● The history of China's aesthetic culture is a second-level doctoral program independently established by the first-level discipline of history, which belongs to the College of Arts. This discipline focuses on China literature, art, religion, folk customs and cultural relics, focusing on its aesthetic characteristics, fashion, interest and genre, and has made remarkable achievements. The academic leaders are doctoral supervisors Zhang Hong (Pratt & Whitney), Fang Guanghua and Professor Xie Yangju.
China's classical philology developed hand in hand with China's ancient literature, and was approved as a master's authorized point in 2003. Li jinxi, Gao Feng and Zhang Xitang were the earliest founders of this discipline. Mr. Li, Yan Qi, Xue and Fei Bingxun have also made great contributions to the development of this discipline. This subject has made great achievements in the compilation, collation and annotation of ancient literature and classics, the arrangement of ancient writers' anthology, the collection and interpretation of ancient inscriptions, and has a wide influence. Doctoral supervisors Professor Han Lizhou, Professor Jia Sanqiang, Professor Hao Runhua and Researcher Wu are academic leaders, and members of the echelon include Professor Li and Associate Professor Sun (postdoctoral).
● The discipline of literature and art was once famous all over the country, and it was one of the important literary towns in the western region. It is the first batch of master's degree authorization points approved by the State Council, and it is a first-class key discipline in colleges and universities. In 1930s and 1940s, Yang Hui, a famous Chinese literary theorist, and Luo Genze, a famous historian of literary criticism, once taught here. After 1950s, Hao Yufeng, Liu Jianjun, Dong Dingcheng, Zhang Xiaoping, Mao Licun and Liu all made outstanding contributions to the development of this discipline. This subject has achieved fruitful results in literary aesthetics, ancient China literary theory, Chinese and western poetic theory, western literary theory, Marxist-Leninist literary theory and contemporary cultural criticism. The academic leader is Professor Duan Jianjun, the doctoral supervisor, and the echelon members include Professor Yuan Feng, Professor Yang Limin, Professor Shi Xiaoli (postdoctoral), Professor Zhao Xiaolei.
● Modern and Contemporary Literature in China and Modern and Contemporary Literature in China is the master's authorization point approved earlier. Dan Jixiang, Zhang Hua, Meng, Jiang Shuming, Li Luge, Zhao Junxian, Liu Jianxun and Meng Wanfu all made important contributions to the development of this discipline. This subject is strong in Lu Xun's research, Zhou Zuoren's research, China's contemporary literature history, China's contemporary novel history, China's modern literature trend of thought history, genre history and Shaanxi's contemporary writers' special research. The academic leaders are Professor Ren Guangtian, Professor Zhou Yanfen and Professor Yang, and the members of the echelon are Associate Professor Liu and Associate Professor Jiang.
● Comparative Literature and World Literature 1998 was authorized as a master's degree. This subject once had a great influence in the whole country. Mr. Shi Zhaoxian, Mr. Lei Chengde, Mr. Xue Dizhi, Mr. Cao Fen and Mr. Yang Changlong have laid a solid foundation for the development of this subject with their profound academic attainments and heavy writings. The academic leader is Professor Mei Xiaoyun, and the echelon members include Associate Professor Lei Wufeng, Associate Professor Zhang and Associate Professor.
● Linguistics and Applied Linguistics 1998 was authorized as a master's degree. Mr. Wu Tianhui, Mr. Ma Tianxiang, Mr. Bian Xingchang and Mr. Hao Wanquan are the founders of this subject. This subject has made outstanding achievements in modern Chinese, dialect research, Chinese character planning research, dictionary compilation and second language teaching research. The academic leaders are Professor Zhang Chong and Professor Wang, and the echelon members are Associate Professor Shen and Associate Professor Chen Jingxi.
Thanks to the efforts of famous scholars such as Yang Chunlin, Zhang Zhimin and Xi Zheng Min, the discipline of Chinese philology has formed a good academic tradition. He has made gratifying achievements in the study of ancient Chinese vocabulary and phonology, and the academic leaders are Dr. Zhao Xiaogang, Professor Liu Baishun and Associate Professor Shen Wenjun.
Aesthetics, under the leadership of Professor Liu Jianjun, has developed into a discipline with certain strength after decades of efforts. He has made outstanding achievements in literary aesthetics, Chinese aesthetic history, religious aesthetics and poetry aesthetics. The academic leader is Professor Zhu Juxian, a doctoral supervisor, and the echelon member is Associate Professor Gu Pengfei.
● Film Science was approved as a master's degree in 2003, and it is the only master's degree in film science in Northwest China. This subject has formed four relatively stable research directions: film theory, Chinese and foreign film history, film script creation and film industry management. Especially, the exploration of the film art in western China has aroused widespread concern in the film industry. The academic leaders are Professor Zhang Ali and Professor Yan, and the echelon members are Associate Professor Cao Xiaojing, Senior Engineer Gao Zimin, Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Lecturer Yang Xin, Assistant Professor Sun Yang and Assistant Professor Zhao Tao.