Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
Chinese (CHIN)
Rice Course Schedule as of 11/26/2002.
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CHIN 101 INTRODUCTORY CHINESE I Credits 5.00 Fall 02 For students with no background in Chinese. Introduction to the Pinyin writing system, and emphasis on the fundamental vocabulary and structure of Chinese required for basic conversation. Students will learn to write approximately 100 Chinese characters, and be able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters. Elements of Chinese culture will be introduced through the language. Weekly attendance at the language laboratory and participation in a weekly tutorial are required to receive full credit. 001 RH 205 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Yeh, Meng Enr: 16 Max: 20 002 RH 205 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Yeh, Meng Enr: 14 Max: 20 CHIN 201 ELEMENTARY CHINESE I Credits 5.00 Fall 02 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Continuation of Chinese 102. Increasing emphasis will be paid to cultivating reading and writing skills in Chinese, as related to basic personal needs. The class is conducted primarily in Chinese. Weekly attendance at the language laboratory and participation in a weekly tutorial required to receive full credit. At the completion of 201, students will be able to write approximately 300 Chinese characters, and be able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters. Prereq- Completion of Chin 102 or permission of instructor. 001 RH 310 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM McArthur, Charles Marshal Enr: 10 Max: 0 002 RH 204 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM McArthur, Charles Marshal Enr: 12 Max: NA CHIN 211 ACCELERATED CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits 4.00 Fall 02 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I For students with some background in spoken Chinese but with limited writing ability. 211 introduces the Chinese writing system including the use of Chinese dictionaries, and writing skills necessary for basic personal needs. At the completion of 211, students will be able to write approximately 200 Chinese characters, and be able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters. Reading tasks will also be geared towards this range of characters. 001 SH 207A - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM McArthur, Charles Marshal Enr: 12 Max: 0 CHIN 301 INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I Credits 4.00 Fall 02 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Oral skills cultivated through discussion of narrative texts. Writing skills focused on skills necessary for basic personal needs. At the completion of 302, students will be able to write approximately 550 characters and be able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters. Prereq- completion of CHIN 202 or with instructor approval 001 RH 204 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Chen, Lilly C. Enr: 9 Max: 0 CHIN 311 ACCELERATED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE Credits 4.00 Fall 02 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Emphasis on reading narrative texts, and understanding authentic oral texts. Writing assignments stress skills necessary for basic personal needs and tasks necessary for writing social correspondence. At the completion of 311, students will be able to write approximately 700 Chinese characters, and be able to perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters. Prereq- CHIN 212 or permission of the instructor 001 RH 304 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Shen, Chao-Mei Enr: 18 Max: 0 CHIN 313 ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE: MEDIA CHI Credits 3.00 Fall 02 This course is designed to familiarize students with the language of print and broadcast media, with a focus on news media. Students will learn strategies and tactics applicable to newspaper reading, both skimming Chinese texts for basic content and reading intensively for complete comprehension. Students will also learn essential skills for understanding television/internet and radio broadcasts. Contents for discussion include sociopolitical news, economic news, cultural news, and sports news. Regular writing assignments and task-based activities help reinforce reading and listening abilities. Prereq- CHIN 302 or 311, or permission of instructor. Ability to write approximately 700 characters assumed. 001 RH 123 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Shen, Chao-Mei Enr: 6 Max: NA CHIN 321 STRUCTURE OF CHINESE: SYNTAX & SEMANTICS Credits 3.00 Fall 02 Examination of syntactic and semantic features of Chinese with special attention to contrastive analysis of selected topics of Chinese and English, including expressions of tense and aspect, conditional and counterfactual, word formation (morphology), the notion of syntactic category, etc. Taught in English. Also offered as LING 321. Enrollment is limited to 20. 001 HUM 120 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Chen, Lilly C. Enr: 4 Max: 10 CHIN 335 INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL CHINESE LITERA Credits 3.00 Fall 02 Examination of the basic characteristics of classical Chinese novels, primarily through six important works from the 16th to 18th centuries: Water margin, Monkey, golden Lotus, Scholars, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Dream of the Red Chamber. Also offered as ASIA 355. 001 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max: 0 CHIN 399 CHINESE TEACHING PRACTICUM Credits Fall 02 This course gives students with advanced proficiency in Chinese the opportunity to acquire teaching experience in tutorial format. Regular meetings with supervising faculty member. Enrollment is limited to 20. 001 TBA - TBA Yeh, Meng Enr: 9 Max: 20 CHIN 411 ADVANCED CHINESE I Credits 3.00 Fall 02 This course aims at improving student's reading, writing and speaking skills. Readings are authentic texts: chapters or excerpts from Dream of the Red Chamber, Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian, works by Ba Jin, etc. Compositions and in-depth oral presentations are required. Classroom activities include access to online Chinese news and discussion. Ability to write at least 1000 characters and instructor's permission. 001 RH 205 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Chen, Lilly C. Enr: 10 Max: 0
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