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Asian American Studies
HMONG 1A. Basic Hmong
First semester course on the Hmong language, with emphasis on basic reading, writing, speaking, and listening and on Hmong society, history, culture, traditions, and arts. G.E. Breadth C2.
Units: 4Course Typically Offered: FallGE Area: C2
HMONG 1B. Basic Hmong
Prerequisite: Hmong 1A. Second semester course in conversational and written Hmong and cultural traditions of Hmong speaking people. G.E. Breadth C2.
Units: 4Course Typically Offered: SpringGE Area: C2
HMONG 4. Beginning Literacy for Hmong Speakers
For the native speaker of Hmong. Emphasis on basic reading and composition skills. Includes practice in reading and writing simple texts. Covers the traditions and lifestyles of the speakers of the language.
Units: 3Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
HMONG 100. Intermediate Reading and Composition
Prerequisite: HMONG 4 or equivalent. Further development of reading and composition skills. Includes practice in reading expository texts and review of grammatical structures.
Units: 3Course Typically Offered: Fall
HMONG 101. Advanced Reading and Composition
Prerequisite: HMONG 100 or equivalent. Emphasis on strategies for complex texts. Enhancement of composition fluency and grammatical accuracy.
Units: 3Course Typically Offered: Spring
CHIN 1A. Elementary Chinese 1A
Prerequisite: G. E. Foundation A2. Beginning (1st semester) course in modern Mandarin Chinese, developing students basic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, including understanding and appreciation of Chinese language, culture, and history. Not open to students with previous training in Chinese.
Units: 4Course Typically Offered: Fall, SpringGE Area: C2
CHIN 1B. Elementary Chinese
Prerequisite: G. E. Foundation A2. and Chinese 1A or equivalent. Beginning (2nd semester) course in modern Mandarin Chinese, continuing to develop students basic communication skills in listening, reading, speaking, and writing, including understanding and appreciation of Chinese language, culture, and history. G. E. Breadth C2
CHIN 2A. Intermediate Chinese
Prerequisite: CHIN 1B. Intermediate grammar, speaking, reading, and writing.
CHIN 2B. Intermediate Chinese
Prerequisite: CHIN 1B. Intermediate grammar, speaking, reading, writing.
CHIN 100. Advanced Chinese
Advanced Mandarin Chinese course focusing on the skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and traditions and culture of the Chinese people.
JAPN 1A. Elementary JapanesePrerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. Not open to native speakers of Japanese. First course in modern Japanese, including basic communication skills, cultural traditions of the Japanese people, and appreciation/practice of calligraphy.
JAPN 1B. Elementary Japanese
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. JAPN 1A is prerequisite to JAPN 1B. Not open to native speakers of Japanese. Second course in modern Japanese, including basic communication skills, cultural traditions of the Japanese people, and appreciation/practice of calligraphy.
JAPN 2A. Intermediate Japanese
Prerequisite: JAPN 1B. Further development of communicative skills in conversational Japanese. Also covers reading and writing in Kana and 200 Kanji characters.
JAPN 2B. Intermediate Japanese
JAPN 100. Advanced Japanese
Prerequisite: JAPN 2B or its equivalent. Enhancement of oral communicative fluency as well as grammatical accuracy. Includes practice in reading some expository writing. Covers 150 Kanji characters.
JAPN 101. Advanced Japanese
Prerequisite: JAPN 100 or equivalent. Enhancement of fluency, accuracy, and comprehension both in conversation and in reading and writing different genres and scripts.