E.M.A. Program in CHINA STUDIES
(English taught)
Ocean University of China (OUC) is a comprehensive university which offers courses in Science, Engineering, Agronomy, Economics, Liberal Arts, Pharmaceutics, Management, Law, and Education. OUC has been approved as one of the national key universities with “Project 985” and “Project 211”. OUC is located in the beautiful coastal city of Qingdao, the 29th Olympic Sailing Regatta in 2008, also a renowned summer resort and an attractive historic tourist city of scenic beauty and temperate climate.
China Studies
The College of Liberal Arts, Journalism and Communication at OUC offers this Master’s of China Studies program for international students with a keen interest in China who hope to broaden their previous studies or experiences of China, and for those who may have had little exposure to China in their studies to date and are limited by their Chinese language ability. It also aims to equip advanced, specialized personnel with a sophisticated and comprehensive understanding of China.
Curriculum
Our program offers a wide range of courses in China’s history and development, as well as its literature, philosophy, and tradition. In addition to undertaking the courses that cover the breadth of knowledge about China, students will also have an opportunity to develop their own particular areas of specialization by selecting relevant courses and writing dissertations on China’s history, society, culture tradition, philosophy, language, literature, and business. This program consists of three main focuses:
Chinese History and Contemporary Society
Chinese Philosophy and Thought
Chinese Language and Literature
CoursesRequired:
Introduction to Chinese Culture
Ancient Chinese Philosophy and Thought
History of China: From Earliest Times to 1840
Classics of Ancient Chinese Literature
Accelerated Chinese LanguageⅠ
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Writers
History and Thought of Modern China
Introduction to Religion and Beliefs in China
Main Elective:
Accelerated Chinese LanguageⅡ
Chinese Folk Culture
China and the World Economy
Inter-cultural Communication
A Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Cultures
An Introduction to Chinese Language Culture
Chinese Society and Media Today
Chinese Art
China in the International Perspective
An Introduction to Chinese Maritime Culture
Field Study/Internship
Lecture/seminar series (Chinese pop culture, film, cuisine, education, political system, etc.)
Working Language: English is the working language in all classes.
Faculty
This program has a strong team of faculty, including 14 professors and associate professors from the College of Liberal Arts, Journalism and Communication, and other departments of Ocean University of China, the majority of whom have the experiences of study, doing research and/or teaching in English speaking countries. In addition to faculty members from Ocean University of China, experts and scholars from our partner universities at home and abroad will be invited to give courses or lectures to our students. Faculty and their fields of interest are listed below.
Dr. Chen Yongsheng, Chinese philology
Prof. Chen Zhuo, traditional Chinese culture
Prof. Deng Hongfeng, English, history
Dr. Han Mei, ancient Chinese poetry, cultural study
Dr. He Weiqing, modern Chinese fiction
Prof. Huang Yaping, Chinese philology
Prof. Leng Weiguo, Chinese literature of early age.
Li Bei, Chinese art, art design
Dr. Li Jing, ancient Chinese literature and criticism
Prof. Li Yang, folklore and folk literature
Prof. Li Mengyu, intercultural communication, comp. Lit.
Prof. Liu Shuguang, world economy, marine economy
Dr. Liu Shuang, world literature
Dr. Liu Zhuoxia, literature of Tang & Song Dynasty
Prof. Luo Yirong, comparative literature, culture communication
Dr. Ma Hongwei, comparative literature
Dr. Min Ruiwu, history of cultural exchange
Prof. Qu Jinliang, study of marine culture
Prof. Wang Qingyun, study of maritime culture, history
Dr. Wang Xujie, modern Chinese history
Prof. Xue Haiyan, fiction of Ming & Qing dynasties
Prof. Xue Yongwu, cultural studies, talent development
Dr. Yu Fan, history of Chinese Journalism
Prof. Zhou Hong, teaching Chinese as second language
Prof. Zou Weining, international communication
Dr. Zhu Jianjun, Wold history, maritime culture