Chinese - Minor

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1. course:

• CHIN 2050 is a transition course for students without extensive experience in a Mandarin-speaking environment; it must be taken after course and before course. CHIN 2050 is a prerequisite for CHIN 3010 and all other 3000- or 4000-level Chinese electives.
• Students with at least one year of immersive Mandarin experience (e.g., returned missionaries or study abroad participants) may waive course or course. Students may take the Department of World Languages and Cultures Language Placement and Proficiency exam at USU to possibly waive, or "test out of," some prerequisites, depending on test scores.
• Cantonese speakers are still required to take course.

Only one credit of course may count toward the Chinese Minor. Select 12 credits from the following courses:

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course, course, course, course, or CHIN4920 require instructor permission and are repeatable for credit, up to a maximum of 3 credits counting toward the minor per course. No more than 6 credits total of 3080, 3800, 3880, 4880, and 4920 combined may count toward the minor.

Bridge Pathway

• Credits in Residence: At least half (50 percent) of the credits earned for this minor must be earned at USU. Bridge courses will count toward elective credits and credits in residence at USU.

• Bridge Courses: course, course, and course should be transferred to the Registrar’s Office, if taken through another university other than USU.

Upon completion, student should have 5 classes (16 credits) of upper-division Chinese coursework to complete the minor, any high school Bridge classes included.