BA (Hons) Modern Languages - Chinese (Mandarin)

University of Exeter

China’s cultural importance in the world is at an all-time high and understanding the country and its language is of increasing strategic importance. The BA Modern Languages: Chinese (Mandarin) course at Exeter offers a complete pathway for you to become a proficient speaker, understand China’s fascinating culture and history, and develop your capacity to analyse its past, present and future through its diverse cultural forms.In your third year, you will spend a year abroad in China studying at one of our renowned partner universities such as Peking (PKU) or Fudan.Please note that Chinese is currently only available ab initio rather than at Advanced level.You can study Chinese through three pathways:with one or two other languages (eg, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish) as part of our BA Modern Languages degree (providing no more than one language is studied from beginners’ level)Art History & Visual Culture, Classical Studies, English, Film Studies, History, International Relations, Politics, Philosophy or Sociology as part of one of our Combined Honours Programmesor with a bespoke selection of subjects as part of our Flexible Combined Honours programme