{"id":695,"date":"2020-08-19T08:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T08:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/chs\/?page_id=695"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:23:35","slug":"honours-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cs\/honours-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Honours Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tHonours Programme\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>For students from Cohort 2026 onwards, Chinese Languages and Cultures (CL) and Chinese Studies (Bilingual) (CH) are offered as two separate specialisations with direct honours. Students will graduate with a B.A. Honours in Chinese Languages and Cultures or Chinese Studies (Bilingual).<\/p>\n<p>For students from Cohort 2025 or earlier, Chinese Studies and Chinese Language are offered as two separate specialisations. The B.A. Honours programme in Chinese Studies is available to students who have read either Chinese Studies or Chinese Language as their single major or first major. Students will graduate with a B.A. Honours in Chinese Studies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-0\" data-index=\"0\" aria-selected=\"true\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tChinese Languages and Cultures\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-1\" data-index=\"1\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tChinese Studies (Bilingual)\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-2\" data-index=\"2\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tChinese Studies\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-3\" data-index=\"3\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tChinese Language\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Languages and Cultures\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Chinese Languages and Cultures (CL) Single Major [B.A. (Hons)] (Cohort 2026 Onwards)<\/h4>\n<p>Pass at least 60 units of CL or CL-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>CL1101E<\/li>\n<li>CL2110<\/li>\n<li>CL2111<\/li>\n<li>CL2120<\/li>\n<li>CL2130<\/li>\n<li>CL3110<\/li>\n<li>CL2211 or CL2221 or CL2231 or CL2240 or CL3312<\/li>\n<li>a minimum of 28 units at level-3000 (including CL3110 and CL3312) or higher, with<br \/>\na) a minimum of 12 units at level-4000 or higher<br \/>\nb) a maximum of 2 CH level-5000 courses (subject to department&#8217;s approval)<\/li>\n<li>a maximum of 8 units of CL-recognised courses<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Studies (Bilingual)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Chinese Studies (Bilingual) (CH) Single Major [B.A. (Hons)] (Cohort 2026 Onwards)<\/h4>\n<p>Pass at least 60 units of CH or CH-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>CH1101E<\/li>\n<li>CH2110<\/li>\n<li>CH2111 or CL3110<\/li>\n<li>TRA2111<\/li>\n<li>a minimum of 28 units at level-3000 (including CL3110) or higher, with<br \/>\na) a minimum of 12 units at level-4000 or higher,<br \/>\nb) a maximum of 2 CH level-5000 courses (subject to department&#8217;s approval)<\/li>\n<li>a maximum of 8 units of CH-recognised courses (excluding CL, INT and TRA recognised courses) *<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>* The exclusion of CL, INT and TRA courses in (6) is to allow and encourage students to read and count more than 8 units of these courses towards the major. Taking CL courses taught entirely in Chinese (if the students are prepared to do that) will help to upgrade their language skills, while TRA and INT courses will advance their comparative perspective.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Chinese Studies (CH) Single Major [B.A. (Hons)] (Cohort 2023 to 2025)<\/h4>\n<p>Pass at least 60 units of CH or CH-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>CH1101E<\/li>\n<li>CH2121 \/ CL2120<\/li>\n<li>CH2141 \/ CL2130<\/li>\n<li>CH2161 \/ CL2235<\/li>\n<li>CL2101 \/ CL2110<\/li>\n<li>CL3104 \/ CL3110<\/li>\n<li>CH2162 \/ CL3220 or CH2221 \/ CL2221 or CH2243 \/ CL2231 or CH2252 \/ CL2240<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0a minimum of 28 units at level-3000 (including CL3104 \/ CL3110) or higher (see Note 1), with<br \/>\na) a minimum of 12 units of CH or CL level-4000 or higher (see Note 1)<\/li>\n<li>a maximum of 8 units (in total) of the following:<br \/>\na) CH-recognised courses (excluding CL recognised courses)<br \/>\nb) CH courses that are taught in English (see Note 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<strong>Note 1:<\/strong> Students are allowed to read a maximum of 2 level-5000 courses, subject to department&#8217;s approval.