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Chinese (CHN)
College of Languages, Linguistics and
Literature
All students taking language courses in this program for the first time must take a regularly scheduled placement test; those with no background must come to the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures for a brief interview. A grade of C or better is required in the prerequisite courses for continuation.
CHN 101 Elementary Mandarin (4) Listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar. Meets one hour daily, Monday-Friday, plus daily lab work. Pre: placement test. FL
CHN 102 Elementary Mandarin (4) Continuation of 101. Pre: 101 or consent. FL
CHN 103 Accelerated Elementary Mandarin (8) Content of 101 and 102 covered in one semester. Meets two hours daily, Monday-Friday, plus daily lab work. Pre: placement test. FL
CHN 131 Beginning Cantonese (4) Introduction to standard dialect of Canton, emphasis on conversational skills. Meets one hour daily, Monday-Friday, plus daily lab work. Pre: consent. FL
CHN 132 Beginning Cantonese (4) Continuation of 131. Pre: 131 or consent. FL
CHN 201 Intermediate Mandarin (4) Continuation of 101 and 102. Meets one hour daily, Monday-Friday, plus daily lab work. Pre: 102, or 103, or consent. FL
CHN 202 Intermediate Mandarin (4) Continuation of 201. Pre: 201 or consent. FL
CHN 204 Accelerated Intermediate Mandarin (8) Content of 201 and 202 covered in one semester. Meets two hours daily, Monday-Friday, plus daily lab work. Pre: 102, or 103, or consent. FL
CHN 231 Intermediate Cantonese (3) Continuation of 131 and 132; meets three hours a week, plus lab work. Pre: 132 or consent. FL
CHN 232 Intermediate Cantonese (3) Continuation of 231. Pre: 231 or consent. FL
CHN 301 Third-Level Mandarin (4) Vocabulary building and extended mastery of sentence structures of modern Chinese through reading and related conversation. Meets one hour daily, Monday-Friday, plus lab work. Pre: 202, or 204, or consent.
CHN 302 Third-Level Mandarin (4) Continuation of 301. Pre: 301 or consent.
CHN 303 Accelerated Third-Level Mandarin (8)
Content of 301 and 302 covered in one semester. Meets two hours daily, Monday-Friday, plus daily lab work. Pre: 202, or 204, or consent.
CHN 311 Mandarin Conversation (3) Systematic practice on everyday topics of conversation. Lab work. Pre: 202, or 204, or consent.
CHN 312 Mandarin Conversation (3) Continuation of 311. Pre: 202, or 204, or consent.
CHN 313 Mandarin for Cantonese Speakers (3) For Cantonese speakers only. Competence in spoken Mandarin through comparison of Cantonese and Mandarin (pronunciation, romanization, vocabulary, idioms, and syntax). Translation from Cantonese to Mandarin. CR/NC only. Pre: placement test.
CHN 314 Mandarin for Cantonese Speakers (3) Continuation of 313. Pre: placement test.
CHN 319 Chinese Dialect Studies (V) Taiwanese, advanced Cantonese, or other Chinese dialects. Repeatable once. CR/NC for native Chinese speakers. Pre: consent.
CHN 399 Directed Third-Level Reading (V) For those who need special assistance, e.g., in reading texts in their area of specialization or at a pace more rapid than those of standard courses. CR/NC only. Repeatable. Pre: consent.
CHN 401 Fourth-Level Mandarin (4) Extensive reading in academic topics. Meets one hour daily, Monday-Friday, plus lab work. Pre: 302 or consent.
CHN 402 Fourth-Level Mandarin (4) Continuation of 401. Pre: 401 or consent.
CHN 404 Accelerated Fourth-Level Mandarin (8) Content of 401 and 402 covered in one semester. Meets two hours daily, Monday-Friday, plus lab work. Pre: 302, or 303, or consent.
CHN 411 Advanced Mandarin Conversation (3)
Systematic practice on academic topics of conversation. Lab work. Pre: 302 or consent.
CHN 412 Advanced Mandarin Conversation (3) Continuation of 411. Pre: 411 or consent.
CHN 413 Advanced Mandarin for Cantonese Speakers (3) Systematic practice for spontaneity, accuracy, and depth in conversation. CR/NC only. Pre: 313 and 314, or consent.
CHN 414 Advanced Mandarin for Cantonese Speakers (3) Continuation of 413. Pre: 413 or consent.
