Peking University, Beijing

This course follows the intermediate conversation course that students take in the Intensive Language Program prior to the first semester. It focuses on raising their conversational skills level through exercises in listening, speaking, and reading conducted in the classroom. Text: SPOKEN CHINESE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Assessment: homework, class dictation, practice (40%), and exams (60%).

This is a compulsory language course that covers pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of modern Chinese systematically. It focuses on the training of reading and writing skills in Chinese and consequently improves communication ability. There are 2 levels according to the textbooks and the vocabulary. The students learn about 5000 new words and 207 grammar items; after this course, the students' language level should be equivalent to the HSK level 8. Text: Boya Chinese Intermediate level III (Boya hanyu Chongci 1) Assessment: three tests (70%), homeworks (15%), participation and class performance (15%).

This language course teaches pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of modern Chinese systematically. It focuses on the training of students' reading and writing in Chinese and consequently improves students' communication ability. There are three levels according to the textbooks and teaching pace. In level 2 the students learn about 10000 new words and over 500 grammar items; after this course, the students' language level should be equivalent to the HSK level 11. Text: BOYA CHINESE ADVANCED level II (Boya hanyu Feixiang 2). Assessment: tests, homework, participation and class performance.

This course teaches the history of Chinese characters, the use of radicals, methods of guessing characters, and other intricacies of Chinese character writing. The course teaches more than 804 Chinese characters, including certain patterns in Chinese characters such as common sounds, meanings behind certain radicals, and how to guess at unknown characters through the use of tools taught in class. Text: Dasui Li, CHINESE CHARACTERS, A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH. Assessment: homework (20%), midterm exam (40%), final exam (40%).

This course provides an opportunity to approach study of international politics by tackling `low politics` issues as the starting point of inquiry. It covers how to appraise the complexities embedded in the search for ways and means of addressing a transnational issue. This appraisal begins with knowledge about descriptions of an issue. Among other useful analytical approaches, the course investigates the domestic-international connections (and their lack of) in public policy, while paying particular attention to economic and technology factors that affect conflict/dispute resolution of transnational challenges. The course also discusses the applicability of mainstream international political theories for understanding the phenomena under examination.

This course improves students' writing ability by reading and analyzing model essays in the following areas: practical writing (receipts, letters), descriptive and illustrative writing, argumentative writing, and narrative writing. It focuses on related vocabulary and grammar to improve the students' ability to correct sentence errors in written Chinese. Students expand their vocabulary, gain a better grasp of Chinese grammar and formal diction, and gain the ability to form a more logical structure for each type of composition. Assessment: midterm exam (50%) and a final exam (50%).

This course studies how venture capital finances technological innovation. It is chiefly designed for finance majors with an interest in venture capital, entrepreneurship, technological innovation, or R&D-intensive companies. Topics: valuation and financing of high-tech and high-growth ventures; quantitative methods developed in the venture capital industry. Prerequisite:Corporate Finance

In this course, there are 14 lectures with topics on different areas of Chinese culture. Various teachers from the PKU School of Chinese as a Second Language give one lecture each. It enables students to learn the history, culture, and current situation of China from various angles, and improve their Chinese language. Assessment: final exam.