KIN4550 – Research Topics in Chinese Culture and Society I
Course content
Topic and detailed description for Autumn 2023:Emotions in Early China
This course supplements KIN4510 – How to study Chinese Culture and Society by introducing you to a specific research topic within the study of Chinese culture and society. During the course, you will engage with cutting-edge research literature and debates in the relevant field, and you will experience how one topic may be approached from different academic angles and with different methodologies. You will work with primary sources, research literature, theory, and methodology relevant for the specific topic of the course. The specific topic of the course may change each time the course is offered.
Previous years:
Learning outcome
- You will learn how to identify a research topic, narrow down its focus, and formulate research questions related to a specific research topic within the study of Chinese society and culture
- You will learn how to develop a research paper and how to work with various forms of sources, how to develop a consistent methodological framework, and how to integrate theory
- You will learn to read extensively, and to critically analyse sources in Chinese and English
- You will learn to present and discuss academic knowledge in oral and written form
Admission to the course
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Formal prerequisite knowledge
Admission to the MA programme option Chinese Culture and Society.
The course presupposes competence in modern Chinese and basic reading competence in classical Chinese.
Teaching
Teaching is organized as 10 classes of 2 hours each throughout the semester plus 10 single-hour conversational sessions held in Chinese.
Compulsory activities
- Active participation in class and at least 80 per cent attendance
- Active participation in the conversational sessions and at least 80 per cent attendance
- One oral presentation in class, individually or as part of a team
- One opposition on oral presentation in class
Oral presentations and opposition in class are only valid for one semester.
All compulsory activities must be approved in order to qualify for the exam.?It is the student’s responsibility to check whether or not the compulsory activities are approved.?This is how you apply for?valid absence from compulsory activities/compulsory attendance.
Examination
The exam is a term paper consisting of:
One individually written paper on a subject approved by the teacher,?2000 - 2500 words plus a list of references. The paper should be based on primary sources in Chinese and secondary sources in Chinese and/or English. These should include a broad selection of primary and secondary sources discussed in the course as well as additional sources.
Previous exams and grading guidelines.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.