School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    China: The Rise of a Global Power
  • Unit Code

    POL3109
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Genevieve Ruth HOHNEN

Description

This unit examines China's transformation in its economic, social and political dimensions and its impact on international relations. The unit focuses on emerging tensions inherent in China's rise to global power status, such as its capitalist economy and authoritarian political structure, its consumer culture and worsening environmental depreciation, its national self-interest and global responsibilities.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse future trends involved in China's rise for world politics.
  2. Evaluate the impact of China's rise on contemporary world politics.
  3. Evaluate the impact of China's rise on the international relations system.
  4. Examine the social, environmental and political impacts of this change.
  5. Identify key changes in China's transformation into a global economic power.

Unit Content

  1. China and less developed nations.
  2. China's transition from a planned economy to a market-based economy.
  3. Evolution of the Chinese political system and ideology.
  4. Global impacts of China's economy.
  5. Human rights and environmental issues.
  6. Population, urbanization and internal migration issues.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, class presentations, internet research, essay writing, documentary analysis.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio50%
ExaminationExamination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio50%
EssayEssay50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    China: The Rise of a Global Power
  • Unit Code

    POL3109
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Genevieve Ruth HOHNEN

Description

This unit examines China's transformation in its economic, social and political dimensions and its impact on international relations. The unit focuses on emerging tensions inherent in China's rise to global power status, such as its capitalist economy and authoritarian political structure, its consumer culture and worsening environmental depreciation, its national self-interest and global responsibilities.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse future trends involved in China's rise for world politics.
  2. Evaluate the impact of China's rise on contemporary world politics.
  3. Evaluate the impact of China's rise on the international relations system.
  4. Examine the social, environmental and political impacts of this change.
  5. Identify key changes in China's transformation into a global economic power.

Unit Content

  1. China and less developed nations.
  2. China's transition from a planned economy to a market-based economy.
  3. Evolution of the Chinese political system and ideology.
  4. Global impacts of China's economy.
  5. Human rights and environmental issues.
  6. Population, urbanization and internal migration issues.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, class presentations, internet research, essay writing, documentary analysis.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio50%
ExaminationExamination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio50%
EssayEssay50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Kornberg, J. (2004). China in world politics : policies, processes, prospects. Boulder, Colo: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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