Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Chinese Program

The HWS Chinese program offers interested students the opportunity to choose from a variety of courses in language, literature, history, religion and culture. A member of the Council for International Education Exchange (CIEE) Chinese Language Consortium, the Chinese program gives students in good standing the chance to participate in the CIEE program in Beijing, Nanjing or Taipei. Qualified students may also arrange to study at the Mandarin Training Center or other language institutes in Taiwan. Heritage learners may request to enroll in the Overseas Chinese Youth Tour, a summer Chinese language camp sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the Government of Taiwan. Faculty are trained language teachers and scholars who teach modern Mandarin Chinese that is spoken in China, Taiwan and other Chinese communities. Classical Chinese is taught as an independent study. The Chinese program does not offer a separate major or minor in Chinese, but all courses in the Chinese program are cross-listed with the Asian Studies department and may count toward requirements for the major or minor in Asian Studies.