| INSTRUCTOR: | Professor Marjorie Chan |
| 366 Cunz Hall Tel: 292-3619 (Office) | 292-5816 (Dept) Office Hours: F 1:00-2:00 p.m., or by appt. |
| TA: | Jonathan Noble |
| 467 Cunz Hall Tel: 292-0676 (Office) | 292-5816 (Dept) Office Hours: W 2:30-3:30, or by appt. |
| CLASSROOM | 312 Hagerty Hall |
| & TIMES: | MTWR: 1:30-2:18 p.m. |
| F: Home reading assignment |
| Option 1: | 4 quizzes (4 x 20% = 80%) |
| Option 2: | 3 quizzes plus 1 take-home assignment (4 x 20% = 80%) |
| Option 3: | 4 quizzes plus 1 take-home assignment, and be allowed to drop |
| the lowest score (4 x 20% = 80%) |
The quizzes will consist of one or more of the following types of questions: multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, and short-answer questions. Each quizz will test materials covered since the previous quiz, and will be based on films, class lectures, class discussions, as well as reading assignments. Short answer questions will test your ability to analyze and synthesize the ideas presented in the course. There will be no make-ups for the quizzes, and there will be no final examination. Details concerning the take-home assignment (circa 5 double-spaced typed pages) will be given later in the quarter. Students who are interested in including an oral presentation of their take-home assignment will have an opportunity to do so on the last two days of class.
Final grades are not placed on the bell curve, but will be based on your earned percentage for the course: A (95%), A- (90%), B+ (85%), B (80%), etc.
If you have any questions, please see us. Have a nice quarter!
| WEEK 1 | GEOGRAPHY | |
| Sep 20 | W | Introduction to the Course |
| Sep 21 | R | Film & Discussion: "China: A Portrait of the Land" (1967) |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.1-6 (Outline #1) | ||
| Sep 22 | F | Home Reading Assignment: Hucker, pp.6-11 |
| WEEK 2 | THE PEOPLE, LANGUAGE, AND WRITING SYSTEM | |
| Sep 25 | M | Lecture: The People |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.6-8 (Outline #2) | ||
| Sep 26 | T | Lecture: The Chinese Language |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.8-11 | ||
| Sep 27 | W | Lecture: The Chinese Writing System |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.9-11 (Outline #3) | ||
| Sep 28 | R | Film & Discussion |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.25-31 (Outline #4) | ||
| Sep 29 | F | Home Reading Assignment: Hucker, pp.31-48, Ropp, Ch.2 (Keightley) |
| WEEK 3 | EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATION AND CONFUCIANISM | |
| Oct 2 | M | Lecture: Early Civilization in China, Pt. I |
| . Reading: Ropp, Ch. 2(Keightley) (Outline #5) | ||
| Oct 3 | T | Lecture: Early Civilization in China, Pt. II |
| Oct 4 | W | Film & Discussion: "The Making of a Civilization" (W. Chou dynasty, |
| Spring and Autumn period, and Confucius) | ||
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.31-42 "Confucius" in Course Packet | ||
| Oct 5 | R | Class Reading & Discussion: "Confucius" |
| . Reading: "Selections from the Analects (of Confucius)", in Course Packet | ||
| Quiz 1 (Materials covered from Weeks 1-3) | ||
| Oct 6 | F | Home Reading Assignment: "Taoism" chapter in Course Packet |
| WEEK 4 | TAOISM AND LEGALISM | |
| Oct 9 | M | Film: "Hundred Schools to One" (475-221 B.C.), and Lecture on Taoism |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.42-48; "Taoism" (Introduction and "Selections from the Lao Tzu or (Tao-te Ching)"; "Skepticism and Mysticism of Chuang Tzu" and "Selections from the Chuang Tzu" in Course Packet (Outline #6) | ||
| Oct 10 | T | Lecture: Class reading and discussion of excerpts from the Tao-te Ching |
| and the Chuang Tzu | ||
