6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1021232CNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester
at
a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.
- Semester
- 1st and 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Taught in
- Faculty
- Faculty of Languages & Humanities
- Department
- Linguistics and Literary Studies
- Educational team
- Ann Peeters
Jianwei Xu
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 13 contact hours Lecture
15 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
90 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
This course aims to discuss the history and culture of China from a contemporary perspective and it consists of two main parts. In the first part, we will examine the history, the socio-historical context as well as the social changes in contemporary and modern China from around 1911 to the present. The second part deals with a number of specific themes or topics (e.g. the historical development of the Chinese language, and education, and Chinese medicine) through which some current cultural products or practices will be linked to their cultural roots.
Prerequisite: students must first pass Chinese History and Culture I in order to take this course.
- Course material
- Handbook (Required) : The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, 2nd, Cambridge University Press, 9780521124331, 2010
Digital course material (Required) : Class slides via Canvas, Kenneth Pletche, BIB
- Additional info
The instructor can be reached at Jianwei.Xu@vub.be and Maarten.Gernay@vub.be
- Learning Outcomes
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General competencies
Students who complete this course will be able to
- Gain an overview of and understand the broad context and the major developments in the given periods;
- Situate the major events or developments in the larger historical context;
- Explain and discuss certain cultural characteristics or phenomena from a global and intercultural perspective;
- Draw upon reliable sources to construct logical, original and complex interpretations of cultural events and processes in writing.
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 20% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 40% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Application
with a relative weight of 40
which comprises 40% of the final mark.
Note: Oral exam (exams will mainly take place in January. An additional option is June for those who cannot sit the January session)
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Practical
with a relative weight of 20
which comprises 20% of the final mark.
Note: Continuous assessment
Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Theoretical
with a relative weight of 40
which comprises 40% of the final mark.
Note: Written assignment
- Additional info regarding evaluation
Exams in August/September: continuous assessment to be carried over (20%), written assignment (40%) and oral exam (40%)
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)