ASIA 4899: Asian Studies Capstone: Religion, Culture and Society in China and Asia (2022-2023)

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This course provides a summative experience for our Asian Studies students. In this course, students will reflect on the interaction of religion, culture and society in China and Asia through comparison. It incorporates the diversity of interdisciplinary approaches in history, religion, linguistic and cultural studies. Students will read and discuss the three books respectively written through the lens of history, East Asian Languages, and literature. The reading and discussion will serve as a base for students to engage more broadly with Asian regions beyond China, such as Japan and Korea. Students are required to develop a research proposal on the topic of religion, culture and society on a chose area of their focus that help them to draw on knowledge from previous learnings. Typically offered: Spring.