Students who have alreday taken ART 113 on-campus, please see CIE stafff for an alternate course registration. Introduction to the basic elements of the Chinese language. Practice in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing, including work with grammar, pronounciation, and culture. Courses offered for 3 or 4 credits only. Review and continued study of grammar, together with additional training in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing .
Course emphasizes culture and civilization.
Satisfactory completion of this course fulfills the core foreign langauge proficiency. Course offered for 3 or 4 credits only. An introduction to Chinese literature including some short stories, poetry, and drama with attention to the historical and social context and setting. The course will use a comparative approach whenever possible. The senior seminar goal is to develop in students the ability to make good moral judgments.