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UHM Courses in Chinese Ethnic Nationalities
The following is a list of courses at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa related to Chinese Ethnic Nationalities.
Course offerings will vary from year to year.
China and Asia Related Courses
- APDM 416 Costumes/Cultures of East Asia
Development of traditional dress as visual manifestations of culture. Ethnic and national dress of China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Okinawa, Tibet, and Vietnam.
- APDM 418 Costumes/Cultures S & SE Asia (3)
Development of traditional dress as visual manifestations of culture. Ethnic and national dress of Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia.
- ASAN 484 Society and Politics in China (3)
Interdisciplinary review and analysis of social and political issues in contemporary China, interchange between state and society in national policies, relationship between cultural tradition and technological modernization in the socialist transformation process. Pre: 310, 312, or SOC 356; or consent. (Cross-listed as POLS 484)
- ASAN 491Z Topics in Asia: Other (3)
(Cultures of the Mekong River, China, & SEA)
Hefner
- ASAN 493 Development and Poverty in Asia (3)
Social transformations by capitalism in agricultural and industrial sectors of contemporary societies. Perspective is historical and global; approach is interdisciplinary. Repeatable twice. Pre: 201 and 202, or consent.
- ASAN 495 Encountering Tourism in Asian-Pacific Societies
A critical examination and current impact of tourism on contemporary Asian and Pacific Island societies. Topics include colonial antecedents, social impacts, cultural and environmental concerns, case studies (including Hawai'i). Pre: 201 or 202, or consent. (Cross-listed as PACS 495)
- ASAN 608 Politics and Development: China (3)
Political economy of market transformation in China; developmental context of human resource, cultural tradition, ideology, policy issues of agriculture industry transfer, decentralization, dualism, market reform in urbanization, social service, foreign investment, and Greater China. Pre: one of POLS 341, ASAN 484, POLS 484, ASAN 600, ASAN 635, or PLAN 635; or consent. (Cross-listed as POL 645C)
- ASAN 611Comparative Muslim Societies in Asia (3)
This course will compare Muslim societies and cultures in Asia with each other and with the so-called "core" Middle Eastern Muslim societies. Pre: 600 or consent.
- ASAN 618 Contemporary China: Development and Culture (3)
Selected topics on contemporary China. Center for Chinese Studies has details of current offering. May be repeated with permission of instructor. Pre: 312 or 320C, or consent.
- ASAN 620 Problems/Issues of Contemporary Asia (3)
Analysis from multidisciplinary perspective: rural development, urbanization, international relations, ethnicity, religion, language, etc. Pre: 312 or consent.
- ASAN 638 China's Econ & Regional Dev (3)
A review of contemporary Chinas economic and regional development, examining the changing plans, policies, and performances in the Socialists Development and Market Transition eras, and the implications on spatial patterns. (Cross-listed as GEOG 638 and PLAN 638)
- ANTH 446 Southeast Asian Cultures (3)
Cultures of Southeast Asia from hunting and gathering groups to high civilizations; kinship; economic, political, and religious systems; recent development. Pre: 200 or consent.
- ANTH 488 or ANTH 489 - Chinese Culture: Ethnography (3)
Critical interpretations of ethnographic and biographic texts depicting individual and family lives in different socio-economic circumstances, geographical regions, and historical periods of modern China. DS
- CHN 470 Language and Culture of China (3)
Extensive exposure-chiefly through tape recordings, classroom conversation, and outside readings – to history, culture, and institutions. DH
- DNCE 654 Regional Dances of Asia (3)
Dance content and historico-social context of principal dance traditions. Repeatable. (Alt. years)
- ECON 616 Economic Development of China (3)
Analysis of transition from a planned socialist economy (1949-78) to a market economy in China with a focus on changes in economic policies, foreign trade and investment, labor and financial markets, and the economic structure.
- GEOG 453 Geography of China's Modernization (3)
Applies geographic principles and approaches to explore the rapid transformation of the spatial structure of recent socio-economic development in China. Special emphasis given to resource management and environmental quality, which are important factors in sustainable development. Course is designed to explore China's role in the world economy of the 21st century and to meet the needs of students majoring in business administration, international trade, economics, political science and Asian studies. Pre: 102 or consent. DS
[By the professor] Discusses the development of Western China where most minority groups live. It also discusses the role of minority culture in Chinese tourism development.
