Program Introduction
Master’s Program on Ethnology and Anthropology
The major aims to cultivate compound talents engaged in teaching, research and other work in
ethnology and related majors, and to provide intellectual resources for cultivating high-quality
and high-level ethnology talents. Master’s degree students should have a systematic mastery
of the basic theories and methods of the major, understand the frontier development of the
discipline, have the ability to independently engage in field work and scientific research, have
expertise in a certain professional field, and have a certain sense of innovation and self-
improvement ability. Be able to read foreign literature skillfully.
I. Major: Ethnology
Subject or Research Direction:
1. Applied Anthropology
2. Ethnic Study
II. Educational Philosophy
1. Implementing the requirement that the supervisor is the first person responsible for the
cultivation of postgraduates, and clarify the responsibility of the supervisor of postgraduates
to strengthen moral education and cultivate people. Emphasis should be placed on improving
the ideological and political quality of postgraduates, developing their academic innovation
ability and practical innovation ability, enhancing their awareness of social responsibility,
guiding them to abide by academic ethics and paying attention to their humanistic care.
2. Establishing a steering team with supervisors as the core to give full play to the advantages
of collective steering.
3. After enrollment, postgraduate students should take the initiative to report to their
supervisors at least once a month on the progress of their thoughts, studies and scientific
research, and listen to and accept the guidance of their supervisors or the
steering team. The supervisor is expected to keep an eye on the progress of the
postgraduate students’ studies and researches.
III. Curriculum and Credit Requirements
The total credits required for master’s degree are 32 credits, including 29 credits for academic
courses and 3 credits for social practice.
Course Name
Public Compulsory Courses
➢ Basic Chinese
➢ Overview of China
Public Elective Courses
Chinese Culture
Basic Courses for the program
➢ Theories in Anthropology and Ethnology
➢ Reading Ethnography
➢ Research Methods in Anthropology
➢ Academic Integrity and Scholarly Writing
➢ Orientation Courses for the program
➢ Economic Anthropology and Development Study
➢ Urban Anthropology Ethnic Study of China
➢ Society and Culture in Contemporary China
Elective Courses for the program
➢ Comparative Urbanism: Tactics for Global Cities
➢ Biosocial Study of Human Behavior
➢ Sexuality and Gender Study
➢ Ethnopsychology
➢ World Languages
➢ Medical Anthropology
➢ Historical Anthropology
Remedial Courses
➢ Undergraduate Core Course 1 (Optional)
➢ Undergraduate Core Course 2 (Optional)
Extended Courses
➢ Chinese Thesis Writing
➢ Compulsory Sessions
Social Practice
➢ Field Work
➢ The field time for master’s students is no less than 4 months, and the specific time
➢ and place will be determined by the supervisor and the student during the supervision
process in accordance with the basic requirements of the program.
Master’s Program on “Belt and Road” International Communication
This program is to cultivate high-level specialized talents with comprehensive development in
moral, intelligence, and physical education, solid theoretical foundation, systematic
professional knowledge, high professional skills and international visions, who can be engaged
in cross-cultural journalism and communication research and application. Students are
required to comply with the provisions of MUC’s management measures for recruiting and
training international students, abide by laws and regulations, be able to grasp the professional
concept of modern journalism and communication, abide by the professional ethics of
journalism and communication, have skilled business ability and strong theoretical research
ability, and be able to adapt to the technical requirements of the new media era to engage in
related work, master communication theory and communication application skills, cross-
cultural communication theory and practical business, new media economy and new media
industry related knowledge.
I. Major：Communication
Subject or Research Direction
1. Cross-cultural Communication Research
2. Communication Theories and Applications
3. New Media Communication
II. Educational Philosophy
1. In terms of guidance form, a combined mode of collective guidance on all students by the
supervisor team and individual guidance on students by the responsible supervisor will be
adopted.
2. In developing students’ abilities, emphasis is placed on combining the cultivation of
students’ learning ability with the development of research ability.
3. In the teaching process, the teacher’s explanation is combined with the students’
discussion.
III. Curriculum and Credit Requirements
The total credits required for master’s degree are 32 credits, including 29 credits for academic
courses and 3 credits for social practice.
Course Name
1. Public Compulsory Courses
➢ Basic Chinese
➢ Chinese Culture
2. Public Elective Courses
Overview of China
3. Compulsory Courses for the program
➢ History of Global Communication
➢ Communication Theories
➢ Ethics and Laws of Journalism and Communication
➢ Cross-cultural Communication
➢ Social Media Research
➢ Digital Marketing Communication
➢ Media Industry Research
➢ Communication of Film and Television Culture
4. Elective Courses for the program
➢ Advertising Creativity and Performance
➢ Integrated Marketing Communication
➢ Chinese Popular Language and Culture
5. Extended Courses
Thesis Writing
6. Compulsory Sessions
Social Practice
Master’s Program on the History of Relations between China and the “Belt
and Road” Countries
Themed by harmonious cooperation, this major is aimed at recruiting students from the “Belt
and Road” countries, striving to build a continuous and interactive training system, promoting
cultural exchanges through historical education and teaching, and jointly building the “Belt
and Road”. The course is designed to integrate the main teaching experience of special
historical disciplines such as the history of ethnic groups and the history of Chinese ethnic
relations, and to set up two special courses
i.e. the history of ancient Chinese and foreign relations and the history of modern Chinese and
foreign relations, with emphasis on several special courses that reflect the process of
interaction between Chinese and global civilizations and the history of exchanges and
interactions between the Chinese nation and various ethnic groups in the world. These courses
present the splendid material culture and highly developed civilization of ancient China,
outline and sort out the modern Sino-foreign relations from the perspective of the relationship
between China and its neighboring countries and the transformation of China’s foreign
relations, and deepen the cognitive model of China’s historical development from the
perspective of the development history of China’s relations with the world to varying degrees,
aiming to cultivate high-level foreign students who are friendly to China and have the
awareness of tolerance and cultural diversity.
I. Major: Chinese History
Subject or Research Direction
1. Ancient Chinese History
2. Modern and Contemporary Chinese History
3. History of Chinese and Foreign Relations
4. The Chinese Nation History
5. History of Relations between China and the “Belt and Road” Countries
II. Educational Philosophy
1. In terms of guidance form, a combined mode of collective guidance on all students by the
supervisor team and individual guidance on students by the responsible supervisor will be
adopted.
2. In developing students’ abilities, emphasis is placed on combining the cultivation of
students’ learning ability with the development of research ability.
3. In the teaching process, the teacher’s explanation is combined with the students’
discussion.
III. Curriculum and Credit Requirements
The total credits required for master’s degree are 32 credits, including 29 credits for academic
courses and 3 credits for social practice.
Course Name
1. Public Compulsory Courses
➢ Basic Chinese
➢ Chinese Culture
2. Public Elective Courses
Overview of China
3. Compulsory Courses for the program
➢ Ancient Chinese History
➢ An Introduction to Modern Chinese History
➢ Introduction to Global History
4. Elective Courses for the program
➢ Ancient Cultural Relics and the Silk Road
➢ The Chinese Nation in Westerners’ Works
➢ The Transformation of Modern China’s Foreign Relations
➢ History of Relations between China and its Neighboring Countries
➢ Reading Ethnography
➢ Chinese Religions and Nations
5. Compulsory Sessions
➢ Thesis Writing Guidance
➢ Social Practice
