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.

01:165:211 Language and Identity in Modern Chinese Societies (3) Introduction to fundamental concepts in sociolinguistics and current issues in language and society in China and the Chinese diaspora, including language and ethnic identity, migrant identity, gender identity, national identity, and language and identity under modernization and globalization.

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 Classical Chinese Prose and Poetry in Translation (3) Introduction to classical Chinese literature, with an emphasis on the prose and poetry of the Tang and Song dynasties (618-1279), as well as their cultural and historical contexts.

01:165:242 Classical Chinese Popular Fiction and Drama in Translation (3) Chinese literature from the 14th century to the present, with emphasis on traditional fiction and drama.

01:165:262 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 Modern 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.

01:165:350 Chinese Martial Arts Film and Culture (3) Introduction to Chinese martial arts literature, film, history, and culture.

01:165:351 Before Footbinding: Women in Early and Medieval China (3) An overview of women (metaphorical or real) in early and medieval China before the practice of footbinding limited their physical and social visibility.

01:165:461 History of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1300 (3) Introduction to traditional Chinese literature from its beginnings through the Song dynasty (960-1279), with emphasis on major narrative and poetic genres, as well as their cultural and historical contexts.

01:165:462 History of Chinese Literature: 1300 to 1900 (3) Introduction to traditional Chinese literature from the Yuan through Qing dynasties (1300-1900), with emphasis on major narrative and dramatic genres, as well as their cultural and historical contexts.

01:165:470 The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film (3) Modern literary and cinematic imagination of Chinese cities.

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. Credit not give for both this course and 01:098:473.