After registration, each student will take an entry test to assure proper placement according to his or her ability level; elementary, intermediate, or advanced. At the end of the semester, all students will be required to take Examinations for completion of the courses and to take an exit test, the HSK (the official Chinese Language Proficiency Test).

  At graduation, certificates of completion and diplomas will be issued to all students who have passed the above examinations along with an official HSK certificate specifying the level of language achievement.

1. Elementary Level of Chinese Language Study

  Main Courses: Intensive Reading in Chinese, Extensive Reading in Chinese, Chinese speaking and Listening Comprehension, Writing of Chinese Characters.

  Students will master 2,411 common Chinese words (written and spoken) and 185 basic Chinese grammar items. Students will carry on simple conversations in Chinese. Students will read and write simple sentences in Chinese.

2. Intermediate level of Chinese Language Study

  Main Courses: Modern Chinese, Chinese composition, Listening Comprehension, Chinese Conversation, Reading of Selected Newspaper and Magazine Articles, Watching, Listening and Speaking, Commercial Chinese.

  Students will master 2,850 Chinese words (written and spoken). Students will master about 8 Chinese grammar items of intermediate level. Students will converse fluently in Chinese.

3. Advanced Chinese Language Study

  Main Courses: Modern Chinese, Advanced Chinese Composition, Reading of Selected Newspaper and Magazine Articles, Advanced Cultural Knowledge, Advanced Commercial Chinese, Chinese Grammar.

  Students will master about 2,800 Chinese words and about 100 Chinese grammar items of advanced level. Students will understand basic theories of Chinese language and essential cultural background. Students will qualify as Chinese language secretaries, Chinese translators and teachers of Chinese language.