Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

　　First-level Discipline: Chinese Language and Literature

This major has the right to confer master degree and doctoral degree.

A. Training Objectives and the Period of Schooling
1.Master of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

This major aims to cultivate specialized talents with potential to study further and deeper or with practical skills to work. Students in this major should have basic knowledge of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and professional understanding of Chinese. They should possess strong Chinese teaching and research ability and master a specific foreign language as well as be proficient in using computer. After graduation, they should be able to work on Chinese teaching and applied linguistics research in all levels and all types of schools and research institutes and be qualified to work in the government or corporations on Chinese or Chinese culture-related affairs as well. It implements a flexible educational system with a 2-year to 3-year schooling. Students can get their master degrees within 2 years or 2 and a half years once they get all the academic credits, finish the dissertation and pass the final dissertation defense as required.

2.Master of Chinese Information Processing

3.Master of Chinese Language Philology

4.PhD in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

This major is aimed at training highly professional talents who possess deep theories of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and solid knowledge of Chinese, and who are insightful in the research of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. Graduates in this major should be able to work on Chinese teaching and the teaching and research of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in all levels of schools and specialized research institutes. It generally has a 3-year schooling for doctors, of whom targeted-area doctors and enterprise commissioned doctors in Beijing can have a longer period of 4 years. For MD-PhD students and PhD students who skip the master period, the schooling period lasts for 5 years. 

5. PhD in Chinese Information Processing

B. Academic Credit Requirements
1．Postgraduate

Total academic credits required：35 credits for Chinese students, including students from Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan, and no less than 32 credits for foreign students. The credits are structured as follows:

2．Doctor
Total academic credits required：no less than 12 credits for students from the Chinese mainland, no less than 13 credits for students from Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan, and no less than 11 credits for foreign students. The credits are structured as follows：

C. Curriculum Setting
1. Courses for Masters

2.Courses for Doctors

D. Training Modes and Evaluation Methods
1．Requirements for Master Training and Mid-term Assessment

The master students should attend classes of the major, study the literature of specific directions of research under the guidance of the supervisor, write master theses and participate in practical activities. The courses are arranged in the first 3 semesters and the mid-term assessment should be finished by the end of the 4^th semester. Students are allowed to write theses only after they pass the mid-term assessment and the thesis writing should take no less than 1 year.
     

Students who are not majoring in Chinese Language and Culture or Teaching Chinese as a Second Language in their bachelor periods should take courses related to Modern Chinese and Ancient Chinese, from which they will not get academic credits.

2．Requirements for Doctor Training and Assessment
The doctor students should attend classes of the major, study the literature of specific directions of research under the guide of the supervisor, engage in scientific research and write doctoral theses. They are expected to proficiently use retrieval tools for both Chinese and foreign research findings and related materials and keep updated to the newest development of the discipline, especially the academic frontiers. They should be able to find subjects for further study independently and accomplish the research tasks appointed by the supervisor. In addition, doctor students in this major should possess the quality to carry out regulated and deep study on the issues of linguistics and language teaching, with a high proficiency in academic norms and application of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics theories.

E. Dissertation and Final Defense
1．Master Dissertation
The dissertation is an important indicator of the research and innovative abilities of the students. The subject of the dissertation should have both academic and practical values. For students majoring in International Chinese Education, practicability and applicability of the dissertation should be high emphasized.
   

Dissertations focused on transforming theories into practice can be diverse in the forms and contents and the research can be both theoretical and applied. Students are encouraged to propose feasible solutions to the problems in real teaching through investigation and study.
   

The dissertation should be completed independently by the student under the guidance of the supervisor. It should put forward new ideas and use creative methods on the basis of the domestic and overseas research status of the selected subject. The dissertation should meet the requirement of the academic norms and the materials presented should be detailed and reliable. It generally includes Abstract (both in Chinese and English), Introduction, Literature Review, Body, Conclusion, References and Appendices when needed. It generally totals no more than 30,000 words and should be qualified to be published on the academic journalists with concept accuracy and language fluency, as well as scientific reasoning and reliable data.
 
2. Doctoral Dissertation
The doctoral dissertation should reflect the doctor’s ability to independently work on discipline-related creative research and practical applied work. Doctor students should make clear the research direction through close communication with the supervisor, and then collet data, carry out investigation and further determine the research subject. The thesis proposal should be submitted at the end of the 3^rd semester. The selected subject should be valuable both theoretically and practically and the final dissertation should put forward innovative results in the specific academic filed.
   

The dissertation proposal should include a detailed plan of research and writing. The report meeting should be opened only after the dissertation proposal is well-prepared and it should invite experts in related academic fields both in the College and from other universities.
   

The doctoral dissertation should be finished independently and take no less than 1 year and a half. It generally totals over 80,000 words and is required to propose significant academic findings and fill an academic vacuum. It will be sent for blind review and the dissertation defense will be strictly organized and supervised.