Chinese Economy, 4 ECTS

Organiser: Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku

Teacher: Lauri Paltemaa, CEAS / UTU

Goals: The course deepens students' knowledge on various topical issues of the contemporary Chinese economy.

Contents: Issues covered during the course include privatization, foreign trade and investment, science and technology development, telecommunications, agriculture, energy, regional trade, banking and general economic politics. The course is essential for students in social sciences and business studies for understanding Chinese economic development and its challenges.

Taken as: Home exam taken on lectures by professor Eduard B. Vermeer viewed online at any time, and on the literature. Lecture and book exams must be taken at the same time.

Target group: The course is recommended for at least 2nd or 3rd year students. All teaching and exams are in English.

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.

Exams: There is one exam 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). Exam dates are available in the course Moodle site.

Grading: on a scale of 1-5

Date & Venue: TBA

Literature: TBA

Application:

IMPORTANT! This course will not be available after 9.12.2011 until autumn 2012. The last exam will be 16.12.2012 and you need to have signed up for the exam one week beforehand. An updated version of the course will be launched in autumn 2012.

Credit transfers: The Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku will apply a study right to University of Turku for the students on their behalf.

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

Before coming to 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.