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2012-2014 General Catalog Course Supplement and Policies and Requirements Addendum67191A. Classical China (4)Lecture—3 hours; term paper. History of Chinese civilizationfrom its origins through the establishment ofcity states and the flowering of classical philosophy,to the rise and fall of the First Empire. GE credit:ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)191B. High Imperial China (4)Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Political disunion andthe influx of Buddhism; reunification under the greatdynasties of T’ang, Sung, and Ming with analysis ofsociety, culture and thought. GE credit: ArtHum orSocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, WC, WE.—I. Bossler(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)191C. Late Imperial China (4)Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; two longpapers. Prerequisite: course 9A or upper divisionstanding. Patterns and problems of Chinese lifetraced through the Ming and Ch’ing dynasties (c.1500–1800), prior to the confrontation with theWest in the Opium War. Readings include primarysources and novels portraying elite ethos as well aspopular culture. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div,Wrt | AH or SS, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)191D. Nineteenth Century China: TheEmpire Confronts the West (4)Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper.Prerequisite: course 9A, or upper division standing.The decline and fall of the Chinese Empire, with particularattention to the social and political crises ofthe 19th century, and the response of governmentofficials, intellectuals, and ordinary people to theincreasing pressures of Western imperialism. GEcredit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, WC,WE.—Bossler(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)191E. The Chinese Revolution (4)Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; extensive writing.Prerequisite: upper division standing. Analysisof China’s cultural and political transformation fromConfucian empire into Communist state. Emphasison emergence and triumph of peasant revolutionarystrategy (to 1949), with some attention to its implicationsfor post-revolutionary culture and politics. GEcredit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, WC,WE.—II.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)191F. History of the People’s Republic ofChina (4)Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; extensive writing.Prerequisite: upper division standing. Comprehensiveanalysis of recent Chinese history, includingland reform, the Cultural Revolution, the post-Maoera, and the consequences of the new economic policiesof the 1980s. Not open for credit to studentswho have completed course 190C. GE credit:ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, WC,WE.—III.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)193C. The Middle East Environment:Historical Change and Current Challenges(4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; project. Prerequisite:upper division standing recommended. ExaminesMiddle East environment and human use of natureover last 10,000 years. Introduction to desert ecology,environmental history and current environmentalproblems. Case Studies of Egypt, Maghrebcountries, Arabian peninsula/Gulf countries, desertification,water, indigenous knowledge, and nationalparks. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci | AH or SS.—Davis(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)194A. Aristocratic and Feudal Japan (4)Lecture—3 hours; term paper and/or discussion.Broad survey of the cultural, social, religious, andpolitical aspects of Japanese history from mythologicaltimes through the sixteenth century emphasizingcomparison of the organizations, values, and beliefsassociated with the aristocratic and feudal periods.Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum orSocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)194B. Early Modern Japan (4)Lecture—3 hours; term paper and/or discussion.Survey of the cultural, social, economic, and politicalaspects of Japanese history from the seventeenththrough the nineteenth centuries emphasizing thedevelopment of those patterns of thought and politicalorganization with which Japan met the challengeof the nineteenth-century Western expansionism. GEcredit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div | AH or SS, WC,WE.—Kim(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)194C. Modern Japan (4)Lecture—3 hours; term paper and/or discussion.Survey of the cultural, social, economic, and politicalaspects of Japanese history in the twentieth centuryemphasizing labor and social movements,militarism and the Pacific war, and the emergence ofJapan as a major economic power. GE credit:ArtHum or SocSci, Div | AH or SS, WC, WE.—I.Kim(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)194D. Business and Labor in Modern Japan(4)Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Survey of labor andmanagement relations in Japan from the mid-eighteenthcentury to the present. Offered in alternateyears. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci | AH or SS,WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)194E. Education and Technology in ModernJapan (4)Lecture—3 hours; term papers. Survey of educationand technology in Japan from the mid-eighteenthcentury to the present. Offered in alternate years.GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci | AH or SS, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)195B. History of Modern Korea (4)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory/discussion—1 hour.Prerequisite: upper division standing. History ofModern Korea, from Yi dynasty period to 1990s.Political and socioeconomic changes in 19th century,modernization under Japanese colonialism,postwar economic growth and effects of the ColdWar. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHumor SocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, WC, WE.—I. Kim(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)196A. Medieval India (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; writtenreports. Survey of history of India in the millenniumpreceding arrival of British in the eighteenth century,focusing on interaction of the civilizations of Hinduismand Islam and on the changing nature of thestate. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt | AH orSS, WC, WE.—II. Sen(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)196B. Modern India (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; writtenreports. Survey of cultural, social, economic, andpolitical aspects of South Asian history from arrivalof the British in the eighteenth century to formation ofnew independent states—India, Bangladesh, andPakistan—in the twentieth century. GE credit:ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, WC,WE.—III. Sen(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Human DevelopmentNew and changed courses inHuman Development (HDE)Lower Division12. Human Sexuality (3)Lecture—3 hours. Vocabulary, structure/function ofreproductive system; sexual response; pre-nataldevelopment; pregnancy and childbirth; developmentof sexuality; rape and sexual assault; birth control;sexually transmitted diseases; homosexuality;establishing/maintaining intimacy; sexual dysfunctions;communication; enhancing sexual interaction,cultural differences in attitudes towards sexuality. GEcredit: SocSci, Div | ACGH, DD, SS.—I, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Upper Division103. Cross-Cultural Study of Children (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 100A or consentof instructor. Cross-cultural studies of children indeveloping countries and among minority groups inthe U.S. GE credit: SocSci, Div | ACGH, DD, SS,WC.—I. (III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)HumanitiesNew and changed courses inHumanities (HUM)Lower Division1. Humanities Forum (2)Lecture—2 hours. Reading and discussion of a singlework representative of a particular culture, historicalperiod, or genre and significant for its ongoing culturalimpact in the humanities, sciences, social sciences,technology, and popular arenas. Attention toprovocative implications for contemporary society.May be repeated one time for credit if topic differs.GE credit: ArtHum | AH.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)2B. American Humanities Forum (4)Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing. Introduction tohumanities topics and methodologies; analysis ofmajor figures, works, and genres in American artsand literatures, with emphasis on relationshipsbetween history, society, and culture. May berepeated one time for credit if topic differs. GEcredit: ArtHum | ACGH, AH, WE.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. fall 12)3. Medicine and Humanities (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:completion of Subject A requirement. Evolutionof the “medical arts” into the “science ofmedicine.” The culture of medicine in the context ofsociety, medical ethics. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci,Wrt | AH or SS, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)9D. Don Quixote and the Modern WorldDiscussion (2)Discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: course 9 concurrently.Small group discussions and preparation ofshort papers for course 9. Offered in alternate years.GE credit: ArtHum | AH, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)15. Language and Identity (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Introductionto topics related to the construction of identitythrough language use, including geographicaland social factors affecting language groups. Languageideology affecting linguistic groups, includingQuarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2013-2014 offering in parenthesesPre-Fall 2011 General Education (GE): ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Domestic Diversity; Wrt=Writing ExperienceFall 2011 and on General Education (GE): AH=Arts and Humanities; SE=Science and Engineering; SS=Social Sciences;ACGH=American Cultures; DD=Domestic Diversity; OL=Oral Skills; QL=Quantitative; SL=Scientific; VL=Visual; WC=World Cultures; WE=Writing Experience