The history of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to the present

  • Category: Arts, cultures and societies
  • Semester: Semester 2 (S2)
  • ECTS credits
    2 ECTS – 20 hours
  • Number of places
    North Campus: 10 places & South Campus: 10 places
  • Teaching locations

    (S2) North campus – Moufia

    (S2) South Campus – Buffer

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Target audience

  • Exclusively for students registered in General License

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Priority licensing levels

  • Open to everyone

Recommended sectors

Open to all

Prerequisites

UEO open to students in international exchange programs

For students in an exchange program, registration is made directly with the International Relations Department (without going through the registration platform dedicated to the UEO).

Description of the WEU

The general objective of the course is to give students basic knowledge of the history of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to the present. The course is divided into two parts:

I. The time for reforms:

1. The era of Deng Xiaoping and the end of the Maoist period.

2. Structural reform and the new development of agriculture.

3. Opening up to international trade.

4. The shift in foreign policy.

5. Economic reforms and societal fractures.

II. The time of prosperity:

1. The Chinese path of “socialist market economy”.

2. The dizzying growth of the 2000s.

3. A new foreign policy.

4. Urbanization and the evolution of society.

5. Xi Jinping, the “middle-income society” and the “Chinese dream”.

WHAT DO I LEARN? Targeted RNCP skill blocks

  • Identification of a question within a disciplinary field
  • Analysis of a question by mobilizing disciplinary concepts
  • Use of data for analysis purposes

Other specific skills

Acquisition of intercultural knowledge and skills

Teaching methods

Synchronous remote

Assessment methods

Terminal control

Forecast timetable

UEO Planning History of the Republic of China S2

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