Autumn 2015 Language Courses

Chinese

CHINESE 1101.01 - 0100   Level One Chinese I: Classroom Track
Mandarin Chinese spoken communication and writing system. Classroom Track. Closed to native speakers of this language, or to students with 3 or more years of study in this language in high school.
CHINESE 1101.51 - 0100   Level One Chinese I: Individualized Track
Mandarin Chinese spoken communication and writing system.  Individualized Track. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with a demonstrated proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement. Closed to native speakers of this language, or to students with 3 or more years of study in this language in high school.
CHINESE 1102.51 - 0100   Level One Chinese II: Individualized Track
Continuation of 1101.51. Individualized Track. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with a demonstrated proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement. Closed to native speakers of this language, or to students with 3 or more years of study in this language in high school.
CHINESE 1103.01 - 0100   Level Two Chinese I: Classroom Track
Mandarin Chinese second level spoken communication, development of reading skills, and written composition. Classroom Track. Closed to native speakers of this language, or to students with 3 or more years of study in this language in high school.
CHINESE 1103.51 - 0100   Level Two Chinese I: Individualized Track
Mandarin Chinese second level spoken communication, development of reading skills, and written composition. Individualized Track. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with a demonstrated proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement. Closed to native speakers of this language, or to students with 3 or more years of study in this language in high school.
CHINESE 2141.01 - 0100   Intensive Level Two Chinese-Oral: Classroom Track
First course in the sequence of intensive intermediate Chinese language courses focusing on speaking and listening. Closed to native speakers of this language, or to students with 3 or more years of study in this language in high school.
CHINESE 2151.01 - 0100   Intensive Level Two Chinese-Written: Classroom Track
First in the sequence of intensive intermediate Chinese language courses focusing on written Chinese.  Classroom track.  
CHINESE 2151.51 - 0100   Intensive Level Two Chinese-Written: Individualized Track
First in the sequence of intensive intermediate Chinese language courses focusing on written Chinese.  Individualized track.  Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with a demonstrated proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement. Closed to native speakers of this language, or to students with 3 or more years of study in this language in high school.
CHINESE 4101 - 0100   Level Three Chinese I
Continued study of spoken communication, reading Chinese publications, and development of written composition.  
CHINESE 4152.51 - 0100   Intensive Level Three Chinese-Written: Individualized Track
Continuation of 2151.51. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with a demonstrated proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement.
CHINESE 5101.51 - 0100   Level Four Chinese I: Individualized Track
Level Four Chinese; continuation of 4102, or 4142 and 4152.  Individualized Track. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with a demonstrated proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement.
CHINESE 5102.51 - 0100   Level Four Chinese II: Individualized Track
Level Four Chinese: continuation of 5101.51. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with a demonstrated proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement.
CHINESE 5103 - 0100   Level Five Chinese I
Level five Chinese first semester. Immersion in all four skills using the novel and TV series "Spring Grass" by Qiu Shanshan. Covers 1st half of book and TV series. Focuses on oral narration skills. Chinese only.
CHINESE 5111 - 0100   Classical Chinese I
Analysis of selected texts in classical Chinese from pre-Qin times.
CHINESE 6998 - 0100   Research in Chinese: Project
Research leading to the completion of a project other than a conventional MA thesis.
CHINESE 6999 - 0100   Research in Chinese: Thesis
Research leading to the completion of an MA thesis.
CHINESE 7617 - 0100   Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Media
Level six Chinese. Developing familiarity with major contemporary Chinese media and the ability to analyze chosen topics from a specific medium. Chinese only.
CHINESE 7655 - 0100   Language in China
Level six Chinese. Language issues in China, including language variation, writing systems, minority languages, and Chinese language issues in the information age. Chinese only.
CHINESE 7660 - 0100   Interpersonal Relations and Professional Networking
Level six Chinese. Exploration of assumptions and expectations motivating behaviors in Chinese and American cultures when developing interpersonal relations and professional networks.

