The most comprehensive Mandarin curriculum in the nation for two tracks of Chinese language training is offered by Yale University’s Chinese programs. These trainings are available to heritage learners and non-heritage learners. Beyond its fourth-year courses, they also offer a multitude of subject-based language courses. These advanced courses are made to accommodate the heritage and non-heritage learners. Placement test is mandatory for students with any Chinese Language proficiency, prior to taking a course beyond the elementary level. 

Harvard University started teaching Chinese language on their East Asian Language Programs in 1879. Harvard began a new age of modernization that established two foundational traditions. These traditions involve requiring teaching materials that employ authentic spoken Chinese and the other one is teaching in a direct drilling method. These traditions at Harvard manifested powerful resilience.

The Chinese Language Program at Stanford offers beginning and intermediate conversational classes in southern Min (Taiwanese). There is also a Cantonese conversational class from beginning, intermediate to advanced. Stanford University provides a first-year to fifth-year Modern Chinese Classes on regular track. First-year to fifth-year Modern Chinese for heritage students, while conversational Modern Chinese at four levels and of course, a Business Chinese Class. During summer, intensive Modern Chinese classes are offered for first-year to third-year. 

Asian cultures have long and productive traditions that have become dominant forces in the contemporary world. That is why a basic knowledge about the field study of Asia is vital to Dartmouth Students. Their field study figures prominently in the great issues that they will face in the future. Some issues that may arise are related to international law and human rights, economic development and migration and technology. The Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages Program promotes the study of this Field. 

The Asian Languages and Literatures Department at Pomona College is offering majors in Chinese and Japanese that will give you an advanced language training. This Department will also give you an insight to the literary and cultural traditions of China and Japan both from the ancient times to the present day. The courses they offer are interdisciplinary in approach. They examine historical, social and political issues to cultivate awareness plus understanding of Asian cultures. 

The Department of Asian Studies regularly offers five levels of instruction in Modern Standard Chinese. All of these are designed to enable the student to become proficient in aural comprehension, reading, speaking and writing. The unique offer of their department is that they provide courses on Chinese literature and culture in English translation. They also strongly encourage Chinese majors to study in mainland China or Taiwan during one or both semesters of their junior year, or during the summer or over winter study. 

Range of degrees in Chinese Language, Literature and Culture are being offered at Swarthmore College. These courses are integrated into a broad program of Asian Studies. Students of Chinese will be provided a rich environment for language study. They can also take advantage of the intensive introductory language courses, enjoy the language tables and chat hours with native speakers, multimedia resources and the opportunity to study abroad.  

China has become one of the most powerful players in today's world, and the principal gateway to enter the world of China is through its language. The students in Chinese major can expect that they will graduate with a high level of proficiency in speaking, listening, reading and of course the most challenging part for many, writing modern standard Chinese. They will also gain the cultural skills needed to communicate effectively in the environment of China. Along their journey at Washington University in St. Louis, students will acquire a solid familiarity and appreciation of the landmarks of Chinese culture and civilization.  

The Chinese major in Georgetown University is a combination of thorough training in spoken and written Chinese language. It also includes a development of critical approaches to a broad range of Chinese cultural phenomena and underlying aspects of philosophical and social thought. Most of the courses offered are conducted in Chinese with readings in Chinese. This major begins with language work and writing-important introduction in East Asian issues. 

University of Notre Dame knows that studying Chinese is a great opportunity for a wide array of students. There is a growing international economy and it created a greater need than ever before for employees and researchers who can navigate Chinese culture and language. Chinese also allows you to explore different cultures and is also valuable in the study of history and society across time. Their written language is the longest continually used writing system. Because of these reasons, Notre Dame University launched a Department that focuses on learning Chinese language. 

The Department of International Literary and Cultural Studies at Tufts University was launched when they recognized that language holds a vital key to knowing people and culture. Writing, reading, grammar and vocabulary expansion in Chinese is given more emphasis in this Department. Cover topics on various Chinese Culture are also being taught here. Those with little curiosity in Chinese are also encouraged to take whatever their schedule allows and give credit for 1 semester of study, this is because language will surely provide them an insight into ways of thought, feeling and perception at the root of culture. While students with serious interest in this language should start as early as possible. 

Students in the Chinese major at UCLA are required to achieve advanced levels of proficiency in modern spoken and written Chinese. At University of California Los-Angeles they will acquire basic knowledge of modern texts. When students complete this major, they will have both the linguistic and cultural competence to work in various fields that are related to China. The Chinese majors will be trained to have advanced ability to speak, read and write modern Chinese. 

