Program Overview

Chinese Option - Applied Modern Language and Culture BS

Overview

The Chinese option of the applied modern language and culture degree provides advanced study of Chinese language and culture that directly applies to the global economy in which you’ll work. You will learn to speak, understand, read, and write in Chinese, as well as gain a proficiency in the culture and traditions surrounding the language and geographic region. Immerse yourself in the Chinese language and culture while pairing your studies with a secondary focus area in arts, business, computing, engineering, healthcare, or the sciences for careers in the cross-cultural world of the future.

Careers and Experiential Learning

Cooperative Education

What’s different about an RIT education? It’s the career experience you gain by completing cooperative education and internships with top companies in every single industry. You’ll earn more than a degree. You’ll gain real-world career experience that sets you apart. It’s exposure–early and often–to a variety of professional work environments, career paths, and industries.

Co-ops take your knowledge and turn it into know-how. A liberal arts co-op provides hands-on experience that enables you to apply your knowledge in professional settings while you make valuable connections between course work and real-world applications.

Study Abroad in China

The applied modern language and culture major includes a required international experience where students live, study, or work in an international location. Through study abroad or an international co-op, students immerse themselves in their chosen language, engage in cultural customs and traditions, and broaden their global perspective and understanding.

Featured Work and Profiles

• 2024 Fulbright Scholar: Sarah Sabal
  • Sabel, a double major in applied modern language and culture (Chinese option) and marketing, will pursue her graduate education at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.
• Department of Education grant will fund the development of new materials and curricula for Chinese, Italian, and Spanish courses that focus on STEAM
  • Sara Armengot, Zhong Chen, Elisabetta DAmanda “I hope more students will be inspired to take on internships, co-ops, or other experiential learning opportunities where they can continue to further connect through languages other than English...”

Admissions and Financial Aid

This option is part of the Applied Modern Language and Culture BS. Please visit the degree program page for admission requirements.

Financial Aid and Scholarships

• 100% of all incoming first-year and transfer students receive aid.
• RIT’s personalized and comprehensive financial aid program includes scholarships, grants, loans, and campus employment programs. When all these are put to work, your actual cost may be much lower than the published estimated cost of attendance.

Faculty

• Sara Armengot
  • Department Chair
• Zhong Chen
  • Associate Professor
• Yuhan Huang
  • Assistant Professor

Events

• August 29
  • Donuts with the Dean in the College of Liberal Arts
• September 25
  • Donuts with the Dean in the College of Liberal Arts
• October 24
  • Donuts with the Dean in the College of Liberal Arts

Related News

• May 13, 2024
  • Graduate Sarah Sabal receives Fulbright award to pursue graduate education in Taiwan
• November 15, 2023
  • Faculty receive new grant to expand foreign language education offerings with a focus on STEAM
• October 31, 2019
  • RIT brings more technology into new language lab