China & Asia Pacific Studies (CAPS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

CAPS 1740

This course explores the history of imperial China between the 3rd century b.c.e. and the 16th century c.e. with a focus on the following questions:  How did imperial Chinese states go about politically ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 1174HIST 1740MEDVL 1740

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17046 CAPS 1740   LEC 001

  • 17047 CAPS 1740   DIS 201

  • 17048 CAPS 1740   DIS 202

  • 17049 CAPS 1740   DIS 203

  • 17372 CAPS 1740   DIS 204

CAPS 2212

Interdisciplinary introduction to Chinese culture especially designed for students not majoring in Asian Studies. Explores literature, history, religion, art and archaeology, and other aspects of China's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2212

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16712 CAPS 2212   LEC 001

  • 16714 CAPS 2212   DIS 201

  • 16715 CAPS 2212   DIS 202

  • 16716 CAPS 2212   DIS 203

  • 16717 CAPS 2212   DIS 204

  • 16718 CAPS 2212   DIS 205

  • 16719 CAPS 2212   DIS 206

  • 16720 CAPS 2212   DIS 207

  • 16721 CAPS 2212   DIS 208

CAPS 2267

This course offers a broad understanding of the active and dynamic cultural, economic, and social, and political roles played by Chinese women. By challenging the dominant stereotype of the passive and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2267FGSS 2267

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17260 CAPS 2267   LEC 001

  • No prior knowledge of China necessary.

CAPS 2570

This is a lecture and discussion course focusing on how China has encountered the world since the 17th century, with an emphasis on the late 19th and 20th-centuries. In particular, it will analyze the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2257HIST 2571

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17621 CAPS 2570   LEC 001

CAPS 3140

Students examine the emergence of the United States as a world power in the twentieth century. The course focuses on the domestic sources of foreign policy and the assumptions of the major policy makers ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3140HIST 3140

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17354 CAPS 3140   LEC 001

  • 17355 CAPS 3140   DIS 201

  • 17356 CAPS 3140   DIS 202

  • 17357 CAPS 3140   DIS 203

  • 17358 CAPS 3140   DIS 204

CAPS 3307

This course is designed to help students achieve competence in reading classical Chinese at an advanced level through selected readings in the original language. At the same time, it introduces students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CHLIT 3307

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16781 CAPS 3307   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: CHLIT 2213-2214 or permission of instructor.

CAPS 3337

This course will explore the culture and society of early modern China (roughly defined as covering the period from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century) through literary and visual representations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3337ASIAN 6637

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17261 CAPS 3337   SEM 101

CAPS 3340

This course examines the legacies of major historical figures, events, and sites from China's imperial past, to discover how these legacies have evolved and been contested within Chinese culture's "collective ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3340

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17421 CAPS 3340   LEC 001

CAPS 3827

Study of the dramatic rise of China through reviewing major developments in contemporary Chinese foreign policy since the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and concentrating ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3327GOVT 3827

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16606 CAPS 3827   LEC 001

  • 16646 CAPS 3827   DIS 201

  • 16647 CAPS 3827   DIS 202

CAPS 4020

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6184 CAPS 4020   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Mertha, A

CAPS 4030

This course serves as the wrap-up seminar for CAPS students.  It is designed for CAPS seniors to review the critical issues and topics in China and Asia-Pacific Studies from broader theoretical perspectives, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6183 CAPS 4030   SEM 101

CAPS 4242

This course explores the processes and paradoxes of China's engagement with the modern world, focusing in particular on the Republican era, which lasted from 1912 to 1949. This period witnessed epochal ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4444HIST 4242HIST 6242

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17811 CAPS 4242   SEM 101

CAPS 4414

This seminar embraces three goals.  The first is to trace the evolution of politics in Cambodia from its independence to the present day, paying special attention to the last days of the Sangkum (1968-1970), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4414GOVT 4414

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16707 CAPS 4414   SEM 101

  • Government Seniors/Juniors given preference.

CAPS 4827

Seminar intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system during the 1980s and 1990s. Emphasizes the interrelated, yet often ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4448GOVT 4827GOVT 6827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16614 CAPS 4827   SEM 101

  • Government Seniors/Juniors given preference.

CAPS 4888

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Beida China: Introduction to the European Union

  • 19076 CAPS 4888   IND 671

    • T
    • Feb 12 - May 11, 2016
    • Staff

  • Taught in Beijing, China.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Beida China: American Culture & Society

  • 19077 CAPS 4888   IND 672

    • M
    • Feb 12 - Jun 11, 2016
    • Staff

  • Taught in Beijing, China.

CAPS 4963

Theories of modernization have inspired, informed, and plagued histories of middle and late imperial China.  For the Song-Qing eras (roughly 10th-19th centuries), comparative studies have variously found ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17616 CAPS 4963   SEM 101

CAPS 4999

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6185 CAPS 4999   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Wang, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19045 CAPS 4999   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Carlson, A