Studies of Chinas Modernization

Release Date: 2017-09-21

Course Name	Studies on Chinas Modernization					Course Number			220114
Course Semester	3		Course Time		36		Credit			2
Course Type	☑Obligatory Courses □Elective Courses
Institute	School of Marxism		Applicable Major		Marxist Theory
Assessment method	☑Examination □ Test
Advanced courses	Marxist Theory; Fundamental Issues in Modern and Contemporary China
Teacher	Liu Ying, Hu Ying
Teaching Objectives
The course is designed to provide provoking insights for students to enhance their comprehension and dissection into the theory and practice concerning the socialist modernization with Chinese characteristics. For the purpose of such enlightenment, it introduces the theories of sinicization of Marxism with case studies of Chinas modernization, in application of theoretical and historical comparative analysis. Through this course, students are required to: 1. further comprehend and have good knowledge of the basic theory, the logical clue and the analytic methodology of the sinicization of Marxism as well as the modernization theories and their respective methodologies; 2. Be up to date with the latest information on studies of Chinas modernization; apply Marxism with independent thinking to practical problems
Teaching Contents
The course introduces the theories of sinicization of Marxism and the modernization theories of the Western world; discusses the process and dynamics of Chinas modernization; studies with in-depth analysis explore the diverse issues in the process of Chinas modernization regarding democracy, social stabilization, traditional culture, peasants, economics, international factors and so on. Through lectures and seminars, the students shall be able to dissect and research the modernization issues in contemporary China from a Marxist stance, and by Marxist methodology.
Outline Designer		Liu Ying, Hu Ying		Date				2015.10