Winter Quarter 2026

For day, time, room, and TA information, see our PDF schedule or the class search tool https://registrar-apps.ucdavis.edu/courses/search/index.cfm.
For all courses not described here, please refer to the General Catalog course descriptions: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/courses-subject-code/chn

CHN 001
I-Chia Lee
CHN 002
I-Chia Lee: Sec. 001 and Sec. 002
Binbin Yang: Sec. 003 and Sec. 004
CHN 002BL
Jiao Li
CHN 003
Jiao Li
CHN 005
Ling-Yu Lu: Sec. 001 and Sec. 002

CHN 106 - Chinese Poetry
Michelle Yeh
Organized topically and chronologically, the lyric tradition is explored from the dawn of folk songs down to modern expressions of social protest. Topics include friendship, love, oppression, war, parting, death, ecstasy and beauty. All readings are in English.
CHN 110 - Great Writers of China
Yuming He
Examination of major theoretical concepts and interpretive methods in the study of literature by using examples from the Chinese tradition; discussions of classical and modern works with an emphasis on the relations between literature, author, society, and culture.
CHN 112 - Modern Chinese: Reading and Discussion
Ling-Yu Lu
CHN 130 - Readings in Traditional Chinese Fiction
Yuming He
Examination of representative works of traditional Chinese fiction popular from the 12th Century until the 17th and 18th centuries. Translations in English of the Chinese texts will be available to students as reference.
CHN 150 - Fifth Year Chinese
Chengzhi Chu
Examination of literary works and scholarly essays on selected topics of Chinese culture and society. Development of a deep understanding of Chinese culture and society through sophisticated Chinese speaking and writing exercises.
CHN 160 - The Chinese Language
Chengzhi Chu
Introduction to structural features of Chinese (Mandarin) sounds, lexicon, grammar, and writing (characters), as well as relevant dialectal and sociolinguistic issues of the language.