China & Asia Pacific Studies (CAPS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

CAPS 1622

In 1868, samurai revolutionaries and their allies seized the reins of power and established a new capital they called Tokyo.  Against all odds, this fragile regime survived and made Tokyo a center of power ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2222GOVT 1623HIST 1622

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8522 CAPS 1622   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  8524 CAPS 1622   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  8525 CAPS 1622   DIS 202

    • W Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  8526 CAPS 1622   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  8527 CAPS 1622   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16801 CAPS 1622   DIS 207

    • W Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CAPS 2133

In this sophomore seminar, we will explore cultural, political, and social debates in China's transition from an early modern empire to a republic, and then from a vanguard of world revolution ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2283HIST 2133

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18033 CAPS 2133   SEM 101

    • TR White Hall 104
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Du, Y

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CAPS 2212

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

  •  7734 CAPS 2212   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  7735 CAPS 2212   DIS 201

    • R Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  7736 CAPS 2212   DIS 202

    • R Sibley Hall 208
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  7737 CAPS 2212   DIS 203

    • R Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  7738 CAPS 2212   DIS 204

    • R Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  7739 CAPS 2212   DIS 205

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  7740 CAPS 2212   DIS 206

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  7741 CAPS 2212   DIS 207

    • F Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  7742 CAPS 2212   DIS 208

    • F Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CAPS 2931

The Great Qing (1644-1911), a multi-ethnic empire that conquered China proper from the northeastern borderlands, expanded into central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet, and consolidated the China-based empire's ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2293HIST 2931

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16930 CAPS 2931   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CAPS 3049

This course provides students with an analytical framework to understand China's ongoing economic transformation. The courses goals include: 1) to familiarize students with different perspectives on China's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3304GOVT 3044

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18115 CAPS 3049   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 18116 CAPS 3049   DIS 201

    • F White Hall 110
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Wallace, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 18117 CAPS 3049   DIS 202

    • F White Hall 110
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CAPS 3352

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3352

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16673 CAPS 3352   LEC 001

    • MW Stimson Hall 105
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CAPS 3370

This course traces the development of travel writing from the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 221) to the Song dynasty (960–1279). Special attention is paid to the ways in which Chinese writers have ceaselessly ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3370ASIAN 6670

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16730 CAPS 3370   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall 494
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Prerequisite: knowledge of Chinese history and culture is helpful but not necessary.

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
  • 17692 CAPS 3387   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 115
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Multi-Term

  • 19196 CAPS 4010   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Wallace, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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 Stdnt Opt

  •  6161 CAPS 4020   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9222 CAPS 4020   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CAPS 4030

This course serves as a survey of major issues within Chinese politics and foreign policy and constitutes the capstone seminar for CAPS students.  is intended to give students an opportunity to explore ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4037

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6160 CAPS 4030   SEM 101

    • M McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CAPS 4127

Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution.  This seminar explores the links between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17182 CAPS 4127   SEM 101

    • M McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CAPS 4502

China's prominence in the news cycle and policy discourse reflects the immense and growing tension in China's relations with the United States and other countries around the world. Substantively, there ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4503

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8886 CAPS 4502   SEM 101

    • M McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Weiss, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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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  • 17217 CAPS 4963   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6162 CAPS 4999   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Xin, X

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7864 CAPS 4999   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9223 CAPS 4999   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Weiss, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9612 CAPS 4999   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • George, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person