Chinese Studies (Master 2010-2011) - Prospectus

First year

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
In China/Taiwan: Language Acquisition (Conversation, Writing, Classical Chinese, The News, Short Stories, Translation)	60

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Choose one master class
Chinese Studies Master Class: Languages and Cultures of China	10
MA Masterclass: Theories and Methods in Asian Studies	10
Language Training: Modern Chinese oral/aural	5
Choose one of the two language courses below:
Language Training: Advanced readings in Premodern Chinese	5
Language Training: Modern Chinese reading/writing	5
Choose one State of the Field Seminar out of:
State of the Field seminar: China in the 21st Century: Governing a Network Society in the Age of Information	10
State of the Field Seminar: Critical security in East Asia	10
State of the Field Seminar: Praying to be born in the Tusita Heaven: Xuanzang and others	10
State of the Field Seminar: Religion in Modern China	10
State of the Field Seminar: Seminars on Yijing and its Commentaries	10
State of the Field seminar: Traditional Chinese Culture	10
State-of-the-field seminar Chinese linguistics	10
Choose one out of the following three courses:
Topical Readings in Classical Chinese	10
Topical readings in linguistics	10
Topical Readings in Modern Chinese	10
Chinese Writing	5
MA Thesis	15