Program in Chinese Studies

It is necessary for all students who have not taken any Chinese Studies language courses at UCSD, but who wish to take Chinese language courses, to take a quick, oral assessment test with one of our instructors. Please refer to the following section for information regarding placement tests.

WHEN:          

PLACEMENT TESTS FOR SPRING 2008 WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS OF EACH WEEK UNTIL TENTH WEEK OF WINTER QUARTER. AFTER THAT, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SPRING QUARTER.

WHERE:         

PLACEMENT TESTS FOR STUDENTS WILL BE SEPARATED INTO DIFFERENT TRACKS DEPENDING ON THE STUDENTS’ BACKGROUND.

A TRACK – FOR STUDENTS WITH NO CHINESE LANGUAGE BACKGROUND, OR FOR NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS WHO HAVE TAKEN CHINESE PREVIOUSLY. PLEASE PROCEED TO HSS 3071 TO SEE PROFESSOR QIN-HONG ANDERSON OR PROFESSOR PEI-CHIA CHEN.

B TRACK – FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NATIVE SPEAKERS OF MANDARIN CHINESE IN THEIR HOMES. PLEASE PROCEED TO HSS 3067 TO SEE PROFESSOR QIAN HE OR HSS 4071 TO SEE PROFESSOR XIAO WANG

C TRACK – FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE A LANGUAGE BACKGROUND IN A DIALECT OF CHINESE OTHER THAN MANDARIN. PLEASE PROCEED TO HSS 3085 TO SEE PROFESSOR KUO OR HSS 3056 TO SEE PROFESSOR SAMUEL CHA.

PROCESS:         

1) OBTAIN STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET FROM  INSTRUCTOR OR FROM HSS 3016.

2) COMPLETE STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET. FILL OUT ALL CONTACT INFORMATION, INCLUDING YOUR PID.

3) PROCEED TO INSTRUCTOR’S OFFICE FOR PLACEMENT TEST.

4) HAVE INSTRUCTOR INDICATE WHICH CLASS YOU HAVE BEEN PLACED TO ON THE STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET.

5) RETURN STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET TO HSS 3016.

Note: Not every course is available every year. For the posted updated list of approved courses in any given quarter, please contact the Chinese Studies Program Coordinator. Students may petition other courses, including independent study and Education Abroad Program courses when appropriate.

ANTHROPOLOGY

ANRG 170 Traditional Chinese Society 4 units

ANRG 173 Chinese Popular Religion 4 units

CHINESE STUDIES

CHIN 11-12-13 First Year Chinese 5 units per quarter

CHIN 21-22-23 Second Year Chinese 4 units per quarter

CHIN 121-122-123 Third Year Chinese  4 units per quarter

CHIN 111-112-113 Fourth Year Chinese 4 units per quarter

CHIN 160/260 Late Imperial and 20^th Century Chinese Historical Texts 4 units

CHIN 165  Business Chinese 4 units per quarter

CHIN 170 History of Science in China 4 units

CHIN 181 Introduction to Classical Chinese 4 units per quarter

CHIN 182 Intermediate Classical Chinese 4 units per quarter

CHIN 185 Readings in Chinese Culture and Society 4 units

CHIN 186 Readings in Chinese Economics, Politics, and Trade. 4 units per quarter

CHIN 196 Directed Thesis Research 4 units

CHIN 198 Directed Group Study in Chinese Studies 2 or 4 units

CHIN 199 Independent Study in Chinese Studies 2 or 4 units

HISTORY

HILD 10 East Asia: The Great Traditions 4 units

HILD 11 East Asia and the West 4 units

HILD 12 20^th Century East Asia 4 units

HIEA 119 Religion and Popular Culture in East Asia (cross-listed as SOC/B 162R) 4 units

HIEA 120 Classical Chinese Philosophy and Culture 4 units

HIEA 121 Medieval Chinese Culture and Society 4 units

HIEA 122 Late Imperial Chinese Culture and Society 4 units

HIEA 124 Science in China and the West from Ancient Times to the 17^th Century 4 units

HIEA 125 Women and Gender in East Asia 4 units

HIEA 126 The Silk Road in Chinese and Japanese History 4 units

HIEA 127 History of Medicine in China 4 units

HIEA 128 History of Material Culture in China 4 units

HIEA 130 History of the Modern Chinese Revolution: 1800-1911 4 units

HIEA 131 History of the Modern Chinese Revolution: 1911-1949 4 units

HIEA 132 History of the People’s Republic of China 4 units

HIEA 133 Cultural History: Twentieth Century China 4 units

HIEA 134  History of Thought and Religion in China: Confucianism 4 units

HIEA 135  History of Thought and Religion in China:  Buddhism 4 units

HIEA 136  History of Thought and Religion in China:  Daoism 4 units

HIEA 137  Women and Family in Chinese History 4 units

HIEA 162/262 History of Women in China 4 units

HIEA 164/264 Seminar in Late Imperial Chinese History 4 units

HIEA 165/265 History of Material Culture in China 4 units

HIEA 167/267 Special Topics in Modern Chinese History 4 units

HIEA 168/268 Special Topics in Classical and Medieval Chinese History 4 units

HIEA 170/270 Colloquium on Science, Technology, and Medicine in China 4 units

HITO 102 History of Daoism in China 4 units

Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies

IRGN 400 International Relations of Asia-Pacific 4 units

IRGN 404 Chinese Politics 4 units

IRGN 461 Doing Business in China 4 units

IRGN 486 Economic and Social Development of China 4 units

LITERATURE

LTCH 101 Readings in Contemporary Chinese Literature 4 units

LTEA 100A Classical Chinese Poetry in Translation 4 units

LTEA 100B Modern Chinese Poetry in Translation 4 units

LTEA 100C Contemporary Chinese Poetry in Translation 4 units

LTEA 110A Classical Chinese Fiction in Translation 4 units

LTEA 110B Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation 4 units

LTEA 110C Contemporary Chinese Fiction in Translation 4 units

LTEA 120A Chinese Films 4 units

LTEA 120B Taiwan Films 4 units

LTEA 120C Hong Kong Films 4 units:

LTEA 120D Filming Chinese Literature 4 units

LTWL 113 Intercultural Writing: Chinese 4 units

LTWL 176 Literature and Ideas: Taoism (Course subject matter must be Taoism) 4 units

MUSIC

MUS 13AS World Music/Asia and Oceania (Course must be on China) 4 units

MUS 107 Critical Studies Seminar: Nature and the Environment in Chinese Music 4 units

MUS 111 Topics/World Music Traditions (Course must be on China) 4 units

POLITICAL SCIENCE

POLI 113B Chinese and Japanese Political Thought 4 units

POLI 113C Chinese and Japanese Political Thought (II) 4 units

POLI 130B Politics in the People’s Republic of China 4 units

POLI 131C The Chinese Revolution 4 units

POLI 132C Political Development and Modern China 4 units

SOCIOLOGY

SOC/D 188B Chinese Society 4 units

SOC/D 189 Special Topics in Comparative Historical Sociology 4 units

THIRD WORLD STUDIES

TWS 23 Third World Literatures: Chinese Literature 4 units

VISUAL ARTS

VIS 105D Aesthetics of Chinese Calligraphy 4 units

VIS 105E Chinese Calligraphy as Installation 4 units

VIS 129DN Special Problems in Non-Western Art History (course must be on China) 4 units