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3.00 Credits
Staff. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 212 or permission of the instructor. This course is designed for students who have completed at least the intermediate level Chinese language course, or have studied the language for at least three years. The objective of this course is to consolidate the knowledge and skills students have acquired from their previous Mandarin Chinese classes and to enhance their oral expressive skills. By the end of the semester, students are expected to be able to carry on a conversation with a native Mandarin speaker on various common topics, and to gather information necessary for conducting oral presentations and speeches.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 371 or permission of the instructor. Following the format of Advanced Spoken Mandarin I with more discussions on current issues in China, including topics about education, society, politics, culture, and history. The objective of this course is to consolidate the knowledge and skills students have acquired from their previous Mandarin Chinese classes and to enhance their oral expressive skills. By the end of the semester, students are expected to be able to carry on a conversation with a native Mandarin speaker on various common topics, and to gather information necessary for conducting oral presentations and speeches.
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3.00 Credits
Wang. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 232, 312 or permission of the instructor. This course is aimed to enhance students' language skills in a business context and to promote their understanding about business environment and culture in contemporary China. The text is developed from real business cases from real multinational companies that have successfully embarked on the Chinese market. The forms of classes include lectures, drills on vocabulary and sentence patterns, and discussions. Class will be conducted in Chinese. In addition to the course textbook, students will learn to read business news in Chinese selected from Wall Street Journal.
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3.00 Credits
Wang. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 381 or permission of the instructor. This course is the second half our a one-year course for business oriented subjects. This course will provide an overview of China's changing macro-environment, while real business cases let us look into individual Chinese companies and their development in the new millennium. By the end of the semester, students are expected to 1) enhance the cultural awareness of contemporary China and the Chinese business world; 2) gain vocabulary and fluency in Chinese to function more confidently and comfortably in real business settings; 3) access business news and information in Chinese; 4) give business presentation in Chinese.
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3.00 Credits
Dietrich. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 312 or permission of the instructor. This course is designed for students who have completed three years of college level Mandarin classes or equivalent. This course may be used to fulfill language or elective requirement for Chinese major or minor. The objectives of the course are 1) to help students gain an in-depth, multi-faceted and critical understanding of Chinese people, Chinese society and Chinese culture; 2) to facilitate the development of students' advanced reading and writing proficiency; and 3) to develop students' analytical and critical thinking skills. These objectives are achieved primarily through 1) close reading and discussion of original literary texts by 20th -century Chinese writers; and 2) regular writing exercises. Students will also view several Chinese films that are related to the topics of the reading text. The class is to be conducted exclusively in Chinese.
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3.00 Credits
Dietrich. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 312 or permission of the instructor. This course is designed for students who have completed three years of college level Mandarin classes or equivalent. This course may be used to fulfill language or elective requirement for Chinese major or minor. The objectives of the course are 1) to help students gain an in-depth, multi-faceted and critical understanding of Chinese people, Chinese society and Chinese culture; 2) to facilitate the development of students' advanced reading and writing proficiency; and 3) to develop students' analytical and critical thinking skills. These objectives are achieved primarily through 1) close reading and discussion of original literary texts by 20th -century Chinese writers; and 2) regular writing exercises. Students will also view several Chinese films that are related to the topics of the reading text. The class is to be conducted exclusively in Chinese.
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3.00 Credits
Chiang. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 361, 381, 411 or permission of the instructor. The main purpose of this content-based course is to promote advance-level language proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening. Through the use of modern Chinese documents, the secondary purpose of this course is to facilitate your understanding of the changes of Chinese society in the 20th century. Topics will include the Constitution of China, China's legal system, speeches by Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Sun Yet-san and Qiu Jin.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 312 or the equivalent, or permission of the instructor. This course aims to extend students' competence in the spoke language through introduction of more complex conversation topics, authentic audio materials, readings and movies. Emphasis is placed on development of oral skills through discussions on a wide range of current cultural, political and economic agendas.
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3.00 Credits
Chiang. Prerequisite(s): CHIN382 or equivalent or permission of the instructor. May be offered through Penn Language Center. This course builds on skills developed in CHIN382 but draws extensively on original sources. The topics of the reading range from China's foreign trade strategies after entering the World Trade Organization, the impact of China's economic reform on people and society, to controversial topics such as lay-offs, corruptions, and globalization. Special terminology in international trade, management, finance, and economic laws is thus introduced. Most readings are expository essays written in formal or colloquial Chinese. Active participation is expected in class. Students will be assigned to write journals and responding papers.
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3.00 Credits
Chiang. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 481 or permission of the instructor. Follow the format of Advanced Business Chinese I with more readings on business culture in China, Chinese regorms in its financial market, and mergers and acquisitions in China.
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