This MPhil programme is taken by dissertation only. This entails working closely with one supervisor throughout the year on a 25,000 word dissertation to be submitted in mid-August.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the MPhil programme, students will be expected to have:
acquired the ability to read, interpret and translate primary sources in Modern and/or Classical Chinese;
acquired a good knowledge of the general scholarship on Modern and/or Pre-Modern Chinese culture(s);
acquired an in-depth knowledge of the secondary literature relevant to the subject of their dissertation;
developed the ability to formulate original research questions and produce a well-constructed, argument to answer them, in the form of an independent piece of research based on the use of primary and secondary sources;
acquired the skills to use library and internet resources independently.
Continuing
Applicants for the PhD should submit, via the Applicant Portal, a workable and interesting research proposal and demonstrate that they have the required academic knowledge and skills to carry out their project.Admission is at the discretion of the Degree Committee, which judges each graduate applicant on his or her own merits and in accordance with its own set rules and regulations.
