The Core Course for the programme China Health and Humanity is a twenty-hour module taught in a combination of online lectures and one hour seminar slots through the first term. These will be delivered by specialists in different fields critical to the interdisciplinary understanding of health. Some of the lecturers will be China specialists. Others, such as experts in global health and geriatrics, will be leaders in their field. The second hour will be held in seminar style with presentation and discussion of relevant secondary literature in English and Chinese as it relates to China. There will be at least two extra mandatory evening sessions.

The educational aim of the Core course most closely reflects the aims of the overall programme for MA Chinese Health and Humanity. That is, the students will develop expertise in a range of approaches to health and well-being. With each session split into two parts with a taught element and a seminar element, the course invites immediate application of each of the approaches modelled to health in China and the impact of China, historically and in the present day, on health around the world. The Core Course is closely integrated with the other compulsory module Translation and Direct Reading I and both progress according to the same sequence of topics week by week, ensuring that you bring a range of literature in both Chinese and English language into your research.

At the bottom of the Moodle page you will also find some compulsory extracurricular events, as well as five dissertation preparation seminars that begin after Reading week. These are not scheduled yet, as we will have to confer over the dates once everyone is signed up to their modules and understands their timetable.

Preparation for the seminars will require a substantial amount of watching video lectures. research and reading in both English and Chinese. Some of the video lectures will not be uploaded until the week before the lecture, but you will always find readings. Make sure you are prepared! The seminars themselves will encourage student participation with rigorous presentation and analysis of evidence according to individual disciplines. The students will learn to integrate disciplines in research and analysis of their chosen subject.