ADVANCED CHINESE: READING AND WRITING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ASIALANG 301 , 379 , placement into ASIALANG 302 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Frgn Lang - 5th + semester language Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and understand main messages and supporting details on selected Chinese reading materials. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Use Chinese (in speaking or writing) to express their opinions, explain complex matters in detail, and provide lengthy and coherent narrations or arguments in response to certain reading materials and writing prompts, all with fluency, accuracy and complexity. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Learn new vocabulary and sentence structures from selected Chinese reading materials. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Learn and practice reading and writing strategies in Chinese. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Search, evaluate and share information from various text sources. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Strengthen intercultural awareness and critical thinking abilities through class discussions, individual projects and group collaborations Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Strengthen research skills, inquiry abilities and academic presentation skills. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Strengthen higher-level writing skills in Chinese, including synthesize scholarly literature, present critical analysis, and writing in a scholarly voice. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and understand main messages and supporting details on selected Chinese reading materials. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Use Chinese (in speaking or writing) to express their opinions, explain complex matters in detail, and provide lengthy and coherent narrations or arguments in response to certain reading materials and writing prompts, all with fluency, accuracy and complexity. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Learn new vocabulary and sentence structures from selected Chinese reading materials. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Learn and practice reading and writing strategies in Chinese. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Search, evaluate and share information from various text sources. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Strengthen intercultural awareness and critical thinking abilities through class discussions, individual projects and group collaborations Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Strengthen research skills, inquiry abilities and academic presentation skills. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Strengthen higher-level writing skills in Chinese, including synthesize scholarly literature, present critical analysis, and writing in a scholarly voice. Audience: Graduate