An introduction to Mandarin Chinese, this course offers an integrated approach to basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Class work is supplemented by laboratory periods that include engagement with native language via multimedia sources. Discussion of a graded series of cultural topics promotes students understanding of Chinese life and society and aids language learning. The class will meet three days plus two laboratory periods per week. Please note that this course is NOT appropriate for native speakers of Mandarin.

An introduction to Mandarin Chinese, this course offers an integrated approach to basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Class work is supplemented by laboratory periods that include engagement with native language via multimedia sources. Discussion of a graded series of cultural topics promotes students understanding of Chinese life and society and aids language learning. The class will meet three days plus two laboratory periods per week. Please note that this course is NOT appropriate for native speakers of Mandarin.

The intensive study of a selected author, movement, genre, or theme. Prerequisite: CHN 303, 304.

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student allowing the student to study a topic of interest that is presently not offered at WC.

This course reviews and builds upon language skills acquired in the introductory course to Mandarin Chinese. It offers an integrated approach to basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The class meets three days per week, plus a laboratory period. The laboratory includes engagement with native language via multimedia sources. Graded readings on topics related to Chinese life and society serve as an aid to language learning and provide an introduction to Chinese culture.

This course reviews and builds upon language skills acquired in the introductory course to Mandarin Chinese. It offers an integrated approach to basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The class meets three days per week, plus a laboratory period. The laboratory includes engagement with native language via multimedia sources. Graded readings on topics related to Chinese life and society serve as an aid to language learning and provide an introduction to Chinese culture.

The intensive study of a selected author, movement, genre, or theme. Prerequisite: CHN 303, 304.

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student allowing the student to study a topic of interest that is presently not offered at WC.

Taught in English. China is a growing producer of and market for the world's films. Chinese cinematography has a long and distinguished history. This course examines that history and how the current state of Chinese film has come to be. The content units deal with several broad topics rooted in some of the fundamental issues of any of the humanistic arts. The overall theme of the course is the tension between Chinese identity and commercial success. Students also explore the creation of proscriptive types in gender and ethnicity, the intersection between politics and film, Globalization and modernity, and the applicability of western theory to the analysis of Chinese film. In addition to regular class periods, there is one mandatory film screening per week which will be listed as an accompanying lab.

This tutorial continues the development of specific listening, speaking, reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in the target language while majors pursue their language-immersion study abroad program. Students create a portfolio remotely with frequent consultation and feedback from a faculty advisor. The study abroad portfolio is assessed for progress in the student's language learning skills and personal development.

The intensive study of a selected author, movement, genre, or theme. Prerequisite: CHN 303, 304.

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student allowing the student to study a topic of interest that is presently not offered at WC.

The intensive study of a selected author, movement, genre, or theme. Prerequisite: CHN 303, 304.

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student allowing the student to study a topic of interest that is presently not offered at WC.