BA Chinese (Modern) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Programme overview

Entry requirements

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Programme specification

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BA Chinese (Modern)

This programme equips students with the linguistic skills needed to understand a range of written, spoken and broadcast material in Chinese and the ability to communicate effectively with Chinese speakers. The deliberately modern bias of the programme aims to produce graduates with an all-round proficiency in Chinese along with a range of transferable skills and insights.

Students begin the language from scratch (although there is provision for those with A-level Chinese or equivalent) and follow an intensive language programme in their first year. The second year is spent at a university in China or Taiwan where students follow a prescribed course of study in language, and in some cases non-language courses.

Students return to Leeds in their third year to follow advanced upper-level language and non-language modules. By the final year of the programme students should be able to interpret relevant material in a wider sense, fitting it into the broader social, political, economic and cultural context of present-day China and the East Asian region.

Students are expected to graduate with a sound knowledge of the Chinese language, invaluable experience of life in a Chinese-speaking society, and an understanding of the wider context of the Sinophone world.

Year 1

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1110	Modern China: History and Culture	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional Modules

Candidates with no prior knowledge of Chinese will be required to study the following modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1010	Basic Chinese Language 1	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1020	Basic Chinese Language 2	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates with substantial prior knowledge of Chinese will, subject to a placement test, be required to study the following modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1460	Intermediate Chinese (1)	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1461	Intermediate Chinese (2)	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 20 and may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1241	Premodern East Asia	20	Not running in 202425
EAST1252	Modern Japan	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1450	Foundations of East Asia	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1510	Introduction to East Asian Religions and Philosophies	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL1050	Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1060	Language: Structure and Sound	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL1070	World Histories	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1090	Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL1100	Politics, Culture and Society	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1150	Worlds of Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1401	Discourse, Culture and Identity	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules

Year 2

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL9500	LCS Year Abroad	120	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Year 3

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 3 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 3 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2015	Chinese 2A	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2016	Chinese 2B	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China- 20 credits
Introduction to Cantonese- 20 credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2006	China Since 1979	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2126	Classical Chinese	20	Not running in 202425
EAST2127	Society and Culture of Early Modern China	20	Not running in 202425
EAST2148	Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2360	Chinese Cinema	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
Japanese Cinema- 20 credits
Southeast Asia: Politics and Economy- 20 credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2007	Japan's International Relations	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2008	The Making of Modern Thailand	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2025	Global Korea in Context: Sociocultural and Political Dynamics	20	Not running in 202425
EAST2128	Contemporary East Asian Culture	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2480	Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World	20	Not running in 202425
EAST2605	Topics in Contemporary Asia Pacific Societies	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of the following optional modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL2070	Reception, Transmission and Translation: The Global Circulation of Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2075	Global Environmental Humanities	20	Not running in 202425
MODL2250	Digital Communications Across Cultures	20	Not running in 202425

Discovery Modules

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year 4

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3275	Chinese 3: Advanced Skills	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL3300	Final Year Project: Dissertation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3340	Final Year Project: Extended Translation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3350	Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

[Basket 1 - Adv Chinese language] Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 20 and may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
Advanced Chinese in Context (Arts and Humanities)- 20 credits
Advanced Chinese in Context (Social Sciences)- 20 credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3630	Advanced Chinese to English Translation	20	Not running in 202425

[Basket 2- China] Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules. Candidates may not study a module they have already studied at level 2:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3015	Religion in China	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3020	Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3120	Classical Chinese	20	Not running in 202425
EAST3148	Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3525	Globalising China and the Developing World	20	Not running in 202425

[Basket 3 –EAS] Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules. Candidates may not study a module they have already studied at level 2:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3045	Southeast Asia: Politics and Economy	20	Not running in 202425
EAST3155	Nature, Culture and Technology in Japan	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3252	Modern Japanese History	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3271	East Asia's Regional Political Economy	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3355	Death and Religion in Japan	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3707	Buddhism: A Lived Tradition	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of the following optional modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL3410	Contemporary World Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3600	Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption	20	Not running in 202425
MODL3610	Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3620	Decolonial Approaches	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3650	Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3800	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules

Last updated: 03/07/2024 05:58:10

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