Teaching and cultivating students

 

The Department of Sociology is responsible for some undergraduate courses at the School of Public Administration and other relevant schools. The courses are “an Introduction to Sociology,” “Research Methods of Sociology,” “Social Work in Practice,” “Development Sociology,” and “Environmental Sociology.”

The Department of Sociology is also responsible for some humanity courses at Hohai University such as “Important Topics in Sociology,” “Social Problems,” “Sociological Thought in the 20th Century,” “Gender Studies,” “Sociology of Civil Engineering Projects,” “Environmental Sociology,” “Research Methods of Sociology,” and “the Development of Rural Areas.”

In addition, the Department of Sociology is responsible for courses for graduate programs, including Master in Sociology, Master in Social Work, and PhD in Sociology. In 2010, the course, “Research Methods of Sociology,” won an excellent course award granted by the Department of Education in Jiangsu Province.

In 2003, Hohai University started to enroll master students in sociology. In 2006, it started to enroll doctoral students in sociology. In 2011, it started to enroll master students in social work. In 2012, it started to recruit postdoctoral research fellows. There are 174 alumni who obtained master degrees in sociology, 12 alumni who obtained master degrees in social work, and 16 alumni who obtained PhD degrees in sociology. There are 93 master students in sociology, 33 master students in social work, 94 PhD students in sociology, and 4 postdoctoral research fellows.

 

The records of enrollment and graduation (the number of people)

* Since 2011, the number of enrolled master students in sociology includes students in demography.

 

Mechanisms for student cultivation

Based on its educational experience, the Department of Sociology asks its graduate students not only to read classic sociological works but also to participate in field investigations. Besides, some auxiliary mechanisms are established to help students equip themselves.

Summer investigations and reports are necessary training before master students in sociology decide the topics of their dissertations. Students are asked to do their field investigations during their first summer vacation. When they come back to the university, they are asked to report their findings.

Hohai Sociology is a journal which publishes students’ articles, and which was edited by students. This journal is issued in spring and fall every year. The current issue is No. 16.

Incentive payments are given to students so as to encourage students to participate in their supervisors’ research projects and to choose relevant issues as the topics of their own dissertations.

Five bases for the practice of social work are established in Wuhu (August 2007), Shazhou High School (October 2007), Guli, Qilinmen, and Hushu (August 2013).

Achievements of student cultivation

l  In 2007, Chen Tao, a grade 06 master student, wrote an article, “a Local Expert’s Foolish Techniques and Their Benefits—a Study of the Popularization of Yang Liangjin’s Agricultural Techniques” (supervised by Professor Chen A-Jiang). This article won a second class award in the 10th "Challenge Cup", a national competition of extracurricular scientific and technological works.

l  In 2008, Cheng Pengli, a grade 07 PhD student, and Zhong Qiou, a grade 08 PhD student, obtained funding form China Scholarship Council to study abroad.

l  In 2008, Chen Tao, a grade 08 PhD student, wrote an article, “Ecological Migration—a Perspective from Environmental Sociology,” which won a second class award granted by Chinese Sociology Association.

l  In 2009, Chen Tao, a grade 08 PhD student, wrote an article, “Strategic Choices of Ecological Modernization—Problems and Solution of Water Pollution in the Yangtze River Delta” (supervised by Professor Chen A-Jiang), which won a third class award in the 10th "Challenge Cup", a national competition of extracurricular scientific and technological works.

l  In 2009, Shi Qiuxia, a grade 08 PhD student, entered the selection of graduate students’ innovative projects in Jiangsu Province.

l  In 2009, Chen Tao, a grade 08 PhD student, obtained funding form China Scholarship Council to study abroad.

l  In 2010, Zhou Ying, a grade 05 master student, wrote a dissertation, “Women’s Family Status in a Village where Land are Expropriated—a Perspective from Gender Sociology” (supervised by Professor Shi Guoqing), which won a second class award granted by Chinese Women’s Research Society.

l  In 2010, Luo Yajuan, a grade 09 PhD student, entered the selection of graduate students’ innovative projects in Jiangsu Province.

l  In 2011, Sui Yi, Yuan Wenhan, and Sun Haitao, three grade 10 PhD students, obtained funding form China Scholarship Council to study abroad.

l  In 2010, Wang Kaiqing, a grade 07 master student, wrote a dissertation, “the Funeral Rite and Kinship–a case study of Chen Village in the middle Shandong” (supervised by Associate Professor Wang Yijie), which entered the selection of excellent master dissertations in Jiangsu Province.

l  In 2011, Wang Kaiqing, Wu Jinfang, Wang Peipei, and Sun Haitao, four grade 10 PhD students, entered the selection of graduate students’ innovative projects in Jiangsu Province.

l  In 2011, Li Fangfang, a grade 10 PhD student, entered the selection of graduate students’ innovative projects in Jiangsu Province.

l  In 2012, GengYanhu and Pan Funa, two grade 11 PhD students, entered the selection of graduate students’ innovative projects in Jiangsu Province.

l  In 2012, Cao Zhijie, Li Zhiqiang, Qiu Fengxian, Li Ruchun, Liu Yongfei, Chen Lixia, Gu Anqi, and Sun Xuyou entered the selection of graduate students’ innovative projects in Jiangsu Province.

l  In 2010, Chen Tao‘s thesis, “a Ecological Transformation of Agriculture—the Social and Cultural Mechanisms of the Development of River Crab Breeding in Dagong Dyke,” won a excellent PhD thesis award granted by Yi Tianxiu Sociology Fund at Peking University.

l  In 2010, Gu Anqi‘s project, “the Social Mobility of Migrants and its Mechanisms—a Case Study of Danjiangkou Reservoir Migration Caused by the South-to-north Water Diversion Project,” won an award granted by Zheng Hangsheng Fund.

l  In 2012, GengYanhu obtained funding form China Scholarship Council to study abroad.

l  In 2013, Jiang Pei, Cheng Jun, Wen Bingcun, Wang Chun, Li Xiangjian, Yan Yufan, and Zheng Nana entered the selection of graduate students’ innovative projects in Jiangsu Province.

l  In 2010, Jiang Pei’s project, “a Study of Citizens’ Environmental Behavior in the Process of Urbanization,” won an award granted by Zheng Hangsheng Fund.