Assistant Chair for Critical Languages: Kayo Shintaku, Ph.D.
Office Location: Garey Hall 38C
Telephone: 610-519-5076
kayo.shintaku@villanova.edu
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The Chinese Language and Cultural Studies program opens the way to the study of various elements of Chinese life. Chinese Language and Cultural Studies includes the rich heritage of novels, short stories, poetry, culinary art, film and the Chinese classics. Chinese Language and Cultural Studies represents a cutting-edge intellectual experience that provides its minors with a real advantage in critiquing, understanding, and navigating the global landscape.
MINOR: Chinese Language & Cultural Studies (18-22 credits or 6 courses)
The Chinese Language and Cultural Studies minor is open to all students and requires 6 courses (18-22 credits), four courses in language and two in electives.
Program Notes:
- Courses that fulfill minor requirements may be used to fulfill other requirements (i.e., primary major, core curriculum, minors, concentrations, or free electives).
- Other culture-based courses with AS attribute found across disciplines also qualify for the cultural studies elective.
- Advanced Chinese (CHI 1131) course and the Translation (CHI 1151) course may count as electives if the student has fulfilled the required language courses.
- Pertinent GIS team-taught courses and contents courses from other departments with AS (Chinese) attribute also qualify for CHI electives.
- Courses on Chinese/China taken as part of a study abroad will be counted.
- An internship related to Chinese Studies may be counted as an independent study.
Chinese Language Course
Students take four courses from the list below.
Note: Advanced Chinese courses and the Translation course may count as electives if student has fulfilled the required four language courses. This accounts for the variability in required credits for the minor.
Chinese Cultural Studies Elective
Choose two courses from the following list, or another culture-based course with the AS attribute found across other disciplines.