Chinese Course Listings

1. Elementary Modern Chinese. (5)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, three hours. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Introduction to fundamentals of standard Chinese, including pronunciation, grammar, and Chinese characters, with emphasis on all four basic language skills -- speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. P/NP or letter grading.

1A. Elementary Modern Chinese for Advanced Beginners. (5)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, three hours. Recommended preparation: ability to speak and understand Mandarin or other Chinese dialects at elementary levels. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Designed for students who already have certain listening and speaking skills in Mandarin or other Chinese dialects at elementary levels. Training in all four basic language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). P/NP or letter grading.

2. Elementary Modern Chinese. (5)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 1 or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Continuation of course 1. P/NP or letter grading.

2A. Elementary Modern Chinese for Advanced Beginners. (5)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 1A or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Continuation of course 1A. P/NP or letter grading.

3. Elementary Modern Chinese. (5)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 2 or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Continuation of course 2. P/NP or letter grading.

3A. Elementary Modern Chinese for Advanced Beginners. (5)

(Formerly numbered 3R.) Lecture, two hours; discussion, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 2A or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Continuation of course 2A. P/NP or letter grading.

4. Intermediate Modern Chinese. (5)

Lecture, five hours. Enforced requisite: course 3 or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Designed to strengthen communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Grammar reviews, knowledge of idiomatic expressions, and both traditional and simplified characters. P/NP or letter grading.

4A. Intermediate Modern Chinese for Advanced Students. (5)

Lecture, five hours. Enforced requisite: course 3A or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Designed for students who already have certain listening and speaking skills in Mandarin or other Chinese dialects at intermediate levels. Training in all four basic language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). P/NP or letter grading.

5. Intermediate Modern Chinese. (5)

Lecture, five hours. Enforced requisite: course 4 or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Continuation of course 4. P/NP or letter grading.

5A. Intermediate Modern Chinese for Advanced Students. (5)

Lecture, five hours. Enforced requisite: course 4A or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Continuation of course 4A. P/NP or letter grading.

5C. Mandarin for Cantonese Speakers. (5)

(Formerly numbered 4C.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: Chinese placement test. Designed for students who are Cantonese speakers and familiar with Chinese characters and who need to improve their pronunciation of standard Mandarin dialect. P/NP or letter grading.

6. Intermediate Modern Chinese. (5)

Lecture, five hours. Enforced requisite: course 5 or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Continuation of course 5. P/NP or letter grading.

6A. Intermediate Modern Chinese for Advanced Students. (5)

(Formerly numbered 6R.) Lecture, five hours. Enforced requisite: course 5A or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Continuation of course 5A. P/NP or letter grading.

6C. Mandarin for Cantonese Speakers. (5)

(Formerly numbered 5C.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: course 5C or Chinese placement test. Designed for students who are Cantonese speakers and familiar with Chinese characters and who need to improve their pronunciation of standard Mandarin dialect. Completion of course 6C is equivalent to completion of course 6. P/NP or letter grading.

8. Elementary Chinese: Intensive. (15)

Lecture, 10 hours; discussion, 10 hours. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Intensive course equivalent to courses 1, 2, and 3. Introduction to fundamentals of standard Chinese, including pronunciation, grammar, and Chinese characters, with emphasis on all four basic language skills -- speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Offered in summer only. Letter grading.

10. Intermediate Modern Chinese: Intensive. (15)

Lecture, 10 hours; discussion, 10 hours. Enforced requisite: course 3 or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Intensive course equivalent to courses 4, 5, and 6. Designed to strengthen communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Grammar reviews, knowledge of idiomatic expressions, and both traditional and simplified characters. Completion of course 10 is equivalent to completion of course 6. Offered in summer only. Letter grading.

50. Chinese Civilization. (5)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading.
Upper Division Courses

100A-100B-100C. Advanced Modern Chinese. (4-4-4)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 6 or Chinese placement test. Course 100A or Chinese placement test is enforced requisite to 100B; course 100B or Chinese placement test is enforced requisite to 100C. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Materials selected from contemporary Chinese publications, with emphasis on social sciences. Texts analyzed for their linguistic features and social and cultural background. Readings, compositions, informal debates on topical issues, and oral presentations. P/NP or letter grading.

101A-101B. Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese. (4-4)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 100C or Chinese placement test. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Advanced readings and discussion for students planning to do advanced coursework or research on China. Topics from magazines, journals, and books related to humanities and social sciences. Each course may be taken independently for credit. Letter grading.

110A-110B-110C. Introduction to Classical Chinese. (4-4-4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 3 or Chinese placement test. Course 110A or Chinese placement test is enforced requisite to 110B; course 110B or Chinese placement test is enforced requisite to 110C. Grammar and readings in selected premodern texts. P/NP or letter grading.

120. Introduction to Chinese Linguistics. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 6 or Chinese placement test. Introduction to Chinese sound system, writing system and its reform, regional differences, major structural features, language in society and in cultural practices. Letter grading.

