Chinese, Minor

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Required Language Courses

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Note: For students with prior knowledge of Chinese, a placement test will determine the appropriate first course. Students who place at or above CHNS 2102 must complete the sequence through CHNS 3102 by the end of the minor. Additional elective courses may be taken at any point to fulfill the total credit requirements of five courses. For guidance on course selection, students should consult the Chinese academic coordinator.

Complete at least four language courses in sequence from the following:

• Choose 16 semester hours from:
  • CHNS 1101 — Elementary Chinese 1
  • CHNS 1102 — Elementary Chinese 2
  • One of:
    • CHNS 2101 — Intermediate Chinese 1
    • CHNS 2301 — Intermediate Chinese Immersion 1
    • CHNS 2900 — Specialized Instruction in Chinese
  • One of:
    • CHNS 2102 — Intermediate Chinese 2
    • CHNS 2302 — Intermediate Chinese Immersion 2
    • CHNS 2900 — Specialized Instruction in Chinese
  • One of:
    • CHNS 3101 — Advanced Chinese 1
    • CHNS 3301 — Advanced Chinese Immersion 1
    • CHNS 3900 — Specialized Instruction in Chinese
  • One of:
    • CHNS 3102 — Advanced Chinese 2
    • CHNS 3302 — Advanced Chinese Immersion 2
    • CHNS 3900 — Specialized Instruction in Chinese

Electives

From the catalog

Note: CHNS 3101 and CHNS 3102 may not be counted toward both the language sequence requirement and the electives requirement. If these courses are used to complete the language sequence, students must select different courses from the remaining electives to fulfill the five-course total.

Complete one or more of the following to reach a total of five courses in the minor:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • ARCH 2310 — History of Chinese Architecture
  • ASNS 1150 — East Asian Studies
  • CHNS 1944 — Cultural Engagement: Dialogue of Civilizations
  • CHNS 1973 — Special Topics in Chinese Culture
  • CHNS 3101 — Advanced Chinese 1
  • CHNS 3102 — Advanced Chinese 2
  • CHNS 3800 — Special Topics in Chinese
  • CHNS 4800 — Special Topics in Chinese
  • CLTR 1120 — Introduction to Languages, Literature, and Culture
  • HIST 1500 — Modern China
  • HIST 2308 — Law, Justice, and Society in Modern China
  • PHIL 1290 — Chinese Philosophy and Religion
  • POLS 3485 — China: Governance and Foreign Policy

GPA requirements

• 2.000 GPA required in the minor

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under chinese-minor, and the official page is the authority.