>>  A Description of Disciplines

(Ⅰ)The College’s Enrolment Categories

1.Chinese Language Class for Bachelor’s Degree (schooling length: 4 years)

The required courses of the discipline: Chinese language, Chinese characters, spoken Chinese, listening (or; aural ) comprehension, reading, writing, modern Chinese grammar and rhetoric, an introduction to contemporary China, general history of China, an introduction to Chinese culture, ancient Chinese language, literature of modern and contemporary China, social practice, school year-end thesis, graduation thesis, etc.

The elective courses of the discipline: Chinese calligraphy, Chinese painting, intermediate and advanced seeing-hearing-and-speaking, spoken Chinese for economy and trade, newspapers-and-periodicals reading, selected readings in modern and contemporary Chinese literature, translation, news listening comprehension, the culture of Hubei Province, Chinese language for social sciences, an introduction to linguistics, traditional culture of China, the use of Chinese reference books, Chinese function words, analyses of misused Chinese, Chinese folkways culture, Chinese humane geography, Chinese philosophy, Chinese language and culture, etc.

2. Class for Advanced Studies of Chinese Language (short-term class: 6 months at most; long-term class: over 6 months)

Types of class: class for elementary study of Chinese language, class for intermediate study of Chinese language, and class for high-level study of Chinese language (HSK examination is a must for each type of the class)

Teaching content: courses of class for elementary study of Chinese language――basic Chinese language, basic spoken Chinese, basic listening comprehension, Chinese characters, etc.; courses of class for intermediate study of Chinese language――intermediate Chinese language, intermediate spoken Chinese, intermediate listening comprehension, intermediate seeing-hearing-and-speaking, writing, reading, etc.; courses of class for high-level study of Chinese language――advanced Chinese language, advanced spoken Chinese, advanced listening comprehension, advanced seeing-hearing-and-speaking, newspapers-and-periodicals reading, news listening comprehension, HSK examination guide, etc. At the same time, according to the need, other courses for the study of Chinese language can be taken as elective ones.

3. Chinese Culture Class (2 weeks to 6 months)

Types of the class: Chinese traditional culture class, Chinese language and culture class, Chinese martial arts and qigong class, Chinese culture tourism class, etc.; meanwhile other classes can be run in the light of the two parties’ cultural exchange agreement.

Teaching content: to strengthen the students’ ability to express themselves orally in Chinese and their command of Chinese language and culture, offered for them are the courses concerning respectively the literature of ancient China, the arts of Beijing opera, Chinese calligraphy art, the art of traditional Chinese painting, Chinese martial arts, Chinese taijiquan, Chinese swordsmanship, Chinese tourist culture, Chinese food (or: dietary) culture, Chinese folkways culture, etc., also offered are lectures on special topics and after-class learning, usually in a combined way.

(Ⅱ) Other Types of the Specialties Available in Wuhan University

1. The Disciplines and Specialties Awarding Bachelor’s Degrees (schooling length: 4 years)

Humane Studies College: philosophy, Chinese language, Chinese language and literature, drama and film-television literature, historiography, world history, archaeology, museology, etc.

Journalism and Mass Media College: journalism, network journalism (or: news), radio-and-television journalism, radio-and-television writing and directing, the art of announcers and comperes, advertising, packing engineering, printing engineering, etc.

Commerce College: economics, finance, international economy and trade, insurance studies, marketing, financial management, tourism management, public finance management, business administration, project management, accounting, etc.

Information Management College: library science, archives learning, information management and system, editing and publishing, etc.

Law College: law, sociology, social work, etc.

Politics and Administration College: politics and administration, ideological and political education, etc.

Public Relations College: administration management, public undertakings management, labour and social security, land resources management, etc.

International Relations College: international politics, etc.

Mathematics and Statistics College: mathematics and applied mathematics, information and calculational science, statistics, etc.

Physics and Technology College: physics, applied physics, material physics, electronic information science and technology, etc.

Chemistry and Molecular Science College: chemistry, applied chemistry, etc.

Life Science College: living things science, biology technology, ecology, bioengineering, etc.

Resources and Environmental Science College: environmental science, environmental engineering, geographical information system (computer cartography), resources and urban-and-rural planning and management, land resources management (land information technology), etc.

Material Science and Engineering College: material physics, material chemistry, high polymer material and engineering, inorganic-and-nonmetallic material engineering, etc.

Water Conservancy and Hydropower College: water conservancy and hydropower engineering, agricultural water conservancy engineering, harbors-coast-and-riverine engineering, hydrology and water resources engineering, etc.

Electrical Information College: electrical system and its automation, etc.

Dynamics and Machinery College: automation, thermal energy and power engineering, metallic material engineering, machine design-manufacture-and-automation, material forming and control engineering, etc.

Urban Construction College: architecture, city planning, etc.

Civil Engineering and Architecture College: civil engineering, water supply and sewage engineering, engineering mechanics, etc.

Computer College: computer science and technology, etc.

Photoelectric Information Engineering College: photoelectric information science and technology, survey technology and instrumentations, electronic information science and engineering (technology), electronic information engineering, communication engineering, etc.

Remote Sensing Information Engineering College: electronic information engineering (remote sensing information engineering, photographical survey and remote sensing), geographical information system (space information engineering), etc.

Survey Science and Technology College: geophysics, cartographical engineering, satellite applied technology, etc.

Medical College (schooling length: 5 years): basic medical science, forensic medicine, clinical medicine, anaesthesiology, medical imaging, medical examination, nursing, etc.

Stomatological College (schooling length: 5 years): stomatology, etc.

Pharmacy College: pharmaceutical preparation, pharmacy, etc.

