UGCP1001
Understanding China

Course Schedule


UGCP1001 Understanding China


Video lectures and online assignments

  • The video lectures, including an introduction and five main modules, will be uploaded to Blackboard in sequence. While the video lectures will be available for students’ viewing at any time after being uploaded, the online assignment for a module must be completed within a specified period. 
  • To better schedule their learning, students enrolled in the course are advised to view the video lectures to complete the online assignments before the submission deadlines and submit them through Blackboard.

Optional consultation sessions

  • Consultation sessions will be conducted to help students achieve a better understanding of the video lectures and required readings.
  • The consultation sessions are optional. Students are welcome to raise questions and reflect on the contents of individual modules in these sessions.
  • The schedule and zoom meeting details of the consultation sessions will be posted on Blackboard.

Schedule

First Term of 2023-24: 4 September 2023 – 2 December 2023

Week Video Lecture Online Assignment

1

Introduction &
Understanding China: Intellectual Foundations
Uploading date: 4/9/2023

Assignment 1
Posting period: 4/9/2023-24/9/2023
Submission deadline: 24/9/2023, 23:59

2

3

4

History as Mirror: Looking at Today’s China from the Past
Uploading date: 25/9/2023

Assignment 1
Posting period: 25/9/2023-8/10/2023
Submission deadline: 8/10/2023, 23:59

5

6

China’s Road to Modernisation
Uploading date: 9/10/2023

Assignment 3
Posting period: 9/10/2023-22/10/2023
Submission deadline: 22/10/2023, 23:59

7

8

The Chinese Economy: Past, Present and Future
Uploading date: 23/10/2023

Assignment 4
Posting period: 23/10/2023-5/11/2023
Submission deadline: 5/11/2023, 23:59

9

10

Science and Technology in China
Uploading date: 6/11/2023

Assignment 5
Posting period: 6/11/2023-19/11/2023
Submission deadline: 19/11/2023, 23:59

11

12

Self-study

Self-study

13
An in-person final examination will be held during the centralized course examination period.