Introduction to Chinese Contemporary History, 4 ECTS

Organiser: University of Turku

Teachers: Lauri Paltemaa

Application Period:
Continuous application

Time:

Academic year 2012-2013.

Goals: Students will learn the general course of contemporary Chinese history (c.1949 to present), its major events, personages, policies and contradictions.

Content: The course introduces students to Chinese contemporary history from the Civil War to the present. The central theme in the course is to follow the folding and unfolding of the Communist experiment in China and the emergence of a new aspiring economic and political superpower by the early 21st century.

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.

Taken as:

Online lectures (in Moodle), exam on lectures and literature

Exam dates:

2012: 28.9., 26.10., 30.11

2013: 25.1., 22.2., 26.4., 31.5.

Required readings:

• Paltemaa, Lauri and Juha Vuori: Kiinan kansantasavallan historia (2012)

  OR

• Gittings, John: The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market (2006)
  

Grading: on a scale of 1-5

Application for the course: Continuous application.

To apply for the course please fill in the electronic form below. You will receive a decision of your application within 5 days by e-mail.

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:

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Link to the application form