Chinese
Professor JIANG ; lecturer ZHANG
Minor Requirements
The Chinese Language Minor (6 units)
To fulfill the Chinese Minor, students must complete a total of 6 units as follows:
- A minimum of 5 units of Chinese language, including at least 1 unit of Advanced Chinese. One (1) additional relevant course can be a literature or culture course or an advanced language course (CN302, CN350 topics in translation, and CN401).
- Students who initially place at CN202 or 300-level Chinese as a result of previous Chinese language study must complete at least 3 CC Chinese language courses at 300 or 400-level. The remaining elective courses can be fulfilled in CGIJR department or in other disciplines that have a thematic focus on Chinese and China
Courses
Chinese Language
Introduction to Mandarin Chinese; emphasis on basic grammar, speaking, and listening comprehension, as well as mastery of some 500 characters for reading and writing. Language laboratory required. Meets the Language Requirement requirement.
Conversation and limited reading and writing practice in Chinese language.
Conversation and limited reading and writing practice in Chinese language.
Is an oral language functional review and extension class. The class is an intensive immersion with systematic reviews of modern standard Chinese. It is designed for students who have had two blocks of beginning Chinese or have taken Chinese previously. (Not offered 2025-26).
Meets the Language Requirement requirement. (Summer only 2025-26).
Emphasis on continued development of speaking and listening skills and the use of basic structures through reading, writing and films with a view to building proficiency in using the language. Meets the Language Requirement requirement.
The course builds on the language progress made in Chinese 201. Extensive use of films and increased application of the written and spoken language in order to build proficiency. Meets the Language Requirement requirement.
Advanced conversation, reading and writing practice in Chinese language. This course will be offered once a week, three times per block through blocks 1 to 4 in the fall semester and will be offered again from blocks 5 to 8 in the spring semester.
Advanced conversation, reading and writing practice in Chinese language. This course will be offered once a week, three times per block through blocks 1 to 4 in the fall semester and will be offered again from blocks 5 to 8 in the spring semester.
Meets the Language Requirement requirement. (Summer only 2025-26).
The course will acquaint students with Chinese poetry and major forms of Chinese fiction - pi-chi, ch'uan-ch'i, pien-wen, hua-pen, kung-an, and the novel, as well as modern Chinese vernacular literature. Students are expected to develop a critical Interest In placing literary works In broader social, political and cultural contexts. No prerequisite. Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement. (Not offered 2025-26).
This course will focus on a comparative study of the voice of Chinese women writers in the 1920s and 1980s, examine women writers' works in a social-historical context, and discuss the difference of women's places and problems in traditional Chinese culture and modern Chinese society. The course will also try to define the similar and different expressions of 'feminism' as a term in the West and the East. Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement. (Not offered 2025-26).
Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement. Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement. (Not offered 2025-26).
This course is to help students evaluate, both politically and aesthetically, the way contemporary Chinese films convey their social and cultural values and commitments. Given the belief in film’s historical and social significance, it is the particular purpose of this course to look at Chinese films since the 1980s and 1990s to the present and analyze how they perceived and conjured up the social and cultural landscape. It will also look at some of the major political events and social and cultural trends that dominated a decade and left a mark on its films. May meet either the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures or Social Inequality requirement. Meets the Equity and Power: EPG requirement. (Not offered 2025-26).
This adjunct course will introduce students to the origin and history of Chinese calligraphy and to the interrelationship between Chinese calligraphy and ink painting. This is a hands-on course; students are expected to practice Chinese calligraphy one time per week, to get to know how to use Chinese brushes and charcoal ink, and to develop an understanding of Chinese art and culture through brushwork. (Not offered 2025-26).
(Summer only 2025-26).
Intensive practice in reading, writing, speaking, and comprehending modern Chinese. Taught as an extended format course over the Fall semester or as one block. Meets the Language Requirement requirement.
Intensive practice in reading, writing, speaking and comprehending modern Chinese. Taught as an extended format course over the Spring semester. Meets the Language Requirement requirement.
Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement. Meets the Language Requirement requirement. (Summer only 2025-26).
(Summer only 2025-26).
Supervised projects in Chinese language, literature and culture for advanced students. Consent of department required. Offered as a block course (1 unit) or semester extended format (1/2 unit).
Study of a selected topic in Chinese literature and culture. The course will cover subjects not listed in the regular curriculum and may vary from year to year.
Application of Chinese language skills in the study of Chinese culture, including literature, history, or business. Taught as an extended format course over the full academic year.