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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2014/2015
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Degree Programme Table: Chinese and Linguistics (MA Hons) (UTCHNLN)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Personal Tutor.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST08001 Chinese 1 As available 40
    LASC08015 Linguistics & English Language 1 As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    ASST08042     Modern East Asian History A     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    ASST08043     Modern East Asian History B     (20 credits)

     

    OR   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     




    Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LASC08017 LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English Semester 1 20
    LASC08020 LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories Semester 2 20
    ASST08018 Chinese 2A As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ASST08019     Chinese 2B     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:It is recommended that students take at least 20 credits of further LEL2 courses.
     



    Year 3, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Progression to Honours normally requires a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in Chinese 2A and an *average* of 50% across all obligatory LEL2 courses taken and a minimum of 40% in each, on the first sitting.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST10096 Chinese 3 Year Abroad (Combined degrees) As available 60
    Notes: Reports of satisfactory attendance at, and progress in, the courses studied in China or Taiwan.
    LASC10059 Third-year Project in Language Sciences As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, as available
    ASST09001     Chinese Literature 3     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, as available
    ASST09003     Chinese History 3     (20 credits)

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Notes: Final Assessment Weighting: 1.(Chinese Language 4a). 2. (Chinese Language 4a). 3. (Chinese Language 4b). 4.( Chinese Oral). 5. (Chinese Literature 3 or Chinese History 3). 6. (20 credits from Chinese Honours options). 7. (20 credits from Chinese Honours options). 8.(Third year project in Language Sciences). 9. (Third year project in Language Sciences). 10. (Honours course in Language Sciences). 11. (Honours course in Language Sciences), 12. (Honours course in Language Sciences).


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST10094 Chinese Language 4a As available 10
    ASST10095 Chinese Language 4B As available 10
    ASST10093 Chinese Oral As available 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST10106    Chinese Literature 4A (pre-modern)   20  
    ASST10107    Chinese Literature 4B (modern)   20  
    ASST10108    Chinese History and Thought 4A (pre-modern)   20  
    ASST10109    Chinese History and Thought 4B (modern)   20  
    ASST10126    Politics and Policy in Contemporary China   20  
    ASST10132    Representations of history in the cinema of Communist China   20  
    ASST10138    Chinese Silent Cinema: 1920-1935   20  
    HIST10364    Ming China (1368-1644) and its Cultural Legacy   20  
    ECSH10087    Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy, 1842-1949   20  
    ECSH10088    Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy since 1949   20  

     

    Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LASC10041    Honours Foundation: Phonology & Phonetics   20  
    LASC10011    Lexical Semantics   20  
    LASC10002    Sociolinguistics   20  
    LASC10031    Origins and Evolution of Language (Hons)   20  
    LASC10061    Speech Processing (Hons)   20  
    LASC10033    Statistics and Experimental Design   20  
    LASC10035    Psycholinguistics   20  
    LASC10018    Simulating Language   20  
    LASC10079    Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing   20  
    LASC10077    Child Bilingualism: Language and Cognition   20  
    LASC10055    Corpus Linguistics   20  
    LASC10067    Pragmatics   20  
    LASC10078    The Sociolinguistics of Bilingualism   20  
    LASC10084    Syntax: Theory and Practice   20  
    LASC10029    First Language Acquisition (Honours)   20  
    LASC10021    Historical Linguistics   20  
    LASC10058    Advanced Topics in Phonetics: Speech Production and Perception (Honours)   20  
    LASC10081    Computational Phonology   20  
    LASC10070    Current Issues in Morphology   20  
    LASC10069    Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics   20  
    LASC10080    Early Germanic Dialects   20  

    Notes:"The LEL handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses."
     


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