12 courses with the subject CN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CN 1541Elementary Chinese I1/3
An intensive course to introduce Mandarin Chinese to students with no or little background in Chinese. Pronunciation, basic grammar rules, and character recognition will be the emphasis of the course. Handwriting of Chinese characters is not emphasized at this stage, and students are encouraged to typewrite the characters. Major aspects of Chinese culture will be introduced throughout the course. Students who have taken Chinese in high school are urged to take a placement test before enrolling in Elementary Chinese I. This course is closed to native speakers of Chinese and heritage speakers, except with written permission from the coordinator of the Chinese track.
Building upon the foundation of the Elementary Chinese course series, this course is designed to expand students' skills in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The course continues to enhance students’ vocabulary and introduces more complex grammatical patterns, with more emphasis placed on improving communication skills both orally and in writing. This course is closed to native speakers of Chinese and heritage speakers, except with written permission from the coordinator of the Chinese track.
A continuation of Intermediate Chinese I. This course is designed to expand students' skills in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The course continues to enhance students’ vocabulary and introduces more complex grammatical patterns, with more emphasis placed on improving communication skills both orally and in writing. This course is closed to native speakers of Chinese and heritage speakers, except with written permission from the coordinator of the Chinese track.
A continuation of Intermediate Chinese III. This course is designed to expand students' skills in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The course continues to enhance students’ vocabulary and introduces more complex grammatical patterns, with more emphasis placed on improving communication skills both orally and in writing. Special attention will also be given to uses of nuanced and formal expressions to prepare students for the advanced level. This course satisfies the Inquiry Practicum requirement. This course is closed to native speakers of Chinese and heritage speakers, except with written permission from the coordinator of the Chinese track.
Building upon the foundation of the Intermediate Chinese course series, this course continues to develop students’ integrated skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing to meet the demand of increasing complexity and sophisticated communication at the advanced level. Expanding on topics from the concreate to the abstract, this course equips students with appropriate linguistic and cultural knowledge and skills through interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes of communication. This course satisfies the Inquiry Practicum requirement. This course is closed to native speakers of Chinese and heritage speakers, except with written permission from the coordinator of the Chinese track.
A continuation of Advanced Chinese I, this course continues to develop students’ integrated skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing to meet the demand of increasing complexity and sophisticated communication at the advanced level. Expanding on topics from the concrete to the abstract, this course continues to equip students with appropriate linguistic and cultural knowledge and skills through interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes of communication. This course satisfies the Inquiry Practicum requirement. This course is closed to native speakers of Chinese and heritage speakers, except with written permission from the coordinator of the Chinese track.
A continuation of Advanced Chinese II. This course continues to develop students’ integrated skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing to meet the demand of increasing complexity and sophisticated communication at the advanced level. Expanding on topics from the concreate to the abstract, this course continues to equip students with appropriate linguistic and cultural knowledge and skills through interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes of communication. This course satisfies the Inquiry Practicum requirement. This course is closed to native speakers of Chinese and heritage speakers except with written permission from the coordinator of the Chinese track.
The objective of this content-based language course is two-fold: students with intermediate-high level and above will continue to build their language skills in business contexts through a curriculum design that incorporates interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication in the target language. Students will also acquire knowledge and understanding of how social and cultural factors come into play in doing business in China, thereby gaining sharper cultural awareness about Chinese business in the context of globalization. Course materials include actual business cases of Chinese companies as well as analysis of strategies adopted by multinational companies that have successfully entered the competitive market in China. Students who have completed CN 356X cannot receive credit for CN 3561.
This advanced language course aims to develop students’ in-depth understanding and perspectives on social- cultural issues in contemporary Greater China. Building upon the foundation of CN3543 Advanced Chinese III, this course continues to advance students’ language skills through the exploration of topics that reflect the transitional changes of traditional Chinese cultural values due to the influence of Western culture and the impact of globalization. Students will learn essential vocabulary to understand, discuss, analyze, and examine the unique cultural phenomena associated with the selected topics through comparison with their own culture. Students who have completed CN 357X cannot receive credit for CN 3571.
