Minor in Chinese Teaching (23–39 hours*)

This minor is designed to prepare students to teach in public schools. A teaching minor may only be received by students graduating with a teaching major. In order to graduate with this minor, students are required to complete Utah State Office of Education licensing requirements. To view these requirements go to http://education.byu.edu/ess/licensing.html or contact Education Student Services, 120 MCKB, (801) 422-3426.

Program Requirements

1. Grades below C- in professional education courses or content courses will not be accepted in the teaching major or teaching minor. Teacher candidates must have a cumulative 2.85 GPA in teaching major and teaching minor courses to qualify for student teaching.
2. Complete the following prerequisite courses (or equivalents):
   CHIN 101 : Beginning Mandarin. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 101 : Beginning Mandarin. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic grammar, vocabulary building, speaking.
   
   
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   CHIN 102 : Beginning Mandarin. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 102 : Beginning Mandarin. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 101 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Chin 101.
   
   
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   CHIN 201 : Intermediate Mandarin. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 201 : Intermediate Mandarin. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 102
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced grammar, the writing system, reading and writing, speaking.
   
   
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   CHIN 202 : Intermediate Mandarin. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 202 : Intermediate Mandarin. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 201
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced grammar, the writing system, reading and writing, speaking.
   
   
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3. Complete the following:
   CHIN 301 : Third-Year Mandarin (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 301 : Third-Year Mandarin (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 202
   DESCRIPTION:	Discourse grammar, advanced reading.
   
   
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   CHIN 302 : Third-Year Mandarin (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 302 : Third-Year Mandarin (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 301
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced-level Mandarin skills, especially media discourse and reading.
   
   
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   CHIN 326 : Introduction to Chinese Linguistics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 326 : Introduction to Chinese Linguistics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 202
   DESCRIPTION:	Dialectology, phonology, syntax, semantics, discourse, morphology, and sociolinguistics.
   
   
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   CHIN 345R : Chinese Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 345R : Chinese Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Selected topics in traditional, modern, and contemporary Chinese culture.
   
   
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   CHIN 377 : Chinese Language Teaching Procedures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 377 : Chinese Language Teaching Procedures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 301 or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Acquiring knowledge and skills specific to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Conducted in Chinese and English.
   
   
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4. Complete one course from the following:
   CHIN 321 : Selected Readings of Modern Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 321 : Selected Readings of Modern Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 302
   DESCRIPTION:	Complements overall language competency through reading modern texts selected from a wide range of styles and genres.
   
   
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   CHIN 322 : Selected Readings of Modern Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 322 : Selected Readings of Modern Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 302
   DESCRIPTION:	Complements overall language competency through reading modern texts selected from a wide range of styles and genres.
   
   
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5. Complete one course from the following:
   CHIN 443 : Modern Chinese Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 443 : Modern Chinese Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 321 or 322.
   DESCRIPTION:	Authors, themes, and writing styles of the period 1915--1949. Texts in Chinese.
   
   
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   CHIN 444 : Contemporary Chinese Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 444 : Contemporary Chinese Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 321 or 322.
   DESCRIPTION:	Contemporary literature of Taiwan and the PRC. Texts in Chinese.
   
   
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6. Before applying to student teach in the major, complete the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) examination with a minimum level of Advanced-Low in order to be granted Utah state licensure.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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