UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in China Studies — History Concentration (4-year)
Pre 2018/19 intake
Option Description
Today, China is entering a new phase in its pursuit of modernisation, but this process can never be understood without going back to the roots. The aim of the History Option is to train students to gain a holistic and balanced view of China, thus preparing them for a variety of occupations which demand a full appreciation of the present complexities in light of past developments. The ultimate objective of training in history is to educate generalists who can think, analyse and write. This option is no exception, especially when it is becoming more and more obvious that Hong Kong society greatly needs this kind of humanist orientation. Students will be expected to follow a curriculum which (1) trains them in historical methods and historiography; (2) prepares them for a comprehensive and integrated understanding of modern Chinese history; and (3) documents the significance of that past for China’s present-day development. With their basic writing and analytical skills, students will be encouraged to examine China from the perspective of a global/regional vantage point as well as from that of their local environment—Hong Kong.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes (PILO)
Successful students will be able to:
1) have a broad range of knowledge about contemporary China from multi-disciplinary perspectives, as well as in-depth knowledge of contemporary China from a particular disciplinary perspective;
2) possess in-depth critical knowledge of the theories and methodologies relevant to a specific discipline;
3) compare and contrast different social science disciplines in their approaches to studying human societies;
4) demonstrate subject-specific skills relevant to social science studies in China;
5) think critically and creatively;
6) communicate (in writing and verbally) effectively in Chinese and English; and
7) recognize and appreciate human diversity so as to be able to perceive the world in different perspectives.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
China Studies Core Courses | 46 units |
Main Concentration Core Courses | 18 units |
Main Concentration Elective Courses | 12 units |
General Education Courses | 38 units |
Elective Courses | 15 units |
129 units |
Requirements
China Studies Core Courses | 46 units |
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a) Programme Requirement (13 units) | |
CHSH 4898-9 Honours Project | 6 units |
CHST 1005 Introduction to China Studies | 1 unit |
CHST 3005 Summer Sojourn | 3 units |
LANG 1005 Elementary Putonghua | 3 units |
b) Social Sciences Foundation Courses (12 units) | |
CHSE 1005 Essentials of Economics | 3 units |
CHSG 1005 Geography & the Contemporary World | 3 units |
CHSH 1105 China in the Imperial Age | 3 units |
CHSS 1005 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Sociology | 3 units |
c) China Studies Foundation Courses (12 units) | |
CHSH 2105 Introduction to Modern Chinese History | 3 units |
Three of the following courses: | |
CHSE 2005 Foundations of Chinese Economy | 3 units |
CHSG 2025 Hong Kong & the Pearl River Delta: A Survey | 3 units |
CHSG 3006 Regional Geography of China | 3 units |
CHSP 1005 Foundations of Political Science | 3 units |
CHSP 2005 Government & Politics of China | 3 units |
CHSP 3205 Chinese Legal System | 3 units |
CHSP 3216 Ideology & Socialism in China | 3 units |
CHSS 2016 Modern Chinese Society | 3 units |
d) Advanced China Studies Courses (9 units) | |
Three of the following courses, and two of them must be taken from the History Concentration: | |
CHSE 3035 Industrial Management & Development in China | 3 units |
CHSE 3047 Rural Economic Development in China | 3 units |
CHSE 3055 Urban & Regional Economic Development in China | 3 units |
CHSE 4005 China's Foreign Economic Relations & Trade | 3 units |
CHSE 4007 Money & Finance in China | 3 units |
CHSG 4016 Energy Development in China | 3 units |
CHSG 4037 Population Geography of China | 3 units |
CHSG 4045 Problems in the Physical Geography of China | 3 units |
CHSG 4047 Resource Management in China | 3 units |
