Course:	CHI 106  Intensive Chinese
Professor:	Huiwen Li
CRN:	15511		Schedule/Location:		Mon Tue Thurs Fri    1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Olin Languages Center 206
Distributional Area:		FL Foreign Languages and Lit
Credits: 8						Class cap: 16
Crosslists: 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 of 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.)

 

Course:	CHI 202  Intermediate Chinese II
Professor:	Yichen Lee
CRN:	15512		Schedule/Location:		Tue  Thurs    3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Olin Languages Center 120
Distributional Area:		FL Foreign Languages and Lit
Credits: 4						Class cap: 15
Crosslists: 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.

 

Course:	CHI 302  Advanced Chinese II
Professor:	Li-hua Ying
CRN:	15513		Schedule/Location:		Tue  Thurs   5:10 PM – 6:30 PM Olin Languages Center 120
Distributional Area:		FL Foreign Languages and Lit
Credits: 4						Class cap: 16
Crosslists: Asian Studies

This course is a continuation of Chinese 301 offered in the fall. It is designed for students who have taken at least two and half years of basic Chinese at Bard or elsewhere, and who want to expand their reading and speaking capacity and to enrich their cultural experiences. Texts are mostly selected from Chinese newspapers.

 

Course:	CHI 325  Chinese Calligraphy Workshop
Professor:	Huiwen Li
CRN:	15958		Schedule/Location:		Wed      3:30 PM – 5:50 PM Olin 205
Distributional Area:		FL Foreign Languages and Lit
Credits: 4						Class cap: 16
Crosslists: Asian Studies

Calligraphy (“shufa” in Chinese and “shodo” in Japanese) is a traditional form of art with millennia of history behind it. This course introduces students to this venerated tradition through hands-on practice with brush and ink. We will focus on three major scripts: the clerical, the regular, and the running. In addition to the immediate aesthetic aspect of calligraphy, we will also examine its historical development, and the cultural, intellectual, and personal values that Chinese calligraphy embodies to further our understanding of this unique art form. Through intensive training and practice, students will be able to create their own calligraphic art that showcases their engagement with the past and their creative spirit. The course is open to those who have taken Chi 315 or have had prior experience in calligraphy or writing Chinese characters by hand. Conducted in English.

 

Course:	CHI 403  Reflections of China in Film, 1949-2019
Professor:	Lu Kou
CRN:	15514		Schedule/Location:		Tue  Thurs    10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Olin 302
Distributional Area:		FL Foreign Languages and Lit
Credits: 4						Class cap: 15
Crosslists: Asian Studies

With the primary goal of enhancing the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills of the fourth year Chinese language student, this course closely examines films from China, exploring through lectures and discussion topics such as nationalism and revolution, the genre of social realism, the cinematic representation of contemporary and recreated historical themes, the search for roots in the post-Mao era, nativist film, the Fifth Generation and experimental film, feminism and sexuality, and popular culture in the commercial age. The course is taught in Chinese and for students who have studied at least three years of mandarin Chinese.