About Us

The Chinese program at Mount Holyoke College is a strong and fast growing program that offers four levels of Chinese language courses (elementary, intermediate, 3 rd year, and 4 th year Chinese) and several Chinese literature courses. The literature courses include two 200 level courses, Women in Chinese Literature and Contemporary Chinese Fiction, and a 300 level seminar on the famous eighteenth-century novel The Story of the Stone . Several cross-listed faculty members in this program also teach a variety of subjects on China, including history, politics, economics, and arts. Those who are interested in China or East Asia will be able to find many interesting courses to take at MHC (for details, please see the Courses page and Asian Studies Program website).

Since 2005, with the support of the college administration and the Center for Global Initiatives, the MHC Chinese program has fostered a close academic collaboration with Beijing Language and Culture University, one of the most prestigious universities in China in the field of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Currently, two projects, a summer immersion language program for MHC students and a faculty exchange program, are successfully co-run by MHC and BLCU. The MHC-BLCU summer language program is not only tailored to the needs of MHC students, but is also integrated into the MHC Chinese curriculum. The faculty exchange program offers an invaluable opportunity for teaching and research cooperation to faculty from both institutions (for details, please see Study Abroad page and the Center for Global Initiatives website).

In addition to study abroad, the MHC Chinese program also tries to help its students find internships in China and to provide advising in their search for temporary jobs in China after graduation (for details, please see Intern Abroad and the Center for Global Initiatives website).

The MHC Chinese program is a member of the Five College East Asian Language Program. The EALP provides consortium consultant and financial support for the curricular and extra-curricular needs of its members.

Chinese Programs in the Five-Colleges

Department of Asian Studies at MHC
Chinese at University of Massachusetts
Chinese at Smith College
Chinese at Amherst College