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. Consult the Program Director of the Ethnic and Cultural Studies minor. Two upper-division courses and three additional credit hours in a Foreign Language minor may not be applied to another minor or any major offered at Lewis University.
Degree Requirements
I. Required Language Courses (9)
| 21-109 | First-Year Chinese 1 | 3 |
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| OR | |
| 21-191 | First-Year Language in Location 1 | 3 |
| 21-112 | First-Year Chinese 2 | 3 |
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| OR | |
| 21-192 | First-Year Language in Location 2 | 3 |
| 21-213 | Second-Year Chinese 1 | 3 |
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| OR | |
| 21-291 | Second-Year Language in Location 1 | 3 |
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| OR | |
| 06-314 | Linguistics | 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.
| 06-220 | Topics in Literature | 3 |
| 06-334 | Non-Western Literature | 3 |
| 06-339 | Topics in World Authors | 3 |
| 06-376 | World/Ethnic Film | 3 |
| 09-351 | Modern China | 3 |
| 10-350 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| 18-321 | Comparative Government | 3 |
| 18-337 | International Topics | 3 |
| 18-368 | Non-Western Political Thought | 3 |
| 19-281 | Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America | 3 |
| 19-298 | Christianity and World Religions | 3 |
| 20-492 | Special Topics in Sociology | 3 |
| 21-120 | International Experience Seminar | 1 |
| 21-214 | Second-Year Chinese 2 | 3 |
| 21-216 | Foreign Language Workshop | 1 |
| 21-292 | Second-Year Language in Location 2 | 3 |
| 21-300 | Topics in a Foreign Language | 3 |
| 26-285 | Cross-Cultural Psychology | 3 |
Chinese Language and Culture minors may select
21-311 and
21-314 as upper-division electives when offered.
III. At least two courses in the minor must be at the 300- or 400-level.