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Title VI Year I
Min Lu, Instructor of Chinese LanguageGail Mooney, Professor of HumanitiesKaren Oster, Chair of Performing Arts Michael Rodman, Chair of Psychology
Middlesex Community College,Bedford and Lowell, MA
Global Studies Concentration - DraftA.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences (61-62 Credits)
Program Requirements Credits MCC Core MassTransfer
Social Science and Global Studies Foundation (15 required credits) 18HST 130 - History of World Civilization Before 1500 Social Science Social ScienceHST 131 - History of World Civilization After 1500 Social ScienceECO 140 - Principles of Macroeconomics Social ScienceGOV 110 - Introduction to GovernmentSOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology / ANT 101 - Cultural Anthropology Behavioral Science
Social Science and Global Studies Electives (Choose 9 credits) 9Asian International FellowshipsHST 139 - VietnamSOC Chinese Studies (Title VI course - year 3 group)Chinese Studies HST (Title VI course - year 2 group)
Humanities Electives (Choose 9 credits) 9 Humanities (3 cr) Humanities (9 cr)Intro to Asian Studies (or a similar title)LANG - Chinese/Japanese/KhemiLANG - Chinese/Japanese/KhemiREL 102 - Religions of AsiaChinese Studies HUM (Title VI course - year 1 group)
Additional MCC Core (13 required credits)ENG 101 - English Compostion I 3 ENG ENGENG 102 - English Compostion II 3 ENG ENGMAT 120 - Math Modeling for the Liberal Arts / MAT 100 - Intermediate Algebra 3 MAT MATENV 131 - Environmental Science with Lab 4 SCI Lab SCI
Additiional Math/Science for MassTransfer (6-7 credits) SCI - 4 cr + MAT / SCI - 6 crMAT 175 - Methods of Applied Statistics / MAT 177 - Statistics 3Lab Science Elective (may substitute 6 credits of non-lab sciences) 4
Free Electives (6 credits) 6
Total Program Credits 62
Program Overview
Humanities Core CourseYear I
Gail Mooney and Karen Oster
Introduction://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeqB8JwpdE4
Through Another Window: Introduction to Chinese
CultureA Freshman Experience
This course will introduce the student to aspects of the Chinese world view through literature, film, philosophy and meditative/physical practice, culminatingin student research presentations within these areas.
Learning Community
Critical thinking and an interactive as well as independent approach to learning
– 6 credits - twice a week - 3 hour blocks
Guest speakers – Topics will include: politics, philosophy,
art, economics, history
Master Classes – Movement, cooking, calligraphy, Chinese
language
Class FormatRitual
– Meditation and movement based practice
Philosophy – Discussion on quote of the day from The
Analects, Dao de Jing, Buddha sutras
Assigned reading/ journal responses
-- Student led questions and discussion
Presentation– Film, lecture, guest speaker, activity
Ritual – Closing reflection
Class Topics: Part I
Intimate Practice–Relationships
Family and roles–Filial piety, cooking, rituals and
ceremonies, ancestor worship
Self-cultivation (Heart-mind)–Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism
Class Topics: Part II
Social practiceLanguageEducationHierarchy and legal systemCommunity and social responsibility
Class Topics: Part III
Persistence and Change: The 21st Century
Gender issues Technology Urbanization and the environment
Student Projects
Research Projects:
Ongoing research will result in a presentation where the student engages the class in a specific activity centered around a topic relating to Chinese culture
Tentative Bibliography: Texts
Owen, Stephen An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911
Whaley, Arthur and le Roy Baldidge, Translations from the Chinese
Rexroth, Kenneth, One Hundred Poems from the Chinese
Young, David, Five Tang Poets
Ames, Roger and David Hall trans. Dao de Jing
Monkey
Tentative Bibliography: Books
Buck, Pearl S, The Good EarthChang, Jung, Wild SwansFeiyu, Three Sisters Ha Jin, Beidao Hua You, Chronicle of a Blood MerchantJie Zhang, Love Must Not Be ForgottenLaird, Betty Bao, Spring MoonLi Luyan (the diaspora) Lin Yutang, The Vermillion GateMa Jian, Red DustMann, Susan, The Talented Women of the Zhang Family and Li Ju-chen, Flowers in the Mirror: Tan Amy, The Joy Luck ClubRed Pine, The Heart Sutra
