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 |
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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) |
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Comps (6 credits) |
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Total Credits | 66 |
Language and Linguistics Track
Prerequisites: Students must have completed Chinese 205 or its equivalent.
Requirements & Credits | Details |
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Language Courses (30 credits) | Students must take Chinese 206 and at least four 300-level Chinese language courses |
Methodology Courses (12 credits) | Two Linguistics Department classes, at least one at or above the 200-level, not including LING 100: A&I Seminar |
Content Courses in English (12 credits) | Choose Two:
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Cognate Courses (6 credits) | Civilization course: Chinese 282, History 152, History 153, ARTH 166, RELG 151, or equivalent |
Comps (6 credits) |
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Total Credits | 66 |
Suggested Comps Timeline
- 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