CHIN 3Elementary Modern Chinese

Chinese · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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First-year Chinese. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Continuation of course 2.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Spring 2026
Spring 2027

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

Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 2 with grade of C or better or Chinese placement test.

BruinTree reads · Prerequisite

confidence 1.00 · from UCLA’s structured data

grade C or better in

CHIN 2

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

CHIN 3

CHIN 2Elementary Modern Chinese
- CHIN 1Elementary Modern Chinese

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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

CHIN 3

CHIN 4Intermediate Modern Chinese
- CHIN 5Intermediate Modern Chinese
  - CHIN 6Intermediate Modern Chinese1 more beyond
CHIN 10Intermediate Modern Chinese: Intensive
- CHIN 100AAdvanced Modern Chinese
  - CHIN 100BAdvanced Modern Chinese3 more beyond
  - CHIN 165Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Texts1 more beyond
- CHIN 100IAdvanced Modern Chinese: Intensive
  - CHIN 101AAdvanced Readings in Modern Chinese
  - CHIN 101BAdvanced Readings in Modern Chinese5 more beyond
  - CHIN 108FLSpecial Studies: Readings in Chinese
  - CHIN 135Chinese-Language Film and Culture
- CHIN 102AAdvanced Chinese for International Business
- CHIN 102BAdvanced Chinese for International Business
CHIN 110AIntroduction to Classical Chinese
- CHIN 110BIntroduction to Classical Chinese
  - CHIN 110CIntroduction to Classical Chinese8 more beyond
  - CHIN 165Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Textsanother path to it
CHIN 124Taiwanese Language and Culture
CHIN 125Taiwanese Language and Expressive Cultures
CHIN 187Chinese Etymology and Calligraphy

6 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 21 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

Unlocks

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

CHIN 3

CHIN 4Intermediate Modern Chinese
- CHIN 5Intermediate Modern Chinese
  - CHIN 6Intermediate Modern Chinese1 more beyond
CHIN 10Intermediate Modern Chinese: Intensive
- CHIN 100AAdvanced Modern Chinese
  - CHIN 100BAdvanced Modern Chinese3 more beyond
  - CHIN 165Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Texts1 more beyond
- CHIN 100IAdvanced Modern Chinese: Intensive
  - CHIN 101AAdvanced Readings in Modern Chinese
  - CHIN 101BAdvanced Readings in Modern Chinese5 more beyond
  - CHIN 108FLSpecial Studies: Readings in Chinese
  - CHIN 135Chinese-Language Film and Culture
- CHIN 102AAdvanced Chinese for International Business
- CHIN 102BAdvanced Chinese for International Business
CHIN 110AIntroduction to Classical Chinese
- CHIN 110BIntroduction to Classical Chinese
  - CHIN 110CIntroduction to Classical Chinese8 more beyond
  - CHIN 165Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Textsanother path to it
CHIN 124Taiwanese Language and Culture
CHIN 125Taiwanese Language and Expressive Cultures
CHIN 187Chinese Etymology and Calligraphy

6 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 21 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.