SUMMER 2024
Additional Course Offerings: See Core Curriculum
GRADUATE Courses
ADVANCED TOPICS IN CHINESE LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS (CR.3)
16:165:504:A1:05484
ONLINE; 05/28- 06/21
YUAN-CHEN YANG
DESCRIPTION TBA.
CHINESE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM (CR.3)
16:165:506:G1:05489
ONLINE; 07/08- 08/02
YUAN-CHEN YANG
This is a practical, hands-on course on the teaching of Chinese as a foreign/second language (CFL/CSL) in K-16 (kindergarten through college). In this course, students will become familiar with the development of CFL and ACTFL standards as applied to CFL. They will have ample opportunities to practice creating and teaching level and grade appropriate activities and lesson plans. Students will also tackle the unique challenges of teaching CFL, especially in the American classroom. By the end of the course, students will have created a teaching portfolio, which includes sample lesson plans, a teaching demo video and other job-market ready materials. The course is conducted in Chinese and English. All readings are in English.
UNDERGRADUATE Courses
MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION (CR.3)
01:165:310:A1:02294 &
01:165:310:A2:02295
ONLINE; 05/28- 06/21
XIAOJUE WANG
This course introduces students to the history, themes, genres, and major works of modern Chinese literature from early twentieth century through the present. By studying a wide range of key literary texts, we examine the following questions: How has literature become social expressions in the modern era? How to deal with the relationship between literature, history, and politics? What constitutes Chinese modernity or modernities? How has cultural/national identity of “Chinese” been conceived and negotiated?
INTRODUCTION TO KOREAN CULTURE (CR.3)
01:574:210:B1:01869
ONLINE; MW 1:00-5:00PM
05/28/2024 - 07/05/2024
YOUNG-MEE CHO
This course surveys the history of Korea from ancient times through the twentieth century. We will explore the culture and history of the Korean peninsula from ancient times to the present with a focus on the Chosŏn Dynasty (1392-1910) and the twentieth century. The subject matter of the course is the distinctive evolution of Korean civilization within the East Asian cultural sphere and beyond, from its myths of origin through its struggles to survive amidst powerful neighbors, down to the 20th-century challenges of colonial domination and its poisonous legacies, war and division, and the puzzles of reworking a hierarchical Neo-Confucian society within the context of global capitalism.
