BA in Chinese Studies
The Chinese Studies program offers students a diverse curriculum centered on Chinese
language, literature, culture and society. Its rigorous language curriculum stresses
verbal and textual mastery, cultural competency, and includes courses in Chinese linguistics
and language pedagogy. Content courses explore both ancient and modern Chinese literature,
visual arts, society, history, philosophy, and economics. Content courses are taught
entirely in English and do not require any Chinese language skills.
The Chinese Studies faculty stress both global/transnational perspectives and area/regional
knowledge and linguistic skills, in order to best prepare students for a broad spectrum
of future educational and career goals and opportunities.
Requirements
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Major Requirements
The Chinese Studies major requirement consists of 11 courses.
Language Courses
Students are required to successfully complete the following four language courses:
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CHIN 203 Intermediate Chinese I
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CHIN 204 Intermediate Chinese II
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CHIN 305 Advanced Chinese I
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CHIN 306 Advanced Chinese II
Note: CHIN 101 (Elementary Chinese I) and CHIN 102 (Elementary Chinese II) provide
the basic linguistic knowledge and skills required to begin the major but do not count
towards the major. After consultation and proficiency test assessment administered
by Chinese Program faculty, students who already demonstrate competence in Mandarin
at any of the required levels may waive part or all of the language requirements.
Waived Chinese language courses will not count toward the major and must be replaced
with other Chinese Studies courses to bring the total number of courses to eleven.
A letter grade of C or better is necessary for a course to count toward the Chinese
Studies major.
Elective Courses
In addition to the required language courses, students must choose:
In addition:
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Two of the courses have to be at the 400 level, with at least one being in Chinese
Studies
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At least two additional elective courses must be at the 300 or 400 level.
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At least six courses must be taken at Binghamton University.
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No more than one course may be an independent study.
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No more than one course may be taken Pass/Fail.
- No language course may be taken Pass/Fail.
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A letter grade of C or better is necessary for a course to count toward the major.
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Minor Requirements
The minor in Chinese Studies consists of six courses consisting of three language
courses and three Chinese Studies elective courses. At least three of these six courses
must be at the 300 or 400 level.
The three required language courses are:
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CHIN 203 Intermediate Chinese I
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CHIN 204 Intermediate Chinese II
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CHIN 305 Advanced Chinese I
Note: CHIN 101 (Elementary Chinese I) and CHIN 102 (Elementary Chinese II) provide
the basic linguistic knowledge and skills required to begin the minor but do not count
towards the minor. After consultation and proficiency test assessment administered
by Chinese Program faculty, students who demonstrate proficiency in Mandarin at any
of the required levels may waive part or all of the language requirements. Waived
Chinese language courses will not count toward the minor and must be replaced with
other Chinese Studies courses to bring the total number of courses up to six.
In addition:
- No more than one course may be an independent study
- No more than one course may be taken Pass/Fail.
- No language course may be taken Pass/Fail
- At least four courses must be taken at Binghamton University.
- A letter grade of C or better is necessary for a course to count toward the minor.
Chinese Studies Faculty
Zu-Yan Chen
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor; TRIP Courtesy Title; Director, Center for Theater Arts Collaboration
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies; Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP); Center for Theater Arts Collaboration
Research Interests
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- Pre-modern Chinese poetry and poetics
- Confucianism
- Translation of pre-modern Chinese literature
- Language and culture pedagogy
Nicholas A. Kaldis
Associate Professor; Director of Chinese Studies; TRIP Courtesy Title
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies; Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)
Research Interests
- Aesthetic Cognition in the Fiction and Film of China & Taiwan
- Psychoanalytic Theory and Chinese Cultural Production
- Chinese-to-English Translation
- Lu Xun Studies
Qifei Kao
Lecturer
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Chenqing Song
Associate Professor
The Linguistics Program; Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Research Interests
- Chinese phonology
- Historical linguistics
- Tones in poetic prosody
- Chinese as a foreign language teaching
Shu-Min T. Kaldis
Lecturer
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Research Interests
- Chinese Language Pedagogy
- Chinese Stamp Carving
- Bookmaking
- Chinese Woodcut; Silkscreen; Lithography and Intaglio Printmaking
- Watercolor Painting
- Chinese Culinary Arts
Hong Zhang
Senior Instructor
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Research Interests
- Language and Music
- Language Pedagogy
- Vocal Pedagogy
- Chinese Music and Culture