Curriculum for the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Chinese

The BA in Chinese at NTU is a four-year programme. The objectives of our programme are:

• To establish a concrete foundation for the reading of both classical and modern texts. With this foundation, the students will then be able to pursue critical study of courses in various specializations with depth and breadth;
  
  
• To prepare the students with knowledge in primary areas which are deemed essential to an undergraduate programme in Chinese by offering courses of general survey and study in these areas. Courses in these two groups are called the Chinese Major Core courses; and
  
  
• To provide education and training that help the students specialize not only in the in selected areas within the traditional disciplines of Chinese studies, Chinese language and literature, but also interdisciplinary studies with cross-cultural approaches, which are part and parcel of the present age of globalization and frequent intercultural exchanges. There is a list of  Chinese Prescribed Electives in five categories that serve this objective.

NTU already offers an unrivalled choice of Minors. We will also offer qualified students the option to pursue a double major. The second major may be in any one of the other disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences.