Graduate Programs ~ Chinese Studies MA ~ Interdisciplinary

INTERDISCIPLINARY TRACK IN CHINESE STUDIES

Students electing this track choose a departmental adviser and a primary mentor in another department/discipline, such as Anthropology, History, Comparative Literature, Art History, Political Science, or Religion. The adviser and the mentor work together with the student to formulate the student's program of elective courses. This track enables students to concentrate in disciplinary areas not represented within the department.

A. Required Course

039:128-129 OR 039:108-109 Fourth-Year Chinese OR Classical Chinese 6 s.h.

039:141 OR 142 OR 039:180

Chinese Literature: Poetry OR Chinese Literature: Prose OR Modern Chinese Writers 3 s.h.
039:154 Modern China: 1800-Present 3 s.h.

B. Elective Courses

To be decided in consultation with the departmental adviser and the primary mentor. 18 s.h.
  30 s.h.

EXIT REQUIREMENT FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY TRACK

Students may complete the final three semester hours of the program by writing a thesis. Persons who do not select the thesis option fulfill the degree requirements by accumulating 30 semester hours in course work. These students submit a copy of a seminar paper, including bibliography, to the mentor and the adviser, who meet with the student to discuss and approve the final version.

Updated 2.9.06