Free access to a Chinese department with faculty who are scholars of Chinese literature and linguistics along with experienced teachers of Mandarin Chinese is what Middlebury proudly offers for their students who are interested in the study of Chinese and China. Five levels of instruction in language courses are what Greenburg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature offers each year. Majority of the students in Middlebury that study Mandarin have no background in this language but students who have learned some Chinese language before are also readily accommodated. Undergraduates should expect that they will be able to access an unrivaled advanced language training. 

Knowing Chinese language isn’t just about having basic vocabularies. Chinese majors in Bates College are formed with a structured sequence of instruction in language skills. This will eventually lead the graduate students to a competency in spoken and written Mandarin, with advanced level of classical Chinese. Majors in Chinese are strongly encouraged by their program to spend at least their junior year on a departmentally recognized study-abroad in China’s mainland or Taiwan.

Chinese is the heart of all four years of the student’s study since this language is a part of the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department at Hamilton College.  It is because language will be the key to fully understand China’s heritage, culture and current affairs. Their curriculum is shaped to meet the urgent need for China specialists. It is undeniable that Chinese is critical to a wide range of professions and interests.

The Chinese 1A course, also known as Elementary Chinese offered at University of California Berkeley is designed for students who are non-Chinese origin and are not raised in a Chinese-speaking environment. This course is also for students with Chinese origin but do not speak Chinese. This course will develop functional language ability in beginning learners. They will be able to use Mandarin Chinese in both linguistically and appropriate ways at the beginning level. 

Chinese Studies promote not only language proficiency but an understanding of Chinese culture. The Department of Modern languages at CMU recommends to study abroad to gain outstanding and fast progress. There are students that are called a native or near-native speaker. They are the ones who have proficiency in listening and speaking of the language prior to entering CMU. If you are a native or near-native speaker, you must consult with the major advisors for a different curriculum. 

Davidson College is satisfying the needs of their students with their full curriculum in Chinese cinema, culture language and literature. The Chinese Studies Department launched at this school is dedicated to helping students who have serious interest in learning foreign languages. These courses will lead the students to China’s past, present and future. Degrees in anthropology, economics and history are just some of the areas where knowledge in Chinese has been proven vital. 

Prospective students who had any experience in learning Chinese language are required to be evaluated by taking a placement test or by speaking with the Chinese language coordinator. That is designed to help you determine the right path to take. Native speakers are referring to those who finished elementary school or received secondary education from a country where Chinese language is used as their official language, these native speakers are not eligible to take Chinese Language Courses in Emory University. This degree is an extensive language training, but native speakers have already acquired this through first hand experience. 

Wellesley College teaches Chinese Language under their East Asian Languages and Cultures programs. By teaching Chinese as a foreign language, they help the students have access to the unbroken literary tradition of over 3000 years. Students are able to learn not only the Chinese Language but also their culture. They will be motivated to enrich their experiences by spending a semester abroad.

The Department of Chinese and Japanese provides opportunities to learn Chinese and Japanese language, literature and culture. The students will be introduced to Chinese and Japanese cultures through comparative studies in a broader East Asian context under their Department courses. Students at Vassar College who pursue a major or a correlate in Chinese or Japanese will receive a solid interdisciplinary training. They will be prepared for post-graduate endeavors ranging from graduate studies to careers in both the public and private sectors. 

Cadets of all language abilities are offered at the Chinese Section of West Point, the opportunity to improve their language skills in addition to regional knowledge. This Department is designed both for those who are just starting to study Chinese and those with previous experience but still want to improve. Functional language would be their priority. Then Cadets will start to concentrate on real-world news and documents at the advanced level. 

The major in Chinese at Colgate University is offering the students a solid foundation in the Chinese culture, language and literature done through extensive language training. They also provide a broad exposure to Chinese literary and cultural traditions. Students who have finished the four-year sequences of rigorous classroom language training have acquired the proficiency they need to pursue graduate study. Those who gained abroad experiences are more likely to be successful in a variety of careers related to east Asia.

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese Language and Literature at Boston University is designed to develop critical thinking, communication and writing skills in their students within the areas of content and cultural knowledge. Those admitted to this program will be familiar with fundamental research skills for Chinese Studies. They will use both traditional and electronic sources. They will attain proficiency in speaking, writing, reading and listening with comprehension in Chinese.

Under Macalester College’s Asian Languages and Cultures Programs, you’ll get to study a complex continent that can change the way you look at the world. They offer a major and minor in Chinese Language and Culture. The coursework they provide aims to connect the past with the future. Their main objective is to make their students become proficient in Chinese language so that as soon as they graduate, doors from the world’s second and third largest economies will be open for them.