies
CHSP 250: Urban Culture in China - C
CHSP 350: Chinese Culture and Society - C
CHIN 301: Composition and Conversation
CHIN 302: Composition and Conversation
CHIN 371: Chinese Literature in Translation – C, LT
HIST 232: Tibet in Fact and Fiction – C, S1
HIST 338: Modern China – C, S1
HIST 496: Seminar: The Third World (a/y on China)** – C, S1, SR
MUSI 105: The Arts of China – AR, C
POLS 381 Comparative Legal Systems – C, S1
MINOR: 20 semester hours (eight required, 12 elective)
Required Courses: 8 semester hours in Chinese language
CHIN 101: Elementary Chinese
CHIN 102: Elementary Chinese
(or one equivalent year of university-level Chinese, upon approval of the program chair)
Electives: 12 semester hours from at least two additional departments
ANTH 345: Contemporary China – C, S1
CHIN 371: Chinese Literature in Translation – C, LT
CHIN 271 China Through Film – C
CHSP 287 Selected Topics in Chinese Studies
CHSP 350 Chinese Culture and Society - C
HIST 339: Revolutionary China - C, S1
MUSI 339: The Arts of China - AR, C
RELI 233: Religions of China - C, R3
*These courses may count for program credits only when the student's course project is focused on China and is approved by the program chair.
** History 496 may be counted toward program requirements only when it focuses specifically on China.
CHSP 250: Urban Culture in China - C
Explores first hand the dynamic and rapidly transforming cultural life
of four major Chinese cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong
Kong. Our explorations will be carried out through face-to-face
meetings with contemporary artists and writers, as well as visits to
culturally significant sites that form the background and context for
artistic expression in China today. The urban focus will foreground
tensions within China's major cities between global and local forces,
and the ways in which those tensions are profitably transformed into
contemporary art of all kinds. (4)
CHIN 271: China Through Film – C
An exploration of the history and recent directions of Chinese cinema,
the relationship between film and other Chinese media, film, and the
Chinese government, and the particular appeal of Chinese film on the
international market. No prior study of Chinese required. (4)
CHSP 287: Selected Topics in Chinese Studies (4)
CHSP 350: Chinese Culture and Society - C
This course will draw together the existing experiential components of
the semester abroad program in Chengdu - orientation, service learning
and the study tour - and focus them on the topic of an individual
research project. The primary methodology of this project will be
interviews with individuals in China, along with analysis of various
Chinese media. (4)
CHSP 499: Capstone: Senior Project – SR
A project, thesis, or internship which demonstrates competence in
language and other dimensions of Chinese Studies. Must be approved in
advance by chair of the Chinese Studies Program; tally card required.
Upon prior application of the student, seminars in other departments or
programs may substitute for this course. (1–4)