Chinese History and Culture II

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023811BNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

1st 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 examines the history and culture of China from a contemporary perspective by adopting an analytical approach. We will study the historical background, the socio-historical context as well as the social changes in contemporary and modern China from around 1911 to the present. Next to this general structure, several prominent themes (e.g. Chinese family and education, Chinese medical sciences) will be discussed as examples to draw a connection between some current cultural products, practices and phenomena and 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) :

Additional info

The instructor can be reached at Jianwei.Xu@vub.be and Maarten.Gernay@vub.be

Learning Outcomes

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

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