Mar 28, 2024  
Catalogue 2021-2022 
    
Catalogue 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Chinese Major


Required Units


Total number of units required for major, excluding any required Intensive(s): 10

Required Intensive units, if any: 0

Total units required: 10

Intensives


None required, however, Senior Project or Senior Thesis are optional Intensives.

Other


  • Number of units required is nine if the student starts language study from CHIN 205  or 207 /JAPA 205 . The student may count her/his intermediate language courses (3 credit units in total) as electives to fulfill the required number of credit units. 
  • Number of units required is eight if the student starts language study from CHIN 305 /JAPA 305  or above. The student may take either additional qualified 300-level language or/and content courses as electives to fulfill the required number of credit units.

Honors’ Requirements


Students who wish to be considered for departmental honors must complete a thesis or project of sufficient quality. A thesis is normally written in both semesters of the senior year. A senior project may be done either as a one-unit course in one semester, or a half-unit course in each of two semesters.

Chinese and Japanese Certification Programs


The Chinese and Japanese Department jointly with the Department of Education offers programs leading to the New York State Initial Adolescent Education Certificate (grades 7-12) in both Chinese and Japanese. Students who choose to obtain the credential must be major in Chinese or Japanese, and complete 9.5 units in education. Upon successful completion of the program, candidates will be eligible to teach in any secondary school in New York, as well as many other states that have signed reciprocity agreements with the State of New York.