Program Overview

Chinese Studies (CHST)

Course Fees

Some courses may carry fees beyond the standard tuition costs to cover additional support or materials. Program-, subject- and course-specific fee information can be found on the Office of the Bursar website.

Course Offerings

• CHST 270. Tales of the Chinese Diaspora - AH, D23 Units
  • Term Typically Offered: Fall Odd Years
  • Description: An introduction to Chinese historical, global migrations in modern times, the reciprocal influences between Chinese and non-Chinese cultures, and Chinese ethnicity and identities within the global context.
  • Note: Cross-listed with M L 270 and AST 270.
• CHST 271. Chinese Popular Culture - AH, D23 Units
  • Term Typically Offered: Fall Only
  • Description: This course is an introduction to modern and contemporary Chinese pop culture and its global significance.
  • Note: Cross-listed with M L 271.
• CHST 313. Special Topics
  • Term Typically Offered: Occasionally Offered
  • Description: Topic varies by semester. Conducted in English.
  • Note: May be repeated once for credit.
• CHST 323. Doing Business in China
  • Term Typically Offered: Occasionally Offered
  • Description: Discussion of business traditions, practices, etiquette, and norms in China. Conducted in English.
  • Note: Cross-listed with AST 323.
• CHST 331. Chinese Culture and Tradition
  • Term Typically Offered: Occasionally Offered
  • Description: Discussion of Chinese culture and society from the beginnings to 1900, covering topics of religion and government, education, marriage, family, medicine, invention, art, architecture, and other aspects of social life. Conducted in English.
• CHST 333. Contemporary China
  • Term Typically Offered: Occasionally Offered
  • Description: Discussion of the China of today, including popular culture, technology, mass media, folk theater, urban consumer culture, and state policy. Conducted in English.
  • Note: Cross-listed with AST 333.
• CHST 335. China Through Film - AH, D23 Units
  • Term Typically Offered: Fall Only
  • Description: Examination of 20th-century China through the critical study of selected examples of film. Conducted in English.
  • Note: Cross-listed with AST 335.
• CHST 341. Ethnicity and Religion in China
  • Term Typically Offered: Occasionally Offered
  • Description: Studies of minority peoples such as Uigurs, Huis, Mongols and Tibetans, including their life style, language, art and religion. Discussion of how Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and other religious ideas spread into China, and their presence today in China. Conducted in English.
  • Note: Cross-listed with AST 341.
• CHST 351. Chinese Literature in Translation I - D2, AH
  • Term Typically Offered: Occasionally Offered
  • Description: Chinese literature from the beginning to 1911, discussion of principal genres, authors, and works. Conducted in English.
  • Note: Cross-listed with AST 351.
• CHST 353. Chinese Literary Theory
  • Description: Discussion of Chinese views of the function of poetry and literature, ancient Chinese aesthetics, and modern literary politics. Conducted in English.
• CHST 361. Western Literature in China
  • Term Typically Offered: Occasionally Offered
  • Description: Discussion of the tradition of Chinese translation of foreign authors beginning in the late 19th century and its impact on Chinese literature, culture and society, with Katherine Mansfield, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce and others as examples. Conducted in English.