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RLCL-3224: Religion and Culture in China and Japan

Description: Premodern model of Chinese and Japanese religions: interactions of various traditions (e.g. Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Shinto, and folk); inseparability of religion, culture, society, and politics. Modern reinventions of religion in China and Japan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Contemporary issues such as state-religion relations in East Asia, religions of China and Japan in America, East Asian religions and globalization.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 5

Average GPA: 3.31 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 43.70%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 5.05%

Zhange Ni202452.0%28.9%7.2%7.0%0.0%5.0%3.315

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Fall 2022Spring 2024Term050% W