CHIN 101 - ELEMENTARY CHINESE
An introduction to modern Chinese (Mandarin), emphasizing correct pronunciation, conversational skills, basic grammar, and reading and writing. Hours credit: 4.

CHIN 102 - ELEMENTARY CHINESE
An introduction to modern Chinese (Mandarin), emphasizing correct pronunciation, conversational skills, basic grammar, and reading and writing. Hours credit: 4.

CHIN 105 - CHINESE CULTURE THROUGH FILM
This course will study a broad variety of films produced in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and will provide a window into Chinese culture and society. Discussion of films will enable students to improve their understanding of many aspects of Chinese culture. Hours credit: 3.

CHIN 186S - CHINESE SOCIETY IN ERA GLOBAL ECONOMY
This summer travel-study course will focus on the extreme contrasts found in contemporary China. China is facing challenges posed by the gap between rich and poor, old and new, East and West. By visiting Shanghai, Beijing, and Nanjing, and touring with Chinese college students, students will experience the daily enjoyment and struggles of Chinese people in their lives. All students must participate in a pre-trip orientation seminar, which will meet for one hour every week throughout the spring semester. During the semester each student will develop and submit a study research proposal, and give a post-trip presentation due by the end of the fourth week of the fall semester. Hours credit: 3. One time only. Offered Summer 2009.

CHIN 201 - INTERMEDIATE CHINESE
This course focuses on acquisition of practical, oral vocabulary, as well as development of reading skills. In addition, it treats grammatical structures and idiomatic speech. Hours credit: 3. Prerequisite: CHIN 102.

CHIN 202 - INTERMEDIATE CHINESE
This course focuses on acquisition of practical, oral vocabulary, as well as development of reading skills. In addition, it treats grammatical structures and idiomatic speech. Hours credit: 3. Prerequisite: CHIN 102.

CHIN 301 - THIRD-YEAR CHINESE
This course continues the development of vocabulary, as well as conversational and reading skills, acquired in the first two years of Chinese language training. Hours credit: 3. Prerequisite: CHIN 202 or equivalent.

CHIN 302 - THIRD-YEAR CHINESE
This course continues the development of vocabulary, as well as conversational and reading skills, acquired in the first two years of Chinese language training. Hours credit: 3. Prerequisite: CHIN 202 or equivalent.

CHIN 306 - MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE
This course will introduce students to the ideas of important writers in the 20th and 21st centuries. By relating the modern fiction, poetry, and essays to those works' historical contexts, this course will provide students with insight into: a) how Chinese live, work, think, feel, interact, love, and die; b) how the beliefs, mentality and social relations of the Chinese have changed and why they changed; c) how the West has affected China; and d) how the works and masterpieces stand up on their own merit. Hours credit: 3. Prerequisite: junior standing. Offered alternate years.