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Spring 2010 Courses


039:003 Beginning Chinese I

(3 semester hours, Maximum enrollment: 15)
Instructor: Xu Xiaona
Prerequisite:  None
Time and Location:
5:20-6:35 pm, Tuesdays &Thursdays (room to be announced)
This beginning Chinese class is offered through The Confucius Institute at The University of Iowa and is designed for students who have little Chinese language background.  The purpose of this course is to lay groundwork for the study of modern Chinese. The course will provide instruction in all four language skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing.  This course is not an approved GE foreign language course.

039:004 Beginning Chinese II

(3 semester hours, Maximum enrollment: 15)
Instructor:  Sun Qian
Prerequisite:  039:003 Beginning Chinese I or equivalent as demonstrated in written and oral exams.
Time and Location:
5:20-6:35 pm, Tuesdays &Thursdays (room to be announced)
This beginning Chinese class is offered through The Confucius Institute at The University of Iowa and is a continuation of 039:003 Beginning Chinese I. The purpose of this course is to continue to lay groundwork for the study of modern Chinese. The course will provide instruction in all four language skills of aurally understanding, speaking, reading and writing.  After completion of this course you may be able to enroll in 039:009 First Year Chinese:  Second Semester. Please contact Professor Helen Shen at helen-shen@uiowa.edu for more information.
This course is not an approved GE foreign language course.

039:118 Business Chinese II

(3 semester hours, Maximum enrollment:  15)
Instructor:  Sun Qian
Prerequisite: 039:117 Business Chinese I or equivalent
Time and Location:
11:30 am-12:20 pm, Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays (room to be announced)
This is the second course of a 2-course series (039:117 Business Chinese I is the first) dealing with skill development in communicating with Chinese counterparts on a number of domains in business transactions. Topics include China’s foreign trade, technical trade, trade in service, processing trade, financial services, capital markets, bonds and stocks, property rights and franchises, and foreign investment enterprises.

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See the University of IA Department of Asian & Slavic Languages & Literatures website for information on additional courses in Chinese language, literature and culture.