HUMN 1301: Humanities Through the Arts

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2. GPC • 3rd largest in the University System of Georgia w/ 23,000 students • Five campuses around metro Atlanta • Dunwoody Campus is the fastest growing with10,000 students • We have 3 East-West Center fellows at Dunwoody • Cultural Diversity: more international students than any other USG institution, including African, Caribbean, Eastern European, Indian, Vietnamese, Iranian, Pakistani, Korean, Afghani, Iraqi, and • Diversity of Academic Background • New Chinese language and culture club at Dunwoody campus

3. Re-designing GPC’s Study Abroad to China

4. China-themed Learning Community, Year of China, and China Study Abroad • HUMN 1301-200 (CRN 24168) and ECON 2105-204 (CRN 20414) are joined in a Learning Community for six credit hours. • The courses are scheduled so that discussions in economics are complemented by a survey of seven major art forms- film, drama, music, literature, painting, sculpture and architecture. • This Learning Community is designed for business majors participating in the GPC china program: however all eligible students may enroll. • The GPC China Program culminates in a five week study abroad Learning Community in Shanghai, China where SURB 1105 and ENGL 2111 will be taught. I • If you have any questions about the China Program, or about this Learning Community, please contact Prof. Fred Bounds (770-274-5153), 404-428-6630,Frederick.Bounds@gpc.edu), or Prof. Liam Madden(770-274-5547, 770-883-8811, William.Madden@gpc.edu).

5. HUMN 1301: Humanities thru the Arts:Aesthetic Encounters on the Silk Roads Course Overview • Week 1: Overview: Chinese History and the Silk Routes • Week 2: a. Introduction to spoken Chinese: U of H’s “Say it in Chinese” DVD set. b. Viewing and discussing High Museum video series on the Qin Emperor’s Tomb. • Week 3: Analects of Confucius & “The Ethics of Confucian Artistry” • Week 4: Mapping the Silk Road: Intercultural Cartographies and Historiographies (group work) • Week 5: Presentations (Building a virtual museum—selection & interpretation) • Week 6: Midterm Assessment: Objective Exam & Essay

6. HUMN 1301: Overview (cont.) • Week 7: Mahayana Buddhism & Chan Buddhist Thought & Practice a. The Buddhist Art of Dunhuang b. The Heart-Mind Sutra c. The Kung Fu Connection & Tai Chi Workshop d. 845 C.E. • Week 8: a. Tang Dynasty/Chang An (Cultural Commerce in the Golden Age of the Silk Road) b. Prince Pirooz, Yang Gui Fei, Persian Star-Crossed Lovers & “The Story of Ying Ying” c. “The True History of Tea” d. 845 C.E. • Week 9: Islam & The Silk Routes • Week 10: The Three Perfections: Song Dynasty Painting as Self- expression & Dissent

7. HUMN 1301: Overview (cont.) • Week 11: a. Khublai Khan, The Il-Khanate & Marco Polo b. Music • Week 12: a. Ming China & The Voyages of Zheng He b. Film • Week 13: Discussion & Evaluation of Virtual Museum Exhibits • Week 14: Review for Final Exam & Exit Conferences Co-curricular activities include: • Guest lecturers from local experts • Decatur Book Festival • Annual Teaching the Middle East Workshop (USG) • Atlanta Asian Film Festival • Visit to Hindu Temple , Lilburn GA • Dragon Boat Race • Dunwoody Campus Chinese Language & Culture Club

8. Texts • Analects of Confucius (Norton selections & Ames) • “Ethics of Confucian Artistry” • Tang Poetry (Norton Selections) • Chan Buddhism (Hershock) • “The Heart-Mind Sutra” • The Monkey and the Monk (selections from Anthony Yu) • Life Along the Silk Road (selections from Whitfield) • Religions of the Silk Road (selections from Foltz) • Silla, Korea, and the Silk • Reality Through the Arts, Spore • Non-Western Art: A Brief Guide, McKenzie

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14. Types of Assignments • Assigned Readings • Group Work (Mapping & Inventorying “Art”) • 2 Aesthetic Encounter Reports • Midterm: objective and essay • Virtual Museum Exhibits & Critiques • Final Exam (objective and discussion)