The associate in arts degree in Mandarin Chinese at DVC will provide students with skills in understanding, speaking, reading and writing Mandarin Chinese. The curriculum exposes students to Chinese culture and civilization and provides foundational skills in language that can apply to a broad range of international and domestic career opportunities and professions. The degree will provide lower division preparation for transfer to UC, CSU and other four year colleges and universities to earn a bachelor's degree.
The DVC Mandarin Chinese major is intended for transfer. Students who intend to transfer must consult with a program advisor or counselor to ensure that the requirements for transfer to baccalaureate-granting institutions of their choice are met.
Students who intend to transfer are advised to select General Education Option 2 (IGETC) or Option 3 (CSU GE). Option 1 (DVC General Education) is appropriate for those students who do not intend to transfer. Students may not take a pass/no pass option for major courses and each of the major requirements must be completed with a "C" grade or higher.
Certain courses may satisfy both major or and general education requirements; however, the units are counted only once. Students must complete the 20 units of major requirements, which will provide students with the essential grammar of the language and culture of China.
This beginning Chinese course emphasizes pronunciation drill, sentence pattern analysis
and development of language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Character
reading and writing are introduced. Cultural material and information are used extensively
in this course.
About this course:
A continuation of CHIN-120 for verbal and written purposes. Use of original Chinese
characters is introduced at the sentence and the paragraph level. Students will be
familiarized with both simplified and original writing systems. Cultural topics may
include education, family, and daily life. Writing skills will be emphasized. The
proficiency level should develop to a basic survival level.
About this course:
This is a third term intermediate course, the continuation of CHIN-121, with a review
of grammar. The student will develop fluency in understanding, speaking, reading and
writing Chinese. The uses of the six basic functional components of the Chinese sentence
are expanded and new vocabulary and idiomatic expressions are introduced. Selected
readings about Chinese culture and literature will be explored. This course is taught
entirely in original Chinese characters, and students may use either Chinese written
system to develop their knowledge and ability.
About this course:
This course is the continuation of CHIN-220 to develop fluency in all aspects of the Chinese language with particular attention to literary forms as reflected in the contemporary Chinese world. This course reviews grammar and develops reading and writing skills in Chinese. Passages from Chinese literature and readings about Chinese culture will be studied. Computer skills in Chinese will be introduced.
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