Calligraphy theory and the history of calligraphy is a research direction of fine arts in Beijing Normal University. The preliminary subjects are110/ideological and political theory, 220 1 English, 202 Russian or 203 Japanese, 3779 art theory and 4804 calligraphy history. 2. A foreign language is one of three choices, that is, you can choose English, Japanese and Russian. See the professional catalogue published by the school for details.