Overview

Discover our range of Chinese modules for 2020-21 (Please note: these modules are subject to change due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic)

Find out about modules available for:

• Stage 1
• Stage 2
• Intercalating Year 
• Stage 3

The range of modules offered may change each academic year.

Further information

For further information about this subject, including any pre-requisites, visit the Chinese subject page.

You can also contact your Subject Adviser.

 

Stage 1

Find out about Chinese modules for Stage 1.

Select the module code for specific module information including the module summary and aims, knowledge and skills you'll gain, and the module leader.

You will follow either Level A (if you are a beginner) or Level B (if you have an A Level).

Level A

Compulsory modules

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN1065	Level A (HE Entry Level) Chinese I	20	1
CHN1066	Level A (HE Entry Level) Chinese II (Pre-requisite CHN1065)	20	2

Optional module

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN1005	Introduction to Chinese Culture	20	2

Level B

Compulsory module

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN2010	Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese	40	1&2

Optional module

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN1005	Introduction to Chinese Culture	20	2

Stage 2

Find out about Chinese modules for Stage 2.

Students study 40, 60 or 80 credits from the lists below at Stage 2.

You will follow either Level B or Level C.

Select the module code for specific module information including the module summary and aims, knowledge and skills you'll gain, and the module leader.

Level B

Compulsory module

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN2010	Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese	40	1&2

Optional modules

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN2004	Contemporary Chinese Society: Issues and Challenges	20	1
SML2011	Cities in East Asian Cinema: Culture, History & Identity	20	2

Level C

Compulsory module

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN4010	Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese	40	1&2

Optional modules

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN2004	Contemporary Chinese Society: Issues and Challenges	20	1
SML2011	Cities in East Asian Cinema: Culture, History & Identity	20	2

Intercalating Year

Students taking a language as a subject must spend an entire academic year abroad in a country where their chosen language is spoken between Stages 2 and 3

While abroad you will take the following modules SML3004 Year Abroad ePortfolio (100 credits) and SML3006 Study Abroad (20 credits).

Find further information about your Intercalating Year Abroad.

Stage 3

Find out about Chinese modules for Stage 3.

Select the module code for specific module information including the module summary and aims, knowledge and skills you'll gain, and the module leader.

You can follow either Level C or Level D. Students study 40, 60 or 80 credits from the lists below at Stage 3.

Level C

Compulsory module

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN4010	Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese	40	1&2

Optional modules

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN4004	China and it's Peripheries: Repression, (In)stability and Conflict in the 21st Century	20	2
CHN4012	Historical and Cultural Interpretations of China through Classics and Newspaper Reading	20	1
SML4099	Dissertation	20	1&2

Level D

Compulsory module

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN4061	Level D (HE Further Advanced) Chinese	40	1&2

Optional modules

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
CHN4004	China and it's Peripheries: Repression, (In)stability and Conflict in the 21st Century	20	2
CHN4012	Historical and Cultural Interpretations of China through Classics and Newspaper Reading	20	1
SML4099	Dissertation	20	1&2