Objectives

The Chinese minor offers student-centered, interdisciplinary, and interconnected courses and study-abroad and research opportunities in Chinese language and culture.  With the aim to cultivate students as agents of positive social transformations in global-local contexts, the Chinese program incorporates critical thinking, creative problem solving, and social justice in the development of Mandarin proficiency, cross- cultural communicative competence, and broad and rigorous humanistic understanding of China in the world.

Business Chinese Certificate offers students the opportunity to develop valuable skills in Mandarin Chinese, while understanding the nuances of Chinese business culture. This promotes lifelong learning by equipping students with language skills that can serve them throughout their careers. Students interested in pursuing this can find more information on the Business Chinese Certificate page.

All students interested in taking a Chinese course including CHIN 1101 Chinese 1 must take the online Chinese placement exam.

This requirement includes students who have taken the AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam in high school. Generally, a student who receives a score of 5 or 4 on the AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam places in CHIN 2103 Chinese 3 or higher. Course credit will be given for CHIN 1101 Chinese 1 and CHIN 1102 Chinese 2 once a student’s official scores have been received from the College Board. Final placement is conditional upon the instructor’s consent in consultation with the Chinese Program Coordinator. It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that the official AP scores have been sent to Loyola Marymount University.

To know when and how a student should take a language placement exam in Chinese, please refer to the guidelines provided under Modern Languages and Literatures.