Required Units

Total number of units required for major, excluding any required Intensive(s): 10

Required Intensive units, if any: 0

Total units required: 10

Distributional Content Area Units Required

Three units of language courses at advanced level chosen from:

Electives

Four additional electives such as:

• CHIN 105 - Elementary Chinese
• CHIN 106 - Elementary Chinese
• CHIN 107 - Advanced Elementary Chinese
• CHIN 108 - Advanced Elementary Chinese
• CHIN 205 - Intermediate Chinese
• CHIN 206 - Intermediate Chinese
• CHIN 207 - Advanced Intermediate Chinese
• CHIN 208 - Advanced Intermediate Chinese
• JAPA 105 - Elementary Japanese
• JAPA 106 - Elementary Japanese
• JAPA 205 - Intermediate Japanese
• JAPA 206 - Intermediate Japanese

Intensives

None required, however, Senior Project or Senior Thesis are optional Intensives.

• None required, however, Senior Project or Senior Thesis are optional Intensives.

• CHIN 303 - Senior Project
• CHIN 304 - Senior Project
• JAPA 303 - Senior Project
• JAPA 304 - Senior Project
• CHIN 301 - Senior Thesis
• CHIN 302 - Senior Project
• JAPA 301 - Senior Thesis
• JAPA 302 - Senior Project

Other

• Number of units required is nine if the student starts language study from CHIN 205  or 207 /JAPA 205 . The student may count her/his intermediate language courses (3 credit units in total) as electives to fulfill the required number of credit units. 
• Number of units required is eight if the student starts language study from CHIN 305 /JAPA 305  or above. The student may take either additional qualified 300-level language or/and content courses as electives to fulfill the required number of credit units.

Honors’ Requirements

Students who wish to be considered for departmental honors must complete a thesis or project of sufficient quality. A thesis is normally written in both semesters of the senior year. A senior project may be done either as a one-unit course in one semester, or a half-unit course in each of two semesters.

Chinese and Japanese Certification Programs

The Chinese and Japanese Department jointly with the Department of Education offers programs leading to the New York State Initial Adolescent Education Certificate (grades 7-12) in both Chinese and Japanese. Students who choose to obtain the credential must be major in Chinese or Japanese, and complete 9.5 units in education. Upon successful completion of the program, candidates will be eligible to teach in any secondary school in New York, as well as many other states that have signed reciprocity agreements with the State of New York.