Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Students register in this course while preparing their M.Phil. examinations and prospectus--usually in the fall and spring of their third year.
Prerequisites: reading ability in Modern/Classical Chinese; reading Japanese preferred.
With an emphasis on social-political history, this seminar examines a series of important issues in the Western Zhou period (1045-771 B.C.), drawing on both the contemporaneous bronze inscriptions and the received texts. The purpose of the course is to reveal the time context as well as social-political condition of the Western Zhou as the foundation-making dynasty of Chinese Civilization.
A candidate for the doctorate may be required to register for this course every term after the coursework has been completed, and until the dissertation has been accepted.
A candidate for the doctorate in biomedical engineering or applied biology may be required to register for this course in every term after the student's course work has been completed and until the dissertation has been accepted.