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Course Details |
Fees and Dates
| Offered By: |
Faculty of Asian Studies |
| Academic Career: |
Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject: |
Asian Studies |
| Offered in: |
Second Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value: |
6 units |
| Course Description: |
This course introduces students to the history of the development of the various styles of Chinese calligraphy over the course of more than two millennia, and will tutor students in rudimentory aspects of the craft
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| 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: |
Tutorial presentation and report (20%) Two Essays (20% each) Final calligraphic production (40%). |
| Workload: |
Three contact hours per week |
| Areas of Interest: |
Asian Languages and Non Language Asian Studies |
| Requisite Statement: |
Modern Written Chinese 2B |
| Recommended Courses: |
None |
| Preliminary Reading: |
None |
| Programs: |
Master of Asia-Pacific Studies |
| Academic Contact: |
Dr Wong, Yin Wai |
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