Summer 2003
Dr. Evans
wevans@aug.edu
667-4024

In this independent study Humanities course you must take the initiative to learn the material on your own. Success in the course will require discipline and commitment. Normally there will be two exam periods
every week; you need only show up six times for exams. These will be the only times you need to schedule specifically for this Humanities class. There may be some amendments to the following syllabus, but there should not be many.

The Board of Regents mandates that for each semester hour of academic credit a student should have one hour a week (for fifteen weeks; or about three hours a week for about four and a half weeks during the
summer) of lecture; the videotapes you will watch for the course are to be considered the equivalent of class lectures. The course will abide by the principle that students should work about two hours out of class
for every hour spent in class. Obviously individuals vary enormously in reading speeds, but the course has been designed so that, in addition to the time spent with videotapes (readings, listening examples, review,
etc.) the course should occupy a hypothetical average student somewhere around thirty hours. In sum, over the course of the semester, a hypothetical average student should devote something like forty-five
hours total to the course; certainly some will devote more time, some less. During the summer term this should mean about ten hours a week. Make sure you schedule your time prudently.

GRADING
All exams will be multiple choice. There will be six exams, one for each unit of the course. Each exam will consist of 50 questions. There will be 300 points possible for the course; a student who earns 90% (270
points) will earn an A; a score of 80% (240 to 269 points) earns a B; 70% (210 to 239 points) earns a C; 60% (180 to 209 points) earns a D; a student who earns 179 points or fewer will fail the course. If you decide to drop the course you should fill out a withdrawal form at Student Records. If you have not taken at least one exam by midterm you should expect to receive a WF. If you take at least one exam by midterm, but don’t take all six by the end of the semester and don’t withdraw, you should expect to receive an F.

REQUIREMENTS
You must pay careful attention to what you hear, see, and read, and you must take copious notes. For example, you should rarely let 60 seconds of video pass without writing several words of notes. If you merely
read the reading assignments you will do poorly on the tests; take good, detailed notes. Actually writing down dates, names of individuals, titles of artworks, etc. will help you remember and will provide excellent review material when you’re preparing for tests. For artworks on video or in the Stokstad textbook you would be wise to make a quick sketch to help implant the image in your mind in case you need to identify the artwork on an exam.

Reading assignments from Stokstad: Art History, and from Mack: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces [Expanded Edition in One Volume] will be on reserve in textbooks in Reese Library. Some other readings (Stearns: World History; Ferris: Music, the Art of Listening) will be on reserve in the Readings Binder. Mistreating library property will disadvantage other students. Do not put any marks on pages in any of
the books or in the Reserve Binder. Do not remove any pages from any books or from the Reserve Binder. Immediately report to the library staff any marks or missing pages or expect to be held responsible for
them. If you are found responsible for defacing or taking library property expect to flunk the course and to be remanded to the dean. All the videos will be available at Media Services in Hardy Hall; you should plan to watch the videos on monitors there. The phone number for Media Services is 737-1703. Be polite and respectful when dealing with the Media Services staff. Videos will be available at Media Services in
Hardy Hall; you should plan to watch the videos on monitors there. The phone number for Media Services is 737-1703.

As soon as you get this syllabus you should immediately e-mail me the following information:
1. that you are enrolled in Chinese Humanities
2. your name
3. mailing address
4. phone number
5. a nickname or pseudonym I can use to post your exam scores near my office door
6. your e-mail address

E-mail to me any questions you may have. If you do not currently have an e-mail address, go to
Room 7 in Hardy Hall with a validated student I.D. and you can get one for free. I will post on my door or on the wall near my door update information about the course and, by nickname or pseudonym, your exam
scores .

The course will be divided into six units:
China 1 Chinese History
China 2 Poetry and Thought in Early China
China 3 Chinese Art Before 1280
China 4 Literature: China’s Middle Period
China 5 Chinese Art Since 1280
China 6 Music/Peking Opera

EXAMS
You do not need to take the exams in order (in other words, you may take the exam for Unit Six before taking the exam for Unit One). All exams will be held in Allgood Hall, room E150. There are eight exam periods
and you may take a maximum of two exams in any exam period. If at all possible you should try to finish the course well before the end of the semester. If the semester ends before you’ve taken all six exams you
will receive a zero for any exams you have not taken. Plan ahead! Do not trap yourself into needing to take exams on the last exam day!

If you have given me a nickname or pseudonym to use, your exam scores will be posted outside my office as soon as I've graded your exams. It's illegal to post scores by name or social security number. Be sure to
bring to the exam two sharpened number two pencils and your completed study questions to turn in to me. You may not take the exam unless you hand in your completed study questions.

Exams will take place in Allgood Hall, room E150, on Monday afternoons evenings from 4:30 to 5:20 PM and on Friday afternoons from 12:00 to 12:50 PM. Be on time!

