Art of China, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #6082, Course #FNAR 358
Professor Zhang Aihua

This course focuses on the impact of Daoist philosophy—a system of thought that has a history of over two thousand years which continues to exercise a deep and lasting influence on Chinese life—on the Chinese arts. Daoism inspired the early development of landscape painting, nature poetry, garden culture, and the literate arts in China, all of which are important to know if one wants to begin to comprehend China. This course is therefore designed to enhance students’ understanding of the arts and to see how Taoist concepts corresponding to each other in different art forms as fundamental aesthetic principles, so that we might thereby decode these arts.

The course offers a brief introduction of Taoism and its impact on Chinese various art forms. It will be divided into four sections, namely, Taoism and Chinese landscape painting; Taoism and Chinese royal architecture; Taoism and Chinese classic poetry and sessions addressing specific issues of student’s concerns. All areas reflect a vast array of social and cultural phenomena that are resident in the arts of China.

3 trips are to be made as a part of the class activities which will provide the students with first hand experience of the living Taoist art practice: visiting the Chinese National Museum as well as art exhibition center known as 798 and Songzhuang, where we will meet and interact with Chinese artists; visiting Tian An Men Square and Temple of Heaven in Beijing as a comparison with the modern architectural monuments of Bird Net and Chinese National Opera House to feel Taoist concept that men and nature are one; and a last trip to go to an opera house and watch Peking Opera to see how much Taoist concept of space and time affect the art.

Required texts for the class include Stephen Little (with Shawn Eichman), Taoism and the Arts of China (Chicago/Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000); Zhu Liyuan and Gene Blocker, ed., Contemporary Chinese Aesthetics, New York: Peter Lang, 1995; and Craig Clunas, Art in China, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).

Moving China, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10288, Course #CMUN 239
Professor Walter Gregg

This course offers a unique opportunity to film and document China as it changes virtually before our eyes. This is a practical, creative and informative moving image class for students who have no idea how to make a video and for those that do. From traditional hutong neighborhoods to the Soviet-influenced architecture of Tiananmen Square, to the ancient Forbidden City and the iconic Olympic venues of the Bird's Nest and Water Cube, the course will provide insight into the depth of China's past and its rapidly changing present, offering the rare opportunity to produce compelling film work at this seminal time.

The only requirements for the class are an open mind, a willingness to accept challenges and a video camcorder or a digital camera that can also record video. Designed for students who are passionate about their commitment to this study abroad program, the course is about exploring yourself and a different culture through moving images. You will acquire a comprehensive understanding of documentary video making and video editing. Video and essay assignments cover distinctive areas of Beijing and life in China. The work will be submitted for critique and sharing with others in class each week. The course is structured to encourage you to get out among the locals, work together and share with one another using your individual creative freedom to express yourself on each project. Throughout the semester, guest videographers, writers, professional filmmakers, musicians and a range of others will visit the class and share with us their lives in China.

By the conclusion of the course, students will have an intimate knowledge of China and Chinese culture and the talent and skill to produce a 15-minute documentary video in digital format that integrates concept, film, sound and personal creativeness which will be suitable for display as a film short or on a website. They will come away from this semester with an insight into another reality that was heightened by the discipline and observational skills learned in Moving China.

Drawing: Seeing China through Western Eyes, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class#8640, Course #FNAR 152
Professor Gene Geinzer

This is an introductory drawing course. The student needs no pre-reqisites nor prior experience to succeed in this course. Beijing is our laboratory and the topic of all our drawings. When the student has completed this course they can draw Trees, buildings, automobiles, vegetables, human beings in real life situations and in perspective.

Each class addresses in the appropriate sequence: 1) Use of materials, 2) Focusing/targeting of subject matter, 3) Composition of drawing, 4) Comprehension of subject matter (such as trees, buildings, vistas, etc.), 5) Human Being's movements, 6) Use of color. 7) Assembling disparate elements into a credible scene.

China in the World Economy, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10291, Course #ECON 364
Professor Frank Hawke

This course will focus on China's economic relations with the rest of the world. With an historical overview as background, it will concentrate on China's trade and foreign investment during the reform era (1978-present). Students will examine the roles of foreign trade and investment in China's rapid economic growth and some of the issues that has fostered, especially with the U.S. The course will discuss the reform of China's state-owned enterprises and the government's strategy to create national champions that can compete globally, and the implications of that policy. The students will learn about the WTO and the significance of China's membership in that organization. The different strategies of various investors in China will be examined and the students will participate in am M&A negotiation simulation.

