DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE:

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DATE	TOPIC	READINGS	ASSIGNMENTS
08/30	introduction
09/04	pre_Confucian thought	Fung chapters 2,3
09/06	Confucius	Fung chapters 4
09/11	Mo Tzu	Fung chapters 5	presentation 1
09/13	Mencius	Fung chapter 7	submit proposal by e-mail
09/18	Hsun Tzu	Fung chapter 13
09/20	Ming chia	Fung chapter 8	HC: response paper 1 submit bibliography by e-mail
09/25	Lao Tzu	Fung chapter 9
09/27	Chuang Tzu	Fung chapters 10
10/02	Yin-Tang chia	Fung chapters 12
10/04			Exam 1
10/09	popular religion	Thompson chapters 3-4
10/11	Taoist meditation	Thompson chapter 6	first draft due
10/16	religious confucianism	Thompson chapter 7	HC: response paper 2
10/18		Suggested reading for the break: Fung chapter 18	Exam 2
10/25	Neo-Taoism 1	Fung chapters 19
10/30	Neo-Taoism 2	Fung chapters 20
11/01	Neo-Confucianism 1	Fung chapters 23
11/06	Neo-Confucianism 2	Fung chapters 25	presentations 2
11/08	The status of women	excerpts from "The Sage and the Second Sex"
11/13	Chinese Religions Today	Thompson chapter 9 , 12	presentations 3
11/15	Introduction to Shintoism
11/20			Exam 3
11/27	Foundation of Shintoism	Earhart chapter 2
11/29	State Shintoism	Earhart pp.38-45,234-244,251-255	HC: response paper 3
12/04	Shinto Practices	Earhart sections 38,42,44-46
12/06	Contemporary Issues	Earhart sections 7,43,59,62-64,66-68	presentations 4 final paper is due
FINAL			Exam 4