Minor Degree Plans
Minor in Chinese Studies
The minor in Chinese Studies requires 15 semester hours taken from the courses listed below. A minimum of 9 hours must be taken in residence, and at least 6 of the 9 hours must be advanced. A student must earn a 2.00 grade-point average in all courses attempted in the minor field at the University of Houston.
Required Courses
Nine hours must be taken from:
CHNS 2302: Intermediate Chinese II
CHNS 3301: Third-year Mandarin Chinese I
CHNS 3302: Third-year Mandarin Chinese II
CHNS 3303: Readings in Modern Chinese
CHNS 3304: Business Chinese
CHNS 3305: Survey of Chinese Literature
Note:
- 2302, 3301, 3302 are restricted to nonnative speakers of Chinese.
- Students who have native or near native Chinese language fluency should take 3304 and/or 3305; they may replace a language course by a nonlanguage /culture course.
Six hours must be taken from:
CHNS 3350: Chinese Culture through films (Taught in English)CHNS 3352: Chinese Culture and Society Through Modern Literature (Core Course for Humanities; Taught in English)
CHNS 3354: Chinese Language and Culture (Taught in English)
HIST 3395: Modern East Asia- China
HIST 4382: Traditional China
HIST 4383: Modern China
CUST 4300: Introduction to Asian American Studies
POLS 4321: Democracy in AsiaECON 3355: Economic Development of Asia
RELS 3396: Special Topics: Asian Religions
World Cultures & Literatures (WCL)
Students can easily double minors in both Chinese and WCL
WCL is an MCL interdisciplinary minor that complements MCL's specific language & area studies programs, as well as several CLASS departments, by helping students to develop academic concentrations (e.g., in Arabic Studies, Film, 3rd world literature, Business, etc.) tailored to their career interests, aspirations & needs.
Theories centered on the Clash of Cultures, reactions to modernization, etc. in a post Cold War, post 9/11 era of globalization & trans-national processes are at the center of con-temporary concerns. The WCL curriculum option addresses these & other key concerns through individual courses & an interdisciplinary program which supplements academic majors in CLASS & other UH programs.
WCL provides unique windows on aspects of international development through courses in world or area literary & cultural studies, as well as courses in philosophy, history, the social sciences, etc. The minor provides structured alternatives or coherent, rigorous, custom-tailored curriculum clusters drawn from an inventory of courses available in MCL & other campus units. MCL's language programs offer a variety of courses taught in English & Spanish.