INTR 201 Global Perspectives:

World Impact of East Asian Science

Subject                                                Week              Readings

Intro, World of the 15^th Century            1                   WOW 363-393

Empires and Commerce                         2                   WOW 403-458

Religion & Science                                3                   WOW 461-487

Industrial Revolution: 1, 2, 3                  4                   WOW 527-541

Internal Troubles, External Threats         5                   WOW 559-571

Case Study 1: Japan                           

Individualism and Reform                     6                   Handout         

Isolation                                              7                   Handout

Second Transformation                        8                   Handout

Exam 2 (Mar. 4)                                  8                   --

Case Study 2: China                              9                   LPC 1-100, Research Paper Due

China continued                                    10                  LPC 101-200

China continued                                    11                  LPC 201-300

China conclusion                                   12                  LPC 301-400

Exam 3 (April 15)                                 13                       --          

Modern Japan                                       14                  WOW 577-586

Collapse and Recovery                         15                  WOW 641-647

World Communism                               16                  WOW 659-684

Final Exam: May 10, 1 pm

Grading:                                                                       Contact:           Prof. James Godde

                                                                                                            HT 404

Quizzes:                      10%                                                                   Phone: 457-2350

Exams:                       60% (15% each)                       

Research Project:      30%

The texts for the course will be:

"Ways of the World: a Brief Global History (Volume 2: Since 1500)” by Robert W. Strayer (ISBN: 978-0312452896)

"Lost on Planet China: One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation" by J. Maarten Troost (978-0767922012)

“Lost on Planet China: One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation” by J. Maarten Troost (978-0767922012)