Chinese Studies
Entry requirements
Single honours degrees in Chinese Studies are not currently offered at St Andrews. Chinese Studies can only be studied as part of a joint programme. To see the qualifications you will need, please refer to the entry requirements for the other subject in your chosen combination.
About this course
MA (joint degree) in Chinese Studies, a Chinese and History of Art degree focusing on linguistic and cultural practices in China, incorporating visual and popular cultures alongside textual study. The programme is delivered through a four-year full-time structure. The first year introduces foundational skills through modules such as Beginners Chinese Language 1, Beginners Chinese Language 2, Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1, Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2, and Ancient Origins, Modern Worlds. The second year continues language acquisition and cultural exploration with modules including Chinese Language and Textual Practices 3, Chinese Language and Textual Practices 4, Intermediate Chinese Language 1, and Intermediate Chinese Language 2. Subsequent unassigned years offer advanced study through options such as Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 1, Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 2, Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 3, Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 4, Creating China 1: Nation, Modernization, Contestation, Creating China 2: Revolution, Opening-up, Clamping-down, Modern Chinese Science Fiction, Poverty in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture, Constructing Gender in Chinese Literature, Youth and Education in Republican China, Post-socialist Attitude: Literature and Rebellion in post 1990-China, Pearl River Cultures: Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macau, The Reception and Reinvention of the Past in Modern China, and Visualizing Sinophone Culture.
Modules
- Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 1 : you will study more complex texts and be able to recognise and have working knowledge of 1,800 to 2,300 characters
- Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 2 : you will study more complex texts and be able to recognise and have a working knowledge of 2,300 to 2,600 characters
- Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 3 : you will be able to speak, read and write at a high level, use 2,900 to 3,300 characters and comprehend academic texts
- Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 4 : you will be able to speak, read and write at a high level, use 3,200 to 3,600 characters and understand sophisticated academic texts
- Creating China 1: Nation, Modernization, Contestation
- Creating China 2: Revolution, Opening-up, Clamping-down
- Modern Chinese Science Fiction
- Poverty in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture
- Constructing Gender in Chinese Literature
- Youth and Education in Republican China
- Post-socialist Attitude: Literature and Rebellion in post 1990-China
- Pearl River Cultures: Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macau
- The Reception and Reinvention of the Past in Modern China
- Visualizing Sinophone Culture
- Ancient Origins, Modern Worlds
- Beginners Chinese Language 1
- Beginners Chinese Language 2
- Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1
- Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2
- Chinese Language and Textual Practices 3
- Chinese Language and Textual Practices 4
- Intermediate Chinese Language 1
- Intermediate Chinese Language 2