Learn Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin).

Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin). Intended for students who do not understand or speak Mandarin Chinese.

Continuation of Chinese 506, 606. Intended for non-native speakers of Chinese.

Continuation of Chinese 604.

Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin). Intended for non-native speakers of Chinese.

Intended for non-native speakers of Chinese. Continuation of Chinese 312K, 412K.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Asian Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Readings in expository prose: selections from journals, newspapers, and other sources.

Readings in modern fiction, poetry, and drama.

Beginning study of wen yen, the particles, and syntax of the Chinese classics.

Drill in conversation on general topics.

Practice in speaking Modern Standard Chinese.

Advanced Chinese conversation, with emphasis on business vocabulary.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Asian Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Fourth-year Chinese readings on special topics.

Reading and discussion of Chinese language materials related to the subject matter of another designated course in Asian studies. Meetings with the instructor will be devoted to the discussion of linguistic problems, literary features, and crucial passages.

Study of Chinese literary texts in the original.

Selected literary works from contemporary China (post 1949), in their original language. Focuses on translation and linguistic analysis, as well as discussion of the texts as works of literature.

Selected literary works from modern China (pre 1949), focusing on translation, linguistic analysis, and discussion of these works as cultural and literary products within their socio-historical contexts.

Readings of works of fiction produced in contemporary Taiwan (1949 to present day) in Chinese. Readings include mainstream literature, stories written by writers of the Modernist and Nativist schools, and urban fiction since the late twentieth century.

Study of Chinese poetry in the original.

Supervised individual study of selected problems in Chinese language or literature.

Supervised individual study in Chinese language or culture.

Study of various aspects and periods of Chinese language or culture.

Chinese literature and film from the early twentieth century to the present within the sociohistorical context of modern China.