01:165:111,112 Chinese Calligraphy (2,2) Principles, techniques, and art of Chinese calligraphy; techniques of using the Chinese writing brush, writing styles, and construction of Chinese characters. No previous knowledge of Chinese necessary. For Chinese language students, recommended to be taken simultaneously with 01:165:101,102.

01:165:125 Introduction to Chinese Civilization (3) Material and cultural achievements of Chinese civilization, including�such areas as the fine arts, literature, religion, and thought.

01:165:210 The Chinese Language: Description and History (3) Phonology, grammar, and the writing system of Mandarin Chinese; brief discussion of other major dialects of China; the influence of the Chinese language on Asian languages; and the role of language in Chinese culture.

01:165:220 Chinese Classics and Thought: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism (3) Introduction to Confucianism, Daoism, and Chinese Buddhism, with emphasis on their origins and interrelations, their influence on Chinese culture, and their values in the modern world.

01:165:241 Chinese Literature in Translation I: Prose and Poetry (3) Chinese literature from early times to the 14th century, with emphasis on poetry and on both philosophical and historical prose.

01:165:242 Chinese Literature in Translation II: Popular Fiction and Drama (3) Chinese literature from the 14th century to the present, with emphasis on novels, short stories, and drama.

01:165:262 The Chinese Cinema (3) Cinematic developments in China in the past two decades. Topics reflecting the emergence of a new aesthetic, and recent political, social, and cultural changes.

01:165:264 Chinese Drama and Performing Arts (3) Survey of Chinese dramatic performance from traditional times to the present, including opera, storytelling, and shadow plays, focusing on regional origins and variations.

01:165:310 Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature in Translation (3) Chinese interests from the 1920s to the present, with emphasis on themes of identity and national crisis.

01:165:341,342 Major Traditions in Chinese Thought (3,3) Rise and development of pristine Confucianism, Mohism, Taoism, Legalism, the School of Names, Sinicized Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism; their influences on Chinese civilization, and their reevaluation in the light of new tendencies of thought after contact with the West.

01:165:461 History of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1300 (3) Interpretation and discussion of major writers and works in premodern Chinese literature (beginnings until 1300).

01:165:471 Early "China" in the "World" - Cosmography, Epistemology, and Encountering the Strange (3) An interdisciplinary examination of the perspectives from which early Chinese perceived themselves, their realm, the world, and beyond from High Antiquity to the medieval period.

01:165:473 The Silk Road: A History of Cultural and Material Exchanges (3) An interdisciplinary introduction to the history of the Silk Road with a focus on the cultural and material exchanges between the peoples and cultures it connected over the period 500 BCE to 1500 CE.