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Oct 05, 2024
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POLS 4440 - East Asia in World Politics The course examines the evolution of East Asia in world politics in the post-WWII era, including both the historical antecedents and alternative theoretical perspectives, as well as a variety of contemporary, political, economic, and security issues related to this region. The course draws on a wide range of material representing the diverse views of East Asian scholars, political leaders, and activists who offer a non-western perspective on East Asian politics.
Requisites: 6 hours in POLS or (Jr or Sr) Credit Hours: 3 OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Diversity and Practice Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to compare and contrast the political, cultural, and economic experiences and challenges of different countries in East Asia from WWII to the present.
- Students will be able to identify the causes and consequences of key moments of social, economic, and political change that have taken place in East Asia.
- Students will be able to use theories of comparative politics and international relations to analyze and explain political outcomes in East Asia.
- Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how East Asian scholars, political leaders, and activists frame and debate their history and contemporary international relations from a non-western perspective.
- Students will be able to interpret intercultural encounters and conflicts from both Western perspectives and East Asian perspectives and act in a supportive manner that recognizes the feelings of East Asian cultural groups.
- Students will be able to articulate insights about their own cultural rules and biases by examining similarities and differences with East Asian cultures.
- Students will be able to recognize cultural differences between Western and East Asian cultures in verbal and non-verbal communication and negotiate a shared understanding.
- Students will be able to ask complex questions about East Asian cultures and to articulate answers to these questions that reflect multiple cultural perspectives.
- Students will be able to initiate and develop interactions with culturally different people from East Asia while suspending judgment.
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