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Course Offerings 2023-2024

 

Please find a complete listing of all approved Chinese language and non-language courses in the UC San Diego Catalog. Not all courses listed in the catalog are offered every quarter, so the courses listed below are the ones offered in the current quarter.

Chinese Language Courses (full year 2023-2024)

Chinese Language Sequences Courses 2023-2024

 

CHIN Course Titles Fall  Winter  Spring 
First Year Chinese Language
1st Yr. Chinese for Dialect Speakers CHIN 10AD CHIN 10BD CHIN 10CD
1st Yr. Chinese for Mandarin Speakers CHIN 10AM CHIN 10BM CHIN 10CM
1st Yr. Chinese for Non-Natives CHIN 10AN CHIN 10BN CHIN 10CN
Second Year Chinese Language
2nd Yr. Chinese for Dialect Speakers CHIN 20AD CHIN 20BD CHIN 20CD
2nd Yr. Chinese for Mandarin Speakers CHIN 20AM Switch to CHIN 20BD Switch to CHIN 20CD
2nd Yr. Chinese for Non-Natives CHIN 20AN CHIN 20BN CHIN 20CN
Third Year Chinese Language
3rd Yr. Chinese for Heritage Speakers CHIN 100AM CHIN 100BM CHIN 100CM
3rd Yr. Chinese for Non-Natives CHIN 100AN CHIN 100BN CHIN 100CN
Upper-Division Chinese Language
Business Chinese -- --               --
Medical Chinese -- CHIN 169A CHIN 169B
Readings in Chinese Culture and Society CHIN 185A --
Classical Chinese
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 CHIN 182A

 

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Upper Division Language Course Progression

 

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Chinese Studies offers a variety of upper division courses for advanced levels. These courses vary in difficulty level but do not need to be taken in sequence, so this table explains the recommended progression through these courses. 

  1.  CHIN 100 Third Year Chinese series. Completing this series is a prerequisite for taking the more advanced content-based courses.
  2. After completing the CHIN 100 series, we recommend that you take CHIN 185A/B Readings in Culture and Society and/or CHIN 165A Business Chinese in any order. You will be able to enroll in these courses without requesting approval if you have completed the CHIN 100 series. If you place into upper division for your first UCSD Chinese course, or if you are taking Chinese courses for GE or other major requirements, we recommend that you take at least one of these courses before the more advanced courses.
  3. The most advanced level courses that we offer are CHIN 169A/B Medical Chinese and CHIN 182A Classical Chinese. It is recommended, but not required, that students take CHIN 185 Readings or CHIN 165 Business  before taking any of these. However, if you are only interested in taking CHIN 169 Medical Chinese or CHIN 182 Classical Chinese after completing the 100 level series, you can contact the course instructor directly for approval to enroll. If you are placed into one of these courses for your first UCSD Chinese course, please discuss your plan with the program advisor at chinesestudies@ucsd.edu to make sure you will be able to complete the number of courses you are interested in or need for GE/major requirements based on program course offerings. 

Spring 2024 Non Language Courses

ANSC 137. Chinese Popular Religion 

GPIM 461. Doing Business in China

HIEA 132. Mao’s China, 1949–1976

LTCH 101. Readings in Contemporary Chinese Literature

LTEA 110B. Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation

LTEA 120A. Chinese Films

LTEA 120C. Hong Kong Films

POLI 131CR. The Chinese Revolution

HILD 12. Twentieth-Century East Asia (*lower division, only for minor)

HITO 87 C00 First Year Seminar: Shanghai Women Factory Workers Pre-1949 (1 unit; cannot replace 4-unit course toward major/minor)

Winter 2024 Non Language Courses

HILD 11. East Asia and the West (*lower division, fulfills minor requirements, not major)

HIEA 124. Life in Ming China (1369–1644)

HIEA 138. Women and the Chinese Revolution

POLI 113BR. Chinese and Japanese Political Thought I

GPEC 486. Economic and Social Development of China (contact GPS for permission to enroll)

GPPS 407. IR/National Security of China ((contact GPS for permission to enroll)

Fall 2023 Non Language Courses

HIEA 171. Society and Culture/Pre-modern China** colloquium course required for majors. To request permission to enroll, please email professor for the okay-then please forward that email to historyundergrad@ucsd.edu.

HIEA 137. Women and Family in Chinese History

LTEA 110C. Contemporary Chinese Fiction in Translation

LTEA 120B. Taiwan Films

GPPS 400. International Relations of Asia-Pacific

GPPS 403. Chinese Security, Technology, and Innovation

GPPS 404. Chinese Politics

GPPS 476. Chinese Sources and Methods (with prerequisite)

HILD 10. East Asia: The Great Tradition (Lower Division: for minors only)

Previous Course Offerings

Chinese Language Courses 2022-2023

Chinese Language Courses 2022-2023

 

CHIN Course Titles Fall  Winter  Spring 
First Year Chinese Language
1st Yr. Chinese for Dialect Speakers CHIN 10AD CHIN 10BD CHIN 10CD
1st Yr. Chinese for Mandarin Speakers CHIN 10AM CHIN 10BM CHIN 10CM
1st Yr. Chinese for Non-Natives CHIN 10AN CHIN 10BN CHIN 10CN
Second Year Chinese Language
2nd Yr. Chinese for Dialect Speakers CHIN 20AD CHIN 20BD CHIN 20CD
2nd Yr. Chinese for Mandarin Speakers CHIN 20AM Switch to CHIN 20BD Switch to CHIN 20CD
2nd Yr. Chinese for Non-Natives CHIN 20AN CHIN 20BN CHIN 20CN
Third Year Chinese Language
3rd Yr. Chinese for Heritage Speakers CHIN 100AM CHIN 100BM --
3rd Yr. Chinese for Non-Natives CHIN 100AN CHIN 100BN CHIN 100CN
Upper-Division Chinese Language
Business Chinese -- --               --
Medical Chinese -- CHIN 169A CHIN 169B
Readings in Chinese Culture and Society CHIN 185A -- CHIN 185B
Classical Chinese
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 CHIN 182A

