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Chinese Courses

Language Courses

CHINESE 1100—Elementary Chinese I (6)
Five hours of classroom instruction, with one hour lab work weekly.

CHINESE 1200—Elementary Chinese II (6)
Five hours of classroom instruction, with one hour lab work weekly. Prerequisite: C- or better in CHINSE 1100 or equivalent.

CHINSE 2160—Chinese Conversation and Composition (3)
Prerequisite: C- or better in CHINSE 1200 or equivalent. First semester of 2nd year Chinese.

CHINESE 3160—Chinese Conversation and Composition (3)
Continuation of Chinese 2160. Introduces complex grammatical constructions and extends ability to use those constructions for written and oral communication. Successful completion of course will enable students to communicate in Mandarin Chinese regarding everyday topics, with a vocabulary of just over 1900 words, and about 380 sentence patterns. Prerequisite: C- or better in CHINESE 2160 or equivalent.

CHINESE 3085—Problems in Chinese (1-3)
Supervised study in Chinese language and/or culture. May be taken for a maximum of 6 credits. Prerequisite: instructor’s consent.

Language Course Placement

Students who have no prior knowledge of Chinese will take Chinese 1100. Students who have studied Chinese at another university or college, will typically be placed according to the number of credits earned at the previous institution. For students whose credits would put them between classes at MU, and for students who earned Chinese credit in high school, a placement test will likely be necessary. Please see the Chinese Program Coordinator for more information.

Heritage Speakers

University policy does not allow native speakers to earn credit for introductory foreign language classes (i.e. Chinese 1100 and 1200). Heritage speakers who may have grown up in the U.S., speak Chinese at home, but cannot read and write, are also not permitted to take Chinese 1100 as it is a course reserved for beginners with no prior knowledge of both written and oral Chinese. Heritage speakers who are interested in furthering their ability to read and write Chinese should meet with the Chinese Program Coordinator to determine their options for learning Chinese at MU.

Culture Courses

CHINESE 2001—Undergraduate Topics in Chinese-General (1-3)
Organized study of selected topics. Subjects and credits may vary from semester to semester. No knowledge of Chinese required. No language credit.

CHINESE 2005—Undergraduate Topics in Chinese - Humanities (1-3)
Organized study of selected topics. Subjects and credits may vary from semester to semester. No knowledge of Chinese required. No language credit.

CHINESE 2310—Chinese Civilization I (3)
Survey of Chinese culture and arts. No knowledge of Chinese is required. No foreign language credit.

CHINESE 3880 Contemporary Chinese Film & Society (3)
Introduces development of 20th c. Chinese film and popular genres, including review of earlier times. Explores how present day Chinese understand their own history, and issues they face in drive toward modernization in a global context.

photo: Calligraphy Class, Nanchong;
see Deyang Study Abroad Program