Chinese Language and Culture Minor

Minor Credit Hours: 18

This minor will provide students with the unique opportunity to augment their knowledge, language skills, and cross-cultural expertise in a region of increasing strategic and global importance. The study of Chinese language and culture is currently among the most popular language-related academic pursuits in the U.S. Heritage speakers must consult the Director of the Foreign Language Program when selecting language courses for this minor. Chinese Language and Culture minors are encouraged to pursue a second minor in Ethnic and Cultural Studies.

Degree Requirements

I. Required Language Courses (9)

21-109First-Year Chinese 1

3

-
OR

21-191First-Year Language in Location 1

3

21-112First-Year Chinese 2

3

-
OR

21-192First-Year Language in Location 2

3

21-213Second-Year Chinese 1

3

-
OR

21-291Second-Year Language in Location 1

3

-
OR

06-314Linguistics

3

II. Elective Culture Courses (9)

Choose three courses from at least two different departments.  Topics courses and seminars must be related to Asia / China.

06-220Topics in Literature

3

06-334Non-Western Literature

3

06-339Topics in World Authors

3

06-376World/Ethnic Film

3

09-351Modern China

3

10-350Intercultural Communication

3

18-321Comparative Government

3

18-337International Topics

3

18-368Non-Western Political Thought

3

19-281Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

3

19-298Christianity and World Religions

3

20-492Special Topics in Sociology

3

21-120International Experience Seminar

1

21-214Second-Year Chinese 2

3

21-292Second-Year Language in Location 2

3

26-285Cross-Cultural Psychology

3

III. At least two courses in the minor must be at the 300- or 400-level.

IV. Chinese Language and Culture minors are encouraged to minor in Ethnic and Cultural Studies.

Consult the Program Director of the Ethnic and Cultural Studies minor.  Two upper-division courses and three additional credit hours in an Ethnic and Cultural Studies minor may not be applied to another minor or any major offered at Lewis University.