BA Chinese Studies

Modules are divided into different categories, under four lists: List A: Modern Chinese language modules; List B: Classical Chinese language modules; List C: Language-based disciplinary modules and regional languages; List D: Non-language based disciplinary modules.

The programme does not include a year abroad.

Choose 30 credits from List A, based on language ability. Except: Chinese 101 and Chinese 102 are taken together as an accelerated double module. Core modules must be passed in order to proceed to the following year of study.

• Chinese 103: History and Culture of China

Choose 30 credits from List B or D.

Choose 30 credits from any list or an open option.

Choose modules to the value of 30 credits from List A, based on language ability. Core modules must be passed in order to proceed to the following year of study.

Choose 30 credits from List B

Choose 30 credits from List C or D.

Choose 30 credits from any list or an open option.

Choose 30 credits from list A or B

Choose 30 credits from List C or D.

Choose 30 credits from any list.

Choose 30 credits from any list or an open option.

Available to students depending on their language ability

Only one of these modules can be studied a year. Except: Chinese 101 and Chinese 102 are taken together as an accelerated double module.

• Chinese 101: Elementary Modern Chinese Language 1
• Chinese 102: Elementary Modern Chinese Language 2
• Chinese 2

Only one of these modules can be studied a year

• Chinese 3
• Chinese 4

Chinese 301 and Chinese 302 can be studied in the same year, or in subsequent years.

• Chinese 301: Intermediate Modern Chinese Language (Reading)
• Chinese 302: Intermediate Modern Chinese Language (Writing)
• Chinese 303: Intermediate Modern Chinese Language (Translation)
• Chinese 304: Intermediate Modern Chinese Language (Listening and speaking)
• Chinese 5 (Intermediate Business Chinese)

These modules can be studied in the same year, or in subsequent years.

• Chinese 401: Advanced Modern Chinese Language (Listening and Speaking)
• Chinese 402: Advanced Modern Chinese (Reading and Writing)
• Chinese 404: Styles of Modern Chinese Literary Language
• Reading Contemporary Chinese Literary Text
• Reading Modern Chinese Literary Text

• Chinese 104: Introduction to Classical Chinese

• Reading Classical and Literary Chinese

• Chinese 306: Traditional Chinese Language and Literature

• Chinese 6: Advanced Business Chinese
• Chinese 403: Traditional Chinese Language and Literature (Advanced)

Prerequisite: Chinese 101/102 or Chinese 2

• Elementary Spoken Hokkien (Minnanyu, Taiwanese)
• Tibetan (Modern) 1

Prerequisite: Chinese 4

• Chinese 305: Elementary Cantonese

Prerequisite: passed modules to the value of 30 credits of modern language at 300-level

Prerequisite: passed modules to the value of 30 credits of modern language at 300-level; those doing a dissertation on a classical subject must have completed Chinese 404 or must take Chinese 404 in the same year

• Independent Study Project in Chinese Languages and Cultures
• Chinese Cultures on Screen and Stage
• New Taiwan Cinema and Beyond

Before selecting a course, student's must first check that the course is at the correct level. They must also ensure that they meet any pre-requisites.

• History and Memory in East Asian Cultures
• Literature and Social Transformation in Contemporary China
• Chinese Literature, Politics and National Identity in Modern China
• Modern Film from Taiwan and the Chinese Diaspora
• Cinema and Performance in China: Critical and Historical Approaches
• Japanese Cultural History to 1600: Power, Belief, Creativity
• Japanese Cultural History 1600 to 1945: Power, Belief, Creativity
• Modern Korea 1: History
• Modern Korea 2: Culture and Society
• Cultural History of Tibet
• Imagining Tibet
• Queer Cinema in Asia
• Cool Japan: Manga, Anime, Sushi
• Fieldwork methods in language and culture
• Identity and social relations in Japanese
• Japanese Cinema: a Critical Survey
• Japanese New Wave Cinema: Youth, Sex and Protest
• History and Culture of Korea to the late 19th Century
• The Other Korea: North Korea since 1945
• Trajectories of Modernity in Korean Literature

Available to year 2 or 3 students only. Prerequisite: “Introduction to Social Anthropology” to be taken in in Year 1 as an open option.

• Themes in the Art and Archaeology of East Asia
• Art and Culture in Imperial China
• Art and Culture in Modern China
• Art and Archaeology of Medieval China
• Art and Archaeology of Ancient China
• Chinese Art and Modernity
• Global Cultures of Chinese Ceramics
• Chinese Contemporary Art
• Representing China in Museums

• China and World Development
• China's Economic Transformation

Available to 2nd or 3rd year students.

• Government and politics of China
• Taiwan's Politics and International Relations
• International Relations of East Asia

• Chinese Law

• Taoism: the Great Tradition
• Classical Chinese Thought
• Buddhism in Pre-Modern China

• H297 Modern China
• H382 Opium and Empires: Eastern Asia's Narcotic Trade and Culture in Global Context

'Musical Traditions of East Asia' Prerequisite: some background in music required; convenor’s permission required.

• Pop and Politics in East Asia
• Musical Traditions of East Asia

• Management in China: domestic and international developments

• BA Chinese Studies Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 41kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules