Peking University, Beijing

ADVANCED INTENSIVE CHINESE I

INTERMEDIATE INTENSIVE CHINESE I

In our daily life, people often tell friends, peers, family of their distress before they tell professional counselors. Peer counseling is such a special kind of psychological counseling, conducted by trained or supervised unprofessional people, providing helps having some counseling effects. In this process, through the use of active listening and problem solving skills combining knowledge about human development and mental health, peer counselors instruct their companions and provide them with psychological and emotional support In this course, the basic concept, skills and ethic of peer counseling will be introduced, as well as some practical problems such as culture, race, sexual orientation and romantic relationship. As a general course, these goals are to reach: Students can have basic knowledge of peer counseling; Some basic peer counseling skills can be mastered and used in practical situations; This course also helps student in viewing their own mental health and improving it with related knowledge.

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INTERMEDIATE INTENSIVE CHINESE III

The modern and contemporary history of China course is a compulsory course of ideological and political theory for undergraduates, provided by The Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Education .This course focus on the history of Chinese people against foreign aggression, fighting for national independence, overthrowing the reactionary rule and achieving national liberation in modern China. It will help students understand the national history, the historical process and internal rules of the modern Chinese society and the revolution. By this way, they will deeply understand why people choose the Marxism, the Communist Party of China and the road of socialism. This course was set up by Peking University since September 2006 and it was named to the quality courses of Beijing and China in 2008. Credit score: 2. schedule type: 2 hours a week, optional during two semesters. level: freshmen required. This course use the form of seminars as teachers will be separated into four teams, include presenters, a competent teacher, lectures and teaching assistants. The teachers will give you some lectures, and the traits of the course is the practical parts, such as broadcasting documentaries or films, writing exercises about the films, class discussion, visiting the exhibitions and so on. The assessment of students is flexible. Final exams accounts for 60%, which is open-book examination, the rest 40% include individual performance and essays. 

This is the first part of basic courses "Ancient History of China" for undergraduate students of department of history, covering the history from Xia Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasty. The content is divided into four parts: the pre-Qin periad, the Qin and Han periad, Wei, Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasty periad, the Institutional history part. The aim of the lessons is to enable students to understand the basic facts of this periad, its the main problems and developing issues, to establish an Overview of political, economic, institutional, cultural, ethnic changes, learn the basic methods of historical research, understand related academic works, important researchers and the latest academic trends, cultivate professional spirit, thus lay the foundation for the further study.

This course targets to help you understand important topics of management in the Chinese context or with the Chinese people. You will learn concepts, theories, research results, and successful management stories related to this domain. You will learn from the lectures, your classmates, as well as your own explorative learning activities. This course requires highly interactive class participation and your own exploration outside the classroom.

This course is designed to help students to gain a deep understanding of Chinese consumers and Chinese market and expose students to the business innovations and marketing practices in this market. This course will discuss the characteristics of Chinese consumers and the evolution of demand, the growth of Chinese brands, the business innovations powered by internet and important marketing strategies leveraging social media and mobile technology. The course will also cover cases of international brands in China and analyze the underlying reasons for their success or failure in this market. You will learn the strategies that marketers can use to operate successfully in today's dynamic environment.

Economics of Development explores the principles and issues of economic development. In this course we will ask: (1) How does a developing country break the poverty trap and evolve to a modern economy with a higher living standard? (2) What are the processes and conditions of economic development? and (3) Is there a scope for policy? What policies and strategies should be tried out?

This course consists of four parts (ten chapters): 

Part 1 “Introduction” includes two chapters. Topics to be covered are: (1) the object of Development Economics and the purpose of this course, (2) characteristics of developing countries and (3) a comparison between economic development and economic growth. 

Part 2 “Development Models in a Dual Economy” includes three chapters. Topics to be covered are: (1) the transfer and employment of rural surplus labors in a dual economy, (2) the relationship between industrialization and the development of the rural sector and (3) China’s transition from a dual economy to a modern economy and the challenges associated with this process. 

Part 3 “Modern Economic Growth Theory” includes three chapters. Topics to be covered are: (1) the accumulation of physical capital, (2) the accumulation of labor and human capital, (3) the relationship between technological progress and economic growth and (4) the characteristics and trends of China’s economic growth. 

Part 4 “Structural Theories of Economic Development” includes two chapters. Topic to be covered are: (1) Structural Theories of the Latin school, (2) balanced and unbalanced growth strategies in economic development, (3) relationship between industrial structure change and economic development and (4) issues about the industrial structure in China’s industrialization process. 

This course aims to help students have a comprehensive understanding of the basic principles and issues of economic development. Students are not only required to have a well understanding of the general theories, but also are required to apply theories to practical problems and carry out empirical research in areas of China’s economic development.