This second half of the year-long course continues to introduce the basics of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). It covers vocabulary for everyday use and essential communicative skills with regard to real-life and task-oriented situations. Students will concentrate on speaking and listening skills, as well as on learning the various forms of verbs, roots/patterns, and sentence structures.

Beginning Korean II is the second course in a two-semester Beginning Korean sequence, designed for students who have completed Beginning Korean I (ASIAN-160) or possess equivalent proficiency. The course expands vocabulary and grammar while strengthening discourse skills, enabling students to communicate more fluently on various personal topics in diverse social settings. Students engage in extended conversations, comprehend short narrative and descriptive texts, and write simple, connected paragraphs about personal experiences.

Beginning Korean II is the second course in a two-semester Beginning Korean sequence, designed for students who have completed Beginning Korean I (ASIAN-160) or possess equivalent proficiency. The course expands vocabulary and grammar while strengthening discourse skills, enabling students to communicate more fluently on various personal topics in diverse social settings. Students engage in extended conversations, comprehend short narrative and descriptive texts, and write simple, connected paragraphs about personal experiences.

This course provides a comprehensive exploration of the rich and diverse world of Chinese films, offering students a deep understanding of the historical, cultural, and artistic dimensions that shape this dynamic film tradition. We will highlight four major periods: The May Fourth and New Cultural Movement (1919-1930), the socialist era, the transnational developments since the 1980s in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and the current digital era.

ASIAN-213 continues ASIAN-212 Second Year Chinese I. A continuing emphasis on facility in daily life interactions will be supplemented and expanded by increasing discussion of broader issues in society, including education, employment, etc.

ASIAN-223 is the fourth semester course in Japanese for those who have taken ASIAN-222 or have equivalent preparation in Japanese. Students in this course are taught to be able to explain procedures, ask and express opinions, understand and express complaints and apologies, while learning grammatical constructions such as passive, causative, causative-passive and different levels of politeness.

In the last hundred years, China witnessed the emergence of many talented Chinese women writers. Not only did they take part in every stage of important socio-political changes in modern and contemporary China, they were and still are the avant-garde of literary reform and innovation. Many of their works, in particular, take gender and gender ideology/politics at issue, while deviating from the traditional discourse of marginalized or trivialized women, exploring creative and effective ways of literary dialogue and imagination.

Intermediate Korean II is the second course in a two-semester Intermediate Korean sequence, designed for students who have completed Intermediate Korean I (ASIAN-262) or possess equivalent proficiency. This course enhances communicative competence, enabling students to express themselves with greater fluency, accuracy, and confidence in both informal and formal settings while engaging with a broader range of personal, academic, and societal topics.