CHNS at Pennsylvania State 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 CHNS coursework.

• CHNS 401Level Three Chinese Aopens 6 courses (4 directly)
• ASIA 418Confucius and the Great Books of Chinaopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CHNS 418Confucius and the Great Books of Chinaopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• HIST 482Confucius and the Great Books of Chinaopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CHNS 402Level Three Chinese Bopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ASIA 414Chinese Language, Culture and Societyopens 1 course (1 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 CHNS 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 35 CHNS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 16 more CHNS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on CHNS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 5 courses deep, ending at CHNS 404

  1. CHNS 110Level Two Chinese B
  2. CHNS 401Level Three Chinese A
  3. CHNS 402Level Three Chinese B
  4. CHNS 403WLevel Four Chinese A
  5. CHNS 404Level Four Chinese B

• 4 courses deep, ending at CHNS 418

  1. ASIA 418Confucius and the Great Books of China
  2. CHNS 418Confucius and the Great Books of China

• 3 courses deep, ending at CHNS 414

  1. ASIA 414Chinese Language, Culture and Society
  2. CHNS 414Chinese Language, Culture and Society

• 3 courses deep, ending at CHNS 415

  1. ASIA 415China Beyond China
  2. CHNS 415China Beyond China

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CHNS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CHNS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

CHNS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn State campus feed.