Fundamentals of Marketing, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #6306, Course #MARK 201
Professor Feng Naixiang

This course aims to establish a basic understanding and appreciation of the theories and practices of marketing, and how marketing interacts with the entire business process. Fundamental marketing concepts, principles, and issues are analyzed within present economic, social, and legal environments. The ethics and social responsibility of marketing will also be considered.

Business Finance, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10293, Course #FINC 332
Professor Xue Yi

This course is designed to give students a deeper understanding of the issues managers must consider when making financial decisions. The course discusses time value of money, cost of capital, the theory of capital budgeting, capital budgeting in practice, options, derivatives application, agency theory, capital market efficiency and capital structure management, as well as special topics on corporate finance.

This course should help prepare students for careers in commercial and investment banking, corporate financial management, as well as more general business careers that have a substantial finance component.

Managing People and Organizations, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #6100, Course #MGMT 201
Professor Xu Erming

This course provides an overview of management functions, fundamental principles of organization behavior, individual differences, motivation and leadership for beginning management majors. First, we will review the basic functions of management to provide an overview of this career. Second, we consider various topics in understanding the various influences on worker attitudes and behaviors so that you can better manage your workforce and thus guide them toward realizing organizational objectives.

International Business Ethics, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #6062, Course #MGMT 321
Professor Stephan Rothlin

International Business Ethics is a new academic subject at the crossroad of different sciences such as law, economics, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and theology. The course would like to introduce to the main concepts of ethics in a broad international perspective, but with a constant focus of the Chinese context, with a particular emphasis on the evaluation of 30 years open door policy in China. Special attention will be given to the ethical implications of the present economic crisis.

China's Reform and Development, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10230, Course #ECON 368
Professor Ding Dou

This course consists of twelve chapters. The first chapter addresses China’s general economic performance since 1978, and the following three chapters evaluate it respectively in different methods of the development economics: the cost-benefit analysis, the development strategy, and the environmental protection. Then the remaining eight chapters focus on the lively reforms of some main aspects in China’s economy, including state-owned enterprise, township-and-village enterprise, agriculture, banking, electricity and telecommunication, and the two important phenomenon caused by China’s economic reform, privatization and urbanization. If some other aspects of China’s reform and development would be required by students to know, I would like to complement.

Journalism in China, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #8396, Course #CMUN 269
Professor Edward A. Gargan

This course is a practicum, in which students, through a mix of lectures, briefings and discussions, will delve into nature of reporting in China. This course is intended to stimulate students to think about how one reports about a country like China. This means understanding what reporting is, how journalists decide what to report, how they decide how to write about a subject, and how an image of China is reflected in a body of reportage.

Students are expected over the course of the semester to read every China story in the four major American newspapers, The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal. We will examine how western correspondents in China write about this country, interview several correspondents and engage in some journalism of our own. We will also examine how Chinese journalists write about their own country, and discuss the differences between journalism in China and western journalism.

Journalism is about writing and the students in this course are expected to write a reported piece of journalism (800 – 1,000 words) weekly. We will read each other’s work and discuss it in class with the same verve we discuss the work of western correspondents based here. While the emphasis will be on the print media, there will be guest lecturers who will discuss documentary film making and television journalism in China.

Students will take on one major project this semester. It should be either a major piece of reporting or feature writing (all subject to discussion), or a research paper on journalism in China.

This course will be conducted in a seminar format, which means we will take turns leading the discussions of the readings. This course is intended to be fun, immediate and challenging. Come prepared to talk, to read, and to write.

Writing China, click to download syllabus
Class #10417, Course #ENGL 360
Professor Simon Elegant

This course will examine the myriad ways that China and the idea of China has been written about by outsiders over the centuries.

The first half of the course (roughly) will look at historical perceptions of China, beginning with the Japanese monk Ennin, who left a diary of his trip through Tang dynasty China in the ninth century. This section of the course will use as its core Jonathan Spence's The Chan's Great Continent, though other relevant texts (such as Ennin's Diary, for example) will also be included in reading and discussion.

