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Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Calendar 2009-2010 Faculty of Humanities 4. Program Details 4.3 Germanic, Slavic and East Asian Studies East Asian Language Studies 4.3.2 BA in East Asian Language Studies
4.3.2 BA in East Asian Language Studies
Introduction

The major in East Asian Language Studies is offered by the Department of Germanic, Slavic and East Asian Studies. Students wishing to enrol in this program should consult the program advisor or a departmental undergraduate advisor.   

Admission

Students should register for this major in the Faculty of Humanities. Courses constituting the field of East Asian Language Studies include all those listed below under "Requirements." Students are subject to all graduation regulations of the Faculty.

See 3.1 Admissions and other requirements under 3.5 Graduation.

Requirements

Students majoring in East Asian Language Studies choose either Chinese or Japanese as the first language study field, and the other as the second. Students are required to take at least eight and one-half FCE from the major fields. Course requirements are designed in the following manner:

  • Four FCE from the first language;
  • Two FCE from the second language;
  • Two FCE from a designated list of cultural courses with an East Asian focus;
  • One-half FCE of the capstone course--East Asian Language Studies 501: Topics in the East Asian Language Studies.

Students majoring in East Asian Language Studies must group their studies as follows.

1. East Asian language courses (at least four FCE in the chosen first language and two FCE in the second language; students who qualify for advanced placement should see "Note" below):

Chinese language courses:

Chinese 205: Beginners' Chinese I

Chinese 207: Beginners' Chinese II

Chinese 279: Reading and Writing Chinese I (not to be taken for credit by students with credit in 205 or 207)

Chinese 229: Intensive Beginners' Chinese (not to be taken for credit by students with credit in 205 or 207)

Chinese 301: Continuing Chinese I

Chinese 303: Continuing Chinese II

Chinese 331: Intermediate Chinese I

Chinese 333: Intermediate Chinese II

Chinese 421: Advanced Chinese Composition and Conversation

Chinese 431: Selected Topics in Chinese Literature

Japanese language courses:

Japanese 205: Beginners' Japanese I

Japanese 207: Beginners' Japanese II

Japanese 301: Continuing Japanese I

Japanese 303: Continuing Japanese II

Japanese 311 Japanese Language in an Immersion Setting I

Japanese 313: Japanese Language in an Immersion Setting II

Japanese 331: Intermediate Japanese I

Japanese 333: Intermediate Japanese II

Japanese 441: Advanced Conversational Japanese

Japanese 451: Japanese Through Texts

Notes:

1. Students who receive advance placement at the 331 level or higher in both Chinese and Japanese are ineligible for this programme.

2. Students who receive advanced placement in either Chinese or Japanese at the 331 level or higher must choose the language in which they have not received advanced placement as their first language and the language in which they do have advanced placement as their 'second language.'

3. Students may take up to one FCE from the list of "Courses on East Asian Cultures" as part of the language requirement in the language in which they received advanced placement.

2. Courses on East Asian cultures (at least two FCE, which must include: one-half FCE from the list of General courses on East Asia; one FCE from the list of the culture courses related to the primary language study field; one-half FCE from the list of the culture courses related to the secondary field):

General courses on East Asia:

Anthropology 427: Women in East Asian Societies

East Asia 300 (one FCE): Introduction to East Asia (not to be taken for credit by students with credit in East Asian Studies 317)

East Asian Studies 317: Understanding East Asia (not to be taken for credit by students with credit in East Asia 300)

Historical Studies 209: The Intellectual History of China

Religious Studies 329: Buddhism in East Asia

Religious Studies 359: East Asian Religious Traditions

Religious Studies 461: Advanced Studies in East Asian Religions

Chinese culture courses:

Anthropology 323: Culture and Society of China

Art History 325: Survey of Far Eastern Art: China and Related Civilizations

Chinese 311: Chinese Language and Culture in an Immersion Setting I

Chinese 313: Chinese Language and Culture in an Immersion Setting II

Chinese 317: Chinese Civilization

Chinese 355: Chinese Literature in Translation

Chinese/Japanese 461: Japanese-Chinese Cultural Relations

East Asian Studies 321: Introduction to the Calgary Chinese Community

Historical Studies 407: Chinese History

Japanese culture courses:

Art History 365: Survey of Far Eastern Art: Japan

Japanese/Chinese 461: Japanese-Chinese Cultural Relations

Film 301.06: Topic in National Cinema, Japan

Historical Studies 389: Government and Politics of Japan since 1850

Japanese 309: Japanese Culture in an Immersion Setting

Japanese 317: Japanese Civilization

Japanese 341: Introduction to Japanese Literature

Strategy and General Management 573: Business with Japanese

3. Capstone Course (0.5 FCE): In the final year, students take East Asian Language Studies 501: Topics in East Asian Language Studies. This course allows students to synthesize their training in East Asian languages and cultures and bring it to bear on a particular issue in the two languages, and/or the relation between the languages and the cultures.