| Offered By: |
Faculty of Asian Studies |
| Academic Career: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Subject: |
Asian Studies |
| Offered in: |
Second Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value: |
6 units |
| Course Description: |
The course will introduce students to the history and develpment of the various styles of Chinese calligraphy over the course of more than two millennia. Students will be tutored in rudimentory aspects of the craft. |
| Learning Outcomes: |
Understand key phases of the development of Chinese calligraphy; acquire an understanding of the role of Chinese calligraphy historically; to integrate this theoretical and historical knowledge with empirical examples; learn to think critically; develop skills in synthesising and contextualising new information; develop skills to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Chinese; develop an ability to work in cooperative groups on key issues to do with this field of Chinese Studies and to communicate findings to others. |
| Indicative Assessment: |
In-class performance (20%) Tutorial presentation (20%) Essay of 2000 words (20%) Final calligraphic production (40%). |
| Workload: |
Three contact hours per week |
| Areas of Interest: |
Asian Languages and Non Language Asian Studies |
| Eligibility: |
Prerequisite: Modern Written Chinese 2B (CHIN2023); 8 university courses (48 units) |
| Requisite Statement: |
Modern Written Chinese 2B (CHIN2023) |
| Incompatibility: |
Incompatible with ASIA6073 |
| Majors/Specialisations: |
Northeast Asian Studies and Chinese Studies |
| Academic Contact: |
Duncan Campbell and Dr Wong, Yin Wai |
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