Chinese Classes

This course is an introduction to Chinese language and culture. It offers instruction and practice in basic sentence patterns and conversational expressions to enable students to speak and write in Chinese.

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This course is an introduction to Chinese language and culture. It offers instruction and practice in basic sentence patterns and conversational expressions to enable students to speak and write in Chinese.

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Course Materials

This course is an introduction to Chinese language and culture. It offers instruction and practice in basic sentence patterns and conversational expressions to enable students to speak and write in Chinese.

General Education Requirements:

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Course Materials

This course is an introduction to Chinese language and culture. It offers instruction and practice in basic sentence patterns and conversational expressions to enable students to speak and write in Chinese.

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Course Materials

This course is an introduction to Chinese language and culture. It offers instruction and practice in basic sentence patterns and conversational expressions to enable students to speak and write in Chinese.

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This translation-focused course allows students direct access to classical Chinese texts in several genres of poetry and prose. May be taken up to four times for credit. Corequisite(s): Third Year Chinese or above, or Fourth Year Japanese or above.

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Humanities

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While the emphasis is placed on listening and speaking skills, students continue their study of characters and begin to work with short texts. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 102.

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While the emphasis is placed on listening and speaking skills, students continue their study of characters and begin to work with short texts. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 102.

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While the emphasis is placed on listening and speaking skills, students continue their study of characters and begin to work with short texts. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 102.

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While the emphasis is placed on listening and speaking skills, students continue their study of characters and begin to work with short texts. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 102.

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While the emphasis is placed on listening and speaking skills, students continue their study of characters and begin to work with short texts. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 102.

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Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing.

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Internationalism

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Humanities

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A continuation of Second Year Chinese II. While the emphasis is placed on listening and speaking skills, students continue their study of characters and expand work with texts. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 204 .

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A continuation of Second Year Chinese II. While the emphasis is placed on listening and speaking skills, students continue their study of characters and expand work with texts. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 204 .

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Humanities

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A continuation of Second Year Chinese II. While the emphasis is placed on listening and speaking skills, students continue their study of characters and expand work with texts. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 204 .

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Humanities

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What is the "Great Firewall of China?" What does it say on the symbolic power of the state, the civilians, as well as censorship and resistance politics? The Internet has played an increasingly important role in shaping contemporary Chinese life in many ways. The technology-enabled spaces have expanded to encompass a vast array of cultural forms. They have become an arena of intense contention among multiple political forces. This course explores various aspects of the Internet culture in mainland China, combining close examination of up-to-date online content in original Chinese language with evaluation of scholarly discourse on the Chinese internet. The goal of the seminar is to look at different ways of conceptualizing Chinese internet culture. It will also consider the implications of online communication and cultural production both for contemporary Chinese culture in general, and students' own research in particular.

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Writing WA
Internationalism

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Humanities

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This course is designed for students who have achieved general proficiency in all aspects of Chinese language learning, including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. They are considered beyond the levels of proficiency of their 3rd year counterparts and are ready to delve deeper into more sophisticated textual readings, including short works of fiction, periodical readings and more frequent use of primary reference materials. Students will work to improve their listening skills while working with TV, movie, and news scripts and give greater attention to developing a more sophisticated writing style in Chinese. This course is conducted completely in Chinese. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 306 .

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A continuation of First Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 101.

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A continuation of First Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 101.

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A continuation of First Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 101.

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A continuation of First Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 101.

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A continuation of First Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 101.

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This translation-focused course allows students direct access to classical Chinese texts in several genres of poetry and prose. May be taken up to four times for credit. Corequisite(s): Third Year Chinese or above, or Fourth Year Japanese or above.

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Humanities

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A continuation of Second Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 203.

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A continuation of Second Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 203.

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A continuation of Second Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 203.

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A continuation of Second Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 203.

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A continuation of Second Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 203.

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How are masculinity and femininity defined and transformed in modern and contemporary Chinese culture? How is the culturally constructed gender related to a larger social context? Through a rigorous analysis of the content and structure of modern and contemporary novels and films, this course examines the literary representation of gender and sexuality and its relation to the tumultuous social transformations, and engages with a variety of themes including: May Fourth enlightenment, anti-Japanese war, Socialist construction, the Cultural Revolution, and the liberalization of the post-Mao era. This course seeks to help students develop critical views of Chinese society and culture from gendered perspective, and gain familiarity with major authors, genres, and literary movements. This course assumes no prior knowledge of China or Chinese, and all reading materials are in English.

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Writing WA
Internationalism

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Humanities

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This course examines literature and arts of China and Europe at the dawn of the modern age, when both regions were becoming enmeshed in a newly developing world economy. At the turn of the seventeenth century, China and Europe concurrently experienced urbanization, commercialization, class mobility, and communication revolutions facilitated by technological developments in printing. Focusing on China and invoking Europe as a point of comparison, this course examines how societal changes affected the visual, literary and material cultures of the day. By examining fiction, drama, painting, porcelain, and maps we shall explore central preoccupations of the age: anxiety over imitation and falsification, elevation of the exotic and peculiar, and the quest for authenticity. All readings in English.

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Internationalism

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Humanities

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A continuation of Third Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 305 .

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Humanities

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A continuation of Third Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 305 .

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Humanities

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A continuation of Third Year Chinese I. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 305 .

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What is Chinese in news reporting? How is Chinese used differently in TV reality shows and sitcoms? How is Chinese employed and manipulated online and in virtual reality? The course, which is equivalent to Fifth Year Chinese, is to learn about Chinese, Chinese society and Chinese culture in different contexts: students will watch Chinese sitcoms and reality shows, read original Chinese novels, and communicate through Chinese Weibo. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 407 or equivalent.

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