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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: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students should aim to divide the number of credits they take in each academic year evenly between Semester 1 and Semester 2

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 2
ASST08076 40 credits
Chinese 3
ASST08078 40 credits
AND

First Year History - Worlds Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
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
AND

Outside courses for joint History degrees Year 1

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism
ARHI08004 20 credits
Architectural History 1A: Introduction to World Architecture
ARHI08009 20 credits
Buddhism in Global Contexts
DIVI08004 20 credits
Popular Religion, Women and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe
DIVI08013 20 credits
History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A
DIVI08014 20 credits
History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B
DIVI08015 20 credits
Religion in Modern Britain
DIVI08019 20 credits
Jews and Muslims: Religions, Cultures, Histories
DIVI08022 20 credits
The History of Edinburgh: From Din Eidyn to Festival City
HIST08036 20 credits
Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World
IMES08033 20 credits
Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires'
IMES08034 20 credits
Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges
IMES08036 20 credits
Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict
IMES08037 20 credits
Introduction to the History of Philosophy A
PHIL08019 20 credits
Introduction to the History of Philosophy B
PHIL08020 20 credits
History of Western Medicine
STIS08009 20 credits
AND

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

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

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
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 2, Chinese 3, or Chinese 4, 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 2, or Chinese 3, 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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Introduction to Historiography

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

HIST08044 20 credits

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 2
ASST08076 40 credits
Chinese 3
ASST08078 40 credits
Chinese 4
ASST08080 40 credits
AND

Second Year History Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%
The Transformation of the Roman World, ca. 300-800: Towards Byzantium and the Early Medieval West
ANHI08015 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
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Chinese Year 2

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Introduction to Classical Chinese
ASST08075 20 credits
Skills and Approaches in Chinese Studies
ASST08081 20 credits
OR

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

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
You may NOT choose more than 20 credits of History courses (with codes starting HIST) in this collection.
Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd year, when permitted, at least 30 weeks of approved residence must be spent in a relevant country. During sessions when this is not permitted students will be offered an alternative means of engagement.

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

Course options

Year abroad work for degrees in languages and history - Semester 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Year abroad work for degrees in languages and history: Historiography
HIST10501 20 credits
Year abroad work for degrees in languages and history: Courses undertaken in host university (Semester 1)
HIST10509 20 credits
AND

Year abroad work for degrees in languages and history - Semester 2

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Year abroad work for degrees in languages and history: Research
HIST10502 20 credits
Year abroad work for degrees in languages and history: Courses undertaken in host university (Semester 2)
HIST10510 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, 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
Politics and Policy in Contemporary China
ASST10126 20 credits
China and Japan: National Development, International Relations, and Transnational Convergence
ASST10149 20 credits
The Contemporary Chinese Life Cycle: Ethnographic Perspectives
ASST10150 20 credits
Media and Visual Culture in Modern China
ASST10151 20 credits
Global Cities: Seoul and comparative perspectives
ASST10156 20 credits
Buddhism and the State in Early East Asia
ASST10159 20 credits
Media, Propaganda and the State in Modern China
ASST10160 20 credits
The Politics of Culture in Modern China
ASST10161 20 credits
Thinking Translation: a Beginner's Guide
CLLC10003 20 credits
Tradition and transformation in China's economy, 1949-2001
ECSH10108 20 credits
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: The Elite World of China
HIAR10106 20 credits
Culture and Society in Early Modern China
HIST10412 20 credits
AND

History Honours Electives

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.
The formation of the medieval Roman Empire, 602-867
ANHI10088 20 credits
The Long Twelfth Century: Byzantium in the Era of the Crusades (1071-1204)
ANHI10092 20 credits
Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Süleyman the Magnificent
CHCA10005 20 credits
Leisure and the Rise of Industrial Society in Britain C.1780-1880
ECSH10004 20 credits
Time, Economics and Resource Allocation in Britain 1930-1990
ECSH10094 20 credits
Tradition and transformation in China's economy, 1949-2001
ECSH10108 20 credits
Post-Colonial South Asia
HIST10040 20 credits
Black Nationalism in America
HIST10116 20 credits
Early Modern English Witchcraft
HIST10261 20 credits
The Making of Modern Ireland, c.1798-1940: Politics and Society
HIST10281 20 credits
The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the U.S. South, 1789-1860
HIST10333 20 credits
Modernity and Genocide
HIST10380 20 credits
Print Culture and the Enlightenment: Edinburgh and London, 1710-1814
HIST10389 20 credits
From Oligarchy to Democracy: the Politics of Reform in Great Britain and Ireland, 1828-1928
HIST10395 20 credits
Revolutionary America, 1763-1815
HIST10416 20 credits
The People's Game: A Global History of Association Football, 1860-1939
HIST10419 20 credits
The kings in the north: Scotland in the early Middle Ages
HIST10428 20 credits
Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages
HIST10433 20 credits
Science and Empire: from Enlightenment to Decolonisation, 1750-1965
HIST10434 20 credits
No such thing as a free gift: a long history of donation
HIST10436 20 credits
History of the Modern World in 9 Things
HIST10440 20 credits
Characters and Caricatures: The Printed Image in England, 1700-1820
HIST10466 20 credits
Ottoman Modernities: Society, Economy, Culture in the 19th Century
HIST10472 20 credits
Slavery in the Early Middle Ages
HIST10474 20 credits
Adolescence in Medieval Europe
HIST10485 20 credits
Introduction to The Modern History of Sexuality
HIST10492 20 credits
Revelry and Riot: Popular Culture in Britain, c.1400-1800
HIST10504 20 credits
African Environmental History
HIST10505 20 credits
Oceanic Histories and Monsoon Cultures: The Indian Ocean, 700-1750 CE
HIST10511 20 credits
The End of an Empire: The Fall of Constantinople in 1453
HIST10515 20 credits
History of Brazil
HIST10516 20 credits
Collapse: The End of the Soviet Union and What Came Next, 1970-2020
HIST10517 20 credits
Based on a True Story: Representing the Past in Museums and on Screen
HIST10518 20 credits
The Forgotten Dictatorship: Portugal's Estado Novo, 1926-1974
HIST10519 20 credits
After Byzantium: An Intellectual History of the Greek world, 15th-19th c.
HIST10520 20 credits
Improving the Nation. Change and Modernisation in Scotland, 1660-1730
HIST10522 20 credits
Histories of the NHS: A National Religion?
HIST10523 20 credits
Contemporary Scotland
SCHI10010 20 credits
The Swinging Sixties? Exploring Culture and Society in Britain, c. 1956-1974
SCHI10074 20 credits
From Covenanting Revolution to Jacobite Rebellion: Scottish Politics, 1638-1747
SCHI10077 20 credits
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