HUM 206 - Eastern Civilizations

3 Credit Hours

This course is a broad interdisciplinary survey of the major civilizations of Asia with particular emphasis on the history, culture, literature and art of India, China and Japan from prehistory to the Modern period. Through an examination of translated source material, lecture, and discussion, students will gain an appreciation of the great works of Asian religion, thought and literature and an understanding of the broad sweep of Asian history from its origins in the river valleys to its collision with the West.

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