Study Programmes 2015-2016
| SOCI0068-1 | ||
| Power and Society in Modern and Contemporary China | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| after a brief overview of the major moments of the political and socioeconomic history of modern China (19th and first half of the 20th century), the course will focus on the politcal and social transformations of the Mao era (1949-1978). Teh course will be devided in four parts: early reforms; the One hundred flowers campaign; the Great leap forward; the Cultural revolution.
NB: the post-Mao era is dealt with in "Chine postsocialiste: dynamiques politiques et sociales" ANTH0387-1 ANTH0387-1 |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The main aim of this course is to improve students' knowledge of the major sociopolitical events of modern and conteporary China and to allow students to better understand sociopolitical processes at play in China today. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| None. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The students are expected to prepare each session with a series of readings. After the lecture by the professor a discussion will take place between students during each of the teaching sessions.
Regular attendance required. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face teaching.
Each class will be based on preparatory assigned readings. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| In addition to the assigned readings, other documents will be made available to the students via the ecampus page of the course. | ||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Eric.Florence@ulg.ac.be | ||
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Items online :
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 | Info See the ecampus page of the course |
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