CHINESE LANGUAGES LITERATURES AND CULTURES
CHIN101 Elementary Chinese
This course is not intended for native or near native speakers of Mandarin Chinese. This is a 4-credit beginning level course in Modern Standard Mandarin Chinese for students with no or little prior experience in the language. Native or near-native speakers of Chinese are not eligible for this course. The course helps students gain constant training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills on a daily basis. Students are expected to attend the class five days per week. Homework and quizzes are completed on a weekly basis. In addition to daily preparation, two-hour individual lab work per week by working on digital files is required outside of the class. Students are required to write Simplified characters.
CHIN106 Accelerated Elementary Chinese
4 Credits, 1400-1450 MTWF, TBA
This is a 4-credit Intensive First Year Chinese course designed for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Mandarin Chinese. The major goal of this course is to help students develop proficiency in reading and writing based on their self-acquired competence in listening and speaking. Specifically, students are expected to express themselves clearly in writing on a variety of topics centering upon everyday life and achieve reading competency with an approximation of 1000 characters. CHIN 106 meets four hours per week. Students are required to write Simplified characters.
CHIN201 Intermediate Chinese
This 4-credit course is the continuation of Chinese 101 and 102. Students who have not had CHIN 102 at UVa are required to take a placement exam. The goal of this course is to help students continue to attain proficiency in four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students are expected to master linguistic structures through constant practice in learned grammar, sentence patterns, and phrases and expressions. With the mastery of linguistic structures, students are therefore able to achieve communicative functions on a variety of topics centering on campus life, social issues, and aspects of Chinese culture. An approximation of 700 characters will be covered. CHIN 201 meets five times per week. Students can choose to write either Traditional or Simplified characters but are required to be able to read both.
CHIN301/501 Readings in Modern Chinese
This 3-credit course is designed for students who have completed CHIN 202. Students who have not had CHIN 202 at UVa are required to take a placement exam. All four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) are equally stressed. Students are required to listen to audiotapes everyday and actively participate in class activities. Student work is evaluated on the basis of class attendance and participation, a variety of exercises, dictations, quizzes, oral performances and exams. The class is conducted mainly in Mandarin Chinese. As for the two different Chinese writing forms, students are free to write either form, yet required to recognize both Traditional and Simplified characters. The supplementary listening and reading materials will be provided in the class.
CHIN301-5 Language House Conversation
CHIN305 Accelerated Readings in Modern Chinese Literature
This 3-credit course is designed for students who have native or near-native speaking ability in Mandarin Chinese and who have completed CHIN 206 ("Accelerated Intermediate Chinese"). Students who have not had CHIN 206 at UVa are required to take a placement exam. The goal of CHIN 306 is to enhance students' reading comprehension by systematically exposing them to formal written Chinese. The course meets two times a week. Student work is evaluated on the basis of dictations, quizzes/tests, oral performance, frequent essays, class participation, and attendance. Classes are conducted in Chinese. Students can choose to write either Traditional or Simplified characters but are required to be able to read both.
CHIN401/701 Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese
This 3-credit course is designed for students who have completed CHIN 302 or CHIN 502. Students who have not had CHIN 302 or CHIN 502 are required to take a placement exam. The goal of this course is to help students understand journalistic essays through systematic study of sentence patterns and formal writing styles. Students are required to listen to audiotapes every day and actively participate in class activities. The course meets for one hour three times per week. Student work is evaluated on the basis of dictations, quizzes/tests, oral performance, frequent essays, class participation, and attendance. The class is conducted mainly in Chinese. Students can choose to write either Traditional or Simplified characters but are required to be able to read both.
CHIN581 Media Chinese I
This 3-credit course is designed for the students who have completed either CHIN 401/701 (old CHIN 324) or CHIN 406 (old CHIN 306) with the instructor's recommendation. Students who have not had old CHIN 324 or old CHIN 306 are required to take a placement exam. The goals of this course are two-folded. One is to help students familiarize with the journalistic style of writing and speaking and two is to help students to gradually read the genuine Chinese journalistic material independently. The supplementary and current material will be provided along with the textbook. Students can choose to write either Traditional or Simplified characters but are required to be able to read both.
CHIN583 Introduction to Classical Chinese
Introduction to the grammar and structure of classical Chinese. Chinese Literature in Translation
CHTR321/521 Chinese Literature in Translation
Study of the literary heritage of China. Examines the major genres through selected readings of representative authors. Taught in English. Fulfills the nonwestern perspectives requirement.