200-399 Regular Undergraduate Courses (Page 2)

CHIN 238 (CMPL 238) – From Martial Arts to Street Dance: Rebellion with Chinese Characteristics (3):

This course leverages the trope of martial arts to examine forms of resistance and counterculture in the Chinese-speaking world. Contextualizing visual representations of martial arts within moments of profound sociopolitical transformations in China and beyond, we will explore the many complexities and dilemmas of political action, in particular the tension between justice and violence, emotion and motion, self-assertion and self-sacrifice, traditional chivalry and radical commitment, as well as between local allegiance and transnational alliance.
Instructor(s): Dr. Keren He Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-VP, CON-BN

CHIN 238 (CMPL 238) – From Martial Arts to Street Dance: Rebellion with Chinese Characteristics (3):

This course leverages the trope of martial arts to examine forms of resistance and counterculture in the Chinese-speaking world. Contextualizing visual representations of martial arts within moments of profound sociopolitical transformations in China and beyond, we will explore the many complexities and dilemmas of political action, in particular the tension between justice and violence, emotion and motion, self-assertion and self-sacrifice, traditional chivalry and radical commitment, as well as between local allegiance and transnational alliance.
Instructor(s): Dr. Keren He Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-VP, CON-BN

CHIN 242 – Chinese Qin Music (3):

This course offers students an opportunity to learn the aesthetics, culture, and history of qin, and study the music through learning the beginning levels of qin pieces.
Instructor(s): Dr. Li-ling Hsiao
Offered: Usually offered in summer Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-VP, CON-BN, CON-E5

CHIN 242 – Chinese Qin Music (3):

This course offers students an opportunity to learn the aesthetics, culture, and history of qin, and study the music through learning the beginning levels of qin pieces.
Instructor(s): Dr. Li-ling Hsiao
Offered: Usually offered in summer Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-VP, CON-BN, CON-E5

CHIN 244 – Introduction to Modern Chinese Culture through Cinema (3):

This course uses select feature and documentary films, supplemented by texts of critical and creative literature, to introduce students to a broad overview of modern China since the mid-19th century, focusing on the major events that have shaped a turbulent course of decline, revolution, and resurgence.
Instructor(s): Dr. Gang Yue Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-VP, CON-BN

CHIN 247 (CMPL 247) – Indigenous Spiritualities in Literatures of China and Taiwan (3):

This course examines spiritual motifs in Asian literature by Indigenous writers in China and Taiwan. Works by Tibetan, Mongol, Uyghur, Kazakh, Bunun, Tao, Hui, Yi, and Wa writers express spiritual principles from a wide variety of beliefs and cosmologies, including Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism, Islam, Shamanism, Animism, and Christianity. As forced assimilation threatens native languages and cultural heritage, Indigenous writers function as "priests of culture," providing spiritual inspiration by lyrically evoking powers beyond the human.
Instructor(s): Dr. Robin Visser Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-PH, CON-BN

CHIN 247 (CMPL 247) – Indigenous Spiritualities in Literatures of China and Taiwan (3):

This course examines spiritual motifs in Asian literature by Indigenous writers in China and Taiwan. Works by Tibetan, Mongol, Uyghur, Kazakh, Bunun, Tao, Hui, Yi, and Wa writers express spiritual principles from a wide variety of beliefs and cosmologies, including Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism, Islam, Shamanism, Animism, and Christianity. As forced assimilation threatens native languages and cultural heritage, Indigenous writers function as "priests of culture," providing spiritual inspiration by lyrically evoking powers beyond the human.
Instructor(s): Dr. Robin Visser Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-PH, CON-BN

CHIN 252 – Introduction to Chinese Culture through Narrative (3):

This course shows how Chinese historical legends define and transmit the values, concepts, figures of speech, and modes of behavior that constitute Chinese culture.
Instructor(s): Dr. Uffe Bergeton Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-LA, CON-BN, CON-WB

CHIN 252 – Introduction to Chinese Culture through Narrative (3):

