Chinese Courses
Beginner's course in grammar, composition, and reading. Practice in speaking and understanding Mandarin.
Beginner's courses. (Especially recommended for students starting the study of Chinese for the first time.) Grammar, composition, and reading. Practice in speaking and understanding Mandarin.
CHIN 1A+1B = CHIN 1
PREREQ.: CHIN 1A or demonstration of CHIN 1A exit skills.
Beginner's course, especially recommended for students starting the study of Chinese for the first time. Grammar, composition, and reading. Practice in speaking and understanding Mandarin.
CHIN 1A+1B = CHIN 1
PREREQ.: CHIN 1 or 1B or demonstration of CHIN 1/1B exit skills.
Second semester course in Mandarin grammar, composition, and reading. Practice in speaking and understanding Mandarin Chinese language and culture.
PREREQ.: CHIN 1 or 1B or demonstration of CHIN 1/1B exit skills.
Continuation of the study of grammar, composition, and reading. Practice in speaking and understanding Mandarin.
CHIN 2A+2B = CHIN 2
PREREQ.: CHIN 2A or demonstration of CHIN 2A exit skills.
Continuation of the study of grammar, composition, and reading. Practice in speaking and understanding Mandarin.
CHIN 2A+2B = CHIN 2
PREREQ: CHIN 2 or CHIN 2B or demonstration of exit skills
Grammar, composition, and reading at a basic intermediate level of Chinese. Practice speaking and understanding Mandarin. Understanding of Chinese culture. Not open to native speakers of Mandarin.
PREREQ: CHIN 2 or CHIN 2B or demonstration of exit skills
Grammar, composition, and reading at a pre-basic intermediate level of Chinese. Practice speaking and understanding Mandarin. Understanding of Chinese culture. Not open to native speakers of Mandarin.
PREREQ: CHIN 3A
Grammar, composition, and reading at a basic intermediate level of Chinese. Practice speaking and understanding Mandarin. Understanding of Chinese culture. Not open to native speakers of Mandarin.
PREREQ: CHIN 3 or CHIN 3B or demonstration of CHIN 3 or 3B exit skills
Continuation of intermediate grammar, composition, and reading. Practice in speaking and understanding Mandarin. Understanding of Chinese culture.
PREREQ: CHIN 3 or CHIN 3B or demonstration of CHIN 3 or CHIN 3B exit skills
Chinese 4A is the first half of the Chinese 4 course. Intermediate grammar, composition, and reading. Practice in speaking and understanding Mandarin. Understanding of Chinese culture.
PREREQ: CHIN 4A or demonstration of CHIN 4A exit skills
Chinese 4B is the second half of the Chinese 4 course. It is the continuation of intermediate grammar, composition, and reading. Practice in speaking and understanding Mandarin. Understanding of Chinese culture.
Beginner's course in Cantonese. Extensive oral training in Cantonese. Emphasis on practical vocabulary and idiom rather than on formal grammar and literature. Students will learn tone and markings rather than Chinese characters.
Recommended for all beginning students. Not recommended for native speakers of Cantonese.
ADVISE: CHIN 10A or demonstration of exit skills
Second semester course in Cantonese. Continuation of extensive oral training in Cantonese. Emphasis on practical vocabulary and idiom rather than on formal grammar and literature. Students will learn tone and markings rather than Chinese characters.
Not recommended for native speakers of Cantonese.
ADVISE: CHIN 10B or demonstration of exit skills
Third semester course in Cantonese. Continuation of extensive oral training in Cantonese. Designed for students who wish to continue acquiring more advanced skills of the spoken language with a minimum of formal grammar. Students will learn tone and markings rather than Chinese characters.
Not recommended for native speakers of Cantonese.
ADVISE: CHIN 10C or demonstration of exit skills
Fourth semester course in Cantonese. Continuation of extensive oral training in Cantonese. Designed for students who wish to continue acquiring more advanced skills of the standard spoken language with a minimum of formal grammar. Students should have command of tone and markings, rather than Chinese characters.
Formerly Intermediate Cantonese
Beginner's course in Mandarin. Extensive oral training in Mandarin. Emphasis on practical vocabulary, pronunciation, and idiomatic usage. Designed for students who wish to acquire basic skills of spoken Mandarin rather than reading and writing in Chinese characters.
Not recommended for native speakers of Mandarin nor for speakers of other Chinese languages. These students should consider CHIN 14A, Beginning Conversational Mandarin for Speakers of Other Chinese Dialects.
ADVISE: CHIN 12A or CHIN 1A or demonstration of CHIN 12A or 1A exit skills
Second semester course. Continuation of beginner's course in Mandarin. Extensive oral training in Mandarin. Emphasis on practical vocabulary, pronunciation, and idiomatic usage. Designed for students wishing to acquire basic skills of spoken Mandarin rather than reading and writing in Chinese characters.
Not recommended for native speakers of Mandarin nor for speakers of other Chinese languages. These students should consider CHIN 14B, Conversational Mandarin for Speakers Other Dialect Speakers.
ADVISE: CHIN 12B or CHIN 1 or CHIN 1B or demonstration of exit skills
Third semester course. Continuation of extensive oral training in Mandarin. Emphasis on practical vocabulary, pronunciation and idiomatic usage. Designed for students who wish to acquire more advanced skills of spoken Mandarin with a minimum of formal grammar rather than reading and writing in Chinese characters.
