Chinese Courses

Course Code Title & Description Credits Schedule
CHN 111

First Year Chinese I

In this course, students will be introduced to Modern Standard Chinese, also called Mandarin-Putonghua (Common language) and Guoy (National language). The essential knowledge of both Chinese characters as well as grammatical structures will be imparted for the language acquisition of written Chinese. Students will gain listening, speaking, reading ...

(5 Credits) View Schedule
CHN 122

First Year Chinese II

This course is a continuation of first year Chinese and focuses on consolidating previously learned language skills, and improving and expanding correct tonal range. Students will focus on understanding the systematic nature of Chinese characters including the order of strokes, the radical and the function of their phonetic and semantic components....

(5 Credits) View Schedule
CHN 201

Second Year Chinese

This intermediate level Chinese course is a continuation of the introductory course on standard Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua in China, or Guoyu in Taiwan). The goal of the course is to advance the students' communicative competence in all four aspects of language learning: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasis will be placed on trainin...

(4 Credits) View Schedule
CHN 202

Second Year Chinese II

This course is a continuation of second year standard Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua in China, and Guoyu in Taiwan). Students will review and expand the lexicon and grammatical structures learned in the prerequisite courses. Students will learn how to grasp the main ideas of both formal and informal short speeches in academic settings. The goal of the...

(4 Credits) View Schedule
Revised on January 29, 2026

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