INTRODUCTION TO EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn, recall, and summarize key features and periodization in the history of modern East Asia. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply this knowledge toward analyzing the content and form of "primary documents," including literature, film, photographs, and music. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify and explain, to diverse audiences, regional and global issues pertaining to East Asia's economic and community development. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate critical thinking and comparative perspectives with respect to experiences or cultural approaches to international challenges. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Write concise, well-organized, and original arguments and analyses, supported by question-driven inquiry and group discussion. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Design and complete collaborative, team-based projects. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn, recall, and summarize key features and periodization in the history of modern East Asia. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply this knowledge toward analyzing the content and form of "primary documents," including literature, film, photographs, and music. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify and explain, to diverse audiences, regional and global issues pertaining to East Asia's economic and community development. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate critical thinking and comparative perspectives with respect to experiences or cultural approaches to international challenges. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Write concise, well-organized, and original arguments and analyses, supported by question-driven inquiry and group discussion. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Design and complete collaborative, team-based projects. Audience: Undergraduate