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Last updated: 4 June 2021
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne)
2021 will be the final offering for this unit
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AIE235, AIE435
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1-hour class and 1 x 1-hour seminar per week
The unit presents a study of the development of 'New China' under the leadership of the Communist Party through an examination of the political system, different models of economic construction, social restructuring, mass campaigns and the place given to dissent. The unit will focus on the Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution and the current economic reform. It seeks to engage students in analysing the issues that China is confronted with, such as rapid urbanization, mass domestic migration, food security and safety, environment, cultural heritage reservation, and ideological dilemma.
Understand the different models of economic construction and social restructuring in modern China
Understand the impact of the Cultural Revolution on Chinese society
Understand the 'open-door' policy and the development of reform
Understand the revival of Chinese nationalism
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO2
Acquire the knowledge and conceptual tools to commence preliminary critical analyses of issues arising from China's continuous struggles for modernization
GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO3
Better understand China for the specific goal of 'enhancing Australia's capacity to interpret and engage with its regional and global environment through a greater understanding of languages, societies, politics and cultures' (Australian Government, Australia in Asian Century White Paper, 2012)
GLO8: Global citizenship
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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