School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Modern China: The Rise of a Superpower
  • Unit Code

    HIS3180
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Kay Elizabeth HEARN

Description

This unit examines China's transformation in its economic, social and political dimensions and its impact on international relations through a close analysis of three periods in China’s history. From the early days of the Communist Party of China under Mao Zedong, to the transformative Deng Xiaoping through to present day under Xi JinPing the unit focuses on emerging tensions inherent in China's rise to global power status, including its shift from communist leader to a state capitalist economy, its authoritarian political structure, its consumer culture and worsening environmental depreciation, its national self-interest and global responsibilities.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded POL2180, POL3109

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise changes in Chinese society and international relations throughout the modern period.
  2. Compare historical events and modern trends in China’s social, political and economic development with relevant international examples.
  3. Survey and critique sources of information and analysis regarding historical or contemporary issues and policy.
  4. Devise and implement a collaborative framework for the study of complex social and political issues.

Unit Content

  1. Social, political and economic developments in modern Chinese history.
  2. Political and economic structures and institutions in modern China.
  3. The development of China’s international relations.
  4. Social, political and economic issues and trends in Modern China.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewLiterature survey20%
AssignmentResearch assignment40%
ExaminationEnd of semester exam40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewLiterature survey20%
AssignmentResearch assignment40%
ExaminationEnd of semester exam40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Modern China: The Rise of a Superpower
  • Unit Code

    HIS3180
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Kay Elizabeth HEARN

Description

This unit examines China's transformation in its economic, social and political dimensions and its impact on international relations through a close analysis of three periods in China’s history. From the early days of the Communist Party of China under Mao Zedong, to the transformative Deng Xiaoping through to present day under Xi JinPing the unit focuses on emerging tensions inherent in China's rise to global power status, including its shift from communist leader to a state capitalist economy, its authoritarian political structure, its consumer culture and worsening environmental depreciation, its national self-interest and global responsibilities.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded POL2180, POL3109

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise changes in Chinese society and international relations throughout the modern period.
  2. Compare historical events and modern trends in China’s social, political and economic development with relevant international examples.
  3. Survey and critique sources of information and analysis regarding historical or contemporary issues and policy.
  4. Devise and implement a collaborative framework for the study of complex social and political issues.

Unit Content

  1. Social, political and economic developments in modern Chinese history.
  2. Political and economic structures and institutions in modern China.
  3. The development of China’s international relations.
  4. Social, political and economic issues and trends in Modern China.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewLiterature survey20%
AssignmentResearch assignment40%
TestConcept test40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewLiterature survey20%
AssignmentResearch assignment40%
TestConcept test40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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