2024-2025 Catalog

Chinese Studies

The Chinese Studies major enables students to delve into the study of Chinese culture through the lens of language, literature, and other disciplinary offerings on campus.

Major

Total of nine courses minimum.

Language Component

Four Chinese language courses, at the level of CHIN 201 and above.

CHIN 201Intermediate Chinese I

5 units

CHIN 202Intermediate Chinese II

5 units

CHIN 301Expository Essays and Short Narratives I

4 units

CHIN 310Expository Essays and Short Narratives II

4 units

CHIN 330Topics in Fiction and Film

4 units

CHIN 338Literature of China's Tang and Song Dynasty

5 units

CHIN 350Classical Chinese Texts

4 units

CHIN 460Translating Chinese I

4 units

Literature in Translation and Theory

Students must complete two courses from the list below:

ASN 150/CSLC 150The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons: Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Literature

4 units

ASN 252/CSLC 252To Dwell or to Wander: Reading Confucius and Zhuangzi

4 units

ASN 253/CSLC 253The Golden Era: Literature of China's Tang and Song Dynasty

4 units

CHIN 338Literature of China's Tang and Song Dynasty

5 units

CHIN 460Translating Chinese I

4 units

LING 301Introduction to Linguistics

4 units

Only ASN 295 courses that are Chinese literature in translation courses count for this requirement.

East Asian Electives

The remainder of the nine total required courses are chosen from the below list of East Asia-related elective courses and can include up to two 201 and above CHIN courses.

AMST 270Asian American Literature

4 units

AMST 272/ASN 272Asian Immigrants in American Society

4 units

AMST 280/DWA 246The United States and East Asia

4 units

ARTH 160Introduction to East Asian Art

4 units

ARTH 360Women in Art in East Asia

4 units

ASN 150/CSLC 150The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons: Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Literature

4 units

ASN 252/CSLC 252To Dwell or to Wander: Reading Confucius and Zhuangzi

4 units

ASN 253/CSLC 253The Golden Era: Literature of China's Tang and Song Dynasty

4 units

ASN 260/CSLC 260Popular Culture and Literary Traditions of Early Modern Japan

4 units

ASN 272/AMST 272Asian Immigrants in American Society

4 units

CSLC 150/ASN 150The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons: Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Literature

4 units

CSLC 252/ASN 252To Dwell or to Wander: Reading Confucius and Zhuangzi

4 units

CSLC 253/ASN 253The Golden Era: Literature of China's Tang and Song Dynasty

4 units

DWA 237Cuba, Vietnam, China: Communism in a Post-Communist World

4 units

DWA 245/HIST 245China and the World

4 units

HIST 141East Asian Survey

4 units

HIST 242Imperial China

4 units

HIST 243Modern China: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Revolution

4 units

HIST 245/DWA 245China and the World

4 units

HIST 344Contemporary China: Reform, Rise, and Crisis

4 units

HIST 346The Transformation of Urban and Rural China

4 units

HIST 348The Chinese Cultural Revolution and the Global Sixties

4 units

MUSC 103Music of Asia and the Pacific Islands

4 units

POLS 226Contemporary Chinese Politics

4 units

POLS 227East Asian Politics: China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan

4 units

RELS 160How to Live and Die Well in Buddhist Traditions

4 units

RELS 215Shamans, Sages, and Spirits in East Asia

4 units

RELS 256Borderland Buddhisms: Religion in Tibet and the Himalayas

4 units

RELS 258Magic, Morality, and Modernity in China

4 units

RELS 261Between Empire and Appropriation: Buddhism in the Modern World

4 units

RELS 266Sexuality and Gender in Buddhism

4 units

RELS 276Empire and Religion in Asia and the Pacific

4 units

RELS 335Downloading Deities, Mediating Meditation, Streaming Spirits: Religion and Media in Asia

4 units

Students may also apply MAC 246 as an elective if they have enrolled in the "New Waves of Asian Cinema" section of the course.

Honors in the Major

Students with an overall GPA of 3.25 and a major GPA of 3.50 may submit an honors research proposal at the end of the fall semester of the senior year. If the proposal is supported by two faculty advisers, the student will enroll in a 2-unit directed research course in the spring to expand the fall semester senior comprehensive paper into a distinguished 40-page paper.

Minor

Five courses (20 units). At least four Chinese language classes, 201 and above; can include one Chinese literature in translation course or LING 301. Three of the five courses must be completed as Occidental courses (one of the three MUST be taken at the Eagle Rock campus. The other two may be taken at an Occidental-in-China campus).