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World Languages Department
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Why Chinese?



Students recognize that languages can positively impact their careers, especially knowledge of languages such as Arabic and Chinese.
China is quickly becoming a world power, one that needs to be more connected to the American business world. Having knowledge of Chinese could be extremely beneficial for students entering business or for students desiring more interaction with a huge number of people from a vastly different culture. In fact, Mandarin Chinese has 900 million speakers, one-sixth of the world’s population.


Chinese at RCTC (See college catalog for course descriptions) Chinese 1101:  Beginning Chinese I

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Careers in Chinese:

Chinese education (K-16) interpreter services, international relations, governmental agencies, and tourist industry are among the fields in which Arabic may be a prerequisite.

Chinese is recommended for many careers, including international business (e.g. import-export, banking, industry), hotel/motel management, and humanitarian agencies.

Lower division courses which lead to a Chinese major or minor at a four-year institution:

Chinese 1101 4 credits Beginning Chinese I
Chinese 1102 4 credits Beginning Chinese II


An encouraging word!

Many universities offer retroactive credit at a nominal fee upon completion of an upper-level course with a grade of A or B. The student with previous language experience should continue the same foreign language, and enter the sequence at RCTC at as high a level as possible, so as to complete the entire lower division sequence before transfer. The University of Minnesota also offers FLIP and FLAC, Foreign Language Immersion and Across the Curriculum certificate programs. For the past 5 years, the University of Minnesota-Rochester has offered a successful certificate program for Interpreters and Translators as an extension of Continuing Education.

 

 

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