Suggested Course Plan for Non-heritage Students Majoring in Chinese
According to the Department of Asian Studies, the major of Asian Language and Culture requires 48 credits, of which at least 27 must be in senior-level language study.
Those 27 credits must include:
- 12 credits: 300-level CHIN
- 12 credits: 400-level CHIN (excluding CHIN 491/493)
- 3 credits: *CHIN 388 (Non-heritage Classical Chinese) or CHIN 491/493 (Classical Chinese for Heritage Students)
Students with little or no prior knowledge of Mandarin Chinese may be required to earn up to 12 credits in that language before they can begin to take the senior-level language courses. However, they will still be required to earn 27 upper-division credits in addition to those 12 lower-division credits.
This may end up to 60 credits and requires a careful and timely plan for you to graduate in time. In order to help our non-heritage students who want to major in Chinese, we provide the following “suggested course plan” for their reference.
| Year | Students starting at UBC | Credits | Transferring students | Credits |
| 1 |
CHIN Courses: CHIN131+133/CHIN134 ASIA Courses: ASIA 2xx (Any course) |
6
3 |
Basic CHIN at college Courses equivalent to ASIA 2xx level |
6 |
| 2 |
CHIN Courses: CHIN331+333/CHIN334 ASIA Courses: **ASIA 3xx |
6
3 |
Basic CHIN at college Courses equivalent to ASIA 3xx |
6
6 |
| 3 |
CHIN Courses: CHIN401+403 ASIA Courses: **ASIA 3xx |
6
3 |
CHIN Courses: CHIN334 ASIA Courses: **ASIA 3xx |
6 3
3 |
| 4 |
CHIN Courses: CHIN405+407 ASIA Courses: ***ASIA Research Intensive Course |
6
3 |
CHIN Courses: CHIN401+403 ASIA Courses: ***ASIA Research Intensive Course |
6 3 |
*CHIN 388 can be taken in a student’s 3rd or 4th year
**At least 9 upper-level (300+) ASIA credits must be related to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan count towards this.
***One of: ASIA 402, 407, 408, 427, 440, 442, 445, 451, 453, 468, 477, 495, 498, 499, CHIN 482
Note: Students who transfer to UBC from other colleges may need one more year to complete the required credits, because their two years of college language courses typically count for only one year of our equivalent UBC intensive courses.