Faculty of History and Culture

The Faculty of History and Culture is out of the History Department of the South China University, which was founded in 1951. It has trained and brought up many qualified historical teachers and researchers during the past decades. There are numbers of excellent teachers in the Faculty. Among the 39 full-time teachers there are 20 professors, 11 associate professors, and 8 lecturers. And among the professors there are 6 who have the qualification to supervise doctoral candidates. Of the faculty there are 25 teachers who have got or will get the doctoral degree. In addition, there are 8 administrators in the Faculty.
There are 4 teaching and research sections in the Faculty, the respective majors of which are Ancient Chinese History, Modern Chinese History, World History, and Pedagogics for Middle School History Teaching. Furthermore, there are some specific institutes in the Faculty such as the Institute of the Ancient Chinese History, the Institute of the Literature and History of South China, and the Institute of Religious Cultures. In addition, there are some related organs in the Faculty such as the library and the museum.
Every year the Faculty admits full-time students as undergraduates of history. In the majors such as Ancient Chinese History, Modern Chinese History, World History, Cultural History, Courses and Pedagogics, and Disciplinary Education for History, the Faculty admits postgraduates. And in the major of Ancient Chinese History the Faculty admits doctoral candidates.
There are prominent professors or specialists in the Faculty. They have achieved great successes in the respective majors. In the past three years over 40 of their research works were published by the famous publishing houses in China, such as Zhong Hua Book Company, People's Publishing House, Social Sciences Academic Press, and China Social Sciences Press. Furthermore, the teachers of the Faculty published many influential research papers in the most important journals in China, such as Social Sciences in China, Historical Research, Journal of Chinese Historical Studies, Modern Chinese History Studies, and World History, etc. In addition, in the past three years and now the teachers of the Faculty presided or are presiding over 12 important research programs which are of state level or province level, and they got 17 rewards of the same levels mentioned above.
Programs
Undergraduate Program: History
Required Subjects:
An Introduction to History, Approaches to Historiography, Ancient Chinese History, Modern Chinese History I, Modern Chinese History II, Contemporary Chinese History, Ancient and Medieval World History, Modern World History I, Modern World History II, Contemporary World History

Optional Subjects:
Outline of Chinese Historiography, Outline of World Historiography, Archeology, Palaeography, History of Ancient Greece, British History, American History, French History, East Asian History, History of Chinese Family and Society, History of Chinese Foreign Relations, History of World Religions, Political History of the Six Dynasties, Political History of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Economical History of Song and Yuan Dynasty, Economical History of Ming and Qing Dynasties, History of Confucian Studies, History of Cultural Revolution

Master Programs:
1. Ancient Chinese History
Methodology of History, Chinese Historiography, Chinese Political History, Economical History of Ancient China, Chinese Cultural History, Chinese Historical Geography, Studies of the Six Dynasties, Song History, Ming and Qing History, Economical History of Special Period in Ancient China

2. Modern Chinese History
Selective Materials Study of Modern Chinese History, Survey of Modern Chinese History Studies, History of Modern Chinese Foreign Cultural Exchange, Studies of the History of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Studies of Chinese Modernization

3. World History
Special Topic on World Ancient and Medieval History, Special Topic on World Modern History, Ancient Greece Studies, British Studies, American Studies, French Studies, Studies of Chinese Foreign Relations, Christianity Studies, International Relations

4. Cultural History
Cultural History of Early Qin Dynasty, Cultural History from Han to Yuan Dynasty, Cultural History of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Studies of Ancient South Chinese Culture, Studies of Modern South Chinese Culture, Islam Culture, Christian Culture

Doctoral Program: Ancient Chinese History
Classics of Han Dynasty, Political System in the Six Dynasties, Economical System in the Six Dynasties, Economical History of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Economical History of Song and Yuan Dynasties, Foreign Trade in Tang and Song Dynasties, Travel Books Studies in Ancient World, Christian Entrance to China Studies