- GEOG 638 China's Economic and Regional Development (3)
A review of contemporary China's economic and regional development, examining the changing plans, policies and performances in the Socialist Development and Market Transition eras, and the implications on spatial patterns. Pre: 353 or PLAN 630; or consent. (Cross-listed as PLAN 638)
- LAW 578 Chinese Business Law (V)
Introduction to business and commercial law in the People's Republic of China. After a brief overview of China's political and legal systems, the course will examine basic areas of domestic business legislation, including torts, property, and contract law, the regulation of private business, the reform of state enterprises, the development of company and securities laws, and the regulation of land-use and other property rights. More specialized topics, such as arbitration and dispute resolution, the Chinese approach to intellectual property issues, or the use of joint ventures and other foreign investment
vehicles, may also be included.
- MUS 478C Music Cultures—China (3)
- MUS 670B Regional Music: Asia (3)
Musical content and historical, social context of principal musical traditions of Asia.
- SOC 723 (Alpha) Seminar in Modern Chinese Society (3)
Developmental policies and social change and impact on modern Chinese social institutions. (B) political change. Focus on politics in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Special emphasis on democracy movement and reunification themes; (C) social and demographic change. Focus on population, social stratification, gender, and family problems. Repeatable once in different area. Pre: 356 (or concurrent).
- SOC 751 Development in Asia (3)
Theories and available research methods examined for applicability to developing areas; specific examples from Asia. A-F only. Repeatable one time. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
- TIB 181 Elementary Classical Tibetan (3)
Introduction to classical Tibetan grammar; reading and analysis of progressively difficult classical texts. Meets three hours weekly.
- TIB 182 Elementary Classical Tibetan (3)
Continuation of TIB 181.
- WS 462 Asian Women (3)
History, culture, and contemporary reality of Asian women in Asia and the U.S. Includes critical analysis of American feminist methodology and theory. Pre: one of 360, 361, 405, POLS 305D, or consent. (Cross-listed as AMST 438 and POLS 372)
- WS 463 Gender Issues in Asian Society (3)
Construction of gender identities in contemporary Asia. How these interface with other aspects of social difference and inequality (e.g., with class, religion, ethnicity). Pre: 201 and 202, or any WS course, or consent.
Supplementary Courses Related to Ethnic Minority Studies and Issues
- ANTH 316 or ANTH 610 - Anthropology of Tourism (3)
ANTH 316: Anthropological perspectives on the subject of the global phenomenon of tourism. Includes issues of cultural performance, identity, and commoditization.
ANTH 610: Social and cultural analysis of tourism practices, with emphasis on Hawai`i, Asia and the Pacific. Tourism in relation to consumer culture, transnational flows of people and images, post-colonial politics, performance and identity formation.
- ANTH 419 - Indigenous Anthropology (3)
An exploration of how anthropology studies indigenous groups throughout the world. An examination of the changing contexts of anthropological practice as calls for reflexivity lead anthropology of all backgrounds to bring insights from their "homes." Issues include the question of objectivity, the emic-etic distinction, and the ethics of different kinds of anthropological research and the role of anthropologists in indigenous self-determination. Repeatable one time. Pre: 200 or consent. DS
- ANTH 424 - Culture, Identity, and Emotion (3)
The interrelation of culture, thought, emotion, and social realities. Role of language and culture in shaping emotional experience and self-understanding, including the formation of social identities such as gender, ethnicity and nationality. Pre: 150, 200, or consent. DS
- ANTH 426 - Folk Medicine: Cross-Cultural Studies (3)
Comparative study of folk (traditional) medical systems in diverse settings, with attention to the relationships among belief systems and medical practices, including biological outcomes. Pre: 150, 200, or consent. DS
- ANTH 423 Social and Cultural Change (3)
Various approaches to examples of social and cultural change in non-literate societies; production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services in a variety of cultures. Pre: 200 or consent.
- ANTH 650 - Women & Culture (3)
Cultural diversity and uniformity in the sex-linked role repertoire, interaction, exchange, rituals, symbolization, role reversal, life cycle, socialization, personality, stress, pathology, acculturation, and movement. Pre: classified graduate standing and consent.
- ANTH 601 Ethnology (3)
Survey, in historical perspective, of theory in social and cultural anthropology. A course in the graduate core of anthropology. Pre: graduate status and consent.
- ANTH 602 Linguistic Anthropology (3)
Investigation of mutual influences of linguistic theory and methodology and anthropological theory and methodology. A course in the graduate core of anthropology. Pre: LING 102, graduate status, and consent.