| Oct 11 | W | Lecture: Legalism and the Ch'in Dynasty |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.47-48, 51-54 | ||
| Oct 12 | R | Lecture: Sage Kings and Laws |
| . Reading: Ropp, Ch.4 (Turner) (Outline #7) | ||
| Oct 13 | F | Home Reading Assignment: Hucker, pp.55-77 |
| WEEK 5 | THE FIRST EMPIRES AND BUDDHISM IN CHINA | |
| Oct 16 | M | Film & Discussion: "The First Empires" (Ch'in and Han dynasties, |
| 221 B.C.-A.D. 220) | ||
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.55-77 (Outline #8) | ||
| Oct 17 | T | Film & Discussion: "The Great Cultural Mix" (Era of Division, A.D.220-581) |
| Reading: Hucker, pp.77-85 | ||
| Oct 18 | W | Film & Discussion: "Buddhism in China" |
| . Reading: reread Hucker, pp.81-84 (Outline #9) | ||
| Oct 19 | R | Quiz 2 |
| Oct 20 | F | Home Reading Assignment: Hucker, pp.86-101 |
| WEEK 6 | FROM THE GOLDEN AGE TO THE MONGOL CONQUEST | |
| Oct 23 | M | Film & Discussion: "The Golden Age" (Sui and T'ang dynasties, 581-907) |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.86-101 | ||
| Oct 24 | T | Film & Discussion: "Heavenly Khan" (T'ang dynasty, 618-907) |
| Oct 25 | W | Film & Discussion: "The Age of Maturity" (Sung dynasty, 960-1279) |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.102-122 (Outline #10) | ||
| Oct 26 | R | Film & Discussion: "China Under the Mongols" (Yuan dynasty, 1264-1368) |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.122-133 | ||
| Oct 27 | F | Home Reading Assignment: Hucker, pp.133-144 |
| WEEK 7 | COMING OF THE WEST | |
| Oct 30 | M | Film & Discussion: "The Restoration" (Ming dynasty, 1368-1644) |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.133-144 | ||
| Oct 31 | T | Film & Discussion: "The Manchu Rule" (Ch'ing dynasty, 1644-1911) |
| . Reading: Hucker, pp.144-157; also read Hucker, pp.11-24, | ||
| and study Outline #11 on your own. | ||
| Nov 1 | W | Film & Discussion: "The Coming of the West" (Late Ch'ing dynasty) |
| Nov 2 | R | Quiz 3 |
| Nov 3 | F | Home Reading Assignment: Ropp, Ch. 7 (Sivin) |
| WEEK 8 | SCIENCE AND ART | |
| Nov 6 | M | Video & Discussion: "Understanding" |
| Nov 7 | T | Lecture: Science and Medicine in Chinese History |
| . Reading: Ropp, Ch.7 (Sivin) (Outline #12) | ||
| Nov 8 | W | Film & Discussion: "Masterpieces of Chinese Art" |
| Nov 9 | R | Lecture: Chinese Art |
| . Reading: Ropp, Ch.11 (Sullivan) (Outline #13) | ||
| Nov 10 | F | Veterans' Day -- no class |
| Home Reading Assignment: Ropp, Ch. 12 (Owen) |
| WEEK 9 | POETRY AND FICTION | |
| Nov 13 | M | Lecture & Discussion: Poetry in the Chinese Tradition |
| . Reading: Ropp, Ch.12 (Owen) (Outline #14) | ||
| Nov 14 | T | Class Reading & Discussion: Poems |
| Nov 15 | W | Lecture: The Distinctive Art of Chinese Fiction |
| . Reading: Rop, Ch.13 (Ropp) (Outline#15) | ||
| Nov 16 | R | Class Reading & Discussion: Fiction |
| Nov 17 | F | Home Reading Assignment: Ropp, Ch.8 (Ebrey) |
| WEEK 10 | WOMEN, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY | |
| Nov 20 | M | Lecture: Women, Marriage, and the Family |
| . Reading: Ropp, Ch.8 (Ebrey) (Outline #16) | ||
| Nov 21 | T | Video & Discussion: "Small Happiness: Women of a Chinese Village" |
| (Excerpt) | ||
| Nov 22 | W | Quiz 4 |
| Nov 23 | R | Thanksgiving Day -- no class |
| Nov 24 | F | Columbus Day observed -- no class |
| WEEK 11 | CHINA'S ENDURING HERITAGE IN REVIEW, AND | |
| STUDENT PRESENTATIONS | ||
| Nov 27 | M | Film & Review: "The Enduring Heritage" |
| (Chinese civilization through 1911) | ||
| Nov 28 | T | Video & Discussion: "Chinese New Year" |
| Nov 29 | W | Student presentations |
| Nov 30 | R | Student presentations |
| Dec 1 | F | DUE by Friday, 1 December 1995, 1:30 p.m.: Take-home Assignment |
ENJOY YOUR BREAK!