SPECIAL NOTE:
This unit is NOT available to students with any Chinese language skill or experience. Students must apply to the unit coordinator for admission to this unit
OFFERINGS
Not Offered
DESCRIPTION
Provides an introduction to basic Chinese language as well as to contemporary Chinese culture and society. Students participate in excursions and activities, including visits to historical sites, museums and galleries.
Topics covered include: basic conversational Chinese; 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:
25%
ASSESSMENT:
Society and Culture component
(50%)
Written assignments totaling 2,000 words (10%); 1x 1,500 word essay (15%); presentation of photo journal (5 photos with analysis) (5%); 2-hr exam (20%)
Please note: Students enrolled in HMA223 will address different essay questions to those set for HMA323
Language component (50%)
Weekly classroom assignments (20%); aural/oral exam (15%); written language exam (15%)
TEACHING PATTERN: 4 wks intensive during semester 5 (Nov-Dec); 3 hrs classroom work most days and excursions
REQUISITE INFO
M.Excl
HMA121; cannot be taken as part of a Chinese major
STAFF: Ms K Ross; University of Shanghai, Science and Technology staff
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.
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