More about Chinese Studies

Chinese is usually taken as a single language alongside cultural and historical courses offered within the Faculty and across the University.

Because of the demanding nature of the course, you will not usually be able to combine Chinese with another language. It is occasionally possible to combine Japanese and Chinese, if you can show an appropriate level of aptitude and commitment. If you are interested in combining Chinese and Japanese, please speak with us.

It is not possible to combine Chinese with Middle Eastern languages or courses from the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. 

The details of each course are given below. Some are core courses which everybody studying Chinese must complete. From Part IB onwards, you will have a choice of options alongside these.

• Part IA: you will be expected to complete all courses listed below.

• Part IB: you will be expected to complete C.4, C.5, C.6 and C.O alongside the following options:
  • Either C.7 or C.8
  • One out of C.7, C.8, J.6, J.8, J.9, J.10, AMES.1 or X.3

• Before starting Part II, you will spend at least eight months in China during your year abroad

• Part II: you will be expected to complete C.11, C.12 and C.O alongside:
  • Two out of C.13, C.14, C.15, C.16, C.17, C.18, C.19, C.20, C.21, subject to availability
  • Dissertation on a subject approved by our Faculty Board

Courses below are correct for 2020 / 2021