Course Catalog - 2004-2005

     

CHIN 314 - CONTEMPORARY CHINA

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Department: Center for Study of Languages
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: CONTEMPORARY CHINA AND ECONOMIC REFORM: ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE ***** This course discusses the Economic Reform in China (starting 1976), and its impacts. Students examine the impacts by studying the voices produced by self-created entrepreneurs, popular novelists, rock-band singers, unemployed workers, and young artists. At the end of CHIN 314 students are expected to express their views of the related issues. ***** Enrollment limited to 15. ***** Prerequisite(s): CHIN 312, CHIN 302, placement test, or the permission of the instructor. Knowledge of 800 characters assumed. ***** Instructor(s): Yeh