CHSG 4055 Rural & Agricultural Development in China | 3 units |
CHSG 4056 Selected Topics in the Geography of China (Human Geography) | 3 units |
CHSG 4057 Selected Topics in the Geography of China (Physical & Environmental Geography) | 3 units |
CHSG 4085 Urban Development in China | 3 units |
CHSH 3105 Contemporary China | 3 units |
CHSH 3115 Engendering Imperial Chinese History | 3 units |
CHSH 3305 China and Asia since 1900 | 3 units |
CHSH 3325 History of Chinese Food Culture in Global Perspective | 3 units |
CHSH 3406 Information Technologies and Quantitative Methods for Historical Studies | 3 units |
CHSH 4105 History of Chinese Women since 1912 | 3 units |
CHSH 4116 Intellectual Trends in Modern China | 3 units |
CHSH 4117 Missionaries in Modern China | 3 units |
CHSH 4125 Revolution & Nationalism in Republican China (1912-1949) | 3 units |
CHSH 4126 Selected Themes in the History of Chinese Women | 3 units |
CHSH 4127 Social & Economic Development of Modern China | 3 units |
CHSH 4135 Topic Studies in Chinese History | 3 units |
CHSH 4136 Childhood in Imperial China | 3 units |
CHSH 4137 Legal History of Traditional China | 3 units |
CHSH 4145 Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society | 3 units |
CHSH 4305 Sino-American Relations | 3 units |
CHSH 4306 Sino-Russian Relations | 3 units |
CHSH 4315 Introduction to Museum Studies | 3 units |
CHSH 4327 Topic Studies in Comparative History | 3 units |
CHSH 4405 Oral History & Its Local Applications | 3 units |
CHSH 4407 Topic Studies in Social History | 3 units |
CHSP 4206 China & the World | 3 units |
CHSS 4006 Chinese Family & Kinship | 3 units |
CHSS 4007 Chinese Social Thought | 3 units |
CHSS 4025 Population of China | 3 units |
CHSS 4035 Selected Topics in the Sociology of China I | 3 units |
CHSS 4036 Selected Topics in the Sociology of China II | 3 units |
CHSS 4046 Social Networks & Chinese Society | 3 units |
CHSS 4047 Sociological Issues in Urban & Rural Development | 3 units |
CHSS 4055 Women in China | 3 units |
Main Concentration Core Courses | 18 units |
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HIST 2405 Historiographical Traditions: East & West | 3 units |
HIST 3135 The Socialist & Communist Traditions | 3 units |
HIST 3405 Historical Theory & Practice | 3 units |
Three of the following courses: | |
HIST 3106 Current Issues in Hong Kong & China | 3 units |
HIST 3116 Foreign Relations of Modern China | 3 units |
HIST 4106 Contemporary Chinese Political Thought |
3 units |
HIST 4107 History of Taiwan | 3 units |
Main Concentration Elective Courses | 12 units | |
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Four of the following courses: | ||
HIST 2106 History of Hong Kong since 1900 | 3 units | |
HIST 2205 Modern Asia (1800-1945) | 3 units | |
HIST 3107 Early Imperial China | 3 units | |
HIST 3117 History of Hong Kong to 1900 | 3 units | |
HIST 3125 Late Imperial China | 3 units | |
HIST 3126 Mid Imperial China | 3 units | |
HIST 3127 The Historial Role of China in The World | 3 units | |
HIST 3205 Great Trends in Modern European History3 units | 3 units | |
HIST 3206 History of Southeast Asia | 3 units | |
HIST 3216 History of Japan since 1912 | 3 units | |
HIST 3226 History of Korea | 3 units | |
HIST 3227 Modern History of Singapore | 3 units | |
HIST 3317 The Chinese Diaspora | 3 units | |
HIST 4115 History of the Catholic Church in China | 3 units | |
HIST 4205 Origins of Western Imperialism | 3 units | |
HIST 4206 Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia | 3 units | |
HIST 4207 Topic Studies in Asian History | 3 units | |
HIST 4316 Global History of the Seas, 1400-1950 | 3 units | |
HIST 4317 Global History of Tourism | 3 units | |
HIST 4325 History of Africa since Independence | 3 units | |
HIST 4326 Science and Society: A Historical Perspective | 3 units | |
HIST 4335 Topic Studies in Global History | 3 units | |
HIST 4406 Topic Studies in Cultural History | 3 units |
General Education Courses | 38 units |
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Free Elective Courses | 15 units |
Total | 129 units |
* Students are also required to pass two Putonghua courses: Elementary Putonghua and Intermediate Putonghua.
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