Chinese Studies
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Chinese Studies |
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| A major in Chinese Studies requires at least 36 senior credit points from this table including at least 24 senior credit points from language units of study of which 6 must be at 3000 level. | |||
Junior units of study |
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Language |
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| CHNS1101 Chinese 1A (For Beginners) |
6 | N HSC Chinese Background Speakers, CHNS1201 or CHNS1301 or CHNS1313 or CHNS1321 |
Intensive December Semester 1 Summer Main Winter Main |
| CHNS1102 Chinese 1B (For Beginners) |
6 | A One semester of Chinese at introductory level P CHNS1101 N CHNS1302 |
Intensive February Semester 2 |
| CHNS1201 Chinese 1C (For Advanced Beginners) |
6 | A Native- or near-native fluency in a spoken Chinese language (e.g., Putonghua, Cantonese) combined with no, or very limited, knowledge of characters N CHNS1101 or CHNS1301 or CHNS1313 or CHNS1321, HSC Chinese Background Speakers |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS1202 Chinese 1D (For Advanced Beginners) |
6 | A Native- or near-native fluency in a spoken Chinese language (e.g., putonghua, Cantonese) combined with full mastery (reading and writing) of about 400 to 500 characters and at least basic communicative skills in Putonghua P CHNS1201 N HSC Chinese Background Speakers, CHNS1102 or CHNS1302 or CHNS1312 or CHNS1322 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS1303 Chinese for Background Speakers 1 |
6 | P HSC Chinese (Background Speakers), or have completed a major part of their secondary education in Chinese N CHNS1101 or CHNS1102 or CHNS2601 or CHNS2602 |
Semester 1 Summer Main Winter Main |
| CHNS1304 Chinese for Background Speakers 2 |
6 | P CHNS1303 N CHNS1101 or CHNS1102 or CHNS2601 or CHNS2602 |
Semester 2 |
Culture |
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| CHNS1600 The Chinese Language, Present and Past |
6 | P CHNS1101 or CHNS1201 C CHNS1102 or CHNS1202 or CHNS2602 N CHNS2111 or CHNS2112 or CHNS2903 or CHNS2904 or CHNS1313 or CHNS1314, HSC Chinese Background Speakers |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS1601 Understanding Contemporary China |
6 | N ASNS1101 |
Semester 1 |
Senior units of study |
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Language |
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| CHNS2601 Chinese 2A (Lower Intermediate) |
6 | A One year (approx. 5 hours per week for 26 weeks) of Chinese at introductory level P CHNS1102 N CHNS2101 |
Intensive July Semester 1 |
| CHNS2602 Chinese 2B (Lower Intermediate) |
6 | A Sound intermediate knowledge of Modern Standard Chinese, including full mastery of about 1000 characters (preferably full-form). P CHNS2601 or CHNS2101 N HSC Chinese Background Speakers |
Intensive December Semester 2 |
| CHNS2611 Classical Chinese A |
6 | P CHNS1102 or CHNS1202 or CHNS2602 or CHNS3602 or CHNS3604 or CHNS2102 or CHNS3104 or CHNS2204 N HSC Chinese Background Speakers |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2612 Classical Chinese B |
6 | P CHNS2611 or CHNS2111 or HSC Chinese for Background Speakers, or CHNS1313 or CHNS2903 N CHNS2112 or CHNS2904 or CHNS1314 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3601 Chinese 3A (Upper Intermediate) |
6 | A Two years of university-level Chinese-language instruction for students without prior knowledge of Chinese P CHNS2602 or CHNS1202 N HSC Chinese Background Speakers, CHNS3103 |
Intensive January Semester 1 |
| CHNS3602 Chinese 3B (Upper Intermediate) |
6 | A Two and a half years of university-level Chinese-language instruction for students without prior knowledge of Chinese P CHNS3601 or CHNS3103 N CHNS3104, HSC Chinese Background Speakers |
Intensive February Semester 2 |
| CHNS3603 Chinese 4A (Advanced) |
6 | P CHNS1202 or CHNS3602 or CHNS3104 N CHNS2203, HSC Chinese Background Speakers |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3604 Chinese 4B (Advanced) |
6 | P CHNS3603 or CHNS2203 N CHNS2204, HSC Chinese Background Speakers |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3605 Chinese 5A (Upper Advanced) |
6 | P CHNS3604 or Distinction in CHNS3602 N HSC Chinese for Background Speakers Note: students who have earned a Distinction in CHNS3602 will be permitted to take this subject either with or instead of Chinese 4A |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3606 Chinese Studies 5B (Higher Advanced) |
6 | P CHNS3605 or Distinction in CHNS3603 Note: students who have earned a Distinction in CHNS3603 Chinese 4A (Advanced) will be permitted to take this subject either with or instead of CHNS3604 Chinese 4B (Advanced) |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3607 Chinese Buddhist Texts |
6 | P CHNS2612 or CHNS2112 or CHNS2904 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3610 Chinese Translation |
6 | P (CHNS1303 and CHNS1304) or CHNS3604 or CHNS3612 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3611 Chinese for Specific Purposes 1 |
6 | P CHNS3602 or CHNS3604 N CHNS3605 or CHNS3606 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3612 Chinese for Specific Purposes 2 |
6 | P CHNS3611 N CHNS3606, CHNS3605 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3650 Advanced Chinese for Translation |
6 | P CHNS3602 |
