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MIT's Chinese Classes: An Overview

MIT's Chinese curriculum offers two tracks for learning Mandarin: regular track for zero beginners, and streamlined track for learners with some, but often limited, background in Chinese or any of its dialects. Both tracks have elementary- and intermediate-level classes, and students having completed classes in either track are eligible to take integrated advanced-level classes.

Regular Track Classes
Streamlined Track Classes
Integrated Advanced-level Classes

Typical Streamlined Beginners
Which Class to Choose


Regular Track Classes

Elementary-level
21F.101/151 Chinese I (Regular) (Fall & Spring)
21F.102/152 Chinese II (Regular) (Spring)

Intermediate-level (HASS-D language options)
21F.103 Chinese III (Regular) (Fall)
21F.104 Chinese IV (Regular) (Spring)

(Sequence forms Concentration A in Chinese.)

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Streamlined Track Classes

Elementary-level
21F.107/157 Chinese I (Streamlined) (Fall)
21F.108/158 Chinese II (Streamlined) (Spring)

Intermediate-level (HASS-D language options)
21F.109 Chinese III (Streamlined) (Fall)
21F.110 Chinese IV (Streamlined) (Spring)

(Sequence forms Concentration A in Chinese.)

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Integrated Advanced-level Classes

Advanced-level (Minor in Chinese Tier II subjects)
21F.105 Chinese V: Discovering Chinese Cultures and Societies (Fall)
21F.106 Chinese VI: Discovering Chinese Cultures and Societies (Spring)

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Typical Streamlined Beginners

  • Born in America, or immigrated to the States before starting elementary school.
  • Attended weekend Chinese School or took Chinese in middle school or high school for a couple of years.
  • Speak Chinese, and, sometimes, English at home.
  • Know some most frequently used Chinese characters.
  • Have greater difficulty reading and writing than listening and speaking.

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Which Class to Choose

If you are considering taking Chinese at MIT and would like to find out which class is the best for you, please fill out this form for a preliminary placement. I will get back to you once I get the automatically generated e-mail.

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