| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2, offshore teaching period (see Timetable) |
| Old unit code |
080.211 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to evaluate and describe the major social issues in contemporary China; critically relate these themes to the important political, social and cultural trends in China; locate primary and secondary sources relating to social issues in contemporary China; and evaluate, analyse and present a reasoned critique of the sources and their content in written and oral form. |
| Content |
This unit provides a comprehensive introduction to the major social, cultural and political issues that characterise contemporary China. A number of important subjects are discussed including the ongoing transformation of the Communist Party of China; the development of a nascent civil society; the current state of rural China; the massive rural to urban migration; the impact of economic development on social life and the environment; and the significance of globalisation for Chinese society and culture. Students gain a well-grounded knowledge of the important social and political forces which are shaping contemporary China. A range of source material is used including academic analysis and various Chinese texts in translation. |
| Assessment |
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Professor Gary Sigley |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), HK-ARTS |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: 24 points of Level 1 units in any Arts discipline |
Contact hours—lectures: 20 hrs; tutorials: 9 hrs
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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