For the second half of the semester, we'll be examining modern approaches to China including blogs, recent fiction, current journalism (comparing for example stories written on the same subject by differing papers and magazines), fiction written in English by expatriate Chinese authors (Ha Jin, Li Yiyun) and also, for perspective, Chinese netizens and their writings about China and the west in the last few years.

This course is as much about writing as reading, with mid-term papers, which will be some form of writing about China by students, be it fiction, reportage, poetry, a screenplay etc, subject to the same analysis and discussion by the class as the other texts we'll be seeking to deconstruct. While the mid-term paper can be a fragment, the final paper is expected to be a complete article, essay, story etc, either building on the mid-term effort or completely new.

Pre-Modern Chinese History, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #8560, Course #HIST 342A
Professor Zhao Xiurong

The traditional model of Chinese history demarks the past into dynasties and their cycles of emperors. But Chinese society is extremely complex-shaped by different social groups and cultural encounters over many thousands of years. This course will help you better understand the China you see today by looking at China's dynamic and multi-layered past. We won't abandon the traditional dynastic history, but you will also hear and read stories, not just about orphans turned emperors, but about everyday dramas: villagers who protested the acts of magistrates; parents who strove to care for their families and ancestors; "fox spirits" outwitting brilliant young men; and talented women who sought expanded roles. This course begins with the origins of Chinese civilization and ends with the Opium War.

Modern Chinese Fiction, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #8562, Course #LITR 292
Professor Sun Hong

Modern Chinese fiction has gone through unprecedented development since the dawn of the 20th century and has become increasingly connected with the many-faceted global existence. Knowledge of modern Chinese fiction will enable students to understand central aspects of 20th century Chinese culture.

This course introduces selected fictional works by some of the most insightful writers of modern China. The course focuses on significant aspects of these works with an objective to enhance students' fascination with and skill in the reading and analysis of modern Chinese fiction. Participants in this course will study the writers' moral obligation to expose prevalent spiritual corruption in the face of progress and modernization. The participants will also learn to understand the Chinese writers' emotional intensity as well as their faith in human dignity and wisdom. All readings are in English and there is no prerequisite for this course.

Classical Chinese Literature in Translation, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #8646, Course #LITR 290
Professor Zhang Jing

This course is a survey of the classical Chinese literature from ancient time to the fall of Qing Dynasty (1911). Starting with Classic of Odes (shih ching), the most ancient anthology of Chinese poetry which includes 305 poems, the classical Chinese literature bases its development on the features of a language characteristic of ideography, a philosophy combining Confucianism with Taoism and Buddhism, and a history based on centralized imperial reign and literati officialdom, as well as small scale peasant economy. The classical Chinese literature developed different forms and genres during its long history, e.g. classical poetry, lyric, aria, elegy, rhapsody, folk song, narrative verse, parallel prose, classical-language short story, vernacular short story, novel, drama, etc. Through a close study of the important classical Chinese literary works, represented by famous poets and writers such as Ch'ü Yüan, Li Po, Tu Fu, Po Chü-yi, Su Shih, Yüan Chen, Feng Meng-lung, Lo Kuan-chung, Shih Nai-an, Wu Cheng'en, Ts'ao Hsüeh-ch'in, Kuan Han-ch'ing, T'ang Hsien-tsu, etc., students will be able to explore their own ideas of what the wide variety of the classical Chinese literature is like, as well as, to understand the traditional Chinese culture, especially the peculiar philosophy, aesthetics, poetics, and mentality of the Chinese, contained in the classics. They will also find out the different styles and artistic ways used by the poets and writers in their literary creation.

Chinese Ethics and Asian Values, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10298, Course #PHIL 192
Professor Wei Zhengxiang

The body of this course consists in studies of four ethical schools in ancient China: Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism and Legalism. Since the course is a philosopher's approach to those schools, the emphasis is upon the philosophical ideals contained in them, rather than upon any extended exegesis of the texts themselves. Specifically, the following structures govern the interpretation of each school: (1) a general introduction of each school: the text, most important characteristics, and influences; (2) central ethical ideas in each school; (3) the role of each school in the formation of a value system in the tradition; and (4) modern meaning of Chinese ethics: a transformation of a Chinese traditional value system into what is called Asian values during the industrialization of Asian countries. The course will concentrate on how to use moral values and personal cultivation to realize the happiness of individuals, while the course Chinese Political Philosophy will concentrate on how to use different kinds of power to keep a harmonious society to realize the happiness as a whole. Comparison between Chinese and Western ethics will be encouraged.

