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Bachelor of Arts Programs in Asian Languages

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Undergraduate Programs in Asian Languages

The B.A. degree is granted both in Chinese and in Japanese. The following courses and their prerequisites must be completed with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or better:

  1. Concentrations in Chinese:
    1. CHINGEN 91 and JAPANGEN 92
    2. Chinese language requirement:
      1. first-year modern Chinese (one of the following series: CHINLANG 1, 2, 3, or CHINLANG 1B, 2B, 3B, or CHINLANG 5)
      2. second-year modern Chinese (one of the following series: CHINLANG 21, 22, 23, or CHINLANG 21B, 22B, 23B, or CHINLANG 25)
      3. beginning classical Chinese (CHINLIT 125, 126, 127)
    3. three courses offered by Asian Languages at the 100 level with one in each of the following areas: pre-modern China, modern China, and Chinese language/linguistics
    4. four other content courses dealing with China, primarily at the 100 level, as approved by the undergraduate adviser
    5. CHINGEN 133 is the required Writing in the Major (WIM) course.
  2. Concentrations in Japanese:
    1. CHINGEN 91 and JAPANGEN 92
    2. Japanese language requirement:
      1. first-year modern Japanese (one of the following series: JAPANLNG 1, 2, 3, or JAPANLNG 7B, 8B, 9B, or JAPANLNG 10)
      2. second-year modern Japanese (one of the following series: JAPANLNG 21, 22, 23, or JAPANLNG 17B, 18B, 19B, or JAPANLNG 20)
      3. third-year modern Japanese (one of the following series: JAPANLNG 101, 102, 103, or JAPANLNG 127B, 128B, 129B, or JAPANLNG 130)
    3. three courses offered by Asian Languages at the 100 level with one in each of the following areas: pre-modern Japan, modern Japan, and Japanese language/linguistics
    4. four other content courses dealing with Japan primarily at the 100 level, as approved by the undergraduate adviser
    5. JAPANGEN 138 is the required WIM course.

    JAPANGEN 71N can be used to satisfy the Japanese language/linguistics area requirement. JAPANGEN 51/251 and JAPANLNG 130 are not counted toward the major. Students who complete third-year Japanese at KCJS satisfy the language requirement but are required to take a placement test if they wish to enroll in JAPANLNG 211, 212, 213.

Students who want to concentrate in Chinese or Japanese language/linguistics can substitute the four other content courses primarily at the 100 level with LINGUIST 1 and three other linguistic courses at the 100 level, as approved by the undergraduate adviser in consultation with the student's academic adviser.

These requirements are in addition to the University's basic requirements for the bachelor's degree. Letter grades are mandatory for required courses.

HONORS PROGRAM

Majors with an overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 may apply for the honors program by submitting a senior thesis proposal to the honors committee during Winter or Spring Quarter of the junior year. The proposal must include a thesis outline, a list of all relevant courses the student has taken or plans to take, a preliminary reading list including a work or works in Chinese or Japanese, and the name of a faculty member who has agreed to act as honors supervisor.

If the proposal is approved, research begins in Spring Quarter of the junior year, when the student may enroll in CHINLIT 189B or JAPANLIT 189B for 2 units of credit for independent study. In Autumn Quarter of the senior year, honors students must enroll in DLCL 189, a 5-unit seminar that focuses on researching and writing the honors thesis. In Winter Quarter, students enroll for 5 units in directed reading (CHINLIT 189A or JAPANLIT 189A) with the thesis supervisor while writing the thesis, and the finished essay (normally about 15,000 words) is submitted to the committee no later than the end of the Winter Quarter in the senior year. Students who did not enroll in a 189B course in junior year may enroll in CHINLIT 189B or JAPANLIT 189B in Spring Quarter of senior year while revising the thesis, if approved by the thesis supervisor. 10-12 units of credit are granted for honors course work and the finished thesis.

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