Special Major in Chinese – Asian Languages & Literatures

Mid-Fall: Proposal (topic, why?, method, preparedness, feasibility, advisor)
End Fall: Revised Proposal
3rd Week Winter: Draft
8th Week Winter: Complete 2nd Draft
2nd Week Spring: Finished

Guidelines for Chinese Special Major Proposal: 66 credits

Chinese is not a regular major at Carleton, it is available only as a Special Major, through a petition to the Academic Standing Committee. The petition form is available from the Academic Standing Committee website.

The student must consult with faculty advisers to plan an individually-tailored program. It would be good to have a possible comps topic in mind from the beginning, and plan courses that will provide the necessary background to complete the comps project. In most cases, equivalent off-campus study courses can substitute for Carleton courses. Normally a major is required to have off-campus study experience in a Chinese-speaking country.

There are two possible tracks: Language and Literature, and Language and Linguistics.

Language and Literature Track

Prerequisites: Students must have completed Chinese 205 or its equivalent.

Requirement & Credits	Details
Language Courses (30 credits)	Students must take Chinese 206 and at least four 300-level Chinese language courses
Methodology Course (6 credits)	Literary Studies 245: Introduction to Critical Methods
Content Courses in English (12 credits)	Two Chinese literature/film courses taught in English
Cognate Courses (12 credits)	Civilization course: Chinese 282, History 152, History 153, ARTH 166, RELG 151, or equivalent Second Cognate: Another course on Chinese society or culture, related to comps
Comps (6 credits)	Normally a thesis written on a Chinese text or texts (translation, literary analytics, etc. — must be read in the original language), written in English and presented in a public talk Language proficiency (oral presentation of comps in Chinese)
Total Credits	66

Language and Linguistics Track