The program is aimed at helping students to gain insights into the changing Chinese society, the rich and diverse social life and people’s daily life through varied and vivid activities such as classroom study, field practice, thesis writing, and especially discussions on such topics as social stratification, economic activity, gender, family, media technology, religion and ethnicity. The program will enable students not only to gain solid foundational theories and knowledge about multiple aspects of Chinese affairs clearly, but also to improve their critical and analytical abilities so as to understand and interpret Chinese society from perspectives of sociology, anthropology and psychology, especially the mechanisms that dominate social change, the trend and the far-reaching impact of such social change. After completing all course work and succeeding in thesis defense, students will receive a Master’s Degree in Law.
The School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University, has many disciplines including Sociology, Social Work and Social Policy, Demography, Anthropology and Psychology and has a first[1]rate faculty active in a wide range of teaching and research fields. In the most recent subject evaluation announced by the Ministry of Education, its Sociology ranked the third in China. The school boasts 26 professors, 20 associate professors and 8 full-time researchers, 17 of whom graduated from world-class universities in the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan and Hong Kong.
1. Deepen students' understanding of the changing Chinese society;
2. Enable them to learn to conduct in-depth research and analysis of Chinese society;
3. Help them become specialists and scholars on Chinese affairs.
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