- ANTH 632 Field Study of Population (3)
Concepts and techniques in field study of non-literate (tribal and peasant) populations. For graduate students in the social sciences planning field research that involves taking a census. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as GEOG 632)
- BOT 440 Advanced Ethnobotany (3)
Advanced studies of plant uses in cultural contexts, focusing upon impacts of plant-culture interactions in development of cultures, cultivars, medicinals, ethnoecologies, ethics, and intellectual property. Pre: 105, 461 and ANTH 200; or consent. DS
- BOT 442 Medical Ethnobotany (3)
Survey and theory of plants used as medicines, cultural perspectives of herbal medicine, and the botanical/chemical basis of allopathic and naturopathic medicine. Pre: 105 or consent. Recommended: CHEM 272 or BIOC 341. DS
- BOT 640 Quantitative Ethnobotany (3)
Modern ethnobotanical field research project design, execution, data analysis, and documentation methods. Intended for students preparing to conduct field research studies. Lecture/discussion, term paper. Pre: 105 and one of 201, 461, ANTH 200, or BIOL 172.
- BOT 644 Ethnoecological Methods (3)
Field techniques for assessing the ecological effects of cultural uses of plants. Emphasis on documenting traditional and local patterns of plant use and measuring the effects on plant individuals, populations, communities, and landscapes. Pre: previous course work in anthropology or biology.
- CUL 610 International Cultural Studies: History and Theory (3)
Seminar on the history and theory of interdisciplinary cultural studies. The politics of culture are examined in comparative perspective, focusing on their significance for identity formation, intercultural relations, and global flows of images, people and capital. Approaches to the study of media and popular culture are taken up in terms of their relevance for contemporary issues, especially in Hawai‘i and the Asia/Pacific/U.S. region. A-F only. Co-requisite: 609.
- ECON 361 Seminar: Women and International Development (3)
Topics: Women's role, status, work and treatment in the Third World; Economic Development, changing work/family roles, and improvement/deterioration in gender equity across the Third World; global feminization of poverty; efforts to promote gender equity. Open to non-majors. Pre: A 100 level economics course or any women's studies course; or consent. (Cross-listed as WS 361)
- ECON 638 Environmental Resource Economics (3)
Principles of policy design and evaluation for environmental resources management, forestry and watershed conservation, and sustainable economic development. Pre: 604 or 606; or consent.
- EDEF 360 Introduction to Multicultural Education (3)
Concepts and methods to develop sensitivity and awareness of cultural influences on behavior as these relate to the schooling process. Field experience is an integral part of the course. (Cross-listed as ITE 360) DS
- EDEF 630 Cultural Diversity and Education (3)
Examines issues, theories, perspectives and practices in multicultural education and promotes awareness, encourages knowledgeable reflection and develops skills necessary for multicultural practitioners. A-F only. (Cross-listed as EDCS 630)
- EDEF 675 Introduction to Educational Policy Studies (3)
Examines theories and models of educational policy and policy making and the contribution of policy analysis to the policy-making and change processes. A-F only. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as EDEA 675)
- EDEF 676 The Politics of Education (3)
Examination of the ways in which education can be viewed as political, arising from its connection to the larger political system including local, state, and federal governments. A-F only. Pre: 675, EDEA 675, or consent. (Cross-listed as EDEA 676)
- EDEF 683 Social and Cultural Contexts of Education (3)
Focuses on the interplay of class, race, gender and ethnicity in school and community settings. Social praxis, educational reform and policy are considered.
- EDEF 725 Education and Social Change (3)
Study of classical and contemporary theories of social change as these relate to school, the profession of teaching, planning of change, and social stability. Pre: consent
- ES 492 Politics of Multiculturalism (3)
The development of ethnic relations and political approaches to multiculturalism in two multiethnic nations: Canada and the United States. Pre: one social sciences core course, an ES 300-level course, or consent. DS
- GEOG 637 Environment and Development (3)
Theories and practice of development; how changing development paradigms shape different ideas concerning the environment and the management of natural resources; emerging debates in development and environment in post-modern era. (Cross-listed as PLAN 637)
- NREM 480 Tropical Forestry/Agroforestry (3)
(2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Distribution, species, productivity, nutrient cycling, hydrology, sustainability, modeling, design, and future of tree-based land-use systems. Pre: consent. DB
- NREM 491 Topics in Natural Resources and Environmental Management (V)
Study and discussion of significant topics and problems. Offered by visiting faculty and/or for extension programs. Repeatable. A-F only. Pre: consent.
- NREM 630 Agriculture and the Environment (2)
Land use issues, principles, and strategies for environmentally sound agriculture. Degradative and aggradative impacts of alternative management on natural, land, and water resources and environmental quality. Pre: graduate standing or advanced undergraduate standing, and consent.
- NREM 631 Sustainable Agriculture Seminar (2)
Critical evaluation of existing and alternative cropping systems from a long-term perspective. Value conflicts and resolution. Pre: graduate standing or advanced undergraduate standing, and consent.
