CHIN250

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This course features an interdisciplinary survey of Chinese civilization and culture. It introduces China’s return to the status of world power, carefully investigates how this return is connected to China’s cultural past, and actively questions the notions of “China” and “culture” as they are defined by the modern fields of sinology and cultural studies.
By investigating and comparing different aspects of China’s past and present: its history, language, literature, art, philosophy/religion, family/marriage, and science, technology, and medicine, from diverse disciplinary perspectives, and using both primary and secondary sources, students will develop and demonstrate knowledge of the diverse traditions, institutions, texts, and practices that have shaped “Chinese culture” over time.

BINT: GenEd-Breadth/Interdisciplinar, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, EMCH: Major-Chinese Elective, MCHI: Major-Chinese, NCHI: Minor-Chinese, NWOR: Minor-World Literature, GLC: GenEd-Global Challenges