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.