Schedule of Classes

Basic Mandarin conversational skills for effective communication in familiar, everyday Chinese contexts and better understanding of intercultural communication through content-based language acquisition. Graded CR/NC. Not available for credit to East Asian Area Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures, and East Asian Studies majors and minors.

This course introduces students to the origin of the basic components of Chinese scripts and the basic principles and styles of calligraphy.

Basic listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities in Mandarin Chinese. Instruction includes individual meetings and online content. (Duplicates credit in EALC 104.)

Basic listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities in Mandarin Chinese. Instruction includes individual meetings and online content. (Duplicates credit in EALC 104.)

The sound system of modern Chinese; aural comprehension, oral expression, basic patterns, and writing system.

Dialogue practice and conversation; readings of simple stories and essays; comparison of Chinese and English grammar; writing of paragraphs.

The basics of reading and writing modern Chinese; intensive reading and writing of paragraphs, essays and stories; extensive reading of beginner-level authentic materials.

Introduction to the major humanities traditions of China, Japan, and Korea through an examination of representative works drawn from literature, aesthetics, philosophy, religion, and historical writing.

Aural comprehension and oral practice; the writing system; grammar drill, sentence patterns. Lecture, 5 hours; additional hours for drill and laboratory.

Continuation of 115. Progressive drill in dialogue, reading, and writing. Lecture, 5 hours; additional hours for drill and laboratory.

Basic Japanese conversation practice, basic grammar and building proficiency of reading and writing Hiragana and Katakana (Japanese alphabetical systems).

Continuation of EALC 120. Basic Japanese conversation practice, basic grammar and building proficiency of reading and writing Hiragana and Katakana and basic kanji.

An introduction to and overview of the contemporary cinemas of East Asia: China (Hong Kong, the People's Republic, and Taiwan), Japan, and Korea.

Conversational practice: reading of stories and essays; writing of short essays.

Continuation of 204, with emphasis on reading and writing, frequent interaction with native speakers.

Drill to increase proficiency in dialogue, reading, and writing; intermediate level readings.

Continuation of EALC 122. Conversation practice, basic to intermediate grammar, and building proficiency of reading and writing Hiragana and Katakana with additional kanji.

Continuation of EALC 220. More sophisticated grammar and voacabulary for natural conversation. Enhancing fundamental reading and writing skills, expanding the knowledge of kanji.

Reading selections from different styles of modern Chinese writings, analysis of stylistic techniques and syntactic structure, composition, and translation.

Continuation of 304; composition exercises in different styles of writing.

Advanced reading in modern Korean materials; improvements of skills in conversation, composition, and translation.

Strengthen intermediate Japanese language proficiency. Oral/aural communication skills as well as reading and writing skills. Promote an understanding of the present-day Japanese culture.

Continuation of EALC 320. Improve and strengthen abilities to speak, listen, read and write, coping with more involved materials and situation.

Introduction to Korean literature, with discussion of critical approaches to literary discourse, historical contexts of literary production, and aspects of contemporary popular culture.

Enhancement of functional, advanced-level Mandarin proficiency for vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural awareness through selected Chinese-language films and television programs.

Readings of Chinese poetry, prose, novels and drama; influence of the West on Chinese literature and culture in modern times. Conducted in English.

Readings in modern Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama since 1919.

The interaction of language with society in countries of East Asia: language and identity, the politicization of language, language change, language and gender.

A survey of Japanese Buddhist and secular architecture, sculpture and painting from antiquity to 1333, stressing the relation of art to cultural context.

Readings in modern Chinese literary, documentary, and epistolary styles; stylistic and syntactic analysis; composition; translation. Prerequisite: 306 or equivalent.

Practice in the basic vocabulary and idioms of foreign trade and other commercial transactions in Mandarin.

Continuation of EALC 412a.

Selected readings in Korean texts, pre-modern and modern, in various literary and non-fiction genres; focus on developing reading and translation skills. Prereq: 317 or equivalent.

Students develop advanced levels of Japanese linguistic knowledge and communication skills through speaking, listening, reading and writing activities using authentic Japanese texts and discourse.

Examination of cultural perceptions about nature and how they affect attitudes toward the environment: includes comparisons to Euro-American as well as other East Asian traditions.

Intensive reading on current transnational issues in the study of East Asian or Asian cultures.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

An in-depth survey of literary development concerning periods, thought, genres, and socio-cultural backgrounds in China. In English.

Introduction to Korean cultural and social history through intensive reading of the English-language literature on Korean history and culture.

Assigned readings according to individual needs.

Assigned readings according to individual needs.

Research leading tothe Master's Degree. Maximum units which may be applied tothe degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.

Detailed theoretical discussions and empirical studies of the issues and development in East Asian linguistics.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.