130A-130B. Readings in Modern Chinese Literature. (4-4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 100B or Chinese placement test. Readings and discussion of works of modern Chinese literature. Each course may be taken independently for credit. Letter grading.

140A-140B-140C. Readings in Classical Chinese Literature. (4-4-4)

Readings/discussion, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 110B or Chinese placement test. Readings and discussion of works of premodern Chinese literature. Each course may be taken independently for credit. Letter grading. 140A. Poetry; 140B. Prose; 140C. Fiction.

C150A. Lyrical Traditions. (4)

(Formerly numbered 150A.) Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Readings in English translation of poetic and critical writings of traditional China, with emphasis on development of subjectivity and modes of address. May be taken independently for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C250A. P/NP or letter grading.

150B. Traditional Narrative and Drama. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Readings from narrative and dramatic writings of traditional China, with emphasis on self and society, growth of fictionality, subjectivity, and gender representation. May be taken independently for credit. Letter grading.

151. Chinese Literature in Translation: Modern Literature. (4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or one course from Comparative Literature 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Lectures and reading of representative works from 1900 to the present in English translation. Letter grading.

152. Topics in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture. (4)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Investigation of various topics in contemporary Chinese literature and culture, including politics and poetics of Chinese postmodernism, nativism, feminism, mass culture, and media. Letter grading.

M153. Chinese Immigrant Literature and Film. (4)

(Same as Asian American Studies M130B and Comparative Literature M171.) Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Chinese not required. In-depth look at Chinese immigrant experience by reading literature and watching films. Theories of diaspora, gender, and race to inform thinking and discussion of relevant issues. P/NP or letter grading.

155. Topics in Chinese Cinema. (4)

Lecture, three hours; film viewing, four hours. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Critical understanding of films from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China to be offered. Examination of questions of cultural identity, transnationalism, postmodernity, and intersections between politics and culture in this "Greater China" region. P/NP or letter grading.

C160. Chinese Buddhism. (4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction and development of Buddhism in China, interaction between Buddhism and Chinese culture, rise of Chinese schools of Buddhism. Concurrently scheduled with course C260. Letter grading.

165. Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Texts. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 100A or 110B or Japanese 110 or Korean 100A or Chinese placement test. Readings in premodern Buddhist texts written in literary Chinese and taken from translated Indian sutras, indigenous exegetical materials, Chinese apocryphal scriptures, and Ch'an writings. Problems in translation from Indo-European languages into Chinese; evolution of Chinese Buddhist terminology. Coverage varies. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Letter grading.

170. Readings in Chinese Philosophical Texts. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 110B or Chinese placement test. Readings in premodern texts written in literary Chinese. Coverage varies. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Letter grading.

C175. Introduction to Chinese Thought. (4)

(Formerly numbered 175.) Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Survey of Chinese thought as represented in texts of Zhou through early Han periods (circa 1000 to 100 B.C.E.), with focus on invention of "Confucian" tradition (including Five Classics) and on defenses of that tradition against challenges from "Mohists," "Taoists," and other groups of thinkers. Concurrently scheduled with course C275. Letter grading.

180. Chinese Mythology. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Survey of corpus of traditional Chinese mythology, with focus on examples preserved in a variety of early texts, later evolutions in dramatic and fictional works, and evidence from visual arts. Letter grading.

186. Archaeology in China. (4)

(Formerly numbered 190.) Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Early Chinese study of their own past, types of artifacts, beginnings of scientific archaeology, and surveys of major excavations of sites of all periods. Letter grading.

187. Chinese Etymology and Calligraphy. (4)

(Formerly numbered 195.) Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 110B or Chinese placement test. Coverage of (1) development of Chinese writing system from "Pottery Inscriptions" 6,000 years ago to modern "Simplified Forms" and studies of Six Scripts principles which were used to form Chinese characters and (2) aesthetic training of calligraphic art and its appreciation, with focus on ways of recognizing and interpreting "Cursive Style," common form of handwriting. Letter grading.

191A. Variable Topics Seminar: 20th-Century China and Taiwan. (4)

(Formerly numbered 197B.) Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Research seminar on selected topics in modern and contemporary literature and culture from China and Taiwan. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. Letter grading.
Graduate Courses

200A. Research Methods in Chinese. (4)

(Formerly numbered 200.) Seminar, three hours. Requisite: course 110C. Lectures and discussion designed to develop basic skills in using traditional Chinese research materials. Topics include classical dictionaries; sinological indices; bibliographical, biographical, and geographical sources; encyclopedias; anthologies; rare editions; illustrated matter and calligraphy. S/U grading.

200B. Proseminar: Premodern Chinese Literature. (4)

Seminar, three hours. Introduction to major bibliographical and methodological resources in field of premodern Chinese literature, with focus on research tools in the field and on scholarship in English on major literary genres, periods, and authors. S/U or letter grading.

200C. Proseminar: Modern Chinese Literature. (4)

Seminar, three hours. Introduction to major bibliographical and methodological resources in field of modern Chinese literature, with focus on research tools and on scholarship in English on modern literary trends and genres. S/U or letter grading.