Semester 1 |
Culture |
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| CHNS2010 Buddhism and Chinese Culture |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Chinese Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2011 Religion and Martial-Arts Fiction This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Chinese Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2613 Communication and Social Change in China This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies) |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2614 Understanding News About China |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies) C CHNS1601 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2641 Reading Chinese Philosophy |
6 | P CHNS1102 or CHNS1202 or CHNS2602 N CHNS3641 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3621 Case Studies in Chinese Translation |
6 | P CHNS1304 or CHNS3605 or CHNS3610 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3633 Lu Xun and China's Modern Literature |
6 | P (12 Senior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 Senior credit points of Asian Studies) or (6 Senior credit points in ICLS) |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3634 Gender in Chinese Literature |
6 | P (12 Senior credit points from Chinese Studies) or (12 Senior credit points from Asian Studies) |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3639 Chinese Cinema |
6 | P (12 Senior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 Senior credit points of Asian Studies) |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3640 Readings in Traditional Chinese History |
6 | P (CHNS1303 and CHNS1304) or (CHNS2611 and CHNS2612) N CHNS3561 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3641 Readings in Early Chinese Thought This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P (CHNS1600 and CHNS1601) or (CHNS1303 and CHNS1304) or (CHNS2611 and CHNS2612) N CHNS3551 or CHNS3451 This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3645 Classical Chinese Prose |
6 | P (CHNS1303 and CHNS1304) or (CHNS2611 and CHNS2612) N CHNS3547 or CHNS3447 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3646 Classical Chinese Fiction |
6 | P (CHNS1303 and CHNS1304) or (CHNS2611 and CHNS2612) N CHNS3543 or CHNS3443 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3647 Classical Chinese Poetry |
6 | P (CHNS1303 and CHNS1304) or (CHNS2611 and CHNS2612) N CHNS3441 or CHNS3541 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3680 Multilingualism in the Sinosphere |
6 | P 6 senior credit points in any of Chinese Studies; Asian Studies; Linguistics or Education |
Semester 2 |
In Country |
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| CHNS2650 Chinese In-Country Study A |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Prerequisites: At least a year of Modern Standard Chinese at tertiary level (or equivalent). The department recommends that students complete at least two semesters of Chinese prior to undertaking a full semester of in-country study. Native speakers of Chinese who can read Chinese fluently and seek special permission to undertake in-country study after first year must present a coherent academic rationale to the department. |
Intensive December Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS2651 Chinese In-Country Study B |
6 | C CHNS2650 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS2652 Chinese In-Country Study C |
6 | C CHNS2651 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS2653 Chinese In-Country Study D |
6 | C CHNS2652 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS2654 Chinese In-Country Study E |
6 | C CHNS2653 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS2655 Chinese In-Country Study F |
6 | C CHNS2654 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS2656 Chinese In-Country Study G |
6 | C CHNS2655 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS2657 Chinese In-Country Study H |
6 | C CHNS2656 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Electives |
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| ASNS2618 Remaking Chinese Society, 1949-Present This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | A Students with no prior knowledge of modern Chinese history are encouraged to read an introductory textbook (e.g., Edwin E. Moise. Modern China: A History. Second edition. Longman, 1994) before the start of the semester. P 12 Junior credit points from Table A N ASNS2118 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS3618 Popular China |
6 | P (12 Senior credit points of Asian Studies) or (12 Senior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 senior credit points of Anthropology) |
Semester 1 |
| ICLS2111 Essentials of Language Learning |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points This unit of study is available only to student enrolled in the Diploma of Language Studies |
Semester 1 |
Honours |
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| CHNS4011 Chinese Honours A |
12 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| CHNS4012 Chinese Honours B |
12 | C CHNS4011 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS4013 Chinese Honours C |
12 | C CHNS4012 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS4014 Chinese Honours D |
12 | C CHNS4013 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |