ARTS2450 Chinese 3 for Non-Background Speakers (UNSW Sydney): rated 1.5/5 overall across 2 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ARTS2450 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture in School of Humanities and Languages. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 汉语3（非母语者）
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Humanities and Languages
Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This course is designed for students who have acquired a basic level of spoken Chinese (Mandarin) and a working knowledge of up to six hundred simplified characters in their first year of study, as well as for those students who enter the Chinese language program with an equivalent knowledge of Chinese characters. It targets students who do not come from a Chinese cultural and language (or dialect) background.
ARTS2450 has 2 scored reviews: overall 1.5/5 · usefulness 2.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 2.0 stars); 1 Reddit comment that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 1.1/5).
On Reddit: "Lol I'm not enrolled but I go to the Chinese lectures anyway. Let's be honest, there really isn't much logic behind paying to learn a langauge ESPECIALLY when their teaching methods are not based on science or linguistics. They don't incorporate comprehensible input, or active r…"
The course panel on UNSW Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is ARTS2450 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 2 reviews: usefulness 2.0/5, overall 1.5/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches ARTS2450, and when is it offered?
A: ARTS2450 is taught by the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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