Chinese Studies
Semester 2 2020 unit of study availability
Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.
A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Chinese Studies Intermediate |
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| This pathway is suitable for HSC Beginners more than 70 or HSC Continuers less than 80, or native or near-native speakers with very low literacy level. | |||
Major |
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| A major for the intermediate pathway in Chinese Studies requires 48 credit points from this table, including: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points of 1000-level culture unit | |||
| (ii) 18 credit points of 2000-level units including at least 12 credit points of language units | |||
| (iv) 18 credit points of 3000-level units including 12 credit points of language units | |||
| (v) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project unit | |||
Minor |
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| A minor in the intermediate pathway for Chinese Studies requires 36 credit points from this table, including: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points of 1000-level culture unit | |||
| (ii) 18 credit points of 2000-level units including at least 12 credit points of language units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level language units | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Culture |
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| CHNS1600 The Chinese Language, Present and Past This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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. P CHNS1101 or CHNS1201 C CHNS1102 or CHNS1202 or CHNS2602 N CHNS2111 or CHNS2112 or CHNS2903 or CHNS2904 or CHNS1313 or CHNS1314 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS1601 Understanding Contemporary China |
6 | N ASNS1101 |
Semester 1 |
2000-level units of study |
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Language |
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| CHNS2001 Chinese 2C (Advanced Beginners) |
6 | P Medium to high competency in a spoken Chinese language (e.g. Mandarin, Cantonese) combined with no or very limited knowledge of characters. N CHNS3000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2002 Chinese 2D ( Advanced Beginners) |
6 | P CHNS2001 or CHNS1201 N CHNS3000 or otherwise native or near-native reading or writing or and speaking capacity. |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2601 Chinese 2A (Lower Intermediate) |
6 | A One year (approx. 5 hours per week for 26 weeks) of Chinese at introductory level P CHNS1102 or HSC Beginners more than 70 or HSC Continuers less than 80 |
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 N HSC Chinese Background Speakers |
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 |
Culture |
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| CHNS2003 Gender and Women in Chinese Literature |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2004 Introduction to Chinese Literature |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in ICLS |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2010 Buddhism and Chinese Culture This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Chinese Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2011 Religion and Martial-Arts Fiction |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2613 Communication and Social Change in China |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2614 Understanding News About China This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either Chinese Studies or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2641 Reading Chinese Philosophy This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P CHNS1102 or CHNS1202 or CHNS2602 or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies N CHNS3641 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2613 Chinese Thought |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A N CHNS3641 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2618 Remaking Chinese Society, 1949-Present |
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 in units of study listed in Table A N ASNS2118 |
Semester 1 |
| ICLS2633 Cities of the World |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any of the following majors: Arabic Studies or Chinese Studies or English or European Studies or French Studies or Germanic Studies or International and Comparative Literature and Translation Studies or Modern Hebrew or Indonesian Studies or Italian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies or Spanish and Latin American Studies or History |
Semester 2 |
In country units |
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| All In country units count for the Major and Minor as language units. | |||
| CHNS2650 Chinese In-Country Study A |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level of Chinese Language units or at least a year of Modern Standard Chinese at tertiary level (or equivalent). 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 |
| CHNS2651 Chinese In-Country Study B |
6 | P CHNS2650 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive July |
| CHNS2652 Chinese In-Country Study C |
6 | P CHNS2651 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive July |
| CHNS2653 Chinese In-Country Study D |
6 | P CHNS2652 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive July |
3000-level units of study |
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Language |
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| 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 or HSC Continuers more than 80 or HSC Extension N CHNS3000 or CHNS3001 or HSC Chinese Background Speakers |
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 N CHNS3000 or CHNS3001 or HSC Chinese Background Speakers |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3603 Chinese 4A (Advanced) |
6 | P CHNS1202 or CHNS3602 or CHNS3104 N HSC Chinese Background Speakers or CHNS2203 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3604 Chinese 4B (Advanced) |
6 | P CHNS3603 or CHNS2203 N HSC Chinese Background Speakers or CHNS2204 |
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 N HSC Chinese for Background Speakers 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 |
| CHNS3608 Chinese for Business Purposes (A) |
6 | A Sound intermediate knowledge of Modern Standard Chinese P CHNS2602 or CHNS2002 C CHNS3601 or CHNS3603 N HSC Chinese for Background Speakers or equivalent |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3609 Chinese for Business Purposes (B) This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | A Sound intermediate to advanced knowledge of Modern Standard Chinese; basic grounding in Chinese for business purposes. P CHNS3608 C CHNS3602 or CHNS3604 N HSC Chinese for Background Speakers or equivalent |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3611 Chinese for Specific Purposes 1 |
6 | P CHNS3604 or CHNS3605 or CHNS3000 or CHNS3001 or CHNS2001 or CHNS2002 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3612 Chinese for Specific Purposes 2 |
6 | P CHNS3611 or CHNS3000 |
Semester 2 |
Culture |
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| CHNS3111 Global Chinese Literatures |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Chinese Studies or Asian Studies or International and Comparative Literary Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3607 Chinese Buddhist Texts This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P CHNS2612 or CHNS2112 or CHNS2904 or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Chinese Studies |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3610 Chinese Translation |
6 | P (CHNS1303 and CHNS1304) or 12 credit points at 3000 level units in Chinese Studies |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3621 Case Studies in Chinese Translation This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P CHNS3610 or 12 credit points at 3000 level in Chinese Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3633 Stories for a Modern China This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points each in either Chinese Studies or Asian Studies or 6 Senior credit points in ICLS |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3639 Chinese Cinema |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points each in either Chinese Studies or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3646 Classical Chinese Fiction |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Chinese Studies. N CHNS3543 or CHNS3443 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3647 Classical Chinese Poetry |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Chinese Studies. N CHNS3441 or CHNS3541 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3650 Chinese Translation and Interpreting |
6 | P CHNS2602 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3651 Chinese Drama and Theatre This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in ICLS |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3680 Multilingualism in the Sinosphere |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3618 Popular China This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 |
In-country units |
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| All In country units count for the Major and Minor as language units. | |||
| CHNS3660 Chinese In-Country Study I |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Chinese Language units. Note: Department permission required for enrolment This is a pass/fail unit. Successful completion will result in a grade of "Satisfied Requirements (SR)". |
Intensive December Intensive July |
| CHNS3661 Chinese In-Country Study J |
6 | P CHNS3660 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This is a pass/fail unit. Successful completion will result in a grade of "Satisfied Requirements (SR)". |
Intensive December Intensive July |
| CHNS3662 Chinese In-Country Study K |
6 | P CHNS3661 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This is a pass/fail unit. Successful completion will result in a grade of "Satisfied Requirements (SR)". |
Intensive December Intensive July |
| CHNS3663 Chinese In-Country Study L |
6 | P CHNS3662 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This is a pass/fail unit. Successful completion will result in a grade of "Satisfied Requirements (SR)". |
Intensive December Intensive July |
Interdisciplinary project unit |
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| Where this major is being completed as a first major towards a degree, students should ensure that the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study is undertaken. | |||
| Where this major is being completed as a second major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences towards a degree, the Industry and Community Project unit of study is the appropriate unit to select. | |||
| CHNS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major |
Intensive December Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major. |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |