33 courses with the subject CHI, 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.
Instructor Tsai Introduction and development of basic skills in modern standard Chinese (Mandarin) designed for students who have no previous exposure to the Chinese language. The goal is to develop students’ communicative competency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the elementary level.
Instructor Chen Continuation of elementary Chinese I. The goal is to develop the students’ communicative competency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the elementary level. Prerequisites & Notes Chinese 101. Satisfies a requirement for the East Asian Studies minor.
Instructor Shen Introduces several aspects of Chinese culture including Chinese cultural motifs and their cultural implications, holidays and festivals, Peking opera, 20th century Chinese drama, Chinese etymology and calligraphy, Chinese popular music, Chinese cinema, Chinese martial arts, and food. Additionally, the course will also talk about some paradoxes, dialectics, and misconceptions in Chinese culture. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Satisfies a requirement in the East Asian Studies major and interdisciplinary minor. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English.
Instructor Shao Examination of key aspects of traditional Chinese culture, including birth myths, views of the body, women and sexuality, symbols of evil and folklore, feng-shui and divination, martial arts and heroism, gardens and imperial places, and traditional music. Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English. (Not offered every year.)
Instructor Kyo This course introduces students to different aspects of Chinese visual culture including traditional ink paintings, popular publications, propaganda posters, performance art, as well as cinema. We will explore broader themes, such as the representation of the natural world and its relationship to people; women, gender, and ethnicity in visual arts; and the formation of Chinese identity at home an abroad in the diaspora community. This course is taught in English. Satisfies a requirement in the Art History major and minor. Satisfies the Literature, Culture, and Cinema requirement of the Chinese Studies minor. Satisifes a requirement in the East Asian Studies interdisciplinary minor. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Instructor Bao Continuing work in developing skills in standard Chinese (Mandarin). Designed for students who have had one year of Chinese at the college level. The goal is to develop the students’ communicative competency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the intermediate level. Prerequisites & Notes Chinese 102.
Instructor Chen Continuation of Intermediate Chinese I. The goal is to develop the students’ communicative competency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the intermediate level. Prerequisites & Notes CHI 201 or the equivalent. Satisfies a requirement for the East Asian Studies major and minor. Satisfies a requirement for the Chinese Studies minor. Satisfies the Foreign Language requirement.
Instructor Bao Selection of poetry, drama and narrative from ancient times up to 1900, with special emphasis on major themes and conventions. Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement. Satisfies Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Rhetoric requirement. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English. (Not offered every year.)
Instructor Shen Course examines gender relations in 20th-century China through cinematic representations. By looking in detail at the films of a few key directors and reading scholarly works, the class discusses the changing social and political positions of women in cinema from the 1920s to the 1990s, and how this change affects gender relations. Satisfies a requirement for the Chinese Language and Literature major. Satisfies a requirement for the Chinese Studies minor. Counts as an elective in the East Asian Studies major and minor. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English. (Not offered every year.)
Instructor Shen Explores Chinese fiction and film from 1919 to 1949. Addresses historical, political and literary or cinematic background; considers origins of modern Chinese consciousness, influence of foreign literature, images of oppressed peoples, social roles of the modern Chinese writers, family, women and gender, politics, nation and revolution. Satisfies a minor requirement in Chinese Studies. Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in East Asian Studies. Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Literary Studies, Creative Writing, cultural diversity, and Rhetoric requirement. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English.
Instructor Shao Introduction to the Chinese idea of martial arts heroes and its representation in fiction and film with emphasis on its historical and changing cultural contexts. Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English. (Not offered every year.)
Instructor Shao The purpose of this course is to build on the student’s knowledge of the crime and detective fiction and film in their own language(s) and extend it to the crime and detective fiction and film in the Chinese context. The course approaches the genre from a multi-cultural perspective. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric requirement. Satisfies a requirement in the East Asian Studies major and interdisciplinary minor. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English.
Instructor Bao Introduction to Peking Opera, the most representative form of Chinese indigenous musical theatre, which embodies the Chinese cultural essence and which is recognized by UNESCO as an “intangible cultural heritage of China.” Learn about its history, genesis, and inception; its melodies, role types, features, performance technique, and repertoire. Explore its innovations and experiments; compare it with Western opera and spoken drama. Read offstage narratives and look into the secrets in the Peking Opera circles. In English; no prerequisites required. Satisfies Chinese Language and Literature major requirement. Satisfies East Asian Studies major and minor requirement. Satifies Chinese Studies minor requirement. Satisfies Visual and Performing Arts requirement. Satisfies Cultural Diversity requirement.
Instructor Shen This course is a survey of modern Chinese literature from around 1919 (known as the May 4th period) to the Post-Mao era. The class functions as an introduction to modern Chinese literary works by prominent writers. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Rhetoric requirement. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English.