Public Health College: preventive medicine, etc.

2. The Disciplines and Specialties Awarding Master’s Degrees (schooling length: 3 years)

Humane Studies College: Marxist philosophy, Chinese philosophy, foreign philosophy, aesthetics, religion studies, philosophy of science and technology, literary and artistic studies, language and applied linguistics, Chinese language and philology, Chinese classical documents, literature of ancient China, literature of modern and contemporary China, drama and opera studies, archaeology and museology, historical geography, history of ancient China, history of modern China, world history, etc.

Journalism and Mass Media College: journalism, media studies, printing engineering, etc.

Information Management College: information studies, library science, archives learning.

Commerce College: political economy, history of economic thought, economic history, Western economics, world economy, population resources-and-environment studies, national economy studies, regional economy studies, financial studies, banking studies, industrial economy, world trade, mathematical economics, accounting, business management, tourism management, technology economy and management, management science and engineering, enterprise management, etc.

Law College: law theories, law history, criminal law, civil and commercial law, law of environmental and resources protection, sociology, international law, etc.

Politics and Administration College: theory of politics, political systems of China and other countries, scientific socialism and international communist movement, history of the Chinese Communist Party, Marxist theory and ideolocial-and-political education, folklore, etc.

Public Management College: administration management, social security, etc.

Higher Education Research Institute: higher education studies

Mathematics and Statistics College: basic mathematics, calculational mathematics, probability theory and mathematical statistics, applied mathematics, etc.

Physics and Technology College: theoretical physics, optics, biophysics, electric circuit and system, microelectronics and solid electronics, electromagnetism field and microwave technology, communication and information system, etc.

Chemistry and Molecular Science College: applied chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer chemistry and physics, test-and-measure technology and instrumentations, environmental chemistry, etc.

Life Science College: botany, zoology, microbiology, genetics, developmental biology, cytobiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, biophysics, microbiology and biochemical pharmacy, etc.

Resources and Environmental Science College: cartography and geographical information system, cartography and geographical information, environmental engineering, test-and-measure technology and instrumentations, electric power system and its automation, high-voltage and insulation technology, power-driven electron and electric transmission, etc.

Water Conservancy and Hydropower College: systems engineering, water conservancy and hydropower (hydroelectric) engineering, history of science and technology, engineering of protection and preventing-and-reducing natural calamities, hydrology and water resources, hydraulics and river dynamics, harbours-coast-and-in-shore engineering, hydraulic structure engineering, etc.

Dynamics and Machinery College: thermal energy engineering, fluid machinery and engineering, etc.

Machinery and Material Engineering Department: machine design and theory, material processing engineering, etc.

Civil Engineering and Architecture College: engineering mechanics, rock engineering, structure engineering, etc.

Computer Science College: computer system and structure, computer applied technology, etc.

Photoelectric Information College: optical engineering, test-and-measure technology and instrumentations, signals and information handling, etc.

Remote Sensing Information Engineering College: pattern distinguishing and intelligence system, photographic survey and remote sensing, etc.

Survey Science and Technology College: solid geophysics, geodesy and survey engineering, etc.

Basic Medical College: physiology, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, human body anatomy and histological embryology, immunology, pathogenic biology (etiological biology), pathology and pathological physiology, basic stomatology, labour-and-environment hygiene, etc.

The First Clinical Medicine College: biomedical engineering, internal medicine, paediatrics, neuropathology, neuropathy and mental hygiene, image medicine and nuclear medicine, clinical-examination diagnostics, surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology (ear-nose-throat medicine), anaesthesiology, clinical stomatology, etc.

The Second Clinical Medicine College: pathology and pathological physiology, internal medicine, paediatrics, neuropathology, dermatology and venereology, image medicine and nuclear medicine, clinical-examination diagnostics, surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology (ear-nose-throat medicine), tumour studies, anaesthesiology, clinical stomatology, etc.

Stomatological College: basic stomatology, clinical stomatology, etc.

3. The Disciplines and Specialties Awarding Doctorates (schooling length: 3 years)

Humane Studies College: Marxist philosophy, Chinese philosophy, foreign philosophy, aesthetics, Chinese language and philology, literature of contemporary China, archaeology and museology, history of ancient China, history of modern China, world history, etc.

Information Management College: information studies, library science, etc.

Commerce College: political economy, history of economic thought, economic history, Western economics, world economy, population-resources-and-environment studies, etc.

Law College: constitution and administration law, criminal law, civil and commercial law, law of environmental and resources protection, international law, etc.

Politics and Administration College: theory of politics, Marxist theory and ideological-and-political education, etc.

Public Relations College: social security, etc.

Mathematics and Statistics College: basic mathematics, probability theory and mathematical statistics, etc.

Physics and Technology College: condensed matter physics, radio physics, etc.

Chemistry and Molecular Science College: inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer chemistry and physics, environmental chemistry, etc.

Life Science College: botany, microbiology, genetics, developmental biology, cytobiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, biophysics, etc.

Remote Sensing Information Engineering College: photographical survey and remote sensing, etc.

Survey Science and Technology College: cartography and geographical information system, cartography and geographical information engineering, solid geophysics, geodesy and survey (geodetic) engineering, etc.

Computer Science College: computer software and theory, etc.

Water Conservancy and Hydropower College: fluid machinery and engineering, electric power system and its automation, high-voltage and insulation technology, computer applied technology, rock engineering, hydrology and water resources engineering, hydraulics and river dynamics, hydraulic structure engineering, water conservancy and hydropower engineering, etc.

Medical College: pathogenic biology (etiological biology), internal medicine, surgery, clinical stomatology, basic stomatology, etc.