The Major Program
For students wanting to enroll and earn a B.A. in Chinese Studies must meet the following requirements:
1. Two years of Mandarin Chinese (CHIN 10 A-B-C and CHIN 20 A-B-C or equivalent) or equivalent Chinese knowledge.
2. HILD 10-11-12 (a one year sequence in East Asian History). ERC students may receive some credit after the completion of MMW courses.
3.Twelve upper-division courses on Chinese studies topics.
a. Courses must be taken from at least three departments or programs.
b. At least one of those twelve courses must be a 4 unit seminar or colloquium in which students are expected to write a substantial term paper. Typically the Department of History offers at least one colloquium per academic year. Courses are usually numbered HIEA 161-171. The student will need to request and receive permission from the professor and the Department of History before enrollment in such a course.
c. No more than six of those upper-division may be language acquisition courses.
4. As a rule, all courses must be take and completed for a letter grade for both the major or minor. Exception are granted for CHIN 198 and 199.
In principle, the courses that the Chinese Studies Program accepts are lower and upper-division course that study China or Mandarin Chinese. Only six upper-division courses may be taken abroad or at another institution and only three of those may be language acquisition courses. All courses not taken at UCSD must be reviewed and approved as compatible with a Chinese Studies courses via a Student Petition upon returning from EAP, OAP or from another US institution.
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