Chinese Society and Politics in Transition, 4 ECTS

This course is open for applications!

Organizer: Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku

Teacher: Lauri Paltemaa, CEAS / UTU

Goals: The Student will be able to answer why and how the Chinese economic reforms were taken and what were their political, social and economic consequences.

Time and Venue: course opens on 21.5.2012 and is open for summer 2012 and autumn 2012. The course is organized in Moodle e-learning platform.

Contents:The Course deals with the contemporary Chinese society from the viewpoint of the deeply intertwined changes in politics, economics and Society. The questions explored are how has Chinese society changed since Maoist period? What has been the course of the politics of reform? What have been the economic and social results of reforms?

Target group: The students of the Network member universities are eligible to apply. The course is essential for MA-level students in social sciences who want to to be able to analyze social issues ans politics in contemporary Chinese Society.

Note that only the students of the member universities can take this course for free. The study fee for students from other Finnish universities is 50 euro per credit.

Taken as: Virtual lectures on Moodle, reading and home exam.

EXAM BOOK: Peerenboom, Randall: China Modernizes (2007)

Home exam days:

15.6.2012

no exam in July

17.8.2012

Autumn 2012, exam day is always the last Friday of each month

Choose the exam date that suits your own schedule best and register for examination to Lauri Paltemaa one week in advance by email (laupalt@utu.fi). You need to pass the exam once.

Grading: on a scale of 1-5

Application for the course: Continuous application.

To apply for the course please fill in the electronic form from below. You will recieve a decision of your application within 5 days by e-mail. Applications are not handled in July.

Credit transfer: Students are not required to apply for a study right at the university of Turku on their own, the Centre for East Asian Studies will do this on their behalf.

At the end of the term the students will be sent a transcript of records from Turku. The students need to take the transcript to their own university and make sure that the credits are transferred from Turku to their own respective universities. This will not happen automatically!

Before enrolling on the course the students should check with their own home department that this course can be accepted as part of their degree in their own university.

APPLICATION FORM:

https://www.webropol.com/P.aspx?id=341708&cid=24221943