CHIN 1AElementary Modern Chinese for Advanced Beginners
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. Designed for students who already have certain listening and speaking skills in Mandarin or other Chinese dialects at elementary levels. Training in all four basic language skills (speaking, listening, 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
Official UCLA wording
Recommended preparation: ability to speak and understand Mandarin or other Chinese dialects at elementary levels.
BruinTree reads · Recommended
needs reviewconfidence 0.00 · from textBruinTree could not read this requirement — see UCLA’s wording above.
- · could not read "ability to speak" (no course number found)
- · could not read "understand Mandarin" (no course number found)
- · could not read "other Chinese dialects at elementary levels" (no course number found)
- · no course reference could be read from this requisite
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.