CHIN 50WChinese Civilization
Chinese · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. Satisfies Writing II requirement.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.80 · from text- · "ENGCOMP 3H" is not in this catalog version
- · "ESL 36" is not in this catalog version
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHIN 50W
- ENGCOMP 3English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language
- ENGCOMP 2Approaches to University Writing
- ENGCOMP 2IApproaches to University Writing for Multilingual Students
1 direct requisite. Showing 4 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.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.