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Degree Programme Table: Chinese and History (MA Hons) (UTCHNHI)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

Notes:
Please be sure to meet with your Personal Tutor before selecting your option courses.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Historian's Toolkit

Must be passed

HIST08032 20 credits

Course options

Chinese language options - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Chinese 1
ASST08001 40 credits
Chinese 2A
ASST08018 40 credits
AND

First Year History - Worlds Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Making of the Modern World
HIST08033 20 credits
Early Modern History: A Connected World
HIST08034 20 credits
Medieval Worlds: A Journey through the Middle Ages
HIST08035 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Chinese course options - Year 1

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Modern East Asian History A
ASST08042 20 credits
Modern East Asian History B
ASST08043 20 credits
Modern China in Literature and Film B
ASST08054 20 credits
Modern China in Literature and Film A
ASST08055 20 credits
OR

Further History Options

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
British Society, 1650 - c.1880 (Social History 1.1)
ECSH08029 20 credits
British Economic and Environmental History since 1900
ECSH08036 20 credits
The History of Edinburgh: From Din Eidyn to Festival City
HIST08036 20 credits
The Making of the United States
HIST08037 20 credits
OR

Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
Please be sure to meet with your Personal Tutor before selecting your option courses.

Entry to Honours normally requires the following:
(1) a mark of 50 or above at the first attempt in the Year 2 language course - Chinese 2A or Chinese 2C, as appropriate;
(2) a mark of 50 or above in the degree exam held in the April/May diet for the Year 2 language course - Chinese 2A or Chinese 2C, as appropriate;
(3) a mark of 50 or above at the first attempt in all History courses;
(4) credits awarded to the value of 240 in the first two years.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Chinese language options - Year 2

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%
Chinese 2A
ASST08018 40 credits
Chinese 2C
ASST08050 40 credits
AND

Second Year History Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students are strongly encouraged to take Introduction to Historiography
Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%
The Making of the Modern Body
ECSH08042 20 credits
The Global Economy since 1750
ECSH08043 20 credits
Modern United States History
HIST08038 20 credits
Making and Breaking Medieval Britain: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales c.1100 - c1500
HIST08039 20 credits
Britain, Ireland and Empire c. 1800-2000
HIST08040 20 credits
Global Connections since 1450
HIST08041 20 credits
Themes in Scottish History since 1560
HIST08042 20 credits
Themes in Modern European History
HIST08043 20 credits
Introduction to Historiography
HIST08044 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Chinese 2B

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Chinese 2B
ASST08019 40 credits
OR

Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd year: at least 30 weeks of approved residence must be spent in the relevant countries.

Final Assessment:
One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.

1. Chinese Language 4A
2. Chinese Language 4A
3. Chinese Language 4B
4. Chinese Oral
5. Year Abroad Work for degrees in Chinese and History
6. Year Abroad Work for degrees in Chinese and History
7. Chinese dissertation
8. Chinese dissertation
9. Chinese Honours option course
10. Chinese Honours option course
11. History Honours option course
12. History Honours option course

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Chinese 3 Year Abroad (Combined degrees)
ASST10096 60 credits
Chinese Special Subject 3
ASST09002 20 credits
Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Languages and History
CHCA10004 40 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment:
One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.

1. Chinese Language 4A
2. Chinese Language 4A
3. Chinese Language 4B
4. Chinese Oral
5. Year Abroad Work for degrees in Chinese and History
6. Year Abroad Work for degrees in Chinese and History
7. Chinese dissertation
8. Chinese dissertation
9. Chinese Honours option course
10. Chinese Honours option course
11. History Honours option course
12. History Honours option course

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Chinese Language 4a
ASST10094 10 credits
Chinese Language 4B
ASST10095 10 credits
Chinese Oral
ASST10093 0 credits
Chinese Special Subject 4
ASST10081 20 credits

Course options

Chinese Honours course options - Year 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Chinese Literature 4A (pre-modern)
ASST10106 20 credits
Chinese Literature 4B (modern)
ASST10107 20 credits
Chinese History and Thought 4A (pre-modern)
ASST10108 20 credits
Chinese History and Thought 4B (modern)
ASST10109 20 credits
Politics and Policy in Contemporary China
ASST10126 20 credits
Representations of history in the cinema of Communist China
ASST10132 20 credits
Chinese Silent Cinema: 1920-1935
ASST10138 20 credits
Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy, 1842-1949
ECSH10087 20 credits
Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy since 1949
ECSH10088 20 credits
Culture and Society in Early Modern China
HIST10412 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

History Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from History Level 10 courses
Notes:
Only 20-credit courses may be chosen
OR

Economic and Social History Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Economic and Social History Level 10 courses
Notes:
Only 20-credit courses may be chosen
OR

Scottish History Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Scottish History Level 10 courses
Notes:
Only 20-credit courses may be chosen
OR

Ancient History Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Ancient History Level 10 courses
Notes:
Only 20-credit courses may be chosen
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