Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: INTRODUCTORY CHINESE I

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 5

Description: For students with no background in Chinese. Students will learn Pinyin writing system, vocabulary and structure required for basic communicative tasks. Students will learn to write approximately 300 Chinese characters. Chinese culture will be introduced. Weekly laboratory assignment and tutorial participation are required to receive full credit. No prior knowledge of Chinese required. Credit may not be received for both CHIN 101 and CHIN 222.

Long Title: INTRODUCTORY CHINESE II

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 5

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 101 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Continuation of CHIN 101. More attention will be paid to the Chinese characters while conversation skills still receive priority. Weekly laboratory assignment and tutorial participation are required. Students will learn to write approximately 200 Chinese characters and be able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters. Credit may not be received for both CHIN 223 and CHIN 102.

Long Title: ELEMENTARY CHINESE I

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 102 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Continuation of CHIN 102. Emphasis on reading, writing, and speaking for personal needs. Weekly attendance in the language lab and participation in weekly tutorials are required. Students will be familiar with approximately 300 characters at the end of the course, and able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters.

Long Title: ELEMENTARY CHINESE II

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 201 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Continuation of CHIN 201. Emphasis on developing oral fluency at the sentence level, reading articles, and cultivating a socio-cultural understanding of the Chinese-speaking society. Upon completion, students expected to be able to write approximately 400 characters and perform communicative tasks, surrounding basic personal needs, appropriate to this range of characters. Class conducted primarily in Chinese and a weekly tutorial is required to receive full credit.

Long Title: INTERMEDIATE CHINESE CONVERSATION

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Three week semi-immersion intermediate Chinese course on listening and speaking with minimal emphasis on the learning of characters. Course aims to help students develop oral fluency at the sentence-to-paragraph level and the ability to perform communicative tasks to satisfy various personal and social needs through classroom activities and lab assignments. Intensive conversational course for enhancing aural/oral proficiency or in preparation for internships or study-abroad in Chinese-speaking societies. Course conducted in Chinese. Recommended prerequisite(s): Two semesters of Chinese or permission of the instructor.

Long Title: ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY CHINESE I

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 4

Description: For students with some background in spoken Chinese but with limited writing ability. Introduces the Chinese writing system and the use of Chinese dictionaries. Students will be familiar with approximately 350 characters at the end of the course, and able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters.

Long Title: ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY CHINESE II

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 211 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Increasing attention paid to more formal narrative texts. Writing focused on personal needs, with some attention to social correspondence. Students will be familiar with approximately 400 characters at the end of the course, and able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters.

Long Title: CLASSICAL CHINESE

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 202 AND CHIN 212

Description: This course develops students a reading knowledge of classical Chinese through studying selected original passages from the great classic texts of Chinese literature, history and philosophy. The lectures are in English. The understanding of classical Chinese improves reading proficiency and writing skill in modern written language.

Long Title: AP CREDIT IN CHINESE LANGUAGE

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Transfer

Credit Hours: 4

Description: This course provides credit for students who have successfully completed approved examinations, such as Advanced Placement exams. This credit counts toward the total credit hours required for graduation. Credit may not be received for both CHIN 222 and CHIN 101.

Long Title: AP CREDIT IN CHINESE LANGUAGE

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Transfer

Credit Hours: 4

Description: This course provides credit for students who have successfully completed approved examinations, such as Advanced Placement exams. This credit counts toward the total credit hours required for graduation. Credit may not be received for both CHIN 223 and CHIN 102.

Long Title: INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 202 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Continuation of CHIN 202, for students whose home language is not Chinese. Oral skills cultivated through discussion after reading narrative texts and writing focused on techniques necessary for satisfying personal and social needs. Upon completion, students expected to be able to write approximately 550 characters and be able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters.

Long Title: INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 301 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Continuation of CHIN 301, emphasis on developing oral fluency at the paragraph level and cultivating writing skills as more authentic materials and socio-cultural topics are introduced. Upon completion, students expected to be able to write approximately 800 characters and perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters.

Long Title: ACCELERATED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 212 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Emphasis on reading narrative texts, and understanding authentic oral texts. Writing assignments stress skills necessary for basic personal needs and tasks necessary for writing social correspondence. At the completion of 311, students will be able to write approximately 700 Chinese characters, and be able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters.

Long Title: ACCELERATED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 302 AND CHIN 311 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Continuation of CHIN 311. More emphasis on reading narratives, comprehending authentic oral texts, and speaking in more formal contexts. Writing assignments stress skills necessary for expressing arguments on socio-cultural topics. At the completion of CHIN 312, students will be able to write approximately 1000 Chinese characters. Recommended prerequisite(s): Ability to write approximately 700 characters assumed. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: MEDIA CHINESE:

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 302 OR CHIN 312 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Advanced intermediate course, designed to familiarize students with the language of print and broadcast media with a focus on news media. Students will learn strategies and tactics applicable to newspaper reading and skills essential for understanding news broadcasting. Introduction to Classical Chinese discourse as related to modern Chinese media discourse also included. Recommended prerequisite(s): Ability to write 800 characters assumed.

Long Title: CONTEMPORARY CHINA: CULTURE AND SOCIETY SINCE 1978

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 311 OR CHIN 302 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: The objective of this course is two-fold. First, this writing/reading intensive course aims at advancing the students' overall language proficiency to Intermediate High. Second, this course is designed to enhance the students' understanding of the social and cultural transformation in contemporary China that resulted from the Economic Reform of 1978.

