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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Modern Languages: Chinese Emphasis Area, BA

Program Description

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages provides a broadly humanistic course of study in seven areas of concentration. The Chinese Emphasis Area seeks to provide students with basic competence in both the relevant language and the literary and cultural heritage pertaining to that language. Moreover, students are required to take at least six courses in Advanced Arts and Humanities and Theory and Methodology which are designed to sharpen their sense of cultural difference, to enhance their critical thinking skills, and to prepare them for citizenship in a global community of diverse cultural precepts and practices. In this respect, the Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages is intended to prepare students for a wide range of careers in the international arena, as well as for the kinds of graduate programs that are an appropriate starting point for such careers.

All Modern Languages students in the Chinese Emphasis Area are required to study abroad with a Clemson-approved program for at least one semester or two summer sessions.

As a condition of graduation, students in the Modern Languages program are required to pass a non-credit examination and to submit an electronic portfolio in the relevant language to assess their competence in that language. Students should see their advisor for details. Both assessments take place in the student’s last full semester of study.

Program Requirements

Freshman Year

First Semester

Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

  • 4 Credits
  • Natural Science Requirement 4 Credits 1
  • Social Science Requirement 3 Credits 1
  • South Carolina REACH Act Requirement 3 Credits 2
  • Elective 2 Credits
Credit Hours: 16

Sophomore Year

First Semester

  • 3 Credits
  • Arts and Humanities (Non-Literature) Requirement 3 Credits 1
  • History Requirement 3 Credits 3
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
  • Elective 4 Credits
Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

  • 3 Credits
  • Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 Credits 4
  • Arts and Humanities (Literature) Requirement 3 Credits 1
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits
Credit Hours: 15

Junior Year

First Semester

Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

  • Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 Credits 4
  • Global Challenges Requirement 3 Credits 7
  • Major Requirement 3 Credits 6
  • Methodology and Theory Requirement 3 Credits 8
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
Credit Hours: 15

Senior Year

First Semester

  • 1 Credit
  • Global Challenges Requirement 3 Credits 7
  • Major Requirement 3 Credits 6
  • Methodology and Theory Requirement 3 Credits 8
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
  • Elective 2 Credits
Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

  • Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 Credits 4
  • Major Requirement 6 Credits 6
  • Methodology and Theory Requirement 3 Credits 8
Credit Hours: 12

Total Credits: 120

Footnotes

1 See General Education Requirements .

2 See the South Carolina REACH Act Requirement in the Academic Regulations  section.

3 Select from HIST 3300 , HIST 3330 , HIST 3340 , or HIST 4950 .

4 A total of nine credits selected from ART 2100 , CHIN 4010 , CHIN 4110 , CHIN 4990 , WS 3010 , WS 4590 , any AAH, MUSC, THEA courses, or any 3000- or 4000-level ENGL, HUM, PHIL or REL courses. Three of these credits may also be used to satisfy three credits of the Global Challenges General Education Requirement.

5 Course not offered at Clemson; must be taken abroad

6 Select from CHIN 3000-4000-level courses. At least one course must be in literature (select from CHIN 3980 , CHIN 4010  or CHIN 4110 ). No more than two courses taught in English may be taken.

7 See General Education Requirements . Three of these credits may also be used to satisfy three credits of the Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement.

8 Select from ANTH 3710 , ANTH 4180 , CHIN 3120 , CHIN 3130 , CHIN 4140 , ENGL 4350 , ENGL 4360 , ENGL 4400 , ENGL 4510 , LANG 3000 , LANG 3400 , LANG 3420 , LANG 3710 , LANG 4600 , LANG 4620 , PHIL 3140 , and REL 3140 .