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China in Transition (GEOG20010)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Overview
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The 21st Century is said to be the ‘Asian Century’, and the key to understanding this is to understand China. Although most of us know of China’s swift rise from communist to ‘Red Capitalist’ state, western discourse continues to approach China monolithically and from the outside, reflecting western preoccupations and anxieties with great conflicts over power and geopolitics, but giving little thought to how everyday Chinese people think and feel about their rapidly changing worlds. This subject explores how China’s massive social, economic, environmental, and political transformations are being lived from within the world’s most populous nation, centring the Chinese experience and grounding its approach in the spaces and places of a diverse nation. You will gain the ability to speak intelligently on a range of topics integral to explaining China’s rise, position, and future, with a sensitivity to geographical differentiation. This subject also equips you for a range of careers in which a deeper understanding of China today would be an advantage and offers students a foundation for further engagement with the variegated and vitally important geographies of contemporary China.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- appraise the socioeconomic transformation of contemporary China;
- evaluate environmental conditions in a society undergoing rapid economic and social change;
- determine appropriate approaches to analyse the ongoing political, socioeconomic and environmental changes in China;
- identify a development gap and write a proposal for Non-Government Organisations (NGO) operation in China;
- take apart a group debate on hot issues in China.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- develop cross-cultural study skills;
- write coherent and research essays;
- work effectively in projects which require teamwork.
Last updated: 19 March 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
a minimum of 25 credit points in a Level 1 geography, environment, economics or Asian studies subjects
OR
Approval of the subject coordinator.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 19 March 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Tutorial attendance Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum at least 8 of total 11 tutorial sessions in order to pass this subject. | N/A | |
Tutorial written report
| Due one week after the associated tutorial topic | 10% |
Project proposal
| Mid semester | 25% |
Final take-home essay
| During Week 1 of examination period | 60% |
Tutorial participation, assessed by active contribution to class discussions | Throughout the semester | 5% |
Additional details
Notes: All assessments will be marked for appropriate referencing and checked for plagiarism and for stylometry.
Last updated: 19 March 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Mark Wang Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 2 hour lecture per week and 1 x 1 hour tutorials Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours total time commitment
Last updated: 19 March 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major Geography Major Environmental Geography Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Informal specialisation Integrated Geography Major Human Geography Major Integrated Geography Informal specialisation Human Geography - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 19 March 2024