Chinese Studies
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Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
| 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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| 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 N CHNS3000 or otherwise native or near-native reading, writing, and speaking capacity |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2601 Chinese Lower Intermediate 1 |
6 | A One year (approx. 4 hours per week for 26 weeks) of Chinese at introductory level P CHNS1102 or HSC Chinese Beginners more than 70 or HSC Chinese Continuers less than 80 N HSC Chinese Continuers more than 80 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2602 Chinese Lower Intermediate 2 |
6 | A One and a half years of university-level Chinese-language instruction for students without prior knowledge of Chinese P CHNS2601 N HSC Chinese Continuers more than 80 or HSC Chinese in Context or HSC Chinese and Literature |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2611 Classical Chinese A |
6 | P CHNS1102 or CHNS2602 or CHNS3602 or CHNS3604 or CHNS2601 N HSC Chinese and Literature |
Semester 1 |
Culture |
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| 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 or CHNS2601 or CHNS2001 or CHNS3601 or CHNS3000 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2005 Reading Chinese Philosophy and Religion |
6 | P 12 credit points of Chinese language units |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2613 Communication and Social Change in China |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000, 2000, or 3000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2614 Understanding News About China |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000, 2000, or 3000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2613 Chinese Thought |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies or Chinese or Indonesian or Japanese or Korean Studies or Sanskrit or Philosophy 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 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Chinese Studies or Indonesian Studies or Sanskrit or History or Ancient History |
Semester 1 |
| ICLS2633 Cities of the World |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from ICLS or English or 12 credit points at 1000, 2000 or 3000 level from Arabic Language and Cultures or Chinese Studies or French and Francophone Studies or Germanic 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 |
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 HSC Chinese Continuers more than 80 or HSC Chinese Extension N CHNS2001 or CHNS2002 or CHNS3000 or CHNS3001 or HSC Chinese in Context or HSC Chinese and Literature |
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 CHNS2001 or CHNS2002 or CHNS3000 or CHNS3001 or HSC Chinese in Context or HSC Chinese and Literature |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3603 Advanced Chinese 1 |
6 | P CHNS2002 or CHNS3602 or HSC Chinese in Context N HSC Chinese and Literature |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3604 Advanced Chinese 2 |
6 | P CHNS3603 N HSC Chinese and Literature |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3605 Chinese 5A (Upper Advanced) |
6 | P CHNS3604 or Distinction in CHNS3602 N HSC Chinese and Literature 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 and Literature 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) This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
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) |
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 and Literature or equivalent |
Semester 2 |
Culture |
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| CHNS3610 Chinese Translation |
6 | P (CHNS1303 and CHNS1304) or 12 credit points at 3000 level in Chinese Studies |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3633 Topics in Chinese Literature 2 This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in Chinese Studies or Asian Studies or 6 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in International and Comparative Literary Studies |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3639 Chinese Cinema |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3647 Classical Chinese Poetry |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Chinese Studies or CHNS3000 or CHNS3601 N CHNS3441 or CHNS3541 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3650 Chinese Interpreting |
6 | P CHNS2602 or CHNS3601 |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3680 Multilingualism in the Sinosphere |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Chinese Studies or CHNS3000 or CHNS3601 |
Semester 2 |
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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| If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major. | |||
| If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major. | |||
| If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major. | |||
| FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December |
Intensive December Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December |
Intensive December Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHNS3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | P 72 credit points C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |