MSc China in Comparative Perspective
Full-year programme. Students must take one compulsory course, select from a choice of other disciplinary core courses, select one full-unit or two half-unit optional courses, and write a dissertation, as shown below. Attendance at tutorials and the seminar is compulsory.
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Course number and title |
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AN447 China in Comparative Perspective
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2
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Courses to the value of one unit from the following: AN404 Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography GV427 Democracy and Decentralization in East and South Asia (H) and GV467 Introduction to Comparative Politics (H) EH482 Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: East and West Compared, 1000-1800 (Students who do not wish to advance their first degree in one of the disciplines below may take a full unit course from paper 3) |
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Courses to the value of one unit from the following: AN402 The Anthropology of Religion AN405 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender AN419 The Anthropology of Christianity (H) (n/a 08/09) AN420 The Anthropology of South-East Asia (H) (n/a 08/09) AN421 The Anthropology of Industrialization and Industrial Life (H) AN436 The Anthropology of Development (H) AN439 Anthropology and Human Rights (H) (n/a 08/09) AN451 Anthropology of Politics (H) AN453 The Anthropology of India (H) AN456 Anthropology of Economy (1): Production and Exchange (H) AN457 Anthropology of Economy (2): Transformation and Globalisation (H) AN460 Taiwan in Comparative Perspective (H) EH446 Economic Development in East and Southeast Asia (n/a 08/09) EU443 European Models of Capitalism (H) GV432 Government and Politics in China (H) (n/a 08/09) GV446 The Politics of Empire and Post Imperialism GV4D3 Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization and Decentralization (H) HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945* A full-unit from MSc International Relations (papers 2 & 3), subject to availability and the approval of the relevant course convenor. The following courses would be particularly appropriate: IR411 Foreign Policy Analysis III IR412 International Institutions IR418 International Politics: Asia and the Pacific IR462 Introduction to International Political Theory (H) IR463 The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention † (H) IR464 The Politics of International Law † (H) IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion IR482 Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies A full-unit in Social Policy chosen from the following, subject to availability and the approval of the relevant course convenor: SA405 European Social Policy SA407 Financing Health Care (H) SA435 NGO Management, Policy and Administration SA451 Social Policy Research SA488 Social Policy: Goals and Issues (H) SA4C8 Globalization and Social Policy (H) SA4C9 Social Policy - Organization and Innovation (H) SA4D2 Health and Population in Developing and Transitional Societies (H) |
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AN498 Dissertation- MSc China in Comparative Perspective |
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Students also take non-assessed AN446 Tutorials for MSc China in Comparative Perspective |
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*means subject to space † IR462 is a pre-requisite for this course |
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