Oregon Chinese Flagship Program

Subject Title Credit Instructor Fall Winter Spring

CHN 420 Intermediate Language Strategies 4 Bian,Jie x PSY 202 Psychology: Mind and Society 4 Measelle, Jeff x CHN 440 Advanced Language Strategies 4 Lin,Shih-Chi x LING 295 Language, Culture, and Society 4 Jing-Schmidt,Zhuo x CHN 405/401 Discipline Readings / Thesis Writing 1 Bian,Jie x CHN 421 Intermediate Language Strategies 4 Chen,Weijun x HIS 191 Chinese History Past and Present 4 Schwintzer x CHN 441 Advanced Language Strategies 4 Bian,Jie x ENG 399 Globalization and Contemporary Chinese Cinema 4 Li, David x CHN 405 Capstone Research/Thesis Writing (Seniors) 1 Chen,Weijun x CHN 422 Intermediate Language Strategies 4 Chen,Weijun x PS 199 State of the World 4 Gurtov,Mel x CHN 442 Advanced Language Strategies 4 Bian,Jie x PPPM 327 Urbanization of Modern Chinese Cities 4 Yang, Yizhao x CHN 401 Pre-Capstone Preparation 1 Chen,Weijun x

Subject Title Credit Instructor Fall Winter Spring
CH113 Green Chemistry:The Chemistry of Sustainability 4 Yang, M. x CHN 420 Intermediate Language Strategies 4 Bian, J. x PPPM 325 Community Leadership & Change: Urban Development in China 4 Yang, Y. x CHN 440 Advanced Language Strategies 4 Chen, W. x BA 101 Intro to Bus: Conducting Business with China 4 Fang, Y.   x CHN 421 Advanced Language Strategies 4 Chen, W.   x ENG 399 Global Literature and Chinese Cinema: Family and Intimacy 4 Li, D.   x CHN 441 Advanced Language Strategies 4 Bian, J.   x HYPY 101 Human Physiology: The Sports and Medicine of China 4 Chou, L.   x CHN 422 Intermediate Language Strategies 4 Chen, W.   x EALL 380 Self and Society in Chinese Literature 4 Wang, Y.   x CHN 442 Advanced Language Strategies 4 Mao, F.   x
Research Preparation
ASIA 401 Sophomore Research Preparation 1 Mao, F. x ASIA 401 Sophomore Research Preparation 1 Chen, W. x ASIA 401 Sophomore Research Preparation 1 Bian, J. x

 

 

CH 113 Green Chemistry: The Chemistry of Sustainability
The goal of these out-of-class activities is to encourage students to explore different dimensions of Sustainable Chemistry by utilizing the internet and other resources. Through these investigations, students will gain insights into how sustainability principles are addressed in the big picture, how to search for relevant and informative materials, how to focus the extensive information at hand into concise and edifying presentations, and how to obtain knowledge in a probative and enriching manner. Students advance their comprehension by sharing and discussing these inquiries with the rest of the class.

PPPM 325 Community Leadership & Change: Urban Development in China
This class focuses on the evolution of residential forms and the housing policy reform in China. It explores the impacts of housing changes on both people and cities, including issues ranging from housing inequality, to social segregation, urban expansion, inner-city redevelopment, rural-urban migration, urban transportation, and urban living.

CHN 440 Advanced Language Strategies
This ten-week course is designed for students with advanced-level Chinese language proficiency to help you acquire advanced high to superior level language skills. Whether you are a Flagship scholarship student or not, you will benefit from the unique content-based approach. We expect students to share our commitment to improving your skills by providing you with strategies and exercises to enhance your ability to express yourself in Chinese

Subject Title Credit Instructor Fall Winter Spring
Art 199 Life & Works of Contemporary Chinese Art 3 Tan, Y. x CHN 399 Special St Language Strategies 1 3 Liu, J. x ENVS 201 Sustainable Development in China 4 Hu, T. x CHN 410 Chinese Language Strategies 1 3 Liu, J. x PSY 410 Psychology of the East 4 Tang, Y. x CHN 399 Special St Language Strategies 2 3 Liu, J. x ENG 399 Family & Intimacy in Contemporary Chinese Cinema 4 Li, D. x CHN 410 Chinese Language Strategies 2 3 Liu, J. x CH 113 Green Chemistry: The Chemistry of Sustainability 4 Yang, M. x CHN 399 Special St Language Strategies 3 3 Liu, J x CHN 381 The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film 4 Sang, T. x CHN 410 Chinese Language Strategies 3 3 Liu, J. x
Research Preparation
Asia 401 Research Preparation for China 1 Liu, J. x

