Asian Studies 412 - IP:History and Ethnobiology of the Silk Roads Dott and H.Dobson

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Whitman College

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This course is required for all of the students who will participate in the field trip to China as a supplement to the full semester course History and Ethnobiology of the Silk Roads. The two professors and the selected students will travel to China during Spring Break. We will spend approximately one week in the Shanghai region, where there are a variety of historical sites and agricultural/biological trade centers (e.g., tea farms, silk farms and processing factories, paper industries, specialty agricultural crops), and a second week in a more outlying location along the trading roads in far western or northern provinces (e.g., Xinjiang or Inner Mongolia). Students will be required to keep a journal during the trip and to give a multimedia or poster-style presentation of an aspect of the trip to the college community near the end of the semester. Prerequisites: As the slots on the trip are limited to eight students, those interested will have to apply to participate in the trip. All students accepted to participate in the trip must also register for Biology 172 (2 cr.) and History 248 (2 cr.)

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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