When Exams May Be Taken
5-19 Monday from 4:30 to 5:20
5-23 Friday from 12:00 to 12:50
5-26 Monday from 4:30 to 5:20
5-30 Friday from 12:00 to 12:50
6-2 Monday from 4:30 to 5:20
6-6 Friday from 12:00 to 12:50
6-9 Monday from 4:30 to 5:20
6-13 Friday from 12:00 to 12:50

STUDY QUESTIONS
You must do all the work for this independent study course yourself, not relying on others for help with answers to study questions. For each segment you should write out answers on the pages which contain the study questions. When you take an exam for a unit you MUST bring your study questions and turn them in PRIOR to taking the exam. If you don't have study questions to hand in, written in your own handwriting, there's no point in showing up for the exam. Do not borrow study questions from another student and do not lend your study questions to another student. If you are in possession of another student's answers to study questions or if another student is in possession of your answers to study questions you both will be considered guilty of
cheating and should expect to flunk the course and to be remanded to the dean for academic dishonesty.

In addition to study packets for sale in the bookstore, a complete set of study questions will be on reserve at the front desk of the library. You may photocopy these study questions but do not remove any of the
original study questions from the library. If you steal study questions from the library, you will be guilty of theft and will be treated accordingly—at minimum you should expect to flunk the course.

Important: Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions; the majority of questions on the exam (about two-thirds) will come from those, but many other exam questions (about a third) will be new. Do not mark in any of the books or study materials in the library! If you are found to have defaced any of these materials you should expect to receive an F for the course and to be remanded to the dean for further disciplinary action!

STUDY UNITS
China 1: History
VCT 20: China: Dynasties of Power
VCT 151.01: China: The History and the Mystery
Peter Stearns, World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity, 2nd Ed. (Harper Collins: 1995). Pages: 24-31, 33-56, 108-9, 113-4, 123-5, 188-99, 205, 256-62, 348-56, 362, 445-6, 453-9, 571-82, 588-92.
[in the Reserve Binder]

Copies of the Stearns material will be available on 24-hour reserve at the front desk of the library in the Chinese Humanities Readings Binder. If you’d rather purchase the Stearns book [make sure you get
the second edition, 1995] you should special order it from our bookstore, one of the local bookstores, or one of the online bookstores. We have only one copy of the commercial videotapes so should expect to
watch these videos in Media Services in Hardy Hall. Be sure to work on the study questions.

China 2: Poetry and Thought in Early China
Textbook: Mack: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces [Expanded Edition in One Volume]. Pages: 527-65.

Be sure to work on the study questions.

China 3: Chinese Art Before 1280
Textbook: Marilyn Stokstad, Art History (Abrams: 1995). Pages 394-419.

The Stokstad Art History is on reserve at the front desk of the library. [There are three different editions of Stokstad available. Make sure that you use the edition which has an orange/brown cover; do not use the editions which have a yellow or a black cover.] Study the images in Stokstad. Some multiple choice questions—not included in the study questions— will have photocopied images from the textbook and you
must be able to identify these photocopied images and answer questions about them (artist’s name if known, title, dynasty, medium). Be sure to work on the study questions.

Chinese Art: Treasures of the National Palace Museum (VCT 2650; videotape about 41 minutes)

This video contains works before the year 1280 which are appropriate for Unit Three and works after the year 1280 which are appropriate for Unit Five. For your convenience, study questions for both units are given in the order in which the art works appear on the video; those without an asterisk will appear only on the exam for Unit Three; study questions marked with an asterisk will only appear on the exam for Unit Five.

China 4: Literature: China’s Middle Period
Textbook: Mack: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces [Expanded Edition in One Volume]. Pages: 813-858

Be sure to work on the study questions.

China 5: Chinese Art Since 1280
Textbook: Marilyn Stokstad, Art History (Abrams: 1995). Pages 834-851.

The Stokstad Art History is on reserve at the front desk of the library. [There are three different editions of Stokstad available. Make sure that you use the edition which has an orange/brown cover; do not use the editions which have a yellow or a black cover.] Study the images in Stokstad; some multiple choice questions—not included in the study questions— will have photocopied images from the textbook and you
must be able to identify these images and answer questions about them (artist’s name if known, title, dynasty, medium). Be sure to work on the study questions.

Chinese Art: Treasures of the National Palace Museum (VCT 2650; videotape about 41 minutes).

This videotape contains works before the year 1280 which are appropriate for Unit Three and works after the year 1280 which are appropriate for Unit Five. The exam for Unit Five will only cover the study questions marked with an asterisk. Other questions (which will only appear on the exam for Unit Three) are included among those for Unit Three; if you prepare by using the combined list of questions including those from Unit Three you will only have to watch the video once to answer all the questions for both Unit Three and Unit Five.

China 6: Music/Peking Opera
Ferris: Music, the Art of Listening (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999). Pages: 326-328.
Handout on Peking/Beijing Opera [in your Study Packet]
VCT 2257 What is Chinese Opera?
VCT 2282.04 The Phoenix Returns to Its Nest

You should make an effort to do this unit in the order outlined above:
(1) Ferris, then
(2) the Handout on Peking/Beijing Opera, then
(3) the video What is Chinese Opera, then
(4) The Phoenix Returns to Its Nest [done in English, a text of the opera is on reserve in the library if you want to check it out to read as you follow along with the videotape]. The Ferris material is in the Chinese Humanities Readings Binder on reserve at the front desk of the library.