Chinese

Chinese Courses
Chinese Minor
News and Events 

The 21^st century has witnessed rapid economic development of China and a surging interest in Chinese language and culture.  The University of San Francisco is uniquely situated on the Pacific Rim and in the center of a city with the largest Chinatown outside of Asia, providing a living laboratory for students to study Chinese language and culture.  With an almost 20% Asian student population on campus, USF provides students with an enormous and unrivaled array of academic, linguistic, and cultural experiences of China.

The Chinese program currently offers three years of Chinese language courses and Minor in Chinese Studies.  A sequence of structured language courses are designed to help students develop proficiency in Chinese with an emphasis on the balanced development of the basic language skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing, and at the same time, gain an adequate understanding of Chinese culture and contemporary Chinese society. 

Faculty 

• Prof. Steve Roddy , Associate Professor, roddys@usfca.edu, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1993. Area of Specialization: Chinese fiction and classical prose, Japanese fiction, and East Asian Intellectual History.

• Prof. Zhiqiang Li , Associate Professor, zli2@usfca.edu, Ph.D., MIT, 2003.  Area of Specialization: Phonology, Phonetics, Chinese Linguistics and Chinese language teaching.

• Prof. Josephine Tsao, Adjunct Professor, jhtsao@usfca.edu, Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2001.  Area of Specialization: Journalism and Chinese language teaching.

• Prof. Wenchi Chang, Adjunct Professor, wlchang@usfca.edu, M.A. in Chinese, Area of Specialization: Chinese language and literature teaching.
• Prof. Wan Liu, Adjunct Professor, wliu29@usfca.edu, Ph.D., Princeton University, Area of Specialization: Comparative Literature, Chinese poetry, literary culture of the Tang and Song periods.

• Study Abroad
• Service Learning Opportunities
• Chinese Study Links
• Chinese Scholars and Students Association (CSSA)

Contact

Zhiqiang Li
Coordinator, Chinese Studies Program
Kalmanovitz Hall 341
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
E-mail: zli2@usfca.edu