Possible Films
I Am Tom ShadyacEat Drink Man Woman Ang LeeShower Zhang YangTo Live Xiang YiomuChungking Express Kar Wai WongPushing Hands Ang LeeStill Life Zhang Ke JiaHero Xiang YimouThe Blue Kite Tian ZhueingzhuangRaise the Red Lantern Xiang YimouYellow Earth Chen Kiage
Relationship Expectations
Adolescent life– Filial Piety– Ren– Interdependence
identity in the context of relationships
– Harmony
Parent—adolescent relationships
Parenting styles and self esteemBehavioral and emotional
autonomyIdentity development/Identity
Statuses
Puberty and Body Images
Preparation for pubertyTiming of pubertyBody image acceptance &
dissatisfaction
Adolescent PsychologyPartial Topic Bibliography
BOOKS• edited by Cheng, Hong, Chan Kara. Advertising and Chinese society :
impacts and issues / 1st ed. [Frederiksberg, Denmark] : Copenhagen Business School Press ; Portland, OR : Distribution, International Specialized Book Services, 2009
• Choi, Alfred, and Wing, Lo. Fighting youth crime : a comparative study of two little dragons in Asia. 2nd ed., Singapore : Eastern Universities Press, 2004
• Fong, Vanessa L., Only hope : coming of age under China's one-child policy. Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press, 2004.
• Nie, Hongping Annie., The dilemma of the moral curriculum in a Chinese secondary school. Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2008.
• edited by Tse John W.L., Bagley, Christopher, Aldershot, Hants. Suicidal behaviour, bereavement, and death education in Chinese adolescents : Hong Kong studies / England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2002.
ARTICLES• Chan,S. M., Bowes J., and Wyver J. “Chinese parenting in Hong Kong: links among
goals, beliefs and styles, Early Child Development and Care”, Vol. 179, No. 7, October 2009, 849–862.
• Chen, Hong and Jackson, Todd. “Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of eating disorder endorsements among adolescents and young adults from China, European Eating Disorders Review”; Sep/Oct2008, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p375-385, 11p, 4 Chart.s
• Cheung, Chau-Kiu, Ngai, Ngan-Pun, Ngai, Steven. “Family Strain and Adolescent Delinquency in Two Chinese Cities, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, Journal of Child & Family Studie”s; Oct2007, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p626-641, 16p, 6 C.
• Jessor, Richard, Turbin, Mark S., Costa, Frances M., Dong, Qi, Zhang, Hongchuan, Wang, Changhai. “Adolescent Problem Behavior in China and the United States: A Cross-National Study of Psychosocial Protective Factors, Journal of Research on Adolescence.” (Blackwell Publishing Limited); Sep2003, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p329-360, 32p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 1 Graph.
• T. H. Lam1, Stephanie W. Lee1, Samantha Fung1*, S. Y. Ho1, Peter W. H. Lee1 & Sunita M. Stewar2t, “Sociocultural Influences on Body Dissatisfaction and Dieting in Hong Kong Girls.” Published online 15 September 2008 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/erv.90.0
• Lin, Jing and Zhang, Y. “Educational Expansion and Shortages in Secondary Schools in China: the bottle neck syndrome.” Journal of Contemporary China; May2006, Vol. 15 Issue 47, p255-274, 20p, 8 Charts.
• “Outline on Secondary School Moral Education, Chinese Education & Society.” Mar/Apr2006, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p21-36, 16.
• Sheck, Daniel. “Perceived Parental Control Based on Indigenous Chinese Parental Contro.”
• “Concepts in Adolescents in Hong Kong.” The American Journal of Family Therapy, 35:123–137, 2007.
• Wenxin Zhang, Andrew J. Fuligni. “Authority, Autonomy, and Family Relationships Among Adolescents in Urban and Rural China.” JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE, 16(4), 527–537, 2006, Society for Research on Adolescence.
• Yan, Li, Costanzo, Philip R., Putallaz, Martha. “Maternal Socialization Goals, Parenting Styles, and Social-Emotional Adjustment Among Chinese and European American Young Adults: Testing a Mediation Model.” The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2010, 171(4), 330–362.