Chinese Language Flagship Program
Course Descriptions
The following are only open to Flagship students and have optional honors sections available:
- CHN 111 (H): Intensive Beginning Chinese I
- The fundamentals of Chinese with special emphasis on listening and speaking structures.
- CHN 112 (H): Intensive Beginning Chinese II
- The fundamentals of Chinese with special emphasis on listening and speaking structure.
- CHN 113 (H): Intensive Intermediate Chinese I
- Focus on practice in listening and speaking. Development of reading and writing skills. Intermediate-level grammatical structures.
- CHN 114 (H): Intensive Intermediate Chinese III
- Focus on practice in listening and speaking. Development of reading and writing skills. Intermediate-level grammatical structures.
- CHN 215 (H): Intensive Conversation and Composition I
- Intensive course in further development of spoken and written Chinese. Advanced-Low level grammatical structures.
- CHN 216 (H): Intensive Conversation and Composition II
- Intensive course in further development of spoken and written Chinese. Advanced-Low level grammatical structures.
- CHN 315 (H): Intensive Advanced Chinese for the Chinese Flagship Program I
- Survey of Chinese literature, Media Chinese, and Classical Chinese.
- CHN 316 (H): Intensive Advanced Chinese for the Chinese Flagship Program II
- Survey of Chinese literature, Media Chinese, and Classical Chinese.
These courses may be used to fulfill cultural electives within the Chinese major:
- CHN 401: Topics in Chinese Culture and Civilization
- Students will study various topics on Chinese culture, society, and civilization through selected readings and multimedia.
- CHN 413: Advanced Technical Chinese
- Cross-listed as EGR 413. Lectures and seminar on advanced scientific and engineering topics in an international context. All reading, writing, and discussion will be conducted in Chinese.
- CHN 421: Modern Chinese Literature I
- Advance literature course focusing on readings and discussions of major modern Chinese writes and their masterpieces from the end of the Imperial Era through the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
- CHN 422: Modern Chinese Literature II
- Literary works of famous writers in Contemporary China. Students will read and discuss representative literary selections from the start of the New China, through the Cultural Revolution to the present.
- CHN 497: Directed Study
- Designed for the particularly advanced student. Individual research and reports on problems of special interest.
- CHN 498: Directed Study
- Designed for the particularly advanced student. Individual research and reports on problems of special interest.