LEGAL PROCESS / PS 275 / ALISON GASH
This class explores the nature of the American judiciary—its structure, its players and its impact on American public policy
UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICS 1 / MATH 105 / CRAIG TINGEY
Topics include logic, sets and counting, probability, and statistics. Instructors may include historical context of selected topics and applications to finance and biology.
THREE WAYS OF THOUGH IN EARLY CHINA: CONFUCIANISM, TAOISM, LEGALISM / CHN 407/507 / STEPHEN DURRANT
Philosophical thought blossomed in China during a period of major political and social disruption that extended from the fifth to the end of the third century BCE, centuries usually called the “Warring States Period” (zhanguo shidai 戰國時代). In fact, Chinese traditionally described this as a time of “many masters of philosophy and numerous schools of thought” (zhuzi baijia 諸子百家). Among these “numerous schools of thought,” three gained special importance: Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism. These three philosophies proposed different solutions to the disruption of that period, and each has exercised considerable influence throughout the subsequent course of Chinese history. To some extent they still constitute a critical part of the foundation of contemporary China.