SOCI 217 - East Asian Societies: China and Japan

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: SOCI 102 or consent of instructor
 See Addenda to the 2024/2025 Catalog for changes to this course effective Spring 2025

This course examines the cultural and social structure of traditional and modern China and Japan. The course will focus on topics such as work and economy, rural-urban contrasts, family and kinship, the position of women and the relationships between state and society. The course will conclude with an assessment of the positions of these two societies in the contemporary world. Offered fall semester. (CGCL; CMCL; CSOC)