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The Program
Asian Languages and Literatures at UMass Amherst offers a comprehensive course of studies leading to the Master of Arts degree in Chinese. The principal focus of the program is practical training, with an emphasis on the development of advanced linguistic skills that will enhance future work in translation, interpretation, teaching, journalism, business or government. For those who intend to go on to future graduate study, the curriculum is flexible enough to allow emphasis on more traditional literary or cultural studies.
Admission
Students entering the program are expected to have advanced level competency in Chinese language, and to have completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with an undergraduate major in Chinese (or its equivalent) before matriculation with an undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.0 overall (on a 4.0 scale). Students whose preparation is deficient in certain areas may be required to do remedial work after admission to the program. Such work will not be counted toward the degree. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required for all applicants, including foreign applicants. The Graduate School requires all applicants whose native language is not English to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Requirements
Students are required to complete at least 30 semester credits of course work and 6 credits of Master's Thesis. Up to 6 credits of appropriate course work at the graduate level from other institutions may be accepted with the approval of the graduate committee. It is expected that most suitably prepared students will be able to finish all requirements for the degree within two academic years. For students emphasizing linguistics, Chinese 576 and 577 are required. For those emphasizing classical literature, Chinese 552, 555 and 556 are required. For those emphasizing modern literature, Chinese 526 and 527 are required. Chinese 580 is required for all teaching assistants.
Before starting the thesis the student must pass a general examination,
not necessarily limited to the thesis topic. The examination will be administered
by a committee appointed by the graduate advisor.
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REQUIRED COURSES (18 credits)
| | Chinese 528 | Chinese Language in Contexts
| | Chinese 570 | Research in Chinese Source Materials
| | Chinese 575 | Syntactic Structures of Chinese
| | Chinese 626 | Expository Writing
| | Chinese 660 | Problems and Methods of Translation
| | Chinese 691 | Graduate Seminar in Chinese
| ELECTIVE COURSES (12 credits)
| | Chinese 526 | Readings in Modern Chinese Literature I
| | Chinese 527 | Readings in Modern Chinese Literature II
| | Chinese 536 | Premodern Vernacular Literature
| | Chinese 537 | Readings in Vernacular Literature
| | Chinese 552 | Readings in Chinese Historical Texts
| | Chinese 555 | Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Poetry
| | Chinese 556 | Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Prose
| | Chinese 576 | History of the Chinese Language
| | Chinese 577 | Chinese Dialectology
| | Chinese 580 | Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language I
| | Chinese 581 | Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language II
| | Chinese 597 | Special Topics
| | Chinese 697 | Special Topics
| THESIS AND EXAMINATION (6 credits)
| | Chinese 699 | Master's Thesis
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