INTR 201 Global Perspectives:

World Impact of East Asian Science

Subject                                                Week              Readings

Introduction to East Asian Science           1                   The Promise

An End to Eurocentrism?                         2                   OMW 1-42

The World in 1400                                  3                   OMW 43-64, Indiv. & Reform

Empires, States, and the New World       4                   OMW 67-92

Japan's Isolation                                      5                   Isolation

Industrial Revolution & The Gap              6                  OMW 95-135

20th Century Japan                                  7                   2nd Transformation

Change or Continuity?                              8                   OMW 135-162

Exam 1                                                    8                    ---

Case Study 1: Bruce Feiler                     10                   L2B 1-97

Learning to Bow continued                     11                   L2B 98-202

Learning to Bow conclusion                    12                  L2B 203-301

Case Study 2: Samuel Coleman              13                  Handout

Japanese Science: From the Inside          14                  Handout

Written Research Paper Due                   14                  --

Exam 2                                                   15                  --

Student Presentations of Research           15-17

Grading:

Quizzes:                      10%

Exams:                       40% (20% each for 2)   

Research Project:      50% (written paper  = 30%, oral presentation = 20%)

The texts for the course will be:

"The Origins of the Modern World: a Global and Ecological Narrative" by Robert B. Marks (ISBN: 0-7425-1754-3)

"Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan" by Bruce Feiler (ISBN: 0-06-057720-7)

These books are available at the bookstore.

Contact:           Prof. James Godde

                        HT 404

                        Phone: 457-2350