Overview

The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies fosters multi-ethnic and cross-cultural understanding from a global, multi-disciplinary perspective and pursues an active language education program to promote cross-cultural awareness and intercultural understanding.

Outcomes

Graduates from the MA program in Asian Studies - Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at California State University Long Beach can expect to be much more competitive for positions in the Foreign Service, State Department, K-12 and community college education and administration, international finance and industry, non-governmental organizations, academic publishing, professional translation work, and Ph.D. programs in Chinese, Japanese, or Asian Studies.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Classical Chinese Fiction
Chinese Culture and Tradition
The Structure of Modern Chinese Language
Contrastive Analysis of Chinese and English
Asian Studies and Languages: Research and Methodologies
Comparative Traditional Cultures of Asia
Second Language Curriculum Development
Second Language Testing and Assessment
Qualitative Research Methods

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2023-08-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2023-04-15 00:00:00
Starting 2024-01-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2023-10-01 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6

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PTE Academic

58

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TOEFL^® IBT

80

Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Language Studies Teaching View 1015 other Masters in Language Studies in United States

Academic requirements

GPA

3

English requirements

IELTS

6

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PTE Academic

58

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TOEFL^® IBT

80

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Other requirements

General requirements

A Bachelor’s degree a major in Asian Studies, or a field with an emphasis on Asia, including Cultural Geography, International Business, and International Studies and Linguistics.

A 3.0 (“B”) GPA in Asia and Asian language related courses taken as an undergraduate. (A student whose GPA is less than 3.0 may appeal to the Department’s Graduate Committee for a possible waiver of this requirement.)

Asian language requirement:

Two letters of recommendation (preferably from academic sources).

A short statement of the candidate’s objectives in pursuing the A/ST MA degree.

Tuition Fee

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International

7176 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 3588 USD per semester during 12 months.
National

7176 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 3588 USD per semester during 12 months.

If you are not a resident of California you must add $396 to the above totals for each unit of credit you take.

Living costs for Long Beach

1400 - 2000 USD /month

Living costs

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Funding

Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.

Studyportals Scholarship Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and win up to €10000 to cover your tuition fees.

Studyportals Scholarship Deadline: 30 June 2020

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Asian Studies - Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

226 countries / Need-based

Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria

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