Oct 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Chinese, BA Major in


Administered by the Department of Comparative Literature, Languages, and Linguistics.

The BA major in Chinese provides students with a solid foundation of Chinese language skills, including reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension.  In addition, through carefully selected elective courses, students gain an understanding of China’s literary and cultural traditions and history.  Students are encouraged to augment their study of Chinese at Hofstra with study abroad.

Program Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 30


Chinese Language Courses - Semester Hours: 18


Selected from the following:

Elective Courses - Semester Hours: 12


Students in the Chinese major complete their major by taking 12 semester hours of electives, which may include the option of more language courses, which may be taken on campus or through study abroad, literature in translation of the same culture, internships, and up to 6 semester hours taken in CLLL or other departments, under advisement. 

Complete BA Requirements


BA Requirements  in HCLAS.

Recommended Program Sequence - Total Hours: 124