CHIN 5A

Intermediate Modern Chinese for Advanced Students

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

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Second-year Chinese. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Continuation of course 4A.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
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

Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 4A with grade of C or better or Chinese placement test.

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grade C or better in

CHIN 4A

Requires

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

CHIN 5A

CHIN 4AIntermediate Modern Chinese for Advanced Students
- CHIN 3AElementary Modern Chinese for Advanced Beginners
  - CHIN 2AElementary Modern Chinese for Advanced Beginners1 more beneath

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Unlocks

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

CHIN 5A

CHIN 6AIntermediate Modern Chinese for Advanced Students
- CHIN 100DAdvanced Modern Chinese for Heritage Speakers
  - CHIN 100EAdvanced Modern Chinese for Heritage Speakers1 more beyond
- ASIAN 120FLReadings in East Asian Languages

1 course lists this as a requisite. Showing 4 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.