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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Consent of the divisional chairperson is required.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the concepts and experiences that have informed and sustained Asian civilization for 4,000 years. Major ideas and events that have shaped the historical record of the great civilizations of India and China (and all nations under their influence, including Southeast Asia, Tibet, Korea and Japan) will be presented and examined through lectures, demonstrations, assigned readings, and discussions. Students will gain a working knowledge of Asian institutional and intellectual history and a sense of the common human experiences that link East and West. (GE)
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4.00 Credits
A historical survey of the nations of East Asia from the earliest period of Shang Dynasty China to the present ascent of the Pacific Rim. The nations of East Asia-China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam-were bound by political, social, and economic ties, but it was primarily the ties of culture and language that sustained their commitment to a common civilization. The course will introduce students to the most important events, people, institutions, and achievements of this civilization. (GE)
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4.00 Credits
Examines the history of modern Japanese society from the rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate (seventeenth- to nineteenth-century military rule) to the end of the Pacific War (1937-1945). The ideas, historical events, and social forces that underpinned the Tokugawa era (early modern), as well as Japan's selective absorption of European and American influences will be studied. The course seeks to understand the role ideas and action (thought and practice)-traditional and modern, Japanese and non-Japanese-played in national integration, rapid industrialization, a nd Japan 's emergence as a twentieth-century power. A modern history, the course places its topic in the broader study of modernity and modernization theory. (Same as HIST 310.) (G
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4.00 Credits
Surveys 1,100 years of pre-modern Japanese literature, one of the most extensive literary traditions of world civilizations. Explores a variety of key texts in the Japanese lyric and narrative canon: ancient poetry, romances, and diaries by court aristocrats; samurai warrior tales; Imperial poetry sequences; recluse literature by hermit monks; travel journals by itinerant priests; bunraku puppet and N theater scripts; and comic tales produced in the urban entertainment 283 quarters. The course also pays attention to the visuality of these texts, as most of the canonical stories have their corollary in painting, scrolls, or screens. (GE)
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4.00 Credits
A survey of Chinese civilization from the ancient kingdoms of the Shang and Zhou dynasties through the time of the last Chinese imperial dynasty, the Ming Dynasty (1644 A.D.). Major personalities, significant events, and critical developments in the politics, society, and culture of this period are examined. Special focus on Confucius and Confucianism, political authoritarianism and despotism, social mobility and meritocracy, women and the traditional family, and China and the emerging world economy. (Same as HIST 330.) (GE)
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4.00 Credits
A survey of modern Chinese history from the founding of the last imperial dynasty, the Qing, in 1644 A.D., through the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, to the return of the British colony of Hong Kong in 1997. Political, economic, social, and intellectual developments will be examined. Special focus on democracy and the legacy of authoritarianism, "free trade" and opium wars, westernization and modernization, Confucianism and Chinese identity, economic development and equality, and communist revolution and reform. (Same as HIST 331.) (GE)
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4.00 Credits
A study of traditional Chinese thought from ancient and classical China through the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1644). The traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism will be considered in their social, political, and intellectual contexts and through their ethical impact. Special emphasis on the natural and the moral order, good men and the society, change and immutability, and truth and rationality. (Same as PHIL 340.) (GE)
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4.00 Credits
A study of Chinese thought from the nineteenth century to the present. Students will read various influential literary texts (short stories, drama, and novels) as well as examine historically important political essays and a few of the more significant films. The course will focus on the development of a modern Chinese identity as expressed in these works during different periods of the contemporary era. (GE)
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4.00 Credits
A lecture-seminar on the development of Buddhist doctrine and iconography in Asia from India to Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan using original-language texts in English translation as well as slides of historically significant temples and their contents. First-hand impressions of Buddhist images and practices will be gained through field trips to Buddhist communities in the Los Angeles area. (GE)
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