CHN 421 (Alpha) Chinese Translation (3) Training in techniques; theory of translation. (B) Chinese-English; (C) English-Chinese. Pre: 402 or consent.
CHN 451 Structure of Chinese (3) Introduction to phonology and morphology of Mandarin Chinese; some discussion of usage and linguistic geography. Pre: 202, or 204, or consent.
CHN 452 Structure of Chinese (3) Introduction to syntax and semantics of Mandarin Chinese; some discussion of usage and linguistic geography. Pre: 202, or 204, or consent.
CHN 453 Study of Chinese Characters (3) Origin, structure, and evolution. Pre: 402, 461, or consent. (Alt. years)
CHN 454 Study of Chinese Characters (3) Continuation of 453. Pre: 453 or consent.
(Alt. years)
CHN 461 Introduction to Classical Chinese (3) Analysis of basic structural patterns through selected readings in various texts. Pre: 302 or consent.
CHN 462 Introduction to Classical Chinese (3) Continuation of 461. Pre: 461 or consent.
CHN 470 Language and Culture of China (3) Extensive exposure-chiefly through tape recordings, classroom conversation, and outside readings-to history, culture, and institutions. Pre: 401 or consent.
CHN 485 Selected Readings in Chinese (3) Readings in modern Chinese in various disciplines. Pre: 402 or consent.
CHN 486 Selected Readings in Chinese (3) Continuation of 485. Pre: 485 or consent.
CHN 499 Directed Fourth-Level Reading (V) For those who need special assistance, e.g., in reading texts in area of specialization or at a pace more rapid than those of standard courses. CR/NC only. Repeatable. Primarily for graduate students from other departments. Pre: consent.
CHN 610 (Alpha) Chinese Poetry (3) Critical study of major traditional Chinese poetic forms. (B) ancient (to 5th century); Pre: 462, 483, or consent (C) medieval (5th-10th century); Pre: 610B or consent (D) late imperial (10th-19th century); Pre: 610C or consent.
CHN 611 (Alpha) Readings in Contemporary Chinese (3) Representative works of writers from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. (B) short stories; (C) poetry and drama; (D) novels and essays. Pre: one of 461, 462, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, or 610; or consent.
CHN 612 Traditional Chinese Fiction (3) Formal and thematic analysis of short stories, historical romances, and novels. Repeatable once with consent. Pre: 402 or consent.
CHN 613 (Alpha) Traditional Chinese Drama (3) Major plays. (B) Yuan period (1271-1368); (C) Ming and Ching periods (1368-1911). Pre: 402 or consent.
CHN 631 (Alpha) History of Chinese Language (3) (B) phonology; (C) syntax. Pre: 451, LING 421, or consent for (B); 452 or consent for (C).
CHN 633 Chinese Dialects (3) Synchronic description of a Chinese dialect other than Cantonese and Mandarin; contrastive and comparative studies with Mandarin. Repeatable once with consent. Pre: 451 and 452, or consent.
CHN 634 Chinese Syntax and Semantics (3) Verbal categories, aspects, focus devices, resultative and directional compounds, coverbial constructions. Interaction between syntax and semantics. Pre: 452 or consent.
CHN 641 Contrastive Analysis of Mandarin and English (3) Pre: 451.
CHN 642 Contrastive Analysis of Mandarin and English (3) Pre: 452.
CHN 643 Methods in Teaching Chinese as Second Language (3) Problems in language learning and teaching. Practice in preparing and presenting lessons with materials based on comparative linguistic analysis. Materials, teaching aids, test construction. Pre: 451 and 452, or consent.
CHN 650 (Alpha) Topics in Chinese Language (3) (B) teaching and testing: specific problems in teaching Chinese including characters and cultural elements; proficiency and communicative ability. Pre: 451 and 452, or consent.
CHN 661 Advanced Classical Chinese (3) Pre: 461, 462, and consent.
CHN 662 Advanced Classical Chinese (3) Pre: 661 and consent.
CHN 699 Directed Research (V)
CR/NC only. Pre: consent.
CHN 750 (Alpha) Research Seminar in Chinese Language (3) (B) teaching methods; Pre: 643 (C) structure; Pre: 452 (D) classical grammar; Pre: 452 (E) sociolinguistics; Pre: 451.
CHN 753 (Alpha) Research Seminar in Chinese Literature (3) Study of authors, a genre, a period, or a problem. (M) modern; (T) traditional. Pre: 611 or consent for (M); 612, 613, or consent for (T).
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