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Faculty |
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Professors Crespi (Chair, fall), Hirata |
The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures offers courses in the languages and cultures of China and Japan. Students who continue through the four-year sequences of rigorous classroom language training, combined with study abroad experiences, acquire the proficiency they need to pursue graduate study or a variety of careers related to East Asia. Courses taught in English include ChineseÌýliterature and film, Japanese linguistics, the Japanese Village, Chinese medicine, Japanese tea culture, and Japanese popular culture. Qualified students may arrange independent study beyond the courses offered.
Related Majors
The Asian Studies program offers interdisciplinary majors that focus onÌýChina or Japan.
Awards
The Award for Excellence in Chinese Language — awarded by the department to the student with the highest achievement in the Chinese language.
The Award for Excellence in Japanese Language — awarded by the department to the student with the highest achievement in the Japanese language.
The Mori Family Awards for Excellence in Japanese Language — awarded annually to outstanding students from each of the four levels of instruction in Japanese and to the winners of the annual Central New York Japanese Speech Contest.
Advanced Placement and Transfer Credit
Normally no more than one credit for a language course and one credit for a content course can be transferred toward either major from intensive study at another institution in the United States or abroad. Advanced placement can be arranged after consultation with the instructors in charge.
Honors and High Honors
Chinese
Students who have demonstrated marked excellence and an unusual degree of independence in their work may participate in the honors program supervised by a member of the Chinese faculty. Candidates for honors and high honors must achieve a minimum GPA of 3.30 and 3.70, respectively, in the courses taken for the major and a cumulative GPA of 3.00 for both distinctions. In addition, candidates for honors must successfully complete a thesis or project judged to be of A or A– quality by the faculty supervisor and one other faculty member, and, for high honors, successfully complete a thesis or project judged to be of A quality or higher by the faculty supervisor and one other faculty member after an oral examination. Normally, work toward the thesis should begin in the fall term in a 300- or 400-level course (or any independent studies course) and continue through the spring term in independent study as CHIN 499Ìý-ÌýHonors Project in Chinese , which must be taken in addition to the minimum number of courses required for the major.
Japanese
Students majoring in Japanese who have demonstrated marked excellence and an unusual degree of independence in their work may participate in the honors program supervised by a member of the Japanese faculty. Candidates for honors and high honors must achieve a minimum GPA of 3.30 and 3.70, respectively, in the courses taken for the major, and a cumulative GPA of 3.00. In addition, candidates for honors must successfully complete a thesis or project judged to be of A or A– quality by the faculty supervisor and one other faculty member, and, for high honors, successfully complete a thesis or project judged to be of A quality or higher by the faculty supervisor and one other faculty member after an oral examination. Normally, work toward the thesis should begin in the fall term in a 300- or 400-level course (or any independent studies course) and continue through the spring term in independent study as JAPN 499.
Study Groups
China
The China Study Group is offered biennially in the fall semester in Shanghai in the People's Republic of China. Students take one course in language, two area studies courses from the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø director, and one CET elective (this course will not count towards the Chinese major). Prerequisites for the China Study Group normally include at least one year's coursework at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø in modern standard Chinese and one China-related Literature and Culture elective. For more information, see Off-Campus Study.
Japan
This program is based in Kyoto, Japan. This programÌýprovides lodging with Japanese families, intensive language training, and instruction inÌýJapanese literature, art, religion, and linguistics. Prerequisites for the Japan Study Group include at least one year's coursework in Japanese language and CORE Japan. See Off-Campus Study.
Facilities
The Japanese Studies Center, funded by the Japan World Exposition (1976) and located in Lawrence Hall, consists of a seminar room, a multipurpose Japanese-style tatami room, and a kitchen. Activities sponsored by the Japan Club and the Japanese Conversation Club are held at the center.
The Robert Ho Center for Chinese Studies, established in 1993 in Lawrence Hall, offers a classroomÌýand a reading room with Asian architectural features complemented by artwork, audiovisual equipment, reference materials, and a small collection of books on China. An attached kitchen enhances extracurricular activities such as brush writing and celebrations of Chinese festivals.
