LX138P – page 3 – Additional information
Program Title: Chinese Studies Minor
Program description:
(All colleges) 18 credits
Required (14 credits)
 CHI 201 Intermediate Chinese I 4 credits
 CHI 202 Intermediate Chinese II 4 credits
 CHI 301 Advanced Chinese 3 credits
 CHI 305 Introduction to modern Chinese literature 3 credits
Electives (4 credits) – choose from:
 CHI 398 Directed Studies 1-3
 ENG 434 Chinese Discourse: Different ways of thinking and writing (offered alternate years)
 HIS 202 Contemporary Global Issues (offered Spring)
 HIS 250 The Asian World 3 (offered alternate years)
 HIS 327 History of Buddhism 3 (offered every third year)
 HIS 334 Aspects of Chinese History (offered every third year)
 HIS 335 History of China (offered every third year)
 POL 333 Asian Government and Politics (offered alternate years)
 POL 355 Twentieth-Century Ideologies (offered occasionally)
**Two more CHI courses will be added to course offerings during 2013-2014:
 CHI 315 Business Chinese
 CHI 320 Chinese Civilization
These two courses will be offered in alternate years. Students will have more choices both for the
required courses and for the electives. Whichever course is not taken to fulfill the category of
required courses, may be taken as an elective. Under Required courses, catalog will read: CHI 301
or CHI 315 and CHI 305 or CHI 320.
This will allow the instructor to teach a cycle of four upper-level courses over a two-year period.
Fall (2013)
CHI 101
CHI 201
CHI 301
Spring (2014)
CHI 102
CHI 202
CHI 305* GEN ED Course
Fall (2014)
CHI 101
CHI 201
CHI 315
Spring (2015)
CHI 102
CHI 202
CHI 320