Contemporary Challenges In China: Society And Religion
Class #, Course #
Professor Ian Johnson

Chinese society is increasingly driven by the twin forces of State power and spiritual curiosity. The historical development of the country has been marked by encounters between authorities and social actors of many sorts, more recently by groups who take their direction from religion. While other courses in the TBC curriculum look at religions in China in the manner of a historical survey or at the history of Christianity in particular, this class will examine recent and current challenges to the way religion is practiced. We will spend time looking at the five authorized religions in China for insight, but this course will also use case studies to look at trends and directions away from the mainline spiritual establishment, as well as splits within the religious communities on what and how to worship. We will look at sects; at how worship has been practiced historically and locally; and why religious revival in China is occurring at the grassroots level more and more often. We will read relevant texts, and we will examine places of worship and speak with practitioners to arrive a more comprehensive understanding of religious renaissance in Chinese society.

Introduction to Buddhism, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #8570, Course #THEO 197
Professor Deng Xiaosong

Buddhism has over twenty-five hundred years of history and has taken root, in one form and another and at one time or another, in virtually every country in Asia. In more recent times, it has found a niche in Western nations as well.

This class aims at giving the students an overview of basic Buddhist doctrine, a introduction of the history of its development in India, China and Tibet and a discussion of certain related religious topics, such as religious experience and asceticism. This class will be divided into three parts, namely, early Buddhism in India, Mahayana Buddhism in China and Tantric practice in Tibet. Each of the three part will be dealt with in the above mentioned doctrinal and historical perspectives. Though this class is primarily a survey class of Buddhist practice, there will be sessions of class addressing specific issues of Buddhist practice. It is considered to be beneficial for the students to dive deeper into certain areas of the vast array of social and cultural phenomena that have clustered in the course of time around a figure called the Buddha. The purpose of doing so is to portray somehow more precisely the thoughts and actions of the large segment of human race who have called themselves Buddhists.

15% to 20% of the class time will be used to have a class discussion on the assigned reading. Several school organized field trips to religious places of worship and Buddhist monasteries as a part of the class activities will provide the students with first hand experience of the living Buddhist practice.

History of Chinese Religions, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10303, Course #THEO 167
Professor Yang Huiling

This course is a survey of religions and their history in China. Through the course, students will read into religious and cultural Canons, acquire knowledge of both native religions such as primal religious practices, Confucianism and Taoism, as well as “foreign” religious in China, including Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, by inquiring into how they spread into China and permeated with each other in history.

Religions in China is such a complex being, evolved through long history and peculiar cultural background. The course consists of two stages. The first stage focuses on Chinese Canons and the second on History of Religions in China. Through the first stage, students must read original Chinese Canons assigned, understanding the core value, analyze key religious and cultural concepts from the root of Chinese culture. It won’t be easy for students to understand original Chinese Canons by translations, it’s equally challenging for a Chinese instructor to represent them in English to students from a different cultural background with a little knowledge of language and cultural. The best and might well be worst experience about the course is the Chinese voice and opinions which are based on China cultural, historical, and religious context. The second stage requires more reading and critical thinking by reviewing historical processes of enculturation and integration of religions in Chinese culture and society. In this way, the students can build either insights to the core of Chinese value, culture and religion, as well to trace the historical evolutions and find inspirations from history.

The course will not address religions of different ethnic groups, nor will deal with popular folk religions, but lay more emphasis on Chinese religious teachings, its evolution and practice. This is a more philosophical, historical and cultural approach rather than sociological and anthropological approach.

The course is going to be real cross-cultural communications and mutual inspiring.

History of Christianity in China, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #8672, Course #THEO 360
Professor Huang Jianbo

This course is a survey of the history of Christianity in China. Since Buddhism is recognized as a "Chinese religion", Christianity in its various forms is now the largest "foreign religion" in China and has special significance in the relationship between China and other countries. For this reason, the study of the history of Christianity in China constitutes an important basis for understanding the history of the relationship between China and other countries. Through a systematic study of this history, students will acquire knowledge of Christianity and its enculturation in China, including the four periods of Christian development in China:
- the so-called Nestorian mission from the 7th to 9th centuries during the Tang dynasty,
- the “Nestorian” and Franciscan missions under the Yuan Mongol dynasty (1264-1368),
- the Jesuit and other Catholic missions of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties (1368-1774)
- and the Christian mission in general since the 19th century.

