Academic Degree:
Masters’ Degree of Chinese History
1Major:
Modern Chinese History
Brief Introduction:
The major of Modern Chinese History is not only an important secondary discipline of history, but also one of the key disciplines of our university. In 2005, Beijing Academic Degree Evaluation Committee granted the right to confer master's degree for this major. In the autumn of 2007, it began to recruit students. The faculty of this major is composed of the academic team of the History Institute of the College of Humanities. The age and knowledge structure of the faculties are reasonable, and their professional characteristics are obvious. They have rich teaching experience and solid scientific research abilities. Now there are four specialized research directions for this major: modern politics and law, modern social history, modern ideological history and modern maritime frontier history of China.
Educational Objective:
Cultivate professionals with correct world view, philosophy of life and values, solid professional foundation and high theoretical level, good academic quality and innovation ability, physical and mental health, moral integrity and ability to meet the needs of contemporary social development.
Specific requirements:
1. Have passion to the major, have a high sense of team, cooperation and professionalism.
2. Have a solid and systematic foundation of modern Chinese history and corresponding professional skills, and be competent for the scientific research and teaching of this major.
3. Be proficient in one foreign language, be able to read the literature of this major, and have good communication and writing ability.
Major Tracks:
There are four research directions for this major:
1.modern politics and law
2.modern social history
3.modern ideological history
4.modern maritime frontier history of China
Studying Language:
Chinese
Study Duration:
3 years
Academic Degree:
Masters’ Degree of Chinese History
2Major:
Specialized History
Brief Introduction:
Special History is a branch of history that studies the development of a specific problem, phenomenon and discipline in history, such as economic history, cultural history, military history, etc. Special history research can break the inherent framework of dynasty history and national history, and take specific issues as the research object, which is very suitable for the current situation of discipline construction in our university, especially the characteristics of the development of Chinese history discipline. In 2011, Beijing Academic Degree Evaluation Committee granted the right to confer master's degree for this major. Setting up this major can not only introduce new methods and theories into history teaching, expand students' views, improve the overall humanistic quality level of students in our school, but also make the construction of the Chinese history in our school more comprehensive, which plays an important role in achieving the development goals of our institution and forming the discipline characteristics. Faculties of this major have high-level research achievements in this field, as well as rich teaching and talent training experience. There are five specialized research directions for this major: legal social history, regional social history, female history, social and cultural history, and history of Chinese foreign relations.
Educational Objective:
Cultivate professionals with all-round development of morality, intelligence and physique, and compound professionals with high theoretical literacy and professional level who are competent for the work of scientific research, teaching and practical departments. Specific requirements:
1. Have high comprehensive quality, including healthy personality, good moral quality and the spirit of hard working.
2. Have passion to the major, have a high sense of team, cooperation and professionalism.
3. Have a solid and systematic social history professional basic knowledge and corresponding professional skills, be competent for the scientific research and teaching of this major, and be able to integrate and use flexibly in other fields.
4. Proficient in one foreign language, with strong ability of literature study, academic exchange and writing.
Major Tracks:
There are five research directions for this major:
1.legal social history
2.regional social history
3.female history
4.social and cultural history
5.history of Chinese foreign relations
Studying Language:
Chinese
Study Duration:
3 years
Academic Degree:
Masters’ Degree of Chinese History
3Major:
Ancient Chinese History
Brief Introduction:
The major of Ancient Chinese History is an important part of traditional history and one of the important cornerstones of humanities. The purpose of this major is to explore the true face of ancient Chinese history, the historical characteristics of each stage and the regulations of its development. In addition to the keen observation of historical development and changes, this major also requires profound philological skills. In 2010, Beijing Academic Degree Evaluation Committee granted the right to confer master's degree for this major. Faculties of this major have accumulated long-term research on the history of Qin and Han Dynasties, Tang and Song Dynasties, Ming and Qing Dynasties and legal history. Most of them have obtained doctorates in history, literature or law. Most of them have studied abroad or have overseas academic exchange experience. Members have rich experience in teaching and personnel training in this field. At present, there are three specialized research directions for this major: the history of Qin and Han Dynasties, the history of Tang and Song Dynasties, and the history of Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Educational Objective:
Cultivate professionals with all-round development of morality, intelligence and physique, and compound professionals with high political awareness, theoretical literacy and professional level, love traditional culture, and be competent for the work of scientific research, teaching and practical departments. Specific requirements:
1. Cultivate the love for this major, with strict logical thinking and professionalism.
2. Master solid and systematic basic knowledge and professional knowledge of ancient Chinese history, have strong research ability and development potential for further study, become a teaching and research talent in colleges and universities and research institutions, or become a qualified practitioner in other work fields that need to have relevant knowledge of the major.
3. Proficient in one foreign language, with strong ability of literature study, academic exchange and writing.
Major Tracks:
There are three research directions for this major:
1.the history of Qin and Han Dynasties
2.the history of Tang and Song Dynasties
3.the history of Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Studying Language:
Chinese
Study Duration:
3 years
Academic Degree:
Masters’ Degree of Chinese History
4Major:
The Study of Historical Documents
Brief Introduction:
The Study of Historical Documents is a comprehensive and basic discipline, and also a key discipline of our university. Institute of Ancient Chinese Legal Documents which this major is based was established in 1984. In 2009, it was approved as a direct contact institution by the National Committee for Collation of Ancient Books in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education. It is the only institution among the universities affiliated to the Ministry of Education with the purpose of collating and researching ancient legal documents. This major focuses on cultivating students' interest and research ability in ancient documents through comparative study of historical materials, historical records, documents, cultural relics and various documents. Faculties of this major have rich teaching experience and long-term academic accumulation in this field. They have presided over and completed many national and provincial scientific research projects. Due to the long-term focus on the collation and research of ancient legal documents and the expansion of the connotation of historical philology, it has formed characteristic research in the aspects of handed-down, unearthed and folk legal documents, which has great influence in the academic field. In 2010, Beijing Academic Degree Evaluation Committee granted the right to confer master's degree for this major.This major has independent literature reference room and independent academic journal. Now there are three specific research directions: ancient legal documents research, unearthed legal documents research and handed down legal documents research.
Educational Objective:
Cultivate professionals with all-round development of morality, intelligence and physique, and compound professionals with high political awareness, theoretical literacy and professional level, love traditional culture, and be competent for the work of scientific research, teaching and practical departments.
Specific requirements:
1. Cultivate the love for this major, with strict logical thinking and professionalism.
2. Master solid and systematic basic knowledge and professional knowledge of ancient Chinese history, have strong research ability and development potential for further study, become a teaching and research talent in colleges and universities and research institutions, or become a qualified practitioner in other work fields that need to have relevant knowledge of the major.
3. Proficient in one foreign language, with strong ability of literature study, academic exchange and writing.
Major Tracks:
There are three research directions for this major:
1.ancient legal documents research
2.unearthed legal documents research
3.handed-down legal documents research
Studying Language:
Chinese
Study Duration:
3 years
