5 courses with the subject CHIN, 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.
CHIN 110GChinese Language and Culture I
F 3 SH A beginning Mandarin Chinese course for students with no prior knowledge of Chinese. The course will focus on the Chinese Pinyin Romanization system: tones, rules of phonetic spelling, and pronunciation drill; Chinese characters: creation and evolution, stroke order, structure, the writing system, and calligraphic techniques. Reading and writing skills are introduced, including basic sentence pattern analysis and development of language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This course will also cover computer skills related to learning Chinese.
S 3 SH A continuation of CHIN 210, this course continues to focus on Chinese Pinyin, Chinese characters and reading and writing skills. Students should achieve a basic lexicon of 200-300 characters by the end of this course. Prerequisite: CHIN 110G or permission of the instructor.
F 3 SH The focus of this course will be Chinese grammar, reading comprehension, writing, and development of vocabulary. Students will continue to develop speaking and aural comprehension while going more deeply into the study of Chinese culture and social systems. Prerequisite: CHIN 115G or permission of the instructor.