The Majors

Chinese Language and Literature
Prerequisite
The successful completion of four semester courses in Mandarin Chinese: 126, 246, 326, 327 (24 credits) or the equivalent.

Departmental Requirements
31 credits for the major, distributed as follows:

A. Required courses (16 credits)
375 Introduction to Chinese Linguistics
426 Advanced Modern Chinese I
427 Advanced Modern Chinese II
450 Elementary Classical Chinese
One course in pre-modern Chinese (see courses marked below with *)

B. 9 credits from among the following:
432  Media Chinese
433  Business Chinese
526 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature I
527 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature II
528 Chinese Language in Contexts
*555 Classical Chinese Poetry
575 Syntactic Structures of Chinese
576 History of the Chinese Language
577 Chinese Dialectology
580 Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language I
581 Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language II
*597D Confucianism
*597F Chinese Political Philosophy
*597K Buddhist and Taoist Literature
597L Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
*597M Ming-Qing Novel I
*597P Traditional Chinese Drama & Performing Arts
*597Q Ming-Qing Novel II
670 Introduction to Research Chinese Source Materials

C. 6 credits from among the following:
136 Introduction to Chinese Cinema
140 Chinese Script I
150 Peoples and Languages of China
197Q Late Imperial Chinese Literature & Culture
197S China in World Affairs
241 Contemporary Chinese Literature
242 Chinese Vernacular Literature
397D Philosophy and Religion in Chinese Literature
HISTORY 114 History of China I
HISTORY 115 History of China II

D. Integrative Experience - 3 credits from among the following:
394PI Chinese Popular Culture
394WI Women in Chinese Culture

E. Junior Year Writing
381 Junior Year Writing

Joint Major in Chinese and Linguistics
(See Linguistics section)

Japanese Language and Literature
Prerequisite
The successful completion of four semester courses in Japanese: 126, 246, 326 and 327 (24 credits) or the equivalent.

Departmental Requirements: 33 credits total

A. Required Courses (6 credits)
497B Contemporary Japanese I
497D Contemporary Japanese II

B. 12 credits from among the following:
497A Readings in Modern Japanese I
497C Readings in Modern Japanese II
496T Practicum and Tutorial
532 Media Japanese I
533 Media Japanese II
536 Advanced Modern Japanese I
537 Advanced Modern Japanese II
597C Problems and Methods in Translation

C. 9 credits from among the following:
235 Performing Arts of Japan
297B Japanese Popular Culture
375  Introduction to Japanese Linguistics
391S Japanese Women Writers
397M Japanese Buddhism and the Literary Arts
499C Honors Thesis Seminar: The Samurai
499D Honors Thesis Seminar: Rebels & Martyrs
556 Introduction to Classical Japanese I
557 Readings in Classical Japanese II
570 Introduction to Reference and Bibliography
580 Teaching Methodology I
597A Manuscript Japanese
CHINESE 450 Elementary Classical Chinese

D. 6 credits from the following:
135 Japanese Arts and Culture
143 Japanese Literature: Classical and Medieval
144 Japanese Literature: Modern
197C Introduction to Japanese Religion
197K Japanese Postwar Fiction
197L Manga and Anime
197N Asian Homosexualities
197T Japanese Literature Before 1600

E. Integrative Experience - 3 credits from among the following:
494SI Shinbun
499D

F. Junior Year Writing
391G Junior Year Writing

Joint Major in Japanese and Linguistics
(See Linguistics section)

Restrictions
A cumulative GPA of 2.00 is required in courses used to satisfy the major requirement; no Pass/Fail option in such courses; only six credits from other institutions in the Five College consortium may be applied to the major; students who begin the major at an advanced level must take enough courses at that level to accumulate the required number of credits from the major; double majors need to complete the Junior Year Writing requirement in only one of their majors. No student who passes the program’s foreign language exemption exam may enroll in 110/120/126/127/246/247.