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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module EAST2211: CHINESE HISTORY 1800-1949

Department: EAST ASIAN STUDIES

EAST2211: CHINESE HISTORY 1800-1949

Type Open Level 2 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2005/06 Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To acquaint the student with the history of Imperial China in its declining years and to encourage the examination of differing analyses of China's history of rebellion, war and revolution that concluded with the formation of the People's Republic in 1949.

Content

  • The history of the decline of the Chinese empire under internal and external pressure in the nineteenth century, the republican experiments of the early twentieth century and the rise of Communist China during the war of resistance against Japan.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
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Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:

      Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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      Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

      Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
      Lectures 18 1 Per Week 1 Hour 18
      Tutorials 3 1 Per Term 1 Hour 3
      Seminars 4 2 Each in Michaelmas and Epiphany Terms 1 Hour 4
      Preparation and Reading 175
      Total 200

      Summative Assessment

      Component: Examination Component Weighting: 100%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      three-hour written examination 100%

      Formative Assessment:

      Two essays and seminar presentations.


      Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University