Chinese

Fall. Credit, four hours. Introduction to modern Mandarin: pronunciation, grammar, reading, and writing (approximately two hundred characters). Cultural topics introduced.

Spring. Credit four hours. Prerequisite: Elementary Chinese I. Continuation of 101, stressing conversational Mandarin, reading of more sophisticated texts, and writing skills (approximately three hundred characters). Cultural topics included.

Fall. Credit, four hours. Prerequisite: Elementary Chinese II or permission of instructor. This course is designed to help students to reach intermediate-level communicative skill, both in spoken and written Chinese, and to establish a solid base for more advanced language learning.

Fall. Credit, four hours. Prerequisite: Elementary Chinese II or permission of instructor. This course is designed to help students to reach intermediate-level communicative skill, both in spoken and written Chinese, and to establish a solid base for more advanced language learning.

Spring. Credit, four hours. Prerequisite: Elementary Chinese II or permission of instructor. This course provides intermediate-level training in spoken and written Chinese in cultural context, based on language skills developed in Chinese 201. Attention is given to complex grammatical patterns, discourse characteristics, and discussions of cultural topics.

Fall, Spring. Credit, four hours. Prerequisite: Elementary Chinese for Heritage Speakers or permission of instructor. This course is designed for heritage speakers of Mandarin Chinese and is a continuation of Chinese 103. The emphasis is on improving students' reading and writing skills. It prepares students for further study at the advanced level.

TBA. Credit, four hours. Originating over 2000 years ago, Calligraphy is one of the most essential art mediums in East Asia history (China, Japan, Korea), a supreme visual art form more valued than painting and sculpture, and a means of self-expression and cultivation. Calligraphy cultivates patience and diligence, conveys social beliefs and philosophy, nurtures concepts of aesthetics, and offers a path to a righteous heart. Through lectures, readings and writings, discussions and presentations, and hands-on experiences, this course provides an interdisciplinary study of East Asian calligraphy in its artistic, cultural, and historical contexts. It introduces students to the immediate aspects of calligraphy as a traditional art form. Then, it reaches beyond the classically defined discipline to examine the aesthetic values, intellectual metaphors, and moral criteria that East Asian calligraphy embodies.