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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 4-25-1995 |
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HUM261
1996 Spring – 1998 Summer
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LEC 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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Asian
Ideas and Values |
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An examination of Asian cultural traditions for their
humanistic ideas and values: the arts, music, literature, religions, and
philosophies of Asia, with emphasis on India and its sphere of influence in
southeast Asia, and on China and its sphere of influence, particularly Japan.
Prerequisites: None. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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HUM261 1996
Spring – 1998 Summer II |
Asian Ideas and Values |
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Explain basic
characteristics and concerns of India and its sphere of influence, Southeast
Asia. (I, III, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XVI) |
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Explain basic
characteristics and concerns of China and its sphere of influence,
particularly Japan. (I, II, III, IV, VII, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVII) |
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Trace major historic periods and movements within the
major cultural traditions. (I-XVIII) |
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Describe and
analyze representative works of the visual arts, music, and literature within
each cultural tradition according to the criteria of the particular culture,
and explain how the works reflect aesthetic, philosophical-religious, and
social ideals of the specific cultures and their representative artists.
(I-XVIII) |
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Explore
cross-cultural influences and adaptations of styles / movements and/or
religious-philosophic ideas within the Indian and the Chinese cultural
spheres as well as between them. (IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XV) |
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Explore modern developments in the major Asian nations.
(XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII) |
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Describe and analyze influences of Asian cultures on the
life and values of the United States. (XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII) |
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MCCCD
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HUM261 1996
Spring – 1998 Summer II |
Asian Ideas and Values |
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I. Beginnings of Culture in
India and China, Korea, Japan, and Thailand II. Bronze Age of China:
Shang and Zhou Dynasties III. Indian and Chinese
Religious and Philosophic Thought: Hinduism, Taoism and Confucianism IV. Ch'in and Han China;
Developments in Korea and Japan; Shinto V. Rise of Buddhism in
India and its impact on the arts; Jainism VI. Spread of Buddhist
culture to India's Sphere of Influence VII. Spread of Buddhist
culture to China, Korea, and Japan VIII. Rise of Hindu Art in
India and its Sphere of Influence IX. Islam: Mughal and Rajput India X. Cultural Developments in
Six Dynasties, Tang and Song China; Korea XI. Japan: Heian Culture XII. Culture in Kamakura
and Ashikaga (Muromachi) Japan XIII. Culture in Yuan,
Ming, and Qing China XIV. Culture in Momoyama and Edo (Tokugawa) Japan XV. Meiji Cultural
Revolution in Japan XVI. The Culture of India
in the Twentieth Century XVII. Chinese Culture in
the Twentieth Century XVIII. Japanese Culture in
the Twentieth Century |