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The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures offers courses in the language, literature, film, linguistics, and culture of China and Japan. An undergraduate major is available in either Chinese or Japanese. There is a full sequence of courses in the modern standard language of both countries, plus a wide variety of offerings (ranging from introductory to specialized) designed to illuminate various facets of these two Asian civilizations. Students whose interests range broadly across the civilization of East Asia may alternatively develop a self-designed major or interdisciplinary studies option, or take advantage of the Asian Studies Certificate Program. The departmental curriculum is composed of three main categories:

• Courses designed to develop competence in the four skills of the Chinese or Japanese language, plus courses for advanced study
• Courses taught in English and focused on the mainstream of Chinese and Japanese culture as reflected in literature, drama, and film
• Courses for the advanced study of literature and linguistic analysis

For more information on the Chinese and Japanese majors or on the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, see http://www.pitt.edu/~deall/.

• Requirements for both Japanese and Chinese Majors

  Students majoring in either Japanese or Chinese should follow these rules and requirements:

  • A total of 50 credits with a 2.00 QPA average in departmental courses.
  • The first-year language courses may be taken on a S/N basis, but not the second-year language courses. In the third and fourth years, majors have the option of taking two additional courses S/N, one of which may be an advanced language course.
  • Majors should enroll in one of the W-courses offered by the department or make arrangements with the advisor to enroll in a one-credit writing practicum associated with a number of courses for the major.

• Course Requirements for Japanese Major

  Students majoring in Japanese must take 50 credits in departmental courses, distributed as follows:

  • Three years of language courses (a total of 29 credits), including:
    JPNSE 0001 (First Year Japanese 1)
    JPNSE 0002 (First Year Japanese 2)
    JPNSE 0003 (Second Year Japanese 1)
    JPNSE 0004 (Second Year Japanese 2)
    JPNSE 1020 (Third Year Japanese 1)
    JPNSE 1021 (Third Year Japanese 2)

    One additional language course beyond the third-year level from among one of the following (or an equivalent course):

    JPNSE 1030 (Readings in Japanese Literature)

    JPNSE 1032 (Readings in Social Science)

    JPNSE 1040 (Introduction to Classical Japanese 1)

    JPNSE 1050 (Fourth-year Japanese)

    Three courses (nine credits) from the following list of courses in literature, drama, film, and linguistics:

    JPNSE 0080 (City Life & East Asian Culture)

    JPNSE 0083 (Introduction to Japanese Literature)

    JPNSE 0085 (Introduction to East Asian Culture, cross-listed with CHIN 0085)

    JPNSE 1022 (History of Japanese Language)

    JPNSE 1023 (Structure of the Japanese Language)

    JPNSE 1025 (Exploring the Japanese Language and Mind)

    JPNSE 1035 (Pragmatics of Japanese)

    JPNSE 1056 (Japanese Literature and the West)

    JPNSE 1057 (Westerns and Samurai Films)

    JPNSE 1059 (Japanese Literature on Screen)

    JPNSE 1065 (Sources on East Asia)

    JPNSE 1071 (The World of Japan)

    JPNSE 1072 (Writers and Thinkers)

    JPNSE 1080 (Ghosts, Masks, & Actors)

    JPNSE 1081 (Forms of Japanese Theatre)

    JPNSE 1098 (Directed Writing)

    Three additional courses, including JPNSE 0083 and one of the following linguistics courses: JPNSE 1022, 1023, 1025, or 1035.

• Course Requirements for Chinese Major

  Students majoring in Chinese must take 50 credits in departmental courses, distributed among three areas:

  • Modern language skills. Speech, writing, and reading courses (32 credits) to be chosen from the following:
    CHIN 0001 and 0002 (First Year Spoken 1 and 2)
    CHIN 0003 and 0004 (Second Year Spoken 1 and 2)
    CHIN 1005 and 1006 (Third Year Spoken 1 and 2)
    CHIN 0011 and 0012 (First Year Reading 1 and 2)
    CHIN 0013 and 0014 (Second Year Reading 1 and 2)
    CHIN 1020 and 1021 (Third Year Reading 1 and 2)

    Courses in literature, film, culture, and classical Chinese offered within the department. Twelve creditsâ worth of courses are to be chosen from:

    CHIN 0080 (City Life & East Asian Culture)

    CHIN 0081 (East Asia in the World)

    CHIN 0082 (Hong Kong Cinema)

    CHIN 1040 (Literary Chinese 1)

    CHIN 1041 (Literary Chinese 2)

    CHIN 1047 (Chinese & Western Poetry)

    CHIN 1065 (Sources on East Asia)

    CHIN 1070 (Love & Power)

    CHIN 1083 (Masterpieces of Chinese Literature: Premodern)

    CHIN 1084 (Masterpieces of Chinese Literature & Film: Modern)

    CHIN 1085 (Introduction to East Asian Cinema)

    CHIN 1086 (Love in Chinese & Western Literature)

    CHIN 1087 (Introduction to Chinese Narrative)

    CHIN 1088 (New Chinese Cinema)

    CHIN 1089 (The World of China)

    Six credits of China-related courses chosen from other departments in the humanities and social sciences.

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