Traditional Chinese Philosophy, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10297, Course #PHIL 191
Professor Wen Haiming

Traditional Chinese philosophy differs tremendously from its western companion. In this course, we investigate Chinese ancient philosophy in a way to let its own tendencies be sensed and appreciated. First, Confucius' Analects is extensively examined to show the original features of Confucianism, which contribute a lot to shaping Chinese civilization. Then, we turn to Mencius, Sunzi, Taoism, Legalism, Yin-Yang School, Tung Chung-shu, Chinese Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism. Besides the topics indicated, the relations among different schools or different thinkers in same school are concerned as well. Comparisons between Chinese philosophies and western ones are encouraged.

Chinese Foreign Policy, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10300, Course #PLSC 300D
Professor Zha Daojiong

This course is an overview and analysis of contemporary China's foreign relations. It examines the interplay between domestic economic change and China's pursuit of external economic ties since the establishment of the People's Republic. Our focus shall be on the period since China began to reform its domestic economic system and on appreciating China's economic relationships with the major powers. We will examine the impact of China's pursuit of wealth through on its international relations.

Contents of the course are organized into 12 thematic topics, each taking up one session's time (see Course Schedule below). The readings listed are far from exhaustive of the vast amount of literature written in English about China's foreign relations. Additionally, selection of course readings was done, purposefully, to familiarize students to Chinese perspectives. This is meant to give students an opportunity to compare and contrast different interpretations themselves, by readings the assigned texts. Of course, students are encouraged to bring to the class's attention other readings that deserve a hearing.

The course shall proceed in seminar style. In each session, after a short lecture by the instructor, the class is open for discussion. Issues that catch the news headlines of the day do have a place in in-class discussions, but they need to be framed against the conceptual/theoretical frameworks as seen in the readings and the instructor's lectures.

State and Society in China, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10299, Course #PLSC 300D
Professor Russell Leigh Moses

This course is an examination of how the Chinese state is organized and operates; how Chinese society is composed and conducted; and how the two converge, cooperate and, increasingly, conflict. We will examine a broad swath of the Chinese system, but we will also attempt to address the various complexities of contemporary China with this bilateral and bidirectional focus.

The purpose of this course is to begin to comprehend and to start to speak about the Chinese system in a more sophisticated way. The course is also meant to compel you to engage with the material both inside and outside the classroom, and be able to bring what you learn to where you live and vice versa.

Please note that the readings are extensive: they are also not meant to be inclusive. Use the assigned materials as leverage to open more doors and wedges to hold them open for further inspection. China is a maze, and one is continually looking for ways in, and places to contemplate its many characteristics.

Chinese Medicine, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #6086, Course #ASIA 297
Professor Shelly Ochs

"Traditional Chinese Medicine" has become an essential, if contested, part of the social and political identity of modern China. The official government policy is to support what it calls the "scientific development" of medical thinking and practices associated with the medical traditions indigenous to China, including acupuncture, herbal medicine, qi gong, and orthopedic manipulations. In this class, we will examine the concepts behind varying traditions of Chinese medicine and how this set of ideas and practices has been used to meet the ideological, political, as well as medical, needs of various groups in China, the United States, and Europe. Students will gain a practical understanding of how practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine are trained and how consumers access treatments. Observing clinical encounters and demonstrations of treatment modalities will be a part of our experience, as students learn about the fundamental ideas and practices that constitute traditional medicine in China today.

