BACHELOR DEGREE IN ORIENTAL STUDIES: CHINESE AND JAPANESE STUDIES

The course offers a robust spoken and written training in Chinese (major) and Japanese (minor) languages, providing students with solid competences on languages, as well as with knowledge of the cultural and socio-economic realities of China and Japan. Chinese is taught according to the official Chinese HSK exam criteria. After three years of study, students are strongly advised to deepen their Chinese language skills in postgraduate study. There is also the possibility of undertaking mobility studies of Japanese language in Japan for one semester.

Career Prospects: after further, post-graduate studies, students are fit to the labour market in the areas of translation and educational, business and tourism activities.

Curso

2024/2025

General

Academic degree:

Bachelor (Bologna 1st cycle degree)

ECTS:

180

Duration:

6 curricular semesters

Regime:

Daytime

Place:

Gualtar Campus, Braga (UM)

Main Scientific area:

Chinese Language

Contacts

Course Director

Sun Lam

slc@elach.uminho.pt

+351253604183

Mobility Academic Coordinator

Sun Lam

slc@elach.uminho.pt

+351253604183

School of Arts and Humanities

Campus de Gualtar
4710 - 057 Braga

+351253604173

pedagogico@elach.uminho.pt

http://www.elach.uminho.pt

Description

The Bachelor's Degree in Oriental Studies - Chinese and Japanese Studies (EO-ECJ) at the University of Minho aims to provide students with linguistic competence, communication skills, and cultural sensitivity that enable them to act in all areas and professional activities related to the Chinese and Japanese worlds, establishing bridges with these societies.
The students' training will have as the core of their learning the reference languages, Chinese and Japanese, as working and acquisition languages, which will result in a strong emphasis on working time in these areas in the curriculum. In this sense, considering that linguistic competence alone is considered insufficient, students should also be provided with a series of knowledge and sensitivities to enrich them with an appropriate contextualized communicational capacity, which justifies the existence of curricular units related to the geographies, histories, cultures, philosophies, among others, of both countries. Due not only to the distance between the languages and cultures in question and our own, but also to the specific nature of this course, the conveyed knowledge should always be further deepened in the 2nd cycle. Therefore, the students' greatest interest has been focused on the possibility of spending a year of study in China (in the 2nd cycle) or Japan (in the 1st cycle).
Furthermore, this bachelor's degree is composed of a qualified, young, and diligent faculty whose research areas are mainly focused on the intercultural dialogue that must be established between Portugal and China/Japan. The teaching and learning methodologies will stimulate independent and cooperative work by the students, also allowing them direct contact with teachers from the mentioned countries and their respective working methods. Throughout the academic year, some conferences and colloquia will be held, with special emphasis on the Asian Studies Days.

Key learning outcomes

1. Understand spoken and written text at the HSK IV/V level in Chinese and the JLPT N4/N3 level in Japanese, in various professional and other situations, in different areas of knowledge and action.
2. Interpret linguistic styles in various situations and needs, especially in professional contexts, understanding different types of writing according to the situation, professional area, intended objectives, interlocutor, etc.
3. Translate spoken and written text in predictable situations for the most common professional scenarios and others.
4. Consider the most relevant and sensitive cultural differences and specificities for effective communication, where those differences are not inhibitory but rather empowering for success.
5. Communicate content of various types, ensuring prudence and intercultural sensitivity, in order to convey a message adapted to other cultural contexts.
6. Compare Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese intercultural contexts.
7. Apply the acquired knowledge in the various curricular units of the course for real communication in a socio-cultural context.
8. Develop a solid foundation of skills and knowledge for the pursuit of further studies in 2nd cycle courses.

Access to higher education

This course provides the technical-scientific capacity to access the next cycle of studies (Master's degree).

Careers

The curriculum of this bachelor's degree has contributed to making it a reference in the field of Chinese and Japanese language education in Portugal, with its main objective being to offer a solid foundation of not only linguistic but also socio-cultural skills. Students will be prepared to deepen this area of study in the 2nd cycle, which may qualify them to work in the following professional areas: translation and interpretation, journalism and publishing, business activities, marketing and tourism, consulting and services. Overall, activities that require competence in the languages and cultures in question.

Access

41

Vacancies

0

Minimum

Access forms

The access to this Cycle of Studies can be done through the following ways:
- Application for National Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Special Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Local Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Special Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Access to Higher Education Admissions through Re-Entry, Change and Transfer of Course.

Formal requirements

Entrance Testing

06 Philosophy
or
13 English
or
18 Portuguese

This information must be verified on
http://www.dges.gov.pt/guias/detcursopi.asp?codc=L147&code=1000

Aditional Information

Study Plan

When applicable, the elective curricular units available as well as the registration conditions and the number of vacancies will be indicated annually.

Branch

Regime	Curricular Unit	Scientific Area	ECTS
Year 1			60
S1	Introduction to Character Writing	LCH	5
S1	Introduction to Contemporary China and Japan	CPA	5
S1	Modern Chinese A1.1	LCH	7.5
S1	Modern Japanese A1.1	LJ	7.5
S1	Portuguese Expansion in the Far East	H	5
S2	Introduction to Contemporary Oriental Asia	CPA	5
S2	Introduction to Traditional China and Japan	CPA	5
S2	Modern Chinese A1.2	LCH	7.5
S2	Modern Japanese A1.2	LJ	7.5
S2	Relations between Europe and the Far East	H	5
Year 2			60
S1	China’s Regions, Resources and Tourism	CPA	5
S1	Chinese Culture I	CPA	5
S1	History of China I	CPA	5
S1	Modern Chinese A2.2	LCH	10
S1	Opção I		5
	Culture in the Media	CCul	5
	Intercultural Representations	CCul	5
	Japanese A2.1	LJ	5
	Topics in Digital Humanities	HD	5
S2	Chinese Culture II	CPA	5
S2	Chinese Grammar Topics	LCH	5
S2	History of China II	CPA	5
S2	Modern Chinese B1.1	LCH	10
S2	Opção II		5
	Creative Writing in English	CL	5
	Electronic Editing Techniques	HD	5
	Japanese A2.2	LJ	5
	Logic and Argumentation Theories	F	5
Year 3			60
S1	China in the Media	LCH	5
S1	Chinese for Business and Tourism	LCH	5
S1	Modern Chinese B2.1	LCH	5
S1	Society, Economy and Politics of Contemporary China and Japan	CPA	5
S1	Technique and Practice of Chinese Translation I	ETra	5
S1	Opção UMinho		5
S2	China and Japan: Market and Business Environment	CPA	5
S2	Introduction to Classical Chinese	LCH	5
S2	Modern Chinese B2.2	LCH	10
S2	Oriental Philosophies	EFP	5
S2	Technique and Practice of Chinese Translation II	ETra	5

Assessment/Accreditation

A3ES Accreditation status:

Accredited

Resolution publication date:

10-10-2022

A3ES deliberation:

https://a3es.pt/pt/resultados-acreditacao/estudos-orientais-%E2%80%93-estudos-chineses-e-japoneses-0

A3ES submited report:

download pdf file

Registry number at Ministry:

R/A-Ef 2435/2011/AL03

Registry Date:

11-08-2023

Accreditation validity:

30-07-2027

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