SPECIAL NOTE:
This unit is available to students with Chinese language experience. May be counted as an additional elective in the Chinese major provided core language units make up 100%.
Students must apply to the unit coordinator for admission to this unit.
OFFERINGS
Not Offered
DESCRIPTION
Provides an introduction to contemporary Chinese culture and society. Students participate in excursions and activities, including visits to historical sites, museums and galleries.
Topics covered include: calligraphy; Taichi; lectures on popular culture; population control; history; social change; Chinese medicine, and other topics on social and political change.
Please note there is an additional cost for this unit which includes food, accommodation, local travel, excursions.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT: Written assignments totaling 1,000 words (20%); 1x 1500 word essay (30%), presentation of photo journal (5 photos with analysis) (10%); 2-hour exam (40%).
Please note: Students enrolled in HMA208 will address different essay questions to those set for HMA308
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, J, K, Q and Z click here for more information.
