OSPBEIJ 1C: First-Year Modern Chinese, First Quarter
Conversation, grammar, reading, elementary composition.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
OSPBEIJ 6C: Beginning Conversational Chinese, First Quarter
Three quarter sequence. Basic language skills in Mandarin to function abroad.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
OSPBEIJ 9: Chinese Language Tutorial
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 2
OSPBEIJ 17: Chinese Film Studies
Stages of Chinese cinema from the establishment of P.R. China in 1949 to the present. State policies, filmmaking trends, representative filmmakers and films, and the state of the industry in the different periods, with close readings of some important films. Historical perspective and broad knowledge of Chinese cinema; academic approaches to film studies.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
OSPBEIJ 20: Communication, Culture, and Society: The Chinese Way
How people communicate, what they achieve through their communications, and the social and cultural consequences of these communicative behaviors. Focus on the interactive relationship between communication, culture and society in China. How communication habits are influenced by the individual¿s culture and how communication acts help to change and transform the society in which we live.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
OSPBEIJ 21: Chinese Society in the Post-Mao Era
A survey of the major social trends that have implications for China's political and economic future. Topics range from inequality to social change, corruption, religion, nationalism, and various forms of rural and urban conflict. The course is a seminar, and enrollment is limited.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Walder, A. (PI)
OSPBEIJ 21C: Second-Year Modern Chinese
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
OSPBEIJ 22: Independent Study on Contemporary China
Possible topics include: 1) Political trends in the 1980s and after; 2) Urban and rural protest; 3) Poverty alleviation and inequality; 4) The problem of corruption and anti-corruption campaigns; 5) Rise of organized religion; 6) Public opinion and popular nationalism.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Walder, A. (PI)
OSPBEIJ 48: Chinese Literature: Tradition in Transformation
Classical Chinese literature from the beginning (ca. 1000 BC) to the 14th centure. Primary texts in translation with attention to the poetic works that feature Chinese literary tradition. Understanding of past experience of Chinese people living in another cultural space through observation, analysis, and reconstruction.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Zhang, P. (PI)
OSPBEIJ 67: China-Africa and Middle East Relations
China¿s relations with the outside world, with a focus on Africa and the Middle East. Historically contextualized relations; evolution of relations within the international climate during different periods, especially in the present; impact of geopolitical and geoeconomic relations on the existing international order.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP
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