This course shows how Chinese historical legends define and transmit the values, concepts, figures of speech, and modes of behavior that constitute Chinese culture.
Instructor(s): Dr. Uffe Bergeton Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-LA, CON-BN, CON-WB

CHIN 253 – Chinese Language and Society (3):

Prerequisite, CHIN 102 or 111. Chinese language in social, cultural, historical, and political contexts in China. Topics include basic linguistic features, dialects, writing, literacy, and language reform in the era of modernization and globalization.
Instructor(s): Dr. Uffe Bergeton Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-SS, CON-BN

CHIN 253 – Chinese Language and Society (3):

Prerequisite, CHIN 102 or 111. Chinese language in social, cultural, historical, and political contexts in China. Topics include basic linguistic features, dialects, writing, literacy, and language reform in the era of modernization and globalization.
Instructor(s): Dr. Uffe Bergeton Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-SS, CON-BN

CHIN 255 – Bandit or Hero: Outlawry in Chinese Literature and Films (3):

This course explores the idea of outlaws as hero in the 16th-century kung-fu novel Outlaws of the Marsh and its influence on modern kung-fu and gangster films.
Instructor(s): Dr. Li-ling Hsiao Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-LA, CON-BN

CHIN 255 – Bandit or Hero: Outlawry in Chinese Literature and Films (3):

This course explores the idea of outlaws as hero in the 16th-century kung-fu novel Outlaws of the Marsh and its influence on modern kung-fu and gangster films.
Instructor(s): Dr. Li-ling Hsiao Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-LA, CON-BN

CHIN 346 – History as Fiction or Fiction as History? Early Chinese History in Film and Literature (3):

Through analysis of the role movies play in the formation of popular perceptions of the past, this course provides an introduction to the history of the Qin and Han dynasties.
Instructor(s): Dr. Uffe Bergeton Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-HS, CON-WB

CHIN 346 – History as Fiction or Fiction as History? Early Chinese History in Film and Literature (3):

Through analysis of the role movies play in the formation of popular perceptions of the past, this course provides an introduction to the history of the Qin and Han dynasties.
Instructor(s): Dr. Uffe Bergeton Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-HS, CON-WB

CHIN 356 – Chinese Environmental Literature (3):

Introduces students to Chinese and Taiwanese cultural understandings of human relations to the natural environment. Analyzes classical and modern environmental literature (poetry, essays, fiction, and philosophy) and evaluates how contemporary building practices, governmental policies, and green technologies may be influenced by diverse Chinese philosophical traditions.
Instructor(s): Dr. Robin Visser Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-PH, CON-WB

CHIN 356 – Chinese Environmental Literature (3):

Introduces students to Chinese and Taiwanese cultural understandings of human relations to the natural environment. Analyzes classical and modern environmental literature (poetry, essays, fiction, and philosophy) and evaluates how contemporary building practices, governmental policies, and green technologies may be influenced by diverse Chinese philosophical traditions.
Instructor(s): Dr. Robin Visser Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-PH, CON-WB

CHIN 361 – Chinese Traditional Theater (3):

This course introduces traditional Chinese theater from its earliest development to modern times by examining the interrelation of its elements--music, dance, poetry, and illustration--with performance footage, visual art, and dramatic texts.
Instructor(s): Dr. Li-ling Hsiao Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-VP, CON-BN, CON-WB

CHIN 361 – Chinese Traditional Theater (3):

This course introduces traditional Chinese theater from its earliest development to modern times by examining the interrelation of its elements--music, dance, poetry, and illustration--with performance footage, visual art, and dramatic texts.
Instructor(s): Dr. Li-ling Hsiao Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-VP, CON-BN, CON-WB

CHIN 367 – Illustration and the Animation of Text (3):

This course examines illustration as both a form of literary criticism and a narrative tradition in its own right.
Instructor(s): Dr. Li-ling Hsiao Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-VP, CON-WB

CHIN 367 – Illustration and the Animation of Text (3):

This course examines illustration as both a form of literary criticism and a narrative tradition in its own right.
Instructor(s): Dr. Li-ling Hsiao Making Connections Gen-Ed(s): APP-VP, CON-WB