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Chinese - Graduate Study

Pursuing graduate studies in Chinese enables students to develop their language and research skills. It offers students the opportunity to work with a variety of original source materials in Chinese, in order to gain a deeper understanding of particular aspects of Chinese culture and society.  

Staff research interests include :

  • social and cultural developments in modern and contemporary China;
  • contemporary Chinese intellectual and cultural discourse;
  • Chinese language teaching;
  • Visual arts in China; and
  • modern Chinese literature.


Qualifications Available

Graduate Certificate (GradCert(Chin))
Graduate Diploma (GradDip(Chin))
Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons))
Master of Arts (MA)
Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert(Chin))
Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip(Chin))


BA(Hons) in Chinese

Regulations

To be considered for enrolment in graduate Chinese papers, a student should normally have at least a B average in all their undergraduate Chinese papers or in the best three of their 300 level Chinese papers.

All students must have their programmes approved by the Convenor of Chinese.


MA in Chinese

Regulations

Students for the MA in Chinese must take either a 120 point thesis, a 90 point thesis and 30 points from approved 500 level papers, or a 60 point dissertation and 60 points from approved 500 level papers.


Papers

500 Level Papers (Graduate) - 30 points (unless stated otherwise)
   
CHIN501-10A (HAM) Advanced Chinese Language Acquisition
CHIN502 Not taught in 2010 Readings in Chinese Business and Management
CHIN503-10A (HAM) Advanced Research into Modern Contemporary
Chinese Society
CHIN504-10B (HAM) Readings in Modern Chinese Literature
CHIN505 Not taught in 2010 Issues In Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language
CHIN507-10A (HAM), 10B (HAM) & 10Y (HAM) Special Topic
CHIN508-10A (HAM) Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
CHIN590-10A (HAM), 10B (HAM) & 10Y (HAM) Directed Study
CHIN591-10C (HAM) Dissertation (30 points)
CHIN592-10C (HAM) Masters Only Dissertation (60 points)
CHIN593-10C (HAM) Masters Only Chinese Thesis (90 points)
CHIN594-10C (HAM) Masters Only Chinese Thesis (120 points)


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