The Master of Arts in Chinese Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a flexible, one-year programme taught and examined in English and designed to accommodate a wide range of interests and needs for graduate training in Chinese Studies.
The Programme promotes the interdisciplinary study of China and is designed to enhance your career potential. The career paths chosen by our graduates are diverse. Some go on to MBA, JD, or PhD programmes; others find employment in media, business or finance, or find positions in government or international agencies. Yet others pursue careers in secondary school teaching or work for non-profit organizations. Regardless of your future plans, the Programme aims to provide you with the knowledge of China necessary to reach your career and personal goals.
Graduates of the MA in Chinese Studies Programme will:
- understand how different disciplines shape and how knowledge is produced in the field of Chinese Studies;
- have developed good reading, critical thinking, and writing skills in a selected area of scholarly inquiry;
- have experience in research activities and an understanding of research ethics;
- look at China from an interdisciplinary perspective and with an imaginative approach as they pursue their own particular curricular and/or career paths.
If Chinese Studies interests you, we encourage you to join us for further study here in Hong Kong, the gateway to China.
Courses Offered in 2020-21 Term 1
Required Course:
- CHES5001A Perspectives on Chinese Studies [Required Course for Chinese Arts and Culture Stream]
- CHES5001B Perspectives on Chinese Studies [Required Course for Issues in Contemporary China Stream]
Elective courses in Chinese Arts and Culture Stream:
- CHES5105 Selected Themes on Chinese History: The Cultural Revolution
- CHES5106 Selected Themes on Anthropology
- CHES5126 China on Screen [share learning activities with CCSS3440 and CHES3101]
- CHES5134 East Asia Film Genres in Globalizing World
- CHES5150 Chinese Painting: Aesthetics and History
- CHES5157 China under Mao [share learning activities with CCSS3030 and CHES3003]
In order to qualify for admission into the Programme, applicants must:
- Have an undergraduate degree in any discipline from a recognized university overseas, in mainland China, or Hong Kong, with honours not lower than Second Class or an average grade of not lower than "B"; and
- Fulfill the English Language Proficiency Requirement by:
- obtained a degree from a university in Hong Kong or taken a degree programme of which the medium of instruction was English; or
- submitting the original score reports/certificates of one of the following tests:
- IELTS (Academic Module): overall result of at least 6.5;
- TOEFL: total score of at least 79 (internet based) or 550 (paper-based);
- GMAT: score for the component "Verbal" not lower than 21
Priority will be given to applicants who demonstrate good English skills. Applicants found to have used an intermediary/agency to handle their application will be at a disadvantage.
- CHES6002 Critical Cultural History of China: Modern China [share learning activities with CCSS3411 and CHES3105]
Elective courses in Issues in Contemporary China Stream:
- CHES5102 Selected Themes on Chinese International Relations
- CHES5106 Selected Themes on Anthropology
- CHES5124 Housing and Urban Governance in Contemporary China
- CHES5135 State and Civil Society in Contemporary China
- CHES5138 Chinese Political and Economic Reforms since the Early 1980s
- CHES5149 China and Regional Order in Asia [share learning activities with CCSS3500 and CHES4102]
- CHES5157 China under Mao [share learning activities with CCSS3030 and CHES3003]
Courses Offered in 2020-21 Term 2
Elective Courses in Chinese Arts and Culture Stream:
- CHES5002A Chinese Studies Fieldtrip [To be confirmed]
- CHES5101 Selected Themes on Gender in China
- CHES5103 Selected Themes on Chinese Literature
- CHES5110 Selected Themes on Chinese Media: Digital China - 1980s till Today
- CHES5127 The Male Bond in Traditional China
- CHES5145 Chinese Art in the World after 1900: Aesthetics and History
- CHES5155 Urban China [share learning activities with CCSS3700 and CHES3007]
Elective Courses in Issues in Contemporary China Stream:
- CHES5002B Chinese Studies Fieldtrip [To be confirmed]
- CHES5110 Selected Themes on Chinese Media: Digital China - 1980s till Today
- CHES5130 China's Regions and Their Global Interactions
- CHES5136 Hong Kong and Mainland China: Interaction and Integration
- CHES5141 US-China Relations
- CHES5143 Comparative Politics and China
- CHES5155 Urban China [share learning activities with CCSS3700 and CHES3007]
- CHES5156 Political Economy of China's Reform [share learning activities with CCSS3550]
Other Elective Courses:
- CHES5201A Independent Study Project [*]
- CHES5201B Independent Study Project (Chinese Business and Economy) [*]
