Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2003
Chinese (CHIN)

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CHIN 101   INTRODUCTORY CHINESE I                   Credits 5.00  Fall 03
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 121 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Yeh, Meng                 Enr: 20 Max: NA
002 RH 121 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      Yeh, Meng                 Enr: 14 Max: NA

CHIN 201   ELEMENTARY CHINESE I                     Credits 5.00  Fall 03
* 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- Chin 102, placement test, or permission of instructor.
001 RH 106 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      McArthur, Charles Marshal Enr: 8 Max: 0
002 RH 204 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM      McArthur, Charles Marshal Enr: 8 Max: NA

CHIN 211   ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY CHINESE I         Credits 4.00  Fall 03
* 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.
Prereq- Placement test or permission of instructor.
001 RH 204 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      McArthur, Charles Marshal Enr: 13 Max: 0

CHIN 301   INTERMEDIATE CHINESE  I                  Credits 4.00  Fall 03
* 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
301, students will be able to write approximately 550 characters and be able to
perform communicative tasks appropriate to this range of characters.
Prereq- CHIN 202, placement test, or permission of instructor.
001 RH 205 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      Chen, Lilly C.            Enr: 14 Max: 0

CHIN 311   ACCELERATED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE         Credits 4.00  Fall 03
* 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, placement test, or  permission of the instructor
001 RH 106 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      Shen, Chao-Mei            Enr: 14 Max: 0
002 SH 303 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Shen, Chao-Mei            Enr: 10 Max: NA

CHIN 313   ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE: MEDIA CHI Credits 3.00  Fall 03
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, placement test, or permission of instructor
001 RH 205 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM      Shen, Chao-Mei            Enr: 6 Max: NA

CHIN 321   STRUCTURE OF CHINESE: SYNTAX & SEMANTICS Credits 3.00  Fall 03
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 RH 106 - M 03:00PM - 05:00PM        Chen, Lilly C.            Enr: 6 Max: 0

CHIN 332   CHINESE FILMS & MODERN CHINESE LITERATUR Credits 3.00  Fall 03
Exploration of modern Chinese literature though the visual imagery of Chinese
films.  Includes an analysis using literary history and narrative structure to
link film adaptations to their original texts in Chinese fiction, with emphasis
on narratology and movie theory.
Films, subtitled in English, shown outside of
 class.  All reading in English translation.  No previous knowledge of Chinese
literature or language required. Also offered as ASIA 332.
001 RH 106 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM      Qian, Nanxiu              Enr: 2 Max: NA

CHIN 335   INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL CHINESE NOVELS Credits 3.00  Fall 03
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 335.
001 RH 304 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Qian, Nanxiu              Enr: 0 Max: NA

CHIN 399   CHINESE TEACHING PRACTICUM               Credits   Fall 03
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: 10 Max: 0

CHIN 411   ADVANCED CHINESE I                       Credits 3.00  Fall 03
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 304 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM      Chen, Lilly C.            Enr: 8 Max: 0