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Candidates for a baccalaureate degree must fulfill the requirements for a major as listed in the courses of study bulletin. The courses of study bulletin is the official source of information regarding degree requirements, academic policies, and academic majors and minors at Trinity University.
Pathways Curriculum
Students must complete the Pathways Curriculum in order to receive a baccalaureate degree. The Pathways Curriculum has six curricular requirements, and three optional elements that provide the foundation in the liberal arts and sciences for all the bachelor’s degrees awarded by Trinity University. Through these requirements, students acquire the necessary skills and disciplinary perspectives to navigate complex questions at Trinity and in their post-graduate lives.
Cities of Strangers: Trans-cultural Chinese Cinema
A cinema course with a focus on genres contributing to the popular imagination about cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Examples will be drawn from martial arts films, gangster films, ghost stories, and "exile" films. Major theoretical concerns are cultural stereotyping, politics of representation, and the appropriation of gender discourses.
The Philosophies of China
A study of the three major indigenous philosophical movements in China: Confucianism, Taoism, and neo-Confucianism. Special attention will be paid to themes and problems common to all three movements, including: the metaphysics of harmony and conflict, the individual and society, the cultivation of human virtues and human perfectibility, and humankind's relation to nature.
Chinese Civilization
A topical approach to the study of traditional Chinese thought systems, with readings drawn mainly from original sources in translation. Topics included are Chinese language, myth and legend, historical records, ancient Chinese poetry, philosophy, and traditional Chinese science.
Readings in Contemporary Chinese Cinema
This course provides a focused study of ten well-known films produced within recent decades by filmmakers from Mainland China and Taiwan. The films explore both urban and rural life, covering a wide range of topics such as education, family, revolution, modernization, and gender. Students will discuss, in both written and spoken Chinese, a variety of social topics central to studies of China. They will also complete an independent project and learn to appreciate films as historical and artistic constructs.
The Folk Ecology of Fengshui
Delve into the theory and practice of both Form and Compass School fengshui while analyzing the proposition that fengshui is a type of “folk” ecology.
Chinese Religions: Unity and Diversity
Explores Chinese religion through a study of its formative texts and historical evolution.
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East Asian Studies (Minor)
Business (B.A.)
International Business (B.S.)
Political Science (Minor)
Political Science (B.A.)
International Studies (B.A.)