Recommended for all students with limited background in Chinese. Not recommended for native speakers of Mandarin.
ADVISE: Oral fluency in at least one Chinese dialect other than Mandarin.
The first third of the beginner's course in Mandarin for students who speak another dialect of Chinese. Emphasis on pronunciation and fundamental vocabulary, using Pinyin. Designed for students who wish to acquire basic skills of spoken Mandarin rather than formal grammar and literature.
Recommended for all beginning students of Mandarin who can speak at least one Chinese dialect and for students who have some knowledge of Chinese. Not recommended for native speakers of Mandarin.
ADVISE: CHIN 14A or demonstration of exit skills
Continuation of oral training in Mandarin. Emphasis on practical vocabulary, pronunciation and idiomatic usage. Designed for students who wish to acquire basic skills of spoken Mandarin rather than formal grammar and literature.
Requires an additional 1 hour.
ADVISE: CHIN 14B or demonstration of CHIN 14B exit skills
Extensive oral training in advanced Mandarin. Emphasis on advanced expressions and idiomatic usage. Designed for students who wish to continue acquiring skills of spoken Mandarin at an advanced level rather than formal grammar and literature.
Recommended for all students who can speak at least one Chinese dialect or students who have some knowledge of Chinese. Not recommended for native speakers of Mandarin. May not be offered every semester.
PREREQ: CHIN 10A or basic knowledge of spoken Cantonese
An intensive study of 300 commonly used characters, including detailed analysis of their radicals and salient structural components. This course is also designed to enhance Cantonese speakers' skills in reading and writing Chinese and cultural awareness of characters in Cantonese-speaking regions.
ADVISE: CHIN 4 or demonstration of oral fluency in a Chinese dialect (including standard Mandarin) and knowledge of 450 Chinese characters
Mid-intermediate training in written and spoken Mandarin with emphasis on reading, speaking, and composition. Linguistic ability in both English and Chinese are used as a basis for increasing vocabulary and enhancing reading and writing skills through short stories, poems, and compositions.
PREREQ.: CHIN 30A or demonstration of exit skills
Continued mid-intermediate training in written and spoken Mandarin with emphasis on reading, speaking and composition. Increased linguistic ability in both English and Chinese are used as a basis for increasing vocabulary and enhancing reading and writing skills through short stories, poems, and compositions.
ADVISE: Oral fluency in at least one Chinese dialect other than standard Mandarin and knowledge of approximately 600-800 Chinese characters.
Intensive training in written and spoken Mandarin with emphasis on reading, speaking, and composition. Linguistic ability in both English and Chinese are used as a basis for increasing vocabulary and enhancing reading and writing skills through short stories, poems, essays and compositions. Close to pre-advanced training in written and spoken Mandarin.
Chinese 31A is not a prerequisite for Chinese 31B. These courses may be taken non-sequentially. These courses are designed for bilingual students who are effective in oral communication in at least one Chinese dialect other than standard Mandarin, but need formal training in both receptive and productive skills in Mandarin.
ADVISE: Oral fluency in at least one Chinese dialect other than standard Mandarin and knowledge of approximately 600-800 Chinese characters.
Intensive training in written and spoken Mandarin with emphasis on reading, speaking, and composition. Increased linguistic ability in both English and Chinese are used as a basis for increasing vocabulary and enhancing reading and writing skills through short stories, poems, essays and compositions. Pre-advanced training in written and spoken Mandarin.
Chinese 31A is not a prerequisite for Chinese 31B. These courses may be taken non-sequentially. This course is designed for bilingual students who are effective in oral communication in at least one Chinese dialect other than standard Mandarin, but need formal training in both recptive and productive skills in Mandarin.
PREREQ: CHIN 14A or CHIN 4 or CHIN 4A or demonstration of exit skills ADVISE: Oral fluency in a Chinese regional language including Mandarin
An intermediate-level course providing substantial review of language structures and in-depth discussions on various aspects of Chinese culture and customs.
The course number is not an indication of the course content level. CHIN 31A is more advanced than this course.
ADVISE: CHIN 14C or CHIN 31A or CHIN 31B or demonstration of CHIN 14C or CHIN 31A or CHIN 31B exit skills or oral fluency in at least one Chinese dialect including standard Mandarin
A consideration of the humanistic tradition of China and the major achievements of Chinese culture as reflected in language, literature, art, craft and daily life. Taught in Chinese.
PREREQ: CHIN 4 or CHIN 14A or CHIN 32 or CHIN 33 or demonstration of exit skills ADVISE: Oral fluency in at least one Chinese regional dialect including Mandarin and high intermediate reading comprehension and writing skills in Chinese.
Focused training in written translation of English to Chinese and vice versa through comparison and contrast of English and Chinese grammar and authentic sentences and short passages guided by basic written translation principals.
ADVISE: Readiness for college-level English or ESL 188
A consideration of the humanistic tradition of China and the major achievements of Chinese culture as reflected in language, literature, art, religion and daily life.
No knowledge of Chinese required. Not recommended for students who are enrolled in or who have completed CHIN 49.