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Chinese

Not all courses are available to SSP students. For example, some courses are offered only for graduate credit. Note especially any listed prerequisites.

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CHIN S-Aab Beginning Modern Chinese I, II (30047)
(Syllabus) (Print version)
Min Wan
(8 credits: UN, GR, NC) M-F 11 am-1 pm, Vanserg Hall, Room 24B. Eight-week session. Required sections M-F 9-11 am beginning Tuesday, June 26. Tuition $4,550. Limited enrollment.

This is an intensive introduction to learning modern Chinese: listening, speaking, grammar, writing, and reading. Pronunciation and spelling are introduced using the pinyin system. Students learn about 650 Chinese characters, with emphasis on recognition. This rigorous course covers all the materials introduced in the first-year nonintensive Chinese program at Harvard.

CHIN S-Aa Beginning Modern Chinese I (30048)
(Syllabus) (Print version)
Qinghong Cai
(4 credits: UN, GR, NC) M,W 6-8:30 pm, Vanserg Hall, Room 24B. Eight-week session. Required sections T,Th 6-8:30 pm. Tuition $2,275. Limited enrollment.

This course assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and is equivalent to the first semester of the academic-year course. Goals of the course are for students to acquire the following skills: to hear and pronounce modern standard Chinese correctly; to write these sounds using the pinyin system of alphabetic spelling; to converse in simple sentences, based on the understanding of elementary grammatical structures; and to write and recognize some 370 Chinese characters.

CHIN S-102 Intermediate Modern Chinese (31091)
(Print version)
Hui-Yen Emily Huang
(8 credits: UN, GR, NC) M-F 10 am-noon, Vanserg Hall, Room 29. Eight-week session. Required sections M-F 8-10 am beginning Tuesday, June 26. Tuition $4,550. Limited enrollment.

Equivalent to the second-year course during the academic year, this course is designed to consolidate the basic skills students have learned and introduce more complex grammatical structures. The text used for this course covers a wide range of topics related to traditional and contemporary Chinese culture and society. All of the materials are written in both traditional and simplified characters. The four skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—are equally emphasized. Prerequisite: CHIN S-Aab, or the equivalent (one year of modern Chinese and acquaintance with at least 600 words).

CHIN S-120 Study Abroad in China: Intermediate Modern Chinese (31796)
(Print version)
Miaomiao Wang
Eight-week session.
June 15-August 19. Study abroad programs are restricted to students 18 years of age or older.

See Study Abroad for more information.

CHIN S-130ab Advanced Modern Chinese (32166)
(Print version)
Kening Li
(8 credits: UN, GR, NC) Eight-week session. Tuition $4,550.

*** CHIN S-130ab has been CANCELED.***

CHIN S-130 Study Abroad in China: Advanced Modern Chinese (31797)
(Print version)
Qiuyu Wang
Eight-week session.
June 15-August 19. Study abroad programs are restricted to students 18 years of age or older.

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CHIN S-140 Study Abroad in China: Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese (31803)
(Print version)
Yu Feng and Rongzhen Li
Eight-week session.
June 15-August 19. Study abroad programs are restricted to students 18 years of age or older.

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CHIN S-150 Study Abroad in China: Advanced Writing in Modern Chinese (31799)
(Print version)
Lulei Su
Eight-week session.
June 15-August 19. Study abroad programs are restricted to students 18 years of age or older.

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