Fudan University

This course introduces the background of China’s political institution and culture and provides overview of the relationship between China’s media and politics in a global context. The course provides a broad perspective of China’s political communication and a familiarity with China’s media system and its political consequences. Four general topics are explored: China's media system; China's international communication system; Chinese nationalism in international conflicts; China's public diplomacy and international relations. For each topic, the course is conducted with two lectures and one seminar. The students are divided into several groups, each of which will give a presentation on each topic. 

This course introduces the economic development of Mainland China after 1949 through a series of research papers. The course is divided into three modules. The first module includes the important aspects of the economic development model, integration into the world economy, technological and structural changes, and reform policies since the implementation of the centrally planned economy period and the implementation of the reform and opening up in 1978. The second module covers the impact of globalization on China's overall economy, labor market, and capital market in 1978. The third module focuses on the dynamic evolution of China's urbanization process and economic geography since the reform and opening up, and discusses the economic impact of related reforms, trade, and space policy changes.

This course introduces the whole book of Analects. It encourages students to recite several chapters, understand the basic knowledge of Confucius as well as Confucianism, and improve the understanding of ancient Chinese after reading Analects and introducing relevant knowledge. The course introduces relevant literature, history, commentary and academic background knowledge around Analects and Confucius.

The course discusses leadership and professional responsibility to cultivate leadership skills and to improve their theoretical quality and practical skills. The course lays a solid theoretical and practical foundation for future employment and career development. Topics: the needs of the society and the future development of individuals; the theoretical foundation of the curriculum, including the basic theory of leadership and professional responsibility and the latest theoretical progress; a comprehensive model of leadership and professional responsibility, which achieves the full integration of the two; and how to effectively improve leadership and professional responsibility, how to carry out targeted training at all stages of the career life cycle and highlight the importance of “gratefulness” in leadership and professional responsibility cultivation.

This course covers two aspects of Chinese art and cultural heritage—ancient gardening and painting. Guided by classic literature such as Yuanye and Linquan Gaozhi, the course will vividly display the beauty and wisdom contained in Chinese cultural heritage in the form of classic reading, cultural relic appreciation, and image observation.

This course provides an in-depth analysis of films while examining contemporary film aesthetics, and provides a study of the ideological, social, and cultural connotations of films. This course involves the analysis of the narrative viewpoint and narrative structure of films. Through representative directors, such as Wong Kar-wai, Hitchcock, Kubrick, etc., the course analyzes the psychological mechanism of film viewing, strategy of suspense, and thinking on modernity. In addition, representative film works are used to discuss various real-life issues with philosophical significance. New developments and characteristics of contemporary film aesthetics are also explored.

The course examines how audiovisual as a means of perception (recognition) helps us understand the world and communicate with each other, covering the basics and applications of audiovisual communication, visual expression and practice.

This course is for non-management related majors. The course discusses the management knowledge related to enterprises, modern information technology, and information systems, in order to understand IT-driven innovation opportunities. It examines the interactive relationship between management reform and modern IT/IS, the ability of modern enterprises to operate and organize activities, and the basic enterprise information system planning, management, and implementation methodology to better help the enterprise build Core competitiveness.

This course examines the laws of industrial development, the process of industrial formation, the industrial structure and its changes, the evolution of industrial organizations, and the optimal design of industrial policies.