Chinese | Bachelor’s Degree

Description

Rather than practicing drills and exercises focused on mastering mechanics over negotiating meaning, Bennington students immerse themselves in content-based language and culture courses where they analyze, discuss, and synthesize concepts of deep cultural relevance in China and the broader Chinese-speaking community. Students engage with authentic materials in a variety of media, from prose, poetry, and song to visual arts and cinema. Students practice both active and passive skills as they engage in meaningful verbal and written communication with their faculty and each other on topics ranging from traditional cultural roots, such as Confucianism and Taoism, to today's social and cultural issues, such as the cultural revolution, the post-Mao opening, and contemporary poetry, art, music, and cinema.

At Bennington, you design your own course of study and work, taking full advantage of the College’s resources both inside and outside the classroom. This process goes beyond the bounds of a traditional major. You identify one or more areas of interest that spark your intellectual curiosity and provide a foundation for your academic work and fieldwork, and you pursue that work with ongoing guidance from your faculty. This is your Plan.