2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

EAST1070 Modern China

10 creditsClass Size: 75

Module manager: Frances Weightman
Email: f.weightman@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

An introduction to the history of China in the 20th and 21st centuries: republic, warlord rule and civil war; Mao's China and the Cultural Revolution; economic reform, China today and relations with the rest of the world.

Objectives

To introduce events and trends in the political, social and economic history of modern China.

Syllabus

The establishment of the Chinese Republic, warlordism in China, the Guomindang decade, the Second World War, the emergence of Communism to 1949 and the achievements and problems of the People's Republic of China.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Seminar	4	1.00	4.00
Private study hours			86.00
Total Contact hours			14.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

Background reading
Preparation for seminars
Preparation for assessment

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Progress is monitored through participation in regular seminars.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

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