CHIN 159

Variable Topics in Culture and Society in China

Chinese · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Knowledge of Chinese language not required. Examination of relationship between culture (art, literature, history, film) and society in China. Reading, audio and visual material, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit with topic change.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

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