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:

Subject-specific Skills:

Key Skills:

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

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.

■ Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.