Lecture Schedule:

WEEK'S TOPIC		READINGS AND DISCUSSION
China: Geography, Prehistory, And Earliest Times
August 17-19: Course Introduction.  A Quick Look at China.	Film: Mandate of Heaven Web exercise:  Please see page #3 for URL.
August 24-26: China's Prehistory: Archeological and Legendary Pasts. Traditional Chinese World Order.	Readings: 1) Illustrated History, pp.10-37.                  2) Yang article, “Historical                   Notes on the Chinese World                   Order” (E-reserve)           Questions from Group A
“Practice” Map Quiz #1, Tuesday 8/24
August 31-September 2: China's Zhou Dynasty and Origins of Confucian Beliefs.	Readings: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 10-37.                  2) Tu article, “Probing the Three                   Bonds and Five Relationships in                   Confucian Humanism”  (E-reserve) Questions from Group B
EARLY IMPERIAL CHINA
September 7-9: The Various Systems of Thought from the “One Hundred Schools” Period.	Readings:   1) Illustrated History, pp. 38-59.                  2) Ivanhoe, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy, p.203-245, 295-344. Questions from Group C
QUIZ #2, Tuesday 9/7
September 14-16: Rise and Fall of China's First Imperial Order (the Qin), Han Meritocracy and Statecraft Confucianism.	Readings: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 60-85.   2) Hinsch book, Women, pp. 1- 57. Questions from Group D
September 21-23: China's Period of Disunion. The Rise of Buddhism.	Reading: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 86-107.     2) Film: Buddhism: Footprints of the Buddha – India
QUIZ #3, Tuesday 9/21
September 28-30: China's Tang Dynasty and its Neighbors, the Silk Road.	Readings: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 108-135. 2) Hinsch, pp. 59-91. Questions from Group A
October 5-7: Social Change during the Song Dynasty.  Science and Technology. Neo-Confucianism.	Reading: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 136-163.                     2) Film: China Bridge.
QUIZ #4, Tuesday 10/5
1^st PAPER DUE IN CLASS Thursday, October 7^th

  FALL BREAK:

October 8, Friday - Instruction Ends for Fall Break 6:00 p.m

October 13, Wednesday - Classes resume after Fall Break 8:00 a.m

WEEK'S TOPIC
October 14: China's Conquest Dynasties: the Liao, Jin and Yuan. Mongol Rule in East Asia.	Reading: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 164-189.
October 19-21: The Founding of Ming China. Ming Exploration and Withdrawal.	Readings: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 190-219.                  2) Mann, pp. 85-100, 253-261. Questions from Group B
QUIZ #5, Tuesday 10/19
LATE IMPERIAL CHINA
October 26- 28: Ming Merchants and Sages.		Readings: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 190-219.                 2) Mann, pp. 149-153, 239-250. Questions from Group C
November 2-4: The Various Roles of Women in Ming Society.	Reading: Owen, “Vernacular stories” (e-reserve) Questions from Group D
November 9-11: China's Last Imperial Order: the Manchu Qing Dynasty.	Readings: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 220-234.                  2) Film: The Emperor's Eye
November 16-18:  The West in China.  From Portuguese galleons to English warships.	Reading: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 234-240.
QUIZ #6, Tuesday 11/16
November 23: The Decline of Qing Power.	Reading: 1) Illustrated History, pp. 240-261.                  2) Film: Two Coasts of China
SECOND PAPER DUE IN CLASS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23^rd
NOVEMBER 24^th - NOVEMBER 28^th	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
A CLOSER LOOK AT WOMEN IN IMPERIAL CHINESE SOCIETY
November 30-December 2: Women and Governance.  Women and Ritual. Concluding Points and Review	Reading: 1) Hinsch, 93-128, 129-157.              Questions from the class.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30^th	TAKE HOME EXAM QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTED IN CLASS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2^nd	LAST DAY OF HIS 383 CLASSES
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2^nd	TAKE HOME EXAM DUE IN CLASS