The following graduate courses are offered through the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. The listing does not constitute a guarantee or contract that any particular course will be offered during a given year. Many courses may be offered to non-majors. Students should check with the department or individual instructors for policies. Sinological Methods Provides training in research methods for graduate work in sinology.
Weekly exercises require students to use standard bibliographic sources and tools.
CHIN 3220 or equivalent. An overview of pedagogical theory and methods for the teaching of an Asian language as a second language, including issues of needs analysis, presentation, interaction, and evaluation. History of the Chinese Language Study of the evolution of the Chinese language from its hypothetical origins to its contemporary form. Highlights Chinese linguistic scholarship in relation to historical reconstruction of the earliest forms of Chinese. Chinese Sociolinguistics A survey of past achievements and current research concerns of Chinese sociolinguistics in areas such as speech varieties, language behavior and attitude, linguistic content and change, as well as guiding theories and central fieldwork methods.