OSPBEIJ 3C: First-Year Modern Chinese, Third Quarter
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: Language
OSPBEIJ 8C: Beginning Conversational Chinese, Third Quarter
Continuation of
CHINLANG 7. Basic language skill in Mandarin to function abroad. Prerequisite:
CHINLANG 7 or consent of instructor
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
OSPBEIJ 9: Chinese Language Tutorial
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 2
OSPBEIJ 18: Beijing Externship
An 8-week program consisting of part-time experiential learning opportunities with local high-tech firms, research institutes, and non-profit organizations. Students can undertake the externship individually or in small groups with other students in the program and/or local students. Time commitment is approximately 10 hours per week for 8 weeks. Biweekly working meetings with the Director for experience sharing and problem solving; final report required
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Shi, M. (PI)
OSPBEIJ 20: Communication, Culture, and Society: The Chinese Way
How people communicate, what they achieve through their communications, and the social and cultural consequences of these communicative behaviors. Focus on the interactive relationship between communication, culture and society in China. How communication habits are influenced by the individual¿s culture and how communication acts help to change and transform the society in which we live.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
OSPBEIJ 23: China's Foreign Policy
Chinese foreign relations through examination of interactions between China and the rest of the world in a selected number of "non-traditional security" issue areas; challenges that affect the whole world. Key debates in the Chinese security studies field, with particular attention to considerations of those issues that warrant concern and contribution through means other than application of military power; trajectory of contemporary Chinese interactions with international and multi-national actors in addressing those challenges; complexity and factors in considerations of future paths of interactions with Chinese actors in managing the transnational issues covered in the course and beyond.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
OSPBEIJ 23C: Second-Year Modern Chinese
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
OSPBEIJ 24: China's Economic Development
Historical stages, economic and political rationale, and effectiveness of the economic policies and institutional changes that have shaped China's economic emergence. China as case study for understanding how institutions and institutional change affect economic and social development. Guest speakers; field study; trip to rural areas.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Rozelle, S. (PI)
OSPBEIJ 25: China and Media Matters
General overview of journalism and communications from veteran China watcher and foreign correspondent. Analyze distinctive features and impact of various media: print, TV, radio, online media, social media, blogs, and podcasting. Role of the media and the impact of technological innovation in the way news is presented and consumed; how all these are different or similar in China compared to other countries. How China is perceived in and outside China through the prism of the media.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
OSPBEIJ 27: Topics in China's Development
Independent study in one of: Understanding the emerging high tech industrial sector and start-up business environment in Beijing and beyond; finding balance between growth and the environment; finding balance between urban and rural; finding balance between incentives in work and social welfare; China's elections at the grassroots; China's education system; or China's health system. Weekly meetings.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
Rozelle, S. (PI)
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