Instructor Shen This course explores issues in Chinese society and culture, and includes on-site visits to important places in China. In addition to the course requirements, students will be required to maintain a field journal. This course will also be informed by the travel experiences included in the program.
Instructor Staff Independent study; Permission required
Instructor Shen Extensive reading and discussion of texts of increased difficulty, exposure to authentic Chinese materials, emphasis on expanding vocabulary, speaking and writing skills, and skills that will help further develop proficiency in Chinese. Prerequisites & Notes CHI 202
Instructor Shen Extensive reading and discussion of difficult texts, exposure to authentic Chinese materials, emphasis on expanding vocabulary, speaking and writing skills, and skills that will help further develop proficiency in Chinese. Continuation of Chinese 301. Prerequisites & Notes CHI 301 or the equivalent. Satisfies a requirement for the Chinese Language and Literature major. Counts as an elective in the Chinese Studies minor. Counts as an elective in the East Asian Studies major and minor. Satisfies the Foreign Language requirement.
Instructor Bao To further improve students’ oral proficiency to converse on various topics in daily life, perform various discourse function, and speak appropriately in different social situations. Prerequisites & Notes Chinese 202 or permission of the instructor. (Not offered every year.)
Instructor Staff Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered every year.)
Instructor Tsai This course is designed to develop students’ communicative competency in speaking and writing at the advanced level. Students are expected to have completed three years of modern Chinese at the college level.
Instructor Shen Chinese 354 is designed to develop students’ communicative competency in speaking and writing at the advanced level. The course introduces students to more literary texts by famous writers including Lu Xun, Xu Dishan, Zhu Ziqing, etc. and (classical) idiomatic expressions as well as two-part allegorical expressions. Chinese 354 serves as a transitional course from modern Chinese to classical Chinese. Prerequisites & Notes Chinese 353 or equivalent. Students are expected to have completed three years of modern Chinese at the college level before taking this class.
Instructor Staff The topic for this course rotates; it is offered by the faculty from the School of Social Development and Public Policy (taught in English). In 2016, the anticipated class will be The Chinese Marketplace, a course on the impact of globalization on China taught by an anthropologist. Prerequisites & Notes UG Credit
Instructor Shao Reading and discussion of modern Chinese written and verbal texts with an emphasis on developing oral and aural fluency, expanding vocabulary, deepening grammatical knowledge, and learning Chinese writing conventions. Satisfies East Asian Studies major and minor requirement. Satisfies Chinese Language and Liturature major and minor requirement. Satisfies foreign language requirement Prerequisites & Notes
Instructor Staff Reading and discussion of modern Chinese written and verbal texts with an emphasis on developing oral and aural fluency, expanding vocabulary, deepening grammatical knowledge, and learning Chinese writing conventions. Satisfies a major requirement in Chinese Language and Literature Satisfies a major requirement in East Asian Studies Satisfies a minor requirement in Chinese Studies Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in East Asian Studies Prerequisites & Notes
Instructor Shen Reading and discussion of selected works in Chinese literature and cinema. Discussion of individual research projects. Satisfies a requirement in the Communication Studies major and interdisciplinary minor. Satisfies a requirement in the Global Literary Theory major and interdisciplinary minor. Satisfies a requirement in the East Asian Studies major. Satisfies a requirement in the Film and Media Studies interdisciplinary minor. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English. May repeat for credit if the subject is different.
Instructor Shao Critical study of tales, short stories and novels from 1300 to 1900, with special attention to themes, conventions, critical approaches, and the problem of adaptation from fiction to film, theater, and cartoons. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English. May repeat for credit if the subject is different.
Instructor Tsai, Shen Selected topics on Chinese current affairs, economy, culture, literature, etc. It is designed for students who have successfully completed Advanced Modern Chinese courses or its equivalent. The goal is to bring students to native or near-native competence in all aspects of modern Chinese. Prepares students for advanced research or employment in a variety of China-related fields. Taught in Chinese. Actual contents, requirements and teaching style may vary from instructor to instructor. Can repeat for credit. Check with the instructor who teaches the class for updates. Satisfies Chinese Language and Literature major requirement. Satisfies East Asian Studies major and minor requirement. Satisfies Foreign Language requirement
Instructor Shen Selected topics on Chinese current affairs, economy, culture, literature, etc. It is designed for students who have successfully completed Advanced Modern Chinese courses or its equivalent. The goal is to bring students to native or near-native competence in all aspects of modern Chinese. Prepares students for advanced research or employment in a variety of China-related fields. Taught in Chinese. Actual contents, requirements and teaching style may vary from instructor to instructor. Can repeat for credit. Check with the instructor who teaches the class for updates.
Instructor Staff Independent honors thesis under the direction of a faculty member.
Instructor Staff Independent honors thesis under the direction of a faculty member.
Source: Davidson College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
