CHIN 1Elementary Modern Chinese
Chinese · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Introduction to fundamentals of standard Chinese, including pronunciation, grammar, and Chinese characters, with emphasis on all four basic language skills—speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
CHIN 1
- CHIN 2Elementary Modern Chinese
1 course lists this as a requisite. Showing 8 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.