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CHN334
Chinese History (Background Speakers)
Department of International Studies Faculty of Arts

Unit Guide
D2 Day; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde 2012

Table of Content Table of Content General Information
Convenor and teaching staff Credit Points Prerequisites Corequisites Co-badged status Unit Description

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3 3 3 3 3 3

List of changes since first version was published Learning Outcomes Graduate Capabilities
Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking Creative and Innovative Effective Communication Engaged and Ethical Local and Global citizens Capable of Professional and Personal Judgement and Initiative Problem Solving and Research Capability

4 5 6
6 6 7 7 8 8 8

Assessment Tasks
Group Presentation Written Assignments Class participation

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10 11 12

Unit Schedule Delivery and Resources Policies and Procedures
Student Support Student Enquiry Service Equity Support IT Help

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General Information
Convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor: Shirley Chan Email: shirley.chan@mq.edu.au

Credit Points
3

Prerequisites
CHN209 or permission of Executive Dean of Faculty

Corequisites
N/A

Co-badged status
N/A.

Unit Description
This course focuses on some central topics in the field of Chinese history. Such topics may include a particular historical period or event, a school of thought, particular philosophical or historiographical texts, or issues relating to the process of history making itself, that helped to shape the socio-cultural spheres of China’s existence. Students will read and analyse sources in Chinese and English relevant the specific topics. A level of Chinese approximately equal to HSC for Background Speakers is required as class discussions will be mainly in Chinese.

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