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MODERN CHINA (HIS-243324)

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Course Description:


Study the culture and society of pre-modern China, the evolution of China's relationship with the outside world and the efforts China has made over the last 150 years to become a modern industrialized society. Investigate the ways Chinese political civilization has organized itself during the last century and explore contemporary controversies within China regarding ideas such as democracy and human rights.

Recommended: World History 1, World History 2, Pacific Asia: Culture and History or equivalent.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Other World Civilizations.


This online course is offered through Online Learning. You can take this as an individual course or as part of an online degree program, with term starts in March, May, September, November and January. View current term offerings and all online courses. Click here to register for online courses.

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Liberal Study
Upper Level
Credits: 4
Meets General Education Requirement In: Other World Civilizations-Full

Term(s) Offered (Subject to Change) : Spring 1. Fall 1.

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