12 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.
CHI 1311Elementary Chinese I3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed for beginners. It introduces the fundamental structure of Mandarin Chinese Putonghua (“the common speech” of the Chinese language) with emphasis on the acquisition of the basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Relevant introduction to Chinese culture is combined with each lesson. Students will be required to make extensive use of the language laboratory. No previous knowledge of Chinese is required.
CHI 1311 - Elementary Chinese I or assignment by placement examination.
CHI 1318Introduction to China in the World3
Credits: 3 hrs CHI 1318 is an introductory course on the general history of China and its engagement with the rest of the world. In addition, students will learn about the linguistic features of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken in China and surrounding communities, and how the youth in China use the language to engage the outside world through social media. All materials for the course will be in English and discussions of culturally related topics will be conducted in English.
Credits: 3 hrs This course continues to develop the fundamental language skills in Mandarin Chinese: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course presupposes a basic knowledge of pinyin, Chinese characters, words, sentences, and grammar. The use of the language lab will be an integral part of this course.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a continuation of Intermediate Chinese I. Extended classroom discussions in Chinese, extended guided and free compositions, and extensive lab work are an integral part of the course. Review and expansion of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation are included.
Credits: 3 hrs “The dynamic global nature of the 21th century has higher education experts focused on best practice for preparing graduates to thrive in today’s economy and to become informed citizens”. Exploration of the youth cultures forms a dynamic parameter to understanding the next generation of leaders in the world and studying the cultural changes of the new generation of intellectuals. China’s huge societal and historical changes in the last three decades simultaneously molded the distinctive personalities of the post-1950s/60s generation of parents and their post-1980s/90s children, which provide an ideal example to address the points mentioned above. To accomplish the above objectives and maximize student interactions, the course involves an individual research project and group discussion, regular readings and oral presentation.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is an advanced Chinese course with CHI 2312 or equivalence as prerequisite, which aims to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between Chinese language and culture, knowledge that will enhance their understanding of contemporary Chinese culture and society. It also helps to develop students’ ability to comprehend and express complex ideas in both spoken and written forms, acquire strategies of cross-cultural communication and critically think on a range of cultural and social issues concerning contemporary China. The course has a focus on the topics and issues of general interests. This course may also involve the contribution of guest lecturers from elsewhere. This course will serve the Chinese minor, as well as the general student population.
CHI 2312 or permission of instructor Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: November 15, 2016
CHI 3305Advanced Chinese II3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is an advanced Chinese course with CHI 3301 or equivalence as prerequisite, which aims to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between Chinese language and culture, knowledge that will enhance their understanding of contemporary Chinese culture and society. It also helps to develop students’ ability to comprehend and express complex ideas in both spoken and written forms, acquire strategies of cross-cultural communication and critically think on a range of cultural and social issues concerning contemporary China. The course has a focus on the topics and issues of general interests. This course may also involve the contribution of guest lecturers from elsewhere. This course will serve the Chinese minor, as well as the general student population.
CHI 3301 or approval Area of Knowledge: Foreign Language and Culture Curricular Theme: Globalization
CHI 3309Comparative Cultures: Africa and China3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a survey course designed to introduce students to key issues and debates on Africa-China relations. The upsurge of Africa-China contacts beginning in the 1950s has seen the growth of economic, commercial, investment interests in Africa by the Chinese as well as the exploitation of natural resources. What has lagged behind is the interest in cultural exchanges. How invested is China in understanding African cultures, and how knowledgeable are Africans of Chinese cultures? The course will focus on the cultural implications of the Afro-Sino contacts, and how the contacts undergird cross-cultural understandings. Through the study of literary texts, music, art, and film the course will compare and contrast African and Chinese cultural manifestations and also look at how cultural perceptions may impact decisions on bilateral relations. The broad thematic of the course makes it amenable to multiple theoretical applications/approaches and methodologies. The course will be taught in English and Chinese.
CHI 2312 or permisson of instructor Area of Knowledge: Foreign Languages and Cultures Curricular Theme: Globalization Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: November 15, 2016
CHI 3315Survey of Modern Chinese Literature3
Credits: 3 hrs This is an advanced literature course focusing on major modern and contemporary Chinese writers and their selected masterpieces from the end of the Imperial Era, Chinese Civil War until the contemporary Internet Literature. Selected authors include Lu Xun, Lao She, Shen Congwen, Zhang Ailing, Yu Hua, Mo Yan (Nobel Prize Literature Winner), and Ai Mi serve as points of departure for discussions on historical, cultural and social contexts, with special emphasis on the literary epoch, in which these exemplars of Chinese Literature were written. Students will view the related films clips for background information and to reinforce their reading and discussion. On completion of this course, in addition to their improved modern Chinese language skills, students should have a better understanding of what constitutes the Chinese ethos formulated by the Chinese people–as part of the world community – in their use of language, in their faith, beliefs and philosophical inquiry, in the various forms of literary expression, as well as through their own reflections on the merits and faults of Chinese culture and civilization.
Credits: 3 hrs CHI 4301 provides individual study opportunities to help students meet special needs or interests in Chinese. Students will need approval from the department head for this study. The course may not be repeated and it may not be taken in lieu of any other courses offered in the department.
