Established in 2017 based on the former Dept. of Marxism-Leninism Education, School of Maxism(SoM) was not only aresearch body of Marxism in GIT, but the teaching division of ideological and political theory as well as some optional courses of Humanity.
The School is comprised of School Office and Teaching & Research Division with six teaching and research departments of Ideological, Moral Cultivation and Legal Fundamental(IMCLF), Fundamental Principles of Marxism(FPM), Essentials of Chinese Modern History(ECMH), Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics(MZDT&TSSCC),Situation and Policy(S&P) and Comprehensive Teaching and Research(CTR).
The curriculum of the School includes mandatory courses, such as Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Legal Fundamental, Essentials of Chinese Modern History, Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Fundamental Principles of Marxism, Situation and Policies,About Guizhou Province, etc., and optional courses such as Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.