CHNS 1001. Elementary Chinese I. 4 hours.
Oasis Title: ELEMENTARY CHI I.
Fundamentals of grammar, pronunciation, composition, and conversation.
Offered fall semester every year.
CHNS 1002. Elementary Chinese II. 4 hours.
Oasis Title: ELEMEN CHINESE II.
Prerequisite: CHNS 1001.
A continuation of Elementary Chinese I.
Offered spring semester every year.
CHNS 1008. Intensive Elementary Mandarin Chinese. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTENSIVE CHINESE I.
Not open to students with credit in CHNS 1001 or CHNS 1002.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Corequisite: CHNS 1009.
Development of fundamentals of Chinese speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Emphasis will be placed on gaining basic linguistic competence in order to travel and study in a Chinese- speaking setting.
Offered spring semester every year.
CHNS 1009. Chinese Culture through Language. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CHINESE CULTURE I.
Not open to students with credit in CHNS 1001 or CHNS 1002.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Corequisite: CHNS 1008.
Understanding Chinese culture through exploring common situational dialogues in Chinese.
Offered spring semester every year.
CHNS 2001. Intermediate Chinese I. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTERM CHINESE I.
Prerequisite: CHNS 1002.
Intermediate grammar, reading, conversation, and composition.
Offered fall semester every year.
CHNS 2002. Intermediate Chinese II. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTERM CHINESE II.
Prerequisite: CHNS 2001 or permission of department.
A continuation of Intermediate Chinese I.
Offered spring semester every year.
CHNS 2010. Intensive Intermediate Chinese Language. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTENS CHINESE II.
Not open to students with credit in CHNS 2001 or CHNS 2002.
Prerequisite: CHNS 1008 and CHNS 1009 and permission of department.
Corequisite: CHNS 2020.
Practice in Mandarin Chinese conversation, reading, and writing skills.
Offered summer semester every year.
CHNS 2020. Chinese Culture and Language. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CHINESE CULTURE II.
Not open to students with credit in CHNS 2001 or CHNS 2002.
Prerequisite: CHNS 1008 and CHNS 1009 and permission of department.
Corequisite: CHNS 2010.
Fundamentals of Chinese language and culture.
Offered summer semester every year.
CHNS 3010. Advanced Chinese I. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADV CHINESE I.
Prerequisite: CHNS 2002 or permission of department.
Advanced grammar, reading, conversation, and composition.
Offered fall semester every year.
CHNS 3020. Advanced Chinese II. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADV CHINESE II.
Prerequisite: CHNS 3010 or permission of department.
A continuation of Advanced Chinese I.
Offered spring semester every year.
CHNS 3990. Directed Study in Chinese Language and/or Literature. 3-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIRECTED STUDY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Independent study and research under the direction of individual faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Not offered on a regular basis.
CHNS 4110/6110. Advanced Chinese III. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADV CHINESE III.
Undergraduate prerequisite: CHNS 3020.
An introduction to classical Chinese focusing on translation, analysis of grammar, and the semantic range and use of commonly occurring classical Chinese words. Readings include selections of the early classics through later imperial literature.
CHNS 4120. Readings in Classical Chinese. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: READING CLASS CHNS.
Prerequisite: CHNS 4110.
A continuation of Advanced Chinese III focusing on translation, analysis of grammar, and the semantic range and use of commonly occurring classical Chinese words. Readings include selections of the early classics through later imperial works.
CHNS 4190. Etymological and Literary History of Chinese Writing. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CHINESE WRITING.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
A review of history of HanZi, Chinese characters, and how they were adopted into Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese literature and culture. All materials will be read and discussed in the original language.
Non-traditional format: WOC (World is Our Classroom). The format remains as lecture, and contact hours remains the same too, but the class will OCCASIONALLY be taught through a teleconferencing media within the WOC project. WOC is the delivery of live instruction through electronic media to students situated around the world.
CHNS 4500/6500. Readings in Chinese Literature. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: READINGS IN CHN LIT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Undergraduate prerequisite or corequisite: CHNS 4110 and CHNS 4120.
Graduate prerequisite or corequisite: CHNS 4110 and CHNS 4120 and 9 hours of CHNS 3990.
Selected readings of Chinese literature and literary criticism in the original language. Texts of various genres and from different periods of the Chinese literary tradition will be read and discussed in Chinese.
CHNS 4600/6600. Chinese Literature: Prose. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: CHINESE PROSE.
Prerequisite: CHNS 4120 or permission of department.
A survey of traditional and modern Chinese short prose focusing on literary texts in the original language. The course traces the development of short fiction and the essay in China.