CHINA 202RIntermediate Chinese 2
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- Chinese
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Building on CHINA 201R, this course enhances students' fluency in intermediate-level comprehension of Chinese by a systematic study of vocabulary, grammar, and culture. By the end of the course, students will be able to speak Chinese with fluency on various topics and have a deeper understanding of different aspects of Chinese society and culture.
Prerequisites
- Must have completed the following:
- CHINA201R - Intermediate Chinese 1 (0.50)
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
Reviewed on UW Flow
92% liked it47% easy100% useful
From 12 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Extremely fun and engaging class. Professor calls on everyone to do the readings and practice sentence structures. Class feels very casual and conversational; able to talk with professor about many random things in Chinese. Learned a lot of new characters and grammar patterns. One of the only classes worth taking at 8:30am.
Mar 2025 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
Skipped to this course due to some basic Chinese background. It does help force you to learn, but I don't think I would take a language course again (learning a language isn't as fun if it can affect your GPA :p)
Dec 2024 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
Not too hard compared to 201.
Oct 2022 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
Really hard, after coming from China 101, 102, 201.
May 2016 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
8 posts and comments in 8 threads mention CHINA 202R, January 2016 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2023
CHINA 201R/202R course outline 1 point, 0 comments
u/Daniel272: “Hi guys, I'm wondering if anyone can share with me a copy of the CHINA 201R or 202R course outlines? Thanks”
Winter 2023
Has anyone taken CHINA 202R? Could you PM me 1 point, 0 comments
Spring 2020
Frosh/High School Megathread (Fall 2020) 201 points, 1,602 comments
“Welcome to Waterloo, first-years (and interested high school students)! Use this thread to post any questions related to frosh or your first year at Waterloo in general.”
u/eryunnea: “for CHINA 202R do i really need the textbooks? can i live with the first editions”
Winter 2019
CHINA 202R? 4 points, 3 comments
u/kittykore: “How much harder is it from 201R? :o”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “… CHEM 760 CHEM 770 CHEM 773 CHEM 794 CHINA 101R CHINA 102R CHINA 120R CHINA 200R CHINA 201R CHINA 202R CHINA 301R CHINA 320R CHINA 391R CIVE 100 CIVE 104 CIVE 115 CIVE 204 CIVE 221 CIVE 224 CIVE 241 CIVE 265 CIVE 298 CIVE 306 CIVE 313 CIVE 332 CIVE 343 CIVE 354 CIVE 381 CIVE 382 …”
Spring 2017
What languages do you speak? 5 points, 51 comments
“Always nice to know what languages are floating around campus and beyond”
u/SolarSystemSuperStar: “English, Korean, and Mandarin that is good enough for me to be thrown into CHINA 202R, but bad enough for me to get 61% on the course.”
Fall 2016
Can I take any China1XX courses if I'm chinese? 2 points, 12 comments
“As the title suggests, I want to take some bird courses for next semester. I'm not super fluent in mandarin nor am I very good at writing. …”
u/marmoshet: “… I originally got placed in CHINA 202R which I obviously was not competent enough for. …”
Winter 2016
Experience with CHINA202R? 4 points, 5 comments
u/northerndownpours: “I've meaning to take a Chinese language course at Waterloo, but the only course that fits with my schedule is CHINA202R. I do speak Mandarin at a decent level, so I have an okay grasp when it comes to speaking/comprehension. …”
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