China & Asia Pacific Studies (CAPS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

CAPS 2132

China was and still is regarded in the Western world as a country without the rule of law. In this course, students examine recent scholarship that challenges this simplified understanding of the role ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 2280HIST 2132SHUM 2132

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12195 CAPS 2132   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Du, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12196 CAPS 2132   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

CAPS 2232

People outside China often talk about China's rise, the changes in world economics and politics that come from the increase of the economic power of the People's Republic. From a domestic perspective, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2232

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7086 CAPS 2232   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7087 CAPS 2232   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7088 CAPS 2232   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7089 CAPS 2232   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7090 CAPS 2232   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CAPS 2262

An exploration of processes of change in health care practices in China. Focuses on key transitions, such as the emergence of canonical medicine, of Daoist approaches to healing and longevity, of scholar ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2262BSOC 2561HIST 2562STS 2561

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12157 CAPS 2262   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12158 CAPS 2262   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12159 CAPS 2262   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CAPS 2932

In contemporary China, as in many other places of the world, the ideology and social reality of gender relations is highly paradoxical. Women are flattered for their power as consumers and commitment to ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 2291FGSS 2932HIST 2932

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12231 CAPS 2932   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Du, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12232 CAPS 2932   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Du, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

CAPS 3021

This course examines the long, complicated history of Korea?s relationship with China, focusing on the period from the fourteenth century to the present. Rather than having a nation-bound interpretation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3021HIST 3021

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18429 CAPS 3021   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Joo, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CAPS 3387

The course will be thoroughly comparative in order to highlight both the specificity of each country as well as more generalizable dynamics of 21st century development. It will be divided into a number ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 14252 CAPS 3387   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CAPS 3967

China is often thought of as being isolated from the outside world. It is imagined as existing in historic seclusion, and, following the establishment of the People's Republic, as pursuing a path of autarky. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3395GOVT 3967

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10278 CAPS 3967   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CAPS 4001

This seminar, using faculty-directed research projects, is intended to survey China's transformation through revolution and reform since 1949, and to examine major issues under the themes of modernity ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3007

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6805 CAPS 4001   SEM 101

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Xin, X

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CAPS 4002

This course, offered by faculty members of Peking University's School of International Studies, provides Chinese perspectives on contemporary China's international relations. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3017

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6816 CAPS 4002   SEM 101

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CAPS 4010

Honors students conduct research to prepare a thesis on a topic of their own choosing under the direction of a faculty member. The application must be successfully submitted and an Honors Committee formed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6807 CAPS 4010   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6812 CAPS 4010   IND 606

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6813 CAPS 4010   IND 607

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

CAPS 4020

Honors students complete research and finish a thesis on a topic of their own choosing under the direction of a faculty member. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6814 CAPS 4020   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6815 CAPS 4020   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

CAPS 4827

Seminar intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system, with particular focus on the rise of Chinese nationalism and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4448GOVT 4827GOVT 6827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10216 CAPS 4827   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10217 CAPS 4827   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

CAPS 4888

This directed study course allows CAPS students to enroll at Beida (Peking University) in courses offered to international students by the Peking University School of International Studies. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6821 CAPS 4888   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

CAPS 4999

Independent study course in topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise the course work. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6818 CAPS 4999   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Xin, X

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6820 CAPS 4999   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.