The department also offers an East Asian Lounge with both Chinese and Japanese alcoves for quiet study and small gatherings.
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Majors and Minors
Major
Minor
Courses
- CHIN 121Ìý-ÌýElementary Chinese I
- CHIN 122Ìý-ÌýElementary Chinese II
- CHIN 195Ìý-ÌýElementary-Level Chinese Language Abroad
- CHIN 201Ìý-ÌýIntermediate Chinese I
- CHIN 202Ìý-ÌýIntermediate Chinese II
- CHIN 222Ìý-ÌýChina through Literature and Film
- CHIN 225Ìý-ÌýChina and the West
- CHIN 266Ìý-ÌýVisual China: Moving Pictures
- CHIN 291Ìý-ÌýIndependent Study
- CHIN 292Ìý-ÌýChinese Language (Study Group)
- CHIN 295Ìý-ÌýIntermediate-Level Chinese Language Abroad
- CHIN 299Ìý-ÌýChinese Medical Culture
- CHIN 303Ìý-ÌýFilms and Media
- CHIN 304Ìý-ÌýReadings in Social Issues
- CHIN 391Ìý-ÌýIndependent Study
- CHIN 392Ìý-ÌýChinese Language (Study Group)
- CHIN 395Ìý-ÌýAdvanced-Level Chinese Language Abroad
- CHIN 405Ìý-ÌýReading Chinese Newspapers
- CHIN 406Ìý-ÌýReadings in Modern Literature
- CHIN 450Ìý-ÌýAdvanced Readings in Chinese World Outlook
- CHIN 481Ìý-ÌýChina in Transition (China Study Group)
- CHIN 482Ìý-ÌýTopics in Chinese Culture (China Study Group)
- CHIN 491Ìý-ÌýIndependent Study
- CHIN 492Ìý-ÌýChinese Language (Study Group)
- CHIN 499Ìý-ÌýHonors Project in Chinese
- JAPN 121Ìý-ÌýElementary Japanese I
- JAPN 122Ìý-ÌýElementary Japanese II
- JAPN 195Ìý-ÌýElementary-Level Japanese Language Abroad
- JAPN 201Ìý-ÌýIntermediate Japanese I
- JAPN 202Ìý-ÌýIntermediate Japanese II
- JAPN 222Ìý-ÌýJapan through Literature and Film
- JAPN 233Ìý-ÌýJapanese Popular Culture and Media
- JAPN 240Ìý-ÌýGender and Sexuality in Japanese Culture
- JAPN 251Ìý-ÌýIntermediate Japanese III (Japan Study Group)
- JAPN 255LÌý-ÌýHidden Japan: Tea Ceremony Lab
- JAPN 255Ìý-ÌýHidden Japan: Tea Ceremony
- JAPN 291Ìý-ÌýIndependent Study
- JAPN 301Ìý-ÌýAdvanced Japanese I
- JAPN 302Ìý-ÌýAdvanced Japanese II
- JAPN 351Ìý-ÌýAdvanced Japanese III (Japan Study Group)
- JAPN 391Ìý-ÌýIndependent Study
- JAPN 395Ìý-ÌýAdvanced-Level Japanese Lang
- JAPN 401Ìý-ÌýReadings in Japanese I
- JAPN 402Ìý-ÌýReadings in Japanese II
- JAPN 451Ìý-ÌýReadings in Japanese II (Study Group)
- JAPN 455Ìý-ÌýAdvanced Grammar in Japanese
- JAPN 481Ìý-ÌýTopics in Japanese Culture (Japan Study Group)
- JAPN 482Ìý-ÌýCultural Studies: The Japanese Village (Japan Study Group)
- JAPN 485Ìý-ÌýKyoto in Japanese Culture and Thought (Japan Study Group)
- JAPN 491Ìý-ÌýIndependent Study
- JAPN 499Ìý-ÌýSpecial Studies for Honors