Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
Qualification
Bachelor's Degree
Study mode
Full-time
Duration
4 years
Intakes
September
Total tuition fee (local)
Contact the university / college
Total tuition fee (foreign)
B$ 17,151
About this course
This major combines studying media, communications, economics to investigate the life and culture formed in today's interconnected world. The focus on Literature will help students evaluate problems as varied as nationalism, political conflicts, human rights, immigration, trade, environmental issues, media, literacy, and education.
Entry Requirements
none
Curriculum
Required Courses
Divisional Foundation Courses
- The Art of Interpretation 1: Written Texts
- The Art of Interpretation II: Images and Sound
Interdisciplinary Courses
- Empires and Culture
- Critical Comparative Studies
- Culture and Industry
- Gender and Globality
- Migration, Inequality, and Culture
- Junior Seminar: Advanced Topics
- Senior Seminar: Advanced Topics
Disciplinary Courses
- Intro to Literary Theory Writ Large
- Critical Inter-Asia: Rethinking Local and Global Connections
- Digital Storytelling
- Reading Empire: Anglophone, Francophone, Sinophone and Japanophone
- Melodrama East and West
Recommended Electives for the Major
Courses listed below are recommended electives for the major. Students can also select other courses in different divisions as electives.
- From Cool Japan to the Korean Wave: Popular Culture from East Asia
- Online Novels and the Chinese Public Sphere
- Chinatowns: A Cultural History
- Games and Culture: Politics, Pleasure and Pedagogy
- Hashtag Memes, Digital Tribes
- Religion and Sexuality