Courses in Chinese Studies

Course Description

The goals for this course are for students to master the pinyin Romanization system and to acquire basic communication skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing Mandarin Chinese. CHIN 161 is open only to beginners in Chinese or those with two years or less of high school Chinese.

Distribution Area

Language

Credits

1 course

Course Description

This course is a continuation of Elementary Chinese I. Students will continue to develop the language skills they acquired in Elementary Chinese I. Prerequisite: CHIN 161 or qualifying score on the placement test.

Distribution Area

Language

Prerequisites

CHIN 161 or qualifying score on the placement test

Credits

1 course

Course Description

A seminar focused on a theme related to Chinese Studies. Open only to first-year students.

Credits

1 course

Course Description

Course work helps students to develop four linguistic skills (speaking, writing, listening and reading) in Chinese at a more advanced level. Course work emphasizes drills, conversation and grammar. The goals are for students to acquire the following skills: to pronounce modern standard Chinese, to write words using both characters and pinyin Romanization system, to converse in more complicated sentences based on grammatical structures introduced in this course and to write essays. Prerequisite: CHIN 162 or qualifying score on the placement test.

Distribution Area

Language

Prerequisites

CHIN 162 or qualifying score on the placement test

Credits

1 course

Course Description

A continuation of CHIN 261. Prerequisite: CHIN 261 or qualifying score on the placement test.

Distribution Area

Language

Prerequisites

CHIN 261 or qualifying score on the placement test

Credits

1 course

Course Description

Topics in the Chinese language. May be repeated with different topics for credit.

Distribution Area

Language

Credits

1/2-1 course

Course Description

Reading and discussion of advanced Chinese materials. Exercise in speaking the language and in writing compositions. Prerequisite: CHIN 262 or qualifying score on the placement test.

Distribution Area

Language

Prerequisites

CHIN 262 or qualifying score on the placement test

Course Description

A continuation of CHIN 361. Prerequisite: CHIN 361 or qualifying score on the placement test.

Distribution Area

Language

Prerequisites

CHIN 361 or qualifying score on the placement test

Credits

1 course

Course Description

Open to advanced students in Chinese. May be repeated for credit.

Distribution Area

Language

Credits

1/2-1 course