POLS445-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

China's Emergence as a Global Great Power

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

Covering China’s international relations, government policy-formation process and contemporary institutions, this course will use an issues-based approach to help students develop a thorough understanding of China's emergence as a global great power and the global implications of this.

A seismic shift is underway in global politics and part of this shift is China’s emergence as a global great power. Covering China’s international relations, government policy-formation process and contemporary institutions, this course will use an issues-based approach to help students develop a thorough understanding of China's emergence as a global great power and the global implications of this.

Learning Outcomes

Students will obtain a fundamental grasp of the Chinese political system that will enable them to analyse events as they unfold, and apply this understanding in a policymaking environment.

Transferable skills:

Students will hone critical reading and information gathering; as well as advanced analytical, writing and presentation skills. The course assessment will hone policy-writing skills.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

POLS406 and DIPL406

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 12:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 240
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Anne-Marie Brady

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final exam 30% Two-hour final exam in the exam period
Participation 10% Participation (based on class attendance, preparation of readings, contribution to discussion)
Policy brief 27 Mar 2023 20% A 1500-word policy brief plus oral presentation
Policy paper + presentation 22 May 2023 40% A 4000-5000 word policy paper plus oral presentation

Textbooks / Resources

Due to copyright constraints, readings come in a range of formats. Students must read the designated reading each week before coming to class and be prepared to discuss it in class. Each student will take it in turn to facilitate the discussion based on the readings.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,169.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All POLS445 Occurrences

  • POLS445-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025