Penn Chinese Program offers Chinese courses from introductory through advanced levels. Besides Mandarin Chinese, the program also teaches some Chinese dialects, i.e. Cantonese, Shanghaiese, and Taiwanese on a regular basis. The language courses also improve students’ understanding of Chinese culture, history, and society. The size of the classes is small which makes it easier to learn and students receive a lot of attention in the class.
If you feel there are circumstances such as gaps in your Chinese learning experience, choice of Chinese character form, significant “imbalance” in your language skills or learning difficulty, please consult the director of the Chinese Language Program, Dr. Ye Tian.
Please click on the course names for more information (description, instructor, sample texts, prerequisites, etc.)
| Spring | SPRING ONLY TOPICS LECTURE 1140 (510) OR TOPICS LIT 1147 (515) |
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| Spring | MOD LIT 1045 (412) |
1065 (482) | MOD DOC 1048 (415) |
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| Fall | MOD LIT 1040 (411) |
1060 (481) | |||||||
| Spring | 0800 (312) | 0865 (382) | 0805 (372) | MEDICAL 0878 (380) |
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| Fall | 0700 (311) | 0860 (381) | 0705 (371) | MEDIA 0870 (361) |
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| Spring | 0600 (212) | 0620 (232) | |||||||
| Fall | 0500 (211) | 0520 (231) | |||||||
| Spring | 0400 (112) | 0410 (022) | 0420 (032) | 0405 (004) | 0431 (142) | 0433 (152) | |||
| Fall | 0300 (111) | 0320 (031) | 0305 (003) | 0331 (141) | 0333 (151) | ||||
| Spring | 0200 (012) | 0210 (021) | 0260 (082) | 0205 (002) | 0231 (042) | 0233 (052) | |||
| Fall | 0100 (011) | 0160 (081) | 0105 (001) | 0131 (041) | 0133 (051) | ||||
| Regular Chinese | Intensive Chinese | Business Chinese | Reading & Writing Chinese | Spoken Chinese | Spoken Cantonese | Spoken Taiwanese | Special Topics |