skip to content

Bulletin Archive

This archived information is dated to the 2008-09 academic year only and may no longer be current.

For currently applicable policies and information, see the current Stanford Bulletin.

Minor in Asian Languages

Up one level:

Undergraduate Programs in Asian Languages

The undergraduate minor in Asian Languages has been designed to give students majoring in other departments an opportunity to gain a substantial introduction to Chinese or Japanese language, as well as an introduction to the culture and civilization of East Asia. The minor consists of:

  1. Completion of one year of language study at the second-year level (that is, CHINLANG 21, 22, 23 or 21B, 22B, 23B; or JAPANLNG 21, 22, 23 or 17B, 18B, 19B) for students with no previous training in Chinese or Japanese. Students who already have first-year competence in Chinese or Japanese must complete the third-year course (CHINLANG 101, 102, 103 or 101B, 102B, 103B; or JAPANLNG 101, 102, 103 or 127B, 128B, 129B) before undertaking any training in the Department of Asian Languages. Students who already have a competence at the second-year level may fulfill the language component of the minor by taking three courses in the department using materials in either Chinese or Japanese. These courses may be language courses such as the third-year sequence mentioned above, or they may be advanced literature and linguistics courses, depending on the capabilities and interests of the student in question.
  2. The core courses, CHINGEN 91, Traditional East Asian Civilization: China, and JAPANGEN 92, Traditional East Asian Civilization: Japan.
  3. Two courses selected from among the department's other offerings in the literature, linguistics, and civilization of a given minor area. All courses for the minor must be completed with a GPA of 2.0 or better.

MINOR IN LITERATURE AND MINOR IN MODERN LANGUAGES

The Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages offers two undergraduate minor programs, the minor in Literature and the minor in Modern Languages. These minors draw on literature and language courses offered in this and other literature departments. See the "Literatures, Cultures, and Languages" section of this bulletin for further details about these minors and their requirements.

© Stanford University - Office of the Registrar. Archive of the Stanford Bulletin 2008-09. Terms of Use | Copyright Complaints