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3.00 Credits
Taught as EAST 3006 at host institution. This is an interdisciplinary survey of women and gender in Chinese society and their modern transformation. Taking a historical perspective, the course examines ideologies, social institutions, nd representations of women and and gender. Specific topics explored include Confucian ideas regarding women and gender, the family system, marriage and concubinage, sex and sexuality, the phenomenon of footbinding, and women's liberation in twentieth-century Chinese revolution.
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1.00 Credits
This course provides students with special opportunities to learn about Japanese business, politics, and society. Through examination of the current challenges facing Japan, this course focuses on the changes taking place in Japan in the new millennium. Special guest lectures by professionals in the fields of business, politics, and Japanese studies are complemented by site visits to large Japanese companies, elementary schools, and other areas of cultural interest. Students are required to complete assigned readings and attend all lectures and site visits, which enable them to reflect further on the intertwined relationships among business, politics, and traditional culture in Japan.
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3.00 Credits
Taught as EAST 3010 at host institution. This course will investigate the role of local community development activities as a strategy to increase the assets a community has at its disposal to solve problems. Beginning with a historical view of urban development in China, it examines both local government and not-for-profit sector organizations for community development with a focus on public/private partnerships as major vehicles for contemporary community development efforts. Site visits with local NPO groups in Shanghai will be an integral part of this course.
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3.00 Credits
Taught as EAST 3001 at host institution. This area studies course taught in English examines the transformation of modern China from the perspective of the traditions and changes of China's capital city - Beijing. The course will explore critical issues impacting modern Chinese history and contemporary Chinese society. Contact hours: 30 classroom hours plus 45 hours of site visits and field trips.
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1.00 Credits
Taught as EAST 3001 at host institution. This course provides students with special opportunities to learn firsthand about Japanese business, politics, and society. Through examination of the current challenges facing Japan, this course focuses on the changes taking place in Japan in the new millennium. Special guest lectures by professionals in the fields of business, politics, and Japanese studies are complemented by site visits to large Japanese companies, elementary schools, and other areas of cultural interest. Students are required to complete assigned readings and attend all lectures and site visits, which enable them to reflect further on the intertwined relationships among business, politics, and traditional culture in Japan. Past visits and trips have included: the House of Representatives of the Japanese Diet, Nissan Motors, a major confectionary producer, a local elementary school, sumo stables, a traditional Japanese theater performance, and an overnight trip to the shrines of Nikko.
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3.00 Credits
Taught as EAST 3005. These special topics courses are offered each semester with different themes focusing on Chinese art and culture, depending on the expertise of the invited adjunct faculty. Special topics may range from: Chinese religions and philosophy, literature, film, women's studies, art history, urban and environmental studies, to ethnic minority studies.
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3.00 Credits
This special topics course will be offered each semester with different themes and focuses. Depending on the specialized fields of the instructors teaching this course, special topics may range from Chinese religions and philosophies, literature, film, and fine arts to urban and environmental studies, ethnicity and minority cultures, domestic and comparative politics. The chosen topic will be presented to students as a component of their course registration materials.
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3.00 Credits
Taught as EAST 3007. These special topics courses are offered each semester with different themes focusing on Chinese art and culture, depending on the expertise of the invited adjunct faculty. Special topics may range from: Chinese religions and philosophy, literature, film, women's studies, art history, urban and environmental studies, to ethnic minority studies.
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3.00 Credits
This course will investigate the role of local community development activities as a strategy to increase the assets a community has at its disposal to solve problems. Beginning with a historical view of urban development in China, it examines both local government and not-for-profit sector organizations for community development with a focus on public/private partnerships as major vehicles for contemporary community development efforts.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the properties of language and their systematic study via linguistic inquiry. Specifically, the origins and mechanisms of linguistic knowledge will be examined alongside the componential units of syntax, morphology, phonology and semantics. The course will further introduce students to applied linguistic study with an emphasis on second language acquisition and the integration of sociocultural knowledge within this process. Students will complete this course with a greater understanding of the nature of language and the mechanisms whereby it is acquired, conceptually represented and produced.
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