Course Number |
Course Description and Credit |
ECN 362
PSC 462
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Globalization Development and Environment
3 credits
Offered only in London. Differing perspectives on changing global economy and nature of modern state. Key ideas regarding development through experiences of developing countries in Asia and Africa.
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ECN 363 |
Economic Development of China 3 credits
Examines the economic development of China since 1949, including impact of such policies as the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, Deng’s Open Door commitment, and current strategies. *Offered only in Hong Kong*
PREREQ: ECN 101 & 102 OR ECN 203
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ETS 235 |
Classics of World Literature I
3 credits Readings from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, Greece, Israel, Rome, and Arabia investigate notions of literary merit, and their social, religious, and political ramifications in relations to historical context (ca.
2500 BCE-1000 CE).
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ETS 236 |
Classics of World Literature II 3 credits
Readings from great women writers of Japan and from Dante, Cervantes, and Shakespeare; and from world oral and written traditions that investigate notions of literary merit and their ramifications in historical context (ca. 1000 CE-present).
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HOA 392 |
The Arts of China 3 credits
A chronological survey of the arts and visual culture of China. Major works of art and the material culture that surrounded them, from the Neolithic era to the present.
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HOA491
ART 411
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History of Japanese Design: Studies in Material Culture 3 credits
Survey of design in Japan (pre-historical times to present), and influence of Japanese design on the West. Examines works in different media and situates these within a historical and cultural context.
PREREQ: ART 113
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HST 320 |
Traditional China
3 credits
Political, economic, social and cultural history before 1650. Emphasis on sources of change and stability. Main themes: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism; invasion and rebellion: conquest and consolidation.
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HST 321 |
Modern China 3 credits
Political, economic, social and cultural history since 1650. Main themes: Social change in city and countryside, impact of Western nations, enduring legacies of traditional China.
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HST 393 |
East Asia and the Socialist Experience 3 credits
Examines the adoption of socialism in East Asia. Historical account of how socialist China, Mongolia, North Korea and Vietnam arose, developed, “failed” and responded to globalization in the 20th century.
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HST 395 |
Modern Japan
3 credits
Examines Japanese society from early-modern times (1600-1868) through modern (1868-1945) and postwar Japan (1945-today). Topics include: urbanization, mass culture and nationalism, popular protest, imperialism and empire, gender, war and
occupation and globalization.
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HST 397 |
Modern Korea
3 credits
Examines political, economic and social history from 1860 until today. Topics include: colonialism, modernity, division, the Korean War, nation-building, nationalism, democratization, North Korean society, inter-Korean affairs, nuclear
issues, Korean Diaspora and “Korea Wave.”
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HST 413 |
China Encounters the West: Qing Dynasty to Early Republic 3 credits
This course surveys the political, social, and cultural history of Qing China, using the great city of Beijing, the Qing capital, as its backdrop. *Offered only in Beijing*
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HST 443
ANT 403
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Culture, Confucianism and Chinese Modernity
3 credits
Contemporary China from historical and cultural perspectives. Exploration of political and ideological conflicts between China and the West. Patterns of Chinese culture. Impact of Confucianism on Chinese society and its influence outside
of China. *Offered only in Beijing*
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HST 444
INB 444
IRP 444
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Culture, Business and Political Economics in East Asia 3 credits
Examines the historical and contemporary forces that shape the cultural, social and economic institutions in East Asia and how these institutions affect one another. *Offered only in Hong Kong*
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HUM 304 |
The Other China: Ethnic Minorities and Development
2 credits
Examination of the impact of globalization and development on China’s culturally diverse peoples, natural environment and animal habitats through onsite visits to tribal villages, water projects and nature preserves in Yunnan and Sichuan
provinces in Southwest China. *Offered only in Beijing*
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IRP 431 |
Environment and Development in China 3 credits
Addresses challenges in the environment and development arena in contemporary China, with analysis of conflict and resolution from multiple public policy perspectives. *Offered only in Beijing*
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PAI 515
PSC 431
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China in Transition 3 credits
Seminar examines the unprecedented, multi-faceted transitional changes occurring in China since the late 1970s. Impact of reforms on China’s external relations.*Offered only in Beijing*
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PSC 335 |
Politics of East Asia
3 credits
Domestic and international politics of East Asia broadly defined. Political development and structure of major countries: Japan, Korea, and China. Politics of public policy, international, and transnational relations in the region.
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PSC 425 |
Hong Kong in the World Political Economy
3 credits
Role of Hong Kong in world political economy since creation by British after Opium Wars, to position as leading export economy and its retrocession to China in 1997. *Offered only in Hong Kong*
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PSC 442 |
Democratization in East Asia 3 credits
Examines the efforts at democratization in East Asia, including such early efforts as the May Fourth Movement in China (1920s-1930s) and the Taisho Democracy in Japan(1920s). Comparisons are made with current situations in Taiwan, Hong
Kong and South Korea. *Offered only in Hong Kong.*
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REL 186
SAS 186
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Buddhism
3 credits
Buddhism as a world religion: its origin in India, its spread to other parts of Asia, and consequent changes in doctrine and practice through the ages
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REL 385 |
Religion in Chinese Society 3 credits
Surveys the diversity of religious practice in mainland China and Taiwan focusing on the lived experiences of ordinary adherents both within institutionalized religions and through localized folk beliefs and practices.
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SOC 447 |
Social Change and Conflict in Modern China
3 credits
Social and economic transformations in China in terms of social classes, cultural patterns, urban change, family patterns, ethnic tensions, and struggles over political rights. Questions of Taiwan and Tibet. How China’s development affects
the U.S.
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