The Peoples of China, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10301, Course #SOCL 251
Professor Zhang Haiyang

China is a complex whole. Most students can study part of it. Our course is trying to be holistic. Focusing on the ethnic minorities perspective, this lecture is gong to introduce China's cultural diversity and unity as a whole, including its diversified cultural legacies, its governance of ethnic minority affairs, the interaction between the big tradition and little traditions, the paradox of development facing by the minority peoples and the necessity of safeguarding equity of cultural continuity for China to build a harmonious society. The course is based on lectures once a week, most of them delivered by minority scholars or students from different cultural backgrounds, including a Tibetan, a Uyghur and a Mongol, together with Professor Zhang. The whole lecture series is built up with 3 modules in the ratio of 4:3:3 or 4:4:4. Module I is a general introduction of cultural mappings in China. Module II is an elaboration on ethnic minority in North China; Module III focus on major minorities in South China. Each lecture is composed of 3 sections: 1. A brief introduction to an interesting topic for your questions and discussion. 2. Questions and answers to the contents in your reading package. 3 An intensive discussion on a topic or a group for exchanging views to a tentative conclusion. Most of your lectures will be conducted by Prof. Zhang, Haiyang from the Central University of Nationalities. All guest speakers will be invited by Prof. Zhang from his campus or from the China Tibetology Center in Beijing. A visit to the Campus of the Central University of Nationalities for visiting the campus museum and interacting with minority graduate students over a Uyghur food table is the highlight of this course before your final examination. A deep and favorable impression of China's cultural diversity is the reward to yourself and a legacy to your family.

Women in Contemporary China, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #10310, Course #SOC 280
Professor Chen Lanyan

This course focuses on the dynamic experience of Chinese women and their achievements as well as the challenges they still face compared to Chinese men in transitional China. It provides a historical review of the transformation of the life of Chinese women and men from the traditional society to a society that is in transition from a planned economy to a market-based economy. It discusses the gender systems that took shape in the traditional society and were then challenged during the revolutionary period and further tampered by the communist ideals after 1949. Since the start of the economic reforms in the early 1980s, however, traditional gender systems are regaining influence. Using examples of primary research on transitional China in the recent decades and experience with development projects in China supported by international organizations, the course will guide students in developing an understanding of chief obstacles in moving China towards a well-off and harmonious society. Through analysis of interventions in poverty alleviation, impacts of China's entry into the WTO on women and men in agriculture and industry, imbalance in population structure, spread of HIV/AIDS, it introduces students the methods of applying gender analysis in field research in China. At least ten topics are suggested for discussion during the course.

Introduction to Chinese Martial Arts (Wushu), While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #8636, Course #THTR 130
Professor Howard Hao

This course is a survey of Chinese Wushu---which represents Chinese traditional sports. Students will select to learn some forms at this class. They are Compulsory Boxing (which is international competition routine) Swordplay, Form and Will Boxing and Pricking Foot Boxing, 42-Form-Taichi Boxing, 32-Form-Taichi Sword Form, General Sword Form, and Simplified Eight-Form Chen Style Taijiquan. This class will make students know Chinese Wushu from experience.

External Experience in China, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #3466, Course #INTS 370
Jason Gong, Acting Internship Coordinator

This course is intended for students to obtain in-depth knowledge of working in China and of Chinese people by providing you an opportunity to learn from the real Chinese world through working and interacting with the people and organizations. The purpose of this course is not only to gain working experience but, more importantly, to encourage students to think about China in a deeper and more meaningful way outside the classroom.

Students are placed in an organization as an intern for 10-16 hours a week, and instructed by an on-site supervisor. By the end of the semester, students will not only have developed their work experience and skills in a professional setting, applied their academic learning to the “real world”, but also have gained direct understanding about social, economical or political issues in China through close-up observance, immersion and reflection.

Students can only register this course for credit once during their study at TBC and meet at least one of the two following prerequisites: having studied 2 or more years of college-level Chinese language classes; having studied one semester at TBC. Students must submit the application form and a resume to enroll the course. Students should also consult their home institutions about acceptance of the internship course credits before they enroll.

Please download the application form and send the completed application form and your resume to j.zhao@thebeijingcenter.org.
TBC's internship policy
Internship Course Application Form
Non-for-credit Independent Internship Monthly Report

Regular Elementary Chinese I, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #4388, Course #CHIN 101

This one-semester course aims to provide students who have no Chinese learning experience with basic knowledge and skills of Mandarin Chinese in oral communication, reading and writing. On completion of this course, students will be able to have daily conversations including talking about families, hobbies, school life, weather, transportation, making appointments and shopping, as well as reading and writing notes and letters. About 350 Chinese characters will be introduced in this course.

