ANTH 348 - Contemporary China

Description:
This course focuses on contemporary China and covers such topics as general situation, family, marriage, citizenship, community institutions, work, religion, ethnicity, education, popular culture, politics, social class, rural-urban inequalities, gender, and social change. ANTH 348 and AST 348 are cross-listed courses; a student may not receive credit for both. Course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Describe the general situation of China including geography, population, administration, political system, social control, and current development.
Recognize how such social institutions in China as families, kinship, marriage, citizenship, household registration, community, and work unit operate.
Compare diverse ethnicities in China including the dominant Chineseness, multiple minority groups, and the forms of interethnic relations.
Develop concepts and tools for presenting the culture, socialization, religion, education, and modernity in China.
Explain underlying sociocultural foundation of class, stratification, rural-urban inequalities, gender issues, and change.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/15/18

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