<p>I took an online placement test and placed into Chinese 101/102 - on average, what do people who speak Chinese usually test into?</p>
<p>What is the difficulty ranking of Chinese 101/102 ?
And what is the hardest course one can place into?</p>
<p>I also heard something about east asian languages being limited to l & s students, is this true?
I HOPE NOT, b/c I'm in College of Chemistry</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>i think 101/102 is the highest you can place into. i am not very surre though. when you r done with the online placement test, you have to contact whoever in the department to schedule an oral exam. </p>
<p>ps: if you r chinese and speaks chinese(mandarin), most of times they won’t let you take the chinese course.</p>
<p>You can pretty much take any class you want in any subject. However if a class is full and it isn’t a requirement for your major, then you will have problems getting off the waiting list.</p>
<p>Nope, new system this sem.</p>
<p>I took 10BX last sem and will be placed in Chinese 101.
So, it’s actually just the 4th semester of chinese.
It goes like: 1, 10, 100, 101 etc.</p>
<p>It’s a good place to start! If you placed there, most likely you’ll do well ^_~</p>
<p>Previously it was : 1a, 1b, 10a, 10b, 100a, 100b
So because of the changing in course system, you’re actually taking 100a :)</p>
<p>wait if they find out that im chinese they wont let me take it?!?!
i thought there were lots of international students from china in the course!</p>
<p>Chinese nationals already know Chinese, so why would they take Chinese? That’s just wasting their time, and everyone else’s time.</p>
<p>@cavilier
“American nationals already know English, so why would they take English? That’s just wasting their time, and everyone else’s time.”</p>
<p>At that level it’s about advanced aspects of the language and literature, not learning how to communicate. Chinese people would take those courses for the same reason that native English speakers take courses from the English department.</p>
<p>I apologize. I mistakenly thought that the purpose of that class was to teach communication. If it’s language and literature, that’s a different thing altogether.</p>
<p>And i think also to boost their gpas</p>
<p>do i have to take 101? or can i just take 102 in the spring since 101 is not a prereq for 102.</p>
<p>[Chinese</a> language courses](<a href=“http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Chinese&p_dept_cd=CHINESE&p_path=l]Chinese”>http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Chinese&p_dept_cd=CHINESE&p_path=l) have several sequences:</p>
<p>1A-1B-10A-10B-100A-100B: for those without previous Chinese language knowledge.</p>
<p>1X-10X-100XA-100XB: for those with heritage knowledge of Mandarin.</p>
<p>1Y-10Y-100XA-100XB: for those with heritage knowledge of non-Mandarin.</p>
<p>The placement test could, of course, place you in an intermediate or advanced level in any of the sequences. If you are placed in 101/102, then they believe that your knowledge is already greater than or equal to that taught in 100B/100BX (which is the prerequisite to 101/102). The most advanced course sequence following 100B/100BX appears to be 102-111-112.</p>
<p>A native speaker/reader/writer would have no use for any of the 1, 10, or 100 courses, but may be interested in some of the other courses.</p>