M201. China -- Seminar: Classical Historiography and Readings in Classical Studies. (4)

(Same as History M281.) Discussion, three hours. Preparation: two years of classical Chinese or working knowledge of classical Chinese. Readings in historiography and selected genres of historical documents. Letter grading.

205. Methods and Issues in 20th-Century Chinese Literature and Culture. (4)

Seminar, three hours. Methodology course for all incoming graduate students in 20th-century Chinese literature and culture. Discussion of major theoretical and textual issues and methods.

210. Modern Chinese Literary History. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Discussion of history of modern Chinese literature, focusing on sources, controversies, major literary genres, and critical approaches to studying the relationship between literature and history.

211A-211B. Seminars: Classical Chinese Poetry. (4-4)

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of literary Chinese. Topics rotate among major textual traditions and chronological periods. Emphasis on philological, critical, and historical approaches. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. In Progress (211A) and letter (211B) grading.

212. Topics in Chinese Poetry. (4)

Readings/discussion, three hours. Selected readings from classical poetic tradition, with focus on individual poets, themes, or other critical issues. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Letter grading.

220A-220B. Western Theory and Chinese Texts. (4-4)

Seminar, three hours. Discussions to be framed by Western literary and cultural theory, investigating both challenges and limitations Western theory may pose for Chinese literary and cultural studies. Specific topics vary from year to year. In Progress (220A) and S/U or letter (220B) grading.

224A-224B. Seminars: Selected Topics in Chinese Linguistics. (4-4)

Seminar, three hours. Critical reading and discussion of selected topics in Chinese functional linguistics (discourse and grammar, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, language change). May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. In Progress (224A) and letter (224B) grading.

230A-230B. Seminars: Selected Topics in Modern Chinese Literature. (4-4)

Seminar, three hours. Selected readings in 20th-century Chinese literature, emphasizing fiction. Discussion of individual research projects. May be repeated for credit. In Progress (230A) and letter (230B) grading.

241A-241B. Heaven, Earth, and Monarchy in Ancient China. (4-4)

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: working knowledge of classical Chinese. Close reading of chapters from the Han dynasty collection of writings on the forms of music, social interaction, education, marriage, and mourning in the Zhou royal court, with discussion of topics in recent cultural semiology and anthropology. In Progress (241A) and letter (241B) grading.

242. Chinese Classics and Exegetical Traditions. (4)

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: command of literary Chinese. Reading and discussions of selections from one of the traditional Chinese classics (Confucian Five Classics, others), with introduction to exegetical history, secondary scholarship, and research methodology. Topics vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

243. Translation Workshop: Premodern Chinese Texts. (2)

Seminar, two hours. Requisite: course 200B. Translation, grammatical analysis, and discussion of selections from premodern Chinese texts. S/U grading.

245A-245B. Seminars: Traditional Chinese Narrative and Drama. (4-4)

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of colloquial and literary Chinese. Seminar topics alternate yearly between traditional narrative and drama, with emphasis on generic, hermeneutical, and historical approaches. Topics in narrative selected from genres from Chou through Ch'ing periods. Topics in drama selected from tsa-chü and ch'uan-ch'i . May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. In Progress (245A) and letter (245B) grading.

C250A. Lyrical Traditions. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 110C. Readings of poetic and critical writings of traditional China, with emphasis on development of subjectivity and modes of address. Concurrently scheduled with course C150A. Graduate students required to read primary materials in original Chinese. S/U or letter grading.

256A-256B. Chinese Literary Criticism. (4-4)

(Formerly numbered 250A-250B.) Seminar, three hours. Issues in production and interpretation of literary works, as formulated by Chinese critics from classical age onward. Letter grading.

C260. Chinese Buddhism. (4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction and development of Buddhism in China, interaction between Buddhism and Chinese culture, rise of Chinese schools of Buddhism. Concurrently scheduled with course C160. Letter grading.

265A-265B. Seminars: Chinese Buddhist Texts. (4-4)

Seminar, three hours. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. In Progress (265A) and letter (265B) grading.

C275. Introduction to Chinese Thought. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Survey of Chinese thought as represented in texts of Zhou through early Han periods (circa 1000 to 100 B.C.E.), with focus on invention of "Confucian" tradition (including Five Classics) and on defenses of that tradition against challenges from "Mohists," "Taoists," and other groups of thinkers. Concurrently scheduled with course C175. Letter grading.

290A-290B. Seminars: Selected Topics in Chinese Archaeology. (4-4)

Seminar, three hours. Requisite: course 186. Discussion and research on major problems about Chinese archaeology and different interpretations to most important archaeological finds, with emphasis on studies of Xia and Shang cultures and Xia and Shang dynasties. May be repeated for credit. In Progress (290A) and letter (290B) grading.

295A-295B. Seminars: Selected Topics in Chinese Cultural History. (4-4)

Seminar, three hours. Discussion and research on major problems related to Chinese culture, such as beginnings of the Chinese civilization and Chinese dynastic history. Other topics include cultural developments of ancient and medieval China. May be repeated for credit. In Progress (295A) and letter (295B) grading.

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