Recent SemestersSpring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022Class Size15–30 studentsCredits5PrerequisiteCHIN 101 or two years of high school Chinese or qualifying score on SBCC SoML placement exam. Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 6A · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionEssentials of spoken and written Mandarin Chinese through the study of vocabulary, Pin-Yin system, syntax, grammar and culture. Continues the introduction to the essential tools of communication in modern Chinese. Aims at the acquisition of four basic skills in modern Chinese: speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing-based on the fundamentals of the sound system, basic grammar and vocabulary. 