SOCIOL 181A
Sociology of Global China
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Analyses of how domestic developments create impetus for China's global expansion, and assessment of global China's variegated and uneven consequences. Concrete case studies include Belt and Road Initiative, soft power and cultural diplomacy, internal colonization of Hong Kong and Xinjiang, China in Africa, U.S.-China trade war, and New Cold War. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2024 - Kaiting was our TA and she struck the fear of god into the Chinese students who didn’t have great English. A very harsh grader, but then again maybe that was just the rubric she was given, my theory is that it was both. I always got 18 or 19 out of 20 on my weekly memos and regularly saw 14’s or so from others. You have to put in the work to get a good grade but the topic was interesting so I was willing to do so. The delivery of lectures can be a bit bland I’m afraid. The slides were nicely detailed. Important Notes: There is attendance. No exam, final group project with presentation. Lots of writing assignments reporting on the class readings. Extra credit from filling out the feedback survey and attending the day before thanksgiving.
Fall 2024 - Kaiting was our TA and she struck the fear of god into the Chinese students who didn’t have great English. A very harsh grader, but then again maybe that was just the rubric she was given, my theory is that it was both. I always got 18 or 19 out of 20 on my weekly memos and regularly saw 14’s or so from others. You have to put in the work to get a good grade but the topic was interesting so I was willing to do so. The delivery of lectures can be a bit bland I’m afraid. The slides were nicely detailed. Important Notes: There is attendance. No exam, final group project with presentation. Lots of writing assignments reporting on the class readings. Extra credit from filling out the feedback survey and attending the day before thanksgiving.
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