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Bachelor of Arts (Chinese Studies)

BA (Chinese Studies) Structure

Sheridan College's Bachelor of Arts (Chinese Studies) program is a three-year undergraduate program for students interested in preparing for employment in industry as a China specialist, or as a pathway towards postgraduate research in Chinese Studies.

The BA (Chinese Studies) comprises 6 core Chinese language units and 4 elective units specific to the Chinese Studies discipline, 3 research-oriented units, 3 core Christian Studies units, and electives chosen from other academic disciplines.

Each unit is worth 3 credit points, with the exception of the Research Project with is worth 6 credit points, for a total of 72 credit points. Click here to download the Course Guide for the BA (Chinese Studies).

Units in the BA (Chinese Studies) major include:

Pre-Degree Preparation

• Academic Writing

Chinese Studies Core (6 units)

• Introductory Chinese 1
• Introductory Chinese 2
• Elementary Chinese 1
• Elementary Chinese 2
• Intermediate Chinese 1
• Intermediate Chinese 2
• Advanced Chinese 1 *
• Advanced Chinese 2 *

* WACE  Chinese students start with Elementary Chinese 1 & 2 and take Advanced Chinese 1 & 2 in their 3rd year.

Chinese Studies Electives (choose 4 units)

• Advanced Chinese: Writing
• Advanced Chinese: Teaching and Pedagogy
• Understanding Contemporary China
• Dreamers, Dissidents and Dissolutes: Poets of Dynastic China
• A Hundred Schools of Thought
• Lu Xun and Modern Chinese Literature of the May 4th Era
• Chinese Diaspora in Modern World History
• History of Buddhism
• World War II in Asia

Research Core (3 units)

• Introduction to Social Research
• Research Methods for the Humanities and Social Sciences
• Research Project

Common Core (3 units)

• Introduction to Christianity
• Survey of the Bible
• Christianity as a Worldview

General Electives (choose 7 units)

• Choose from selected units within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, or from another faculty.