Chinese Studies

Programme Structure

The programme is made up of three components:

• Core courses: two courses, taught over two ten-week teaching periods, from October to December and January to March
• Option courses: four courses of your choice, also taught in ten-week blocks, from October to December and January to March
• A dissertation: written during the final phase of the course, from April to September (MSc only)

Core

• Chinese Politics and Society
• China in the International Economy

Option courses

Semester One

• Chinese Language 1
• The Business Environment in China
• Independent Study Module (Chinese Art history or China's century of conflict, 1842-1949)
• Social Science Statistics I OR Qualitative Research Methods

Semester Two

• Chinese Language 2
• China's International Politics
• Environmental policies and problems in China

Summer (May-July)

• Chinese Language in China
• Internship in China
• Chinese internship plus language in China

The summer internship, language course or combined internship/language course as an elective. You may also choose, with the Convener’s approval, from courses in the other subjects in the School of Social and Political Sciences.

Notes:
1) Some courses might not be available every year.
2) Students taking the internship/language option have to pay for their own travel, accommodation and fees for the internship placement and/or language course in China. This option is not available to Chinese nationals.

Dissertation

The dissertation is your opportunity to explore your own specialist interest in China and to demonstrate the research and writing skills you have developed during the course.

With the advice of your supervisor you will develop a topic, undertake primary and secondary research, and write a 12,000-15,000 word dissertation which you will submit in September. The dissertation could form the basis for a PhD thesis.