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Showcasing the diversity of China studies across UCL.
The BA International Social and Political Studies degree programme is the only degree at UCL that combines the study of Mandarin with a rounded education in humanities and social science, as well as a year abroad in China and Taiwan.
Many departments offer modules relevant to China, from history and political science to education and archaeology. This includes:
Undergraduate
- Art and Archaeology of Ancient China (ARCL0062)
- Children, Families and Education in Modern China, 1890-present (EDPS0250)
- Chinese Politics (POLS0108)
- Introduction to Chinese Culture, Language and Society (ESPS0046)
- Law and Governance in Contemporary China (ESPS0009)
- Mandarin Level 5: Business and Current Affairs (LCMA0006)
- Re-imagining the Self: Reading Chinese Short Fiction (LITC0007)
- Revolution and Reform in China's Long 20th Century (ESPS0034)
- Science in the Ancient World (HPSC0067)
- Untold Stories: Constructing Lives, Narratives and Experiences in Wartime East Asia (HIST0125)
- Urban Tales: the City in East Asian Literature (LITC0014)
- War, Rebellion, and Social Discontent in Modern China (HIST0073)
Postgraduate
- Advanced Translation into Chinese (CMII0176)
- Archaeologies of Asia (ARCL0152)
- China and Global Prosperity (BGLP0008)
- East and South Asian Cinemas (CMII0168)
- East Asian Philosophies of Education (EAPE) (CPAS0182)
- Education and Development in Asia (EDPS0138)
- From Empire to Nation, The Making of Modern China 1850-2000 (HIST0931)
- The Making of Modern East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea 1600-2000 (HIST0919)
- Managing the City Economy (DEVP0018)
- Mandarin Level 1 (LCMA0002), available up to level 7
- Political Economy of East Asia (POLS0094)
- Politics of East Asia (ESPS0041)
- Revolutions in Modern Chinese and Sinophone Literatures (CMII0171)
- Social Complexity in Early China: From the Neolithic to the Early Empire (ARCL0155)
- The rise of Global China (PUBL0108)
- Urban Planning in China: Frameworks, Practices and Case Studies (BPLN0009)
- Urbanizing China: Space, Society, and Quality of Life (BGLP0025)