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Degree Programme Table: Chinese Studies (MCS) (Full-time) (PTMCHCHNST1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students may take option courses outside the DPT within LLC without the approval of their Programme Director. Before choosing an option outside the School of LLC, the approval of the Programme Director must be obtained.

    While every effort will be made to ensure that timetable clashes are avoided, this cannot be guaranteed; it is your responsibility to ensure that your option course choices do not clash with your core courses.

    Students are expected to be able to select from a range of optional courses offered by the Business School. Details of the courses to be offered in 2016-17 will be confirmed in due course and advertised here. Any students taking courses with the Business School (15 credits each) will be required to submit a short piece of work (5 credits) detailing how the material on the course can be related to China.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST11081 Research Skills and Methods in Chinese Studies Semester 1 20
    ASST11046 Introduction to Chinese Society and Culture II Semester 1 20
    ASST11055 Politics and Economics in the PRC after 1978 Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


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


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 11, during Semester 1
    ASST11089     Chinese Language 1A     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 11, during Semester 1
    ASST11061     Chinese Language Intermediate 1A     (40 credits)

     



    AND   

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


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 11, during Semester 2
    ASST11041     Chinese Language 1B (MChS revised)     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 11, during Semester 2
    ASST11060     Chinese Language Intermediate 1B     (40 credits)

     



    AND   

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


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST11084    East Asian International Relations   20  
    ASST11091    Chinese Silent Cinema: 1920-1935   20  
    ASST11031    Keywords of Chinese Modernity   20  
    HIAR11055    Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: The Elite World of China   20  
    ASST11010    Contemporary Chinese Literature (MChS)   20  
    ASST11093    U.S. Foreign Policy in East Asia   20  
    ASST11076    Chinese Religions: Confucianism, Daoism and 'Popular Religion'   20  
    ASST11090    Japanese-Chinese Relations: History and Contemporary Issues   20  
    ASST11099    Chinese Studies Review Exercise 1   5  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CLLC11087    Gender, Revolution and Modernity in Chinese Cinema   20  
    HIAR11054    Art and Society in the Contemporary World: China   20  
    ASST11094    The Role of Sub-State Actors in East Asian Politics   20  
    ASST11100    Chinese Studies Review Exercise 2   5  
    ASST11101    Chinese Studies Review Exercise 3   5  
    ASST11102    Chinese Studies Review Exercise 4   5  

     




    Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students may take option courses outside the DPT within LLC without the approval of their Programme Director. Before choosing an option outside the School of LLC, the approval of the Programme Director must be obtained.

    Students are expected to be able to select from a range of optional courses offered by the Business School. Details of the courses to be offered in 2016-17 will be confirmed in due course and advertised here. Any students taking courses with the Business School (15 credits each) will be required to submit a short piece of work (5 credits) detailing how the material on the course can be related to China.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST11067 Approved Residence in China July - December (20 credits) Semester 1 20
    Notes: May to November between year 1 and 2
    ASST11011 Dissertation (Master of Chinese Studies) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
    ASST11082 Research Methods and Problems in Chinese Studies (20 Credits) Semester 2 20




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


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


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 11, during Semester 2
    ASST11059     Chinese Language Advanced 1     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 11, during Semester 2
    ASST11058     Chinese Language Advanced 2     (40 credits)

     


    AND   

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

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CLLC11087    Gender, Revolution and Modernity in Chinese Cinema   20  
    HIAR11054    Art and Society in the Contemporary World: China   20  
    ASST11094    The Role of Sub-State Actors in East Asian Politics   20  
    ASST11100    Chinese Studies Review Exercise 2   5  
    ASST11101    Chinese Studies Review Exercise 3   5  
    ASST11102    Chinese Studies Review Exercise 4   5  

     




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