Humanities and Natural Sciences
CHIN A100 First Year Chinese I 3crs.
This is a beginning Mandarin Chinese course designed for students with no previous knowledge of any Chinese dialect or written Chinese. Students will learn basic Chinese characters, conversational skills, and entry-level Chinese grammar. The course will focus on Chinese pinyin Romanization system, tones and pronunciation.
CHIN A101 First Year Chinese II 3crs.
This course is a continuation of First Year Chinese I. The emphasis in this course is still on speaking and listening. Reading and writing will be developed in conjunction with oral skills. THe course aims to expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammatical structures. The course will help students expand from their base of the previous semester.
CHIN A200 Second Year Chinese I 3crs.
Students who have completed First Year Chinese will continue to develop the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing in Mandarin Chinese. The use of more complex communicative activities and readings on various topics will be introduced.
CHIN A201 Second Year Chinese II 3 crs.
This course further expands students' vocabulary base to permit reading of increasingly authentic texts from newspapers, journals and other sources and introduces writing assignments. By the end of this course students are expected to be able to deal with daily-life related Chinese.