This course helps students gain rudimentary knowledge in Chinese characters, pronunciation, syntax, grammar, and sentence patterns, and develop basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will also be introduced to general aspects of Chinese history, geography, culture and society in relation to language learning topics through lectures, demonstrations, videos, films, projects, and first-hand experiences. This course is comparable to two years of high school Chinese.

This course continues to help students gain rudimentary knowledge in Chinese syntax, grammar, and sentence patterns, and develop basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will also be introduced to general aspects of Chinese history, geography, culture and society in relation to language learning topics through lectures, demonstrations, videos, films, projects, and first-hand experiences.

The course introduces students to the dialogues, grammar, and vocabulary designed for beginners, and emphasizes business communication: negotiating, socializing, and establishing and maintaining good relationships. Beyond language acquisition, the course provides students with extensive cultural points to help navigate cultural differences in business and daily life. No prior knowledge of Chinese is required.

This course helps students develop intermediate skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, with an emphasis on the development of verbal and written communicative skills. Students will learn a broad variety of expressions and sentence patterns and engage in real-life conversations on various topics. Students will further explore and appreciate general aspects of Chinese history, geography, culture and society in relation to language learning topics through lectures, demonstrations, videos, films, projects, and first-hand experiences.

This course continues to help students develop intermediate skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, with an emphasis on the development of verbal and written communicative skills. Students will learn a broad variety of expressions and sentence patterns and engage in real-life conversations on various topics. Students will further explore and appreciate general aspects of Chinese history, geography, culture and society in relation to language learning topics through lectures, demonstrations, videos, films, projects, and first-hand experiences.

This course offers an introductory survey of contemporary Chinese culture and society as reflected in literature, art, history, geography, politics, economy, and social development through selected readings and audiovisual materials. The emphasis is on the issues of family and kinship, religion, ethnic minorities, gender, institutional culture, market economy, urbanization, environment, and international relations. No previous knowledge of Chinese culture and language is required. The course is taught in English.