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The Chinese Minor program complements any of the majors at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Our current Chinese minors come from various disciplines, e.g. Psychology, Economics, Computer Science, Justice Studies, Biology, etc. Let\u2019s see below why they love learning Chinese!
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Deanna Sylvaince<\/strong>
\nBusiness Administration Major, Chinese Minor<\/p>\n

I enjoyed learning Chinese in high school, and a semester of taking it in college confirmed that I should get a minor. I was first recommended by my Chinese professor but I was not sure of what I thought of it all\u00a0until\u00a0I was told of other people’s stories after getting\u00a0a minor and how it opened a whole new world of job opportunities. I believe this will allow me to challenge myself for the better and I already can tell that this will be very engaging for me! I am so excited about what this will lead to and how I can use the skills I learned thanks to this minor!<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n

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Jasia Hilson<\/strong>
\nEconomics Major, Chinese Minor<\/p>\n

Although I am minoring in Chinese, this isn\u2019t my first time indulging into Chinese culture. When I was a teenager, I decided I didn\u2019t want to live in America anymore. I was determined to move abroad, and my journey led me to living in Hong Kong. It wasn\u2019t my original intent to move to Hong Kong but in my time there I absolutely fell in love with the culture and the people I interacted with on a daily basis. College life in HK was totally different from what I was used to\u2014I was a baby freshman venturing out into the world for the first time!<\/p>\n

But I gained more of a worldly awareness from my time there and it wasn\u2019t surprising at all when I decided to stay longer. Cantonese fascinated me completely, but I wasn\u2019t quite ready to learn the language then. I was too busy immersing myself in this new culture before I moved north to Shanghai where I taught English to children from the ages of 3-17. It was during that time that I realized that learning Chinese was a goal I wanted to accomplish in life.<\/p>\n

For me it is important that I learn from professors that have the same passion in what they do as I do in what I learn. In truth, the minor program in Chinese is why I chose to go to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ State. I was more than delighted when I finally started taking classes and found that I could finally learn Chinese in an impassioned environment.<\/p>\n

If you want to learn the language and also engage in the cultural aspects of China while doing so, I highly recommend taking the minor in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ!
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