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151 The United States and China: Images, Perceptions, and Realities. This course will describe the sources of Americans' involvement with China and explain how changing - and often contradictory - images have influenced the course of U.S.-China relations. How have Americans and Chinese perceived and misperceived each other and what have been the consequences? The experiences of missionaries, soldiers, diplomats, journalists, teachers, and business people will illustrate the dramatic positive and negative swings and shifts over the history of American interaction with China. The course will draw upon written accounts, visual images, and public opinion polls. (January half-block.) (Also listed as History 151.) 1/2 unit - Lautz
228 East Asia Since 1200. Examines the history of East Asia from the height of the imperial system before the Mongol invasion to the changes in society, economy, and culture during the Late Imperial Period (14th-19th centuries). Political and social history of China, Japan, and Korea will form the focus of this course. This course will prepare students for advanced study of China and Japan. (Also listed as History 228.) (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) 2 units - Miller
PA 250, Block 1: Issues in Chinese History. (Also HY 200.) 1 unit- department.
PA 250, Block 2: Issues in Japanese History. (Also HY 200.) 1 unit- department.
PA 250, Block 2: China and the World. Offers a Chinese perspective on China's foreign relations in the new century. Taught by a professor from Fudan University in Shanghai, the course will emphasize national security and arms control issues. 1 unit- Shen
PA 250, Block 5: History and Politics of China and Taiwan. Explores the cultural and political history of Taiwan, emphasizing its unique political relationship with the United States and the effects of that relationship on Mainland China. (Taught in Taiwan.) (Also listed as PS 203.) 1 unit- Fennell.
PA 250, Block 5: Prehistory of Southeast Asia. This course aims to introduce students to the prehistory, archaeology and material culture of the civilizations of the Southeast Asian region. As early hominid prehistory in Asia is dealt with in other anthropology courses (AN101, AN210), this course will focus on developments in Asian cultures and societies in more recent times. That is, it deals essentially with cultural history over the last 10,000 years. The emphasis is on changes in populations and their behavior, settlement patterns, modes of production and material culture from the very latest Late Pleistocene times through the development of agriculture, the introduction of bronze and iron and their attendant implications, such as trade with India and China, up to and including state formation. (Also listed as AN 170.) 1 unit- Oxenham.
PA 250, Block 8: Chinese Archeology, Prehistory, and Culture. This course will be offered in Taiwan and China during Block 8 of the 2003 academic year. It is part of a one-semester program titled "Science in China" directed by Tim Cheek (History) and Ralph Bertrand (Biology). The course will involve extensive travel in both Taiwan and China with an emphasis on developing an appreciation for Chinese prehistory, in particular, through visits and in-depth study of several important archaeological and historic sites. Students must be enrolled in the "Science in China" program to be eligible for this course. All initial inquiries should be addressed to Ralph Bertrand in Biology. (Also PS 203, AN 211). 1 unit- Oxenham
326 Japanese Politics. This course examines whether Western political theory can be used to understand the politics of Japan. (Also listed as Political Science 326.) 1 unit - Fennell
331 Comparative Politics: China Under Reform. Emphasis on the period of reform and opening to the world after 1976 and the contemporary politics of the People's Republic of China. (Also listed as Political Science 331.) 1 unit - Fennell
346 Western Political Thought in China. Exploration of contemporary Chinese perspectives on modern Western political thinkers. (Also listed as Political Science 346.) 1 unit - Fuller
347 Ethics and Politics in China and the West. Comparative study of classic works of such thinkers as Confucius, Lao, Tzu, Aristotle and the Stoics, and their modern successors. (Also listed as Political Science 347.) (Not offered 2001-02.) 1 unit - Fuller and Cheek
348 Women's Liberation Movement in China. An analysis of the women's liberation movement in China. (Also listed as Political Science 348 and Women's Studies 348.) (Not offered 2001-02.) 1 unit - Fennell
384 Twentieth Century China. Chinese ways of life and thought and the interaction of local social patterns with government and elite ideals. Focuses on the last great dynasty, the Qing. (Writing Emphasis.) Prerequisite: previous study of China or consent of instructor. (Also listed as History 327.) (Offered alternate years; offered 2001-02.) (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) 1 unit - Miller
385 Twentieth Century Japan. Japanese ways of life and thought and the interaction of local social patterns with government and the elite ideals. Focuses on the Tokugawa shogunate in the 18th century. (May be offered with Writing Emphasis.) Prerequisite: previous study of Japan or consent of instructor. (Also listed as History 328.) (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) 1 unit - Miller