Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Society I

LASI1301  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Society I
3.0 credits
30.0 h
1q

This biannual course is taught on years 2014-2015, 2016-2017, ...

Teacher(s)
Servais Paul ;
Language
Français
Prerequisites

None.

Main themes

After a brief historical introduction, a series of documentary files will be analysed, especially in relation to: The national and international political debates.
- Socio-economic problems;
- Socio-religious problems;
- Population and family questions.

Aims

At the end of this course, the student will be capable of gathering the adequate sources available on different questions relative to China as studied during the lectures. He/She will be able to analyse and synthetise those sources.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Evaluation methods

- oral presentation of a file : 30%
- written presentation of a file : 40%
- critical appraisal of the files presented during the course: 30%

Teaching methods

The student's personal work is essential to this course.

Content

For every theme studied, a documentary file and a general introduction will be provided by the teacher; this will be followed by an oral and written presentation by students of a critical synthesis with a special emphasis on the characteristics of the sources which have been used, their biases and their corollary shortcomings; the informations provided by the authors and their conclusions will also be critically analysed.

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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Program title
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Minor in Chinese studies
3
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Master [120] in Anthropology
3
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Master [60] in Political Sciences: General
3
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Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Letters: Oriental Studies
3
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