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CHIN 001 Elementary Chinese
This is a beginning course for students with little or no Chinese foundation. It teaches speaking, listening, reading and writing abilities with an emphasis on everyday spoken language. The class will be conducted with a communicative approach with many interactions between students and the instructor. Reading and writing abilities will be cultivated largely through homework. By the end of the second academic year (four semesters), you will have been introduced to most of the important grammatical structures of spoken Chinese.

CHIN 002 Elementary Chinese
This is a continuation of CHIN001. It teaches speaking, listening, reading and writing abilities with an emphasis on everyday spoken language. The class will be conducted with a communicative approach with many interactions between students and the instructor. Reading and writing abilities will be cultivated largely through homework. By the end of the second academic year (four semesters), you will have been introduced to most of the important grammatical structures of spoken Chinese.
CHIN 003 Intermediate Chinese
This is a continuation of Chinese 002. It cultivates the integrated abilities of speaking, listening, reading and writing with an emphasis on everyday spoken Chinese.
Chin 004 Intermediate Chinese
This is a continuation of CHIN 003. It cultivates the integrated abilities of speaking, listening, reading and writing with an emphasis on everyday spoken Chinese.
CHIN 005 Advanced Chinese
This is a continuation of CHIN 004. It cultivates the integrated abilities of speaking, listening, reading and writing with an emphasis on everyday spoken Chinese. By the end of this semester students will have learnt all the major grammatical structures of spoken Chinese.

CHIN 113 Business Chinese I
This class introduces Chinese language related to business practice. The sixteen lessons in the textbook deal with various aspects of a business trip, from the arrival at the airport, registration at the hotel, a formal meeting with the host, the arrangement of a business agenda, primary discussion, a factory visit, price negotiations, delivery and payment and advertising. It familiarizes students with the vocabulary and terminology used in business trips and business transaction in China.

CHIN 114 Business Chinese II
This class is the continuation of CHIN 113. It introduces Chinese language related to business practice. The sixteen lessons in the textbook deal with various aspects of a business trip, from the arrival at the airport, registration at the hotel, a formal meeting with the host, the arrangement of a business agenda, primary discussion, a factory visit, price negotiations, delivery and payment and advertising. It familiarizes students with the vocabulary and terminology used in business trips and business transaction in China.

LIT 86 The Chinese Novel: Dream of the Red Chamber
This course explores the social and intellectual life of traditional China through the medium of a 120-chapter novel known variously as Dream of the Red chamber and Story of the Stone. Conceived and substantially completed by Cao Xueqin (c. 1724-64), the novel is considered the greatest masterpiece of traditional Chinese fiction. The Dream's comprehensive scope includes characters of almost every profession: maids-in-waiting, stewards, gardeners, cooks, nuns, actors, officials, members of imperial family, gamblers, pirates, prostitutes, etc. It provides a mine of information on almost every aspect of traditional Chinese social practice and culture. The course starts with an introduction of the basic values of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, thus laying out a philosophical foundation and framework for the discussion of the novel. It then introduces the author's life and his times to set a historical context for discussion. Throughout the course students will be vigorously urged to participate in class discussion when we explore the social, cultural and philosophical significance of the narrative. During the second part of the semester, students will be required to read criticism on this novel and take turns in reporting to the class the insights in these works. Written from diverse perspective these critical works will not only enrich students' reading experience, but will also acquaint them with various theories in literary criticism and social science, such as that of feminism, intertexuality, readers' response, pasture, autobiography and allegory. LIT 87 Modern Chinese Literature
This course explores 20th century China through selected literature and films with a focus on the continuity and discontinuity of traditional values in Chinese life under the influence of Western ideology. Class discussion will concentrate on the relationship between the individual and society, gender identity, shifts of economic structure, changes of ideology, and cultural-philosophical issues. Readings are all in English translation by major modern Chinese writers. While tracing the development of Chinese literature, this course explores diverse aspects of modern Chinese culture and society. Active participation in class discussion is expected.

LIT 88 Self and Society in Chinese Literature
This course explores the concept of self in relation to society in Chinese literature from Confucius to the post-Mao era. How does ideology mold individual identity in the successive phases of Chinese cultural history? How does self react against conventions? How do writers resolve their dual allegiance both to self and society during transitional periods when aging conventions, individual conscience and nascent ideology compete for one's loyalty? Questions such as these will be discussed from cultural and social perspectives with a focus on human identity, gender construction and power relation. Incorporating major works by some of the most celebrated Chinese writers, the course also serves as an introduction to Chinese literature and culture. Students are expected to carefully read all assignments and actively participate in class discussion.

ASST 011 Introduction to Chinese Culture
This course explores various aspects of Chinese culture with a focus on its basic values that guide Chinese behavior, formulate Chinese conventions, and constitute the essence of Chinese thinking. While course materials cover history, religion, literature, theater, art, language and calligraphy to give students a bird's eye view of Chinese culture, all these sub-disciplines function like mirrors to reflect basic Chinese values, which lie at the core of our class discussion. The course winds up with an East-West comparison, using Western culture as a foil to set off Chinese values. It prepares students for further inquires into Chinese studies, Asian studies and cross-cultural comparative studies. For students of law, business and other branches of social sciences and humanities the course provides valuable knowledge for their future career.