<br \/>\n<strong>Note 2:<\/strong> CH course codes with 3rd-digit &#8216;9&#8217; are taught in English.\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Chinese Studies (CH) Single Major [B.A. (Hons)] (Cohort 2021 to 2022)<\/h4>\n<p>Pass at least 60 units of CH or CH-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>CH1101E<\/li>\n<li>CH2121 \/ CL2120<\/li>\n<li>CH2141 \/ CL2130<\/li>\n<li>CH2161 \/ CL2235<\/li>\n<li>CL2101 \/ CL2110<\/li>\n<li>CL3104 \/ CL3110<\/li>\n<li>CH2162 \/ CL3220 or CH2221 \/ CL2221 or CH2243 \/ CL2231 or CH2252 \/CL2240<\/li>\n<li>8. a minimum of 36 units at level-3000 (including CL3104 \/ CL3110) or higher (see Note 1), with<br \/>\na) a minimum of 20 units of CH or CL level-4000 or higher (see Note 1)<\/li>\n<li>a maximum of 8 units (in total) of the following:<br \/>\na) CH-recognised courses (excluding CL recognised courses)<br \/>\nb) CH courses that are taught in English (see Note 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<strong>Note 1:<\/strong> Students are allowed to read a maximum of 2 level-5000 courses, subject to department&#8217;s approval.<br \/>\n<strong>Note 2:<\/strong> CH course codes with 3rd-digit &#8216;9&#8217; are taught in English.\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Language\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Chinese Language (CL) Single Major [B.A. (Hons)] (Cohort 2023 to 2025)<\/h4>\n<p>Pass at least 60 units of CL or CL-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>CL1101E<\/li>\n<li>CL2101 \/ CL2110<\/li>\n<li>CL2102 \/ CL2211<\/li>\n<li>CL2103 \/ CL2111<\/li>\n<li>CL3104 \/ CL3110<\/li>\n<li>CH2121 \/ CL2120<\/li>\n<li>CH2141 \/ CL2130<\/li>\n<li>a minimum of 16 units at level-3000 (including CL3104 \/ CL3110) or higher<\/li>\n<li>a minimum of 12 units of CH and CL level-4000 courses or higher (see Note 1)<\/li>\n<li>a maximum of 8 units (in total) of the following:<br \/>\na)\u00a0\u00a0CL-recognised courses (excluding CH2121 \/ CL2120 and CH2141 \/ CL2130)<\/li>\n<li>b)\u00a0\u00a0CL courses that are taught in English (see Note 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<strong>Note 1<\/strong>:\u00a0Students are allowed to read a maximum of 2 CH level-5000 courses, subject to department&#8217;s approval.<br \/>\n<strong>Note 2<\/strong>:\u00a0CL course codes with 3rd-digit &#8216;9&#8217; are taught in English.\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Chinese Language (CL) Single Major [B.A. (Hons)] (Cohort 2021 to 2022)<\/h4>\n<p>Pass at least 60 units of CL or CL-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>CL1101E<\/li>\n<li>CL2101 \/ CL2110<\/li>\n<li>CL2102 \/ CL2211<\/li>\n<li>CL2103 \/ CL2111<\/li>\n<li>CL3104 \/ CL3110<\/li>\n<li>CH2121 \/ CL2120<\/li>\n<li>CH2141 \/ CL2130<\/li>\n<li>a minimum of 16 units at level-3000 (including CL3104 \/ CL3110) or higher<\/li>\n<li>a minimum of 20 units of CH and CL level-4000 courses or higher (see Note 1)<\/li>\n<li>a maximum of 8 units (in total) of the following:<br \/>\na)\u00a0\u00a0CL-recognised courses (excluding CH2121 \/ CL2120 and CH2141 \/ CL2130)<br \/>\nb)\u00a0\u00a0CL courses that are taught in English (see Note 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<strong>Note 1<\/strong>: Students are allowed to read a maximum of 2 CH level-5000 courses, subject to department&#8217;s approval.<br \/>\n<strong>Note 2<\/strong>:\u00a0CL course codes with 3rd-digit &#8216;9&#8217; are taught in English.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honours Programme For students from Cohort 2026 onwards, Chinese Languages and Cultures (CL) and Chinese Studies (Bilingual) (CH) are offered as two separate specialisations with direct honours. 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