Pre-Modern Chinese History
This course starts with the formative periods of Chinese civilization from the Neolithic era and ends with the Opium War and the collapse of the Manchu Qing Empire in 1911. This course will provide students with an understanding of modern-day China by looking at China's dynamic and multilayered past.
Outcomes: Students will learn to: situate major historical events in China's early history in their proper geographical, chronological, and thematic context; and use primary and secondary sources to construct interpretations of historical problems and events.
Outcomes: Students will learn to: situate major historical events in China's early history in their proper geographical, chronological, and thematic context; and use primary and secondary sources to construct interpretations of historical problems and events.