MA in Chinese Language and Culture

Chinese Language and Culture is a two-year full-time English-instructed Master of Arts (EMA) program as a subfield of the major Chinese Philology, conducted by theDepartment of Chinese Language and Literature (DCLL) since 2008. As opposed to teaching Chinese as a second language, this program offers multiple lenses to help thestudents notice, learn and understand phenomena in the field of Chinese language and culture, using the theories and research methods taught in class. Our research scopefocuses not only on ancient Chinese culture, but also on modern and contemporary China. It starts with the approach of linguistics, but also shares many similar characteristics to social science. It is not a long-term language course, but a gateway via the linguistic channel to an in-depth understanding of multiple aspects of China and Chinese society.