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2015-2016 Undergraduate Calendar
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Chinese (CHN)
CHN 101 Introductory Chinese I
This course is designed to help students with no prior background in Mandarin to develop functional communication abilities in all four language skills. Using the standard Hànyu Pinyin phonetic system, a variety of authentic materials, vocabulary and sentence patterns, students will learn to make statements, ask questions, respond to questions and create conversations based upon culturally authentic situations. By the end of this course, students will be able to read and write 250 characters. An online placement test is required.
LL
Lect: 3 hrs.
Antirequisite: MDN 101; Restriction: Not available to Bachelor of Engineering students
GPA Weight: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
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CHN 201 Introductory Chinese II
This course is designed for students with some background in Mandarin to develop functional communication in all four language skills. Using the standard Hànyu Pinyin phonetic system, a variety of authentic materials, vocabulary and sentence patterns, students will learn to make statements, ask questions, respond to questions and create conversations based upon culturally authentic situations. By the end of this course, students will be able to read and write 550 characters. An online placement test is required.
LL
Lect: 3 hrs.
Antirequisite: MDN 201; Restriction: Not available to Bachelor of Engineering students
GPA Weight: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
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CHN 301 Intermediate Chinese I
This course is designed for students with some background in Mandarin to improve their functional communication abilities in all four language skills in spoken and written Mandarin. Using the standard Hànyu Pinyin phonetic system, a variety of authentic materials, vocabulary and sentence patterns, students will learn to make statements, ask questions, respond to questions and conduct conversations. By the end of this course, students will be able to read and write 800 Chinese characters.
LL, UL
Lect: 3 hrs.
Antirequisite: MDN 301; Restriction: Not available to Bachelor of Engineering students
GPA Weight: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
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CHN 401 Intermediate Chinese II
This course is for students with some background in Mandarin who wish to improve their communication abilities in all four language skills. By using the standard Hànyu Pinyin phonetic system and a variety of authentic materials, students will learn to make statements, ask questions, respond to questions and create conversations based upon culturally authentic situations. By the end of this course, students will be able to read and write over 1000 Chinese characters.
LL, UL
Lect: 3 hrs.
Prerequisite: Restriction: Not available to Bachelor of Engineering students
GPA Weight: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
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CHN 501 Advanced Chinese I
This course is designed for students with an intermediate knowledge of Chinese. It will focus on improving listening comprehension, reading, writing and speaking Mandarin Chinese. Using a variety of authentic materials, students learn to produce oral and written texts based upon culturally appropriate situations. By the end of the course, students will be able to read brief short stories and write essays containing 1250 characters.
UL
Lect: 3 hrs.
GPA Weight: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
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CHN 601 Advanced Chinese II
This course is designed for students with a high-intermediate knowledge of Chinese. It will focus on improving listening comprehension, reading, writing and speaking Mandarin Chinese. The conversations and written texts will be based upon culturally appropriate situations. By the end of the course, students are able to read a novella and write essays containing 1500 characters.
UL
Lect: 3 hrs.
GPA Weight: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
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