Japanese

JAPANSE 1101.01 - 0100   Level One Japanese I: Classroom Track
Standard Japanese at the elementary level, with emphasis on building & applying basic language knowledge in doing things in Japanese; exercises in oral interactions & interactions involving text; introduction to the Japanese writing system. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credits, or to students with 3 or more years of study in this language.
JAPANSE 1101.51 - 0100   Level One Japanese I: Individualized Track
Japanese at elem level, emphasis on building & applying basic lang knowledge in doing things in Japanese; exercises in oral interactions, involving text; intro to writing system. Progress is seq from 1 cr hr to next with prof at 80% req'd for advance.
JAPANSE 1102.51 - 0100   Level One Japanese II: Individualized Track
Continuation of 1101.01, 1101.02, or 4 credits of 1101.51. Individualized. Students complete from 1 to 4 units during the semester. Progress is sequential from one unit to the next with proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement.
JAPANSE 1103.01 - 0100   Level Two Japanese I: Classroom Track
Continuation of 1102.01, 1102.02, or 4 credits of 1101.51; expanding oral and written communicative strategy building. Students must complete 4 units during the semester. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.
JAPANSE 1103.51 - 0100   Level Two Japanese I: Individualized Track
Continuation of 1102.01, 1102.02, or 4 credits of 1102.51. Individualized. Students complete from 1 to 4 units during the semester. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.
JAPANSE 2141 - 0100   Intensive Level Two Japanese-Oral
First course in the sequence of academic-year intensive Japanese courses; organized around a set of videotaped core conversations.
JAPANSE 2151 - 0100   Intensive Level Two Japanese-Written
Second course in the sequence of academic year intensive Japanese courses; organized around reading Japanese and a series of genre-specific samples of Japanese as it is written today.
JAPANSE 4101 - 0100   Level Three Japanese I
Expansion of strategies for communication through oral and textual media.
JAPANSE 5101.01 - 0100   Level Four Japanese I: Classroom Track
Continuation of 4102.01 or 4142/4152 with an increasing emphasis on presentation mode of communication. Students must complete 3 units during the semester.
JAPANSE 5103.51 - 0100   Level Five Japanese I: Individualized Track
Continuation of 5102.01 or 5102.02, with an increasing emphasis on presentation mode of communication. Individualized Track. Students complete from 1 to 3 units during the semester.
JAPANSE 5111 - 0100   Classical Japanese I
Develops familiarity with traditional Japanese and Western grammatical concepts, categories, functions, and reference tools for reading early Japanese, in close reading of selected primary texts and linguistic analysis.
JAPANSE 5315 - 0100   Japanese Language: Structure, Culture, and Communication I
Critical and comprehensive survey of structural, cultural, and communicative aspects of the Japanese language. Taught in English.

Korean

KOREAN 1101.01 - 0100   Level One Korean I: Classroom Track
Standard modern Korean: development of listening and speaking skills; basic grammar; reading and writing of the Korean script (hangul). Classroom Track. Not open to native speakers or students with 3+ years at high school level.
KOREAN 1101.51 - 0100   Level One Korean I: Individualized Instruction
Standard modern Korean: development of listening and speaking skills; basic grammar; reading and writing of the Korean script (hangul). Individualized Track.
KOREAN 1102.51 - 0100   Level One Korean II: Individualized Instruction
Continuation of 1101. Individualized Track. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with a demonstrated proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement.
KOREAN 1103.01 - 0200   Level Two Korean I: Classroom Track
Modern Korean intermediate level spoken communication, development of reading skills, and written composition. Classroom Track. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.
KOREAN 1103.51 - 0100   Level Two Korean I: Individualized Track
Modern Korean intermediate level spoken communication, development of reading skills, and written composition. Individualized Track.
KOREAN 2102.51 - 0100   Level Two Korean II: Individualized Track
Continuation of 1103.01/1103.51.
KOREAN 4101.01 - 0100   Level Three Korean I: Classroom Track
Expanding oral and written proficiency in Korean; expansion of vocabulary and knowledge of Chinese characters. Classroom Track.
KOREAN 4101.51 - 0100   Level Three Korean I: Individualized Track
Expanding oral and written proficiency in Korean; expansion of vocabulary and knowledge of Chinese characters. Individualized Track. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with a proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement.
KOREAN 4102.51 - 0100   Level Three Korean II: Individualized Track
Continuation of 4101. Individualized Track. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to the next with a demonstrated proficiency at the level of 80% required for advancement.
KOREAN 5101 - 0100   Level Four Korean I
Level Four Korean; development of integrated language skills at an advanced level, formal and informal communication, and discussion of contemporary social issues.

Uzbek

UZBEK 1101 - 10   Elementary Uzbek I
Introduction to Uzbek language; development of listening, reading, speaking and writing skills.
UZBEK 1103 - 10   Intermediate Uzbek I
Continued study of Uzbek Language, with appropriate cultural background; further development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. Not open to native speakers.