CSP 318 - Dimensions of East Asian Culture

Credits: 3

Introduces Chinese visual, physical, medical and culinary arts. Each component consists primarily of hands-on practice. In Chinese painting, students learn how to hold a brush, mix pigments and paint water colors in Chinese style. Instruction about Chinese cooking and cuisines will guide how students prepare and cook ingredients into meals. For Tai Chi, students will practice for 90 minutes a day, three weeks in a row, to learn a standard Tai Chi routine and some practice in martial arts. Lectures on traditional Chinese medicine are not hands-on, although students will see TCM treatment such as acupuncture. Several lectures on unifying Chinese philosophy that underlies dimensions of Chinese culture. Chinese studies concentration.