CHIN at Cornell University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CHIN coursework.

• CHIN 1102Beginning Mandarin IIopens 20 courses (1 directly)
• CHIN 2201Intermediate Mandarin Iopens 19 courses (2 directly)
• CHIN 2202Intermediate Mandarin IIopens 17 courses (3 directly)
• CHIN 3301High Intermediate Mandarin Iopens 14 courses (3 directly)
• CHIN 3302High Intermediate Mandarin IIopens 11 courses (3 directly)
• CHIN 4411Advanced Mandarin Iopens 8 courses (3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate CHIN work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 36 CHIN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more CHIN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CHIN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 10 courses deep, ending at CHIN 4428

  1. CHIN 1101Beginning Mandarin I
  2. CHIN 1102Beginning Mandarin II
  3. CHIN 2201Intermediate Mandarin I
  4. CHIN 2202Intermediate Mandarin II
  5. CHIN 3301High Intermediate Mandarin I
  6. CHIN 3302High Intermediate Mandarin II
  7. CHIN 4411Advanced Mandarin I
  8. CHIN 4412Advanced Mandarin II
  9. CHIN 4427High Advanced Mandarin I
  10. CHIN 4428High Advanced Mandarin II

• 6 courses deep, ending at CHIN 3312

  1. CHIN 1111Elementary Cantonese I
  2. CHIN 1112Elementary Cantonese II
  3. CHIN 2211Intermediate Cantonese I

• 4 courses deep, ending at CHIN 1124

  1. CHIN 1121Beginning Mandarin for Professional Students I
  2. CHIN 1122Beginning Mandarin for Professional Students II
  3. CHIN 1123Beginning Mandarin for Professional Students III

• 4 courses deep, ending at CHIN 2210

  1. CHIN 1109Beginning Chinese Reading and Writing for Students of Chinese Heritage I
  2. CHIN 1110Beginning Chinese Reading and Writing for Students of Chinese Heritage II
  3. CHIN 2209Intermediate Chinese Reading and Writing for Students of Chinese Heritage I

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on CHIN sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Fangfang Li
• Felicia Teng
• Jyun-hong Lu
• Rui Liu
• Su George

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CHIN yet.

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Department events

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