Chinese Studies Courses

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CHIN 101 First Year Chinese 1
3 Hr. PR: No prior study of the language. Introduction to the sound and writing systems of the language, with emphasis on listening, speaking, reading, and writing within an authentic cultural context.

CHIN 102 First Year Chinese 2
3 Hr. PR: CHIN 101. Continuation of CHIN 101. Continued development of basic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Chinese.

CHIN 203 CHIN 203 Second Year Chinese 1
3 Hr. PR: CHIN 102. Continuation of CHIN 102. Continued development of basic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Chinese.

CHIN 204 CHIN 204 Second Year Chinese 2
3 Hr. PR: CHIN 203. Continuation of CHIN 203. Continued development of basic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Chinese.

CHIN 301 Third Year Chineses 1
3 Hr. PR: CHIN 204. Continued development of oral and written communicative skills in Chinese.

CHIN 302 Third Year Chinese 2
3 Hr. PR: CHIN 301. Continued development of oral and written communicative skills in Chinese.

CHIN 303 Readings in Modern Chinese 1
3 Hr. PR: CHIN 204. Development of communicative skills, with emphasis on reading Modern Chinese texts.

CHIN 304 Readings in Modern Chinese 2
3 Hr. PR: CHIN 204. Development of communicative skills, with emphasis on reading Modern Chinese texts.

CHIN 461 Business Chinese
3 Hr. PR: CHIN 302 or 304. Advanced training in vocabulary, sentence structures, and rhetoric in business Chinese.

CHIN 465 Chinese Media
3 Hr. PR: CHIN 302 or 304. Advanced training in vocabulary, sentence structures, and rhetoric in Chinese media.

FLIT 220 Chinese Civilization and Culture
3 Hr. PR: None. This is a survey course taught in English that introduces Chinese institutions, language, philosophy, religion, art, literature, family and marriage, and Chinese social etiquette.

FLIT 221 Chinese Literature in Translation 1
3 Hr. Survey of selected works of Chinese literature form ancient times through the eighteenth century.

FLIT 223 Chinese Literature in Translation 2
3 Hr. PR: None. Selected literary works from the twentieth century China; attention to major writers and genres; readings and discussion in English.

FLIT 321 Chinese Cinema
3 Hr. PR: None. A study of representative films from the twentieth century China; films subtitled, readings and discussion in English.