National Database

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Name of the Institute

KPU

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Home department/faculty

Department of Language and Cultures

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Programs /courses
on Campus

Fall Program, 1st Term: Mand 1100, Mand 2200, Mand 3310, Mand 4321 (Alternating with Mand 4481 every other year)

Spring Program, 2nd Term: Mand 1100, Mand 1101, Mand 2201, Mand 3311, Mand 4323 (Alternating with Mand 4483 every other year)
Summer Program on Campus: NONE

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 Field School

In conjunction with the Study-in-Shanghai program organized by the Canadian TCSL Association

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Director/ Coordinator

Dr. Yanfeng Qu, Dept Chair and Program Director

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Yearly Enrolment

About 250

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Chinese Instructors

Faculty Members:  2
Full-time Instructors: 1
Part-time Instructors:1

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Teaching Assistants

Full-time:
Part-time:1

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Textbooks

Integrated Chinese (for Mand 1100, 1101, 2200, and 2201)
Beyond the Basics (for Mand 3310 and 3311)
Close the Deal (for Mand 4321 and 4323)

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Credentials offered

Minor in Language and Cultures (with other department offerings)

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Online delivery platform (its name, asynchronous or synchronous or mixed)

Use Moodle as the online delivery platform and BBB for synchronous sessions)
Mixture of synchronous and Asynchronous sessions for 2020-2021.

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Events/Activities

None for the year due to the pandemic.

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Contact Information

Dr. Yanfeng QU

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Course Description
(Please put course description link here.)

https://courseoutlines.kpu.ca/sites/courseoutlines/library/Library/Forms

/currentcourses.aspx (authorized access only)

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Changes and challenges for the Chinese programs

Slowly dwindling enrolment and retention rates