Chinese Politics and Society in Transition, 4 ECTS

This course is open for applications!

Organizer: Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku

Teacher: Lauri Paltemaa, CEAS / UTU

Application period:

Continuing application

Time: Autumn 2012, will not be organized anymore in 2013! The course is organized in Moodle e-learning platform.

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.

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 MA level courses are aimed for students who already have aquired some knowledge about Asia or on the specialty of the particular course. 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.

These courses are free for all students who hold a valid study right in one of the University Network's member universities.

The study fee for students from Finnish non-member universities and students from universities of applied sciences is 50 euro per credit. Students from these institutions need to fill out both the course application as well as an application to study as a non-degree student. More information regarding the process can be found in the study guide.

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

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

Home exam days:

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: Continuing 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.

These courses are free for all students who hold a valid study right in one of the University Network's member universities.

The study fee for students from Finnish non-member universities and students from universities of applied sciences is 50 euro per credit. Students from these institutions need to fill out both the course application as well as an application to study as a non-degree student. More information regarding the process and the form can be found in the study guide.

Credit transfer: Students from the Network's member universities 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!

Students from the University of Turku do not have to apply for the credit transfers, all credits are registered by the Network.

Meanwhile please visit our webpages for other MA-level courses on Asia.

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:

Please make sure you have familiarized yourself with the course requirements in order to makes sure you have both the time and resources to complete the modules you have chosen.

Drop outs from the courses have come about due to students not reserving enough time for assignments and forgetting the deadlines. When you are accepted to a given course, please write down the exam dates and essay deadlines immeadiately so that you won't forget them.