Major Requirements

The B.A. degree is granted both in Chinese and in Japanese. The following courses and their prerequisites must be completed with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or better:

1. Concentrations in Chinese

1. CHINGEN 91 and JAPANGEN 92
2. Chinese language requirement:
   1. first-year modern Chinese (one of the following series: CHINLANG 1, 2, 3, or CHINLANG 1B, 2B, 3B, or CHINLANG 5)
   2. second-year modern Chinese (one of the following series: CHINLANG 21, 22, 23, or CHINLANG 21B, 22B, 23B, or CHINLANG 25)
   3. third-year modern Chinese (one of the following series: CHINLANG 101, 102, 103, or CHINLANG 101B, 102B, 103B, or CHINLANG 105) or beginning classical Chinese (CHINLIT 125, 126, 127)
3. three courses offered by Asian Languages at the 100 level with one in each of the following areas, pre-modern China, modern China, and Chinese language/linguistics
4. four other content courses dealing with China primarily at the 100 level, as approved by the undergraduate adviser
5. CHINGEN 133 is the required Writing in the Major (WIM) course.

2. Concentrations in Japanese

1. CHINGEN 91 and JAPANGEN 92
2. Japanese language requirement:
   1. first-year modern Japanese (one of the following series: JAPANLNG 1, 2, 3, or JAPANLNG 7B, 8B, 9B, or JAPANLNG 10)
   2. second-year modern Japanese (one of the following series: JAPANLNG 21, 22, 23, or JAPANLNG 17B, 18B, 19B, or JAPANLNG 20)
   3. third-year modern Japanese (one of the following series: JAPANLNG 101, 102, 103, or JAPANLNG 127B, 128B, 129B, or JAPANLNG 130)
3. three courses offered by Asian Languages at the 100 level with one in each of the following areas, pre-modern Japan, modern Japan, and Japanese language/linguistics
4. four other content courses dealing with Japan primarily at the 100 level, as approved by the undergraduate adviser
5. JAPANGEN 138 is the required WIM course.

JAPANGEN 71N can be used to satisfy the Japanese language/linguistics area requirement.
JAPANGEN 51/251 and JAPANLNG 130 are not counted toward the major.
Students who complete third-year Japanese at KCJS satisfy the language requirement but are required to take a placement test if they wish to enroll in JAPANLNG 211, 212, 213.

Students who want to concentrate in Chinese or Japanese language/linguistics can substitute the four other content courses primarily at the 100 level with LINGUIST 1 and three other linguistic courses at the 100 level, as approved by the undergraduate adviser in consultation with the student’s academic adviser.

These requirements are in addition to the University’s basic requirement for the bachelor’s degree. Letter grades are mandatory for all required courses.

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Writing in the Major Requirement

The Writing Requirement (WIM) has been reviews for undergraduates entering Stanford in Autumn 1996 and thereafter. In addition to the writing requirement outlined under Undergraduate Degree requirements in the Stanford Bulletin, students must complete a writing intensive course within each of their majors. Courses available to fulfill the Writing in the Major Requirement (WIM) are:

CHINGEN 133/233. Literature in 20th-Century China (Wang, B)
JAPANGEN 138/238. Survey of Modern Japanese Literature in Translation (Reichert)

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