Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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4313800 International Relations, Security and Development | OT | 0 | 2 |
4317118 Global East Asian Studies | OB | 0 | 2 |
None.
The Module 4 "Politics and Society in Eastern Asia" is a module of 10 ECTS which deals in detail with various aspects of political, economic and social thought in East Asia in order to understand its relationship with Europe and America in the construction of modernity. It applies a series of critical approaches ranging from colonialism and post-colonialism to modernity and post-modernity, post-capitalism and post-communism, introducing the gender perspective and its relationship to politics and society.
The module aims to the acquisition of knowledge on social and political structures, organizations and processes of East Asia and their relationship with the rest of the world, from different theoretical and methodological perspectives. The contents of the module are:
1. East Asian politics: political system and foreign policy
2. East Asian society: social and cultural transformations
3. Public policies in East Asia: identity, diversity, inequality
- Lectures
- Seminars
- Oral presentations
- Debates
- Tutorial work
- Participation in complementary activities
- Essay writing
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures, seminars, discussions | 50 | 2 | 1, 2, 7, 8, 4, 5, 3, 6 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Oral defense of essays, debates, tutorial work | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 7, 8, 4, 5, 3, 6 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Elaboration of works, participation in complementary activities | 180 | 7.2 | 1, 2, 7, 8, 4, 5, 3, 6 |
The information on the evaluation, the type of evaluation activity and its weight on the final grade is provided for information purposes only. Instructors responsible for the different parts of the module will provide specific detail at the beginning of their teaching periods.
In case of irregularities (plagiarism, copying, identity fraud, etc.) in an evaluation activity, the grading of this activity will be 0. In case of irregularities in various evaluation activities, the final grade of the module will be 0.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Oral defense of papers | 30% | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 7, 8, 4, 5, 3, 6 |
Submission and discussion of papers | 70% | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 2, 7, 8, 4, 5, 3, 6 |
At the beginning of the classes the instructors of the different sections of the module will provide specific bibliography for each topic.
We will not use specific sotfware.