 

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Non Language Courses 2022-2023

Fall 2022 Course Offerings

 

HILD 10. East Asia: The Great Tradition  (*lower division, fulfills minor requirements, not major)

GPPS 404. Chinese Politics

GPPS 476. Chinese Sources and Methods (with prerequisite)

HIEA 137. Women and Family in Chinese History

**HIEA 171. Society and Culture/Pre-modern China** (Colloquium course for Chinese Studies majors. For Departmental approval please email professor for permission then forward that email to historyundergrad@ucsd.edu.)

LTEA 120A. Chinese Films

VIS 128E Topics/Art History of Asia: Photography and Asia

 

Winter 2023 Course Offerings

 

HILD 11. East Asia and the West (only for the minor-Lower Division)

MUS 13 Worlds of Music (only for the minor-Lower Division)

HIEA 144 Topics in East Asian History: China & Global Econ, 1400-2000* (with petition form)

GPEC 486. Economic and Social Development of China

 

 

Spring 2023 Course Offerings

HILD 12. Twentieth-Century East Asia (minors only- lower division)

ANSC 137. Chinese Popular Religion 

GPIM 461. Doing Business in China

GPPS 403. Chinese Security, Technology, and Innovation

HIEA 131. China in War and Revolution: 1911–1949

HIEA 138. Women and the Chinese Revolution

HIEA 140R. China since 1978

LTEA 110C. Contemporary Chinese Fiction in Translation

LTEA 120B. Taiwan Films

POLI 131CR. The Chinese Revolution

VIS 105E. Chinese Calligraphy as Installation (prerequisite VIS 105D)

MUS 107 Critical Studies Seminar: Music and Politics in East Asia (with petition)

GPPS 400. International Relations of Asia-Pacific

GPPS 407. IR/National Security of China

LIGN 141. Language Structures

LTCH 101. Readings in Contemporary Chinese Literature

POLI 113BR. Chinese and Japanese Political Thought I

VIS 105D. Art Forms and Chinese Calligraphy (prereq VIS 80)

 

Summer 2023 Course Offerings

 

POLI 113BR. Chinese and Japanese Political Thought I (SU1)

VIS 105D. Art Forms and Chinese Calligraphy (VIS 80 is a required prerequisite) (SU1)

POLI 131CR. The Chinese Revolution (SU2)

VIS 127C. Arts of Modern China (SU2)

 

Language course: 

CHIN 169A Medical Chinese (SU1)

Non Language Courses 2021-2022

Summer 2022 Course Offerings

 

CHIN 169A Medical Chinese

HIEA 131. China in War and Revolution: 1911–1949

LTEA 120A. Chinese Films

POLI 113A. East Asian Thought in Comparative Perspective

POLI 113BR Chinese and Japanese Political Thought (I)

VIS 105D. Art Forms and Chinese Calligraphy (Prerequisites: VIS 80)

 

Spring 2022 Course Offerings

 

ANSC 137. Chinese Popular Religion

HILD 12. Twentieth-Century East Asia

HIEA 124. Life in Ming China (1369–1644)

HIEA 140R. China since 1978

HIEA 144. Topics in East Asian History: Chinese history through Things (*with petition)

LTEA 110A. Classical Chinese Fiction in Translation

LTEA 120A. Chinese Films

GPIM 461. Doing Business in China

VIS 105E. Chinese Calligraphy as Installation (VIS 105D is a REQUIRED prerequisite)

VIS 127N. Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan

 

Winter 2022 Course Offerings

 

MUS 107 Music and Politics in East Asia (with petition)

HILD 11. East Asia and the West (LD-only for minors)

HIEA 131. China in War and Revolution: 1911–1949

HIEA 138. Women and the Chinese Revolution

LTCH 101. Readings in Contemporary Chinese Literature

GPEC 486. Economic and Social Development of China

GPPS 400. International Relations of Asia-Pacific

GPPS 407. IR/National Security of China

POLI 131C. The Chinese Revolution 

SOCI 140K. Law and Society in China

VIS 105D. Art Forms and Chinese Calligraphy (with pre-requisite)

 

Fall 2021 Course Offerings

 

History

 

HILD 10. East Asia: The Great Tradition (lower division—minors only)

HIEA 137. Women and Family in Chinese History

HIEA 171. Society and Culture/Pre-modern China ** colloquium course, let students know. Instructions: For Departmental Stamp please email professor for the okay-then please forward that email to historyundergrad@ucsd.edu.

 

Global Policy & Strategy

 

GPPS 403. Chinese Security, Technology, and Innovation

GPPS 404. Chinese Politics

 

Literature

 

LTCH 101. Readings in Contemporary Chinese Literature

LTEA 100B. Modern Chinese Poetry

LTEA 100C. Contemporary Chinese Poetry

LTEA 110C. Contemporary Chinese Fiction in Translation

LTEA 120B. Taiwan Films

LTWR 113. Intercultural Writing: Chinese (ask Prof Brandon Som)

 

Visual Arts

 

VIS 127N. Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan