printer friendly pageOSPBEIJ 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)
OSPBEIJ 35: Toward a Sustainable Future: China's Environmental Challenges
Pertinent environmental challenges facing China's economy and society; economic tools and models to study China's environmental dilemmas; China's environmental challenges in the global discussion on climate change and other global environmental problems; the current global regulatory structures and the politics of future international and domestic regulatory reform.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
OSPBEIJ 58: China in the World Economy: Han Dynasty to the Present
China's economic and commercial interaction with the outside world through history, providing a more thorough and nuanced understanding of China's role in the world economy since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949. How Chinese elites and common people responded to the challenges and opportunities presented by a world economy. China's post-reform economy and how it has shaped and been shaped by the emergent global economy.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Hawke, F. (PI)
OSPBEIJ 61: Classical Chinese Rituals
Meanings, practices, and institutions of classical Chinese rituals. Examine several major Confucian ritual texts that had their origins in the classical age and focus on rituals regarding mourning, ancestral sacrifices, wedding, coming of age, communal banqueting, and daily etiquette. Investigate the evolution of classical Chinese rituals in the late imperial period (c. 1000-1900), with emphasis on the development of ritual institutions and the relationship between Confucian and Buddhist/Daoist/folk rituals over the centuries. Revival of classical rituals as a crucial component of the movement of cultural nationalism in contemporary China.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Zhou, Y. (PI)
OSPBEIJ 62: The Chinese Family
The family as the basic sociopolitical model and source of the most important social and ethical values in traditional Chinese society. In addition to modern scholarship, biographies, memoirs, letters, drama, and didactic writings from the classical period through the nineteenth century about the structure and dynamics of the traditional Chinese family and its role in the larger sociopolitical order. Topics include: the economic, ritual, and emotive aspects of the family; relationships among individual, family, society, and the state; and the family seen through the perspectives of gender, religion, and social change. Comparisons with the Western tradition.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Zhou, Y. (PI)
OSPBEIJ 82: Globalization and the Chinese City
Dynamics of China¿s urban transformation and contemporary city life in the context of globalization. Applying interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives to selected themes related to the distinctive characteristics of China¿s urban development, students gain critical knowledge and understanding of how Chinese urban space is transformed by the forces of globalization, urbanization, marketization, and political decentralization; socio-spatial implications upon urban residents and the migrant population. Opportunities and challenges that Chinese cities face, given its current urban development strategies and trajectories. Field trips and site visits.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Shi, M. (PI)
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