- NREM 637 Resource Economics (3)
Analysis of problems of development and management of natural resources with emphasis on resources in agriculture and role in economic development. Pre: 432, AREC 634, and ECON 608; or consent. (Cross-listed as ECON 637)
- NREM 638 Resource and Environmental Policy (3)
Exploration of institutional and policy dimensions of natural resource development, management, allocation, markets and pricing, focusing on their environmental impacts. Emphasis on policy analysis using case studies and empirical findings. Original paper required. A-F only. Pre: ECON 300 or ECON 301 or consent. Fall only.
- NREM 670 Agrarian Systems Analysis (3)
Comparative analysis of philosophy and process of interdisciplinary and participatory approaches to sustainable development and rural resource management including farming systems research and extension (FSRandE), agroecosystem analysis (AEA), participatory action research (PAR), and rapid rural appraisal (RRA). Repeatable. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as TPSS 670)
- NREM 680 Forest/Agroforest Ecosystem Analysis (3)
Quantitative analysis of ecosystem processes in tropical forests and agroforestry systems. Productivity, nutrient cycling, hydrology, and interactions of processes will be examined using recent literature and computer models. Pre: consent. Spring only.
- NREM 691 Advanced Topics in Natural Resources and Environmental Management (V)
Study and discussion of significant topics and problems at an advanced level. Offered by visiting or existing faculty as a special course. Repeatable. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
- POLS 682 Indigenous Politics (3)
Conceptualizing politics from the perspective of indigenous epistemologies, philosophies, language, and social and political movement. Historical treatment of the contact between state and indigenous peoples and a survey of contemporary indigenous political initiatives: social movements, media, indigenous studies programs, and events. A-F only.
- PPST 662 Migration and Population Distribution (3)
Analysis of the nature, causes, and consequences of human migration and population distribution, especially in relation to economic development, urbanization, and demographic change. Pre: 650 and 691, or consent.
- PPST 691 Methods of Demographic Analysis (3)
Statistical evaluation and analysis of population data, data sources; population growth; composition; standardization of rates; mortality and the life table; nuptiality and fertility; distribution, migration, urbanization; projections and stable population theory. (Cross-listed as PH 659).
- PLAN 610 Community Planning and Social Policy (3)
Social issues and conditions; consequences of social policies experienced by different groups; community social plans and programs organized by various kinds of agencies and organizations. Pre: 600 (or concurrent) or consent.
- PLAN 619 Multiculturalism in Planning and Policy (3)
This graduate seminar focuses on issues of governance, policy and planning in diverse multicultural societies. Differences in backgrounds, languages, privilege, preferences and values are often expressed in planning and policy controversies such as affirmative action and land use planning. The course will examine these controversies and explore theories of governance in a multicultural setting. Pre: 600 or consent.
- PLAN 620 Environmental Policies and Programs (3)
Survey of the political, institutional, economic and scientific aspects of environmental policies and programs. Repeatable one time. A-F only. Pre: 600 or concurrent; or consent.
- PLAN 639 Planning for Rural Development (3)
Rural development theories, policies, and practices in Asia. Covers theories of Agrarian transformation, rural development policies and regional planning. Examines issues of land reform, extension services, non-farm employment, gender, community development, agribusiness, and environment. Pre: 630 or consent. (Cross-listed as GEOG 639 and ASAN 639)
- PLAN 640 Land Use Policies and Programs (3)
Land use public policy planning in urban and regional settings. Growth management and land use guidance systems. A-F only. Pre: 600 and 601, or consent.
- SOC 412 Analysis in Population and Society (3)
Global and U.S. patterns of population growth; composition and distribution, elementary demographic techniques; development issues and population policy. (Cross-listed as PPST 412) DS
- SOC 413 Analysis in Economy and Society (3)
Study of the dominant trend of economic change and its impact on society; globalization of economic activities and transformation of industrial society to postindustrial one; corporate restructuring and downsizing and their impact on employment and income distribution; gender relations in workplaces; the impact of globalization on the newly industrializing countries. Pre: 300 or consent. DS
- SOC 706 Cultural Analysis (3)
Contemporary issues in cultural sociology, covering key theoretical perspectives, analytic methods and substantive areas for empirical research. A-F only.
- SOC 752 Seminar in Demography (3)
Recent literature and materials for measurement of population change in developing countries in Asia. Determinants and consequences of policy and population change. Pre: PPST 650.
- SOC 754 Seminar in Social Stratification (3)
Classical theories of social class, contemporary developments; crucial research issues, appropriate methodologies. Repeatable one time only. Pre: classified graduate standing or consent.
- WS 453 Gender Issues in Education (3)
Examination of current and historical issues in education and how they are impacted upon by gender, with particular reference to gender as it intersects with ethnicity and class, locally and globally. Pre: 151 or junior standing or consent. (Cross-listed as EDCS 453 and EDEF 453)