# Vietnamese (VIET) courses

Coastline College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://catalog.cccd.edu/coastline/course-descriptions/credit-courses/viet/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### VIET C160 — Vietnamese For Vietnamese Speakers

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 90 lecture hours
- **Advisory:** Native or near-native fluency in Vietnamese recommended.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

Formerly: VIET C260. VIET C160 is designed to enrich the communication skills of the Vietnamese bilingual student. The course focuses instruction on improving the communication skills in formal and familiar ways of speaking, reading, using correct grammar, spelling, vocabulary building, and composing. The course explores culture through readings, plays, and films. Class is conducted primarily in Vietnamese.

### VIET C180 — Elementary Vietnamese 1

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 90 lecture hours
- **Advisory:** Students who have completed two years of high school Vietnamese with a grade of "C" or better should enroll in VIET C185.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/coastline-college/schedule/fall-2026/viet.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/coastline-college/schedule/spring-2027/viet.md)
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course is designed to develop the student's fundamental ability to both comprehend and converse in daily spoken Vietnamese. Early reading and writing skills are introduced as well as customs and cultures of the Vietnamese-speaking world.

### VIET C185 — Elementary Vietnamese 2

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 90 lecture hours
- **Prerequisite:** VIET C180 or VIET C180B or equivalent competency.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/coastline-college/schedule/fall-2026/viet.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/coastline-college/schedule/spring-2027/viet.md)
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

A college-level Vietnamese course focusing on further training in pronunciation and grammar, more extensive vocabulary development, conversation, and composition. Supplementary cultural readings. Vietnamese C185 is equivalent to the third year of high school Vietnamese.

### VIET C280 — Intermediate Vietnamese 1

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 72 lecture hours
- **Prerequisite:** VIET C185 or VIET C185B or equivalent competency.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course is designed to develop further the abilities students have attained to comprehend and converse daily in spoken and written Vietnamese at an intermediate level. Reading and writing skills are stressed and enhanced. Cultural notes, authentic reading materials, literary selections, and grammar beyond the phrasal level present new concepts to stimulate vocabulary acquisition, to provoke expressive ability, and to generate communicative competency. Cultural and philosophical aspects of the Vietnamese-speaking world, including the world of Vietnamese-Americans, will also be discussed.

### VIET C285 — Intermediate Vietnamese 2

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 72 lecture hours
- **Prerequisite:** VIET C280 or VIET C280B or equivalent competency.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

VIET C285 is a continuation of VIET C280 with continuing emphasis on student's ability to comprehend and converse in daily spoken Vietnamese at the advanced intermediate level. The course focuses on enriching the communication skills in formal and familiar ways of speaking, reading, using correct grammar, spelling, vocabulary building, and composing. The course explores culture through readings, plays, and film.