Language-Oriented Instruction
CHIN1020: Elementary Chinese
A course that covers basic vocabulary. My biggest takeaway was figuring how to train myself to memorize the characters practiced and taught in class. This course used everyday words and phrases and simple sentence structures.
CHIN3050: Chinese Conversation and Composition I
The largest part of this course was the composition. I was challenged to write composition in Chinese; then, I realized composing complete and ordered thoughts in Chinese takes another mindset. Also in this course, our vocabulary greatly expands.
CHIN2010: Intermediate Chinese
This course introduced more complex sentence and grammar structures. There was also more emphasis on speaking and comprehension. In this course, I learned the sudden differences in tenses in Chinese and its translation to English.
CHIN3060: Chinese Conversation and Composition II
The largest part of this course was the composition. I was challenged to write composition in Chinese; then, I realized composing complete and ordered thoughts in Chinese takes another mindset. Also in this course, our vocabulary greatly expands.
Linguistic Proficiency Samples
CHIN3050: Chinese Conversation and Composition I
The largest part of this course was the composition. I was challenged to write composition in Chinese; then, I realized composing complete and ordered thoughts in Chinese takes another mindset. Also in this course, our vocabulary greatly expands.
CHIN3060: Chinese Conversation and Composition II
The largest part of this course was the composition. I was challenged to write composition in Chinese; then, I realized composing complete and ordered thoughts in Chinese takes another mindset. Also in this course, our vocabulary greatly expands.
Culture & Literature Courses
CHIN3130: Philosophy in Modern China
This course Using text selected by the professor, I explore and understand the basis of Chinese ideology. Understand the reasoning behind why one thinks what they think helps me get a glimpse of why Chinese culture is the way it is today. The contrast between Chinese ideology and Western ideology and the contrast between ideology of the modern era and present time are both highlights of this course.
CHIN4010 Pre-Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
This course allowed for the reading of beautiful literature from earlier time of Chinese history. This reflects how different and complicated literature was of that era. In addition, comparing the translations of literatures to the original, I realized that some of the beauty is lost, especially in poems. What I love about Chinese poems is the consistency of rhyme and syllables. When translated, those are sometimes lost to accurately translate the meaning.
CHIN4140 Philosophy in Medieval China
Like CHIN3110 course, this course discusses the ideologies of China but in the medieval era. Alongside the content taught regarding philosophy, history was also a part of this course. It was interesting to learn about the formation and evolution of Chinese philosophy all the way from the beginning.
CHIN4990 Selected Topics – Chinese Culture
Through the watching of selected movies and documentaries, we get pulled into the Chinese cultural setting. We discuss topics, core elements, and problems that we spot in the movies. Through class discussions and reflective essays, the values and morals of Chinese culture are compared with Western culture. This course was different because instead of learning about the forming and changing of philosophies and the philosophers of Chinese culture, it zoomed into the human scale. Therefore, we learn about Chinese culture through the lives of Chinese people.
Culture & Literature Samples
CHIN3130: Philosophy in Modern China
“Transformation of Women’s Status in Chinese Society” is an essay discussing the effects philosophical transference have on the transformation of women’s status in Chinese society.
CHIN4010 Pre-Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
“Study of Ghost Stories in Chinese and American Culture” is a research and comparative essay focusing on Chinese and American Culture.
CHIN4140 Philosophy in Medieval China
“Equality in Traditions” is an essay discussing the concept of equality and its foundation in different traditions.
CHIN4990 Selected Topics – Chinese Culture
“To Live: Huozhe, Fate, and Daoism” was a reflective essay that expresses my opinions and take-aways from the movie.
Other
ENGL1030 Composition and Rhetoric
This course was focused on mastering the skill of structuring idea to effectively convey thoughts. Furthermore, students were guided to compose a different range of essays.
MATH1080 Calculus of One Variable II
This was a challenging course that revolved around different topics such as improper integrals and indefinite series. There was also a massive number of mathematical formulas that were taught.
BIOL1030 General Biology I
This course aims to introduce students to the study of life. It covers content from the cellular level to classification of organisms and the evolution of life. Although the course covered a large sum of content, it does not go into too much detail.
AVS1500 Introduction to Animal and Veterinary Science
This course was a lecture-base course where students are introduced to generic information about domestic farm animal. Along with the lab students learn about how farm animals are cared for and common diseases and medical care they undergo.
POSC1020 Introduction to International Relations
This course was focuses on the political positions and international relations of countries around the world. Through selected TED talks and documentations, students explore perspectives of various countries.
COMM2500 Public Speaking
For this course students learned about the different types of speeches and elements that make public speaking successful.
AAH1010/1020 Survey of Art & Architecture History I & II
This course was a lecture-base course that was taught in chronological order beginning with arts from the earliest civilizations. Students learn about the elements that are predominate in different eras and civilizations. Building on the previous level, AAH1020 was taught in the same way, but the content differed.
ARCH1010 Introduction to Architecture
This introductory studio course was for the most part analogic work. Learning to draw and construct ideas and drawing by hand, help to better understand the process of developing idea. The main goal of the course was to guide students to build the basic skills first and ease them into architecture studio.
ARCH2520 Architecture Foundations II
This studio course starts to require students to be considerate of practically when designing. Students must consider structural systems and site contents.
ARCH2700 Structures I
This course introduces students to forces that act upon architecture internal and externally. The goal is for students to use the information taught and apply it to their own design.
ARCH4010 Architecture Portfolio
This course was structured to guide students to find their style and clearly present their architecture works. Students learn to decide which deliverables are most essential to get the idea across. Click here to view architecture portfolio.
ENGL2120 World Literature
Through the selected literature, students learned the difference among cultures from one another. The best part of this course of the creative project “Common Place Book.” That semester long project allows students to share their thoughts and critiques in various creative ways.
STAT3090 Introductory Business Statistics
This class required the ability of applying common sense and reasoning. Given a set of information, students then must determine which formula is needed to get the target unknown.
PHYS2070 General Physics I
The course was a combination of math and science. Students study the introductory materials of physic such as gravity, types of forces, and work. The challenging part is how to apply the knowledge gain in the class to everyday life.
GEOL1120 Earth Resources
This course studies the formation of different earth minerals natural resources such as natural gas and oil. Because natural resources take years and years to form, it’s important for people to be aware of the use of natural resources.
PSYC2010 Introduction to Psychology
This introductory course studies the physical and mental stages human experience growing up. In addition, students learn about different explanations of the same behavior by studying the perspectives of different psychologists.
ARCH1510 Architecture Communication
Over the timespan of three semesters, students learned about the important elements of excellent public speaking. For every semester, students had to deliver a speech before their peers. The goal of this course was to familiarize with the speech prepping process and delivering.
ARCH2040 History of World Architecture
This course was focused on world famous architecture that started and ended architecture eras. The purpose was to inform students what makes an architecture successful. In addition, this course exposed students to architecture that could potentially become case studies for their later projects.
ARCH2510 Architecture Foundations I
This studio course is set to let students build on their model-making skills both digitally and physically and guide them through the design process.
ARCH3500 Introduction to Urban Context
The studio course exposes students to urban context. Building in a populated area requires more considerations and detailed work.
ARCH2710 Structures II
This course was structure to teach the different structural system using real-life example. Student study how all the pieces in a structural system work together to stand. Alongside studying other architectures, the course also teaches students the math with structures.
LANG4990 Language Portfolio
This course was set to allow students to build their digital portfolio that showcases their training and experience at Clemson University. In addition, the digital portfolio is for students to present themselves before employers.