Long Title: TAIWAN'S FILMS SINCE 1980

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 302 AND CHIN 312

Description: This course discusses influential Taiwanese films since 1980 as pieces of artwork and as reflections of Taiwan's cultural, social, economic, and political changes in the past three decades. Language assignments are designed to help students develop proficiency in reading authentic materials, writing essays, and giving reports. Current collaborations among Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong in film productions also included.

Long Title: TEXT FROM POPULAR CULTURE: ADVANCED AND INTERMEDIATE CHINESE

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 302 AND CHIN 311 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Presents Chinese through film, popular songs, short fiction, and Chinese cuisine. Reading material is generally from authentic texts. Students perform regular short writing assignments in an increasing formal style. Recommended prerequisite(s): Ability to write approximately 700 characters assumed.

Long Title: MEDICAL CHINESE

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 301 OR CHIN 311 or permission of instructor

Description: Emphasis on communication skills in situations related to health care in Chinese and American contexts. Basic traditional concept and theory (as in herbal medicine, acupuncture, and folk belief) in traditional Chinese medical practices will be explored.

Long Title: STRUCTURE OF CHINESE: SYNTAX & SEMANTICS

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Examination of syntactic and semantic features of Chinese with special attention to contrastive analysis of selected topics of Chinese and English, including expressions of tense and aspect, conditional and counterfactual, word formation (morphology), the notion of syntactic category, grammaticalization, metaphor, Chinese writing system and sociolinguistics. Taught in English. Cross-list: LING 321.

Long Title: TAIWANESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course contains two parts running concurrently every week. Part one focuses on language acquisition. Online textbook is Taiwanese on Campus, by L. Chen. Emphasis is on daily, practical expressions. Part two is an examination of Taiwanese nativist literature with special attention to its language/cultural and political/historical background.

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE POETRY

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course seeks to decode enchanting features of traditional Chinese poetry through examining the transformation of poetic genres, the interaction between poetic creation and political, social, and cultural changes, and the close association of poetry with art. Thus, this course also serves to understand Chinese culture and history through poetic perspectives. All readings in English translation. No knowledge of Chinese language required. Cross-list: ASIA 330, MDST 370.

Long Title: CHINESE LITERATURE AND ITS MOVIE ADAPTATIONS

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Exploration of modern Chinese literature through the visual imagery of Chinese films to show how and why different time periods and different media affect the theme of a story. One third covers movie adaptations of classical Chinese literature. Films subtitled in English, shown outside of class. All readings in English translation. Cross-list: ASIA 332.

Long Title: TRADITIONAL CHINESE TALES AND SHORT STORIES

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Learning Chinese Literature and culture through reading vernacular stories, fantastic tales, biographies, and philosophical parables. Discussion topics: literature and Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism; literature and history; self and other; fantastic world and reality; women as domestic aliens and aliens portrayed as women; etc. Readings are in English translation. Cross-list: ASIA 334.

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL CHINESE LITERATURE

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Examination of the basic characteristics of classical Chinese novels, primarily through six important works from the 16th to 18th centuries: Water Margin, Monkey, Golden Lotus, Scholars, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Dream of the Red Chamber. Cross-list: ASIA 335, MDST 375.

Long Title: CHINESE TEACHING PRACTICUM

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 2 TO 3

Description: This course gives students with advanced proficiency in Chinese the opportunity to acquire teaching experience in tutorial format. For each credit hour registered, the student must tutor for two hours. Regular meetings with supervising faculty member. Must be familiar with the Pinyin system. Instructor permission required. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: DEPARTMENT APPROVED TRANSFER CREDIT

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Transfer

Credit Hours: 1 TO 15

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: ADVANCED CHINESE I

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 312 AND CHIN 313 AND CHIN 314 AND CHIN 316 AND CHIN 302 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: First advanced course, uses authentic materials (literary texts, films, Chinese media, and websites) to expose students to different discourse styles, help them cultivate sociocultural awareness and engage them in purposeful communicative tasks. Emphasis on essay writing, oral fluency (summarizing, comparing, narrating, describing...), and communicative competence. Classical Chinese is also introduced. Recommended prerequisite(s): Ability to write 1000 characters.

Long Title: ADVANCED CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE II

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 411 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Continuation of CHIN 411, aims to help students further develop oral and writing skills to provide structured arguments for supporting opinions, to construct hypotheses, to discuss abstract topics, and to critique sociopolitical issues. Continued emphasis on developing communicative strategies, discourse styles, cultural literacy, and the ability to read Classical Chinese texts. Upon completion, students are expected to write approx. 1400 Chinese characters. Recommended prerequisite(s): Ability to write 1200 characters.

Long Title: THE ORIGINAL BEAUTY OF CHINESE LITERATURE

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The course will expose students to the best literary works created in the Chinese tradition, both classical and modern, and give them a general introduction to different genres, including poetry, fiction, drama, and philosophical essays. It will improve their language proficiency through reading original texts of Chinese literature. Cross-list: ASIA 422.

Long Title: DEPARTMENT APPROVED TRANSFER CREDIT

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Transfer

Credit Hours: 1 TO 15

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.