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Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

  • 24-32 credit hours of 200/300 level courses in Chinese Language
  • 20-28 credit hours of Allied Courses from at least three different departments

Students who begin their study of Chinese at DePaul with CHN 202 or higher may substitute a 300-level Chinese elective course for any of the required 200-level courses.  No English-language ("E-designation") courses can be applied toward the "Six Advanced Level Courses in Chinese Language" requirement of the major.

Chinese Studies Allied Course List

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select 20-28 credit hours as noted above20-28
Art and Architecture, History of
HAA 115
INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN ART
HAA 215
CHINESE ART
HAA 218
ARTS OF THE SILK ROAD
HAA 220
BUDDHIST ART
HAA 312
ILLNESS AND DISABILITY IN CHINESE ART
Chinese Culture
CHN 208E
CHINA'S CULTURAL SOFT POWER AND ITS FUTURE
CHN 209E
CHINESE YOUTH CULTURES
CHN 210E
CHINESE MYTHOLOGY
CHN 248E
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
CHN 250E
CHINESE CINEMA -- A WINDOW ON CHINA
Economics
ECO 334
UNDERSTANDING CHINA'S ECONOMY
English
ENG 235
SCIENCE FICTION
Geography
GEO 215
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REGIONAL INEQUALITY
GEO 266
WORLD ECONOMY: STATES, MARKETS AND LABOR (when 1/3 content is about China)
GEO 315
THE STATE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Global Asian Studies
AAS 208
CHINA'S CULTURAL SOFT POWER AND ITS FUTURE
AAS 209
CHINESE YOUTH CULTURES
AAS 210
ASIAN ART
AAS 211
BUDDHIST ART
AAS 212
CHINESE MYTHOLOGY
AAS 215
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REGIONAL INEQUALITY
AAS 216
CHINESE ART
AAS 233
THE RISE OF MODERN CHINA
AAS 241
RELIGION IN CHINESE HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE
AAS 242
LITERATURE AND RELIGION IN CHINA
AAS 244
TRADITIONS OF CHINESE POPULAR CULTURE
AAS 246
ASIAN FOREIGN POLICY
AAS 248
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
AAS 250
CHINESE CINEMA: A WINDOW ON CHINA
AAS 253
ASIAN POLITICS
AAS 287
INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN PHILOSOPHY
AAS 312
ILLNESS AND DISABILITY IN CHINESE ART
AAS 315
THE STATE & ECONOMIC GROWTH IN EAST ASIA
AAS 342
ASIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
AAS 352
CHINESE POLITICS
AAS 345
MORAL PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL POWER, & RELIGION IN PRE-MODERN CHINA
History
HST 161
EAST ASIA TO C. 1200
HST 162
EAST ASIA c. 1200 TO 1800
HST 163
EAST ASIA , c.1800-PRESENT
HST 232
CULTURE AND POLITICS IN IMPERIAL CHINA
HST 233
THE RISE OF MODERN CHINA
HST 322
TOPICS IN ASIAN HISTORY
HST 339
HISTORY FROM PICTURES: VISUAL CULTURE IN EAST ASIAN HISTORY
HST 434
COLLOQUIUM IN ASIAN HISTORY
Intercultural Communication
CMNS 338
ASIAN CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
Management
IB 350
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR
MGT 357
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (when 1/3 content is about China)
Marketing
MKT 340
MARKETING ACROSS CULTURES: A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON MULTICULTURAL MARKETS
MKT 360
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING (when 1/3 content is about China)
Modern Languages
MOL 244
CLASSICAL CHINESE I
MOL 245
CLASSICAL CHINESE II
MOL 246
CLASSICAL CHINESE III
MOL 247
CHINA AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Philosophy
PHL 287
INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN PHILOSOPHIES
PHL 388
TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY
Political Science
PSC 246
ASIAN FOREIGN POLICY
PSC 253
ASIAN POLITICS
PSC 343
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE PACIFIC RIM
PSC 344
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY (when dealing with China)
PSC 349
ADVANCED TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (International Political Economy of the Pacific Rim)
PSC 352
CHINESE POLITICS
Religious Studies
REL 143
BUDDHIST RELIGIOUS WORLDS
REL 241
RELIGION IN CHINESE HISTORY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE
REL 246
TRADITIONS OF CHINESE POPULAR CULTURE
REL 248
LITERATURE AND RELIGION IN CHINA

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

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