ECON 4398-10
(13378)
Independent Study (Independent Study)
12:00AM - 12:00AM
TBA
Jul 9, 2012-Aug 9, 2012
ALL STUDENTS TAKING ANY INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE FROM ME IN ANY SEMESTER WILL
PRINT-OUT THE POSTED SYLLABUS FOR THE COURSE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO ENROLL FOR
IT. THEY WILL TAKE IT WITH THEM TO FILL OUT THE PETITION USING THE INFORMATION
IN THE SYLLABUS AND THE EXACT WORDING BELOW.
Students who take my Asian Development (Econ 3355)
course may also take my Economics 4398 - Special Problems in Asian Development
in which they will add
·
Science
and Civilization in China: Volume 7, The Social Background; Part 2, The Social
Background, Part 2, General Conclusions and Reflections by Joseph Needham
(Author), Kenneth Girdwood Robinson (Editor), Mark Elvin (Introduction), Ray
Huang (Contributor) Cambridge University Press
and (choose the one
in each case that you did not read for Econ 3355)
·
On
Their Own Terms: Science in China, 1550-1900 by Benjamin A. Elman,
Harvard University Press
or
·
A
Cultural History of Modern Science in China (New Histories of Science,
Technology, and Medicine) [Paperback] by Benjamin A. Elman, Harvard University
Press
and either
·
Islamic
Science and the Making of the European Renaissance (Studies in the History of
Science and Technology) by George Saliba The MIT
Press, 2011, ISBN-10: 0262516152,
ISBN-13: 978-0262516150
or
·
Southeast
Asia in World History (New Oxford World History) Craig Lockard,
Oxford University Press, 2009
English ISBN-10: 0195338111,
ISBN-13: 978-0195338119
to their reading for Econ 3355 and do a
combined paper of 40 to 50 pages for the two course together (Econ 3355 and
Econ 4398). Basically, the student will do the same work as for the three hour
graduate course but get six undergraduate hours of credit. Obviously, this
course is restricted to those taking my Asian Development class (this summer it
is only open to those doing the China option.). Two books and 15 to 20
additional pages is not much work for three hours credit. I do however expect
that the 40 to 50 pages will be more in depth than the 30 page paper. See
syllabus for Economics 3355 Summer 2012 for details.
In filling out the petition to take the course write the following: "Taking
Econ 3355 - The student will read an additional three assigned
books and add 15 to 20 pages to their 30 page paper for Econ 3355. The paper is
expected to cover the assigned topic in greater depth (particularly in the
cultural/historical dimension) as well as greater length."