HIST 3203 - Survey of East Aisian History

3 credits

[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course provides an overview of the formation of the major cultural centers in East Asia - India, China, and Japan. The course covers each center from its origins to the period when each was forced to engage with and adapt to the technological and military power of the European west. The course will provide the student with an entry point to the dynamic and radical transformation that occurred in each of these East Asia centers in the twentieth century.