Chinese (CHIN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

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CHIN 1102
Beginning Mandarin II

For beginners only, providing a thorough grounding in conversational and reading skills. Students with some facility in the spoken language (because Chinese is spoken at home) but who do not read characters ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 6 Credits Graded

  •  5933 CHIN 1102   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: Grade of C+ or higher in CHIN 1101 and permission of instructor. Please contact Stephanie Divo (sah36) to enroll.

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  •  7610 CHIN 1102   LEC 002

  • Prerequisite: Grade of C+ or higher in CHIN 1101 and permission of instructor. Please contact Stephanie Divo (sah36) to enroll.

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  •  5934 CHIN 1102   DIS 201

  • Prerequisite: Grade of C+ or higher in CHIN 1101 and permission of instructor. Please contact Stephanie Divo (sah36) to enroll.

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  •  5935 CHIN 1102   DIS 202

  • Prerequisite: Grade of C+ or higher in CHIN 1101 and permission of instructor. Please contact Stephanie Divo (sah36) to enroll.

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  •  5936 CHIN 1102   DIS 203

  • Prerequisite: Grade of C+ or higher in CHIN 1101 and permission of instructor. Please contact Stephanie Divo (sah36) to enroll.

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  •  5937 CHIN 1102   DIS 204

  • Prerequisite: Grade of C+ or higher in CHIN 1101 and permission of instructor. Please contact Stephanie Divo (sah36) to enroll.

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  •  5938 CHIN 1102   DIS 205

  • Prerequisite: Grade of C+ or higher in CHIN 1101 and permission of instructor. Please contact Stephanie Divo (sah36) to enroll.

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  •  5939 CHIN 1102   DIS 206

  • Prerequisite: Grade of C+ or higher in CHIN 1101 and permission of instructor. Please contact Stephanie Divo (sah36) to enroll.

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CHIN 1110
Beginning Chinese Reading and Writing for Students of Chinese Heritage II

Continuation of CHIN 1109. Intended primarily for students whose family language is Mandarin but have had little or no formal training. The focus is on characters, reading comprehension, composition, grammar, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5926 CHIN 1110   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: CHIN 1109 or by placement by instructor. Please contact Yufen Lee Mehta (yl43) to enroll.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5927 CHIN 1110   SEM 102

  • Prerequisite: CHIN 1109 or by placement by instructor. Please contact Yufen Lee Mehta (yl43) to enroll.

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CHIN 1112
Elementary Cantonese II

CHIN 1112 is a continuation of CHIN 1111. It will continue the basic training in oral/aural Cantonese and make solid the elementary Cantonese skills from CHIN 1111, or equivalent; students are expected ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5941 CHIN 1112   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: CHIN 1111 or permission of instructor.

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CHIN 2202
Intermediate Mandarin II

Continuing instruction in written and spoken Chinese with particular emphasis on consolidating basic conversational skills and improving reading confidence and ability. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5928 CHIN 2202   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: Grade of B or higher in CHIN 2201 or by placement. Please contact Qiuyun Teng (qt11) to enroll.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5929 CHIN 2202   SEM 102

  • Prerequisite: Grade of B or higher in CHIN 2201 or by placement. Please contact Qiuyun Teng (qt11) to enroll.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5930 CHIN 2202   SEM 103

  • Prerequisite: Grade of B or higher in CHIN 2201 or by placement. Please contact Qiuyun Teng (qt11) to enroll.

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CHIN 2210
Intermediate Chinese Reading and Writing for Students of Chinese Heritage II

Works on how to read effectively and write clearly and coherently through 1) learning both semi-formal and formal vocabulary, idioms, descriptive expressions, advanced sentence structures and the major ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5946 CHIN 2210   SEM 101

  • Enrollment limited to: students who have passed CHIN 2209 with a grade of B or higher or have equivalent as shown by placement test and permission of instructor. Please contact Su George (wsg3) to enroll.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5947 CHIN 2210   SEM 102

  • Enrollment limited to: students who have passed CHIN 2209 with a grade of B or higher or have equivalent as shown by placement test and permission of instructor. Please contact Su George (wsg3) to enroll.

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CHIN 2212
Intermediate Cantonese II

CHIN 2212 is a continuation of CHIN 2211. It gives comprehensive training in oral and written Cantonese at a higher level than CHIN 2211.  Oral training covers not only conversational and skill in Cantonese ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5949 CHIN 2212   LEC 001

  • Pre-requisite: CHIN 2211 or permission of instructor.

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CHIN 3302
High Intermediate Mandarin II

Continuing instruction in spoken and written Chinese Mandarin via authentic multimedia materials.  view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6158 CHIN 3302   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: CHIN 3301 or by placement by instructor. Please contact Yufen Lee Mehta (yl43) to enroll.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6159 CHIN 3302   SEM 102

  • Prerequisite: CHIN 3301 or by placement by instructor. Please contact Yufen Lee Mehta (yl43) to enroll.

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CHIN 3312
Advanced Cantonese II

CHIN 3312 is a continuation of CHIN 3311. It will give comprehensive training in oral and written Cantonese at a higher level than CHIN 3311: lrc.cornell.edu/asian/courses/ch/chin214. By completion of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7583 CHIN 3312   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: Completion of CHIN 3311 or permission of instructor.

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CHIN 3342
High Intermediate Mandarin II: CAPS in Beijing

Equivalent to CHIN 3302. Continuing instruction in spoken Chinese and in various genres and styles of written Chinese. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9421 CHIN 3342   LEC 070

  • Taught in Beijing, China. Prerequisite: CHIN 3301 or 3341 and permission of instructor.

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CHIN 4412
Advanced Mandarin II

Reading, discussion, and composition at advanced levels. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6157 CHIN 4412   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: Grade of B+ or higher in CHIN 4411 or permission. Please contact Qiuyun Teng (qt11) to enroll.

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CHIN 4428
High Advanced Mandarin II

The focus of the course is on formal Chinese, and the main aim of this course is to help students achieve an advanced level of Chinese performance, so that they may combine Chinese with their work in their ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16441 CHIN 4428   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: CHIN 4427 or permission of instructor. Please contact Li Xu (lx57) to enroll.

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CHIN 4442
Advanced Mandarin II: CAPS in Beijing

Equivalent to CHIN 4412 .  Reading, discussion, and composition at advanced levels. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9422 CHIN 4442   SEM 170

  • Taught in Bejing, China. Prerequisite: CHIN 4411 or CHIN 4441 or permission of instructor.

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