China Certificate

The economic, political, and social significance of the People’s Republic of China has grown substantially in recent years.  This growth has had momentous consequences in any number of fields including business and trade, international politics, and scientific research. At the same time, Texas A&M has multiple academic and professional graduate programs whose graduates will most certainly be called upon in their future careers to engage China and its commercial, political, and cultural institutions in a professional context. The graduate Certificate in China Studies is designed to allow graduate students at Texas A&M to take a core set of courses that will help them to prepare for a global future.

This transcripted certificate offers masters or doctoral students with a significant interest in the history, politics, language, or other area the opportunity to acquire in-depth understanding of contemporary Chinese society and its increasing involvement in world affairs.  The China Studies Graduate Certificate provides a comprehensive introduction to Chinese history, society, economics, foreign and security policy, as well as the opportunity to learn more about the philosophical, cultural, and linguistic roots of that society. The certificate provides students with the skills, applied and theoretical, that are necessary to understand the role of China and Chinese institutions in a variety of professional and academic contexts. The certificate program is open to students from any graduate degree program at Texas A&M University and the plan of study comprises 12 credit hours of coursework. At least two courses must be outside the student’s home department.

Completion of the Certificate does not require the study of Mandarin Chinese language. No graduate credit can be given for basic language instruction, however, a special notation will be made on the transcript of any student who completes two semesters of regularly offered course work in Chinese.

For more information regarding the certificate, contact Dr. Andrew Scobell at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, 979 862 3028, or ascobell@bushschool.tamu.edu.

1. BUSH 616 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA

2. BUSH 685 - DIRECTED STUDIES

3. BUSH 689 - CHINESE STRATEGIC THOUGHT (FALL '09)

4. BUSH 689 - CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY

5. HISTORY 689/HISTORY 355 - MODERN CHINA (FALL '09)

6. SOCIOLOGY 689/SOCIOLOGY 306 - POPULATION AND SOCIETY OF MODERN CHINA

For application, please download the form attached below and mail it to Dr. Andrew Scobell at:

ascobell@bushschool.tamu.edu

You may use the campus mail to deliver the form to:

Andrew C. Scobell

Associate Professor, BUSH SCHOOL

Mailstop: 4220 TAMU

ph: +1(979)862-3028

Please put "APPLICATION FOR GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN CHINA STUDIES" on the subject line.

Application form in MSWord2003, MSWord2007 and PDF.