Chinese Major
Guidelines for Chinese Special Major Proposal
66 credits
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.
There are two possible tracks-- Language and Literature/Film, and Language and Linguistics.
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Prerequisites |
Students must have completed Chinese 205 or its equivalent. | |
| 30 credits | Language Courses | Students must take Chinese 206 and at least four 300-level Chinese language courses. |
| 6-12 credits | Methodology courses | |
| Literature/film track: | Literary Studies 245 Introduction to Critical Methods or film methods course | |
| Linguistics track: | Two linguistics classes (excluding cross-listed Asian Languages courses), at least one at the 200 level. | |
| 12 credits | Content courses in English | |
| Literature/film track: | Two Chinese literature/film courses taught in English | |
| Linguistics track: | Asian Languages 111 Writing Systems |
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| Asian Languages 260 Historical Linguistics | ||
| 6-12 credits | Cognate courses | |
| Literature/film track: | Civilization course: Chinese 282, History 152, History 153, or equivalent | |
| Another course on Chinese society or culture, related to comps | ||
| Linguistics track: | Civilization course: Chinese 282, History 152, History 153,or equivalent |
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| 6 credits | Comps | |
| -Normally a thesis written on a Chinese text or corpus of Chinese data, written in English and presented in a public talk. | ||
| -Language proficiency (Oral presentation of comps in Chinese) | ||
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| 66 credits |
Suggested Comps Timeline
Proposal (topic, why?, method, preparedness, feasibility, advisor)
Mid-Fall
Revised Proposal
End Fall
Draft
3rd Week Winter
Complete 2nd Draft
8th Week Winter
Finished
2nd Week Spring