Duration: 13 weeks (with mid-term and final exams)
Textbook: Integrated Chinese (Level 1-part 1)

Regular Elementary Chinese II, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #4392, Course #CHIN 102

This one-semester course aims to provide students who have a Chinese learning experience equivalent to Elementary Chinese I with basic knowledge and skills of Mandarin Chinese in food, sports, travel, going to a party, seeing a doctor, and renting an apartment. On completion of this course, students will build up comprehensive knowledge of Chinese grammar and essential vocabulary. About 350 Chinese characters will be introduced in this course.

Duration: 13 weeks (with mid-term and final exams)
Textbook: Integrated Chinese (Level 1-part 2)

Intensive Elementary Chinese (I & II), While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #4386/4390, Course #CHIN 101/CHIN 102

This is a one semester course and it aims to provide students who have no Chinese learning experience with solid communicative skills as they discuss everyday topics such as food, sports, travel, going to a party, seeing a doctor, and renting an apartment. It covers all of the contents of Elementary I and advances into pre-intermediate level at the end of the semester. On completion of this course, students will build up comprehensive knowledge of Chinese grammar and essential vocabulary. About 700 Characters will be introduced in this course. In this course students are required to comprehend and produce paragraph-level Chinese. Intensive Elementary Chinese aims to fit one year of studying Chinese into a single semester and is thus worth 6 credits.

Duration: 13 weeks (with mid-term and final exams)
Textbook: Integrated Chinese (Level 1-part 1), Integrated Chinese (Level 1-part 2)

Regular Intermediate Chinese I, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #8794, Course #CHIN 395

Duration: 13 weeks (with mid-term and final exams)
Textbook: Integrated Chinese Level 2

Regular Intermediate Chinese II, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #8796, Course #CHIN 395

This is a course designed for students who are with intermediate Chinese level (including reading, writing, listening and speaking). This course emphasizes on improving the ability of the learners to use Chinese for communications, reading comprehension and writing assignments.

Duration: 13 weeks (with mid-term and final exams)
Textbook: Integrated Chinese Level 2

Intensive Intermediate Chinese (I & II), While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #4624/4396, Course #CHIN 103/CHIN 104

This course is an integrated course for the student abroad with the middle level of Chinese. Each lesson in the used textbook has a topic whose content mainly introduces people's dialogue in everyday life including term beginning, dormitory, restaurant, friends and relationships, movie and movie influence, travel, post office, Chinese festivals, physical culture, family, and education. The student can improve their Chinese language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as further strengthen their ability of communication after finishing this course. Intensive Intermediate Chinese aims to fit one year of studying Chinese into a single semester and is thus worth 6 credits.

Duration: 13 weeks (with mid-term and final exams)
Textbook: Integrated Chinese Level 2

Intensive Advanced Chinese (I & II), While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #4398/5596, Course #CHIN 250/CHIN 251

The purpose of this course is to enable students to master advanced-level Chinese language structures, expressive styles, and conventions of communication used in formal situations and academic exchanges. Meanwhile, it is also important to assist students with their realization for today's China. Therefore, the teaching plans focus on the following three areas: First, utilizing different socially and culturally relevant topics to help students systematically master the structures, vocabulary, use of idiomatic expressions, writing styles, and discourse structures commonly used in formal situations; Second, fostering students' ability to express themselves accurately and appropriately through communicative exercises; Third, choosing supplementary materials to help students learn about Chinese cultural concept, social changes, economic development, and human relationships nowadays.

Duration: 13 weeks (with mid-term and final exams)
Textbook: China Scene--an Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course

Note: Students enrolled in this 3 credit course must also be registered to take Modern Chinese Literature in Chinese for an additional 3 credits.

Advanced Conversational Chinese, While faculty change their syllabi to reflect developments here in China and because of new research, syllabi from the previous year's course can be found here
Class #4398/5596, Course #CHIN 250/CHIN 251

This is an integrated course designed for students who are with advance Chinese level (including reading, writing, listening and speaking). This course covers twelve pieces of real authentic materials about different aspects of the society in modern China, such as Different Culture, Parents and Children, Face the Desert, etc. and emphasizes on improving the ability of the learners to use Chinese for communications, reading comprehension and writing assignments. Through plenty of special trainings, students will be strong in oral Chinese, know how to talk over social phenomenon with Chinese natives in real life with a good understanding of China.

Duration: 13 weeks (with mid-term and final exams)
Textbook: Short-term Spoken Chinese (Intermediate)