Undergraduate Education
In 1995, the School of History and Literature was granted “National Talents Cultivation Base for Basic Studies and Research”. In 2001, it ranked among the excellent schools in the 2001 MOE appraisal of all such bases. In 2007, through MOE’s educational reform program, our History major was granted special attention and support, with a talent cultivation pilot project being established as a result. Since 2012, we have initiated our teaching and curriculum reform for the undergraduate education by downsizing classrooms to provide each student due instructional attention in their study of humanities.
Majors
Historical Studies (Top Level; Sponsored by the National Program of Talents Cultivation Bases of Basic Humanities Studies) is dedicated to incubating talents with advantages and interests in historical studies. The goal is for students to become future scholars with the potential to contribute to highly specialized study in history.
Curriculum: Chinese History, World History, Theories of Archaeology, Excerpts of Historical Literatures, Theories of History, etc. Students are equipped with their own supervisors to guide their study and research for further postgraduate studies.
Historical Studies (Major Level; Include the three majors of Historical Studies, World History, and Studies of Cultural Relics and Museology) is dedicated to cultivating students with profound background in theoretical and applicable capabilities in history. New entrants will learn basic history and public courses for the first year of their study before they pick one major to finish for their degree over the next three years. It is recommended that graduates from those majors pursue further studies, whereas they would also be equipped with the necessary expertise to conduct teaching, research, as well as jobs relevant to cultural communication and administration in the future.
Ethnic Studies emphasizes sociological and systematic training in cultivating students into responsible world citizens that are keenly interested in the theories and methodologies in anthropology, especially ethnography. Students will be equipped with profound theoretical background, knowledge portfolio, as well as strong capacity to apply such expertise in their future research and international exchanges. Graduates from this major will be highly competent and competitive candidates for positions in the government or social/ethnic organizations.
Curriculum
Theories of Ethnic Studies, Theories of Ethnic Sociology, Chinese History and Culture, History of World Civilization, Chinese Ethnography, World Ethnography, Research Methods in Ethnography, Theories of Religious Studies, etc.