Introduction to Mongolian Politics and Society
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Application period: Read more about the application process!
- Application period for summer term 2025: 24.3 – 20.4.2025
- The study period of summer 2025: 26.5 – 31.7.2025
Students from the University of Turku can apply directly via Peppi.
Course study period: 1 October 2024 – 31 July 2025
Level: Advanced
Language: English
Amount of credits: 2 cr
Time: Students can start taking the course once they receive information about acceptance. The set study period extends to the end of that study term.
Organizer: Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku
Instructor: Professor Lauri Paltemaa (Lectures by Professor Turtogtokh Janar from the National University of Mongolia)
Goals: Students learn the significant political points/foci/events of Mongolian history since its establishment in 1206 as the Great Mongol Empire to the present; they know how to describe the essential features of Mongolian politics, including the constitutional system of government, elections, and foreign political and economic interests; and they understand significant keys to Mongolian traditional and present culture and society. As transferable skills, students will learn how to assimilate and understand large amounts of new information through class work and reading research literature, as well as academic English listening and writing skills.
Contents: This course is designed to help students understand the dynamics of Mongolian politics by exploring major points in Mongolian political history, Central Asian geo-political location in the 20th century, political democracy, and changing political and economic interests towards East Asia since the 1990s. Moreover, the structure of the Mongolian government, political institutions, and elections will be introduced in the lectures.
Taken as: Online lectures in Moodle and a final exam. You are recommended, but not required, to read the suggested literature.
This course does not have a fixed schedule. When you have watched the lectures you can take the exam. A home exam is arranged once a month.
Grading: On a scale of 1–5
Target Group: All students who wish to gain introductory knowledge on Mongolia.
Application process:
Students who hold a valid study right at University Network’s member university can take this course for free. This includes both degree students and exchange students.
Other students can apply to the course as external self-paying students of the University of Turku OR via the Open University at the University of Turku.
This course does not have enrollment limits.
Go to the application instructions by clicking here.
Once your application has been processed, you will receive a message about the decision. This will come a few weeks after the application period has ended. If you are accepted to the course, you will receive a welcoming email on the first day of the course, and gain access to the course site in Moodle. The welcome email comes to the address you have given in the application form. It may go to the spam or offers folder of your email (at least Gmail tends to do it), so check those folders too.