Chinese (CHIN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

CHIN 1102

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 GradeNoAud

  •  5387 CHIN 1102   LEC 001

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

  •  6917 CHIN 1102   LEC 002

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

  •  5388 CHIN 1102   DIS 201

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

  •  5389 CHIN 1102   DIS 202

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

  •  5390 CHIN 1102   DIS 203

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

  •  5391 CHIN 1102   DIS 204

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

  •  5392 CHIN 1102   DIS 205

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

  •  5393 CHIN 1102   DIS 206

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

CHIN 1110

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 GradeNoAud

  •  5380 CHIN 1110   SEM 101

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5381 CHIN 1110   SEM 102

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17162 CHIN 1110   SEM 103

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

CHIN 1112

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 GradeNoAud

  •  5394 CHIN 1112   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: CHIN 1111 or permission of instructor.

CHIN 2202

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 GradeNoAud

  •  5382 CHIN 2202   SEM 101

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5383 CHIN 2202   SEM 102

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5384 CHIN 2202   SEM 103

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

CHIN 2210

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 GradeNoAud

  •  5399 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5400 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.

CHIN 2212

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 skill in Cantonese expressions for ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5402 CHIN 2212   LEC 001

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

CHIN 3302

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 GradeNoAud

  •  5587 CHIN 3302   SEM 101

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5588 CHIN 3302   SEM 102

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

CHIN 3312

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. By completion of this course, students are expected to acquire ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  6894 CHIN 3312   LEC 001

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

CHIN 3316

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Southeast Asian Politics

  • 18909 CHIN 3316   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: CHIN 2201/2202, 2209-2210 or equivalent. Must be concurrently enrolled in ASIAN 3334/GOVT 3443.

CHIN 3342

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 GradeNoAud

  •  7933 CHIN 3342   LEC 070

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

CHIN 4412

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5586 CHIN 4412   SEM 101

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

CHIN 4428

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 GradeNoAud

  •  8522 CHIN 4428   SEM 101

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

CHIN 4442

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 GradeNoAud

  •  7934 CHIN 4442   SEM 170

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