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This course will situate China, a rising major power, in an international context and analyze its evolving relations with the outside world. It will focus on China's relations with other major actors in global and regional politics, including Taiwan, the United States, the Soviet Union/Russia, Asian neighbouring states, Europe and Africa.
Grade descriptors:
A
Demonstrates the ability to comprehend and apply the subject knowledge of the course as stated in the course description (analyzing the evolving relations of China with the outside world, China’s relations with other major actors in global and regional politics) with an outstanding performance on all required assignments and learning outcomes.
A-
Demonstrates the ability to comprehend and apply the subject knowledge of the course as stated in the course description (analyzing the evolving relations of China with the outside world, China’s relations with other major actors in global and regional politics) with a very good overall performance on all required assignments and learning outcomes.
B
Demonstrates the ability to comprehend and apply the subject knowledge of the course as stated in the course description (analyzing the evolving relations of China with the outside world, China’s relations with other major actors in global and regional politics) with a good overall performance on all required assignments and learning outcomes, or high performance on some required assignments and learning outcomes which compensates for less satisfactory performance on others, resulting in overall good performance.
C
Demonstrates the ability to comprehend and apply the subject knowledge of the course as stated in the course description (analyzing the evolving relations of China with the outside world, China’s relations with other major actors in global and regional politics) with satisfactory performance on the majority of required assignments and learning outcomes, possibly with some weakness.
D
Demonstrates the ability to comprehend and apply the subject knowledge of the course as stated in the course description (analyzing the evolving relations of China with the outside world, China’s relations with other major actors in global and regional politics) with barely satisfactory performance on a number of required assignments and learning outcomes.
F
Fails to demonstrate the ability to comprehend and apply the subject knowledge of the course as stated in the course description (analyzing the evolving relations of China with the outside world, China’s relations with other major actors in global and regional politics). Unsatisfactory performance on a number of required assignments and learning outcomes, or failure to meet specified assessment requirements. |
