Presentation and discussion of recent investigations in chemistry. Cr/F.

Focuses on developing communicative proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn basic vocabulary and sentence structures for use in essential everyday situations, as well as aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials. CHIN 401 and CHIN 402 taken together satisfies the foreign language requirement.

Focuses on developing communicative proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will strengthen the language skills learned at previous levels, and acquire more advanced vocabulary and sentence patterns, as well as related cultural knowledge, to deal with more complicated everyday situations.

Conducted in English. This course explores various facets of the modern experience through the lenses of 20th and 21st century Chinese literature and film. We will discuss both the general intellectual, ethical, socio-political, historical and aesthetic issues that shape the global modernity, and the particular situations China faces as a non-Western culture with its own unique history. Major works from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.