Chinese Minor

Minor - Chinese (Minor)

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2014-2015

Degree Specific Credits: 29

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0


Lower Core Courses

Rule: Must complete all of the following:

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Show Description CHIN 101 - Elementary Chinese I
Offered autumn. Emphasis on speaking, reading and writing elementary Mandarin.
5 Credits
Show Description CHIN 102 - Elementary Chinese II
Prereq., CHIN 101. Offered spring. Continuation of 101.
5 Credits
Show Description CHIN 201 - Intermediate Chinese I
Offered autumn. Prereq., CHIN 102 or equiv. Emphasis on oral communication, with continuing development in all major skill areas: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
5 Credits
Show Description CHIN 202 - Intermediate Chinese II
Offered spring. Prereq., CHIN 201 or equiv. Continuation of 201.
5 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 20 Total Credits Required

Upper Division Electives

Rule: Must complete 9 credits from the following:

Note: With prior approval, 3 of these credits may be in China–focused courses offered by other departments.

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Show Description CHIN 313L - Chinese Poetry in Translat
Offered intermittently.  Same as AS, MCLG, and LS 313L.  The works of major Chinese poets to 1300 A.D.
3 Credits
Show Description CHIN 314L - Tradit Chinese Literature
Offered intermittently.  Same as AS, MCLG, and LS 314L.  Highlights of Chinese literature to 1800; includes philosophy, poetry, prose, and fiction.
3 Credits
Show Description CHIN 380 - Chinese Folktales
Same as LS 311. Offered intermittently. The study of the aspirations, desires, loves, moral and aesthetic values of the Chinese people as expressed in their folk literature.
3 Credits
Show Description CHIN 388 - Readings Classical Chinese
Prereq., CHIN 102 or approved equivalent.  Introduces the basic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of Classical Chinese through the reading of selected short representative texts from the formative and mature periods of the language’s history.
3 Credits
Show Description CHIN 432 - 20th Cent Chin Fiction in Eng
Offered intermittently.  Same as AS, MCLG, and LS 432L.  A survey of the principal works of Chinese fiction circa 1910–2000
3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 9 Total Credits Required