 

Art 199 Life and Work of Contemporary Chinese Artists
This course, conducted in Mandarin Chinese, introduces students to contemporary art of China. Focusing on the life and work of selected artists, we will explore the connections between art and life, the creative process and outcome of an artwork, the impact of Chinese heritage and western influences, and the correlation between an individual’s artistic practice and social/cultural transformations occurring in China today.

CHN 399 Special Language Strategies 1
This ten-week course is designed for students with intermediate-level Chinese language proficiency to acquire advanced level language skills. Whether you are Flagship scholarship student or not,we hope you will appreciate our unique content-based approach and share our commitment to improve your skills and enhance your language learning strategies.

ENVS 201 Sustainable Development in China
Environmental Studies 201 introduces some of the major contributions of the social sciences to understand how and why environmental problems happen – the social ‘root causes’ of these problems, by analyzing the situation of China. Environmentally harmful human behavior is not simply a fact of life: it is a product of specific social conditions, which can be studied, understood, and changed. This course examines social approaches to resolving environmental problems, specifically focus on the strategy of Sustainable Development in China. This course is taught entirely in Chinese and requires advanced language proficiency. Students will research the environmental impacts of China’s fast economy development and then the strategy of Sustainable Development to improve China’s environmental future. This course will be based on authentic Chinese materials compiled into a course reader.

CH 113 Green Chemistry: the Chemistry of Sustainability
The goal of these out-of-class activities is to encourage students to explore different dimensions of Sustainable Chemistry by utilizing the internet and other resources. Through these investigations, students will gain insights into how sustainability principles are addressed in the big picture, how to search for relevant and informative materials, how to focus the extensive information at hand into concise and edifying presentations, and how to obtain knowledge in a probative and enriching manner. Students advance their comprehension by sharing and discussing these inquiries with the rest of the class.

Subject Title Credit Instructor Fall Winter Spring

ASIA 199 Perspectives in Chinese Literature & Language 3 Spring x CHN 399 Chinese Language Strategies 3 Spring x CHN 380 Self and Society in Chinese Literature 4 Wang x CHN 399 Chinese Language Strategies 3 Spring x HIST 397 Modern Chinese History 4 Chen x CHN 399 Chinese Language Strategies 3 Spring x

 

CHN 399 Chinese Language Strategies
This unit will use a series of case studies to teach Chinese business communication. It will actively involve and challenge students as they improve their Mandarin Chinese language skills in a wide range of applied business context, from doing job interviews, to creating advertising and promotion plans, to issues on e-commerce and intellectual property rights. In addition to business vocabulary, students are expected to master the different levels of social formality and know exactly what to say in various business contexts.

CHN 380 Self and Society in Chinese Literature
This course examines the role of the self in pre-modern Chinese society through reading some of the most important works in traditional Chinese literature. A good knowledge and understanding of the relationship between the individual and the society in premodern China will prove essential for any serious engagement with modern China with its ever-increasing influence in regional and global affairs.

HIST 397 Modern Chinese History
This course, conducted completely in Mandarin Chinese, provides students with an overview of modern China. It guides students through the richness and complexity of modern Chinese history.Understanding modern China requires some preliminary familiarity with core cultural values and basic social structures of pre-modern China. This background sets the stage for a proper appreciation of China’s dramatic modern transformations. Through a combination of lectures, films, and discussions, this course acquaints students with the warp and weft of Chinese history since the mid-nineteenth century. It demonstrates how Chinese intellectuals, reformers and revolutionaries attempted to modify, reject, even to eradicate some aspects of Chinese traditions while at the same time searching for a specifically Chinese identity and coming to terms with modernity in a Chinese way. It also deconstructs a monolithic image of “China” by considering gender difference in experience of modernity and by looking at some minority peoples’ perspectives of modern Chinese history, including those of muslims and Tibetans. Through intensive reading, writing, and discussing (all in Mandarin Chinese), students of this course will acquire foundational knowledge for a historical understanding of contemporary issues in Chinese politics and society.