Chinese, Certificate

(Code 291-601)

The Chinese Certificate aims to deepen students’ Chinese language proficiency and cultural knowledge of China and Chinese-speaking regions in the world. This certificate will be a beneficial credential to reflect students’ investment in and knowledge of Chinese.
 

Minimum of fifteen semester credits, including:
CHIN 101Beginning Chinese4
CHIN 102Beginning Chinese4
CHIN 201Intermediate Chinese4
At least 3 credits selected from: 1
CHIN 202
Intermediate Chinese
FLG 150
Foreign Civilization and Culture (when focused on China)
FLTR 392
Foreign Film as Cultural Expression (when focused on China)
or FLTR 330
 Chinese Culture through Films
LANG 170
Language and Intercultural Competence
HIST 152
Modern East and Southeast Asia
HIST 388
History of China
INTB 362
International Experience in China
1

Other courses with a focus on China may count toward the certificate electives in consultation with the advisor, Dr. Kaishan Kong. 

Program Learning Outcomes

 Students completing this program will be expected to meet the following learning outcomes:

  • Engage in interpersonal communication on a variety of topics of a personal, public, and professional nature.
  • Understand and interpret written and spoken language and visual images on a variety of topics of a personal, public, and professional nature.
  • Present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics of a personal, public, and professional nature.
  • Demonstrate an awareness and knowledge of practices, products and perspectives related to the target culture(s) in spoken, written, and visual forms.
  • Connect and integrate their language study with other disciplines and communities for academic and social purposes.

The desired benchmark for language proficiency is Novice High or above on the ACTFL proficiency scale.