Global Arc

Designed for students with advanced training in modern Chinese, this course will further develop their language comprehension, communication skills, and cultural understanding. Students will improve their spoken Chinese in various situations, from informal conversations to professional presentations suitable for business and academic settings. Students will also develop their ability to speak and write Chinese using more engaging, complex, and occasion-appropriate language. Course topics will focus on contemporary Chinese society, including cultural identities, pop culture, the economy, environmentalism, law, and social discourse.

CHI 1001 and CHI 1002, are introductory Chinese courses for true beginners. This course will be taught at half the pace of instruction compared to Elementary Chinese (CHI 101/CHI 102). The goal of this course is to develop students' four basic communication skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, using both the Pinyin system, and simplified Chinese characters. After taking CHI 1001 and CHI 1002, students will have developed basic abilities to handle simple survival situations in Chinese, to read and write over 300 Chinese characters, and be well prepared for more advanced and intensive study in Chinese. Three hours of class.

Introductory Chinese (CHI 1002) is a continuation of CHI 1001, an introductory course for true beginners. It is taught at half the instructional pace of First Year Chinese (CHI 101). The goal of this course is to develop students' four basic communication skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, using both the Pinyin Romanization phonetic system and simplified (modern) Chinese characters. By the end of this course, students will be able to handle simple "survival situations" in Chinese, read and write over 300 Chinese characters, and engage in more advanced and intensive study of Chinese in the future.

A four-week summer intensive language course taught in Beijing, China, at Beijing Normal University. Students work on developing a strong foundation for modern spoken and written Chinese. Admission by application. Prerequisite: 101-102, or equivalent. Five two-hour classes, five two-hour drill sessions, plus individual tutorial sessions.

A four-week summer intensive language course taught in Beijing, China, at Beijing Normal University. This course is designed for students who are interested in current political and social issues in China. Reading materials will be selected from newspapers of the People's Republic of China. Admission by application. Prerequisite: CHI 103-108, 105-107, or equivalent. Five two-hour classes, five two-hour drill sessions, plus individual tutorial sessions.

A four-week summer intensive language course taught in Beijing, China, at Beijing Normal University, which is a continuation of 303C. This course is designed to further improve the student's facility in written and oral expression through a close study of newspaper essays and commentaries. Prerequisite: 303C or equivalent. Five two-hour classes, five two-hour drill sessions, plus individual tutorial sessions.

A four-week summer intensive language course taught in Beijing, China. This course is designed for students who are interested in current political and social issues in China and Taiwan. Reading materials will be selected from newspapers of the People's Republic of China. Admission by application. Five two-hour classes, five two-hour drill sessions, plus individual tutorial sessions will be given every week.

A four-week summer intensive language course taught in Beijing, China, which is a continuation of 305C. This course is designed to further improve the student's facility in written and oral expression through a close study of essays written by influential Chinese intellectuals on issues of women's emancipation, family systems, and modernization. Five two-hour classes, five two-hour drill sessions, plus individual tutorial sessions will be given every week.

Intensive introduction to classical Chinese through the study of selections from ancient texts. Four hours of class, conducted in Chinese.

Continuation of CHI 401. Intensive introduction to classical Chinese through the study of selections from ancient texts. Four hours of class, conducted in Chinese.