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The Chinese Flagship Undergraduate Program

Designed as a seamless pipeline for developing professionally-useful Chinese skills, this challenging program trains beginning and intermediate students with the advanced cultural and linguistic tools necessary for a China-related career.

The Chinese Flagship Program offers two undergraduate courses of study:

1) Bachelor’s Degree with Flagship Certification

2) Combined Degree

With as little as one extra year of coursework and completion of a thesis, students in either track above may complete the Chinese Flagship master's degree program. Called a 'combined degree program', students begin applying their advanced-level Flagship Chinese coursework toward a graduate degree after formally applying to the Graduate School during their junior or senior year.

This program features a pioneering combination of intensive classroom instruction and study abroad immersion in preparation for graduate level Chinese courses. Its unique mission focuses on the cultural aspects of communication, emphasizing performance (doing is knowing) at every stage of the learning process.