Course	CHI 106 Intensive Chinese
Professor	Li-Hua Ying
CRN	16127
Schedule	T W Th F 2:30 -4:30 pm OLINLC 208
Distribution	OLD: B/D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, & Culture

Cross-listed: Asian Studies

This course is intended for students who have completed Beginning Chinese 101, and for those who have had the equivalent of one semester’s Beginning Chinese at another institution. We will continue to focus on both the oral and written aspects of the language. Regular work in the language lab and private drill sessions with the tutor are required. An 8-week summer immersion program in Qingdao, China will follow this course. Upon successful completion of the summer program, the students will receive six credits. (Financial aid is available for qualified students to cover part of the cost of the summer program. See Prof. Ying for details.) On-line

Course	CHI 202 Intermediate Chinese II
Professor	Jian Xu
CRN	16272
Schedule	Tu Th 2:30 -3:50 pm OLINLC 210
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, & Culture

Cross-listed: Asian Studies

This course continues Intermediate Chinese I, and is for students who have taken one and a half years of basic Chinese, and who want to expand reading and speaking capacity and to enrich cultural experiences. We will use audio and video materials, emphasize communicative activities and language games, and stress the learning of both receptive and productive skills. In addition to the central language textbook, other texts will be selected from newspapers, journals, and fictional works. Conducted in Chinese. On-line

Course	CHI 302 Advanced Chinese II
Professor	Jian Xu
CRN	16273
Schedule	Tu Th 4:00 -5:20 pm OLINLC 210
Distribution	OLD: B/D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, & Culture

Cross-listed: Asian Studies

An advanced language course that involves close readings of short stories by Lu Xun. While focusing primarily in the linguistic features of these texts, we will also attempt to seek Lu Xun’s “modernity” through Chinese roots, addressing issues such as social commitment and artistic expression. Conducted in Chinese. On-line

Course	CHI 315 Chinese Calligraphy
Professor	Li-Hua Ying
CRN	16130
Schedule	Fr 10:00 - 12:20 pm OLIN 205
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, & Culture

Cross-listed: Asian Studies

This course introduces the East Asian art of calligraphy—“shufa” in Chinese and “shodo” in Japanese. Long regarded as the highest form of art in East Asia, calligraphy lends itself to painting and poetry. Together they form the so-called “three perfections” in the literati tradition. We will study the aesthetic principles that connect the three aesthetic forms. Considerable time will be devoted to discussing the philosophical traditions of Taoism, Zen Buddhism and Confucianism. The emphasis of this course, however, is on learning the techniques of writing with the brush and developing individual styles of each student. One term paper and daily calligraphy projects. On-line