February 6, 2008

Purdue offers Chinese culture course

The course, A Glimpse of China, will cover selected topics on the Chinese civilization, geographic, historical, and aesthetic components of Chinese culture and the contemporary life of the Chinese people. Topics will include history and geography, Chinese language and calligraphy, Confucianism, Chinese arts and current social, political, cultural and economic issues of China. 

Classes, which are limited to 15 participants, will take place from 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, March 19 to April 16 in Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 114. The course fee is $95. Lectures will be in English, and course materials will be provided. Registration is available on the Continuing Education Web site at: https://www.continuinged.purdue.edu/chinese/.

The Confucius Institute at Purdue is a collaboration among the colleges of Liberal Arts and Engineering, the Krannert School of Management and the Shanghai Jiaotong University in Shanghai, China. To develop relationships and understanding among countries, the Chinese Language Council International sponsors 140 Confucius Institutes worldwide.

Writer: Marydell Forbes, (765) 496-7704, mforbes@purdue.edu

Sources: Wei Hong, Confucius Institute at Purdue director, (765) 494-3859, hongwei@purdue.edu

Joetta Burrous, Community Learning Centers statewide coordinator, (765) 496-3338, jburrous@purdue.edu

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

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