Pronunciation, writing system, and basic vocabulary and sentence patterns, with emphasis on conversation.

Offered: Fall of every year
Credits: 5

Further work on conversation, character writing, and comprehension, with increasing emphasis on vocabulary building and grammar.
 

Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 5

Intermediate-level work on skills in conversation, comprehension, and grammar. Practice in composition.

Offered: Fall of every year
Credits: 5

Further intermediate-level work on skills in conversation, comprehension, and grammar. Continued practice in composition.
 

Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 5

Special projects in Chinese studies arranged by an individual student and a faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.

Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: Variable from 1 to 6

Special topics in Chinese studies. Topic may vary. Course may be taught in either English or Chinese.

Offered: On Demand
Credits: Variable from 1 to 4

Advanced-level work on speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills, based on materials of cultural interest.

Offered: Fall of every year
Credits: 4

Advanced-level work on speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills, based on materials of cultural interest.

Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 4

Grammatical structures of modern Chinese, grammar review, sound system, word formation, sentence and discourse structures, dialects and sociolinguistic variation, the history of writing system, pragmatics. Taught in English and Chinese.

Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 3

Survey of Chinese films focusing on individual expressions with cross-cultural significance. Development of higher-intermediate and advanced language skills. Taught in English and Chinese.

Offered: Fall of every year
Credits: 3

Critical concepts necessary to analyze Chinese works from the past three millennia. Key topics include indigenous heritage and modern developments with cross-cultural significance, canonizations of major schools of thought (Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism), interactions between elite and popular cultures, among others. Taught in English and Chinese.

Offered: Fall of every year
Credits: 3

Reading, discussion, and writing of advanced materials, including classical texts of broad cultural interest.

Offered: Fall of every year
Credits: 3

Further reading, discussion and writing based on original materials, including classical texts of broad cultural interest.

Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 3

Literary and language studies through the genre of short stories in the Chinese language. Taught in Chinese.

Offered: Fall of every year
Credits: 3

Development of advanced speaking skills in Chinese using authentic materials. Presentations, debate, dubbing performance, and interactions with Chinese native speakers.

Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 3

Critical concepts and tools for the analytical study of modern Chinese literature and films on the global stage. Examine major works since the turn of the 20th century. Taught in English and Chinese.

Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 3

Special projects in Chinese studies arranged by an individual student and a faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.

Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: Variable from 1 to 6

Special topics in Chinese studies. Topics vary.

Offered: On Demand
Credits: Variable from 1 to 4

An individual research project supervised by a faculty member that demonstrates the student’s ability to do independent research and submit or present a major paper.

Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: Variable from 1 to 4

Theoretical and research foundations for communicative and proficiency-oriented instruction of World languages with implications for the classroom.

Offered: Fall of every year
Credits: 3