CAPS 4030 - Issues in China and Asia-Pacific Studies

(GB) (CA-AS) (CU-UGR)

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

A. Carlson.

This course serves as the wrap-up seminar for CAPS students. It is designed for CAPS seniors to review the critical issues and topics in China and Asia-Pacific Studies from broader theoretical perspectives, to engage in academic discourse and policy debate about implications of China rising, to reflect on their four-year learning experience in Ithaca, Washington, D.C., and Beijing as students of contemporary China studies, and to enhance their abilities to pursue future studies and/or careers that are related to their CAPS experience after graduating from Cornell. The seminar is organized around the central theme - China rising - and roughly divided into three sections: (1) China’s rise and the “paradigm change” in world politics; (2) China’s quest for identity and order; and (3) implications of China rising for the U.S. and the world. Under each of these sections, a few specific topics are identified for class discussion.